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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1834.
BY the arrival of the John Barry from
Hobart Town, and the Roslyn Castle
from London, we have received English
news to the end of May. Their Majesties,
we are happy to announce, enjoyed
excellent health down to the date
of our latest intelligence. On the 13th
of May, the King entertained the Knights
of the Bath in the most splendid manner
at Windsor, and was present, on the same
day, at the launching of a miniature frigate,
of about twenty tons burden, upon
Virginia Water. The general embarrass-
ments of Great Britain, and the frightfully
agitated state of public feeling in Ireland,
compose a most gloomy picture of our
national affairs. In the English papers
we have seen we have found nothing
of interest as regards these colonies ; but
we learn from the Tasmanian, which contains
news from England down to the 23d
of May, that the Under Secretary of
State (Mr. LE FEVRE) has made known
that at the expiration of the present New
South Wales Act, these colonies will be
placed upon the same footing as all others
having independent legislatures. This is
a most important statement, if it be well
authenticated. I
In the House of Commons, Mr. TENNYSON
move for leave to bring in a bill
to repeal the Septennial Act, and to substitute
triennial parliaments. This was
met by ministers with an amendment,
proposing five years, which was rejected ;
but the original motion was subsequently
lost, by a small majority.
Mr. JEFFREY has retired from parliament,
and has been raised to the bench
in Scotland. He is succeeded as Lord
Advocate by Mr. MURRAY, and, as
Member for Edinburgh, by Sir J. C.
HOBHOUSE, who was opposed at the election
by the English Attorney-General,
Sir JOHN CAMPBELL.
The Solicitor-General (Mr. POLLOCK)
had obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
abolish imprisonment for debt, except in
cases of fraud.
King LEOPOLD'S infant son, the Prince
Royal of Belgium, died at Brussels,
on the 10th of May.
The celebrated General LAFAYETTE
died at Paris, on the 22d of May, in the
77th year of his age.
The successes of Admiral NAPIER
against the Miguelite party in Portugal
continued uninterrupted, and the cause
of the young Queen triumphant over the
greater part of the kingdom.
The second reading of the Jewish
Emancipation Bill had been carried in
the House of Commons, by a large majority.
We are sincerely glad to learn
this; but we still greatly fear for the
success of the' measure in the House of
Lords. The march of liberal principles,
we regret to say, has not yet sufficiently
extended upwards.
In the United States much discontent
continued to prevail in consequence of
the President persisting in his determination
not to assist or in any way countenance
the banks. Mercantile failures
were daily occurring. The President,
however, although the Senate had de- ¡
cided against him, was still supported in
his measure by the Legislative Assembly
and the great body of the people.
Political Unions were so much on the
increase throughout England, that it was
thought the government would be obliged
to adopt prohibitory measures in reference
to them. This, we fear, will be
found a dangerous experiment, and one
which cannot be carried into effect
without the risk of serious concurrent
evils-repetitions, in fact, of the dreadful
Manchester affair; which, in the present
state of public feeling throughout
Great Britain, would most likely lead to
results too terrible even to contemplate.
DON CARLOS had come to London, and
it was daily expected that MIGUEL
would follow him, and so leave the antient
kingdoms of Spain and Portugal to
the undisturbed sway of the baby Queens.
A treaty has been entered into by
England, France, Spain, and Portugal
whereby the Queens of Spain and Portugal
were to be recognized by the two
former powers, and the usurping princes
expelled.
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