AUSTRALIA.

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AUSTRALIA.

Feeuteb’s telegeams.] MELBOURNE, June 18. Political. Messrs Service and Berry have come to an understanding that the division on the Reform Bill should take place on the 24th instant. Many largo meetings are being held throughout the country to discuss the present position of political affairs. The debate on the Payment of Members Bill will only be resumed after the dviision on the Reform Bill. SYDNEY, June 18. Searching Amsterdam Island. The H.M.S. Raleigh has arrived from England, in accordance with instructions from the Admiralty. She examined Amsterdam Island, where the captain of the Vancouver reported he had seen lights, but no signs of the Kuowaloy Hall or of any shipwrecked crews wore discovered. More Taxation. In the Legislative Assembly the Bill to 1 impose the fresh duties has boon read a second time. ShippingSailed—The Australia, for Auckland, yesterday. MELBOURNE, June 17. Payment of Members Bill. The Payment of Members Bill was again under discussion in tho Legislative Assembly last night. Tho amendment proposed by Mr Murray-Smith to exclude the payment to members of the Legislative Council was defeated on a division | by 48 to 28. No progress was made I with the measure, and Mr Williams, the

member in charge of it, threatened to abandon it nnless the House dealt rapidly with it. Some angry scenes occurred in the Chamber last night, in consequence of the impediments placed in the way of the Bill passing. The Exhibition. Sir Cunliffe Owen has resigned his position as one of the Commissioners for Great Britain to the Melbourne Exhibition. Mr Herbert Sandford succeeds him. Crowded OutMessrs Money Wigram and Co. have decided to withdraw from the Australian trade, and are going to sell their vessels. Shipping. Sailed —Rotomahana, for the Bluff.