VICTORIA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 81, 8 June 1866, Page 3

VICTORIA.

Our Melbourne files inform us that the Victorian crisis has not yet ended, although it has assumed a milder form. Notwithstanding the reconciliation of the two houses, and the passage by the Council of the tariff, the two branches of the Legislature are still at variance. The passing of. the Appropriation Act is delayed by the Council until it shall receive further information as to the course the Ministry propose to take, as regards the unsatisfied judgments of the Supreme Court iu the tariff actions, and as to the collections of the bonds, and outstanding duties, payable by the tea, sugar, and opium importers. Mr. Parkes, the chief secretary of New South Wales, was in Melbourne. The principal object of his visit beiug to obtain information respecting the mode in which the Victorian penai establishments are conducted. The Argus adds : that Mr. Parkes will take advantage of his stay in Melbourne, to ascertain the views of the Victorian cabinet upon the border duties. The trial of Dr. Beaney has occupied the Supreme Court for eight days, and the case for tho defence was expected to extend over several more days. The hypothesis of the prosecution is that the deceased, Mary Lewis, died from the "effects of an operation made to secure abortion." " Every medical man of mark here has been, or is to be, called upon to give evidence."