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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 18S0.

The difficulties of Mr GILIIES only be_m now that a, coalition has boen n0iLetl upon His task cottle!, pet

».oiiill), have -eui a gi cat deal moro simple and moro easy if the íadical riucus had declined to listen to hispió posai1*-, and it the patty had gono out into tho bildet ness on its own account Ihen he could hate formed a Govern ment among his own fnenas upon as broad a basis as possiblo, ho would ha\o pleased one set of people at all events, and ho would have had a good prospect of -winning in the countij, lor it is sure that tuo countiy does not v. ant land nationalisation, nor unlimited papei mono}, not annual parliaments, nor other fads, and pro bibly it is not even upe foi pioposals of class taxation-foi insidious ellbrts to teach the many to despoil tho few It is, however, the plain dutj of Mr Gum s to continue tho coalition pnneiple as long as possible Ho mheiits the obligation Hie pohev. lias given us peace in tho past, and gi eat blame would attacn to the poll

tirian who, foi his own ends and purposes, should elect now to promote patty strife It was necessaiy for Mi

GitLirs to saj to the badical paity "I " om ready to continuo the paitnoiJup " upon tho old terms, namelj, an equal " numbpi of Ministers in both Houses, " the Piemiciship to bo held by tho " constitutionalists, so that then le ider " can bleak up tho Government oi can *' demand resignations it thingb go " wiong And theso terms being accepted, he must cooperate loyally with his allies Ko othei in tention will bo attnbuted to lum Ho has to show consideiation lo Mi

DL.KIN and Mr DLUVIMS sup¡ oiteis, and he has to romcmbei a so that ho lepiesents another paity which must

not bo wounded Mi SLifwci somo times had to balance lil o t Blondín, and it vull bo equally neccssaij for Ins suceessot lo avoid slips eithei way iho tas! is not a\ orj env table one mc» o espe emily as it icquires tho tactical si ill of the general rather than the dash of tho em ahy commandei , and it is ni this lattei capacitj that Mi bimi s has

hithoito most shone Iho lion mein bei has to rememlei that wlulo Mr Di Aiux brings him the îadical vote 01 rather the bulk of it-ho yet has to seem o constitutional suppoit by his own judicious actions So far the suppoit of tho paity has neithet been asked for nor foimally accorded lum It will probably be accoidod fiecly and heal lily if tho Coalition Government is composed of good mon and is pledged to good messines but tho member foi Rodney realises doubtless mue 1 eonly than any man that ho is

on Ins tnal

]n many lespects tho balls aie break in_ fuvomably for Mi Glints Ho must havo been peisonally delighted when he heaid that though tho c mens doon vere tin own open to one and all of the radical fold, Messrs Mu VAIS, W C SMITH and G VTJNSON did not attend , and a0ain he must havo been pieiscd

bevond measuio when lie heard that Me srs Kien VRDSO\ and Pi utsoN- had

talen tho lead in declaiiug a0ainst a national and for a palt) Government A stiong leader would not di cam of touch m,.' these gentlemen But tho new íadical leadci may not be stion_r His

o\v n side should 1 now Mr Di VMX the

best and it is franl ly stated in its piess that ho is unsl died in paihamentary wa)s, and that ho is easilj oven cached, he is a well meaning young man, we ne told but simple In that inno cenco which wo aro assmed of, Mi

Di w tv mi_,ht hav e been Dot at by ono

or other of the little cotctio of omeo seel eis wo have mentioned, and now he is lehevcd fiom any and all obligations ]t will not bo neccssaiy to strain tho alleoianco of the Gillies contin0ent of

the Cabinet by inviting them tosuppoit I men whom they disturt and despise If Mi LVNOKIDGI- and Mi lucuit aro to go they can now bo replaced by ] ohticians of tho same poisonal in

oilcnsiveness

J ho difficulty about men suimounted theio lemains the an\iety about mea

sues Of course with Mi Gums at the head of allans tho Public Sei wea and the Ballway \dnnnistration Acts are safe Ho is as much pledged to them and with as equal sinceuty, as he

is to the maintenance of the Lducation

Act oi to the piomotion of irigation Again, the votes he gave in the House last session against hi» own eollea0ues is an indication that wc may e\_ect a minimum of "landmotherly and good) gooly legisla

tion it his hands Ml this is «atisfac Ion and as to the intentions ascub"d

to linn by tho îadical piess liait of them have absuidity watten upon then laces Ile is to mcieaso piotection wo

aie told and ho is to mal e sacidices to phcato Mi Minni-' V ruinoiu that the tasmanian tieatv is not to bo lei e\eicl with is betta acciodited

and challenges attention About tho slap which would thus be given to Mr J nil anl Mi I iNfitiDi i who no gotiated the tieaty its trusty piolec tiouists nothing need bo said Both gentlemen would bo insulted but one it least caniiotect hunsell iho bleach of faith with tasmania would howcvci

be a sei ions matter and so also would bo the blow to fcdoiation It is only fan, howevei, to let Mi GirLirs speal foi himself as he is to do nc\t weel

In the meantime constitutionalists will do well not to attach any mi

loitance to tho luinouis that aio l at m punt foi most of them have a veiy snnjlc oii__in Hie hist Llhit of the ladical press was to induce the membeis of its own side not to elect Ali Dru IN as leadei and not to sanction tho founation ot a national

Government iho put} acte I foi itself

treatm. this counsel with a contempt which it may 01 ma} not havo de sei ve I and now the attempt is made to opoiate upon the constitu tionahsts b} twitting them with sun

poiititious humiliations But as the

radicals would not bo so led, ncithor will the constitutionalists bo so deluded. The}' know that Mr. GILLIES holds tho key of the position, and they may reasonably believe, until they leam otherwise, that ho will bo faithful to his trust. Thoy know also that, with no . burning questions to divide them, radicals and constitutionalists can pro tem. act honourably together, providing that tho units of the Cabinet aro honourablo men, who can meet in a patriotic spirit ou terms of mutual personal respect. -

