The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-04 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA

ARRIVAL OF THE SHALIMAR

ay the Shalimar, which arrived off this port at a
late hour last night we have received our files of
Papers up to the date of the 10th Nov.
The Shalimar left Port Philip head on the 13th_
1' , and wrings 100 passengers and 73.126 0 .•o
gold, besides a general cargo of 15,007 bales wool,
4 111141 s. coals, 124 hags bone-, 1 case of machinery
5- hags rags, 3 hlide. 145 bags tin ore, 2 bales
ether, 47 bags black sand, 44 tons scrap iron, 5
es brandy, tic.
br nrhe Essex, from London, had arrived at Mel-
tirne, as also the Africa, the Persian. and the
• e°lrwall. When off Port Philip head she passed
Queen of the East, Captain Gama, also from
London.
The James Baines was announced to sail for
Lirpool on the •25111 Nov.
, T vehe journals contain but little additional intel•
iigence to that we have recently published.
tube
The Melbourne Age-referring to the new Consti
says :
w" Suroe of the knowing ones in our rttle polit.
?rlll have made a discovery which, if, c-
in'ght have the effect of throwing the er
confusion for the next six month-
constitution must be proclaimed
after the official copy of the net has come into tat
nds of the Governor, thereupon the repeal o
the land sales act takes effect; and no provision it
made for the enactment of a new law till the net%
Council has met, which may be for six months,
baring the interval between the repeal of the Old
p
law and the inauauration of the new one, there it is DI,P
-urned, be no land law at all, and, therefore,
lits 10 Power to sell land. The Crown will have renounced
elairn as owner of the soil, while the existing
legislature has, it is alleged, no power to deal
if the question. 'Some go so far as to say
that,there
lf there be no land-law during that period,
1:v111'130 far as crown land is concerned, be no_ l_and-
-111.4; and that, if the land belong to a. nybody, it
—„IllY be claimed by anybody ! Such are the beauti-
reeults of Downing-street legislation!
.Nor is
,:i4s all. The new parliament °Pullet meet till the
!t'resent council has passed an electoral act for the
,1,111.13°5e. The proclamation of the new Constitution
-Ag•
eing have been made contingent on the electoral
'et being passed; but, as it is, the Constitution
must he proclaimed in a month ; the present legis-
tllre reay decline to pass any Electoral Act; and,
With that Mcase, we shall have no parliament at all !
i, respect to burking the Constitution, it would
the icaPossible to do so without a coalition between
squatters and the government. The governor
~,‘▪ 11.11 defeat any manoeuvre of this kind by whip-
'ciiiinTin his nominees—by dissolution of the coun-
re: `f tbeY are refractory—or by postponing the
488erabling of the council till the twelve repre-
.ll.tatives for the Gold Fields are ready to take
atiroir R
„1.„-e,aatas The last expedient will, ho doubt, be
Portior
at any rate, as an act of ;justice to that
11 11, Al Of the community; and if this be secured,
sing,ufuri)- on the part of the squatters, will be as
e would be foolish."
ChamberAt Melbourne, on the sth November, the
eta° of Commerce suspended business by
vtil°ll consent, to hold a festive meeting in
4a431-°11r °f Mr. G. F. Train, who is about to make
,ieeng,tbened visit to Europe and America, pre-
Toir/13' „„t° his permanently settling in this colony.
tee -"r• Train's active merits as a member of the
meZantile community, during his residence in
it ,„ urne we have already borne testimony, and
ex -11'Y remains for us to add, that the cordial
Jteresion of friendly regard towards him exhib-
qtr bY his
, commercial brethren must have proved
TiellitelY gratifying to his feelings.
haqt 8 election of chief magistrate of Melbourne
nut akea place, when Mr. J. T. Smith was re-elected
bil3r for the fifth time, by a large majority over
41501:lent, Mr. CIONVQB.
representative in the Legislative Assembly,
over xage had been elected by a majority of 1,129
Cruikshank, the rival candidate.
.01. A. destructive fire took place on October 30, on the
isee of Mr. Mayfield, situate in Bourke-street
we,7 and had the wind been blowing from the
entire 71,1„.°
ihutlian agency could have avoided the
fide enf-issimiction of every building on the northern
property-0 market. AB it wag, the de3truction of
but har, p‘eeasioned by the calamity was extensive,
