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Melbourne. The People Of This Colony Are...
? EL i * KTirte malted * tlie ^ odfacfl -of Victoria will < ^^ S ^^^ the ^ oiiv * t * of V * h rieiblea ^ ^ many xr f * be worst are Tmoyn to be ~ fetches who have been reduced by the cruelties of Norr folkIslafid * t * Wie Single ( faculty of endurance—perhaps the best mode of dealing ' with them would be to transfer themto Wwte # n A-ustfalia , where the people are still willing to have convicts , though , I believe , it will * e impracticable to semi English convicts to any paW of Australia in ¦» 'few yea * . —T * ft » e * .
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gSSB ORlTSTAIi PALACE . TfiB 'Ctyiittft . -Patace <*» npany have issued ! a report fctfefeatwtory' rto their aiedfcing cm the Stti of Februtt ' ry , 4 ii * whicli * hey recomraiand a HbhBitin of 4 & . p ^ r shtCfe , OY stt'the * ate of 8 > per cent per nminmy fdt the liftlf-year'tenfling the SiSt of Dedember . The amount expended up to the present time is stated » t l . T 3 fi , 3 & 8 ?*> existing tff the stare capital of i ; 00 & , € ft »^( lSS 814 , 226 ^ * ealainit » g unissued ) , 6 l , 550 Z . borrowed on debenturesj and certain siinra'fronaloans and current orecfcipSs . The revenue < af -fhe ; 29 weeks from the o $ femng > 6 n < ihe Idfch of < Tane to . the 3 ist of December , to * been 113 1 S » 6 i , and the -expenditure 38 , 7987 ., iheUiding < abbut 1 O , O 0 OZ . incidental 4 o the opening ceremony * The balance nominally available is therefore 74 , 7387 . ^ , and as the proposed dividend will absorb duly 8 ft , 43 r / ., a surplus will remain of 35 , 3577 . * o * he credit of revenue Accouat / for the present year .
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M ^ . LTJCAS'S MISSION HOME . Tina DvMin , Itekgnqph has been amusing itself and its readers by detailing the opposition oflered , step -by step , to the iprogress of Mr . Lucas at Rome . Sucu accounts . are amusing enough , but the opposition papers are furious ¦ in their denunciation of such " faisehooas . " The Nation thus replies to the Telegrifjih - * -r-r , . _ ¦' ..-: " We have refrained from writing upon the progress of this important-mission , both out of respect to the Court whose jurisdiction has been appealed to , and because the
nature of such proceedings is intrinsically private . But they have been so . grossly misrepresented in the Government press , that we can delay . no longer in declaring that the business entrusted to- the deputation -progresses most favourably ; and that the communications published in the Evening Post and Telegraph on the subject are shamefully untrue . It would be premature to say more at present . Our friends must bear in mind that the Holy See is slow and cautious in its decisions ; and wait patiently for a result which they may confidently rely will be favourable to their just and reasonable expectations . Those best informed of what has been done are abundantly satisfied . "
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_ , _ . TIPI , PT ] BJLIC . HBAIjTH ^ { From Hie Registrar-General ' s Report' ) The coldness of the weather has severely affected the public health—a fact which , though it is generally known by the prevalence of colds and influenza in families , is remarkably confirmed by the returns of mortality . The deaths were 1404 and 1466 in the first two weeks of this month ; in the week that ended last Saturday they rose to 1549 , of which 763 were deaths of males and 786 of females . The births last week were 1514 , leaving an excess on the part of deaths , which is < not usual except in seasons of epidemics . Last week the births of 779 boys and 785 girls , in all 1514 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average number twas 1476 .
Varieties. Archdeacon Denison. "We Are S...
VARIETIES . ARCHDEACON DENISON . " We are sincerely glad to hear that tb * Bishop of Bath and Wells -has , of his own accord , refused to sign the letters of request against Archdeacon Denison . The only proceeding now open to the Ditcher party is to obtain a mandamus from the Court of Queen ' Bench to compel the Bishop to sign , and there is no temerity in asserting our conviction that there would be very little chance of the mandamus being granted . Failing this , the sole remaining alternative would be for the Archbishop of Canterbury to carry out the matter in person , a solution of the dispute even more improbable than the mandamus . The disinterested zeal of Ditcher and Co . is likely to find its charitable hunger after victims unsatisfied .
