Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-07 00:00:00

NEW SOUTH ►ALES

Our Sydney adviees are to the 13th April. The business
of the Legislature had been drawn to a close. With an
interval of ten days it has been in session nearly fourteen
mouths, and its discussions and its measures alike present
the most unsatisfactory page in the annals of Australian
legislation. After continual delays, alterations, and differ-
ences between the Chambers, the District Courts Bill has
been read a third time and passed. The proclamation for
bringing it into force has been published. A bill intro-
duced in the Upper House to amend the law of libel, the
object of which was to permit criminal cases of libel to be
conducted by private prosecutions, passed through that
Chamber, but was allowed to lapse in the Assembly, it not
being acceptable to the Government. On the 30th March
both Houses adjourned, a telegraphic message having been
received of the death of the Hon. Robert Campbell, late
Colonial Treasurer. Deep regret was manifested in the
deportment of hon. members on the announcement being
made by the Premier. On the 7th April an address was
moved in the Council, praying his Excellency to take steps
for introducing measures of sanitary regulation, necessarily
for the health and safety of the community. In passing the
Appropriation Bill in the Upper House, the business of the
session was reviewed at length by the members of the
Opposition, and the conduct and policy of the Ministry were
most severely animadverted on. In the Assembly on the
29th March, the Premier stated that no copy of the New
Steam Postal Contract had been yet received. It was also
announced that the contract for railway .would, when con-
cluded, be at the price then prevailing, but, being once
fixed, would not be varied during the fulfilment of the
contract. The motions casting censure on the Government,
for its conduct in several cases of magisterial delinquency,
after having been delayed by every contrivance from week
to week and from month to month were allowed to be
brought to a decision when the close of the session had
brought the final gathering of the supporters of the Govern-
ment together. They were rejected by considerable
majorities. An additional Loan Bill of £ll,OOO was
passed. The House was prorogued by his Excellency in
person. The speech was very short, and conveyed no idea
as to the period when the Parliament would be again
convened.
The Sydney Morning Herald contains the following
synopsis of
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.—SiTIOC our last summary. dated March 12,
the Revenue of the colony for the quarter ended the 31st March,
has been published in the Gnzcite. The statement is a very
satisfactory one, and shows an increase, as compared
rly wh the
corresponding quarter of 1858, of £58,268 6s Bd, neait2o per
baneend
cent. The total revenue for the first quarter of 1858 . being
£292,909 lOs Id, and for 1859 £351,177 16s 9d. The prinlexl
increase is in the revenue derived from the d
Under
small.
sof
poi
Discount
tencuhea
rtgheed
bd
ye c
trhe
ea srbe a nand!o,
k oincrease
aat r6e.
pBepreerecnetntfofrorboilylseratththarteteimmeo.ntlhns,t7hepsehracleen3tifaorkfet.4o.mceoynithss
abundant for investment in all the dividend-faapeZwi(a)igalliaes,
particularly the colonial banks and in.suratneee cn r
h past month. Thee
considerably improved in price
dulgthe Bankof New
and New South Wales
south
approaching half-yearly meetings o
Marine Assurance Company,
• Wales, the Sydney Insuran e; ilClobine
Phaenldv,during this month; and

as it is anticipated that the reports of the two former compass
will be very satisfactory, there has been some demand for the
shares. The fluctuations that have taken place since the last rep
have been as follows : -An advance of 20s per share on the Bank o
New South Wales shares ; Commercial Bank shares are much
sought after, and have risen 40s to 50s per share—the new shares
have also improved 20s to 403 per share ; in Australian Joint stock
Bank sales have been made at £l2 lOs per share, and at that price
there are plenty of buyers, but holders are not disposed now to
accept less than £l2 15s to £l3 per share. Union Bank shares are
firm. and the satisfactory report of the last half-yearly meeting.
received by the last mail, has caused an advance of £2 to £2 lOs per
share. Australian Steam Navigation shares are quiet, and remain
without material alteration in price. Newcastle Coal and Copper
Company's shares have changed hands at 17i per cent discount;
but there is not much inquiry for these, although they continue to
pay a dividend of 10 per cent per annum on their capital. Hunter
River New Steam Navigation Company's shares are better, and have
been sold at an advance of lOs per share. In General and New
South Wales Marine Assurance Company's shares there is a rise of
2s 6d per share. Gas shares are without alteration, the difference

n price

sequence cr
r's shares

Insurance Compan
advanced 2s 6d per sha
sales of terminables du

98 end interest. In Au,

Adelaide

,sue of the new.shares. Sydney

. -
a sought after, and have
Government Debentures are firm, and
1860 have been effected at 1 per cent
terminables have also changed hands at
Ilasian Steam 11Zavig!.t!9n and Pyrmont

a sales have been made at quotations
SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Australian Regist,

xe to the 18th

very 1,

April. The South
zthened summary for

England, froni which we condense the f
POLlTlCAL.—Parliament will reassem

ble en the 29th

inst., so that the political dulness which has reigned during
the last few months will soon be broken. It is proba-

[e, too, that several elections will take place soon

the opening of the session
fora

qr. Bur-
mbers for the City of Adelaide, has been

le of ti

ly rumoured

io supply his place.
will be a vacancy, ca
to the Bench. It is

vacancy in that Home v

A by the

;ary preliminary to the asst
iERCIAL.—The
t year are not N

tcr to £4l

ports, the f
31 10s. TI
. The exoc

letnen has been named
:ice Council, also, there
;cation of Mr. Gwynne

tin, however, that the
Ily noticed, which is a

of a new writ

quarter of the
able to state
'rably in excess

£526,880, and

exported

s were derived
icated :—Great
,oreign States,

77,728 ; 1

f Customs duties
otal value of the
:ports L 1,512,185,

ust exports of £257.166 18s. These amounts
Et totals we have already obtained from the
it the discrepancy; probably, is due to the
i the yearly statement no distinct infer-
-3 the value of the

a and buliio

Australia. We

sports which were re-
ported and exported.
we last prepared a
e in the

taxen
are bee

having be

Its worthy c
,e has been a

lenefitted

a the price o

ve, and
d deal of
and as the
f grain has

.0 believe that
but it is only

:one will pre-

has been that we

lion of merchan-

were glutted with almost every d
dice. This evil has been felt more m
the first tide of prosperity set in with I
hoped, however, that shippers have at lene,
view of things. It is satisfactory to observe th

times," the fu:

;ver since
7y. It is
c sensible

notwithstanding

recent bush fires now(

the millers

to the fact of the firm
Their mill at Gawler '

it of 'bad
Ters by the

,000. The only failure of any
mth is that of Messrs. Harrison
'own. Their liabilities are not,
large number of small farmers
use of the failure is attributable
"too many irons in the fire."

aid to h

g concern,