The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-28 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

MELBOURNE, Dec. 9, 1855.—The Red Jacket, deser
-
vedly the favourite of all the Australian packets, arrived
,
here on Thursday last, after a very excellent
eversl
seventy-five days—the best passage, by far, made for s
months—in fact, since the Kent's arrival from Loncloo: 11€1
the
had rather more luck, having been thirty-one-daY°
line, and but forty-four from there. Her neWs,- ‘'`veve
shiP
had been in a great measure anticipated, tha 'Ffenc
Gertrude, from Calcutta, bringing the account of the ster.`l,!';
ing of the Malakoff, and the probable occupation el
.11,,
passage or
southern part of the city (received per Overlind m:rye
about two day's previous to the Red Jacket's a;Tival:.
dual
glorious coeii, nation of the intelligence csetited
of excitement, and filled every heart with joy.. liew°ot
downfall of the stronghold of despotism, appearing-°e
('fue,st
only possible, but highly probable, even .to th• by
sanguine. A great deal of amusement was caused here-
the article in. the London 2lines, on..the " Croou's" ite
sal correspondence. The idea that the great autocrat oi,ab,e
press should have been hoaxed by a squib se Palle
and so absurd, might well, as it has done, cause the '.!ess
muscles in every colonial face to expand, as ()ilea 95,1)firties
presented itself to the mind. Since the sailing o'l tile -The
Baines, nothing of any great moment has transpire.
government and the legislative council have been
net
petual spahble ever since the proclamation ef thecoo
canstitute)a, chiefly caused by. the ministry resiguirig,„,•(by
in the morning, to be appointed again in the afternevrios
the governor), iu order to give them a hold on the Pr°l.Rise of
of the act of constitution, relating to pensions, lnere'rtpad
salary,. &c.—This extraordinary farce of resignationsillso-bs
of waiting for the assembling of the new counei,ll4,„t et
e'ected under
_the new ,constitntion—this rather .)autrilt
haste to get their fingers into the colonial pocket, br°
down, and very justly too, the whole wrath of the cotivote
upon their heads. A series of resolutions, embodYing lidored
of censure so severe that no ministry could ever have, aby
to face the country after it, bad it passed, were defeat.' Dig
one majority— the whole force of nomieeeign bavost
been brought to bear upon it—and even of
would be of no avail, but for the treaebit'radi'
one man, and he, too, a digging member, elected liX,iesell
cal a constituency as there is in the colony, wite selak"„' not
—body and soul—to the government ; the pwroieueium.„,::::
yet transpired. At present, the ministry are as
but a few more such victories as the last
destructive as a defeat. The Van Dieman's Land co"
nine
has been settled by the decision of the judge of the!°;rreer;
court in favour cf the souncil, and against the
and the ignominious flight of Mr. Hampton, who C°;ieverl
all his immoveable property into cash, and disapPea: 110°
suddenly between two days, it is supposed for bera',l ;Oh
the money he has acquired by means that, in Great P!'soree
would probably have compelled him to do the S te;sess
service on the treadmill, will, doubtless, purchase 10°1,-,41 as
in parliament, and cause him to be universally resPecoan't has
a worthy citizen, and an uprightilegislator. .13414,8. s We;
been visited by a severe scourging in the way °Vs the
many buildings deatruyed, and several lives. 14°sen-ffilaishi
principal sufferer in the merchandise part. Ar„`a se"
man, named Nichols, of the firm of Moodyi.ilic.'''selcf,PB
Smith, was so severely burned in endeavouring r a few
from the building, that he died in great agog'', T.' 03 the
hours. There is no fresh news of any consequence IdiaarY
mines ; no new discoveries, and no very Otra° Wear 05
yields. The improvement in business has been follow 'Bad
a matter of course, by a rise in the price of btoo'
other things accordingly. Lighterage has gone uP taeost
and 10s. Ballast, from 4s. ad. has risen to Ss. .I:3tea
and
towage and stevedoring has advanced • proportionatelY'nesr-
all kicds of trade bear a livelier and more healthy oPurO
ancd. Salt provisions continue at high rates; a 18'14teri-
pected arrivals from the South American coast have gain'
lily lowered the price of flour, but it must advane!i ti;ther
Oats in
remain
as before. Rice, peas,' maize' Mocked'
grains are very low, and tee• , markets . '°"eitba
Butter remains firm at Is. 3d., and will advance' boas'
articles of merchandise remain about as at last votaitace
The Emma takes about 45,000 ounces of geld- jcssie
shipments are being made to Sydney for coinage•vir :T.
Munn not in. .

