LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 935, 19 July 1854, Page 4

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

A petition against the Bill for the reform of the University of Oxford, brought in by Government, has been carried in tha Univsrsity by a majority of two votes only. The second reading of the Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill was carried ia the House of Commons, on 20th March, b^ a majority cf I SG against 62. Tiie young infant so wondrous!/ saxred from the wreck of the Tayleur died from c chronic intestinal disorder, notwithstanding everything wa3 j done for it which was ia ths power of a skilful physician. Mr. Crowder, Q.C., of the Western Circuit, has been appointed to succeed the late Mr, Justice j Talfourd. | Official notice has been given that a regular J mail service would be carried on via Marseilles, to Constantinople every fifth day. j A meeting of labouring men has been held in London, in support of ths Preston turnouts. |

Aid to Soldiers' Families. — A Yorkshire I Association, in connexiou vr'tb the General As- | sociation in London, has been formed under the patronage of the Archbishop, the High Sheriff, the Bishop of Ripon, Earl Fitzwilliara, the Earls of Harewood and Zetland, Lord Stourton, Lord Londesboroogb, and a number of gentlemen of the county. The cavalry regiments proceeding to the east through France are each expected to occupy about nine days after crossing the channel in proceeding to Marseilles, As the railway communication between Cbalon3 and Avignon is incomplete, about seven days will be spent oa the march, and it is believed that this will ba found a useful preparatory training both for raon and horses before they enter into active service. The large number of transports that would bo required in conveying the force eutirely by sea is, we understand, tha chief reason for the selection of this route. Those who are anticipating n military display on the occasion of the English cavalry passing through Paris, will probably be disappointed, as according to present arrangements the troops will proceed on their journey in squadrons. It is expected that gentlemen cadets will be allowed to join both cavalry and infantry regiments in conformity with the usual regulations. We understand that Captain Hackett, R.A., is to take charge of the photographic establishment, which, as already stated, accoraptnies the expedition.

Reform in Newfoundland. — We are enabled to stale that despatches have been forwarded to Newfoundland conceding the demands for responsible government, and informing the colonists that the island will be put upoa the same footing as Prince Edward's Island and Nova Scotia. — Morning Taper.

The Wages Movement. — Preston, March 25th, — The arrest and committal of the delegates is the all absorbing topic of conversation here. The town, however, is remarkably quiet, the excitement which existed among the unemployed up to Thursday evening having now wholly sabsided. Immediately after the result of the magisterial inquiry was known, a number of tradesmen and others met together, and it was unanimously resolved that a "Delegates' Defence Fund" be forthwith organised. A treasurer was appointed,

