AUSTRALIAN.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2356, 21 October 1881, Page 3

AUSTRALIAN.

[reuter's telegrams.] MELBOURNE, October 20. A Party Squabble. The Commission of Enquiry into the working of the Education Act has been appointed by the Government in accordance with the announcement made in the Governor's speech at the opening of the present session. Mr Ormond has been appointed President of the Commission, and its constitution is receiving severe criticism. At a caucus of the Opposition to-day a resolution was carried to the effect that the Commission was unsatisfactory, and Mr Ramsay has since given notice of motion to that effect. It is understood that the motion is not intended to be one of want of confidence in the Government.

Sporting. Nautilus has been scratched for the Melbourne Cup. " Augur," in the " Australasian," tips Somerset or Somnus for the Victorian Derby, to be run on the 29th inst. Gold in Fiji. It is stated that a parcel of gold, discovered at Fiji, has been assayed in Melbourne with a satisfactory result. Shipping. Arrived, this morning—Rotorna, from the Bluff. SYDNEY, October 20. StormA storm of unusual violence has been experienced to-day on the coast and in this city, causing serious damage to several houses in the suburbs. The shipping in the harbor has, however, suffered no injury, and, as far as can be ascertained, no casualties have occurred on the coast.

Ministerial. Dr. Renwick, who was appointed Minister for Mines on the 12th inst., was re-elected for Bast Sydney constituency to-day.