Farm Cove, where they toook up their anchorage. The arrival was watched with great interet, "and several thou. sand persons were assembled at the landing place. Slortly aftor 11 o'clock the admiral, Earl Clanwilliam, accom- panied by severd of his officers, left the Inconstant in his barge and came ashore under a salute from Dawes Battery. On landing he was received by Colonel Roberts, and proceeded with several of his officers to Government House, where they paid an official visit to the Governor. The princes remained on board the Inconstant until the after- noon, when they landed with their tutor (the Rev. Mr. Dalton), and were presented to the Governor."
His Excellency gives a dianer to- morrow night, at which the princes, Earl Clanwilliam, the officers of the flcet, Prince Louis of Battenberg, and the principal naval officers now in Sydney will be present,
Considerable excitement has been caused in the Inverell district by the rumour that two cases of smallpox have occurred at Tingha-one a European woman and the other a half-casto Chinese girl, both living in the same house.
MELBOURNE.
7th July. Sir Bryan O'Loghilen bas commenced the task of forming a new Administra- tion. Mr. Murray Smith has declined the office of Colonial Treasurer, which was offered to him.
Monmouth is first favourite for the Melbourne Cup and Derby.
8th July, The detached squadron with the royal princes on board left Hobson's Bay at 1 o'clock to-day.
The Governor gave a ball last night in honour of the princes, which proved a very brilliant affair. Some con. stornation was, however, occasioned during the progress of the ball by the fall of a large piece of the cornice of the room, weighing about 4 cwt. It fell with a tremendous crash amongst the guests, and oue gentleman was badly injured, whilst several narrow escapes occurred.
10th July, Sir Bryan O'Loghlen has succeeded in forming a Ministry, as follows:---
Sir Bryan O'Loghlon, Promier, At- torney-General, and Acting Treasurer.
Mr. J. M. Grant, Chief Secretary, and Minister of Education.
Mr. Bolton, Postmaster-General. Mr. J. H. Graves, Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Mr. Gaunson, Commissioner of Lands.
Mr. Bent, Commissioner of Roads and Railways. ;
Mr. C. Young, Commissioner of Minos and Agriculturo.
Dr. Dobson, Solicitor-General, with a sont in the Upper House.
Mr. L. L. Smith has a portfolio without salary.
The Commissionership of Public Works is still open, but will probably be accepted by Mr. B. L. Zox.
The Ministry was sworn in yester- day.
11th July. Mr. M'Bain, M.L.C., was invited to join Sir Bryan O'Loghlen's Ministry. but he declined. He has, however, consented to represent the new Gov. ernment in the Council pending the re-election of Dr. Dobson,
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lately represented the Borry Ministry in the Council, has definitely announc-. ed his intention of resigning in order to oppose Sir Bryan O'Loghlen.
now
Sir Bryan O'Loghlen addressed his constituents at Lancefield to-night, and anfolded the Ministerial policy. Ho stated that the Government proposed to raiso a loan of £1,000,000 on account of railways, waterworks, and schools, and a further loan of £8,000, 000 to pay off the loans about to expire. The Education Act would not be inter- fered with, and the land tax would be amended and re-imposed on an equit-
on the suicide at the express request of the relativos of the deceased, but in this he was wrong and should be com- nitted to the Board for penalty. The sale of women and girls was not, as stated, mado by brokors, but with free will of their relatives, who preferred to part with them rather than see then
starve.
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12th June, 6th and 25th April, and 23rd February.) ;
(3) The Court of Censors report the receipt of a petition from oud Hsich Po-lun, a literary graduate from Anhui who states that his brother, sieh Po-lin, having taken objection to the ploughing up of a crop of boans be. Jonging to him by one Chon Shih-hsi, Juno 22nd.-(1) The two Consors the latter killed this brother and ano- of the Southern Division of Poking bugther one, as well as potitionor's father. that they may be punished for an act -Roferved in the usual manner, of carelessness. Some time since a ringleader of a gang of robbers was captured and beheaded at Peking. Ore Chang Shih-ch'uan, a jail warden in the Southern Division, represented to Among the passengers by the R.M. memorialists that he had been the chief S. Venetia from London, is Major-Gen-party concerned in the apprehension of eral Feilding, who proceeds to Queens- the criminal. Memorialists, without land as representative of the Loudon due inquiry into the facts, rashly re- capitalists interested in the proposed commonded him for a mark of Imperial railway line from Roma to the Gulf of approbation. The mistake was at once detected and reported by the Censors Carpentaria.
of the Eastern Division of the city, in which quarter the actual apprehender |
able basis.
ADELAIDE.
14th July:
12th July,
The Chinese Bill has boen read a
third time in the Igislative Assembly.
14th July.
Me. David Murray, whose election for the district of Fatala was recently declared void on the ground of bribery, has been re-elected by a large major ity. According to the Electoral Act, he cannot take his seat; but he will probably test the question on the ground that, as tho Electoral Act alters the Constitution Act; it should have been reserved for the royal assent and that as this was not done the law is not of any real effect.
NEW ZEALAND.
Wellington, 11th July. Tawhiao, the Maori King, Manahori, and several other of this principal King chiefs, carne to-day, unsolicited, into Alexandra, and laid eighty gans at the foot of Major Mair, as representing the Governmout, saying that this was au offering in the name of pace.
Wellington, 13th July. Instructions have been issued that the Detached Squadron shall be quar- antine at Auckland until twelve days after the date of leaving Sydney.