Iho thiee principal chaptois in the political career of IIIMÎY 1 vwotn, whose biogiaphy has just been published by his fnend LraLiL SILIIILV, were his ad's ocacy of the preservation of the commons and his untiring vigilance in pre\enting their enclosure, his deep interest in India, and his

services it tho Post-office His

actual work, lionel cr, though great and important, is m some respects of less consequence than the prin ciples on which ho acted Ihese weio plain and unmistakable, and were adheied to with unsweiving fidilitj Toiced at Hist to put his \ie»\s belore the constituencies with out much encouragement from com mittccs and wne pullers, he io tamed a stiong sense of inclepen dence that fiequently led him to pro- test against tho ¡Ministry which ho was supposed to follow '1 hough a sun potter of Mr Gi VOSTONL, ho carne into notice chiefly bj refusing to sacrifico his own ]udgmont, and by pursuing the course that com

mended itself to him An ardent

disciple of MILL, whose writings mado an indelible impression on his mind, ho had no sympathy with tho fads of state inteifcrenco that ha\e íecentlj be como populai Ile fought foi libeity iu the tiue tense, bv trying to uo away with monopolies and pin liegos that impeded tho caieei of men, ind never niched that wondei

fui compielionsion of fieedom which

makes it consist in putting on icstilettons that aie meant to benefit one cla»-s at tho c\pense ot other» Toi compulsory benevolence and depart- mental philanthrop} ho had no alleclion , and when the letter soi ters asked lum to deduct a poitton of their vvagc3 to foi m an insuianco fund, ho pointed out that it would bo better to iel} upon themselves, and pay the pi ciniitms of then ov\ n accoul It was an oppoitunit} for testing the principie of compulsoiy insurance, which has been advocated both in Lngland and some of tho colonies, but ho declined it on a sensible giound Ho belonged to tho Libeial pait) before tho eia of the

caucus-a Boman of the school of Cuo

iho idea of caii)ing party disciplino to an evtictno which would displace an eminent politician m favoui of a phablo nominee, was unknown in Lngland till lately In recent times man} of tho most piominent members

of the House of Commons were moie 01

less loosely attached to paity lcadeis Lvon Mimsteis have not been acous tomed to bo subset vient to the mlo of

one man 01 of a clique AA hen P v_Mi.it SION: VV as 1 oieign Secietary, he genorall} insisted upon his ow u policy, th ugh ho might c'illerf lorn the lest of the Cabinet Lord BussLLT s Lcfonn Bill, on which his heart was set, was m leahty do featcd by tho apathy, if not tho oppo sition, ot his colleagues iho now dis ciplino which JMi Giini_Li.LU\ has

been endeavouiing to perfect, could only bo justified on tho plea of uigent necessity, and then but for a shoil lime If earned out in its entiret}, it

would make meinbeis of Parliament littlo nioic than puppets, managed by a well organised committee But there is ono consolation, that until tho electois aio content with puppets, there will bo many, like lor-smi and 1 nvciir, to resist it successful)}

lins, hovvcvci, may bo looked upon as pait of the geneial scheme for tho aitificial auangement of ovei}tlnng Accoiding to thenew school, whom Pvw ci ti with all tho leading liberals viewed with suspicion, the stato is to intoifero and aibitranl} lectify tho inequalities of life by giving property to thoso who havo none But tho state cannot in any way inciease the wealth of the com numil}, even when its machmeiy is complete It is not a "slipeinatuial "milch cow, which v;ill never fail to } leid It cannot cieato something out of nothing It must, theiefoic, simply tal o fioni one class and give to another Tho moro eneigetic among the people would find themselves con tinuilly taxed for the sake of those -who vvoio less willing to keep themselves Iho piudent capitalist and the thufty artisan would bo compelled to assist tho agticultural labouiei, and to benefit the caieless and di soluto

]t is aigued, howcier, that SUCH i cotuso is neces=aiy for tho weKato of the commumty, which suficts fiom tho peipetuation ol inequalities winch might bo oveicomo ]jut the objection to all socialist ichemcs is that they intel feie with a natmal growth, which cinuot bo ai tificially alteied, and aio therefoio molo likely to bo detiimentil thin beneficent They enLoungo «a feeling of aependcnco upon the stato instead o£ self help and the obvious tendency of such a feeling would bo to "grov with what it fed on ' 'Jhcio

would bo a continual desno to

seek leliof in tho quiitei wheio it was most easily obtained, lust is tho unemployed in Austtalu expect the Government to find them woik at high inges in a time of dulness, mci tint buulen would fall upon the moto in dustuous it might bo a blessing to many ni England if some of tho schemes foi then adiantago weie íeulised Hut wo aio bound to considei thoir pioliablo outcome, and their etiect on tho chaiactei ot the people If thej tend to diminish the encig) of my class, and to mal o them moio dependent on outside help, they will not leilly contribute to tho geucial good A possiblo demand foi moio, i lontimial ciy of give, would dcgiade the classes who received assist ance, and tike away the stimulus to in dustiy fiom the others Besides, the aiguillent proies too much If it shows

that one section of the stato should be

pnvilegcd, it might easily bo mado to

do the same service for anothei

pal ti, bliiNciy has been justiiied on tho i ei y giound that it wis a good thing in the mteiest of tho shies thcinsclve«, as i eil as in tint of tliL countii Ancient pimlcgcs and io stiictions have been defended by the assettion that the) were use!ul or neccs san, and wet o of advantage to the whole body ol the nation Iho plea of modem tidicalisni, howcvci plansiblj it mu j be put, is simply the aigument of old Toryism lenied again

'J ho question that separates men of

the stamp of FAWCETT ft ora thoso who

aro imbued with socialist doctrines is

not as to the necessity of impioiement among the lower outers 'lhat is an object desired b\ all paittes But they divido on the method bj which it is to bo accomplished, whether it should bo done, as far as possible, by i oluntarj as

sociations or by direct state interference | The distinction is a deep and MW one Tho former poliej' would certainly tend

to strengthen habits of industry and I self i chance 'Hit, latter would probablj lead the people into the belief that tkey baie a right to assistance fiom tho Government and out of Ike pockets of

tho wealthier And thus would bo

perpetuitcd the old injustice of making ono man's light anothei s wiong

Six tons of fish condemned in ouo da}

m Melbourne is a fact that ittr lets uttcn

tion It speaks vi eil for tho vigilance of the inspectors, badly foi the chínate, and w oiso for tho carr} mg an ingomonts AA o aro grateful to the m-iket authorities for not allowing us to bo iish poisoned, mm o especially ns tint incident is accoiup imcd not only by BOIIOUS gastlic disturbance, bul also by a swollen and bloated appear anco vi Inch su_;_;est3 the idea that them di\ ¡dual has giv en w ay to he it influences and to dunk As to the climate, it is ' muggy1 w cathu that tunis tho fish, and ically wo scorn to bo as much mai ty is to imigcincss is is Sydney \\ c cannot cb mgo oui elim itc how ovci, if wo would, and attention is con ccntiatod, thciefore, upon tho rail« ly an angeinents o\ cr vi Inch w o hav o control

