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MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1878.
No narratives in the papers are more eagerly read at the present moment than those relating to the outrages committed by the Mansfield murderers. On one point the public should be cautioned, and that is against accepting in good faith the stories which emanate from the outlaws or their confederates and friends. The criminal mind has a peculiar cast; it has great powers of dissimulation. Nearly every ruffian, it may be said, has some thing of the histrionic art about him, and the constant effort of these men is to posture when under the public eye as generous, large-hearted beings, persecuted by a wicked police, but really entitled to the sympathy of their fellows. The practice is an instinct with them. They pose as injured innocents as naturally as a girl attitudinises before a mirror.
WEECHURCH was a notable specimen of the class. The man whose specious story imposed the other day upon a magistrate of the experience of Judge COPE is another instance, and the KELLYS, to judge from the tales that are finding then way into print, can quite hold their own in the trick of putting a gloss on their proceedings.
The account these scoundrels give of themselves affords a further proof of the truth of the elementary lesson that thieving and lying go hand in hand,
and this does not cease when the thief becomes a murderer.
We fear that it cannot be denied that the adventures of the gang and their success in outwitting the police have had an effect upon that degraded class com- posed of men who hang about bush publichouses, or obtain casual employ-
ment as station hands. It was to be hoped that even these men would have a hearty detestation of murder, and would assist in bringing murderers to justice. Such has not proved to be the case. In many instances the police have been baffled rather than assisted in their inquiries. And in other circles thoughtlessness leads to the gang being viewed in a false light, and to their tales obtaining a too ready acceptance. It would be an insult to the community to suppose that the DICK TURPIN and JACK SHEPPARD senti-
ment has any serious prevalence in the land, but at the same time it may be useful, as helping men to realise the situation, to remind the public that the "Kelly lot" or the "Greta gang" have lived from their infancy the common life of low thieves, pilfering by night, and trusting to get off, if detected, by false swearing at the police court by day.
the only difference between them and the dangerous and disreputable rough of Little Bourke-street and its pur-
lieus is that the one lives in the country and the other in the town. The whole gang have beoen in the habit of thieving for their living. Had they been in town, they would have broken into houses and robbed drunken men. As it is, they have stolen horses and "planted" cattle, and have driven off sheep sometimes in flocks. In these latter cases, they have cut the creatures'
throats, throwing the carcases down the shaft in an abandoned diggings, and have disposed of the skins. More than one instance of the kind is on record. In the villages, they have loafed about the public- houses, to make off with saddles, or to plunder poultry, the fowl in their pot not being generally their own. An episode in the career of one of the KELLYS, as currently narrated, is characteristic of the fraternity who are now baffling the police. A man put his horse up in the stable of a public- house while this Greta personage was at the bar. The new saddle attracted his attention. He quietly unstrapped it, and galloped off with it in his pos-
session. In court the owner swore to the saddle, which was made to order, and the saddler, who was called, pointed to his private mark. But seven wit- nesses on the other side made oath and said that the saddle was KELLY'S, and that they had seen him use it con- stantly, and the prisoner received the
benefit of the doubt.
Men of this sort are never at a loss
for a plausible lie to put themselves in a good position. They have lived in an atmosphere of deceit, and consequently every statement in which they figure to advantage should be scrutinised to see who it emanates from, and if it comes from them or their sympathisers the gloss should be taken off. Thus, if the facts, and the facts alone, of the tragic death of Sergeant KENNEDY are con- sidered, the ruffians stand in a very different light to that in which they desire to be represented. We know how KENNEDY was surprised in the open, and the tale of his last moments which has been told on behalf of
the KELLYS, and which purports to come from them, contains the admission that the moment the sergeant began to fire instead of "bailing up," his assailants hid behind the logs. When
he had come to his last shot he fled for shelter, and the evidence of the trees with the bullet marks upon them has shown how the gang commenced to fire when his back was turned. It was while they were screening themselves from the sergeant's shots that they allowed M'INTYRE to escape. When KENNEDY fell
the KELLYS could stop by him and talk to him until their companions had re- turned from the pursuit of M'INTYRE, and then when it was necessary to move on, the finishing shot was given in cold blood to the helpless KENNEDY. There was the chance, as the narrative says, that M'INTYRE was wounded, and would drop, and if so, then, with KENNEDY silenced, there was no living witness of the surprise and the murders. Not one man, we presume, who has had any dealing with the criminal class will pay a
second's attention to the statements about
twinges of remorse ; to the offers to give KENNEDY a gun, to the declarations that bloodshed was never contemplated, and to the other touches with which the tales that reach the public from the gang are adorned. They killed KENNEDY and attempted to kill the unarmed M'INTYRE because it suited their convenience, just as they would now murder other men who crossed their path in any way.
A better understanding of the charac- ter of the Greta thieves is calculated to elicit a thorough sympathy with the police, and the more hearty and com- plete that sympathy is, the more spirited are likely to be the exertions of the men and of the officers. We should be sorry for the force to suppose that any attention whatever is bestowed upon the assertions the murderers make, when they converse with their captives, of the cowardice of this member of the force or the miscon- duct of the other, or the perjury of a third. Every thief and every strumpet makes the same allegations about the apprehending constables. These state- ments should pass away as the wind, and no doubt will do so. The force may be assured that, apart from any criticism on the plan of operations, the public will be slow to believe in anyj personal im- putatioun oun its courage or its good conduct, and will be eager to recognise the merit of their services. Indeed one of the incidents which has caused most pain of any in the whole affair is the discovery that the allowances to the widows of Sergeant KENNEDY and of Constable LONIGAN have not been promptly paid, a neglect which is felt to be disgraceful and inhuman, and for which the Chief Secretary ought to call
some officer to account. And when the subscnption for a suitable monument to be erected over the remains of the fallen men is put before the public, we have no doubt of its meeting with a hearty response. The prayer of all will be that no blood will have to be shed in bring- ing the Mansfield murderers to justice, but the police have a right to know, what is the fact, that any delay in providing for the widows of those who have already died is accidental, and that when a man does fall in the dis-
charge of his duty in protecting society against crime, his memory will be honoured, and his family will be supplied with something more than
bread.
