New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-12

opment passed upon Dr.. Lang, who Was inprisone
fo libel upon Alexander Stuart Hs E1cellency re-
fused 10 listen to the petition.
TIE prospscs for mining enterprises are spoken Of
very encoursgpPiy although the wan OF rain was be
I'M ing to be ielt very generally.
Mi,s Cs,baribe Hayes, and Lola Montez and :roup'
were playing in Sydney. While singing in Normi on
The let OF September Mis- HAYES was taken With q
severe iDdispostion, and another singer was obliged
10 fIisb htr role.
public meeting had been held in Sydney for the
purocse Of considering series OF resolutions rela1Ve
to the oefeLses Of The haroor and OF the Colony gene
rally.
The South australian Register says that the WORKS
connected with The rail way uhitiug Port A1ela1e
with ne metropolis Of the Province are satisfactorily
pro, IestiDg ard come expectation exists that toe ne
will be opened for traffic By the end o. the piesen-
year.
GOLD IN INDIA "A writer in The Sydney E"Pue
has the folio wing language in relation 20 gold 10 lnda
" 10 my view, lnoia at the piesent time stanos ~
the same pht tbs Australia did in $50, et tnaL
"A uCb mole lie POW known about the phenomenon OF
gold deposits than either myself or an ody else kne"
at that lime and with this difference, that India may
possibly have been dug out In ancient times, WINE
Australia il was Clear could nc. have been previously
wUrked.'
We have Melbourne papers of the 5th Of Sep'en6ir
The squsitSrs in the western part Of Victoria mad
held meet * and resolved 10 surrender their pre- np
tive rights with the exception OF the home staton
blocks of $40 scres) such portions Of them as me
Cover ebt .sfed to cell upon being rem1nera'ea
for their &C ual damage.
The weekly traffi retu7n Of the Melbourne aud
Hobsons Bay Railway shows a total revenue from all
s,uIces for the week epdir 23d August of E762 ~
Tie Dun Der Of passengers who made use of the hne
vas 4 so4.
me Mount Alexander NAL has the following ac-
CONT Of ali important discovery:
"Ar. Tnoma. G0ightlg, miner, OF Forest Creek,
tas, by chemical experiment, sscereined The Ia; lnt
qusr'z is tOrous may be fused and made subsiv-
en-, 10 manufactures end art. II is Mr.. Golgntly 8
in a
tsss bis ability 10 obtain iDgs of quartz resem'
bling china in Transparency and equsllng IN whuehes'
n purett alabasttr and to furnish the colony VIVA
Qusrz crocBeTy to extent only limited by the extent
of the quartz reef. The economic exrac ion OF gold
from quartz is among the chief features of Mr. &C.
liz btIy . process
A corr pon3ent of The Bathurst Free Press fur
, list es the following report from the TurOn
thin the last ten DAYS rush has taken place to
fat pi, &c Of ground the lett bank of the river,
Iesr TO Groom's Bar, aud every spot of available
q, ouDo b8s pegged out in claims. II is too soon
10 hear of general results for many have not bottomed
heir shafts yet, but the ,rospecs obtaired by soma
WHO have reao hed the washng-stuf very good
iU6eed'
wi elsctioneerng matters. The Legislative Council
has bt ell dissolved and general election about TO
take place Tne Constitution Bill having been re-
turne6-s course adopted by Sir John Russell in con-
SEQUENCE of the dissatisfaction which had been ex-
pressed with the bill it stood-his Excellsncy Sir
Richard Mcdonnell has deemed it necessary to dis
solve tie present Council with view to obtain the
sense Of the country Jon new Constitution Bull His
Excellepcy has further propounded and published a
rel enc for new Constu ion, which is contained in
the ft flowing announcement, published in Gazette
extraordinary of 18th August
/. 4 single Chamber or Assembly, consisting OF 40
NEE ber., viz: Sc elective members and b sads Of
the principal departments, viz Colonial Secretary,
Advocate Gel era and two other officers to be here
after determined.
2. Duration of Assembly TO be the fame az thst of
Al .lot..,o xxnIa
tln.
3. No special qualification of members Of said AS
temby por any disqualification except for cri ne.
4. Tenure of of6cs by Government officers having
seats in the Assembly 10 be the at present.
s. No Civil List except 10 the salaries of the
Judges aid The four Government officers holding seats
in HE Aaen bly,.
g. Ample power TO he reserved to the future Legisa
ture 10 alter the details OF such bill, efe sny other
change in the proposed Constitution, and resolve the
siOele Chamber into two.