If tho s icrilice can bo avoitcd by better appliances, it should bo Tho loss to tho fishermen is a heavy mattei, foi at least £150 must havo been 1 cpt out oE their pockets, and tho community is still moro afflicted AVilh tho thoimometei oveiy

ono knows w hero in tho shade, and no one knows wheio in tho sun, flesh ought to be abjured, and tho citircn should feast

on fish but the condemnation rendors til it

impossible It is not only tho soft brickish water deni/en of tho Gipps Land Lakes that is sacrificed, but ono has to deploro tho loss oi the chid en liko pike from A\ estern Poit and ihi. capitil whiting tint mako Queenscbfi famous rioiindeis, knu-lish, tho so called salmon, good fish and bad, all go into tho ono heap at tho corpoia tion tip IS o doubt Mi SPEIGHT W ill ha\ o tho m ittcr inquued into Kofri_cnitinç cus ne possible, and ico is cheap and it would bo bcttei foi the ilsheinicn to pay a little cxtia dilling tho summei mouths than to seo then consignments destioyed upon amv ii at mail ot

Intern itional Exhibitions liai o come fat shoit of fulfilling the pionmo with winch tho first ono was inaut,uritcd Uley liai o been held so frequent 1) tint the) havo become familiar and commonplaco It would not, indeed, bo far from tho truth to siy that thoj ate sometimes lool ed upon as a species of benevo

lent intention foi tho distubution

of mod ils, îcpicscntuticins of winch I on adicitismc, postéis cm bo bla/onod

on 01 en railway station in tho woild But wo iro glad to seo tint Mi BOSISTO who has had laige cxpou once in these m itteis, uidvvhois on the I cv c of ilcp u tni4 to London as one of oui

commisoioncis, is endeavouring to tuin tho Coloni ii Lxhibition to pood account In uldicsmi.; Ins constituents, lo m | foi med them tint ho had pledged

himself to havo foin tons of

flint fonvaided ever) fortnight, in 'oulei to tempt tiio English palato with tho pioducts of Austrilnn ¿aidons Should ho bo successful in i re itiiu a de maud toi oui ft mt, m almost illimitable mill et will bo opened up foi otu giowcis

J ho ti ido may bo s ud to maint mi whole distucts m the south of Euiope As ovoivono knows, it is enormous and in cioism¿, md thcro is no ici°On i"ainst Australia seeming a portion of it \\o glow fir moro fruit mnualli than wo can possiblj uso and with tho mipioved means of presen nig it tint now exist, it can bo safcli, c unod to Ene,] uni Mi Jjo isro, at least, shows lumsolt mxious to extend tho commeico of tho colonj If ho be successful, ho will rendel a gre «tor service to tho com immity than tho whola crowd of poll

ticians who aro so feaiful of seeing i little mono) wtthdiawn from tho colony by absentees th it they would tax it oion it tho nsk of hmdenng investments fiom flowini; in Wiiethei successful 01 not, ho has KIVOII a good pledge to tho electors of his dc3iio to pioniole the wcl fino of the eountiy

lhe caucus of ra heals having authorised Mr Deni m to join Mr C lilies in a Coilition Go\ eminent the v\ nj lins been cleared for the selection of the newMmisters Our '?und hurst correspondent wiitin;* last m0lit in lorms us that it is thoroughly «eil under stood in that cits that Dr Quick is to be ollercd the portfolio of Solicitor Genei ii and that Mr Deakin mil assume the position of Minister of A\ nter buppl) 1 ron» otlier sources vvc leam that Mr Doiv is to be approached bj Mr Deakin with a view to his becoming a member ot the Government and «mon. constitutionalists it is believed that Mr Gillies will select tho new men to represent that part} from Mr Harper Mr Walker, Mr Wrixon, and Mr M IT

Davien

Uur London correspondent informs us by cable mcssa"c tint a great engineer in^ worlc was opened to the public on luesday bj the Punce ot Males, lins is the tunnel under the liner Merscj winch connects liverpool and Birkenhead I lie Mcrsij 1 ailwin Bill received the 1 ojal assent in June 1SSI> the object proposed bun* to construct a ruhaj for ]iasscn"er and goofs trailic bene uh the river which separates the. Ino tonns Great difficulties weie encountered at first and scarcely any pionrcss was made until 1S"1 A few 3 cars later the woik was begun, the lirot Blunt being sunk on til Biikcnhead side No further pro"rc33 was made until 1870, when the project was tal en up bj Major Is mc an I spier ii other gentlemen and on the 29th December in th it j ear the lirat sod from a shaft on the Lneiporl si le was turned Alter this the worl went on rnpidlj

ant on the nth 1 ebruarj 1SS the woil s were pneticallj completcl and a pirty oi 100 oi COO shareholders in the Meiscj Kailwaj Goinpanj accepted an invit i

tion from the contractors-M ijor Isaac and Messrs \\ uadell-to descend the shafts o£ the tunnel and inspect the \ orl s bene it h the livir ihr* successful completion ol the scheme after so immy diihculties was uiamlj due totheenei_.j and perseverance of Major Is mc 1 he lcn"th of the tunnel beneath the m ci ia one mile and the length ot the lailway is two miles and a hall

A\ e published a cable mt ssage on January 11 from our Aucl land coirespondent stating that news hn 1 been received from Samo i to thccflect that the kim, had been driven from his residence bj an anne 1 loree landed from a German warship the 1 renner upon the publication of the messine communicated with the Isew 7c iland Coveinment uni mg if thej had auj oilicial mtormation on the subject A reply was received statute, that no olncial rcpo t hu I come to limul but it was mentioned that two S iraoan dele t tiles hal arrived in New Zealand on a mis sion to the Governor the Premier at i nee sent a telegram to the aLent-gencral instruct mi; lum io join with the atenta emeral of the other colonies in protesting ayunst the an novation of »-umoabj Germiinj, and statuic that such"i step would be rccirded with the strongis. dunppr ibation in the colonies Mr Service has not c\chan"ed onj commnnica tiona with the other colonies ncr has he re celled anj telearam from the auent (,ener ii

in relercncc to the subject 1 he Aucl land con espondent of the A ti» Zealand J tmvt ol January 11 ¡.ives the follow m*_ paiticulars ot the news which had been letened there

