LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. [From the Geelong Advertiser, Feb. 11.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 793, 9 March 1853, Page 3

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. [From the Geelong Advertiser, Feb. 11.]

By the steamer Melbourne we have news to the 15th November. The remains of the Duke of Wellington have been removed to Chelsea. The funeral was to take place on the 17th November. The procession would be three miles long, would in- ■ chide.] o,ooo men and SfiQQ VkrnQgc&!fe& about 17,000 to witness the ceremony, "A frightful catastrophe occurred at Chelsea hospital, where the Duke was lying in state. Several persons were crushed to death, and numbers injured by the pressure of the crowd attempting to gain admission. Steam communication to Australia is about to be commenced by the new Screw Steam Shipping Company. The Church of England Convocation has met and proceeded to business in opposition to the Government's expressed order. London was full of visitors, and trade prosperous. A shock of an earthquake commencing on the shore of Dublin and Wicklow, extending in a •circular direction, was felt at Gloucester. The great Free trade Banquet was held at Manchester on the 2nd November. Prince Albert is installed Master of Trinity House. Sixteen petitions were to be presented against Irish returns, and two petitions against Hull and Maldon. Floods and heavy rain, and a rise of the Severn had taken place. In France it is proposed to re-establish the Imperial dignity, Louis Napoleon" to be Emperor Napoleon the Third, and by primogeniture the dignity to descend in the male line, and in default of male issue, to the legitimate male descendants of the brothers of Napoleon I. In default of direct or collateral male descent, or adoptive heirs, the ministers to form a Council of Government, with the President of the Senate 1 and Council of State, empowered to nominate an Emperor, subject to the approbation of the people, the government in the interregnum to be vested in the ministers in office, as council of government, to deliberate by a majority of votes. The members of the imperial family not to marry without consent of the Emperor, on pain' of deprivation of hereditary right to him who contracts, and hi# descendants. The Constitution of the 15th January, 1 852, to be maintained. Carried on the 7th November, by a majority of 86 votes, out of 87. Obituary. — The Honorable Daniel Webster in the 71st year of his age, and the Prince of Leuchtenburg. Parliament was opened on the 4th November. The speech from the Throne is remarkable for containing an allusion to the final cessation of transportation to the Australian colonies. The speech is as •follows :—: — My Lords and Gentlemen — I cannot meet you, for the first time after the dissolution of Parliament, without expressing ray deep sorrow, in which I im sure you will partici. pate, that your deliberations can no longer be aided by the couusels of that illustrious man whose achievements have exalted the name of England, and in whose loyalty and patriotism the interests of my throne and of my people ever found an unfailing support. I rely with confidence on your deiire to agree with me in taking such steps as may mark your sense of the irreparable loss which the country has sustained by the loss of Arthur, Duke of Wellington. I am happy to acknowledge the readiness with which my subjects in general have come forward in pursuance of the act of the last session, to join the ranks of the militia ; and I confidently trust that tht force thus railed by voluntary enlistment

will be calculated to give effective aid to my regular army for the protection md security of the country. I continue to receive from all foreign powers assurance of their anxious desire to maintain the friendly relations now happily subsisting with my government. Frequent and well founded complaints on the part of my North American colonies, of infractions, by citizens of the United States, of the convention of 1818, induced me to despatch, for the protection of their interests, a class of vessels better adapted to the service than those which had been previously employed. This step has led to discussions with the Government of the United States ; and while the rights of my subjects have been firmly maintained, the friendly spirit in which the question has beeu treated induces me to hope that the ultimate result jnay be a mutually beneficial extension and improvement of our commercial intercourse with that great republic. A special mission, which, in concert with the Prince President of the French Republic, I deemed it right to send to the Argentine Confederation, has been received with the utmost cordiality ; and the wise and enlightened policy of the Provisional 4 Dictator has already opened to the commerce of the world the great rivers, hitherto closed, which afford an access to the interior of the vast continent of South America. I have the satisfaction of announcing to you that the sincere and zealous efforts of the Government of Brazil for the suppression of the slave trade, now nearly extinguished on that coast, have enabled me to suspend the stringent measures which I had been compelled reluctantly to adopt— a recurrence to which I anxiously hope may be proved to be unnecessary. The Government of her most faithful Majesty have fully recognised the justice of the claim which my Government have long urged for the abolition of the discriminating duties on the ex* port of wine, and have passed a decree for giving complete effect to the stipulations of the treaty on that subject. You will probably deem it advisable to resume the inquiries which were commeuced by the late Parliament, with a view to legislation on the subject of the future government of my East India possessions. Gentiemen of the House op Commons — The estimates for the ensuing year will in due time be laid before you. The advancement of the fine arts, and of practical science, will be readily recognised by you as Worthy the attention of a great and enlightened nation. I have directed that a comprehensive scheme shall be laid before you, having in view the due promotion ol these objects, towards which I* invite your aid and cooperation. My Lords akd Gentlemen — It gives me pleasure to be enabled, by the bltssing of Providence, to congratulate you on the generally improved condition of the country, and especially of the industrious classes. If yon should be of opinion that recent legislation, contributing, with other causes, to this happy result, has at the same time inflicted unavoidable injury on certain important interests, I recommend you dispassionately to consider bow far it may be practicable equitably to mitigate that injury, and to Suable the industty of tbe couurry to meet successfully that unrestricted competition to which Parliament in its wisdom has decided that it should be subjected. I trust that the general improvement, notwithstanding many obstacles, has extended to Ireland; and while I rely with confidence ou your aid, should it be required, to restrict that unhappy spirit of insuWdiuttion and turbulence which produce* many, and aggravates all, of the evils which afflict that portion of my dominions, I recommend to you the adoption of such a liberal and generous policy towards Ireland as may encourage and assist her to rally from the depression in which she has been sunk by the suffering of late years. Anxious to promote the efficiency of every branch of our national church, I have thought fit to issue a commission to enquire and report to me how far, in their opinion, the capitular institutions of the country are capable of being made more effective for the general objects of religious worship, religious education, and ecclesiastics! discipline. I have directed that the Teport of commissioners for enquiring into the system of education pursued at Oxford and Cambridge, should be communicated to the governing bodies of the universities for their consideration ; and I rely upon your readiness to remove any legal disabilities which may impede the desire of the universities at large, or of the several colleges, to introduce such amendments into their existing system as they may deem to be more in accordance with the requirements of the present time. The system of secondary punishment bas usually occupied the labours of successive Parliaments, and I shall rejoice if you shall find it possible to devise means by which, without giving tncouragement to crime, transportation to Van .Diemen's Land may at no distant day be altogether discontinued. The subject of legal reform continues to engage my serious attention. The acts passed in the last session of Parliament, have been followed up by the orders necessary for putting them in operation. Inquiries are in progress, by my direction, with a view of bringing into harmony the testamentary jurisdiction of my several courts ; and bills will be submitted to you for effecting further improvements in the administration of the law. To these and other measures, affecting the social condition of the couutry, I am persuaded that you will give your earnest and zealous attention : and I pray that, by the blessing of Almighty God, your deliberations may be guided to the well-being and happiness of my people.