The Sun. — 1866-01-09 (London, England)

AUSTRALIA. AND NEW ZEALAND. MELBOURNE, Nov. 26 (via Alexandria). A motion of want of confidence has been introduced in the Legislative Assembly, and resulted in a majority for the Ministry. The Tariff Bill has been rejected by a large majority in the Legislative Council. The Ministers refused to bring in the Appropriation Bill, and announced the prorogation of Parliament and an appeal to the country. A petition to the Queen to recall the Governor has been signed by members of the Executive Council. Great dissatisfaction prevails. SYDNEY, Nov. 22. Advices from New Zealand announce further skirmishing with the natives. They had been attacked at Opotiki, and several were shot ; among them one of the principal murderers of Mr. Volk ner. The natives at Poverty and llawkes Bays were laying down their arms. Kawa Pah has been captured by the volunteers. The rebels suffered great loss.  New Year's Day at Rome.  ROME, Jon. 2.  • Yesterday the Pope held the usual reception at the Vatican, at which the Diplomatic Corps, the members of the various episcopal colleges, the Ministers, the Council of State, the Municipality, the officers of the Pontifical army, and many other high functionaries, offered their congratulations for the New Year.  General Count de Montebello and the officers of the French army of occupation paid their respects to his Holiness at noon in the Hall of the'Consistory. In reply to their congratulations, the Pope is stated to have expressed himself in the following terms : " I accept with pleasure the good wishes expressed by your General. As in previous years, I give you my apestoile benediction. I have been informed, and have repeatedly heard, that the French army is to leave Rome. It is, therefore, the last time that I have the satisfaction of giving you this benediction. I bestow it upon you, then, with all my heart, full of affection and love. " I will remind you of what was said by the great Apostle Paul :—'Scio quoniam intrabunt post discessionem lupi rapaces ;' and, applying it to present circumstances, thus translate it,— ' I know that after your departure the savage beasts will enter.' Then I shall be like Jesus before ascending Golgotha, when he prayed in the garden of Gethsemane and an angel came strengthening Him. lam too miserable to be compared to Jesus Christ ; yet I also shall pray to obtain consolation. I shall pray for poor Italy, which has been made an unhappy country, and has been precipitated into an abyss of misery, impiety, and irreligion. But I am departing from the subject before rue. I shall pray for France, for the whole French army, whom I esteem, and for the Imperial family ;—I shall pray for you all, to whom I owe so much. May God, therefore—God the Father, Author of all good—bless you; may the Son, eternal wisdom of the Father, communicate to you that wisdom so necessary amid the difficulties of life ; may the Holy Ghost, eternal love of the Father and the Son, inspire you with that love, so that you may love one another !" All the officers were subsequently permitted to kiss the ring of St. Peter. In receiving the Finance Minister the Pope is represented to have again expressed his unshaken resolution to ignore the September Convention, and not to accept, either on the question of the debt or any other, any arrangement implying the abandonment of the rights of the Holy See and the recognition of facts accomplished in defiance of those rights. - - - -  The Holy Father is also said to have communicated to the Finance Minister a letter that he had written to the Emperor on the subject of the proposal contained in the Convention, that Italy should pay that portion of the Pontifical debt due from the former provinces of the Church. His Holiness promised to acquaint the Ministry with the Emperor's reply as soon as he received it. A telegraphic despatch from Frosinone announces that five other brigands namely, Andreozzi, Marino, Colella, Silvestri, and de Filippi—had surrendered themselves to the authorities. Up to the 30th ult. twenty-three brigands had surrendered in accordance with Article 9 of the Edict of the 7th December. .  erepita '7\l4Y . (firtular.