ABSTRACT OF PEKING GAZETTES.
The following are taken from the NC. Daily News :-
June 21st.-(1) A docres in answer to au application from a Consor that returns may be published of the amounts drawn from the Board of Re- venue by the Office of the Imperial Household in the year 1875, and on a recent occasion. The Consor declares that he has reason to suspect that silver issued at a certain weight in the first instance was entered on the books of the Office of the Imperial Household at a different weight. Efact is ordered to be given to his application.
(2) With an unimportant exception, the whole of this day's Gazte is oc- cupied with a report from the Gover. nor of Shansi of the result of an en- quiry into the conduct of a former sab. Prefect of Ping.ting Chou, in that' province, against whom charges wore brought of malversation in connection with the distribution of famino relief He was denounced by an anonymous now individual ou four counts:-
1-That he appropriated four hand. rod pienls of grain loft over at the
Mr. Berry called a final meeting of the Executive for Saturday last, but close of the distribution of relief. it was only attended by himself. The 3-That he purposely delayed pub. O'Loghlen Ministry will consequently | lication of the Imperial proclamations be obliged to confirm the last actions granting immunity from taxation iu of their predecessors. The circum-afflicted districts. stance has excited much comment in political circles.
The now Ministers have already on- tered upon their duties. Sir Bryan O'Loghlen will unfold his policy on Wednesday next.
12th July. Immediately on the meeting of the Legislative Assembly to-day, Dr. L. L. Smith announced that Sir Bryan O'Loghlen had formed an Administra- tion, and the House presented a re- markable appearance; only two mem- bors ant besides the new Government, while all in direct opposition to the Berry Ministry occupied seats in the Ministerial corner, every. bench being fully occupied. The House adjourned until the 28th, when the elections will be completed..
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13th July. The Hon. R. D. Roid, M.L.C., who
3-That he purposely scrooned the defendant in lawsuit, and noglected to bold an inquest on the body of a man who committed suicido in con. sequence of a false accusation brought against him by the said defendant.
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of the criminal resides. Memorialists bave no excuse to plead in oxienuation, and beg that they may be punished. They have been committed to the Board by decres earlier issued for the determination of a penalty.
(2) Memorial froin the Governor of Yunuan, praying that the Magistrate of the Chiang-ch'uan District may at once be cashierod and placed on his trial for barbarously beating three pei- soners, who shortly afterwards died of the wounds thus inflicted. Torture, momorialist observos, should only be applied in grave cases of murder or robbery with violence. In other cisas the truth should be elicited by careful questioning. Rescript: Noted.
June 23rd.-(1) A memorial fron the Superintendents of the Imperial Granaries with referenss to the last consignment of tribato rica forwarded by soa from Kiangsu. They had boon informed by the Board of Revenue that the Governor of that provincs had memorialised His Majesty praying that some allowance might be made this your for the condition of the rice which owing to accidents of weather, was pulpy in quality. Waon the rico reached Tungchow and the memorial- ists proceeded to inspect it prior to taking delivery, they found that although it was not absolutely mildew- ed, the kernel was pulpy and far from clean. Now it is essential for
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rice that has to be stored for any length of time that it should be hard, dry and round, and although the memorialists are aware that coalitions of climate in the south are at times beyond control, if the Governor of Kiangsu is to bo made a precedent it will be impossible to securo a proper supply of rice for the capital, In an exceptional case like the present the rice may be issued, Lieut. Charley, Royal Innis- out of turn, but it is essential that killing Fusiliers, and 245 Chinese. p.sitive orders be given that the appli- cation of the Governor of Kiangsu be not taken as a precedent. The memor ialists then proceed to quote ancient decrees published in the official guide by which the grain tribute system is maintained, in support of their con- tention. For decree sso Gavelle of 10th June.
The reminder of this day's Gazette is occupied with memorials from differ- cut provinces denouncing various
shortcomings. minor officials for incapacity and other
June 24th.-(1) A dderes acknow. elging receipt of a memorial from Ting Pao-chêu, Governor-General of Szechuan, who reports that a disas- trous flood has occurred in the Yên. yüan district in that province, which has destroyed between seven and eight hundred houses and caused the death of about a thousand people. The flood was onitsed by a heavy fall of rain ac- companied by hail, which occurred in April last. The Governor-General is directed to take immediate steps for the discovery of the extent of the dam- age and the number of lives lost, and is authorised to issue relief in propor tion to the gravity of individual cases of distress.
That he countenanced the sale of women and girls in his jurisdiction, by brokors from other places. All these charges are gone into at great length, and the memorialist shows that with (2) A long momorial from the Grand one slight exception, they are all un- Secretary Pao Yun and Mao Ch'ang- true. The sub-Prefect, who is now in hsi, Minister of the Yeung-li Yamôn, mourning for his mother, did not ap- who were deputed to investigate propriate the balance of the grain, but charges of fraud brought against cer- sold it, and the money is still in band. tain officers connected with the Im- He did not neglect to issue the Imperial stables. Thoir enquiries have perial proclamations the day after their receipt, except in one instanco in which ho was doubtful whether the immunity applied to his jurisdiction, and waito for instructions, Ho hold no inquest
fod to a partial substantiation of the. chargos preferred, and they recommend the dismissal of Kuang Shan, Secretary in charge of the Imperial Stables, and. a writer under him. (Seo Gazaltos of
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