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      Destructive Fire.—On Friday Morning Week...

      per ! _during tlie dry _ffC at ] ier it had been from £ 12 to £ 20 . I had a capital ho _? se , and , _* bat Trhat _was almost as great an advantage , a first-rate companion , a ] lT _- _^ r ° i n _* _^ richest colonists ; he is _wth aI ] out _£ 100 , 000 , andhadlieenTip to see the di ggings , as he is going home to Eng land m the first steamer that arrives out . He knew the country perfectly , as years since lie had owed cattle stations in the vicinity We started on a lhursday morning , came to the Forest Creek dimnn 4 ' _abeiit thirty-live miles , and stopped the ni ght at . a _frierd ' s store nex t day to the Bush Inn , fort y miles ; and the third to Melbourne ' cay thirty-five more . In many places the horses sank to their haunches in the mud , and we had to swim the creeks . I had a baacontaining 5 Mb . weight of gold , hanging by a cord round my neck into the breast-pocket of my pea-jacket . By the way , I am certain _uot ouc of you would have known me . Eow I wish you could have seen me in my ' bush toggery . ' I had on a pair of riding boots which entirely covered my legs , a blue pilot pea-jacket , a black felt sombrero all this would have disguised me pretty well ; but you must know further , sharing is not practiced at the di ggings , so that a pretty large mustache and beard put the finishing touch to my ' make up , ' ami taking me altogether , I believe I was rather a rough-looking customer . "We arrived in Melbourne on Saturday evening , and stayed at Mr . L—' s Ou Monday I found a ship sailing the same ni ght for Adelaide , so I went about town at oncein order to sell h He

      , my orse . ¦ was _saaly knocked up by my journey down , but I was lucky beyond my expectation , as i sold him for 14 Z ., and I had paid but _lSZ . forliim . On the seventh day I arrived here . F— did not expect me , so you may guess it was a joyful surprise . In conclusion , I may as well give you au idea , of the ' prices current' at the mines when I left : —Flour , 207 . per sack of 2001 b . ; oats , 21 . 5 s . per bushel ; bran , 21 . per bushel ; potatoes , Is . 6 d . _f . _cr lb . ; onions , the same ; tea , 3 s . 6 d . per lb . ; sugar , Is . Cd . ; bread , 3 s . ( id . the 2 Ib . loaf ; ham , 3 s . Gd . per lb . ; mutton that was 2 s . tlie OTKvtterr now 5 s . 6 d . ; beef , Cd . to 7 d . per lb . ; very indiiferent brandy . II . per bottle ; and for a pair of riding boots I paid 10 ? . At Melbourne the rent of a middling dwelling-house is 2001 per firewood 10 _aiuuuamciv

      annum : . M . s . to 41 . nar load : _nridfivprvtTmio- else in nrn-, uuu , oo . ivs . lu < ± i . per iouu _; unueveiyumig eise m proportion . " The accounts from the Australian gold-fields up to the end of _Aujnist last contains news of tho most exciting nature . All that could have been expected during the prevalence of the wintry rains of June , . luly , and August was not too great a decrease in the yield of gold . The floods which for the tsme spoilt some " diggings , " opened the hidden _-wcal , h of others ; new gold fields were found , and astonishing results obtained . Mount Alexander sent down 22 , 402 ounces to

      _Geelono : in the last week of July , and in that week Ballarat sent l , o / 2 ounces . On the 3 d of August the Mount Alexander escort had 10 , 145 ounces ; and on Monday and Thursday following the amounts _transmittad were 71 5145 and 18 , 174 ounces , making a totaiSof 107 , 384 ounces in the first seven days of August , and from one locality ! The amounts transmitted from Ballarat in the same space of time was 2 , 0 G 8 ounces , and Dight ' s escort brought 34 , 676 ounces , so that a grano total of 144 , 207 , representing about £ 432 , 621 , were received _Within seven davs at Geelonff . This enormous sum does not ,

      however , represent the whole ol the weekly yield , ot tne v ictoria nnues , ioT large quantities of gold had accumulated at tho diggings ; the roads were bad , and the means of conveyance limited . The total amount transmitted up to the 14 th of August was 53 , 998 ounces from Ballarat , Mount Alexander , and by Dight ' s escort . On the 19 th of Au-{ _tufc BallaTat sent to Melbourne 1 , 000 ounces , and 3 , 848 to Geelong , while 1 , 000 ounces were left behind , for want of means of conveyance . On the 21 st of _August 30 , 985 ounces came irom Ballarat and by Dig ht ' s . On the 25 th of August _Baliarat sent 4 , 167 , and Mount Alexander sent 842 ounces . At that date a large quantity of gold

