INTERCOLONIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 2167, 16 August 1875, Page 3

INTERCOLONIAL.

.*s. . Mfu-oit-ne, August 7. On Monday last it became generally rumored that the Governor was unwillinit to arant the Ktrferd Ministry a dissolution, und that no alternative rt-n ained to I hem but resit-nation. On the following day (Tuesday) the Premier read' to tbo Assembly a Minute addressed 1 v the Ministry to the Governor, asking lor a dissolution on the general grounds that The Ikuse was not ut unity with itself that there v, as no chance of carrying the financial proposals, and lastly expressing an opinion that the ccunlry favored a remission ol the duties, and would return a maj iritv in favor of the Mir.Ahy. To this Sir "W.Stawell replied (bat Ihe voce of the country had been so far in favor of retention, and not remission of the duties, and that he did not think that there v. as sutlieient. 10 show that the Ministry would obtain a majority in the country. Thereupon the Knfcrd Ministry resigned, and the Governor sent for Mr Graham Berry, who ut once undertook the formation of a Ministry, but he experienced great difliculty, owing to his inability to obtain law officers, and the Governor declined to accept them without an Allorncy-Generul. Several legal gentlemen were applied to iv vain, but later ti,e At'.erney-Gcnci-alship was offered to, and accepted hy Mr R. Le Pocr Trench, and the new Ministry, as it now stands, is as follows : Chief Secretary and Treasurer, Mr Graha m

Be;ry ; Attorney-Genera), Mr R. Le Por Trench; Mini.tor of Justice, Mr Grant; Commissioner of Trade nnd Customs and Postmastrr-Generd, Mr Lalo- ; Minister of Mines, M,*>jor VV. 0. S nith ; President o! tinBoard of Land and Works aud Minister of Agriculture, Mr Longtnori* j Minister of Education, MrMunro; Minister of Rail w.-iys, Mr Woods ; Commissioner of Public Works, Mr Patterson. This is essentially a pvotectio list Ministry, and is eo-nposeJ of the weakest materials in the riouse. How long it will stand remains to be s 'en, but it lacks tho confidence of Hie public, and now all the work of tho session will be lost. Out of doors, the political fever ha« been strong during tne week. Mr K. Le Poer Trench, vho has accepted the Attorney-Generalship, is not in the Assembly. 'I he M ka-io irrived at California on tho 3d, five day's be f ore her contract time. She is awailin-" the mails. Ah Cat, a Chinaman, has been found guilty of murder, and will ba executed at Castle-in-iino on Monday. Dr Thornton, Bishop of Ballarat, lias irrivcd, and thanksgiving services were held yesterday. The O'Connell centonary celobration is proceeding. There was a banquet in the Town Hall on Thursday night, when 500 persons were present, Sir John O'Shannassy being chairman. List night there was an i.nir.e;):e concert of Irish national music, and to-day (Siturday) there will bo a procession and snorts. A telegram, stating the success A the proceedings, hus been sent to Dublin. Arrangements nre in progress for the visit <.f another English Eleven in the season of 1876-7. KxliibiMon entries have been closed at 950, which will cover 37,500 feet of space. The foul and cold-blooded murder of a young girl, ir-t 20 years of age, has been committed at Mount Gambier, by a man -,urued Page, with whom she had been keep.ng company. He strangled her one Sunday night during church hours, and buried thu hotly in n paddock, two feet deep. Pace has been committed for trial. Ashton, connected with tho meat preserving business, has called a meeting of his creditors. Liabilities : about £15,000. Ashton is reported lobe missing. The weather continues very unsettled. More rain has (alien this, than during any previous year. Sydney. Parliament wiil probably be prorogued on Monday. There is a difficulty between the Houses* over the Land Bill, which has resulted in a conference. The attention of the Assembly lias been called to the overloading of the Easby and other vessels leaving the port. A tire occurred at Lane, Chester and Cos., George street ; inmranco £10,0U0. The buil lings adjoining were damaged. Several oilice s are concerned. A two storey building in Barrack street fell down, owing to an excavation for a cellar. An engraver, naincil Lodd, in an adjoining house was teverely injured. The Assembly has granted an annuity of £.50 lo llargraves. The .Key. Mr I'illars, Unitarian Minister, fell from a ledge of rock on the "South Head, and was killed. The skeletons of two bodies found m IJueenslaud are supposed to have belonged to Leichardt's party. Ihe O'Connell celebration passed oil quietly. Adelaide. The Treasurer's budget shows the deficiency of Ihe expenditure over the revenue to bo made up by stamp and succession duties ; and ulso the tax on bunking compa ies in the form of a yearly composition of £- lor every £100 w-rth of the average annual amount of unstamped notes issued, und a tax of Gd in the £1 upon dividends payable by public companies, it is proposed to borrow two and a hall millions, and to spend £600,000 this year. 2000 immigrants are expected by Christ - mas. Eleven lines of railway nre proposed, in all SAJ miles, costing £1,900,000, being at the rate -j! £-lUUO per mile. The secular clause in the Ed tion Act has been earned in the Assembly. Tasmania. The want-of-eoiifi.lence nniion has been negatived hy 18 to VI Mr Meredith has been appointed Chairman ol Committees.