- ]Jj the arma! ft the mad steamer Mariposa trom Snnlranciaco na Samoa ahuming intelligence has bein receivid of recent events in connexion with the long standing dispute between the Golman lrad

mg Company und the nntive followers oí Jung Muhetoa. 1 rom a gentleman who has just arrived from Samoa the following pirti culnrs lim e been ascertained oí the affair - On the list December last XIr Vi ebber, head of the German firm, warned the natives that as they hail í nled to pnj the nut dininndcd bj the firm for their occupation of land at lillimur!, they VQulrt base to leave Jlulimin is the point where kin j JInlietoas settlement w mid where on ne count ot the land bein,; claimed bj the (jer man lum Hie lint, crul llu" ot Germans lins ben floating for mere that a j e ir past 1 lie natives olïered two jeara rent but Mr A\ ebber declined to receive it lhey further olTere 1 to purchase the land an 1 sin ' that the) had money ready tp pay for it, but Mr \\ ebber declined an> tenus and insisted upon their leaving In order to avoid blood shed Mulietoa resolved to le no the disputed land and accordingly the whole settlement with their chattels, removed to land belonging to one of the chiefs neater to Apia where K n¿ XI ihctoa s Ung w as hoisted this seemed onlj to mnke tue Germnns more ng"rissivc the German consul called and asked the Kin,? to haul the Hag down which the latter refused to do 1 hereupon the con sul ordered ashore the crew ot the German warship Alb Uro33 some 300 cr 400 in mim ber and ardue 1 them to lnul down the Hag lo this the natives otTtred no lcsistance acting on the advice of Lieuti nant lundi, llntish consul who ioresuw that the sole result ot opposition would be a massacre of natives by the German sailors and m ir nes Along with tho «J mtc 1 States Consul Lteutenint Powell lodge In strong protest against the arbitrnry procedí nigs oí Germain mid it is believed the con suis will make urgint representations on the subject to their respective Governments Hie native delegates to îvew Zeuland have been sent by King Malntoa to press upon the Government of this colony the necessttj for protection n"nnst German aggression and they w ill it is understood urge that a British warship be at once despatched to the spot

V\ e hal e since heard by telegraph from our Auc! land correspondent that the Samoan duels have had interviews in Wellington with the Governor and Admiral Trjon

Messrs. Jierry and Levien were present yesteidny at the ceremony of Injing the foundation stone oí the new post and tele graph olhees at Geelong V\ est, and replied to the toast of " the Ministrj ' at a banquet given afterwards in the 'Jovvnlinll No st itements of anj political significance were made Mr ISerrj smd the experience of the last three Kars bad proved that the Libeinl part) could rival their constitutional friends ni adheiaucc to law and order, and a desire for good mill calm Government lie was now about to accept the position of Agent Gene- ral, not na a kind ot "consolation Btakes," but at a time when he might, if he so chose, «Mun become Premier ot the colon), with the piospcct of ns long a reign as that of any of his predecessors. Mr Levien said that the present Government bad been taken on ti u.st, and its labours had full) justified its formation Mr Connor, MIA., in replj mg to the tonst ot "'the Parliament, ' ex- pressed the opinion that the conduct 01 cer- tain members at the present time in making governments mid appointing leaderj was altogether unconBtitutioii.il.

A memoiandum was recentl) sent to the Premim b) the Publie benlee Association, who represented the vanousdisiibilities which the public servants regarded themselves as labouring under, and suggested various mi portmt amendments of the act und regula ¡allons Mi ben iee has had the whole sub jectunder consideration for the list two or three iv e-eks, and lins prepared a iepl) deal- ing w ith must of the points relerred to m the memornndum 'lhere ure one or tw o matters buWever, which cannot well be disposed of at present, und amongst these is the pro posai of the association to substitute nu en- tirely new scheme foi the present compulsory fife assurance prov isions of the Public Service Act, which it is held inflict great huidsbip upon some members of the public scivice 'Hie Promiei s repl) will piobnbl) bo for- warded to the association in a da) ortvvo

When the Minister of Difenco was in J noland four jurs 11,50, he made the fullest pos»ible inquiries legarilmg the manufacture of gunpowder mid ammunition, and obtained a largo quautity ot information, which will prove of much value in the event of a powder lactory being established in the colony Colonel Sargood thinks that it mny be shortly considered desirable to start the manufacture of gunpowder here for miht iry and "'eneral purposes, and also to make arrnnre meats lor turning out locally the whole of the ammunition required for defence purpo-es. Hu some timo ago requested the agent

Mineral to obtain plans and specifications for a factor), and by the last mail he received information that these were in course of pre- paration at the W oolwich Arsenal,

'the permanent survey of the aqueduct for comcjing the water of the Watts Liver to Preston has been completed from Preston to the neighbourhood of W atson s Creek, a dis tance of about l8 miles the main survey has been tlclajcd dunn.; the last thiee weeks, as it was thought desirable to mal e further trial surveja with a view of nsceitaming whither the construction of tue tunnel three miles m length tlnough the Christmas hills could be avoided 'these tnal BUrvcjs have been completed, but the result ia not jet made known Oiling to the small fill ob t unable-onlj 1ft to the mile-and the broken character of the country through which the aqueduct will pass, the penna nent survey ia rendered n very tedious work, which can only be conducted from one end, and at a slow rate In v lew of the fact that the smvey cannot be com pleted for some months, the Commissioner of Public Works lins directed that lmme díate stops shall be taken for proceeding with a portion pt the work Contract diavv inga are now being prepared for the con stiuction oí the first 12 miles 01 the aqueduct from Preston, and the department will pro bably be in a positi»-1 to call for tenders in two months The first section of the aqueduct will consist principallj of open channel and BJ phons, only one small tunnel hav mg to be

driven.

