ARRIVAL OF THE "ALDINGA," WITH

Otago Daily Times, Issue 154, 14 May 1862, Page 5

ARRIVAL OF THE "ALDINGA," WITH

SIX DAYS' LATER XEWS FKOM MELUOUPvXE.

At half-past 11 o'clock last night the a. 9 Aldingn arrived from Melbourne, bringing dates to Sth instant. We make the following hasty extracts from the files that reached us at one o'clock this morning : — Tub ''A'kgus" and the Parliament. — Counsel attended before Mr. Justice Cliapma. in chambers, yesterday, for the pa-pose o ascertaining the intentions of their Honors the Judgps with regard to the hearing of the case now at issue between The Argus and the Legislative Assembly. After some discussion, it was arranged that the case should be heard on Tuesday next before the Chief Justice, Mr. Chapman, and another learned Judge, and that accordingly the time for making the return to the writ of habeas corpus should be enlarged until that day. With regard to the number of counsel to be heard, his Honor said the practice in chambers was to hear only one counsel on each side, but promised to consult his brother judges as to whether the rule could not be relaxed in this case. Mr. Michie suggested that, as a matter of convenience, the case should be heard in open court, which could bo regarded for the time as chambers; but his honor said he did not think the judges would agree to the proposition. In the Legislative Assembty, in the evening, in answer to Sir. Heales, Mr. Ireland stated that he did not think an appeal would be made to the Privy Council on the case now before the courts, but he would advise such an appeal if an action of damages were brought against the ser-geant-at-arms, and the decision should be against him.— Argus, May 8. Poi.iokk Ixsi;hobi>ination".—The result of the inquiry into the charge of conspiracy and insubordination, brought against Sergeants Kelly and Brown, of the A division of police, and the decision of the Government upon the matter, were publicly made known yesterday. A general parade of the entire division took price ata quarter to one o'clock in the afternoon. Superintendent Lyttlcton then briefly addressed the men, stating that the board of inquiry considered the charges to have been proved, uml that tlie Government had thereupon directed that Sergeants Kelly and Brown should be "reduced to the rank of constables, aud dismissed the'.force1 with all the ignominy nnd publicity possible." The proceedings occupied only a few minutes.—- Argus, May 7. _ . ■ Tub MuifHAY Election.—After repeated meetings, the Murray election case has at length been decided in favor of the petitioner, Mr. John Orr, and against the sitting member, Mr. David Reid. The Elections and Qualifications Committee met yesterday, uud, alter hearing some arguments from the counsel for the petitioner, they decided that Mr. Orr was duly elected.— Art/us, Mny 7. The Gtpps Land Lakes.—Mr. Duffy stated yesterday that the Victoria would be placed at the service of Captain Cox, for the survey of the entrance of the Gipps Land lakes, with a view to the discovery or formation of a navigable channel. iCaptiiin Cox recommended a series of canals, but the'lnspector-General of Works and Mr. Higinbothnm thought an entrance to the lakes might be kept clear by a breakwater.— Argus, May 7. ' The Bdllarat Star says :—" The captyih of the Bnssiari frigate which lately left Hobson's Bay, pxiuglit a cask of Espanoir,' end Atjelaid wine, of Thomas Hp.line, Davis, and Co., lor the Emperor pf itussia/ so delighted and surprised was the captain at the quality and purity of our wine pro? duce.'1 The sentence of death passed on Henry Haig h.as been commuted to im/pi'isonrnent for life. The prfspner appeared greatly relieved on the intelr ligence being communicated to him.— Argus, May 7. •'''■' . . ■ "We learn with a much pleasure,", says the Ufart/borough and DunoUy Advertiser " that it is ilie intention of Mr. Yuille of Charlotte Plains, largely to cultivate the growth of the cotton piant on his land. Mr. Yuille has sown a small quantity of seed this year, but intends in the next to put a hundred acres of land under cultir yntipn with cottpn. It is suflh a spirit of enterprise as this that will make Victoria what she ought to be. There is no question but that the growth of cotton is simple and may be made expeedingly profitable, as much of the labor can bp pprformed by children and women. -M;rYuil'e bus a brother jn New Orleans, and it may therefore be readily conceived that he knows how to go about this work of improvement in our polonial productions," A schoolmaster at Cflghill's Creqk, in thoLoaryn,qnth district," natned John Osborne. has been committed by the Police Magistrates oi'Learmonth for trial at Ballarat General Sessions on a. charge pil having criminally assaulted a girl under ten years of age, one of his scholars. — Arc/us, May 7Fqr(jed Bajjk Notk.—Htivy Smith, John Adams, and Thomas Bondol, the prisoners charged with uttering foi'ged five-pound notes, were baought up on rciniinil yesterday, at the City Police Court. The notes produced were'of a dingy yellow rotor, much warn So far r.-i the facial appearance of tucm ia concerned, they are a very accurate copy of those issued by the 3joikli>u Uhartered Bank oV Australasia apparently photogniplied. But the material is of a character t:int should at once disclose their counterfeit manufacture, and the face of the notes lacks that sharpness of outline1 which belongs to an imprint on a good material. — Age, May 8. ■