VICTORIA.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 228, 27 December 1859, Page 2

VICTORIA.

By the City ot Sydney,-vr&(Sydney':Heiald) haye ' Melbourne papers to the Btli instant: Mr. Feljows's Bill for the education of the people eoiitains one hundred and eighty-three classes, and has twenty-five schedules attached to ■' . '\ J ;.. ..■'■■• ): The fferqld says; Mr f Miohje lias obtained leave to bring i» » bill op the sulgect of education. We ui&y, therefore, be said to have two Education Bills before Parliament; ooe in the upper house, introduced by Mr. Fellows; and the other by Mr. Michie iutioduced in the lower. ■ ■"• • ' The same paper stales that the new Land Bill is up great fa.vor with the up-country journals. So far as they have yet declared themselves, they are all against it,— and the terms in v\hch B>me of ihenr speak of it are by 10 m.aus measure!or complimentary. T;oe gqplp s on the Qthef baud, areraid to be geneiully in lavtrol it. : - : At a m'<eing'':t'f the Intercolonial Giicke Committee^, held on the afternoon of the Bth' the following resolution was moved by Mr' VVmy, seconded by Mr. El iott, and carried:-- ---" Thiit the up-coiuvry c!u!s be inviteilip transmit to Cha secretary t!;e nanaes of such payers asthey ntav con^i'ler fit to [day in the ensuing. luereii'oiial ■Match, arid, after deliberatoo ainougat themselves, tii send d<iw» an eleven f.<» play against, an eleven to be se!e<te<i from Mel-. bourne and suliuilß by the;lntercolonial Match Committee, as early in January as pns-ribln^ The commitite guaran'eeiiig.to pnv the travel ing and reasonable'town expenses of such member oi1 members of the up-country, eleven as may.'he. selt'ce-l t" play in the match against New Soulh Wales»' ';. .. ■ - This Hall^arat Fire.—An inqn^^t ujwti the was held on. .AV.».«lnesday, wlieq th^ jury retnrued tlie following, verdict:— '* That tliefne took place on the4tb instant, at Messrs. \Vi{tki)Wski'B premises, oil the 'Maiu-roail, nexi to p.Q \n\ i c in "Ballaarat East, but there is .nit my rviJence beiove' us ip prove how |toriointteii tlieieiii: and w« are further, of opinion tliut ihere. is'not. any. blame whatever to be attached t<> tlie Messrs. Wiikowsld— Times. Ti.e programme of the Gei lpiig Ani.util Race Mteiing h,is been revised.and decided upon. The aggregate amount of stakes to be run for i will be between £1100 and £1200. The days fixed for tjje »iee±t are Thursday, Frjdaj, and Saturday, thp 26th, 2f tli, and 28Uyof Ja,uuary nex:.:: Th^e will be thrtfl sittgle < vents and a h-at ra c o i each day, and the night of general entry is Monday, 23rd Jauary. The entries wil be made at the British Hotel, and the horses that are to stait for the Fiee and/ Great Handicaps must, be Hi'eied on the evening-of Mb'iii'lay/the second of Jaiiuary, on which night | jtlsofhe second justalment i-f Mb on the Firs 1, Gre^t >yt^rein. Piodui§;Starrs ; ;mu*t be paid- | also the produce described j and the .first instalme"nt of Second Great Western Produce Stakes paid. The mares and sires for Third Great Western Produce Stakes must be nominated on .the night.of general entry. .■ Tne masons on the Harcourt and Porcupine factions of (he Murray railway, have commenced work again on the old ternis. The English masons iiiive been djscharg^d. -

■-■•■" lit the Legislative Council, on the evening of the Btli, Mr! Co| pin's motion, fir leave to introduce a Real Property Act Amendment Bill, afttr l)«in^ briefly discussed,, whs adjourned f»r a mOiitli, upon the uudeisiandm? that Mr. '^eljo.vvs would dining, ihe interval, iutroduotfthe Govern - meat Bill relating to the same subject. M. jG.ppiti entered iuto'an explanation of the principles Of. th? t)ii.l ot'whiclvlie ; had charge, intimating I hat the measure was identical withth.it which Mr. Torrenspf. p-uujb Australia carried iliioug'i he Lpg;s ature of that coloijy. The sinie nigiit, iu;the Legislative Assembly. Mr. Brooke's, niotioii; fur leave to bring i» a bill to finable the Governor to (J'so've the Legis'ative Council evoked aVlengthy debate. It was opposed by the Attorney-General, who decliire.l tint the prince of the hill was highly objectionable, and there vvas uq. advantage to be gained in permitting it to be read.over a first lime. Mr. O'J?hanasSy also opposed the motion. Mr. Cathie, Mr. Don* and Mr. M'Lellan ■'supported the motion-, and it was opposed by Mr. J. T. Smjth, ana Dr/BusselJ.

Upon a division tho motion wa3 lost by a majority of 37 to -14.- •■ ■ ■ ■->'■ Several members of tlitf Ghurcli of England are using their-best exeviioq3 to liare a place of woisliiu builr. at Lake LeMrinontli. The lauil h.,a alreiidy beeu pmchased. A new rush is reported to liave taken pliioe at Buck creek. A : buut '80,00 persons; ire there. :,.,.. ..', .

A mounted trooper named Cruin has been seutt-nced by the Port'and Bench of m<>gistiatfs io three mouttiS imptisi'Utnent with hard lalipr, for a] 057/iug a prisoner to escape.

Ti'fiv is a | rdpi sit ion on|bnt to er?ct v Mechanics Institute iir Jia.'laamt, at'a : f j#ojJo. The fiie at halLiuiftt, on Sunday.'the 4th instant, resulted in ihe destiu<-ii«/ji nf fffcutyone houses, and property woith «£30.Q00. A» a remarktible instrftfce (says the [Herald] of the j-api<tiij with which M news rrd'vtJls, we iria} mention th,it the i<u't of theie having been a large' lire at Baila«rat, J nas a conimuii topic of conve'isutiuu ii) Melboui'iie before noon onSumky.' " " " w " :