VICTORIA.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue I, 14 November 1862, Page 3

VICTORIA.

(FBOat OtJB OWX JkBBtfSPOJJDBW X.) MelbouA November 3, 1882. For the third time inpccession have the New Zealand mails failed in /aching Hobson's Bay in proper time for. tran Jssion to Europe by the Peninsular and Ori/al Company's monthly 'steamer, which/ aftef few hours' delay vi expect tationof the mtornAril, left Hobson's Bay afc tWo oMock on Surfy, 26th October, leaving behind; it 'may faiid/be presumed, some rather important despatch/rom the New Zealand Government to the Die of Newcastle on the Maori difficulty, whicib | jus* now assuming a very serious appearand Merchants' correspondence must be altogethejterangcd, too, not to speak of the vexatious dis|ointments which must occur to private individp from these repeated mishaps, the cause of whl is solely attributable to the shortness.- of p allowed for the passage between Ota/ and Melbourne. As stated above, the opard bound mail left on the 26th,' and /c City of Hobarfc entered Hobson's Ba/on the 27th with the missingmail. She ex/rienced very severe weather, andj was obliged /take shelter at the Bluff from a hurricane; sLttly after leaving Port Chalmers. Parliament* will assemble on Friday next, th* 7th inst. Ip ver y generally reported that MO'Shanassyfid Mr. Puffy have ceased to act /in unison— th/ in fact, the breach between tfem cannot be i|ched up, and Mr. Duffy must wthdraw fronlhe Cabinet. The other member of the Minisf side with thoir respective chiefs and there is v& little douot but & at at an eaiy day the presef Government must succumb to fie fate of a houidivided against itself. Mr. Ipy's Land Act has nofc given -cry general sanction, and he is severely bodied by the pres/That the Land Act has been 'systematically Jaded" cannot bo denied, but that it is attribute to Mr. Duffy's " duplicity and artifice" \/l have to be shown at no datanfc day. The Aus, under whose shield the Commissioner of Lfjls has found protection from his rude assailaX says :— " The settlement o the country is no/advanced oue step by tkjz sales (land) ,- the Jbility of the public revenueis seriously impair! and the immigrants who fre to come heieafccJWill come only to find the best part of the la-i/already alienated." It: Wi'son Gray having timed his back to M/bourne, it becomes necessiry to fill the seat fJßodney. and we find free candidates in jfc field. On the d;>y of ncmiuation one of the fee (Mr. Manuel) withdrew*. Mr. Thomas pro|osed Mr. John Macgregor, as a man possessing 3ie same principles as their late memjlter, and' Mr. Moody seccaded. Mr. Morris pro(feed^r; Edgar Bay, iw one qualified to fill the ! position with credit,^ aid Mr. Millett seconded. 1 The show of hands wis in faypr of Mr. Mac-ore-or. Mr. Bay^denjanded a poll, which takes place to-day. For Sou-h Gipps -Land, in room of Mr. Hedley, resigned, there is also a vacancy, for which three candidates have been proposed— IkfessrsT Johnson/ 'firnbull, and Hallett. The show of hands in iavor of Johnson; a poll demanded. ■ The Herald states that Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Pratt sent by last mail his resignation to the Horso; Guards, in consequence of the late reduction made in pay and allowances of headquarters'staff. An adjourned second meeting in the estate of the Provident Institute was held in the Insolvent Court, ani proofs of debt admitted. The gross total prov-d up to the present amounts to £203.825 6s. 10d. Mr. Langlands is elected trade assignee. ihe thirl meeting is appointed for the 25th and 20th No'ember. The (rovernment Gazette notifies that money orders /re now being issued between this colony and N-w Zealand, payable at the Post-offices of Danedn, Tuapeka, Wuifcahuna, and Invercargill. The American ship, Torrent, an-ived in Hob- . sou's lay on 30:h ult. ; from Puget Sound, Bth Augus. Amongst the passengers are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dillon. Mr. Dillon is considered oee of the most eminent tragedians of the day. Tfe Bendigo Advertiser gives currency to a straige story of the conduct of a Mr. Rothwell, Samhurst agent to the Official Assignee. A constaba seeing that gentleman's house closed up andche blinds drawn, came to the conclusion that it W.S a case of suicide, and immediately reported to he Police Magistrate his suspicions. The worthy magistrate, accompanied by his brother jusicc, hurriedly left the Bench, and in a short tine reached Mr. Kothwall's house. Failinj to effct an entrance by the front, a window was brken at the rear, through which the constables er-ered, and found the rooms in a filthy state. Tiey discovered Mr. Eothwell lying on a bed, with Is clothes on, not dead but stupidly di-nnk, and onpty bottles plentifully strewed about the room, '.'he neighbors assert that he was locked up alone .'or two or three weeks, only making an occasional yisit for a further supply of driuk. The reason issignedfor Mr. Rothwell's strange conduct is, that he has been suspended in his sit uation of Official Assignee.