The 
Times
12 December 1860
SHIPPING ADVERTISEMENTS
The swift and magnificent screw StreamerAldinga, Hugh Mcmeifcan, Esq., commander, will sail on Saturday, next, 15 December.
347-50 J.NEWMAN and SON.
STEAM TO GEELONG.
The steamerCITIZEN leaves Queen’s Wharf, Melbourne, daily,at2:15 o’clock P.M.
Fares:
Saloon, 10s. |Fore Cabin, 5s.
Return tickets, available seven days-
Saloon,16s. |Fore Cabin, 7s.6d –
Freight. 7s per ton. Horses and pigs,
10s. each.
Carriages, 20s.
Passengers booked to and from Ballarat and Melbourne by theVictorian Joint-Stock Coach Company, fare 17s.
Return tickets, from Saturday to Monday, at single fares.
J. RESTALL, agent.
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RAILWAYS
VICTORIANRAILAVAYS.-Notice-In consequence of the damage caused by the floods to Melbourne and GEELONG RAILWAY, the TRAINS will CEA8E to RUN for a FEW DAYS.
Due notice will be given in the public papers of their renewal.
By order,
R.NASH,Secretary
AN experienced TRAVELLER for general merchandise, chiefly for the up-country trade, may meet with an ENGAGEMENT.
Apply by letter, enclosing a copy of testimonials, Box 81, Post-office.
AN EXPERIENCED TEACHER DESIRES A SCHOOL.
His wife as a mistress if required.
Address R, X,
Post-office, St. Kilda.
Servants,
At Mrs. BENJAMIN’S MALE, FEMALE, LABOUR OFFICE, 61 Bourke Street, opposite Albion.WANTED, female COOKS, country.
WANTED, a respectable female, as GENERAL SERVANT. Apply at 88 Gore Street, near builders Arms Hotel, Collingwood.
NTED, a strong BOY, 11 Little Bourke Street West.
WANTED, a smart LAD, accustomed to the business.
Apply Central City Hotel.
At Twelve o’clock.
THOS. GIBBS has received instructions from the proprietor, who is leaving Melbourne, to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, on Wednesday, 12 December, at twelve o’clock, on the premises, 22 Faraday Street, Carlton.
Household furniture, comprising-Iron bedsteads and bedding, chest of drawers, marble topdressing and other tables, washstand and ware, dressing and other cases, china, glass, crockery, and kitchen utensils.Themes Gibbs, auctioneer and money-broker, 43 Swanston Street.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Argus Office, Tuesday Evening. Export entries were passed at the Customtoday for 339oz. of gold, for shipment per JoshuaBates, for Hong Kong.
The Customs revenue collected at the Port of Melbourne on Monday amounted to £3,1232s. The following are the items:-Brandy,l,642gal., £82L 7s. Gd.; gin, 646gal., £323 13s.7d.; rum, l,313gal., £657 3s. 6d.; whiskey,211gal., £100 3s. 11d.; wine, l,210gal., £121 1s.; beer, 10,903gal., £272 11s. Gd.; tobacco, 2,5921b.,£259 4s.; cigars, 2581b., £38 14s.;opium, 1611b.,£80 10s.; tea, 10,3141b., £257 17d.; coffee,2,206 lb.,£18 7s. 8d.; sugar, 1cwt., Gs. ; treacle,l,024cwt., £153 12s. 4d. Total duties, £3,11012s.; passenger rate, £12- 10s. Total revenue,£3,123 2s. Pilotage, £31.17s. 9d.
The sharemarket has no signs of recovery today, except in bank shares, which are in demand. There were transactions in Colonial Bank of Australasia, at £64s.; Melbourne and Hobson’s Bay Railway, at £3410s.; Australasian InsuranceCompany, at £16s. 6d.In mining shares, Eaglehawk Association has changed hands at £4 5s; Eaglehawk Union at£1; Long Gully at 7s.; Tyson’s Reef, £1 5s.Bendigo Valleys have been offered as low as 5s., probably to test the market.
There has been very little business stirring. The weather, the elections, and the overdue email have all contributed to the dullness of the day. The’ country orders in town have been light and not very pressing. The difficulties attending tares continue to check the best of all trades-that for consumption.
The traffic returns of the Victorian Railways for the week ending the 6th give the following results:
Passengers(19,412).. ..£1,883 17 10
Parcels and livestock……..103 8 6
Merchandise, &c………….1,8830 0
Total……………………..…£3,875 6 4
STOCK AND SHAKE LIST.
TUESDAY, 11 DEC.
GOVERNMENT Latest Prices
SECURITIES. London Melbourne
Victoria Debentures, – –
6 per centto.,8 per cent. 109½-110 –
(April and Oct.)
South Australia, 6 per cent. 108 –
New South Wales,5 per cent 98½ –
Now Zealand, 10 per cent… – –
Tasmanian Gov., 0 per cent. – –
Melbourne Corporation, 6
percent., guaranteed. 102 –
Geelong., 6 per cent.,
LOANS. 102 –
Melbourne Gas Company’s
10 per cent., – –
Geelong Railway Company,
7 per cent. 105 –
Hobson’s Bay Railway, 7
per cent. 104 –
THE COLAC PERJURY CASE.-The Attorney-General has declined to file a bill against Mr. John M’Craig, of Colac, on the charge of perjury, arising out of the well-known Hour ease. The learned gentleman, it is understood, considers the evidence adduced before the Colac bench as not sufficient to justify proceeding further in the matter. Mr. M’Caig, therefore, stands acquitted.
Geelong Advertiser.
Theatre Listings.
