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[ from 008 OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
Monday,
The principal subject o! discussion, as
e expected, during last week was the
Electoral Hill, hut though xnett of the
■limbers.«f the.Aasembly held forth on
tbe question, the discussion was not
hroagbt to * close with the adjournment
on Thursday sig h t The reception which
(he Bill met with was anything bat
fricadly, hvdly a sir-gle member saying
a word'for it, those wbo expressed lheir
intention of supporting the second reading
telling the Government p rn ty plainly
tbai it a ll dots not go in Commute* as
they like they will vote against the third
retdiog. Mr Bent has entered into a
compart with the head of tbe Government
that a division shall be token ou Tuesday,
bat it is not the first time that the rank
and file of the Opposition have refused
to carry oat tbe promises of tb& chief.
So that i t it not a t aU certain when tb e .
vote will be taken.
Some very suggestive speeches w ere'
made iu the conrse of the debate- While :
the city members generally com pleted of
(he peculiar rale* which had been followed
in the alteration of the boundsries, ’
the members representing country con-1
st tueneies were very eloquent about (he i
extensive correspondence which they hsd !
to catry on in carrying out tbe views of
their constituencies. This state of things
seems to suggest th a t much of the business
is private rather tban public.
The Exhibition has bean well attended i
during th e week, tbe fin# weather con-1
tidersbly helping in the result. People
from (he coualry are now flocking iu in
large numbers, e:<d with those who are
already coming here far the races, tbe
city keeps ptetty full. T he concerts
at tbs great show are growisg in
popularity, and it is consequently not
always certain that persons who to desire
will be able to bo pteatnt on any given
evening. We arc to have quite an incursion
of Ballarat juveniles this week and
uert. O n toe U fh a special train is to
bring down 2000, and on the 24th
soother train, which hsi been specially
chartered, will briogdown s similar cumber,
while another large consignment a ill
he brought here on tbe 26th.
We reached the highest pitch of
excitement on Saturday last in reference
to the land-sole mania. There were
nearly 70 sales, and for these tbe Railway
CommisMonera found it necessary to provide
t ains for 60. Some of those wbo
coBcort tbe advertisements far these
s*le»>r» mor*i energetic (has jedieioar.
Tbe last idea is te produce port rails of a
number of statesmen who would have
liked to be there, mud in the middle of
the group is given that of tbe Isle Karl
Beacons field. They ttu h t just as well
have included the ghost ia Hamlet.
Au accident, which shows what escapes
ome people bare while under the influence
of liquor, occurred a t Toorak on
Friday night- Two gentlemen who were
going from Government House to tbe
residence of tbe Hon. F. Ormecd hired a
hansom cab to make tbe journoy. The
cabman was under the influence of
liquor, and as he was not going right
they dismissed him, fortunately for themselves.
He turned dowo towards the
river, and getting off the track, horse,
cab, and drivrr went down a precipice
over 80ft high. Nothing was heard of
the lnraout till the followingmoroiug,
when th e jebo was fonnd on a ledge by
the river, the horse having in a miraculous
manner got over on to the opporite
bank, after leaving hair on various
tlumps in bis descent on the cliff. Tbe
hansom was completely smashed, tbe
remains of it being found tbis morning
further dona tbe stream.
The Dnirersity Boat fiace which took
place ou (he Lower Yarra on Saturday
fast though j-ot attended as we may expect
to see tbem attended when the
events which are to be annual become
more known, drew a fair number of persons
to tbe river, wbo went down in the
strsmer Alfaa'Tdas, For the first time
crews representing Melbourne, Adelaide,
and Sydney took part in a trial of
strength. Melbourne proved too good
for tbeir opponent#, Adelaide oaly grttiflgwitbip
fivf boils’ lengths of them
tnd the Sidney m m being much further
aw*y. No 7 id 'h e Sydney crew broke
i oar blade wbveh may in tome measu
s ount for tbeir position.
The Melbourne Hunt ( lnb meeting,
which "begin* a aeriet of important Taee
meetings, took place at Flemington on
Stfurday1- The weather was favorable,
and tb e attendance was good. Iu tbe
Selling Kafir, which was the first on tbe
programme, only two candidates fared
tbe starter, Clarendon aud St. Albert, ibe
former winning by a length and a half
For theH untH urdie* 10 started, Lepor
rallo being fimb Woodbine second, and
H sronej ibird. F t p l t u won the H ont
Cop. beating N arreug, Dollar, and seven
other* For the Flat Eace, Fishwife,
Tonrbillipn, and Blue Bell cs&ie in in
that order, while in the Steeplechase the
pl*oi« were filled, by Irishman, Curiosity,
and Beadsman I L In this event Keyal
Oak broke his neck. Tbe Corinthian F lat
fiace was won b y W biaperer from Bine
fieli aad Oxford.
T he oale&dar o f the Criminal PessioQi
for (hia mestb has a vcty dark look from
a colonial point of view. Twenty-fix
• vsonen we e arraigned, all tying
f
native* of
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An*iralia,
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and
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belonging
to
Victoria.. Tb# bulk of the charges were
iinau t and robbery, aDd in (he cares of
t ro of them sentences for robbery witb
violence war# awarded of sevoa yean,
with 16 lube* each.
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