and considerable sums have been collected, public •sympathy being aroused on behalf of the committed delegates. A special levy of 2d. is to be made at Blackburn in aid of the object in view, and this example is being followed by other towns in the district. The importation of hands is still going forward on an extensive scale, about four hundred having been brought in during the week, it is stated, however, that litile more than half of these are likely to be available as workers. The Home News announces the appearance of cholera in Ireland and Scotland. In little more than a foitnight there had been thirty cases in Rauturk. On the llth and 12th March, 61 cases were reported in Glasgow. The same journal of the 3rd April, gives tha following particulars in reference to the war : — "The intelligence received from the continent this morning adds some important particulars to those we bad already collected respecting the progress of hostilities. It appears that the Russians have followed up their success with the utmost vigour. On the 28th ult. they had taken Hissova, Matschin, and Isaktcha, and were masters of the strong position of Babadagh. The patrol of the Cossacks extends as far as ICostendje ; end the Russians, in consequence of their recent acquisitions, may now be considered in posaeosioa of the whole line of the Upper Dobrudscha. A private despatch states that the Russians attacked Kalafat on the 29ih» and took three entrenchments. Field Marshal ?dskiewi:ch had lefc 1 Warsaw, and waa expected at Bucharest on tha I 4th instant, Intelligence of the date cf the 28th ultimo, from Bucharest, informs us that tho Turks had crossed the Danube at Simuitsa, opposite to Sistowa ; thai the contest had already lasted several days ; and that all ths troops from Bucharest bad been sent there. It appears by letters from Trebizonde, that the Ru&sians are concentrating forces at Askalsick, and that the Turks were concentrating 20,000 men atSivas. Operations were directed against Kars. We learn from Trieste thai the Schah of Persia has determined upon observing o strict neutrality ; while Austria appears disposed et last to throw of? her reserve, which may be inferred from the fact that scythes for Russian account have been stopped by the Austrian custom house at Orsova. Two steam frigates belonging to the combiued fleet laft Sinope on the llth ultimo, to reconnoitre the Russo-Circassian coast. At Constantinople the popular violence against the establishment of mixed tribunals bad somewhat subsided, but the irritation atill remained. The Grand Mufti and Rifaat Pacha, President of the Privy Council, had been dismissed, aad ministers usore acceptable to the Western Powero appointed ia their places. The last news cf the Baltic Sect bears the date of Saturday, Ist instant. On that afternoon Sir Charles Napier had entered Kiogeßay from Kiel." The Morning Herald of the 4th gives the following as ths latest telegraphic despatches received :: — '* Paris, Monday morning, April 3. A telegraphic despatch irom Berlin stales that Duke George of Mecklenburgh Strelitz arrived yesterday at Berlin, charged with an extraordinary mission from the Caar to the King of Prussia. Malta, March 31. The Rifle Brigade and tho 4th regiment embarked to-day on board the Golden Fleece, for Gallipoli : the Oth. on board the Georgiana; and detachments cf the 28tb, 41st, 49th, and the Is* company of the Sappexs asd Miners, oa board the Cape of Good Hope, have also sailed for the same destination. — Msjor General Sit G. Brown arrived c:i iU 28 ih, and sails to day for Gallipoli. — The Caradoc has arrival from Cor.s*cniiHople with Sir Jsho Bur goyne s r.r«.l lea?sa for Marseille*. — The combined fleets ass to leave the Bosphorus on the 24th for Varna. — The Inflexible was transporting Turkish troops to Varna. — From Greece we learn that the King and Cueeo. hava leU Athens for the frontier." The Queen held & Court ci Buckingham Palace on tha 2nd for the reception on the throne of the addresses from both houses of Parlirment in answer to the War Message. The Duke of Parma wae killed at Turin by a soldier whom he struck across the face with a riding whip in a low wine shop. Four emigrant ships, bound to America, were wrecked ia the Atlantic in a series of gales experienced during the latter end of Febraary and iv March. Tha passengers aad crew were for the raost part saved, but the unfortunate people underwent the most fearful privations. Iv one instance the survivors wera found subsisting on a human body. By the time this reaches our reader?, Sir Cbaile3 Napier will bate commenced warlika operations. A Berlia letter states that Lord BlcomSeld, the British envoy, ea learning that the Emperor of Russia resolved to giva no reply to the Anglo-French ultimatum, cent a telegrapbia despatch to Admiral Napier, via Hamburgh, announcing to him that a state of war now esisted, and that, conformably to his responsibility, he was to commence operations against the enemy. The latest news we have from the fleet is & telegraphic message, dated Kiel, Tuesday, which states that " the whole of the English Sect is now before our port. It will shortly get under weigh," There is no doubt, it is said," but the first point of attack will be the island of Aland. The on dit in the fleet affirms that aa officer high in command j ventured, ia a eoaietence with Sir C. Napier, to ; argue against attacking Aland, saying that great carnage must occur in such au attack by ships without troops, there being about seven thousand Russian soldiers in garrison oa the island. Tho answer of Admiral Napier is stated to have been very characteristic. "If you think so, you had better go home again." The Dehats publishes some considerations on the latest movement of the Russians, and on the present position of the Turks in the Dobrudja, which are in harmony with the opinions yesterday expressed in the Daily News, and which will be found interesting at the present moment. It is thus, says the Dehats, that we understand the Russian movements :—": — " The ground where the Russians have succeeded in establishing a position is enclosed between the Danube, where it forms an elbow at Rassova, and the Black Sea. It is the narrowest portion of the Ottoman territory, between the right bank of that stream and the sea. The. Dobrudja, as it is called by the Turks, is flat, marshy, and cut up by lakes and pools i and the only passage is by raeaos of extremely narrow and broken pathways winding through a vast morass. The latest accounts state that the thaw has set in in that part of the country, thus addiDg to the ordinary obstacles to the march of an array which are always to be found there. It is therefore difficult to believe thai the

Russian general has the intention of marching until the month of May to lay siege to Varna before the arrival of the allied forces.

London Wool Report, April 1, 1854. — Since the close of last sales our market has been dull, and little or no enquiries for any descriptions i indeed had it not been for the large j contracts given out for the navy and army, causing a slight demand for the finer descriptions of clothing wool, the transactions with the London dealers would scarcely be worthy of observation. The uew wool continues to arrive freely, and it is generally expected that our May sales will comprise about 35,000 bales, which circumstance will obliterate the impression partially entertained a month since, that the preseuce cf the scab in nearly every flock would cause a serious diminution in the supply. This feeling hag, however, quite subsided, and nearly all parties look to the supply for this year being much larger than ever known ; the fact of this disease having seriously operated to the grotvth and general character of the wool is beyond doubt, and it 13 not improbable for the superior brands o lively competition will esiet, particularly for those from Port Phillip. German wools continue to arrive in krge quantities, and holdeis are free sellers at ths current market price. It ia utterly impossible,, in the present stat« of politics^ to give a correct opinion as to lbs probabls range of prices ; but wa can scarcely expect to astablish so good a range for the May as we did for the Febraavy oeriea. Prices, we anticipate, easy give wGy to the extent of 5 to 10 pez cent.— -Home News, April 3.