LATER NEWS FROM ENGLAND

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 7, Issue 379, 28 January 1864, Page 4

LATER NEWS FROM ENGLAND

The new s.s. Otago arrived in Mel bourne on the 2nd inst., bringing London papers to the 4th November. The following are the principal items : 1 he 4th battalion of the Military Train Corps was to. leave Woolwich for New Zealand, in three transport vessels, a few days after the Otago sailed. A large quantity of war stores was prepared for shipment. The only news from Poland is, that the Russian police had discovered in \\ arsaw the,printing office of the National Government, in which were found papers comj remising a lai'ge number of persons Earl Russell is said to have sent a mild and conciliatory despatch to St. Petersburg. ■ Lord Palmerston is co-respondent in a divorce suit instituted against a Mrs O’Kief, the wife of a clergyman. The damages are laid at £ 20,000 ; the sensation has been great. From America we learn that General Lee had defeated a body of Federal Cavalry with great loss, had crossed the Rappahannock and was threatening an advance on Washington. A body of Federal infantry had also been . defeated by the Confederates. The Cricket match between the AllEngland eleven and twenty-two Victorians terminated at 6 pm. on the sth inst., in a drawn game. The score of the All-England eleven was 105 runs. Nine runs were wanted to win, with six wickets to fall when the stumps were drawn. • 'I he Otago called at the Cape of Good Hope, where great excitement prevailed in consequence of the seizure at Angra Pequina of the barque “ Saxon,” belonging to the Cape, by the Federal steamer Vanderbilt because goods taken by the Alabama from the Federal barque Sea Bride had been found on board. Ihe Vanderbilt had also seized 250 tons of coals belonging to a Cape firm, on the pretext that they were deposited at Angra Pequina for the supply of Confederate Steamers. The object of the Vanderbilt seemed to be to excite a quarrel with England. The Otago is intended for the mail line between Auckland and Sydney, and was only 5 1 days at sea from London to Mel bourne—the quickest passage on record. She was built on the Clyde.