VICTORIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 593, 14 July 1858, Page 4

VICTORIA.

W^baVe ho.later iiitelligence frpin Victoria, with tbe exception of afew extracts,up to th© 14tb ult., quotedinytbe Sydney papers. ■ „ ; On the 4tb June, the Governor arrived at tbe Council :Cbamber r at 3 o'clock.-..-j The members of i the Legislative: Assembly were summonedto attend. On' their; arrival the Speaker delivered his address, which was merely a 'resume" of the proceedings"of 'Parliament tbroughbut the session./' /• '/

His Excellency then having given the royal assent to several bills read a, very lengthy.pro-, rogation speech, of which the following is a brief epitome:— r •/,;:;:,,: . : Having thanked the members of both Houses for their attention to the business of /the* country for 19 months almost without intermission, his Excellency goes on to say "the bill for altering the electoral districts .of the country and for increasing the number of/members of the Assembly, passed'by/the^duse, ihe, constitution of.which.it exclusively j .affected!.''jiad,nQt secured the cpncurrence- of the .Assembly, he had.nb;<lesire to interfere with the. deliberation of either House, but it was obvious that his responsible advisers; immediately upon^the reassembling.^ Parliament; would feel it their duty again: to introduce the bill in question! The -bill for shortening the duration/of Parliament had passed the: Assembly, but without as was required a majority of the; whole House in its favour,- he had/therefore dissolved it.. The speech-then recapitulates the bills assented to in jfche Bession,;an'd states railway works were.being proceeded with. - The Government bad declined Messrs. Baring Brothers': offer for the purchase of debentures,, and accepted .those of colouial banking institutions, that the electric telegraph wajs, completed. -' His Excellency then thanked, the Assembly-for voting, suppliesy and informed them that the revenue and credit of the colony are in a satisfactory state, and concludes by declaring thbfHouse..adjourned till the Bth July nekt.-/'■',/'.'',"./';•'/.'.'''".''■"'" '".'"'-: '.' •''-. ■'.'.

: The Wizard ob* the Nobth.—rln order to ca>jry* out bis .diablerie, the Wizard has brought with him to Melbourne ho less than 20 tons of paraphernalia, which is said to have cost upiyaVds.of £3000.. He also brings with him an efficient staff of assistants. As his- personnel cannot be known to every one, and may be interesting to many, it may be as well to state that; he is a gentleman "with a presence/ about; six feet in; stature, well-made,; a florid complexion, very light brown crrling'bahy » light moustache, /and a merry^winkHng, eye. His deportment is impressive, his manner bland and courteous, his countenance that: of. a clever and good humoured man. — Age t The Melbourne correspondent of the ' Sydney Morning Herald,' writes as follows under date of June 14:—«

The events which have occurred here since my last communication have been neither

."_ inTeata^B^'Fimiportahf in themselves; I y8" e fc aafinffi^the'recessJof ißatliam'ent, people '° to'be taliihgalrelaxation from all excit?eem cs i top Whatsoeverf; from v° land wie cbhaition ef European affairs, A our' prospects/in /India, seem the chief ♦ ics of .di-cussibnl^The. present, would, no tL everiingsyl»6^«fer, are ;sa„cpld, that/ eyeh tribtisn^would1 ;& pale,, its; jnef^ctti^/fires," F*d the t;wo/last/affairs "struck ■ sprlitfte tejrriir fto; the .^hearts: i^p^aceableSubjects;: and/afforded gai-ttuckram^sement, that the torchlight processions; /have/ been abandoned ,-as ;<_uiteun-- ;- suited to the exigencies of the> case. Mr. Duffy's health' is rapidly'lmprbving, but some time must yet elapse^ before the honorable gentleman;can resume his.duties;! The business; ° t -fcl ie large department of,Land ; and Works, so Ion 0, at.a stand-still,can now,beproceed.edrwjth.,, as Mr. Home has.been appointed Vice-President of'the Board, uncler' the new Act. | Tbe 'Vice-President can'exerciseall Ibb functions^ political brb'therwisie, j;bf the Prfesidbnt,' diirihg^ the' absence-'- of: that and cah^co-"" operate^with him'in the'dischargeofbis vaHbus ; duties'. «i^3liisiWilbbei'algreatpußlic!convenieh'ce/i as e;venf putting'the '■•. question of-illness apartyi the multifarious idnties pp., the Presidentjof -the/ I Board musfe ;to./spme extent, causeliim^p/susr. pehd iiis;.decisibn| t .pn matters:.;..sufficiently.imr portent, in until, after 'the . considers-, tion'of 6tberß;^bro'prb'ssing. lV i.'.".'*'^.... .'.],'■;■*.] Active efforts are being made by'the'Romah' Catholic-portion; of."our citizens to complete the1 cathedral church on the: Eastern Hill. During