I he Commissioner of Public Works has authorised Mr W Davielson the engineer of the Melbourne U ater bupplj to carrj out worl a which will considerably improve the water supply to the south-western portion of Lichmond between the Brighton railwaj line and Punt road ' I he mains ut present available for convejing water to this district ure not sulhcientlj large to supplj t' e de mauds of the residents, which have lately been j,reat!> increased by the extension of settlement in the neighbourhood It ia pro posed to lay a new mam along the Punt road, and thence into the heart of the district Alto"ethei, an expenditure ot £500 has been authoiiscd lor impioiiiig the supply and means ot reticulation As the work is ot special ur"cncj, it will be proceeded with lmmcdiatelj liter the completion of the new main now being laid from South Melbourne

to St. kilda

Dr ClialTej, a member of the firm of Messrs Challcj Bros , irrigation engineers, who have successfully carried out several vcrj extensive irrigation schemes m various paita ot America ia cvpected to arme in this colouj very shortlj Dr ChatTej a v isit 's of a purclj private character, and no com munications have jet passed betwem him and the Government, but it is probable that the Minister oi Water Supplj will endeavour to obtain his advice upon some important matters connected with irrigation and woter conseil i tion in the colons

the ollicirs of the Crown Law department will remove on Mondai ne_t from their present oflicea to tho«e which have been pre pared for them opposite the Law Courts in Lonsdale street 1 he rooms now occupied bj the secretarj of the Law department, the 1'iirliamcntarj draughtsman, and the Crown solicitor, and their suboidmatei will be Handed over to the Ireasurj department, and the Public Sen ice Co i.rnis"ioncra will occupy ai artincnta on the (.round floor, at pieaent used bj the Under 'lreaamcr and bomo of Ins

oflicers

Hie manager of the Boolara Coal Pro ipect

mg Association baa forwaided to the Muling department a sample ot coal which waa lound by Mr T Burl e and partj about two miles trom the Loorina railway station and onlj four chuma awaj from the Mirboo rail

way line Mr He"inald Murrnj tho Go \ernment geologist, sa)s the oil is of the highest qunlitv, mid that ii it is to be found in large qu unities the discover) will prove the most \nlualle jet made m the colony He will probabb procrcd to the Mirboo d s t ict m a few dnjs and inspect the local it) in w Inch tue coal w as found

It lins been nrmn"cd between the Central Board of Health and tho Defence department that the health officer st itioned ut the Hend3 (Dr Brovinia,,) shall also act aa medical at tend mt to the permanent artillery loree statiouelat the forts Dr lroinuu,, will bopnililOO nvenrby the Deieiiee depart ment, in andmon to the Bahiry he now re cones from the Centn! Lîonril ot Health m I will mere!) nttend to the ollicers and their families and the men bclouguv to the loree as required without being m all) way sub jcet to any militar) regulations

Several new polling places have been declared b) orders n issed at the meitiiiL, or the Liecutive Council on tuesday last Mudgegonga is to be a polling place m the Myrtle Creek division ot the Uvens dist-iet nee Waterloo revol ed Cobram leecbelbi

and Pelluebla Jiost (Vi îlby) are to b» polling i places instead of Peechelba h une station I

Cobram home stntion and Pelluebla revoked in the \ irrawon^a dmsiuii of Moira while

Moorilim (Mudd) Creek) is to be substituted j

for IXoorilim in the Avenel division and

Devenish railway township for Dev email in I

the Dookie division of the sum« electonte Hie Hurtle Hit polling pine" m the Stanley division of the Ovei s district has been revoked Hie lollowing neu polling places

have also been declared -Barksteid and I

Bolwarra in the Gordun division of Grant

state school tallangatta valle), in the Mitta Mitta division and the state school Saud) Creel, in the \acl indnndnh divisun ot Benambra Murra« eeu), in the Sev en Creel s division of Delatite and î«ortb V\ ooragee I in the Indigo division of Ol ens

Hie Weslc)an Conference sat m private jesterdas morning and afternoon under the presideno of the Kel W L. Blumires The proposed list of ministers' stations during the ensuing year was rend a lirot time, the second rending being mnde mi order of the du> for this nftcrnoou V eommittee of discipline wns constituted, consisting or the ex presidents and the Becretniy of the coiiterenci 1 raternal greetings were received b) telegraph fiom the conferences of South Australia, New ¡south Wales, and Queensland wh ch arc also ni session at the present time 'the Lev H C Oldmcadovv, a member o£ the New South VV ales and Queensland conference, w as present, and a proposni v as submitted re questing his transference to Victonn, but the motion wns withdrawn pending the receipt of a communication from the New South Wales conference on the subject 'IhoKev

It C riocl hart, ex president, brought under the notice of the conference what be described ns a gross failure of justice m a ca»e that recentl) carne before the District Court, wherein, ho sud, it had been clearly proved that the proprietress of a notorious house of ill fume lind conducted her establishment in a shameless, shod in,.', and scandalous manner, mid notwithst miling this tcstimonj, the cn^e was discharged by the presiding magistrates Seieral sninkers declared that the magisterial decision m this case was an offence u"ainst public decene), and it was unnmraously resolved to appoint n députa tiun to represent to the Clnet Secretary and the Solicitor General the opinion ot tho con ferenco with respect to the action of (¡he magistrates in the caso in question 'Iho lie vs. J Wilsford, W A. Quick, V\, L Bmks and ir Bnth, were constituted a depu tation for the purpose 'J he chairmen QI districts priscnted-tlio nnme3 of probationers cf four sears standing, and their Imiil examination ivis mado au order of tlie day for Priday morning On the recommendation of the district meetings, the lollowing were received ns candidates for the ministry -Messrs A Lelean, J If Millett, W J 1 alaiuouutam, C 'Jngeir A J trevena A 1' M lute, J W Ldvvards J W House, J '1 liornas, li Dittench, and 1 A Woods Messrs G Angrove, h W Heath, and Wesley Johns vyere nominated for appointment to circuit", on the motion of tile Lev Dr W atkin It was furtlur resolved to send Messrs Millett, Pulamountain, 'trevena, and Dittench to the theolo"ienl institution of the church for one year and Mr Boase for three months An application from the Lev li Brown, ot the British Conference, who dtsired admis sion to the Victorian Church, was postponed until tlie second reading of the stations w as called on 'Hie conference resolved that the 1 ev J J W ntsford should be continued as a supernumerary for another year, and that Messrs 1) Alinear and J Copo should be a"am emplo)ed in regular i-ork A vote of th inks was passed to the Tev W L Ulnmires for I113 pnst services as secretary, and a letter of s)mpnth) ordered to be sent to the widow of the Rev 1 H Stephenson, of 'lasmann 'Hie conference will meet again this morning at 10 o clocl, 111 W esle) Church, Lonsdale stuet

