We find in the Melbourne Argus of the 14lh March, an account of the opening* on the 10th, of the Special Session of the Legislative Council of Van Diemen’s Land, which the Lieutenant-Governor had been under the necessity of convening, as the supplies for the Gaol and Police Establishments had been granted only to the end of the present month. The sole business the Government intended to bring forward was the Estimates for these services. In his Opening Address, His Excellency staled that he had not any new r information on the subject of Transportation, but from the reference to it in the Queen’s Speech he expected to be in possession of more precise information before the period for the Annual Session of the Council. Meanwhile, he was corresponding with the Government of Victoria on the practicability of transferring to Van Diemen’s Land some of the Immigrants who have landed at Melbourne. . . . The Council by a majority adopted an Address in Reply which breathes a more friendly tone than they have for some time used in approaching His Excellen, and indeed is little more than a guarded echo of his Speech.
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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 727, 2 April 1853, Page 2
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