MELBOURNE.
Thursday. 14th Sept. .judgment was delivered to-day respect-, ing the new tariff. 'I he Judges have decided that the imposition of ntw taxes authorised only by a resolution of the Assembly is illegal,, and; directed the duties to be refunded. ;Tfte Government have decided to appeal to the Pri*y Council, and purpose collecting the t dut|e« as heretofore until. the decision of the higher Court be received.
Messrs Ireland and Wood have been retained for ; a; motion ia the Supreme Caurt, asking leave, to file a criminal information against.the Hon. George T. Verdon, Treasurer, the Hon. G., Higijin.bothara, Attorney-General, and Mr BramwelJ, manager of the London Chartered Bank, for conspiring, with nnn Charles Darling, to deal with the.public accounts in a manner not provided for by la*. ; The Sarah, from Mauritius, bring 4700 bags sugar.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 1166, 27 September 1865, Page 5
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136MELBOURNE. Otago Daily Times, Issue 1166, 27 September 1865, Page 5
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