MELBOURNE.
Wednesday. The Custom-house was rushed by importers and clerks this morning, and has been crowded the whole day by -persons eager to release their goods, which, by the rejection of the Tariff Bill by the Legislative Council last night, are now free of the heavy duties which, under it, they must have paid. The Ministry endeavored to, and have since obtained the pledge of the Legislative Assembly, that no measure' would be entertained by it until die Tariff Bill had been passed by the Council as it was sent up. The excitement in the city is intense; great satisfaction is expressed at the tariif having been rejected, and it is considered certain that the only course the Ministry have open to them is to resign. The public servants, still unpaid for February services, continue their duties, and no cessation is anticipated. — S. Empire, March 15. Thursday. The Ministry has resigned, and the Governor has accepted their resignation, and sent for Mr. Fellows. Mr. Fellows has communicated with Mr. Embling, a Protectionist. The Assembly meet again to-morrow, when the causes of the resignation will be explained. Mr. M'Culloch described the colony as without a constitution, on account of the revolutionary course taken by the Council.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 18, 24 March 1866, Page 3
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