VICTORIA.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 27, 10 February 1863, Page 2

VICTORIA.

By the Tasmania which arrived yestfgfe, 1 have our files of Melbourne papers to |un™' inst - . S F Goveenoe's Salary Bill.— Mr Hai|^b e i duced in the Legislative Assembly, Wjj£& a regulate tbc salary and allowances (jjjj W a Governors of this colony. He stated t^jp th proposed to fix the salrry at £7000, but &$ e a' were willing, if the House desired it, Lgthc allowances of the staff should be sepat|^ n> vided for. It was proposed tliat tho igppl should come into operation when a new|jgr th was appointed. The bill was read a fej^tnc ordered to be printed, and read a secote gkriy February 10. s^ p Failure of the Land Act.—^ j g ( fjave notice that, on the order of the dj^ ji introduction of the bill to amend the lain© wi: would move the following resolutions .-^ the in the opinion of this House, the LandMj^t f datnen tally wrong in principle ; that it djjjalars bonajide settlement, and induce that r^jS^^. which it has been the object of legislation 2. That in the opinion of this Hoase, iji-$ q dient, in framing any future regulatio^' sale of Crown la: ds, to protect thffljMsds tenants and the agricultural settlers froFgjl° w necessary ercroaehments of land speci^^ P r£ That, i.iasmnch as large tracts of the mtj>j9 e i? Irnd have been sacrificed to speculators won i sufficient money value, and no benefeßevment being thereby secured, in the opinj^ tenc House, no further alienation of the $fe curi (not being town or suburban) should ls|P' ws except for bonajide settlement and irapEDy Mr j and that, in order to- facilitate agricult^ Ths prise, it is necessary to establish thefc| a * l ? r tree selection at a fixed price per acre, i^toe in ditions providing for a minimum periosi?? e d tion and improvement prior to the £"lf ecol ] Crown grant." v > The Conveyancers' Bill.— The CoM^ u€ Bill nearly became law, so far ns thei'^J? 16 P Legislative Assembly is concerned. Tl£S|} n S debate having been resumed and c^f^| en division took place, when the numbers!^! J v 22, noes 21. The majority, howeva.f,?" " u obtained by the vote of a sleeping meat*?" c ' Cohen — who reposed gracefully on r sjS lp rj? h ministerial back benches. On the qt(??. r 1 the " bill do pass," therefore, Mr Ir££- j p for a division and care was taken to $Ml Ju< Mayor of Melbourne to his respond", car the closeness of tho division. He ?.?_° e a ] crossed the floor; but the whipper-in;- ;. , w ' terial party (Mr Levy) having imprc'. o^} 1 turcd into the passage to look for a stfrpr of the claims of the conveyancers, t J?^ ,~. e locked upon him, amidst tho laughter;|? r sition, and the numbers were supposed* .pf n ~| It turned out, however, that the supp-f' = Vr measure were less faithful by two i lor T/ previous division, and the bill was i SP n L' voices of 21 to 20 members. *i? q Tl The Ciiristy Minstrels. — Tbjg | Minstrels," whose arrival from oU jj|Sif j! mentioned a dav or two ago, are l?s|k< ».! ''opening seance " on Monday next, i^T*V.t Eoyal. The name they bear is one n£v,' much before the public, and it has et*~?* css ' much thought of at home, if we am:*— ■"■»* only by newspaper criticisms and naWp-r j those allusion: to the existence whictH in the current serial literature of th~ the h'gh place they hold in general i^XTATtY These jientlemen, wo are informed, wi&. . to be the real original " Christy," hW"'] 071 ? identical troupe who have won 60 m? H 1 lW 1 as to be afflicted with numerous infeggi^g" , f jtimation in which they were held i&-, „ appears to be sufficiently evidenced b". '. ■, ments exhibited at Wilkie's music sh: e ?^ °" street, in the drawing up of which thf;^ ? Governor of the colony is set forth \., ■ p | nected. At the same 'dime we observliV 8 ", nai ! file of the Times, received by the Uts^ *,- is, for November-appears constan^ , £ ' tisement beginning :— Christy's Mfea t , • night, at St. James's Hall.— The c^"J^ original Christy's Minstrels will u-- „„.-.- --• u >vn lißMlrl< evemnf - *>v *. Acclimatisation.— By thcshipPJ^^^ which arrived in the bay yesterday, a tA^ r ,r JGr i of English birds has arrived for theAL-i m i • society, shipped by Mr Edward d sists of thirty-six starlings, n i ne^w;jj ro ti er twelve goldfiuches, seventeen chalHntj^. teen ortolans. The Princess Royal l> s jj av ' e u three hives of Ligurian bees, an: *, , . wheat, for Mr Wilso°n.