ENGLISH INTELLIGENCE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 182, 15 March 1860, Page 3

ENG L ISH INTELLIGENCE.

S[From the-City Correspondent of the Sydney | . Morning Herakl.] Louis Napoleon lias seen fit to put the French press on its good behaviour towards England. The Government which suppressed the publication of the Ultramontauist essays of certain French bishops could not evade the responsibility of permitting ami sanctioning the daily diatribes against England which for some time iiad been the common food of the French press. The suppression of what it disapproved, supposed the approval of all that it permittedi The present Imperial order for more friendly references to England is, however, open to the imputation of a politic ruse to suit? a temporary purpose, whilst the prolonged sanction given to articles conceived in a hostile spirit i may berinterpreted as the normal condition of French wishes and intentions. This--step' on the part of the- Emperor has not in the least ; diminished our preparations for-t’ie defence of the country. The duty of national self-defence-remains, though the Emperor of the-French, were guiltless of any premeditated coup.' Thecost of insurance from insult, from injury, from.! invasion, is the legitimate penalty of our vast commerce and our free institutions; W-e cannot hope to maintain our position if we appear before the • world as a nation too intent- on - money making and cotton spinning to own a. throb of patriotism in our bosoms. Thanks to the energy of ariew of the wisest citizens, even Manchester, is at last roused - to a proper sense of her duty. The cotton city will soon have 2000 volunteer riflemen. Equal spirit is also manifested in almost every part of the country —a spirit that bids fair to be more enduring,, since it has been so cautiously.developed, and, that must be maintained if England is to-up-hold her position as a first class-power. Tho • Government has at-length •■ordered that the militia regiments be supplied with the EnfiehL rifle; and is likewise, it is said, beginning to • contemplate the formation of another, arsenal,. deep within the heart of the country. Weedon , is pointed out as at once more accessible by railway, and more central for the supply of. coals and iron. For years we have been-en-larging our establishment at /roohvich, and : centralising there the entire manufacturing: plant of our military and naval munitions, besides making it the depository of enormous stores. Woolwich is easily accessible by water ; and, in the case of invasion, a successful dash might place it in the power of an. enemy. Yet we have'gone on from year to . year, storing all our eggs in this one basket, and have only just discovered the peril of theproceeding. But for the “ invasion panic,” the thing might have gone on for years longer. Garibaldi has mysteriously resigned the command of the Central Italian army. His with* drawal is supposed to be a tub to the Austro-* Papal whale. Whilst he temporarily retires, however, he takes good care to leave behind him all his lieutenants, and the first gun fired will bring him back again. By some it is supposed that lie has withdrawn from active service rather than appear ta eon- cut to what ho knew was inevitable. This, of course, means the restoration-of Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany, and the re-establishment of the Papal government in the Legations. Some, on the other hand, maintain that Garibaldi’s retirement is tlie result of. direct- orders from Paris. The King of Sardinia is regarded as a victim to circumstances, and as only yielding -reluctantly to the. superior force of - his ally, Louis Napoleon, who comes in for a fair share of odium. Favourable news lias been received of Dr. Livingstone, who -is reported to have discovered a- region where people cultivate cotton ■ largely* .and where every one spins and weaves it. Mr. IL Thompson {Liberal) has been returned for Whitby, in the place of the late Mr. Stephenson, by a considerable majority over his conservative opponent,’ MivChapman. This, is, therefore, a seat gained by Ministers. The Rev. E. H. Beckles, for many years Hector of St. Peter’s, St. Kill’s, has been appointed Bishop of Sierra Leone. The death of two distinguished artists l —James Ward, R.A., at tho great age of ninety one, and Frank Stone, A.R.A., at the age of sixty —is announced.