... VICTORIA. The arrival of the Great Britain enables us to bring our intelligence from Melbourne down to the 27th of October. An outbreak at the gold fields, and an anti-convict demonstration in Melbourne, had thrown the colony into an unusual state of ex- citem ent. The riot which took place at Ballarat arose out of the acquittal of a man named Bentley , upon a charge of murder, alleged to have ...

... a I I d I The following memorial was presented to the Right Hon. Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Bart., Chat'- cellor of the Ezohequer, on the 4th of April, 1855, ! i by a deputation of the Yorkshire newspaper pro- d prietors, consisting of Mr. E. Baines (Leecs Mer- re 'cury), Mr. Kemplay (Leeds Intelligencer), Mr. Robert Leader, jaur. (She.Old Independent), Mr. Alfred Hargrove (York Herald), and Mr. ...

... I [BY INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH, TIA THE HAGUE.] [FROGX.Oua V1ENNA CORRESPONDENT.] BUCHAREST, JAN. 30. Large masses of Russians are again concen- trating at Reni. A passage of the Danube is apprehended. Sadik Pacha has marched to that point' with a strong division of troops. KIEW, JAN. 26. The Russians are sending considerable reinforce- ments to the Crimea. Two grenadier divisions, 1,500 ...

... I !E. [FROM A YOUNG MEDICAL OFFICER AT TIE CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, .AND ONE OF OUR OCCASIONAL le- CORRESPONDENTS.] Mlay 14, 1855. ng The weather for the last four days has been truly ld- miserable, raining in torrents, and mud over your ankles ; there is, therefore, some considerable trouble in walking. Living in a tent here is very he different to when at Suntari, where we had good ...

... UEPE IAJESTY'S STATE BALL. The QueOu last evening gave a State Ball, to which a party of betweefl sixteen and seventeen hundred were invited, and for which the whole of the State-rooms of Bhckingham Palace were appropriated and brilliantly illuminated, The three entrances were arranged as foilows :-The Royal Family aliilted at the garden entrance ; tile Foreign Ministers, Privy Councillors, ...

... HARVEST PROSPEOTS. The Dublin market yesterday was subdued, while the leading provincial ones were heavy and extremely dull, and prices ranged from Is. to IS. 6d. a barrel lower for wheat than on Friday. Oats were something cheaper, but the depression was not equal to that in wheat. Apart from foreign influences on the Irish corn markets, there is quite enough at home to bring down the ...

... METROPOLITAN AND LOCAL LEGS8- !,A TION. - .a I T| THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR-Pending the investigation of Sir Benjamin Hall's bill for the amendment of our metropolitan parochial legis- lation, through the medium of your valuable journal allow me to offer a few observations upon one important fact which appears altogether to have escaped public notice. The bill In question ...

... The royal mail steamer Africa arrived at Liver- pool on Saturday, with advices from Boston to the 28th ult. She brought 678,715 dollars, and £12,012 specie on freight. The Atlantic arrived at New York on the 26th alt., and the Asia at Halifax on the 29th ult. The great topic of excitement in New York was an attempt that had been made there, and at Phila- delphia also, to enlist men for the ...

... ZV A PAL AND JULITA RY WEWS. 5eAPPOINTMENTS. tMasters-J. Kellock (1841). to the Melampus, 42, store- , ship, at Sheerness ; and 0. F. M'Dougall (1851), to the Meander, 44, for particular service. d Assistant-Master-C. J. A. Noddall, to be attendant at ?? yard. S Second-Masters-C. F. Psokeitt, to the Janus, 4, paddle. wheel steam-vessel, of 220-horse power, at Sheernees ; D. e H. Speer (1850), ...

... TflB MORzNING CHRONIL-E. LONDON: TH URSDA Y, JUNE 28, 1855. In the HoUSE of CoMMO1Ns, The Marquis of BLANDFORD moved the second reading of the Formation of Parishes Bill, the oh- jeot of which was three-fold-to make the district churches independent, to give increased facilities for new districts, and to endow poor, churches. After dilating on the advantages which would arise from the ...

... AMERICAN PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LA TVS. The rise and progress of lawvs in various States, prohibiting the sale of intoxicating drinks, are to be seen in the following abstract:- 3 1851-Passed by the Legislature of Maine. 1852-Passed by the Legislature of Minnesota. 1852-Passed by the Legislature of Rhode Island. 1852-Passed by the Legislature of Massachusetts. 1852-Ratified by the people of ...

... THlE MORNING CHRONICLE. LON DO N- TR URS!)AY, F BlBUA RY 8, 1855. In the HousE of CoMO,,Ns, ye tcrday, Mr. IAYXTEIt moved for the issue of a new writ for Tiverton, in the room (f Lurd Palmerston, who had accepted the office of First Lord of the Trea- sury; and another for South Wilts, in the room of Mr. Sidney Herbert, who had accepted the office of one of her Majesty's Princival Secretaries ...