DOCK COMMITTEE.—YEsTERDAY.

The usual weekly meeting of this committee iva,sories
at one o'clock yesterday, in the dock offices, Mr' (iigosr6`
Turner in the chair. Other members presen,t-7dstolle'
F. Shand, Chaloner, Rounthivaite, Robertson t'jjolsle'
Smith, Hubback, Rathbone, Evaus, Barber,
and Lockett. a d co
The minutes of the last meeting were res.,,,

firmed. ar•
tell
l'he committee of works recommended that the f 30
of the Kirkstail Forge Company, for the forgin,g 000rt4,,
longitudinal iron girders for the railway. at tu,e„r Pc"
docks, and the tender of Mr. E. Butterworth, f""
tons of cotton waste, be accepted. Confirmed. , • mice
The warehouse committee reported that an aPPn„-t tl3°
had completed the term of his apprenticeshiP Deel!
Albert dock warehouses, and that his conduct 118,„holls`
satisfactory. He was now lading clerk at the NO`-,--
at £BO a year.
_;„t ,„
The marine committee acknowledged-the receiym.
letter from Lieutenant Lord, R.N., thanking thenVolieP.
superannuation allowance granted him, on his re"„d
from thu office of marine
.surveyor to the board;
one from Lieutenant Parks, thanking them for his °L.'
went to t ue office. I the
Mr. Evans asked what had been the amount °l

--
retiring allowancA granted to Mr. Whiters ?
oa
The'Clman replied
thaot t £2O.
Mr. Evans observed hat was an allosvAalictel,ord'
salary of RI ,000, and here, in i he ease of Liell,teri n
600.
an allowance of R 290 was given on a salary of 4. oveolo
The Chairman replied that Lieut. Lord had bee prof'
years, and that his health had been completely

down while their surveyor. - tbe
The matter then dropped. dot thl.4 per
The harbour masters' committee recomovn
xBO
salary of Mr. Barrow be increased from to
annum. Confirmed.
This concluded the general business.