      was left behind _atJoailarat \ and the next escort , it it couici get norses , was expected to bring down above 10 , 000 ounces . On a rough calculation , which is rather under than over the mark , the Victoria diggings yielded in the month of August about 246 , 000 ounces of goldand this , too , in the rainy season , and with not a very considerable increase of their mining population . What the figures will amount to when the population nt the fields is doubled—and doubled it soon will be , in the prrsence of such exciting news—it is difficult to foretell ; but judging from the result already obtained , tbe quantities oi « rold which win he dun ; out are perfectly bewildering .

      Every man brings iresh marvels , in addition to tne enormous yields of the mines whose names are already familiar to the British public , new spots , teeming with the precious metal , are continually being discovered ; and every file of papers introduces us to some new , and until then never heard of locality . Thus , for instance , there are several spots in the vicinity of Forest Creek which have acquired a sudden and brilliant fame . One place , a " flat , " between Adelaide Gully and Wattletree Flat , on the road leading from Forest Creek to _Tver ' s Creek , has obtained colonial celebrity by a party of four

      Adelaide men , who had gone there " prospecting , turning up _iovw . _weight of pure g old in one morning between breakfast and dinner . That is to say , £ 6 , 000 worth of sterling money obtained in one hole in the course of one morning . Another hole has , of course , been sunk immediately , closely adjoining " the claim" of these lucky fellows _^ and here , too , the daily yield averaged from six to nine pounds weight of eold In the whole line of the gulleys and flats in that vicinity , the _diowrs havp . _hppti eminently successful . Many in the neighbourhood

      have taken 9 , 12 , and 20 pounds weigflt in - _pockets , out , oi _cumse , the 150 pounds of gold we quoted above stands as yet unparalleled m the history of gold finding . It is high time to revise the Arabian Nights Entertainment . Pillars of gold and baskets filled with precious stones cannot dazzle the imagination of the rising generation , wnen the wildest flights of romance are left behind by commonplace matter of fact reality ; Seven tons of gold were lying idle at Adelaide Gully f , _„„* „*• i _,,,,. _^ + + _* _TrA th em ™ to Melbourne , and more was last

      _accumulating . At _iSew _t _fendigo l < iat , _sorest _wees , one - _^ y _« , u _* 121 b . _weight from one hole , and four Germans gained 211 b . of gold m one week . At Donkey Gully , in the upper part of Forest ; Creek 100 ounces were taken out by apartyinone week and many other _daggers in that vicinity are digging the old deserted holes and doing " very _* ell . " _., * Tho papers before us contain a very interesting document , a price curren _/ oflabour , published bya Mr . Fitchett , of the _Victoria Registry _nflw nf nm , rc » t . hft _nrices are bonafide ones , because Mr . _Jjitdiett is

      prepared to engage servants at the amount he mention .. _^ couples , as h oL ° servants for country hotels , & c ., can have engagemi at 65 L to 1 U . per annum , with rations ; _shepherds u 8 Z ., hut-Ws . 30 Z . ; bullock drivers , 5 W ., or by the week , \ l 10 s ., and on the roads from U . to Al . ; farm servants , 502 . per annum and . 10 s h the week ; bush carpenters , 2 * . per week ; cooks for inns , _U . 10 s . _toVjTtik ; general servants , 40 * . per annum _> _jM tioiis . Maidservants can have engagements at 241 . to _dOL , housemaids at 28 _Z , nursemaids litf ., cooks and laundresses , 24 _Z _., including

      Cartage From Melbourne To Bendigo Was £1...

      cartage from Melbourne to Bendigo was £ 160 ton

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      House Of Lords.—Monday, Nov. 22. The Duk...

      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Monday , Nov . 22 . The Duke of Newcastle presented a petition from Alexander Addison ami other inhabitants of Glasgow , praying for the removal of all indirect taxation , and for the imposition of one general income-tax . He also presented two petitions , one from the mayor , aldermen , and burgesses of Auckland , in New Zealand , and the other from the _burgesses of the same place , The first prayed for the removal of tho regulation which imposed a tax upon the colony for the purpose of _malriMg good the losses of the New Zealand Company , and the other complained of the same grievance , ami , furthermore , of the mode of legislation