Piotection has just biought down one of the oldest mamifactmmg finns m the United Stales, namel), the O-foul Iron Companj, in New Jersej, which has failed foi tluee millions of doll us It was established m 1773, undoi a lojime of absolute fi-cc tiade, m a distnct nell in magnetic iron oie in the contle of W alien Count), and employed 700 men When the Amencan poits weie open to the whole woild, and no nnpoit duties w ere leued on iron and steel manufac lui es, the business flouushed and yew The Oxfoul lion Company s goods found then way to Lut,]mil in spite of m e\poit dut) of Is 9d a ton imposed by the Bntisli Go\eminent, in defeience to the repi esentations of the Sheiheld manufactuieis, who told the House of Commons that ' the piont) and clicaj
" ness of wood would enable Ameiit,m " non to undeisell Hie Butish, md " thus nun the tiade In lbOl Con gi ess imposed a piotectue duty up m impoited metals, nul this was íaised from lime to time, but with e\eij mciease of duty theie was au m ciease of impositions Afleiw uJs the
tiv on hainmcied bal non was
fixed at C7 pei cent, and on lolled b ii at 121 pei cent, ad valui on W ith wlia1 íesulti In the couise of tluee yeai-3 tendéis weie called foi a îailioad m the heait of the non distucts of renns}!
lama, and the entue conti act w is taken up bj English innis, at XC 17« Gd pei ton " Aftoi yeaii ot cue
"ful niiisii)_, wntes the editoi of the St Louis Demount, "and careful "wiappnig by the fiieside of piolection, " the non nidustiy looked helplessly on " while I noland began to make nils foi " oui nihoads And this, the final and ".rushing blow, was the latest gift of "the piotectue sjstein to the non
" nnnufactiu e '
'J he most impoitant aiticle of the Ovfoul lion Companys pioduction was steel i nls,aiid it seems th it foi the manu ficluie of tho best quality of these choice foici_n oies ne îequued But, of couise, the Amencan mine owneia de maud piotection foi then magnetic oies, and the cost of the impoited maten il is íaised accoulingl) lints while, accoid mg to theNew "ioik Waihi, the puce of the best steel nils ni England is fiom 27dol to )0dol a ton, they cannot bo mamifactmed in Amenca, even by the cheapei laboui which is piocuiablo in that aiuitij, foi less thiu 12dol x
ton
Now let us see how piotection opei ites in othei îespects , and ho«, like S \Tu\n\, it dei ours its o\\ n clnldien Cony ess imposes an nnpoit duty of 28 dolíais pei ton upon steel nils This is simply piohibitivo With such an unwholesome stimulant applied to the tiade, it is immediately lushed by capitalists, and laige works foi the mamif icturo of steel îails aie in opei i
tion at Bethlehem, Scranton, Cambua, North Chicago, Ti oy, and CKfoul At the last named place the capitil of the company which has just f ukd wasiein ioicedin 1873 by three uullions of dolíais put into it by New York c ipitahsts, all of which has been lost, and the winks baie been moitgaged foi 700,000dol, while bonds baie been issued to the extent of 190,000dol Lveiywheio theie is the ciy of ovei pioduction Manufactuieis, m then eagerness to command tho home maiket, cut down tho puces, and to do so they must reduce the wages of the opeiatives Steel rails which were selling as high as 125dol pei ton a few yeais ago ha\e now fallen, as w e lm e said, to i2dol, and while stocks accumulate, tho con dition of the woilungman is moat do plorable
Outside of lho United »States the sui
plus is unsaleable, except at a los* because it cannot compete with tho steel rails of England, pioduced at two thud* of the cost of the Amciican ones, and thus pioteetion lescmblcs the linns of i tiopicil foiest, which kill li} co" striction the ti ces to which the} ditch tlicmselves " Ah i" wi iles m Amei ic m journalist, "if, inste id of so much " sheltei, we had subjected this mum " faetuic to a few sevcio lessons in tho " íotiji pnctical woild, how mun " nullionswo should li ivesived Not t " solitai} Anieucan would to d i} dteiiu "tint i dut} on uij foi m of non wis " needed, if out mdustiy had nevoi " been piolected at all, md had pie "8civedthc nigged vigoui md tuelcss " invention of its colonial tunes ' But immense is has been the vv iste and mis dnection of capitil in the United States owing to the inisclnev ous mtei foi once of the state withindustiyand commeicc tho nuseiy and discontent which have been cngendeied among the woikmg classes b} pioteetion aie lai moioseuous evils, and thicalen a social convulsion of the most ahinung chaiactei Accoid mg to the New ïoik 'lilburn, one of the oigms of the monopolists, the pioblem of cheap living is just now " liteiall} a matter of life and death ' to hundí eds of thousands of nien,w omen, and cliildien It is dosenbed In, tint jouinal as " simply a long hand lo hand " fight with starvation, the vvoist of the " stiugglo falling upon the women ' In a petition piescnted to Congi c-s it few months ngo, it was stated that pauperism and cunio wcio daily on tho mcieise, tint the countiy was being ov en mi with destitute workmen , and tint a days labour in England will now purchase
fiom 25 to 30 pel cent moie than t dn} 's laboui m the United States " As " nianufactureis who do notdesno to ho " put ni the attitude of paupeis, as " business men who ask nothing but " fair pla} and an even chance in the "ince of tiado," said the Petitionen, " we aie peifectly free to denounco, as " a gioss delusion, the notion thal pío " tection is a benefit to the woikmg " man The tiuth is that he is the man "among all who is most oppiessed by " tho piotcctivo system Ho îeccivos " not an atom of protection himself,} et " has to pay foi the protection of eveiy " pioducei who munsteis to his necos
" sities "
'J ho New Yoik Wot hi calls attention to the startling fact that while Amone i is so nell m internal íesources tint " England is a bairen island m com " panson," the formet is sufteimg the most severe distiess, while the latter, "having fosteied no unprofitable m " v estment of capital," has gained and kept tlie commeicial supremacy of tno world It further romailcs upon tho significant encumstance that while tim immbei of paupers in England and Wales declined from 1,081,000 ni 1870 to 728,000 in 1877, in pioteoted Massachusetts theic weio 43,000 icceiv ing îelief in 1S73, and 148,000 m 1870, while theie weie moie people out of vv ork in the state of Benns} lv inn alono than theie weie at the same time in tho ?whole of England, with neaily eight times its population "Weaie,' obseives that papei in conclusion, "tho most " piolected and the most depicssod ol " nations We havo gamed less in "pio^pent} and sufloied moio m " idveisity than mu gi eat in ti Om " exceptional depicssion will issist, peí