LYCEUM NEWS-ROOMS

Cl
Yesterday evening at six o'clock, a specia',,„ll iearly
the proprietors of the above rooms was f
library, having been called on the 'requisition ~°„ores,
seventy members, directed to the master of the %le prli,
order to take into consideration the conduct of the
sident, in withdrawing from the room, on the Ist;;ii sev:Cif
a memorial addressed to the committee, to w. 17,3" atar''
names were attached, placed there for the (ter
such proprietors as might agree with its' raYer..nd (ter
The room was crowded by the menibers, jarair,
several propositions it was at length agreed that; so, Lr
Holme, Esq., do take the chair. Having "-00 at'lv
Holme observed that he would have wished saot 1:100,
gentleman had been chosen, as he really did ovit.to c° of
any thing about the differences that they had tattoos
sider, but he would be glad to hear the obsejit'er• ,
gentlemen who were acquainted with the 018- xtlieb tli
The master, Mr. Peers,`read the requisition cow
that
meeting, when the chairman remarked thatsteel t'of
object of the asqembly had been stated, he sioa
gentlemen would keep their tempers in the disci° d
the question before the meeting. '
Dr. M'lntyre then came forward to address the:el:s'lolre
and after some introductory observations, be. r• 11 of ithe
state that he would'put the assembly in possefis-500 ;De
simple facts of the case. On several former oecaboat
subject in reference to the erection of railingo a erectiva
Institution, had been before the committee, and railings.
6114i3c-
0f such railings had been objected to, it being rebile
1
railings were unnecessary, and would damage the 3.,tee
tural beauty of building. This year the COrnolb,(l
approved of railings being put up. If the rail° ere o' her
offensive to him when he saw them on paper,,theY v, oleo' 0
more so now he saw. them'put up. Tie had'heen itaelv
of the institution for thirty years, and he always ha„,ittee4:
that opinions were expressed by members to the conn dry
means of respectful memorials. He accordingly %tell --ea
up a memorial in the usual way, and on the Ist 'D.-010;v
sent it to the newsroom for the signature of such to iC
as agreed with him, but not being able to go 121°L-stivi
room himself, he wrote a note to the master, r"-telgd
to be placed in the room. The allegation wc,a' Doo;iiti
pros dent of the committee of the institution, goo i 0
removed this memorial from the .room, on the
;-
the •' first instance, been
that it was offensive, and also that it should o° he
left
mittee for consideration before being - nose not
room for signature, and out of thi6, b3d„rco
dispute. Dr. M•lntyre contended that 4'eaceor".:t.oe
presented to tj-iu
acted disrespectfully to Mr. Downey, but, in ~apPa'aea
with the usual custom of the institution •
t t
this, he read two letters from former masters pe, td.
who stated that they did not know of any other_en atior,iax
and ill he ro e
that followed by Dr. M'lntyre, having ever the
bove
After detailing the circumstances at length, 01' el? of
the substance, he contended that he had
and correctly, and that the president bad no right j
cc
noted tio teal
the memorial. FrOP'is
Mr. Mlougblin, after some observations, ~.erabe it
resolution to the effect that it was' he right, at.
address the committee in respectful memorials'
tbe P
was an arbitrary assumption of power en
'natter. r-
The
have acted as he did in the
The tero:utia was secondtd by Mr. Peak. ~,,aad l
n)Wne.t tO
Some geestions were th,o put, by Mr..., ree.;e aaa
je roe
~fusioaf
art of
Wiatyie., to Mr. Peers, the master,
removal of the memorial, and, after some e°" the
teat
0
time spent in this way, t
°le
ri
Mr. Owen proposed a resolution to the
0, 0-004 versA
president had done nothing that he was 11 't,d "80 or'
doing, and that his authority should be supPoLloptio bterf
gentlemen spoke pro and con, amid some itni, Jaeg.ove
slight confusion, mingled now and then w' net, „ 14;
was r To
and. at the conclusion the amendment, I too erl
there appeared for it 46, and for the origina.. oleo 4e.,
and the latter was therefore carried, when 'two to 1' 9013
out 0 it was like Mr. I)owney's coat of Wa, oelreef
A vote of thanks was then passed to Mr: bore.
the meeting separated, having lasted over two

THE
LIVERPOOL TOWN DUES.

MEETING IN

MANCHESTER

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
A.tneeting, convened by advertisement, of the merchants
and manufacturers of Manchester and the surrounding
towns Was held in the. Town-hall, Manchester, yesterday,
for the purpose of organizing an association to obtain the
right appropriation of the Liverpool Town Dues. The
Meeting arose out of a preliminary meeting held some
4aYa since of gentlemen interested in the.question, for the
POrpose of considering " the propriety or organizing an
association in defence of the measure now before parlia-
-113.nt, and concentrating the efforts of 'the various
localities affected-by the bill, so that by evid"nce and
otherwise
before the select committee of the House of
enth°lls the case of the promoters may be sustained."
A
714°%'h the meeting was summoned for eleven o'clock
it was considerably past that time when the
proceedings commenced. A considerable number of
gentlemen were then present. The chair was taken by
iw
Thomas Bazley, president of the chamber of