The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-14 00:00:00

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survey for a line of railway from Goulbourn
Albany at once. The Goulbourn Chronicle says:."
A party of surveyors hive arrived in town, whose;
structions are to survey immediately the line to Y a9O. .ed
understand that a simultaneous exploration will be egg
on by the Victorian Government, with a view to the OP
struction of a railrohd from Melbourne to the Mer.ral
(oassing near to Beechwortb), to join the Sydney
thereby completing an effective system of overland ee;
rnunication between the two chief capioals of Allen' of
Last evening the surveyors were encamped at the nu°
Water. golti
The accounts from the New South Wales•ft
.rrived

mines are very satisfactory. The escort fil
noel
Maitland on the 16th December with 3.607 °— the
in gold and £BOO in bank notes. This i 8
od
largest quantity of gold as yet brought down, 80,
it affords a striking contrast to the many' dise°oll;
aging letters from unlucky diggers, so often Pod
lished. No doubt can be entertained as tdAjed
productiveness of the Rocky River digginggs ;pg,
we see its fortnightly returns gradually inerellsiot
notwithstanding- the decrease of its paPjuiltioli
The Maitland Mercury considers it a "sin to let
bidden treasures (the rocky diatrict) lie useoat
and undiscoverbd, and it is to be hoped thatr
fortnightly returns will induce many of the litoo
terra miners to visit the Rocky, where paPillabef
alone is wanted to make it complete with °t.tio
diggings. The Chinese who left for the I{Bnigloll
Rock have again mounted their swags alid,sthel
the road to Maitland. The Rocky diggiagfii-vili
say, are " too much work," and they are evil rhea
not pleased with the prospects at the Peel, rota- one,
intend to make an overland journey to
first going to Sydney, in order, as they grin
say, to avoid the duty."
BathPr/ f 10- te, gifes the

The _)athurst ree as, of a late date,
following piece of advice to gold diggers :"..10.1111
In the event of the Gold Bill becoming ..
^-t tit
more than probable, it will come into operation swat!
commencement of the new year. Gold will then be
u t slo
2s 6,1 an ounce less in the market than at prese:lof,
holders will do well to sell before the currell'id
expires. There is nothing unfair in this, as the g°o6o
have been procured under the operation of the to 10
law, and the digger is in no sense called upon to 5
prdduee fot less than its present value. Verbionso; ofo
The accounts from the Adelong Diggl.nbtbe
very favourable, and the Aame may be saw. „ig
Turna district. The business the inters*

very good. --
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: clef
From Adelaide we have late advices. 1.11,4,„
Secretary had carried, with some diffieVilfoesl
first reading of a bill authorising the geTterbils.tligh
to contribute towards the subsidy pipit"
colonies to the new steam postal associationadid
will be remembered that a measure was P 95700/
the last session authorising the payment of %.I.oett
per annum on condition that the ocean stev-utsd
touched at some port of South Australia. ""400
the new postal scheme does not include `",tpe
Australia en route, of course no part eat 10
subsidy is payable by authority of the '',.;erti;
question. Under these circumstances the g",;t
ment, fearing that the mails would be 8!"10
private vessels going direct to Adelaine',
not by the ocean steamers, and they shout' 0.0
to pay the whole postage of their letters I'
England, introduced the bill to which we boli
referred, The feeling of hon. members vilst tlls't
ever, so strongly against the Imperial contra: 'to.s
ministers had evidently made up their atilt o'o
defeat. But on a division, a small majeriA";oll#
obtained by the Government. That So:Jai:1011:
lia has been cavalierly treated in connection '' P,",
recently completed contract, is, according ate P
Adelaide .Register, patent to all, " but vve thinceer
unreasonable to suppose that the Imperial G.°ooo
ment will So far acknowledge the comeaiesien.,b9itif,
error as to pay our portion of the annual 0" eiptP
unless they consider the present postage re,,citbetr,
as an equivalent for our share. And if 13,4
South Australia nor her Majesty' Governnle"
pay the share of expense chargeable uOginoie°
colony, we may be certain that the other Os"
will not pay it.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA. t did
Our last intelligence is to the effect t.° 110
Legislative Assembly had beeb opened 11 tl
Excellency the Governor. Immediately oftderd is
delivery of his speech, the House Prcfir.-saeoli'
business, the Governor taking part in
stt.ii-terti- l;
His Excellency entered into a financial
showing that the actual revenue collisiderttlie
thia
rept
exceeded the amount estimated, and slate('
object of the bill was to provide for a tff,%'; ;
apportionment of the monies voted for l'i'verof
was not a supplementary estimate. The 6°lnttb.
oleo informed the Council that at that in°rll.,Are; ter°
colony Was free from its debt to the ""9
Australian Bank. tope
From the Geraldine mine we hear that sistY 00
of lead had been sent to the Port, and morel/I/6d
the road. The water had fallen in the inineneir'to
the miners would soon commence rais ng "03
keep the furnaces going The reports fro
parts of the district era most favourable. perlb'
The gold digging party have returned to TheY
their efforts having proved unsuccessful. pa'
sunk several small shafts in a promising CO-
but no gold rewarded their exertions.

