VICTORIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 146, 2 May 1864, Page 3

VICTORIA.

Tn t-i decision of the I'rivy Council iu tho cji.se of HiII agairtet. Murphy, in favour of j the defendant is important. The facte of t the case many of our readers will remember ! were these. a leading article appeared in the I Jlfllioi!nic Art/nx, iii which Mr. I'razer, the I member i'or Creswich, was called, " a privil- | (Lid iiillian." 51r. Frascr risented the ! attack. and called upon the Legislative As- ; scmblv to defend his and their characters. ! The House decided that a breach of privilege I had been committed by the Argun. and sum- ! moiled ns [.übhslu r iu ihe bar. Mr. Dili, | li.e ].i:biisi.i r in question, and necessarily I ijuile :'li;i■) ant. l.eloie its I übiication. of the : attack upoi; Mr. I'raxcr, under advice dei cliju'd to obey li.e summons. A warrant ; was t i:111 issued., and Mr. .Dill was arrested, > and lir.vinir been adjudged guilty ot'contempt ; lsencd in a poition id the I'arlia- | merit buildings. Due attention was paid to i tj.f jihv>ir:.l wants of Mr. Dill, and troops of i fri< i-.lsl visited him daily. Altogether he ! i.ad i;o caii.'-e of complaint against either the i commissariat or anv other department ot ; lack of care or courtesy. Stiillhe publisher iot'.tiie An/us remained a prisoner. Some i tine—rot much —elapsed when oil the | met ion of;: 11 honorable number a resolution ; was carried that Air. Dill had purged him- | sell' of his contempt, in other words that the i ciiuiiiy of 1 he l'ailiiiment had been amply ! vindicated, and that the prisouer might upon | payment of Tie proscribed tees —no trille — j become once more a tree subject. The fees were paid, anil 31 r. Dill was restored to the ! bos> in of his tamiiv and the management ot the Ai'/i'.v. Jiolmig time i lapsed before the I action for false imprisonment' was brought i against ,sir h'rar.cis Murphy. Atter an iniinitude of argument. and goodness only ; knows w hat expenditure, the judges decided against the Argun. That journal would not ; viehl, and determined to carry the ease to ; the Privy Council. The result is a verdict ! alliiming that the A ietorian House of ! Assi mlily possesses the same rights of privi- ! lege as tiie British House of Commons. | As a result of this decision we learn from ! the J/clltoitnw Ih-vald that Mr. ]?rooke, a | member of the Legislative Assembly, has i brought an action for libel against the Age, ! and laid the damages at i'aUOU. i' It all'ords us great pleasure to notice the j following handsome appreciation of dramatic ; genius by the colonists of Victoria — j A complimentary address to Mr. and Sirs. Charles Kt im. which is to be presented on Shukespear's birth ilav, is (says the Aryvs) in course of signature. The address acknowledges the great servici s rendered to the drama by these nil '.sis, through llie Sbakesperian : revivals, ami congratulates the A us! ra i nil rolonies on : the brief visit to their shores of actois who can so \ ividly place before the public the crentions of the , great dramatist. The members of the Government, : the President and members of die Council, the Speaker and members of the Assembly have already attached their signatures. The transportation question excites just as I much, if not more indignation in Melbourne, | than in Sydney. The following remarks i appear in a leading article in the Argus' of I the i tit h ult. ' At t ho risk of being regarded as ungrateful aud i disloyal, we must still insist tiiat we arc being badly > treated by the continuance of any measure oi'transj portion to Western .Australia. To send six hundred ' convicts a-year to this continent, is an injury only ; less in decree than to tend six thousand. We pvoi test in.rain.-J-the wrony in any degree. And it is no answer lu sav that six hundred convicts have been sent every year hitherto. Because we have suffered tin. in;ury for some years past, that is no reason why \ v,, siv,■ aid continue to boar it for all thno to come. Ti;>- ca.-iunstances have altered .since lirst this ■ unholy trade was commenced with Western Australia. Kveiy y-.-av tends to bring' the Australian .Is closer to each other, to annihilate- distance?, nn-i remove the physical difficulties of intercourse wiifi one •••neither. v Vi\-tern Australia is now practie. ilv miii.it to .>'Uth issui, through South A ;is;i!!a. to Vieloiia aiai N. w "\\aics. [And wi- :11i:-111 add. " and N.-w Zealand also." — lid. X. ■ i i. i Til \ i .'III — T< I -: l i _r 111 ! ho " I id ill it ill lie" will re; eai Ills >ieW splits with Air. Small aud Aldm. Vit.-b'.. Ti,'-i:;uriiiv\ evening the entertainmentwill 1 - I!i!.l,-r till- patronage of His KycellencT .si; 1 . 1 ■ I , , ui.il Ulil KOIlOlll" it witltllis i'-.v;, I . e. i; rt'nii'ni I>C .■.npertluims to hope that, Air. i iiutciier will have a I'ni 1 house, as he is alwai - sure of that. Tin; A was vi i'.si at;:, of nine hundred acres, is announced i'..-r saic to-day by Air. Samuel . • Cochrane. Jt is di\ided into eleven farms, of from to loil acres caeh. cenvenient in size for [ buyers of small or large capital, and the lfiosfc - ' size tor occupicr?. The Isild is , exrrfient. t">rood 3yor.f,onn% th 6 Koxtis#

