NEW SOUTH WALES.

Colonist, Volume II, Issue 202, 27 September 1859, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

A_ valuable discovery of copper has been made witliin the last few weeks in one of the Southern Districts. Specimens of the ore received in Sydney are highly spoken of, and it is not unlikely that a company will be formed for working the •new mines. The two aboriginal criminals, Chamery and Dick, have been hanged at Brisbane, pursuant to sentence. The execution was witnessed by a number of the natives, but it did not appear to make any impression upon them.' They ask, not unnaturally, " Why no Jiang whitefellow when he ill-use black gin ?" We leave the question to be answered by the advocates of capital punishment. Professor Parker has opened a " School of Arms and Institution of Physical Education" in Pittstreet, Sydney. His classes, we learn, are very numerously attended. The establishment of the. eight hours' labor system in^ Sydney, was duly, commemorated by the operative stonemasons' society. A shocking case of suicide occurred in Marketstreet, Sydney, lately. A young man named Charles Rohreit (a German), formerly in the employ of Mr Viekery, blew his brains out in a Hansom cab, whicli he had hired ostensibly for the purpose of taking him home to his lodgings. The rash act is attributed to temporary insanity— the result of intemperance. The charge of perjury brought against Miss Isabella Mary Kelly, at the instance of John Skerritfc (who was wrongfully convicted of cattlestealing on her evidence), has resulted in a committal, with bail for appearance at the sessions in the amount of £400. PAUr-lAMBNT OF NEW SOUTH WALES. OPRNING OF THE SESSION. The first session of the newly Reformed Parliament— which indeed we may fairly regard as the inauguration of Responsible Government in New South Wales, the two preceding sessions being merely hybrids—commenced on Tuesday last, the 30th of August, and thus begins that trial which is to decide whether a form of Government like that now constituted will eventually prove what its enthusiastic admirers pronounce it, or whether it will be, as its opponents have always declared, a delusion and a failure. The proceedings were merely pro forma, the two Houses having been opened by a Commission specially appointed for the purpose. On the following day, his Excellency the Governor-General appeared in the Legislative Council, the members of both Houses being in attendance, and a great muster of the elite of both sexes being present. His Excellency delivered the usual speech, adverting to the principal topics .likely to come before the notice of Parliament. He alluded with a considerable degree of emphasis to the necessity for making provision for the adequate security of the oolony in the event invasion, should the mother country become unavoidably involved in the conflict now raging in Europe. The speech, however, omitted several points of material importance to a large; section of the colonists, such as ". railway extension," the necessity of retrenchment in public expenditure, the slackness of trade, and fche dearthof employment; stillif "brevity be fche soul of wisdom," we can see no ground of censure because the vice-regal address was restrained within moderate limits, although his Excellency has not the privilege of commencing with the common sentence : —" Unaccustomed as lam to public speaking." In the Legislative Assembly, the hon. members, who were all present save three or four, were sworn in by the hons. the Colonial Secretary, the Colonial Treasurer, and the Attorney-General. The next business transacted was the election, or rather the re-election,.of a speaker. Sir Daniel Cooper was again unanimously chosen to the office which he has so long filled with honor to himself and with satisfaction to the country. The usual formal motions were passed with respect to the days on which the Assembly are to sit, fche appointment and sittings of commitees, &c. There was a somewhat keen strife on Thursday for the office of Chairman of Committees, Mr. Arnold, the Chairman in the lasfc session, being opposed by Mr. Piddington, who obtained a majority of 36 to 35 over his opponent.- The debate on this question brought a ; vast amount of speaking talent'into play, and many of the new members created a very favorable impression by their first essay oh the floor of the House. Although fche issue may be taken as some evidence ofthe Ministerial strength, ifc is only fair to say that the question was not dealt with as one affecting the prospects ofthe. Administration. Both sides were desirous that it should be dealt with on its merits alone, and there can be no doubt that the imperious manner and known partizanship of Mr. Arnold were the main causes of his overthrow.— Era. The London correspondent of the Inverness Courier ,has the following :—" I mentioned lately that the publishers. Smith, Elder,- and Co., had resolved on starting a monthly magazine, and had secured the cooperation Of Mr. Thackeray. The terms of that cooperation are so remarkable as to be worthy of specific notice. Mr. Thackeray contracts to supply two tales, each extending to 16 parts or carried over 16 numbers jof the magazine, and is to receive £350 each part. The publishers, however, have a right fo print, in a separate form, one edition of each of the tales. Thus the novelist has work provided for two years arid eight months at the handsome allowance of £350 a month. You may rely on the accuracy' of this statement, and , it certainly forma a curious and. interesting ahapter in Uterajyhistory-! 1 y ■'*>?.■■■*-*