" haps, in doing aw a} with the cuises "which have letaided the ldoption of " nee ti ade-at all events, it will if we " ue wise It will bo m auspi lins da) foi the whole English speaking lace when Aincin ni statesmen lollow ii[i the emancipation of tho Afiictti ingi i bv the abolition of that s)^toin windi, as ToiiN Bl K iir says, "his upon it i "tunt of the gieat wiong of sltverv,
because, ho tdds, " the 1 thom of tlia
'ltliouiei is not fice when it it hy " fcicc ol hw diminished m v line
Once moie the lathi a) s ne lo he IHCI foi pchtitil pm poses Vfloi the- din
clt suics in ide bcfoie the select c nimiUee
of the Le0islitive Council one ivoukl h tv c thought th it theio w auld li n e bien some hesitvtion in te, un employ nie, Hie liopiitycf the state foi the pi um tun tf i at} inda Lut so fu fiom tins bcin" the i tso, tho hist oppntunity lint 1 icscnls itself foi lcpcitmg the dlcnco is sct/cd upon A banquet is t be given to Mi Jil KI \ md J\ofc3soi Pi ii
so v in Melbourne pnoi to then dep ututo foi Lngl md, and m oidei to scciuo i öood ittend mee, i point tboitt w Inch the piomoters of the cntcitaunuent appen to li ive bul nomo doubts, it is umounccd that the pm ch iso of a ticket-pi ice hilf i gnuie i-will entitle anj pcison in tho colinby to afieo piiincy by nil to md fiom the nictiopolis Hie but is in it
tiactn cone Theholdei of lb inqtict ticket it ß illai it, feandhuist, Aiai it, \\ odong i, oi an) other distant place, vv ill be able to make an exclusion to Melbourne m holt
di) time it a fouith, fifth, oi sixth t £ the oi dum y into, besides hiving tho piiulc0e of joining in the festivities it the foil nhill It is not ii« iyi that a tup to town can bo hid foi next to nothing, md of couisc theio will be man) th inkful acceptais of the G >
v eminent boimtj Bounty it is, ami ni tlinio else A banquet ticket is sup piscd to lopiesont so much vnluo in things to cat and drink, and if tho i lil- li ay faiois included m the ttcl et, (no camby btnquetois will ti wc1 fieo In oula, thcieforo, tint theio miy be an imposing domonsbabon in fivom (f the embassy, fice i til« iy titi cfs ne to bo dtstiibiited n0ht mil left lho chinda of an assemhl t0o Lit toLclhei by such moins may be easily imagined, but as to tint wo clio little M li it wo no concerned ibmt is tlio ibnso which Muustois ino
m iking of theil position, and the coi nipt system which they seem îestlved to perpetuate It is tho Govinxoi s leiu,
and the West Melbourne election over
ig mi lho only difference is tint in tim two foi mci instances things weie man igcrt with some sociccy, while hoi o tho niangeiucnts nie boldly announced 1)) public advertisement This is oncu molo intimation, we tnko it, tint the G ivein mont intends to stick it nothing '» fact, when tho recent lovolulions mil the comments which they excited iro lemombeied, this litest act em only
be lceaided as an impudent don mci» _ of public opinion Judging fiom tho numeious lctteis which we luv» alie id) íecoived on the subject fu>'» indignant conespondents, tho condemn i
tion of this gioss ibusc of powoi is likely to aflcct tho success of tho banquot, el en
m spite of the gintiutous distuhut mi «t
faut to the ladies m the giller)
The i dations of the Liberal paity lo the Colonnl Omeo and to tho Ctou»«1 aro somewhat mixed At pi osent Mi
Bl um, mid just now oven Su JÍIIVAN OLOCHLDK, mo all blandishments, MA Piofcssor PEAitsotr decíalos that it VOULU bo indecent to nmond tho constitution without the guidance of Downing sUcou
But thcio ia a back giound li mu time to time wo Iroe ominous whispcis of what will happen if the Colonnl Office ia not tractable and the 1 ist mtnuii
turn comos fiom tho Culac ¡hi di, a journal which is not with mt claims to mspir ition If the cinbissy d«.s not obtim a new constituti jn is desired, then, wo le un that in thou return an itt ick is to lie opened on tho GowiNOit The Mairpus of Isoi IIYNIIV will be the mm ite of ( o\eminent house, aid who, asks tho lilieial jouiii x1-the ( rgan of loj alt) j» > i m -is the M u lins (f_soitMV\n. ' The lcply is specific and lead) Ile has been an ollicoi m Hi fi Min ir\ s household, md, therofoie, he in «.lim ited with j îejudico ind supoi
' stition ' Ho is a ' (neinand and i ' cicitme feueh mil be Hut IM \ TI si Y s îcjucscntitive in the concicte, ¡md whit ia ho m the abstiaet' Ileio tho 1 J) al imuiiiil is equally positivo and piceise .he Govtiooit, we aie told, is ii ' pud "spj ' Ho lives i life tf petty nitiiguo, thvrtrtiiig Mmisteis b\ his despatches, md lho first step to bo taken ifter the ietuin of tho cmbiss)-if unsuccessful is to i.itato foi tim ibohtion of the ofliee
Insto id of a Guvcinoi, the sugestión is tint wo should baie a Bntish Kesulent, who mi¿ht bo iib«eil a seit m the Gnbntct without i portfolio, mid nil ii hose desp itches sh mid bo foi ii ai dud in llie first mstance to the Lcysl itn e As sembly, bo that if necessaiy, thoy niyht fio discussed thoie As to tho salary question, the idea seems to be to settle it 1) piying none, foi why, it ia asked, ' should tho poople bo t i\od foi tho sup " port of useless ollieial puppets! The len thousand pei uinuiu could poa sibly bo added to the salary of the peo[ le s Ministry, md Government house tould be utilised as i lcsidence foi the icrplcs Chief Secietuy IE tho Colac Ih al I stood alone its eflusioiis would be worthless, but tho) aie of mtorest as sh( n iij-î how the i ink and file receive tlio studied hints diopped fiom time to tune by then leadeis Mr BLBKY, Piofessoi lbuisON, Major Símil, and Mi Low worn make it evident that then loyaltj i» stuetly conditional, and it must bo T;1C IS mt for them to know that thoir foi I mers nie quick to undoistand the posi
