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Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2177, 20 October 1875, Page 3

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|A 0 (PEB PEESS AGENCT.) : 1 ■... 1 ii—*•*■ ! 'ff ' V'.! &| i-j ( r MINISTERIAL OEMS W •! tm •;MBt»pTOHf,flotobier'43«Li sv After adongand dreary. q.ebatej, extend:jpg.over fonr.i weeks; thei'dinsion on' the • ,want-Qf-c'pnfideno6 :; motioh'';was ri takeli ; 'al' ! an,. early J; h'bUr !l last?' , ThurSdfiy' morning. .Theife was a full muster of members/ nnd ah anxiotts'public filled :the-j gallery. ••MrOa'sey.'s' amendment- having!;refariehce ; to the lahd tax wad put first; and flegftived by 39 to r 3o. th'isi wanted logo no further/btit the Gppo-" silioji demanded that Mr McCulloch's amendment, condemning the finance pro* posal, should likewise'bo /put, and the Government were forced, to give, way, although with very bad grace, and Sir 'Jilmea'a 'amendment '-was : . theh carried by 39' to_ 34, showing- -a majority Were, against the An adjournment then took. place to the fqllowing :to ! 'give time ( 'to .Ministers to consider ; , tho'.position, in: reality,to. .advise, a ..dissolution;. and, .in. the ineanwhilp the, .country. wa|,. stirred up by, Mjniaterial. agents and', meetings :; held ;in .support ' ; pf the Government,: and iurgiig,a dissolutjLon<: Xesterdpyfdeputa-. tions from all parts of the country camo to t<4wn with petitions, which' the-pro-' sented to theAcling-Goveriior, and ! when ; tho tiouse met iu the afternoon' liis reply to the ' Mirii'sters'Wasf iead, refusing the' dissolution. This was not altogether unexpected, inasmuch .at' his Excellency had ; previously ,r refused the- JCerford Minjstyy, and ;as, ho stated in. his,reply,, the circumstances arcs similar, and no : raasin has been'given to justify a ohange. of opinion since, then. . Ministers having only; just received the document' asked 'for ; a further l ' adjournment • until to-d'ajr. Eumpurs haver it ' i that { Jjioy intend to retain their soft's,kt, all 1 valour,, and .'resign;— The, ' Pearl ' has" hazards,"'but it .is."'ifapje,tlianlijtfel^that, they will find dißcretibn|tfe Jjett|er part of 'brought Mrs Goodenough, arrived from Sydney, She leaves to-day fQr,Kngland by iDurham;— g'carl^'.^fever () has. appeared in a'Mfigudht' form m' ! s6mo|p|' the J s^J^urbp,, and ~seraalj; deaths,.' 1 of,' Itsiegwm bas-heen,. Ve c e ive d tliat : t be. ank. of, Claji fornia i. re -' steataer-t. f St.: dsytV Septem,-,. 'b'Oif' .guilty to". tlid J ( murder of. Mary ißupjfonaftA ' Gambier, and was sentenced to death.— On jthe second day out of the 1 Kingaroorcia' fronl '■ ' Zealand, a cabin 1 passenger named W.atkin3 died from natural causes.—The quarter's revenue amounted to bein'g a ddbline of £11,027 on the / quarter, and an increase pf £51,651 on the 0. Smith was elected Mayor .of Melbourno without opposition, —A.private'london telegram states that lord Dunmot'e's-lierd of shorthorns, consisting of forty head, were sold at an average-.bf 67.0; guineas- afid the Hon.-iW. Tories' at an .average of 5Q9 guineas.— r. .Morton, of .Mount. Derrimut, ha ( s deter-. ■mined to'remain in England,, and his celebrated shorthorn herd-is-to be sold at the end of February.—The-iExjhibition continues' Ho'"attract,' and tho • 'daily -average' !of ,v Visit6rs I,; is''well 'kept" up.—■ Captain 'FoWter, J of' the 'steanke!? '.Dankilled while superintending the | hoisfiiig :: b.f 'the' screiif ,duri{ig'the docliipg • ojf tjbte^.steamer.',-Th?:e^hyic.fj ( 0 f murders, was executed o.n theitli,, .-JSLe "died-firmly, admitting the justice. Of his, Eistori, 'haiying coneluded a season,, is . now. playing,, in Sydney. ,The refusal to license the Town Rail for her dramatic •. performances caused' some dissatisfaction —lima de Murska is ilgain with us,- and is aa 'charming as ever.—A testimonial of 350 guineas was presented to Captain Sauhders, ono of the oldest intercolonial shipmasters. He is proceeding' 1 , to England. Great'preparations are making for the Hospital Saturday and on. the. 16th and 17th of this month.-The Npflf Zealand cable has been shipped aboard the -f Edinburgh' and ' Hibernia' steamers, leaving London about the. end of the month.-William Enderson, : a jockey, was remanded to New Zealand, on a charge of robbery,—Tho Chief' -reconsidered his decision,'and -agrefed- to''license the •' for Eist'ori. : -;'i • ' ■'