COMMERCIAL D o.
ch lgi r
SYDNEY, ielbe,
A special general meeting of the members. of the , et cool,
of Commerce was held to-day. The report of the 6:actibebogrO!

mittee on telegraphic communication with the nei,,.4412,
colonies was adopted, and a petition on the same BuT of 1"";
the report, was ordered to be placed in the ban° Ohl
Parkes, M.L.A., for presentation to the Legislative A.o.se°
The flour market is still very dull, and gives no PI place
improvement. The harvest is progressing in seve,rsrep°,,f
rt
but no' wheat has yet arrived in Sydney; the crop al-oe t°l
to be 'above former average, notwithstanding the alreet
hive sustained. Prices are without change; en"!
to
Xl3 hest Adelaide are taken at £l9 to £l9 10, ; Chtll,a;to
lOs to 419. The millers continue to quote Xi°4
but their actual sales are understood to be much bel°o-a to
rates. Good wheat is worth 7s 6d to Ss ; maiZe, 43 tot°
In the auction rooms very littlo business is doing,
the retail dealers being engaged in taking stock. g.A °%.'
The money market is steady—gold sells at igs "-
and 42d per oz. freight to Liverpool.

Be ielafld
WIFE MURDER AT TYRES.—At Kirkipol, .° tti afr,etio
of Tyree, oa the morning of the 12th nit.,
Hector M'Donald, beat his wife, Jane Saton, of wedistelt
was jealous, and her death occurred almost Del' •alelic-
Her throat, arms, and back bore marks of great /I-
-00
M'Donald was committed to Inverary gaol.
on IS ftat,
d MR. COBDEN -FOR HODDEESFIELD•—Mr. Cobo--11310:,,0
anger of being left without a seat in the new r3raitle4
We understand that a number of influential ga-lig
connected with Huddersfield are desirous of hriee'lgeote:o.
forward for that constituency, and, from th,°,,eihtmes
expression of feeling which has already taken
can be little doubt that if he should decide uP°ll,,ir
to their wish;'s, his election is a matter of ceil
Manchester Examiner.
piterrhlt
Lord Palmerston and her Majesty's ministers f- gig-
intimated their acceptance of an invitation from thhea gag;
Hon. the Lord Mayor to partake of a banquet at t":A be(
sion house, on Ridly, the 29th inst. ards han'ci otb:e
a cotte 'bed
issued to members of both houses of parliament a-roseb`lial
distinguished guests. The interest which the APP',O efts
appeal by ministers to the country imparts to o°ll4 of
will, it is expected, compensate forgteheorshgouretsetse:
too
notice, and secure a brilliant assemble nt elle
The Obselvateur au Dimanche states, that resPe'e, Ito
Sabbath is certainly gaining ground in Franc aileil.be
thous° of n,
Bishop of Rodez has just written, it says, t°
et Paris to say that in his diocese infractieite eScenre
observance due to the Lord's Day have becogn,e'rease°l-0
tions Several associations in the diocese of vh% aotlqr
have lately joined the Paris comrniitee; and t"..- hall -t)
of Angouleme have just decided that their aline- 1 A
the future closed on Sundays and fete days. ooet'a 11
Tire CASE OF PRACTICAL JOKING AT BgEfLiellfistr
correspondent says :—" A memorial to Lord re' iroPi,c)
now in course of signature by some of the jur,e.r. distri":o
nelled in this case (who reside chiefly in tuAl-byles„jof
recommending a remission of the sentence Pasettitati,°: ie
Cresswell on Cooper and the Hoofs, and the subs "at
a fine. In the event of the application succeedlerexsoo
understood the young men have promised to Pla„,10,
the disposal of the widow."—Chelmsford Chr°% 8, °,'l4
INSPECTORS AND SURVEYORS OF flags, S°"osPe",t°llo
There are in England 11, and in Ireland three lboaidep-a*
of taxes, with salaries of .e5OO a year each!, a 011113134
allowance of £lOO a year each for a clerk, anurp scat of
day and travelling expenses when from home' 50 a/ Ir
f e
there are seven inspectors, with salaries 0 tit 030
each, with allowances of £75 additional derw:os °E
70,
d
ae,
tinuance of the income tax, and travelling egpi:4,eyer
a day. The aggregate salaries of the 251 eft. f.,60,1011
stampssalaries
an
and taxes
firnomtheervoitto £46edKo a ingroomorP 1"
These
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