hon In tiuth, the now lole of doforonco to the Colonial Office sits awkivaidly upon tho party, and it is leady any moment for a newdepartuio-ispioparod lo turn round with alacrity und bite the hand it is now assiduously licking lhis Christmas an embassy goes to Lou don Ne\t Clmstm is wo m ly bo heann¿
tho liberal cues ' IN o Colonial Oliice in- j
teifeienco, and' NoGovoinor
Her 1 ojal IluJincss the Piinccsa Alice Maud Maii Grind Iiucliess of Hesse Dirni stntlt whose death is announced bj cable, iv is the second d ui-htcr of Queen Victoria She was bom at 1 uil infeliam Palace in April 1V1. and married to Prince Frederick VA lllium Louis of Hesse on the 1st July 18b2 On the death of his f ithcr in 1877, the Prince became riignnif, Grand Duke, under the title if louis IV Hci Ituj al Highness leaves a fimih of sit thililien one son and ftio J-U(,hUra
1 lie c ible news to diij as re.anls the Afghan war is of a a itisfactory nature the inotK ii i roposed m lho House of Comaious censuriiii, the British Government for the tollu it has adopted was signnllj defeated the Ministerial majonty being 101 In the meantime mihtarj operations aro beni!; car ried on with v]"our General Koberts has I uulicd forn ard from Penvar to Sbutar . inUii 1 ess while the lvhojuk Puss which is i ii the route from Qucttah to Kandahar, has leenf und tobe unoccupied ihatthe general
si eel if the war is fnvourible to the m i llers ni ij bo mfericd from the fact that the not ii les and o/liemls at Jellüiibrd have tci dcred their sulm ission to the British II ile the Ameeiw troops wo uro told
si on a disinclination to li^ht
A\c leam that the ilepartuie ol Sir Geo 1 oneil has been ) osti oned for a month Hie ricaent Goien or of Mauritius), Sir V lliajrt is to leave m December and eonse quentU Sir Geor"c Bo« en had deci led to leave "Melbourne bj the lumury mull but the Secretary of State has inst liifoiinel Ills 3 xcellencj by tele.ri n th it it is not de dired th it he shiul 1 iclm [nish this Goiern ment before the dil irtnre of the lebruur" mail and consequently Ins dopnituri» is de Iiied until that date I id Sonumbj has
ben n alructel to anise at "Melbourne imme
Ii Ucly ifter Sir Ceor-c 1 owen s depirtuie so li ore mil be no mterie_mmi in thelioicnior -ii i|
His rvcellencj tie ("oveinoi and Ladj lowen returned frjm then visit to I ipts land on Saturday eieiini- It ia their m teution to visit the 1 ist Melbourne Cricket ground at 3 oclocl ti is afternoon to witness Ho conclusion of the mutch bein ecu the Austrilian 1 lei cn md 1 ifteen of \ letón i
The Chief Secretary was engaged on Satur- day in business connected with the pursuit of the Manslield murderers and the protection of property from their depredations. Mr Nicolson, who was in town had a long inter-
view with the hon. gentleman, explaining what had been done in the past and the plan of operations for the future. Mr Berry is understood to have strongly pressed upon the police aumthorities the propriety of not endea-
voriing, to conduct the search from one head centre, but to leave some parties at any rate liberty of action. Mr Nicol- son reports that the men are all eager to meet with the gang, and that back- wardness on their part is the last thing to be complained of. The men have done an immense amount of work lately, and many of thern, as well as the horses, are knocked up by their exertions. He mentions also that one great difficulty the force has to cope with is the lack of inforimation, for hitherto all that has been supplied them has had tho effect - and in many cases it is believed intentionally - of misleading them is to the position and in- tentions of the gang. There has been a dif- ference of opinion about the emiployment of the local artillery force. Captain Standish de- sired that the men should be sent up in plaim clothes, and should be under the orders of the police officers, to be utilised as might be convenient, while Colonel Andeison sub- mitted that if the men were sworn in as con- stables, and taken from the corps and put to novel work outside the rules of discipline, complications might arise. Mr Berry's de- cision was that the corps should be employed to garrison the townships about the ranges. Parties of seven or eight men will be stationed in each township under the command of a non commissioned officer and they will take then tents with them and will mount guard and establish patrols. Mr Berry arrived at this decision in consequence of an urgent appeal having been made to him on behalf of tho banks for protection to their property. The plan was put into operation at once Colonel Anderson left town on Saturday evening by a pilot eingine to consult with Cap- tain Standish at Benalla and on Sunday morning a special tram took a detachment of the local artillery and dropped them by parties on the way. The men take their breechloader rifles with, them and they are also armed with revolvers which have been borroived from the navy. A great many offers of pri- vate assistance are received by the Chief Secretary. There is nothing to prevent pri- vate individuals undertaking the search in order to earn the heavy reward offered for the captare of the gang but with regard to paid agencies, Mr Berry does not at present see his way to go beyond the police and the artillery force. The hon. gentleman inquired into the allegation which ap- peared in Saturdays Argus that the widows and families of the murdered police have not yet received the allowance it was decided to give them. The statement is correct, and is consequent on some clerical blundering, which has not yet received a satisfactory explanation. By to day the error will be rectified. Mr Berry also passed
a furtlier account of £400 on account of arms for the force making £1,500 which has been expended in this direction. The amount must not be put down as alto- gether laid out on account of the lMans- feid murederers. Their outbreak has made known the existence of a dangerous ruffianism and lawlessness in the rough North Eastern portions of the colony. The animosity of thiss semi criminal population against the police has now blazed out, and the men on duty in this neighbourhood will in future have to carry arms and be practised
in their use.
