New-York tribune., 1867-08-21
VICTORIA.
TIE VICTORIA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or TIE
COLONY-ENPECTED VISIT or ENGLISH
CRItkETEHS.

TIE VICTORIA NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or THE
COLONY-EXPECTED VISIT or ENGLISH
CRICKETEHs.
Latest Melbourne dates are TO the 25th Of
juno by telegraph 10 sydney.
MI II. Wills, Manager OF the Colonial Bank ht I2rnl-
gula. Victoria. disappeared with $500 lic has, how
over, been appichcndcd.
The scheme for aitcCing the system u primary cdnca-
ton In Victoria has been withdrawn ald Parliamentary
controversy the subject hls htcn ADJOURNED Inc re-
troduccd into The Parliament by tie Government pro
vlded for az education uusectaran in IT. character but
several giUus denominations offered great oppo'loh
lis probable that tho AEngland Eleven engaged by
Mr George Mnrrha 20 visit the AustjqlAn co1nie9 ul
ring the ensuing cricketing season VIII cluue
Jupp, Humphrey, kosccroit Lazy whit"i ana fo''' Aa
bu 10 consolidate and amend the laws relating to the
licensing Of public houses aud the sr of fern, anu
sprtuous liquors ha, been introduced mo Tue NiV'o'
Mr.. W NJ M'Cann ono OF the members n tho victorian
Legislative Assembly, has been charged ~ the Mclpoil
PoliceCOurt with having felohi"usy ut,'I , ~
forged acceptance to bill Of exchange Tor the sum o
Committed FOR trial aud admitted 10 bail -
hc dr.. part OF the statstcs OF the Colony OF victoria
has recently been published Inc number OF lhIu uIsI'"
who arrived In tho colony during the year was 5ls OF
whom 2l,1i2 were adult males 'oJy s%ouiS % uip ,4,
8Sg7 children OF this total number 1862 dull h,es'
873 females and $50 children, were IRON tno
Ing colomcs Of whom s.222 were from NcW sou,h WIS
9Ga from Tasmania, and GO,1 from NcwLealand vi the
latter there 50i3 adult maze 20 1Lg Yi,, i.
'r. number OF arrivals from tho United Kingdom mas
been iO7l adult naos 3,i33 females, ara jio 'I', 4
total, s.Gli Prom foreign ports iie ~ tb
from the United Kingdom, 500 were warrant houo''
and 5gi were Government immigrants. - ,- -,
"Wb rinsctoent was created ~ the Victorian Assem-
bv few evenings ago, when Mr. Love picscHleIh Igi
ti1n rclntipg 10 the Public Instruction b lfOh tHo '
ucse of Pleasant Creek Couchcd In the Chinese AhSuR
when MIR Love assured the House that II was IcspccL
fuIlv wOrled," there burst on EuEnlSI, anu
repeaed cries that the honorable member bHouu prove
MAJ such was the case BY reading the document,
NJ Tove confessed his inability To DO, but submitted
translation the fidelity Of which bad 0een ate3leu Dy
gentleman familiar with the Chinese tongue, lno Pctl
lion had 100 signatures appended 10 ~ bt was Vi @
received the Speaker lntlmatln9 & ti.at 'iioi' va" Nv ~
for public instruction before the House. -. ii
An amber mine has been discovered anout eiB"' noS
from ROkewoOa near Mount Misery, Victoria
Splcndjd accounts have reached Hoktka ~. ~ from
the new rush In the Waimca district Inc HibSES h9
suate upon Wide extent Of tableand Wllch Is ddlhed
by small watbrcOurse. . ,r,,.tor ~,
Wcstcrn Australia is about to be made by the YORK Agt
cuuraI socety some light, therefore, may be expected
10 be thrown on the fate Of Leichart (he e1pOre) ana
his party. ,.. A. ,.o,,iro looI o.. wa
,,,ns,oyn near Melbourne are proceeding but slowly
The amount ~ present expended on lho "OIk Is over
q73 900 and the final cost will probably not fa lar short
OF 100000