Australian Mail (Newspaper) - May 7, 1860, London, Middlesex PUBLISHED ON THE ARRIVAL OF EACH MONTHLY IN SPECIAL CONNECTION WITH THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND 13. MAY 7, 1860. ESS page NEW Summary of River 1~ General ' Amusements - 5-7 General s of * 7-9 to Abolish State Aid to 9 page NEW EDITORIAL SUMMARY LATEST Australian Gold for Mining Passenger SPIRIT OF THE Gold Discoveries in New South 15 15 15-18 18-19 & DEATHS 19-20 9-11 12-14 14 14 t THE of Australian Advices in March 14 and March 18; March March 20, SbS r 16; j Feb. 29 March 2: Wellington and New March 3; March 5. - from Australia will be due at the 2nd, and in London oh Uie be as April 14; April 317; April 20; King George's April 24. NEW SOUTH POLITICAL the Sydney Morning Herald of March 13.) The past month has been fruitful in political but has witnessed scarcely any progress in the public business of The great event of the month has been the displacement of the Forster the time they first met the House the most vigorous attempts were made by the members and supporters of the previous to eject them from their their hostility being manifested on the most trivial occasions and in vexatious interruptions to the public Their tactics were apparent long before the policy of the Government was indicated upon any question of ' It was evident whatever their measures might bey Mr. Forster's Government would hot be tolerated by a large of the Their proposal on taking office at once to pass the Estimates and to reserve the Land for the next session was energetically it being with certainty that their of the settlement of that question would precipitate their their relinquishment which would then be open for their ' the pretext of its urgent To this demand compelled to accompanied a Tax on Laud both of wbich were first time in the creations of 'the were unable to command but their crowning defeat was oh their for the reconstruction of The leading features of that measure to which exception was taken division of the country into only four the allowing an elector only one and the rendering the Council incapable of dissolution except at the end of seven After a Rebate which lasted two the motion second reading was negatived by a majority of 29 to 26. It was by many the Government at once have resigned after so signal an expression of the views of the but on the next meeting of Mr. Forster stated that the Ministry would retain their offices until a direct vote of of confidence was The challenge was very willingly taken the and 6n the fallowing day a resolution was moved to the effect that the continuance of the Ministry in office would obstruct the business of the The carried by a majority of 33 to 25, the larger number including some of the usual supporters of the who clearly saw that their continuance in with such a utterly The and the for Sir who just left On his return he at once declined attempting to form a urging as reasons his indifferent and his with any political On Sir Daniel Cooper's William Denison then sent for Mr. who accepted the That gentleman on receiving his Excellency's Commissi soon constructed a Ministry of almost entirely the same materials Arnold being substituted for department of As might have been great difficult 1ffi-fb&j& with respect to the legal The offices of and accordance with a resolution of the the late Government Sir William Manning having accepted the on the elevation of Mr. Wise to the Mr. Robertson the appointment of Attorney-General with a seat in the Cabinet to by both of whom it was Mr. Windeyer has also refused the At present Sir William Mining is performing the duties of Crown prosecutor under Commission from the but up to the time of publishing this summary the appointments of either Attorney or Solicitor General have not been The following is the new Ministry so far as the offices are at present Secretary for Lands and Premier Mr. - $ * Colonial Mr. 1 Colonial Mr. Secretary for Public Works Mr. Mr. not being a member of the has accepted a seat in the Legislative and will take charge of the public business in that the 8thinstant the formation of the above administration was announced in the and the of the three Ministerial that were Prior to the motion for ' made explanations as to the part they haft the Ministerial and some remarks were made as a slight of the ' The Assembly was adjourned till the 3rd of when Mr. Robertson and his colleagues will have to an opposition as if not as and as that which assailed their ' As the various sections of the Assembly are now agreed upon the urgency of immediately passing the and as the new Government are not likely to meet with the same unscrupulous obstruction in conducting the public business as they recently offered to their predecessors when in there is some chance now that their patriotic labours are rewarded of the Estimated and other important business being proceeded The return to of who only a few months ago had to resign through inability to carry their measures iri the is looked upon generally as a makeshift which must be put up with until the co-operation of abler and more widely respected men can be enacted in the formation of a strong The defeat of the Ministry taking place before either the Land or the Tax on Land came on for a second prevented the sense of the House or the being taken upon those It is of would have received the opposition they would have inevitably met on party the of We subjoin a brief outline of 5 The was introduced into the Assembly by an able speech by Mr. and first time on the 16th of It first proposed that a might select a portion not less than 40 not more than 320 The price would be 10s. an who took up land in this manner would departure stock of the taken Local land offices would be appointed where accurate of the saleable land might be and the money ' The right also be conferred to enter upon unsurveyed and to acquire by residence an occupation right to which a person could his on a payment of 10*. the beings contingent on hip payment of the assessment immediately on taking on hfe fencing in It was that the above would prevent land being sold at but a clause was for auction in the event of The claims of the occupants would be secured excepting where the wants of camei contact when the former would have to give In the to the of the Crown right be limited to 320 the value of the on which would be the to be but transferable be issued on the payment of 201. to any person selecting under a proportionate number of acres at 10*. an The Tax on Land which was an essential adjunct of the former proposed to impose per on the value of fixed every six anti to be determined between the owner and alienated previous to 1860 to be exempt from six The principal object of the tax was the prevention of The to to Religion stood reading on the It was C of the under which stipends are npw but to compensate the present recipients at the for more than twenty years to receive 200 had officiated for shorter periods than