J he present vveel ia lo wittier a icaump lion of political actniti 1 his eieiiin" the Chief Secret uj spoal s ut \\ illmmatovvn on the follow nib duj Mr Or mt mid Mr Wools address their constituent? nd on Inlij there is the dinner to the emhasaj cominis »loners at tlie J ovin h ill lor tins uffur it i« intended to îasue from COO to 800 ticl eta at 10s (d each half of which sajsthe Hal laiat Cotna "are to be lesen ed for couti tri fnenda ut that price to include rotura rail«(j fire Mr J C Mason is lion seaeturj
J ho question of the appointment of the Clerl Assistant of tlte Assembly has not jet been dealt with bj the Cabinet and the mattei on personal grounds, continues to excite a good deal of attention m the political iv oild lheio is little doubt now but that a, new arrangement will be effected and that m deference to the wishes of lion members benerullj Mr G IT Jenkins, clerk of ornate bills will receive promotion to the assistant clerkship, and that Mr larrell will bo pro videtl for bj recen in« the post of Parlta mentnrj librarian, which becomes vacant with the new j ear
Ata small meeting held at Bacchus Alarsh on Saturdij night, resolutions were passed approving of the reform pohcj ot the Minis try and of tho embassy proposition and ex. presamj, thanks to the members of Paiha mont who have supported the Ministry At the beginning of the proceedings it was announced that as the cmbasaj question waB practicallj closed the opponents of the Government would take no part in the meet nig Consequently no amendment iv is moi ed and the resolutions were carried item con not more th m two thirds of those pre sent votin" It was evident from several interjections, that the assemblage was anjthmg but unanimous Addresses were delivered bj theAttornej General the Com missioner of Customs, and Messrs D Cameron and Kees M IJ A s Hie two fotmer gentlemen spoke at great length in foi otu of the embassj Su Brj an O Loghlen intimated that if the ambassadors cannot obtain an enabling act straight oil thoj will tri to induce the Imperial Government
toirormseone in the event of absoluto ma jonties m the Legislative Assembly bcm" nimble to obtain their own waj before the end of the first session of the next Victorian Paihamenl Mr I alor made the superfluous announcement that he would not let the opponents of the Mitnstrj oust bun fiom Ins comfortable quartets in the Custom house if he could possiblj help it Mr Cameron explumcd that he was i silent member because he was returned to lote not to talk, Mr Jfces intimated that he was lery much surprised that the people are so quiet und deprecated after tho well known fashion "not and bloodshed '
It has been notified that the usual unop posed applications for probate will bo dis posed of in tho Supreme Court on Ihursdvj
nett
'lho heal during the last three days has been oxtiemelj oppressive lhere has been nodecidcclhotwindblowuig butllieaolarhe.il has been intense, and jesterday, tho hottest of the three the temperature m tho shade as recorded at the Observatory, was 9J 8dog hi tho sun tho thermometer recorded 137 6deg With the heat como the usu ti complaints of the failure of the w iter supply A correspondent at St Kilda wiitin,, on Saturday Bajs - During the lust 21 houia the tups at my residence at St hil la li ii e onlj at o io or two lleetmg m ten als of a few minutes emitted a miserable tncl le that ivoul I not fill a pint pot m au houi A Brenton toirespondent states -
"My experience durm" the first hot daj of 1 resent summer consists of bem" left with cut inj water jesteulij (Irilaj) trom 10 a ni till half past I p ni 1 hut morning the 1 >pe iv is enq tj soc u if ter <«
Uurm" the i ase week the vessels airnin" fiom the tinted kin"dfin hive been the Unent liner \conci"u i and S ir iii C rice fi jin I oudon md "Mari coi i from 1 tv ert ool 1 Jxo vessels from foteie,n i ort« comprise I thel ose bud md William turner fiom Too how with ten ud Vuna 1 recht fiom I tv i J T Spence fioin Maintins ai (1 Messina fiom Aim with bii"tir J he 1 ittor v eanel i ailed at (jeeloiib 1 he Kel 1er ftoni "¡in lramiseo brought a cir"o of b irlej I he dei irtures for I ondou dunn!; the week were the steamship if tiikoiv andthe llijatirt ntl Loch Oin j the latter fioi 11 ccluiiL,
J he Government istionomcr reiorts - lleve ithcr luring the gre iter p ut of hat weil ins tue and pleas mt with ccol aoutl erlv bree/es "enei tllj he nj dew durin0 the ni"hts an 1 a few scatteied diops of ram on the afternoon of the Hh and evening of tie lilli but on tho lath a noitherly wind set in and it bec uno very hot mci remained so until the end of the week with sheet Iirhtmn" on the cvcnim, of the lîth the highest lemperatuie m the shade 17 ue" was îecotded on the afternoon of the 14th
the lowest 47 2deb on the early moulin,, of the lltb the highest ieidin0 of the baro metei JO 074in occurred on the rnormiv, of the Itilh with a light south vvesterlj breeze
the lowest 20 G20in on the afternoon of tho 11th with a li"ht north wind No appro embie amount of run foil dining the week 1 ho total rainfall since the beginning of the j tar is 2 Um , as compared with 22 80tn dumij, the samo period in 1877 22 72m m 18iG, SI »Oin in 187o 27 Win. in 1871 2o 12m in 1873 10 20m m 1872 2J OSm in 1S71, j¡) 20m in 1870, 21 aim in 1809 18 2Sin in 18f8 2 iGm m 18l>7 22 41 in in 18C0, InJm in 180J 20 00m in 1801 2o lin in ISO! 21b m in 18L.2 2s21in in 1801 2117in in 1800 21 17m m 18J9, 22 28m m 1SU8 or an av eiage of 24 12m.