The
not 'Unattended with loss of life.
pally liotorions bank-robber Garret, had been
"evidaltined before the magistrates, and theio
froth-lee having closed, in reply to a question
he
-a,,tu.keceurt, Garrett lang,h3(l and declaredi
att((ii "ling to say why he should not be comm tted,
111; committed he was accordingly.
Aee
+l, °Ming to advices from Ballarat,. dated Nov
11:"S corning election was the topic of the day
Rees piing
events had given it a greater interest,
road.
15roba bitterly contested election morn
ahiehad • • Messrs Humffray
L.,
eip announced their intention to stand
„,
and '''sequence of Mr. Lalor having in his address
tiet,',Peeches at public meetings declared his in ten-
and ft° support the national system of education,
the /1") °PPose state aid to religion, a meeting of
811 Vrian Catholics was held after a.rvice on
Port evening, when it was resolved that all sup-
Afr_°,_Ut by evening,
Catholic body should be withdrawn
ztototincatiiaoM°.ounting, in point of fact, to a public
From this step there is every reason
41,43113ect f that some new candidate will be started,
reill.B.o, all the bitterness and rancour found only
e,^t
first I°lls hostility, will be manifested at this our
eetiv„
•
dietri Ceectuence of the small police force in this
robbc,
almost' ni rlee and cases of sticking up are. of
ghtiv
no leas than ; occurrence. On Saturday night
'were robb s'l2c nr seven stores on the main road
Unless them' 8°1"
" them pretty extensively..
alithe hp also
4_, Present
ne
'there thsunain
4'so some attention paid during
to the
er roads between here
. • ' will be impassable during the
the r , is 1,
eq. 41 unwever to be hoped that when
Iltbell,,renb small body of men are repairing, or
that rernaking the main road, have finished,
dir t'ere will be some little attention paid in that
oetion.
uwin
ereet. g to the numbers returning here from Fiery
begi' and other recent rushes, Ballarat proper is
'and
to assume again quite a lively aspect;
thre the main road having been during the last
tiro: or four days more frequented than for some
duly east, promises (though business is at present
k) Peedy reaction.
otyl ease of peculiar hardship arising out of an
'Public in the Gold Export Duty Act is exciting
trahle attention. The bill appears to have been
case Without any provision for allowance in
anthoot, quartz or alloy, and the Custom House
in j:,ties interpret the laws as justifying. them
gold ° J,,:ng duty upon the mass which contains
o matter how much of quartz it may
echrl-41" As we understand it, the duty is
argeable on gold, and can be enforced only upon
It-"le actual quantity of precious metal contained in
efutuLget, the determination of which can safely be
afford. B'll°oll appliances as science is at hand to
theone
instance, the IMaryborough nugget—
:° wgch raised the question—has been found
fl_ scientific eittnination to contain about 200 ozs.
,01_ ,
can bquartz, which,
resolved by no process that we are aware
e into gold, and yet, after the
c.,Xact quantity of gold in the nugget has been
eernonstrated, the collector of customs has
ue
rnanded the duty on the mass. With the con-
!eideration, however, which characterises the col-
ctor of customs, he referred the final interpreta-
ttrn of the law to the executive government, who
vie tow waiting the advice of the law officers to
t a decision.
thore Geelong, under date of Nov. 0, we learn
a melancholy accident occurred at Steiglitz.
tve3',?ung Germ to named, Saur, belonging to M'ln
dritt. and Thompson s party, was engaged in
''lB4 at a depth of thirty-five feet,when suddenly
'unnense quantity of earth gave way. and
buried him beneath it. Efforts were immediately
"4a(1,,
tiQ ""I get the body out, and the strenuous exer_
heb"e of a digger, named Morgan, are said to be
tta," all praise ; but all was without avail, for
fresh fast us those engaged got down near the spot, a
C eliP took place. The body had not been
ni2s4-he,elenf.); had been visited during the past fort-
are by extraordinary flights of insects. These
ant "lineipally moths, small flies, and large flying
shelf The latter are to be found in myriads on the
dietilte[ed portions of gardens, and, on being
ears-4:ued, rise and buzz about the 'disturber's
l~ilu thousands. They are furnished with a
Ise and Powerful sting, which they know how to

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