HOW TO PRONOUNCE " 6 BBA 8 TOPOL . " Sir WauttAJC Mouecsworth , when in Edinburgh lately , instr ucted tho savans by his pronunciation of Sobastopol . He-laid * tbe accent on the penultimate syllable , calling it SwiwUpol . The Russian letter " b , " the third letter in the « takaW , Is pronounced vat / . The correct promuMkriloats 8 ev » ysto > oi : Wt TRUE OA-RLrLTAW STYT . M . In t & b current number of the Westminster Review Mr . Cariyle rdUrtes tho following anecdote of Moritz , one of
th * Elector * of St & rtmyi an immensely strong man ? - " WalfeiBg once * he etteets of Louden , he xsame mto _ coUfeion with a dustrattn , had words wkh the dustman , who perhaps bad ' splashed him with his mad-shovel or , the like . Dustman ^ ould make no apology ; wrikag to . try a round of boxing instead . -Monte , grasps himsuddenly by the back of the breeches , whirls him aloft , m horizontal position , ipitches him into 'his own mudcart , and walks on . " ACTivrrir < te the fttfSfi £ tfifte » - At Dublin , William Nolan , 167 B , T > rotfgl * t tip « dumb- man , and made 'the following -rather curious depc * I £ ton-rega * ding him : — "On this morning , the 18 th instant , rftrtuttUhe pifetfner , a autnb ' , Oteoraerly , by shouting , & c , in Exchequer-sWeeVt o the annoyance of the ihhabitarits ana passengers in Said district . CELESTIAL MUSIC . Ac & mpany of * ¥ enchartistshave be 6 n perfoWninJTat Hong Kong , and . intend ' to fouow tfp'their sticcess / by visitulg Japati , SnA bike * remote cdrners Of the gldbe , where Tnusical art "has not niftferto penetrated . MRS . -CHISBCrLM . \ The Melbourne people are about to raise ra sum of , money as a testimonial to Mrs . 'Chisholm for her services in promoting family'emigration . They intend to subscribe 2 , 80 < W ., and ask the legislature for 6 , 000 / . to purchase a house . There has been a meeting , and some speech-making about it , and it seems likely to succeed , at least as far as the voluntary part is concerned . STR O & t-iS CA 5 GEPBEM / . We " have reason *© believe that the -second command of the British army in the Crimea has , after'due deliberation , been conferred upon our -distinguished countryman Sir Conn CampbeH > -- # c 0 fc » MWJ . novet , rteArrunE in sHrtBtni-DKrG . In the East Dock at Woolwich , there was a splendid vessel , the Perseverance . It was -very complete , only everyone but the builders saw that the masts were far too heavy . Every one but the builders was quite correct , for the Perseverance quietly laid down on her beam « nds , like apprize pig at a Cattle ^ Show .
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MISCELLANEOUS . Thb Co . ukt . —The = Coirrt ; has"beerTat Windsor throughout the week . The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred "have been skating ^ -the usual exercise sufficing for ' the other members of the Royal Family . On Monday iPrince Albert came to town to preside at a meeting of ' Governors of the Wellington College . The Saxon Minister , Count Vftzthum has had-. an audience of Her Majesty . The Earl of Aberdeen has been constant in attendance . On Thursday he tendered the resignation of Lord John Russell . . - . Cabinet < 3 ounoils were held last Saturday , also on Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday . The Court is now in mourning for her late Majesty the Queen of Sardinia , and also for the Dowager Queen of Sardinia . —The period of j oiourning will expire an February 15 th .
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Indian Cmt Service . — "We understand that the maximum age of candidates for admission into the civil service of the East India Company has been fixed at 23 years instead of 22 , as previously announced . Scuttling a Ship without Rkason . —George Watson , late master of the Sir Howard Douglas , of London , has been charged with aiding in scuttling that vessel on the coast of Denmark . He was fully committed to take his trial at the next assizes . Stoum and giieat Loss op Life . —The southern coast has been visited by a violent gale of wind from the north-north-oast , and heavy falls of snow . On Saturday morning a fine barque , called the Janet Boyd , of Glasgow , last from Hamburg , was totally lost on the Margate Sands , with , we regret to add , every soul on board .
Convicts . —The report of Lieutenant-Colonel Jebb , on the discipline and encouragement of convict prisons and the disposal of convicts ( 1858 ) , contains some interesting statistics . Illustrative of the increased cost of provisions , wo find tho victualling charge 8 ? . 19 s . per head for 1854-5 , as compared with 71 . Is . lOd . for 1853-4 ; clothing is estimated at 21 . IDs . 5 d ., as against 21 . 13 s . lOd . for each prisoner ; and clothing and travelling expenses of prisoners " on liberation , '" at 15 s . 8 d ., na against 4 s . 2 d . The gross total cost per prisoner is 26 J . 3 s . 10 d ., and tho number of prisoners 8 , 859 in 1854-5 , as against 7 , 254 in 1858-4 .
Death ok \ Archdeacon Hare . —Tho venerable Julius Charles Haro , M . A ., Archdeacon of Lewes , died on Tuesday , at Hurstmonccux Rectory . Tho reverend gentleman , who was a very distinguished minister of the Church of England , was ono of her Majesty ' s chaplains , Vicar of Herstmoncoux , and a prebendary of Chi Chester Cathedral . Tnu Great Britain is being surveyed at Liverpool by Captain Bovls , R . N ., with tho view of chartering her for tho conveyance of troops for tho Crimea . Other steamers are also being survoyed at tho same port ; and everal sailing yossols have boon taken up for the conveyance of hay .