and tlie settlement of Aliipnrn on the Wost Coast. The estate lias been a enttle run for many venrs. nnd eontnitis u good denl of feed for stock. Situated ns it is mid way between two settlements, it. lins the douMe advr.ntnses of ]>ossessins neighbours, .1 sionrl port close :it hand, and easy communication with Auckland. The X. Z. S. X. Co. srivo notice flint fipiilications for shares will not ho received after the 1 30th of Juno next. | Masoxic.—ln eoiisentioncp of the death of i the Grand Master i\Tnson of Pfothnid, his j Oraee the Puke of Athol. a funeral hul'-e of tlv ! members of St. Andrew -n-ill he held in the I IJoom. to-morrow cvoiiinfr. I st halt-past 7 o'clock, when the brethren will 1 assemble in full masonic e»stuim\ The monthlv meeting of the Lodce \ra will be held thi c 1 evening at half-piist 7 o'clock. . j T-.HttATl'il.—Tll our notice on Sat'irdnv of n j sum of money, £30.000, to be lent on renl seen- | rity at 8 per cent, per annum, by a tvnojrrnphiral error it was made to appenr tint it would he 1 lent in sums of not less than .£IOO. whereas it | flinnld have been in sums of not less than £1000. ! Thr D.vnisk CoMMAXT>EB-is-CnrRF. —The I.iren>riol Pnxf publishes a letter from Flcnsburc:. in which the following nfcount is given of Genl. de Meza, the Danish Genera!, who it is to be hoped will prove as able a soldier as he i> a linguist:— " With the general in command T have tlie honour to be well acquainted, hnvinsc frequentlv dined at his house. He is 11 tried soldier, and was tlie hero of the greatest buttle (Istod). which the Danes fought during the war of ISI-S-51. This ceneral is n character—his coolness is extraordinary. Purine the heat of the figlit to which I have alluded, his white kid gloves were bespattered with blood. He quietly drew them ofi. threw them away, took another pair from his pocket and put. them on, as though nothing had happened. He is also a good linguist, speaking perfectly some ei"ht langimges, and is. moreover, a composer. He has dictated one composition to my wife. He was the right hand friend of the late, and an intimate one of the present. King." ONE OF THE FKDI:KAL GKNT:rals.—Six vears stro the Federal General Grant occupied a little farm to the south-west of St. Louis, whence he was in the habit of cutting the wood and drawing it to Carondolet, and selling it in the market there. Many of his wood purchasers aru now- fulling to mind that thev had a cord of wood delivered in person by the great General Grant. When he came into the wood market he was usually dressed ill an old felt hat. with a blouse coat, and liis pants tucked in the top of his boots. In truth, he bore the appearance of a sturdy and honest woodsman. This was his winter's work. In the summer he turned a collector of debts, but for this he was not qualified. He had a noble and tnifhful soul: so when he was told that the debtor had no monev. ho believed him. and would not trouble the dr btor aeain. He was always at work at something, but he did n»r the kiru-1- of making money. His habits of life were hardy, inexpensive, and sinv le. The Fomeay Ga/vttf of the 27th contains the " ivg : —" Advice* !><••).. C«l-------eutta to fl-.e loth i'.r.f. -l-te that rs n-twentv-five >hi; s had been chartered fo lvin<r round rice to Prmbav. Se.cl: a suri lv of t'n.id is much needed iV v the famishing poi ulalion of this city. It is. indeed, marvel'oi's how the poorer cia>fcs it. ] < ml ni n iirare to live at all in thc-e !i;?rcl times."

To Tailolis. — Tomtl»*rs for nrdcinr sivtv suit-; of unrbrni for the Anekland \«vn] YrduntreYs will be received until noon of Wedne-dnv next, patterns of which end t articular? irnv 1 e M?en and learned 'roni Mr. A. Par'-hanl. Auoklanp Saw >Tilt. oo?<pany.—Thennmial general meeting of the shareholders of the above company will be held nt their otfire. in Queenstreet, to-morrow afternoon, nt 3 o'clock.