Mdb'oiirhe : '"- 'Arrived f GreMoiithi r fr6in'. Mongonui 12fh, Adieu,. from Grey'liive'r.' ,'Sailed 2nd,j jCyru?, for papier,; Eesolute, 'Dunlin ;' Bth, Britain's; Pride, for Wellington. Sydney—Arrived: 4th,W&ter-. ■witch, from Wanganui. failed: stb, Hose, 'for Xyttelton." • Newcastle — Arrived;. ,2qfl, Elliot, ifrom Nelson j. 3rd, Neptune, from Wellington; Helen, from Auckland; 4th, Woodville,'from Dunedin; 6th, Witch of the Wave, from Auckland; 7th, Fasby, Ifrom ! Dunedin; 9th, 4 delphi, 'from [Vyttleton, Sailed: Caberfauld, for Auckland; 7th, Austrslind, frr Welling-: ton; Bth, Craig of Ellachie, for Oamaru; 9tb,. .Woodville, : for' Dunedin; llth, Hero, for Napier; Sea Spray, for Lyt-, tleton. .• *i>. ' . CoMMBBCiAt.-Business continues very dull.' Flour selling freely at £12'; wheat very scatco, 1 at ss-DJd.. 'Candles' again' adyndb'd." Oat's' 4s, but '-salei ! difficnlt: Duiidee gobds''and timber "a' shad e fir trie r / ' . . : . October 13. | ■. Parliament meefs fqr' the .despatch;' of', business. on tho 16th. November.; Sir Charles Cowper,, A gent-General, .is, not likely to resume; duties. Tho quarter's-! revenue shows a deorease of: £125,000, a fourth of which is owing to the expirathe Stamp A;ct.-A public meeting' passed a'reiolution in favour of the Royal manufacture of rolling-stock for railway and iron work for bridges.—The Bev Mr Selnyn, of Melanesia, has arrived'in the mission schooner witji a number'of coti-' verts.—A dispute between lightermen, mei'chaats, and stevedores continues.—. News frpm Cooktown.is Tory encourag-. ing.; Plenty of gold is coming in, and tho reefs' looking well. — Business is. brisker. .r- i, . rt ••/1.,, Adelaids, October 16. t ' Tlic ; 6over^niciit' : decided - tB 1 prorogue on tho 19th fori a- 'short'recess,"and then ■ re-introduce a Stamp Bill. 1 ' In theimean-1 tniii they will Hake ?of public opinion. ;iTho' Land Bill and Keal : Property Eill have'been abandoned.-The revenue returns are very-satisfactory, the largest receipta ever, taken: beingiduring the. week.—lnteresting information has been received' from- Sydney by telegraph' in referenco to " the' exploration of New ' Guinea. The missionary steamer' Ellvargowar' and the' Chevert' proceeded to ..different portions of the island. A splendid river was ascended by the missionary party,, on tbe southwest cosst.. The mouth of the river was ' a mile and a-lialf wide,; and' they pro- ' ceeded up a distance of 90 miles. They

only sffw one native, ia 4 and he ] wont off into the country. It is described j Mfmost magnificent as they proceeded, irit the land is mostly low- and swampy, and covered with mangrove. They found j plantains, palms, cocoanute, aud tobacco. They also found a reptile about' 15 feet long; and inside it a large itialft kangaroo; theyjalso killed a large bird, measuring ;16,-leot from wing to wing. The' Ohevert' went to Kuitu river and Mohatta .Tillage, and there made a short exploration into the interior, but,having. no permission'ft'om'the' cliiofs' to' pa&' throbgh their, territory, they'turned back to avoid "conflict. Mr Leacy discourages any settlement of .Europeans on account of tho'climate, tho hostility of tho natives, •and want of labour, which would be folt. -Üb' tliinks the exploration could only be properly undertaken Iffijhe Imperial Government.