J be match between the Australian I leven and fifteen of \ tetona was continuel on Sntmdij Hie Tifteen completed thoir second innings for 288, vi hlch mado the gi ind total ICO und left the 1 lei en 203 to bet to win of this number the 1 leiengotl2( foi the loss of two wickets On the i art of the lifteen, Tennent scored 70 oi onlj 0 less than Slight mado in the first innings and Murdock of the I lev en obtained 70 not out bv snpet excellent tricket In the official score Mm dock iiasonlj credited with O bul one of his runs oil a no bull vv as entered to " no balls amístalo which tho umpires will doubtless see coucctcd to das lho mutch will he resumed at 2 o clock and unless the complexion o£ the tame is c impletclj changed the Lleven oiibht to mike tho 1J7 still lequned
lho Ln"lish amateur cncl etors will arrive >n Melbourne between 1 and ¿ o clock to diy lhej will belauded at SandridbO pici fiom the s s victoiian bj Mr l'ator eons steam launch, and met theie by the Hon J G 1 rancis president and the com nnttee of the MCC I rom Sandridge they will be drivento the Town hall Melbourne m a dra01 and received bj the Mijor of Melbourne At tho Victoria Uub they vi ill subsequently bo introduced to lho repre Bcntatn es of the principal enckot clubs J he match to bo plajed against the Auslialian Lleven ni New Year s week has it ippears been fixed upon tit tho special destro of the rnghah nmiteurs Hie eleien will be present at the maj or s reception to day if tho 1 nglish visitors arme intime but thej have to be on tho Tast Melbourne ground, it 2 o clock to finish the contest w tth the fifteen of \ letona Members of the MCC will be idmittcd to the town hall reception on piodttction of their passes
Hie Sinng Meeting of the Hallar it Imf Club was held on Sutiudaj lhere was a
good attendance of Melbourne ricmg men but the residenta of the districts did not patronise the meeting to any cvtent Hie 'telegraph Stakes was won verj easily bj Constellation, beating lui Whistler and /ephjr Welshman non the Hurdle Race, Pover was second and 1 linders thud Hie Billarat Cup was non bj Columbus after a line finish w lth v a_ ibond Mea illnnce w aa a close third Onlj three horses staited for the Steeplechase, nInch ins non bj Prince Alfred Greisteel n is second Selector did not f,et round Aeomite won the Iiallarat
II niihtap comfort iblj, N loini w is second, and GIcnnarrj third 'the daj a i icing ina concluded with a Consol ition Stiles, won bj Matilda 1 nipresa ins the onlj other starter 1 lie special traumas a great cou lenience to the Melbourne vîsitors If one loiiipartiiientnas resericd for non smokers on these occasions it would be a gre it com lenience to those who do not care to sit m a cloud of tobacco smoko for three hours at a
time
'Hie entries for the Kensington park race meeting, to bo held on tho 21st inst, will close this afternoon at Mr W' S Cot's office, Kirk's Bazaar, at 5 o'clock The programme consists of a Hurdle Race, 1 Iat Race, seven furlongs and a half, Cormthm Handicap, tw ice round the course , Trotting Race, Steeplechase, two miles, and Handicap Spurt, four furlongs and a half
One of the saloon carriages forming the special tram from Ballarat on Saturday even- ing was lighted with gas instead of the ordi. nary kerosene or oil lamps 'I ho light was greatlj admired, and it waa found that the sinalleat print in The Aiuui could be read w ithout difficulty m anj part of the carriage The gas is carried in two cjlindera under the iloor of the carnage It is made from shale oil, and compressed bj a two horse engine to a prcsaure of 1001b to the inch Bj an ingenious piece of mechanism the gas ia regulated at the burners to a pressure of a column of w ater three fourths of an inch, the lowest pressure ni -Melbourne being a column of an inch high The advantages in favour of gas are veij erreat Tho light is an excellent one, being full) double that of the best keiosene lamn All the labour of clean nig is done ana) with, and there ia no lo8s from breakage 'lho gas cjlindoisand fit tmgs used m this carriage n ere supplied bj Mr A Dempster, ata cost of £"¡7 per carriage 'the whole apparatus weighs about 8civt, but as the cj linders are composed of \va Lowmoor iron plate, a great deal of weight might be saved hi emploj mt thinner plate The carriage supplied with gas has been run foi three weeks on the Williams town line, Saturdaj being the first time it was emploj ed ona lout joumej -t times on the line between Ballaiat and Geelong, the tram waa going at the rate of a mile per nunnie, bul scarcelj a dicker was obsened in tliefliune 'ihetestwasconsideredamost satisfictorj one bj the officials Hie cj fin dera when charted, will hold a aupplj of gaa for ,¡0 boura, and -ne a good light up to tho
last
A verj attractne md interesting collection of lapanese art manufactures is to bo seen at Messrs W H Glen and Co s rooms, Colima street, ii here thej liai o been placed ou v lew prev ions to being submitted for sale bj auc tion 'Hie collection includes lacquerware enamellednare owan porcelain, bron/es, and man) other descriptions of I ipancae goods, ornamental or useful Hie collection was brought to Melbourne bj Mr T A Single ton, who has resided for twelio j ears m hipan A number of the articles are said to be e\act duplicates of specimens of Japanese art manufacture which li ne attracted much attention at the Paris J \hibition
A louth named Rolfe, 17 j ears of agc, who was emplojed at the new residence of Mr C B 1 isher, Manbjrnong, was drowned in the Saltw ater Rn er on 1 riday ev enmg It appears that after his da) s w ork he n ent to bathe, and suddcnlj disappeaied from view Limits vi ero made to recover the bodj, but w ithout Buceess A party of police w ill diag the rn er to du>