At the fortnightly mcetin" o£ the Harbour trust Commi -toners held jestcrdaj it was decided on the motion of the i resident (Commissioner Couche) to set apart ii '00 out of the Harbour trust 1 und for the remuneration of the commissioneis during the present j ear Some little opposition ii as ollered to this resolution the ¡¿round being taken that the commissioners ahoul 1 per form their duties without pijmont but to tins it was replied that as the Government had Bec apart the sum lor the purpose men tioned it certnmly should be ap. roprmted by the commissioners An inquirí was made bj Mr b It.Groom whether wood palingblocl s from lasmania would be admittel at the wharfage rate of is per 480 sui erhcial feet or at the rate of J1 per do/en pieces and he stated that if the latter rate were ehar"ed it would prohibit the i impôt tatton Hie com missioners decided that the first named rate should bo impose 1

\ mectm" of the executne committee of the Barry Memorial 1 und ii is held at the loi n hull on Mond j afternoon I he mern bera present were-Mr D C M Arthur (in the chair) Mr 1 liornas Loader (lion treasurer) Mr 1 itz"ibbon Dr Mack IJ 1 ro fessor M Coj Air Juo 1 owell Mr I L Henderson and Mr O K Snowball (lion

sec ) Mr Loader read the following report on bel alf of a sub committee consistai« of himself 1 rofe sor M Guy and Mr Hender son which w is appointed ni September last - Hie kath ot Mr Gilbert the scull tor caused the committee to arrange with Mr lele lal I ill another sculptor tor the com 1 letton of the clay model for the sumoi £¿j0 j iel ed readj for shipment Hie origin d con trnctwiththclntenrtistwtsforil 00 of which i 0 h is been i «d m progress j aj menta Hie executne committee now proposes to pu the widow of the late sculptor ¿100 and to tcrmm ite the contract finally i he sohci tors for the widow h ive agreed to tina ar r uigciucut and you arc now asked to confirm it Under the new contract with Mr I all the cost will be greater than the on"inal price but it ia hope 1 that the worl m ij be com pleted for a sli,ht increase Hie «»tattle is to be c ist m brou e in London mid the moulds will be shipped next month if all tilinga pro greaa as expected Hie committee ha3 been mo8t fortunate in meeting with Mr 1 ill nu i rtist of lirstchss leputition who baa I roved a very valuable successor indeed to the late sculptor Hits report was adopted Other business of detail m connexion with the forwarding home of the stitue »as trans a ted and several acrounta were pissed for pi)ment Mr J C Stew irt the major of Melbourne w as elected a member of the com

ni ttee

Hie committee of the Melbourne Cricl etCIub met last eicninj, and unaniuiouslj appointe 1 the secretan ot the club Mr B J W ardill

as the man iger ot the te mi w Inch is to make a tour m 1 n"lnn 1 this j ear Mr T M Lau(,h lui a member o£ the committee undertool the antics of honorurj secretarj during Mi W ardill h absence It was understood that Mi Wardilla services would not be ai niable but that gentleman has been nble to m il i arrangements for leaie tor seien months the time it is expected the tup will last

Hie committee of the M C C have invite 1 Mr 1 Grcj Sm th one of the vicepresi

dents of the club to a corni hraentary supi er preiiouH to Ins departure for 1 nçjand at the end ot this month the supper will be held

on Monday ev ening nest ni the pavilion, at 9 0 clock Membersot the clubwishingtobepre sentshouldni ply for ticl ets to the secretary, ot to any members ot the committee before Saturday a3 it is necessary that the number intending to be ) resent should be 1 novvn carlyon Satur lav Mr lrink Grey Smith has been so long und so nopul irly connected with the club that it is expected a very lar^e number of members will be pre°ent to say

farevv eil to bim.

Ile So ictyin ill of Mutcrnitv Hospital Pitients held ils usuil fortnightly com nutt e uieitiHB m St luuls parson i"e on Monday ulternoon In the absence of Mrs. D T Hnmer vice presi lent the eba r w is til on by Mrs Vrmour Hie tollowin" ladies were present-Mrj lliomns 1 uillee (tri i surer) Mrs. W m M Cullocii Mrs Strachan Mrs 1 W Had Ion Mrs. btron= Mrs 1 arluk Mr« Lawrence Munro Mrs. Cooke Mrs « C Maedonnl 1 and Miss Law s lion sec tile 1 idles ii[ pointed at tlie last meeting bron"tit up rej orts on the homes in 1 rahran and also on Dr Singleton s Home Three fre3li c ises had been dealt vv itb and three girls had (.one to service Mr" nuldonand airs. Cooke undirtook to visit the homes luung the insume. tortui"ht an 1 Mrs. C Nicolson the hospital It wns announce 1 tinta very sm ill balance rem lined in the treisurers h nds but ns tue end of the imana ii year is at han 1 the committee hope shortly to be in lunds and to be plnre I in a position to continue the work In the mean time subscriptions will be gratefully re

cened

W e understand that m the course of a few (Ina a public moetiii ot ladies and *»entle m n interested in the establishment of a con vnlescent home will bo held and an oppor tumtj will thus be"iicn ot discussin.. the various proposals which have been made on

this subject

It was stated in error in î/ie Atptts of jes

ter laj that the meeting to take measures for the rehet of the sufferers by the bush fires in the Western district would be held in the low n hall this afternoon the mcetine, will be held to morrow afternoon at 1 o ck ck