THEATRE ROYAL.
StillWaters Run Deep; and Sketches in India.
PRINCESS THEATRE.
Beauty and the Beast; Musical Interlude; and TheToodles.
PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.
San Francisco Minstrels.
CREMORNE GARDENS.
PANTHEON THEATRE.
An Englishman’s House is his Castle; and In the Gardens, View of Palermo, &c.
TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
MARYBOROUGH, TUESDAY.
MARYBOROUGH ELECTION.
DEFEAT OP THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Mr Ireland is defeated. The following is the state of the poll:
Mr Levi. Mr Ireland.
Maryborough. 470 391
Carisbrook. 118 65
Newstead. 43 13
Baringhup117
Total 642 476
Majority for Levi 166
SYDNEY, TUESDAY.
All the supporters of the Ministry are being returned throughout the country.
Business is flat.
ADELAIDE, TUESDAY.
Flour stationery, at £14 10s.; wheat, 5s. 6d to 5s. 7d.
Mr Glandfield, the late mayor, is re-elected.
GARIBALDI “EXCURSION TO SOUTH ITALY.”
-Most of our readers are aware that recently Captain Styles, an aid-de-camp of Garibaldi, has been in London organizing an “excursion to South Italy.”
” We can furnish,” says the Ulan
All persons who have seen it agree that it is a handsome and picturesque uniform. A better substitute than Captain Minchin could not have been found by CaptainStyles, for in carrying out the instructions of his predecessor, Captain Minchin and officers connected with him have incurred considerable pecuniary liabilities-in fact, no less than £2,500 for clothing alone-for the volunteers. There will be no lack of funds, however, for men in every position of life are contributing the requisite fund, and only a day or two ago, a nobleman of the greatest historical reputation in England made a handsome donation to the committee.
“With reference to the number of excursionists who will accompany Captain Styles, allowing a large percentage for those who may be prevented by various circumstances from availing themselves of the trip, not less than 600 men will leave
England to pay their respects to Garibaldi. The excursionists will include persons of every rank and profession -noblemen, professional men, and artisans. One of the excursionists is a nobleman, and he is going out as a private. It was
Colonel Peard, ‘Garibaldi’s Englishman,’ who suggested to Captain Styles the advisability of paying a visit to this country.
Garibaldi, having great respect and admiration for the English, approved of the suggestion and said it would give him great pleasure to see any
Englishmen who might choose to visit him. Captain Styles and those acting with him have taken every precaution not to violate the Foreign
Enlistment Act; and some notices which have appeared in the Scottish papers and which are said to contravene that act are all unauthorized by the committee of the Garibaldi fund. The most remarkable offer made to the committee in
London is one by a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood of Lytham; He says that-, if he made colonel, he wouldequip800 men and land them at any point which Garibaldi might wish.
MAGENTA. -“Signori, cannon-balls! Signori, grape-shot! Signori, a sabre! Signori, an Austrian swordbelt! Signori, eagles!Signori, FrenchShot!” Such was the cry of a crowd of urchins who thronged outside the railing of the station. Our little friend was out in a minute and bought some relics for each of us, and then we managed to get a few on our own account.
MAJOR COAL MINE EXPLOSION IN WALES
Our London correspondent reports that there has been a major explosion at the Risca Black Vein Pit at Crosskeys in the Sirhowy Valley of Monmouthshire, Wales, on 1 December. Deaths are expected to number over a hundred, but the tally is unclear at the time of writing. This pit, owned by John Russell, has a notorious reputation, with previous problems relating to serious build-ups of gas.
COAL RIOTS, 10 December:
There is news of ongoing anti-Chinese activities at the diggings on Lambing Flat in New South Wales by local miners in the form of some quite serious riots. These appear to be the result of an almost total absence of police protection. The miners have risen in a body, formed a ‘Vigilance Committee,’ and driven away the Chinese, of whom two, it is stated, have been killed and 10 ‘wounded.
The rioters have also burnt down a number of shanties, which were said to be the resort’ of bad characters, and they threaten to crop the ears of any thieves or bad characters who they may catch. There are claims that the Chinese miners have been polluting the water, getting prime sites from other miners, and lowering rates.
‘We have not heard what steps have been taken by the Government to sustain law and order at this place and to bring the murderers to justice; but, if the measures for this purpose are not prompt and effective, the Government will be eternally disgraced, and the peace of the whole country imperiled.
The Chinese have been causing trouble wherever they have been, and the authorities have been too lenient upon them. They must do more to resolve the Chinese problem before we have more such incidents of lawlessness for the sake of all.
DISSENSION AND CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IN THE UNITED STATES
THE ELECTION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, REPUBLICAN, on 6 November, and the continuing issue of slavery have sparked growing Southern dissension and an emerging constitutional crisis.
A number of Southern states, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia, have expressed desires and intention to break from the Union. In addition, Southern federal Senators have begun resigning from the U.S. Senate; these include James Chestnut, James H. Hammond, and Robert Toombs.
Slavery and specifically its possible spreading was at the core of the recent election campaign with a vast chasm between the North, primarily represented by Republicans who are largely anti-slavery, and Southern Democrats, who have some rather extreme views on slavery and its expansion.
James Buchanan, the outgoing President, who will remain in that office for a few more months yet, has expressed his severe alarm at developments. On 4 December, he sent a message to the U.S. Congress in which he stated secession was unconstitutional but that the Federal Government lacked authority to prevent it and called for a constitutional amendment allowing Southern states to retain slaves as property. Much attention seems to be fixing on control of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, where national and SouthCarolinian agents have been belligerent in both word and deed.
