VICTORIA.
By way of Sydney we have news from Melbourne to the 19ih February. From the papers we extract the following items of intelligence : —•
/The Herald of the 17th says:—"The four of the piratical crew of the Junior, arrested at Gipps Land, have net been yet forwarded to Sydney, but will leave in a day or two, in company, it 13 expecte. 1, with the two still afc large, whoso early capture is anticipated with a certainty." ■■...,■•.•■■■
Yes'erday' (says the Argus of 18th) evening, the second balloon ascent took place at Crenvrrne. .Qw.ihg, we/presu'ne, i tp the.(-x(?.iiement tl>at usually- i-rbvhiljL- m'Melbou,nie.previf»us tp, the deparhi-e of on English mail, tbeatfenJance was nt so large us might lave been expected from the fineness of the evening, .and also the reduced changes of admissi >n. It was originally intended that both the aeronauts (Messrs. Biown and Dean) should ascend, but in consequence of the impossibility of obtaining a sufficient supply of gas, ■.it-v^as arranged thit Mr. Brown, should he the f only pecupifr of -the aeronaut car. The ascent was one that must nave ple.ised the mpit fastidious lover of ballooning, as the hal'oon remained within sight of the .gardens-till, it descended, first in, Johnsonstreet, and subsequently neat the Stockade, Colling wood. . . /.' '' ;
la the Victoib Assembly on the IGtli, Mr. Snodgrass moved, as an amendmert, tl'<at the assessment on every sheep be 6d. instead of 9d., as pr9p6sed in tl«e Assessment Bill.. The amendment was riega'ived by 21 to 20, the Government being in Ihe minority. Mr. Snodgrass moved that theassessment be 7d. T'l is ameiidmpnt was also negatived by 22 to 19. Mr.; D. S. Campbell moved that the asse3smen;t be Bd. Mr. O'Sbanassy supported th:s amendmenti arid oh a division, other liberal members crossed the House with"him, and this amendment was carried hy..24 to. 19, The )>ill rthe|i p.issVd through- icommittee, and the adoption (if the report was made an order of the day for Wednesday. ' - ; \
Oil the 17th instant/Mr. M;chie presented a "monster" petition, signed by several thousand
persons, pray ing for such an alteration in the Jaw, as will place the colonists on the same footing, with regard to accommodation onSundays, as prevails in England ; and Mr. Haincs intimated his intention of to-day asking for leave to briug in a hill to amend the Licensed Victuallers' Act.
68,559 claims for enrolment had been sent in under the new Registration Act. Nearly 12,000 of the number come ft dni residents of Melbourne.
At the Ballarat Sessions two men, named William Jonas and Edward Brown, had been convicted of rubbing and wounded one Andrew Burke, on-the 15th December last. They were both sentenced to death,' without hope of mercy.
VICTORIA.
Colonist, Issue 43, 19 March 1858, Page 3
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