I two years, the.suttl of, hkst.been subscvibed. T/The: Cburcb of .England Building at ; Brighton -was" broken, into.;, yesterday: evening,, arid plundered to spme.extent. other, things "•carried '.off 'was/the "marriage register. ', This could 'be Bf no'val.ue'to a person 'plundering; §. for-profit] atid' f itwouldseehf almost as if tbe i robbery was'-mad'e 'a cloak; for"-the removal of Etuis very important book.;; ( There'is little-doubt ■ of the, detection; o£,the>criminals> whoever-; they? I A nugget weighing 2,217 oz. 16 dwt.,4-nthe; I largest yet. discovered f in, Australia,—was. founds I about the middle* of last;month, by the emIployes of the ,;Red Hniu^Gbld Mining Company, lon the' Bakery^ Hill" lead5 'at ' Ballaarat.'. Its'' esti--1 mated^value is* £8705.'- '• The:excitement 'created l I by' this: discovery 'has /been considerately; riiade'"' iivailable jfor : jthe; beifefit -of;• the < Hospitalsthe' uckyfjuders baying: handed the proceeds of its* ixhibition,,to the, officers/of .that?institution.: -.= ".-.' HOE^IBIE .''.CaSE/,^.. -Po^Sq^ING-ii'.i^A.ll-: 3ea.thcotb.-—brie.of thelinost.'.iearfu). cases/of ibisbnihgthat it;has been/pur;* lotto record for, some'"time I'bccurr'e'dy'y^ belonging -to''^Messrs;' ''Cox & ' BiSsett; !i near Heathcote. It appears from what we have 'been able to glean,,of; this '.horrible affair, that the cook on tbefarm, washing to make some,cakes for dinner, and. 'being short of flour", went*to a, cask of arsenic*, kept on We.P^ em's®s ' n^^e^»' we 'suppose, for^ the; purpose of-'^ and took/therefrom'i'a':''-pbrtio_i'' Jqf':tli'e arsenic, supposing. ifc< to?be :flour, using it in the same manner as ; he would,have.dpoe-bad itbeen so.; I rWo.men who.w.ere.engaged.pn thej farm par- | took of these cakes,* as well as the cook,/and r | the three mem, after- suffering fearfuL;tbr^ | ments, died yesterday ' afternoon. This is* ah-:: I other instance;- added; to the number that' have; I already occurred in the colony, of deaths-rev; 1 suiting frohi-poison being allowed/on preniis'es' I without any precaution being taken to' prevent I ignorant domestics -'from making use of it for.; i culinary purposes'.;■' and unless some check/is I put by the Legislature' upon the sale'and Use. c of poisons of: all descriptions we are: afraid that.' 1 it will not be the l&st.^-Bendigo Advertiser. ' I Tne Queen haTbeem pleased to approve of M. 1 Achille Bischoff as' Consul' at Melbourne^for the' I Swiss Confederation!' •• ./.-'■' ' „ » . '■'- ' vs.:. . •;