VICTORIA.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 229, 30 December 1859, Page 4

VICTORIA.

The Age of the sth understands that a Royal Commission to inquire into the working of the railway contracts is about to be appointed and its formal appointment will probably be announced.to the Housedn the course of the ensuing,week. ■[■■■.'' ■■':■■■' :•; ■ 'In compliance (says the same paper) with the wishes of the Chambe* of Commerce, the Post-master-Geherai's, instructions s have h^en issued, that telegraphic messages of the. shipping shall be received and, posted twice ,on • Sunday^ at the Melbourne ißtiition,|: ,'''■/,'',[ ,/: ''• £' deputation from; the Philosophical Institute waited pri? the Chief Secretary on Satufdtty to request that ai sum ofinoney be piacediipon ih» Estimates to supplement the fnnds^ of; the i inMs } stated^ j;^ th!f Gmm

ment would hand over to the institute J£Boo'as a reward for its prize essay on the resources of the colony. It further appeared that Mr. Nicholson had confirmed the km of <£8000 placed upon the Estimates for explanatory purposes by Mr. O'Shanassy. Early on the morning of the 3rd instant, a fire broke out on the premises of the St. Kild Club Hotel, situated at the corner of Fitzroy-street, St. Kilda and immediately in front of the' bay. In a brief space of time, the whole of the premises were gutted; the house stock, and furniture was insured for £8000 in two offices. The extension of the Melbourne and Suburban Railway line to Cremorne was formally^ opened on Wednesday, the 7th Jtataiit. The Age of Thursday, sayjl^solvencies continue numerous, no, less than twelve appealing in our list this morainK^Qne^'thafc. vpf James Armstrong, a iarmerl^^|g||i)er Point, is attributed to an acceptancei accpna^ modation of King Brothers, andMe liabilities in the estate are setftown at.'#ipT76' 12s Bd, while the deficiency is to less than £10,T73 12s :Bd. In another estate the assets are feet down at only =£4 10s. At the Theatre Royal on Wednesday evening Verdi's opera of "Ernani" was repeated for the last time, and the whole went off, most successfully. Madame Carandini is more- at homein this than in either of the other 'p|%aa. that has been brought out, and Mr. Sherwin haSL seldom if ever been more successful.'••' The same must be said of Mr. Gregg, who as Ruy Gonjez de Silva has greatly enhanced his reputation;— Age.- ■ 'I Another fire, which, although itself serious is dwarfed into comparative insignifiance beside the conflagration of Sunday last, occurredjs|t Ballaarat on Monday- Property Worth £2500 was destroyed. .