A big gun competition took place on Satur day afternoon, at the Lighthouse liatteij, W llhamatow n, by membeis of the local Volunteer Artillery Corps and the muster of the men was also availed of for the quaiterly official inspection There ins a total strength of 110 men pieaeut compnsing 100 i ink and file, si\ sergeants, and foin officers ii/ C ipi uns Doiieli (ni command) Lutlett and Pen m and Surgeon m ijoi I igg After | the inspection semi detachments competed
for prizes at the lib poundei gun" L ich de t ichment fued three 8olul Bhot, and two common shell at R talbot niooied nearlj a mile from the shore 'Hie shooting and drill v eic both verj "ood, and the result will not be known till the leieipt of the jud.es report. Captain Bull acting as judge in the unaioid able absence of Captain Stubbs '1 he detach menta were capt lined bj Sergeants Litchfield and Lee, Corporals Tones, Stone, Sui-letou, Brodie and Bombardier Lancastei
W bile on dutj at Prince's bnd-c on Situr daj morning Constable Gleeson was informed bj a man named Thomas Ballard aiesidentof Collingwood, that the dead bodj of a mau was floating in tho _ mv near Brmders fcrrj 1 he constable unmedi itelj proceeded to the spot indicated and with the issiatance of another constable he recoieied the bodj, which was apparent!) that of a man ibont37 leurs of ate and Ift >iu in height, having Bandi nlushcisallroundtliechin.and ism ill moust iche 'lho bod) ins dressed ni a tweed vest stuped cotton shut, md mole skin tiousers Hie body of a woman was also found iloating m the . ura nein the Botanic d a udens biid.e on Sunda) afternoon, by a m in named John Brjant, resuhnt m W ellington street
liiclimond who was ion in. in a boat near the spot at the time Brj ant recovered the bodj fiom the w itei, and gaie nifotma tion to the pohie It appears to be that of a w oni in about 30 years of age and about 1ft lim in hei.ht having fur lim, and diosed m adaikskut and ¡ icket Shortlj before the bodj waa seen in the water, ajoung mau named Gregor) emplojed at the Lloc trie 'telegraph ofliee found a black felt hat, trimmed with blick velvet and a black feather, on the nvei bank, near the spot nheio the body was found, n Inch is supposed to have belonged to the deceased lu botli
instances the bodies, which exhibited no , m irks of violence vicio removed to the mortue, where the) await identification und
the coioner s inquest
A sad case of domestic uiiliappine.s was disclosed at the Citj Police Court on Satur da) juornmt when a little tlrl named Alice 'Iioj, about 11 j eira of age, was brought before the Bench ia i neglected child Con stable O Grady found the unfortunate child sleeping under a tree in the licosurj gardens on luday night, and from inquines which were subsequentlj instituted m reference to her parents, it appeared that her father w as au habitual diunkard, and had driven her from home while her mothei, who vvia lead mg an immoral life, appeared to be quite indifferent as to the fate of hei olTspnng On the occasion m question the child had been sent out of the house to find sheltei wherever she could 1 he little gul mfoimcd the magis trates that her father at one time waa a groom m the emploj of Su Tiancis Murplij, but latttil) he had taken to drink, and did not care whatbecame of his littleduuglitei Hie Bench were of opinion that the father of the child should be brought before thom, and lemuiidcd the little girl for threo da)S, in order that the police mitht be enabled to in s'ltutc inquiries as to his whereabouts
An act of honest) on the part of tw o young lads has been reported to Inspector Mont ford, which is certainty deserving of notice On Inda) morning last Constable Mo)lan, who was on duty at the Pailiamont houses, was handed two £1 notes by two little be)s which the) stited they had found rolled together m the water channel in Victoua parade Constable Moylan, who reported the matter to his superior officer, forgot at tho timo to ascertain the names of the lads vi ho had tims behav ed so honestly, and as no person has come forwaid to claim the
monej the lads are justlj entitle 1 to it and will receive the same on presenting thom
selies lo Inspector Montford, at the Uussell j
street police barracks
Iii o joung men named James Jac! son and Ylilliim lttder, alni hyland, were brought up at the Lmenld hill Police Court on Saturihj charged with hal tug on the 20th ult broken into the house of Mrs ^ me in St A lucent place west, and stolen a lar0e quantity ofjevvellcrj and other i ropertj there from 'Jbree women of loose eharacter named Ada Cox- Mini M'Niimara anti Matilda Grmt, who reside at Collingwood, were also charged with receiving the pro pcrtj, knowing it to baie been stolen V small portion of the jew ellcrj tal cn from Mrs Ames was found bj Detectives luster and Considine in the bouse occupied bj the female prisoners and tbcj s ntl they bad bought it from the ni ile ptiaoncrs 1 wdencc to that effect w is b'ven anti the Bench then sent all the piiaoners foi tri ii at the Cumin ii Sessions which commence ni the Supreme Court to daj
A burglary was attempted at an early hour on Sunday morning on the premises of Messrs. Hughes and Morris, chemists and druggists, 61 Bourke-street east. It appears that at about 2 a.m. a man got over the back fence, and having broken a pane of glass in the window of a back bed room, he raised the catch of the window, and effected an entrance into the bed- room. Mr Hebert Wheeler, an assistant, who was sleeping in the room at the time, was roused from his slumbers by the noise, and made a rush at the burglar, who, however, managed to escape in the same manner that he entered. The intruder did not take anything out of the room, and it is believed that he was endeavouring to effect an entrance into the adjoining premises of Mr M Goldstein watchmaker and jeweller, from whose shop a large amount of jewellery was abstracted by burglars about 12 months ago.