Hie work ot loading and discharging the vessels Ijing at the wharves was continued jeaterday without interruption I nrthcr complaints vv ero made by the non union workmen to tho slnpown ra regarding the treatment thej hal leen subjected to bj the members of the W harf Labourers Union 1 he men at the Melbourne Gasworks stated that thej wcreannojed bj hiving pieces of coal throw nat them and bj hann, dirtj raga placed upon their clothes Hie shipowners wrote to the Gas Company calling attention to the matter and in response to their re que<*t action 13 to be taken to protect the non union men from anj further nnnojance A mu.tni- 0. the Shipowners Associition will be hell this morning to discuss the alteration made hi the Trades hall Council at ita meeting lie! I on iue'day night in the basts of agreement for the reference to arbi tration ot the pointa 111 dispute between tlic wharf labourers and the shipowners 1 he amendment was to the efiect that only those labourers eu"nged by the shipowners during tlie recent stril e who are at present 111 \ letona an 1 not those w ho may be under engagement mid jet to arrive here shall be admitted as members of the W haif Labourera Union It 13 expecte 1 th it the amendment will be accepted by the Shipowners Asaoeia

tion without demur i ina luornin two se mu 11 ot the 1 neena mined V M Donald and k M ken/te w ill be piocceded against by Mr G Hudson a"cnt 01 the luamatuiu Steam N'avioUtion Conipain for unlawfully leaving the ship betöre the e puj of their

term ot notice

1 he thientetic 1 stril e in the milling trade is lil elj to le inerte 1 and arbitration resorted to 111 order to procure a settlement of the dispute Hie en_me di ivers and millers em pic) ed in the Melbourne nulla asl ed their emplojcrs to grant them the ct_,ht hours sjstcm ot labour from 1 ebruary 1 the cm ployers h id 110 objection to meet the wiaho3 ol the men pionded _> of the country nullera and the pnncipal Adelnde millers also agreed to the desired reduction m the honra of labour, or on con dition that the operatives cngiged 111 the metropolitan nulls consented to accept a reduction 111 their wn_,cs proportion ite to the reduction in their hours of labour the men agreed to tal c 10 pei cent olt all wages ex ceedmg i2 per wee! but the emplojcrs did not consider that peiceutage !nr0e enough to recoup them for the reduction of the hours from ob to 48 per week íesterday the master millers hil 1 a meeting and decide 1 to refer the matter to a board of conciliation, consisting of Messrs Andrew Lyell J M Bruce 1 II Bromley (the preaidcnt of the 1 lades hall Council) and W lreiiwith who should be empowered to select an umpire, and whose decision should bo final and bindin,. on both partita J he proposal to refe the dispute to arbitration will be sub nutted to a meeting of the operatives which will be held at the trades hall on Siturday

dening

A complimentary ball was tendered to Cap tninl veull mid the members of the recent New Guinea etplorntion pnrty by the mern hers of the Deutscher lum Verein at their hall last evening Captain Lienll, Dr Ber nny s and Mr 1 rogg it vho were accompanied by Baron von Mueller, Mr V C M Donald (lion secretary of the Royal Geo"rnphicaI Society) nnd Mr ]?. 1 Litton (consul "ene- il for Liberia) arrived at the hall at about S 0 clock, and were received and heartily we!

coined by Mr W Wiesbaden (president"of the lum Verein) Mr 1 II Bruiner (lion secretary) and Mr C Wniters ihon trca surer' J he hnll wns nently decornted with folio se and b umers, and dilncin ' w ns engaged in by about fOO persons to tho music provided by au excellent orchestral band After supper had been partaken of, Baron von Mueller proposed the health of Captain 1 verdi and the members of lu3 party, and stated that the J urn V eiein v ere anxious to recognise thevnlunble services to the causo of science rendered by those who had formed the recent exploration party in New Guiñe i It vv is ot the highest importance that Lcographicnl research should be en couinted, nnd the attitude assumed by the leading organs of the press notably 'Hie Ai ¡as and the Queen ¡andu towards explora tory enterprises was parttculirly grati flin,; It wis to be hoped that Pm hument would appreciate tho \alue of the scientific work accomplished by such men us Captain J verdi and those who aceomp lined bun, and that a small portion of the seven millions annually spent by tina colony would beset npirt for til» purposes of the Geographical Societv Captain Lvenll bnelly responded, nnd than! ed the furn Verein for the cordiality of his reception Mr VV lesbaden proposed the henltii ol Baron von Mueller and the toists ot Hie lion Secretary of the Geo 'raplncal Society "J lie President of the lum Verein, and "lbe Press were also honoured

Messrs Cullis Hill and Co have just com   pleted to the ordci of the Mclbonrnu Club, a handsome sideboard eonstiueted in the 1 cnaissanco Btyle It ia verv lni"e in "BIZI, berne, no le3s than 12ft Ion" lOtt Gin hit,h and Oft wide Ihc ni ¡tenal used m its con struction is American walnut whilst tlie panels nre of polished Itali m walnut the design is most einnor Ue the cornice pillara, supports and pilnaterj bem" all beautuully carved Some idea may be gamed of the completeness ot this piece of furniture, w Inch is BO handsome a s imple ot the cabinet milkers art from the fnct that four min weie cngn"ed almost continuously tor six months in manufacturing it Its cost will beijOO

W e publ shed n telefram on 1 uesday from our Sydney irrnspondent stntinf, that Lord and Lady Ciimii"ton paid a visit to the steamer Pnrthia on Monda j, mi 1 that Lord Carrington had addicssed tue lininigiants by that \csse!, giving them encouiugemmt and advice lrom the Sydney LJio ot lues day evening we learn that the visit wns paid at the time the immigration bo ml were ton ducting their inquirí as to the treatment the umni"i nits lind iceeived on the voyage and the report suites - ' During the inquiry an incident of i most affecting nature occurred 'Hie nnme was called of a certain married woman and responded to, und was followed by the uiimttiition ii reading out ot the name of her child nged tivc years mid nine months who lind died since the vessel had come into hnrlour Hie nnme of the child brou Jil to the mind of the mother her

bereavement, and Bhe naturally gave waj to tears. Someone, thinking it was not n pleasant spectaclo for Lady Carrington to witness, directed the mother to rettie, and Bhe at once did so. But Lady Carrington m atantlj left her seat and went m pursuit of the heiirtbrol en mother, to offer to her such Bjmpathy as could onlj como from a woman ' 'Hie following 13 the report of the address given by Lord Carrington - ' It is my pleasing dut j as the representative of the Sovereign, to wclcuui" jon, the pas sengcrs on the lirst immi-r mt blnp that h is landed here since my arm ii (Hear, he ir, ind applause) I have not been here verj long nijsclf-not long enough to presume to speak on the subject ol this great colonj

but from the lew weeks during which I have li id the honour ot holding the position us repreaentatiie of Her Moat Gracious Majestj the Queen 1 have le irnt this-that there isno place 111 Her Majestj 3 domltuona in which there 13 more lojalty andmore loie for the mother coimtrj than there is 111 this beautuul lind of New South Wales (Loud cheer*» ) \ou have come to a happv countrj \ou have left the old countrj behind jou, where as mimi of uaknow here, there are mun) and treat dillictilttes for honest men to get w orl