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Leadbk OfJpjecjs , $ at \ iraay , January $ ^ . The Souse of Cotanlons assemiile ^ 'in ^ reat numbers last night , to listen to Lord John KusselTs statement a ' nd the debate on Mr . Roebuck ' s motion ^ Ev 6 ry part df the House was ardwded , ana the greatest excitement prevailed . > i . On the motion that orders of tlie day be read for the purpose of being postponed , Lord J . Rcsseh-, rose , and entered into a statement of the reasons for his resignation , fie said— " On Tuesday last , when I was present in this house , the hon . and learned gentleman the member for Sheflield ( Mr . Roehuck )^ gave notice of a motion for a ^ select Committee to inquire into the condition of our army before Sebastopbl , and into the
conduct of those departments of the Government whose duty it has been to mnaister to " t"he grants of that army . ' tl of course thought it probable that some member might move lor an Inquiry of this kind . I had not , however , fully considered ' the course that 1 dught to take iherewpon—that course depenaing inuch upon the nature of the motion , and I shoaia say , likewise , partly _ upon the quarter from which it might come . The lion , and learned member for " Sheffield , it is eviaent , is in a ( position % o -evince no hostility to the Gbvenunent which ttie has supported ; and I could not conceive that he had any other object than tliat which we ought all to have at heart—^ the vigorous prosecution of Ifche war . * Futiy admitting the value of -the power of inquiry in that house , he proceeded to say : — " , ted
'' A " motion for inquiry , however , ; niay pe resy upon two grounds : the one , that there are no evils existing of sufficient magnitude to call for iriquity v the other that sumcleiit means have " been taken to remedy € hose evils j and that tiiey will best be cured by pther uteatts thah by a resort to " £ he inquisitorial powers of this House . With respect to the first df these objections , ft is obvious that it was impossible to urge that . JNo 6 iie can deny the melancholy condition of our iariny oefore Sebasitopol . The accounts which arrive froin that quarter are not only pauiful— -they are horrible and heartrendingand I am sure no one would oppose forLa moment any measure which he thougliit Hkely , not only to ciure ^ but even to mitigate , those evils . Aha , sir , I muist say that , with all the official knowledge to which I have had ^ access , _ there is something which is to me-inexplicable in
the state of that army . If I had been told as a reason against the expedition to the Crhiiea last year that the troops would be seven miles Ifrom the sea —• seven miles from a secure port , which at that time , when in contemplation of the expedition , we hardly hoped to possess ; and that at that seven miles distance , they would be in want o'f food , of clothes , and of shelter , to such a degree that they should perish at the rate of from 90 to 100 a day —I should have considered such a prediction as utterly preposterous ^ such an objection to be entirely inapplicable and unfounded . And yet we are all aware of the notoriety of the melancholy condition of our army . It was not , therefore , by denying the existence of the evils that-Icduld-hope to induce ObisJ 3 [ ouse , to _ rebtJ ^ tlie proposition of the hon . and learned gentleman . . But 1 had further to reflect , if I was in no position to give a
faint c no to the proposition , express vague and equivocal terms a wish that the motion might not be carried , or to use any evasion with respect to tlie matter of its terms , with a view to defeating that motion . It was my duty—a duty , I trust , I have performed when I was in that situation—to stand in the front of the battle , and manfully to take my part in opposing the appointment of that committee . *' He then stated that the only other ground he could take in opposing was his ability to state that measures
were being token to remedy the mal-adihinistration of the war . He then entered into the history of the separation of the War Department from the Colonies and the Duke of Newcastle ' s appointment ; and after alluding to the necessity for Ministers being able to recrnlt their health in the country during the vacation , and defending himself against tho charge of going lecturing about the country , ' ho stated in the month of November ho became dissatisfied with the administration of the affairs of the
war , and proceeded to show that he had entered into a correspondence with Lord Aberdeen , urging that the offices of Secretary of State for the War Department and that of Secretary at War should bo filled by one person , and that person a member of tho House of Commons , of great abilities and . large experience in the administration of tho army , ahd urging that tliat person was Lord Palmerston , who ought to be appointed at onco . Lord Aberdeen , in a lengthened correspondence , extracts from which ho read , stated his reasons
for declining to accede to the proposition , and as ho was urged not to press it by several of his friends , arid by Lord Palmerston himself , he did not press it . He then went on to say as follows : — "Tho only change which I had been able to commend In tho session before * Christinas was that the commissariat department had been placed under the War Minister . With regard to any further change I hoard no mention of it till the proposal mado on Saturday last . I roflectod upon that proposal , and having reflected upon it , I told my noble friend at the head of the Government that I considered it Incomplete and iusuincicnt , and I gavo Mm a paper
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 27, 1855, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27011855/page/10/
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