Victoria is as loyal to the Crown as any colony which England possesses, yet the submission to law of the Victorian Government and people is not by any means unlimited.

Ten years ago three British subjects arrived at Melbourne and were about to land.

Popular sentiment, or in other words the will of the mob, had decreed that they should not enter the colony.
The Victorian Premier (Mr.Service) announced in Parliament that their landing should be hindered.

The police, acting under the orders of the Ministry, boarded the ship which brought the strangers, went near to assaulting the captain, and forcibly prevented the hated travellers from setting foot on shore.

By arrangement between the Melbourne Government, the captain, and the three men, who were by this time in terror of their lives, the victims of lawlessness were carried back to England.