Next day the telegram was burdened with the story of her abduction, and the Mormons were charged with sending the Danitoa after her to murder her. A couple of days passed, and "the shameless hussy" was seen driving

(PROM OUR OWJf CORRESPONDENT ) Melbourne, December 21th. At last the prolonged political strife of this year is over, and for a few months \ie shall be spared the voluminous tedionsneßS of Parliamentary debate. The session which has just closed has been throughout a Minis* terial triumph, not won, however, with, out the excitement of a contest ; for though Mr Berry has never had a real Opposition to encounter, he has had the possibility of one .always before his eyes. Any false step of sufficient magni tude to justify a secession would have pro bably been the occasion for the creation of a new party, whose antagonism > would have been something to dread. He has, therefore, had to proceed warily, and is immense ly relieved to find the year close without any organised party to oppose him in the immediate future. The Council has made its bid for popularity, and failed ignominiously. The Opposition in the As sembly, which has for the last two years been little more than an incoherent and spiritless gathering of irreeoncileables, made a great effort during the last fortnight of the session. The Conservative press blew all its trumpets and strained every nerve to make the inset upon the Ministry a sneoessful one, | but, only to more increase the crushing nature of their defeat, and render it more 1 than ever apparent that in this Parliament at least there is no hope for anything but a Liberal Cabinet, and that as long as Mr Berry is astute enough to lead in the direction of Liberal legislation, there is not the least danger of his being ousted from office upon any question of policy. The agitation against the Embassy got up by the Conservative Press, the

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