1 dures ly there are tnanj persona here w h 1, as well as injsMf have seen the wlnrt lal ourera and stevedores on the London Dod J seeking lor work lou will lum nothing ot that sort hue (Cheers ) ] verj honest, industrious man ia able not only to obtain work, but also able to obtain 1 lair daj s w ige for a fair daj s labour (Ko new ed eheenii*-) But it 13 my dutj to III form jou tint wa_,ea mu»»t be worked hard loi Anj min will be "rieioualj ills ippointed who tluuks he baa come over to this colony and will be able to spend a life of idleness mid be p ud for it Hie great thing to avoid is gnm_; waj to drink And I can tell jou

[ that 111 tina countrj no honcat, upright,

bonoui ible man, who keeps himself respect able, need 111 anj waj fear "ettmg n good daj s w ork and 1 hood day s w agc for it ( ip plausi ) At tlic same time jou muat not pick and choose "iou must go steadilj at work tike that which comes, and cim an honest living , and as time goes on sou may be per fectlj certain th it jou will be able to nnpioie jour position (Applause) Aa lier M ijestj a representitnc, 1 ii"»am e-press mj pliusuic 111 welcoming jou, the lirst lot of passengers w ho have arrived here Bince we landed ( Vp plause ) Ladj Carrington and I stretch out to jou the hand ot friendship and tell von how e-itremelj "lid we aro to see so manj strong and healthy colonists likely to be a credit to themselves and also to this new 1 md ' (Prolonged cheering )

1 he attendance nt the Oriental 1 air last ni"ht wis very good A promen ide concert Irish step dancing acrobatic feats and other forms ot entertainment are advertised for

this evening

Hie city organist will perform the following selections on the grand ort, in this afternoon at 4 oclocl - Overtme La Bayadere

( \uber) andante from °nd Bvmphony (Haydn) oflertoire No 4 Op ii new (Wcly) Gran IW edeline, March Midsummer Night Dream (Mendelssohn) gavotte Hie Bell by request (Watson) oratorio selection

Messiah (Handel) vi? it) air He was despised (I) chorus I fit up your beads finnie National Vnthem

W e bave received the following a I litional donitions to the fun 1 for the relict ot the snllerers by the recent bush hres in the VV tstcrn district -Mrs Brunton ii is 1 \ Walsh 12 s V\ II»» _2-â 1 Livers L2 , It 1 ane ti Is li £1 Is N I ev 1 nu I Sons ii Is Hugh Peel , ii Is IN W a le ii 1 min i M Larin ii 1«. C1 irl e ii VV T ii Nemo ii John 1 lslier 10s W J rs 1 ochestir ßs Also per Mr James Williinison MLC, subscrip tions collecte I by lum at the Vustrnhan Club as follows -Mr lis MacBuin Iresi lento! the J c"islative Council, 110 10s Mr VV llallidav "j «is Mr Horsfall i5 ßs. Mr A W lit berthon i us Mr John Blyth i)5s Mr kim Bell 1 > us Mr M Glass for 1 io os Mr 1 is \V iib imson tfl us. Mi J 1 Itobertj iJ-s Air Jno Shiels iJ ¿s

V 1 riend i-, 2s Mr Archer ii 13 , Mr lirth ii Is

As additional subscriptions to the fund for the benefit of Mrs lluhharl whose husb mil died from injuries leceived at the recent lire at the I erosene bond we hive received the ft How nu Bums -H CCI and Mrs 1 Nott ii 10s \ levi and Sons ills 1 1 illi S I G ii Is 1 \ Walsh -Us Hue.li Peck 10s 01, Johnlisher 10s. W

1 UJ

\s subscr ptions on behalf of the case of distress rought under public notice by 1 ev J XI Vbirncthy we line leceived 13 Is from NIr 1 1 Durham M L A. and ii Is from S J G

the bon secretary of the Richmond and I ast Melbourno Lidies Lenevoient Society be^a to acl no vled"e with miny than! s the It Ho im, sums -Collection in St Stephens Church Jtiehmomi IJlus 111 do 1 ninty Chinch J ist Melbourne ii- Ss bd 1 oster an 1 M lrtin ii Is

the prospectus of the Tervis Bav and In ima Coil Company is published in our a lverti3ing columns.

Messrs C J and 1 Ham will hold a large satcot cit) pr I ert) at their rooms to da)

Mr T VV viler will sell tit Messrs Nnylor nnd 1 orbes s rooms this aftirnoon church propel ty at Xtahcrn

Mi J «ibucl le I cid has been appointed as a member of the Loard oí Vdvice lor the 1 ourlto an 11 oils 1 ile v ir Is school district in the pi ice of XIi J U VS ceding who retire 1 by ellluxion of time Mr Keid was the only gentleman nominated when the time allowe 1 lor dei osititu the necessary papers with tho return ng olhcer (Mi W B Simpson) expired yesterdn)

At the annual parochial meeting m the paush ot Christchurch St Kilda the vestry nut iniislnoners presente 1 in illuminated a Idress to Air I rancis Gre) Smith (v arden und bon trensurei ot the church) prior to his departure on ii visit to J uiope.

Hie annual (.enera! meeting of contri butors to the Melbourne Lenevolent Asylum will be held in the bupper room town ball Melbourne at 1 o clock this afternoon to re ceive the report and balance sheet from the committee elect olhec bearers and trans let other business

Hie UBiial lortnuhtly meeting of the City Council ot South Melbourne was held on Mcndny evening Councillor J Stead who occupied the chair referred to the loss the city council bad sustained by the death of the 1 ite m lyoi (Councillor Alex Moore J P ) an 1 moved tin t out ol respect to his memory ti e council udjourn to Monday evening next J he motion w is passed mil the council ad journe 1 accor hnjy A special meeting ot the council will he held on Monday evcninc,

lot the purpose of electm" a mayor lor the rein under ot the you

W e. have received a copy of the first number of the la n um i 6po U7ian an I Licei&eU I ¡clualtt « 6« elie

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