The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-11 00:00:00

NEW souru WALES

The Catherine Adamson has arrived off the coast with
advices from Sydney to 17th April. The newly elec'ed
Parliament was to meet on the 26th of May. The news
both from the western and southern gold districts continued
to be satisfactory.
Mr. C. Gavan Duffy was entertained with a banquet
in the Prince of Wales' Theatre, at Sydney, on the 11th
of March, and speeches were made, in which the errors
and defects of the colonial-office were freely exposed.
The elections of the fifty—four members of the New
South Wales Legislative Assembly, under the new consti-
tution, are for the most part decided; and the new
provincial parliament was to meet ow the 26th of M ty,
hut it was not expected to go to business with an adjourn-
ment of another month, as the buildings for its accom-
modation are not yet erected.

The total amount of imports into the port of Sydney
during the first quarter of the present year, by British.
colonial, and foreign registered ships, has been of the
declared value of £1,216,833; the imports in British
ships amounting to 4890,766.
The Customs' returns of our exports for the quarter
(says the Sydney Morning Herald) are not yet completed.
We believe that they may be estimated at about £890,000,
exclusive of gold dust, the amount of which, exportel
from the Ist of January to the 31st ultimo, was 5,500 oz.
15 dwts. Our exports for the quarter may be taken at
e 1.100,000. -

The gross amount of the quarter's revenue of the pro.
vince of New South Wales was £229,833 83. Bd. showing
a net increase on the correspondinz quarter Of 1435.5 of
.e 21,225. This increase was at the rate of 10 per cent.
The increase on the twelve months ending the 31st ultimo
was .'I 1;1,338, being an increase of 12 per cent on the past
year,

COMMERCTAL, April 11.—The amount of gold coin issued
from the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint during the
week ending to-day has been 20,000 half-sovereigns. The
account of gold dust imported into the same establish-
ment during the week. fpr the purpose of coinage, has
been 2,656 ounces. The western eseart arrived this
morning at the Colonial Treasury. From the western
districts 2,006 ounces 9 dwts. 11 grains. The districts
continue satisfactory as regards the progress of the gold
diggers.

TUB GERMAN FREE CITIES.—The Senate of Bremen has
declared its adhesion to the resolutions establishing
maritime rights of neutrality adopted by the Paris con
ferences.

VISCOUNT HARDINGM —The answer to inquiriea at Lord
Hardinge's town mansion yesterday was that his lordship
was going on favourably.

LIVERPOOL MODERN DRUIDS.—Last night a meeting was
held of the members of this society, for the purpose of
considering the report of the sroendings of another meet-
inglof the Kirkdale and Everton branch of the association,
which had appeared in the columns of a cotemporary.
The statements there put forth were strongly condemned
as false and calumnious, and resolutions to that effect were
proposed by Mr. Shepherd and others, and passed unani
mously. We have not space to-day for the detailed
report of the proceedings.

Tn ANGLO-ITALIAN LEGlONT.—Arrangements are
being made al. Malta for the return to the Piedmontese
States of some 1,700 of the legion, in weekly draughts
of from 400 to 500 at a time. Each private will receive
on embarkation a sum equivalent to a year's pay, or
about £lB, and in exchange for the red fatigue jacket,
which has been by him paid for, and is consequently
his own, will be allowed to retain the grey wrapper, or
overcoat, the property of the British Crown, the
Sardinian Government having made a special request,
that none should be sent back in their scarlet uniforms.
The British Government seems to be perplexed as to
what is to be done in regard to the rem inder of the
legion, numbering some 2,000 more, who have behaved
themselves in the most orderly manner since the late
unfortunate occurrences•.