VICTORIA.

Evening Post, Issue 6, 14 February 1865, Page 2

VICTORIA.

' MrLßOuaxE. — The gcea% and in fact nlmost ths s.ile, topic of cotiverstfkm'durhig the week, both j,n town anl isonntry t has ul eonrss bee i the proposed new tariff. In the country.tUstrlcH generally thsalternfions suhmirto:! by the Treasurer have ban received with considerable frtVor>nud-< are taken as evidence of an intention to levy taxation upon a principle more equitable than that which bus hitherto obtained, which appeurs simply to have bfieh t<i raise the largest p ssible* Avenue i ¦ the easiest possible way, no^m-stteu; 1 wlietlier | thii^t wny was conducive to the prosperity of Hie colony or not. In Melb mrne. howeveir, or at least amongst tlie itiercmtile clnssi-x. the vii_»»'* enunciated- by Mr. Verdou 1 have met with a different reception. Ihe new taiilFis condemned as unju-t aod oppressive, and as cal ulated to iuaU*rhiUy injure tlie trade and commerce of ihe colony. Meetings b.ivo been held and the d'overntnei't lia.< Reen denounced in no measured terms. — Melbourne Lrjujler. A despatch from the Dnke s ivf Newcastle,' dated 9th March, *l*S64^ and. relating to Ij'inkin^r cotupaiii.s' acs, was l;>id upon the table ot* the Assembly yesterday evening, liy the Attorney- General. The despatch, which was nddrrssed to His Kxccllency, was as follows:—" Sir— With.jrcfcrenceJo ' my circular desptitch, of the Slfct of I December, 1862, the Lords ComtnisMonera 'of the Trca-ury In vc informed me that they are ol" opinion that there are', no longer any ground* for reqtiirHig tlmt'thc operation of colonial acts t';r the incornora-' tion of 'blinking companies should be confined to' tlie col niics by whose Legislatures they are passed.'' — Ibid. ¦ - ! The threat of the bushrangers of New South \Valpsito attack tlie city of Goulbum and. plunder the' banks would appear no idle boast, to judge from the 'exploit recorded in tmr telegraphic columns. Ttluy plnmlcreil the village' of Collector, not a gnat distance fwih'Goulburn, alie,r conunitiing deprc iations in (the( the vicinity, 'a(iel robliitijjf aud pltWknug travellers Jin itl)e most reckless manner." Our, part iciulfirs of the mui'vlcr of the lockup keeper, Nelson, b}' one of tbe bii«hrangeis, arj nleagre ; l-ut tbl-it the mut-eler was unprovbked — as our telegram' significantly -report — or that anything Nelson' could do cjnld be con^tiued info provocation for such a crime, is duly another' proof of the 'recklessness with which these ouil.tw^'tif society carry em their .operations) and ,£b"e indifference with which society generally in the sister colony views their proceedings. Nothing short of plundering the blinks, or carrying off -ihe Chief Secretary prisoner, will, "remove, the apathy of the liovenuucnt, and lead to measures which are unfortunately imperatively necessary for the safety of life and property. — Ibi:U The suburban g<^|d mining niovetiient progress s apace. KncoxifageeV by v tlie pcuu\ weights e>f the Coiling wood .Conijmri)% no less than .five or six embryo companies huvebecn formed' and registered to teat the auriferous riches of ;Richmo,nel Paddock, the Klat and the Survey Reserve. The latest in the field isiMr. Graham Uerry, on behalf of the Collingwood company, who propose to transfer their affections to a favored spot near .Burnley-street, Richmond. We should be sorry to throw a wet blanket, over the eiithu3in<tie aspirations ot tlicse gcntieiißn in their laudable venture, but at the same time we trust the Commissioner of Crown Lauds" will satisfy himself of the existence of, gold in payable quantities before he. suffers the public reserves to be bored andjbuvrejwcel by the shaits of the zealous 'promoters of these enterprises. — Ibiel. - - . ' A very remarkable case is now to be seen in the Albury Hospital. The Border lost sajs: — "It is that ot a natient who' has been there for the List eighteen jjuxmths, and who is suffering either from some form of scurvy or from s.mie .disease in. the arteries of the leg. Both of his feet have turned black, and dropped off below the knee joint, and even the bone- has rotted away. Four Melbourne and three Sydney surgeons have seen the patient during bis stay at the hospital, but neither they nor the local doctors hay c ever seen or heard of a similar case before." Several persons at Climes are complaining of the miscarriage pt' important letters, some containing i)iouey, and others scrip, during the curient month, but it is not yet known at what post office the neglect^or whatever else it may be,' hns occurred. A coiumunictitioti on ihe— subject has beenforwarded to the PostmastoiJ- General.— linlliiiirat Star. - : " : Tiiondkrstorms. — Towards daybreak, on Sunday last, a storm, accompanied with - vivid lightning ami heavy thunder, broke over Tumut. biit was not of vei'y long duration. In the afternoon of jhe snme day 1 another s'orm visited that locality,', the j l)ikeel lightning playing about in awful ! grandeur. A tree of Mr. W. Bridle's jmi., was split in pieces. At Gundagai the fury of the elements was greater than here;' some houses* were unroofed, the -courts house windows broken,' and other' minor' casualties occurred. — Morpeth Leader.