On Saturdaj tfternoon a prisoner named Buben ltc0cut escaped from custodj at Sandridge, and li is not since been heard of He w is worl nig at the time with a gang of pusoners neir the Sandridge Batteries, and nude ofl while the warders bick was turned Ile wore the prison um form, and is described as a man of about TO j ears of age, Oft Vin m height, sallow coin plcMon, brown hair, ha/el ejes, large nose, small chin, whiskers and hair over the face and has a sear over the left ese Hegcnt who was sentenced to two j cats nnpiison ment on the 8th Julj last is stated to lie one of the oldest and most dangerous crimtn ils m the colonj
qiie followingcasuaHicshavebcen admitted into the Melbourne Hospital since Siturdaj last, namclj -Am j Parkin, 31 j ears of age, residing m Berkelej stteet, Carlton, Bullering from a fractured jaw, which she alleged she had sustained tt the banda of her husband , Catherine Phillipa, aged 37 j ears, who was kicked bj bei paramour on Trichj night and therebj sustained a fracture of the le" , Margaret Griffin, aged 37 jeara suffering fiom a cut be td, which she lecenecl bj ablow from a tumblei, stoted to have been hurled at her by her hush md W llliam Bloxlnm 23 j ears of age, residing at Notthcotc liai tug sustained a fractuted leg through Ina horac bolting, lohn Lobinsón living at Hotham suffering fiom an injury to the knee, which ho received through bem0 knocked down and
run'over bj a catt at St kilda, Richard ' 'lajlot 00 jears of age who had received a fractured thigh, caused bj a fall m Colhn0uood A joun" woman named Marta Ritchie, 20 jeats of a"e was also admitted into the institution j es terdoy suffering from a wound in the arm, which shemtbctel upon hcisolf with t knife whilst undei the influence of dunk Her injurj w is attended to and sue w as enabled to leav e the hospital shortly tftenv aida
Acaso which demands thorotibh investi
gation was lnou"ht undei the notice of the resident medic ii oflieei at the Melbourne Hospital jesteulij During tho iftemoon a little bul named Maiy Gillie, about four j cars of aDe, hung with her mother in Bouveue sticet Carlton was admitted into the institution in an msensihlo condition, from which she never rallied, and died within two hours uftcr bei admission In answer to tho doctor s inquiries it was stated bj the person who com ejed the child to the hospital that the little guls mothei had gn en her a tumbler of rum to dunk, from the effects of which she soon afterwaida became rincon scious Au inquest w ill be held upon the bodj ni due courso
An elderlj man, whose name could not be ascertained, was admitted into the Melbourne Hospital ni an insensible condition on Situi
day night He was found ljin0 in a liclploss condition m Spencer atreet and it i\ as ullcbed that he had been knocked dow n and robbed by a number of larrikins
All hopes of the Bafetj of Messts 1 mo and V oollj vv ho w ere supposed to be lost in the W estein Austialiun bilah, have not been abandoned, and a search pirti, under the leadership of Dan Morej, an accomplished bushman, has left lonlcra Bay with camels lent for the purpo"» bj Sir ii liornas 1 ldet
and a thorotibh investigation of the counttj aiound 1 ucla w ill be made
'J he first elevens of the Melbourne dam nu School and Scotch Colle"e pin to daj at 10 o clock, on the Richmond cricket giound
Miss Posma Cnrnndini will make her lust appearance m opera to night, it the Academy of Music, when she will appear as Arline in Balfes popnlai opera, " 1 he Bohemian Girl
'Hie house was well attended on Sattiitlaj nibht, when' I es Cloches de Coinev tile was performed with spuit
"'Hie iwoOrplnns waa íepeated at the Opera house on Siturdaj evening 'Io morrow nibht, Mi Lewis will lecene i benefit mulei the patronage of the Austtaltan 1 leven
A vtu led programme is offered at the popular concert at the 1 own ball this even nib Master Truest Hutclicson the young pianist, vv ill appe u
Mr and Mrs Bildwin brought to a con elusion a very successful season at St George s Hall on Saturday evening During his entertainment Mr 15 ildw m h is shown that bo can piodttce by the aid of trickery, munj of the manifestations given by so called spiritualistic me (bums On Saturdij night he "ave what he descubetlas an explanation of the means by which the hatte hing mjsterj is manoged It may be open to doubt whether the explanation was the correct one, for it is scarcely likely that a public performer would expose the manuel m winch one of Ina best tucks is done but ho succeeded, at any rate ni convincing lus audience of the absurditj of ascribing a supernatural ori"in to manifestations which aiowedlj can lie pioduced bj tnckerj His petfounance throughout has been cloiet and interest
nig
'Hie new Temperance hall, Uussell sheet, was opened on Situttl ty evening withonoof the lotul Abstinence Society s popular con certs Notivithstandingtheoppressiieweather it w as v cry largely attended '1 he programmci which appeared to give goner ti satisfaction, consisted of rope ty nig feats by Mi Alfred Sil
vesterfaonof thoPakirof Oolu),u facial change entertainment by Millie Naomi, a poly phonic entertainment by Mr Cecil Forrester, and a conceit programme contributed by Miases I anny Shepptud and Olivia and Clara B irber and Messrs P B Biowmng and T Henriv Mías Dvv lgbt acted as pianiste, and Mr Irani; Hiclmidson as conductor The chair w is occupied by Mr James Munro ML A , who made a few remarks at the opening of the concert relativo to the ira prov ementa effected in the hall
The last of the present series of temper mice meet uga m Hothim was held m the local tempérante hall on Saturday evening, when Mcssis T S Garland and Ackrillwert the spealteis Mr T 1 ostci recited "'Hie British Idol, and the Hotham temperance choir sustained tho musical portion of the piogrammc Mi W A Butler occupied tho
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