The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-11 00:00:00

TRIS DAY.

Theatre Royal—Grand Italian Opera-8 p.m.
Royal Amphitheatre—Mr. Barry Sullivan-7 p.m.
Academy Rooms, Old Postofce•place—French Exhibition
—lO to 5. Evening, 7 to 9.
Queen's Hall—Organophonic Band-2 30 and 8 p.m.
f'reemason's Hall—Gallery of Anatomy-11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Royal Colosseum—General Entertainment-6-30 p.m.
Liverpool Institute, Mount st.—Soeleta Armonica-8 p.m.

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THE DAY'S NEWS.

We have at length learnt d the intentions of both
the Liberal and Tory parties atLiverpool for the
ensuing general election. The addresses of Mr
T B. Horsfall and Mr. Charles Turner have been
issued, and will be found in our advertising
columns. With regard to the latter it is as
meagre and indefinite on nearly all the leading
topics of the day as it well could be. It certainly
will not enhance him in the estimation of the
electors. Mr. Horsfall's is much more explicit,
and we have no doubt it will meet with pretty
general approval. Our readers will find some
remarks on the approaching contest in another
column.
The Mermaid has arrived off Deal with nearly
three weeks' later news from Australia. By her
we have Melbourne papers to the 16th December.
in polities there was nothing doing of the least
importance. The subject of Dr. Laing's conviction
had been before the Legislative Assembly ; and on
the motion of Mr. Duffy, all the papers relating
thereto were ordered to be supplied to the house.
Various improvements in the colony were being
prosecuted with the utmost vigour. The bed of
the Yarra Yarra was being deepened. The Mel-
bourne, Geelong, and Ballarat line of telegraph had
been opened for public business, as had also a fur-
ther portion of the Melbourne and Geelong railway.
The gold mining accounts are still favourable, and
,the yield kept up to the average of formeryears. Still
the escorts arriving in Melbourne were not so large,
solely owing to the want of escort accommodation.
The total quantity received at Melbourne for the
week ending December 13, was 44,644 ounces,
making a total quantity, from the Ist of January,
of 2,459,189 ounces, or nearly 119 tons, valued
at £11,363,382. It was believed that a large emi-
gration would take place from California to the
gold field of Australia immediately, as the prospects
are anything but encouraging to miners in that
country. Fifty persons had arrived from San
Francisco at Melbourne in one week. People were
beginning to talk with some interest of the arrival
of the new Governor, Sir Henry Berkley, and to
Kok whether it would be expedient to greet him with
any ceremonial upon his landing, but up to the do-
parture of the Mermaid, nothing had been done in
the matter. The report of the Gold Mining Commis-
sion had been laid before Parliament. In the report
there are two suggestions of practical value—one
relates to the immense waste of labour and capital
amongst the ‘• Quartz Reefers," caused by the
system to which they obstinately adhere, of sinking li
shafts on a reef at every few feet distance, instead
of sinking one general shaft for the entire reef.
• The next suggestion of the report has reference to
the drawing of the line of division between
auriferous and non auriferous lands. It is of the
wmost importance, now that a new land system is
about to be come into, existence, that this' should
he done at once. The second subject of the
Commission's enquiries was coal ; but theiai,suealeebros
to be little prospect of discovering a really valuable
coal field in Victoria. Another Parliamentary
paper—that relating to Immigration—had also
been presented to both Houses. From it we
learn that the importation into Victoria during
1855 was as follows :—Arrivals, 66,571 ; departures,
26 395; added to the population, 40,176. Of these
there were—males, 27,304; females, 12,872; total,
40,176. The number of persons introduced during
the year, whose passages were paid in whole or in
part by the Government, was 9,245. These
immigrants were in 29 ships, whose voyages
averaged 99 days. During these voyages, 140
births, and 132 deaths occurred. The rate of
mortality on board was smaller during 1855 than
in any of the four previous years. Only one vessel
was placed in quarantine for seven days. The
English portion was a little below the due proper.
tion, and the Irish and Scotch somewhat above it,
reekening by the respective populations of the
three countries. Of single women much the greater
pr ,portion were from Ireland. The report states
Veit the demand for domestic servants from England
age the Lowlands of Scotland is greater than for those
from the Highlands and Ireland, the latter being
deemed fitter for agricultural and dairy occupa-
tions than for domestic service. Tasmanian