      Lord Derby , in reply to Lord Panmure , stated that he thought there was no objection , under proper regulations , to the opening of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham on _Sundays . The Earl of _Shaptesbury wished to know the intentions of the Government with regard to Convocation . The Earl of Deuby replied , that no deviation from the ordinary practice was contemplated . When Couvocation next met Her Majesty ' s . answer to the Address would be laid before , it , ami it would then be prorogued , As for the Committee which _iiad been appointed , in his opinion it was null and void . The Marquis of Ci . _aniucap .. de wished to know the nature of the _businass proposed to be transacted before the Christmas recess . '

      * l * I * A _Ij' at _v * T _ _*? _* i '\ . _» _ - _»^ _ - » . . 1 _T » \ . t 1 # i A if TV * . h * * me . hurl ot Debby replied tli . it the object of the House in meeting before Christinas had been to consider the expediency of any alteration in our commercial system , and to close for ever the controversy with regard to Protection and Free Trade . The result of the late elections had convinced him that , though a large number of constituencies were well disposed to support the Government , they were determined not to assent to an alteration in our recent commercial policy , and that any sueh attempt would be negatived by a large majority . Under these circumstances he had felt it _his duty to advise Her Majesty to decliire that the principles of unrestricted competition ought to be adopted . After making this explicit statement the Government _niidit have vestedbut it

      , went further and announced its Budget for an eavly day , from tbe details of which the cauntry would be enabled to judge of the sincerity of the Government and the wisdom of its policy . An attempt had been made , indeed , in the Lower House to anticipate discussion by a resolution to which no member of the Government could agree , but it would be well if those who were about to support that motion would consider not so much how to overthrow the Government , bu how they could form an Administration if it were overthrown . Having said so much , he would now answer the noble lord ' s question , and state that it was not tho intention of the Government to propose any other important measures before

      After some further observations from Lord _Clanricahde , and a rather warm altercation between Lord Wodehouse and Lord [ Derby , which ended in anexplanot inn 'Hia _Hnnoo _nsli _Aiiitrt a * _-1

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . _—Mowa . _? , Nov . 22 . EDWARD MURRAY . Lord D . Stuart presented , according to notice , several petitions in favour of Mr . E . Murray . The petitioners stated , that fatter being imprisoned for three years in the Roman States , Edward _Murray , who was a British subject , was tried by a secret tribunal and condemned to death ; that this sentence had been commuted to imprisonment for life in the galleys—a sentence which they thought even more cruel than the original one ; that they had reason to believe th _« unfortunate man had committed no offence of any grave character , or such as had not been amply atoned for by his long incarceration , and that they thought it would be disgraceful to this country if any British subject were subjected by a foreign power to a degrading punishment ; they therefore ' prayed that the house would take such measures as they deemed necessary to induce the Government of Home _< fi _; _1 _» Pi- in _nrlriiiff" _TH'nnfs nf lii « truttt . c \ v _pfmsp . nt to his 1 ' _ihAi'fl . tinn .

      XKAJNSJ _.- 'UJK _. TATiUU TO _AUSTRALIA . Sir "W . Molesworth presented a petition from the chairman of the Australasian League against transportation , showing that in the years 1851 and 1852 the _representatives of the inhabitants of th « four great colonies of New South Wales , Yictovla , South Australia , and Van Diemen ' s Land had in their legislative assemblies passed resolutions against the continuance of transportation to Australia , and had addressed their respective governors to recommend those resolutions to the early consideration of Her Majesty ' s Government . The petitioner prared for the immediate cessation of transportation to Van Diemen ' s Land , as a course not only necessary for the welfare of that dependency , but essential to the tranquillity of the Australasian colonies in general , and to the

      The Law Procedure ( Ireland ) Bill was brought m ana read a hrst time . CASE OF MR . PAGET . In reply to a question put by Mr . M . Milnes respecting the seizure of the private papers of Mr . Paget , at Dresden , by the Austrian police acting in Saxony . Lord Stanley said it was true that Mr . Paget , who had been resident for two years at Dresden , had had his house entered and his papers seized by the police ; but it Nvras not true that the seizure had been made by the Austrian police , but by the police of the counlr } in which he _rnsidfid . The result of the remonstrance made to the Saxon Government -was that Mr . Paget's papers had been restored , and the police who had entered bis house had received a severe reprimand . Tn _onoTOAi 1 in a _scrips nf _mipstinns bv Sii * H . Hnll _.

      Mr . Wai / pole stated tnat tne _government were oi opinion mat mere ougnt to be an _^ effectual reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts , but that no bill should be introduced for that object until the whole question now under investigation , had been fully considered ; that the Ci'own had no power to prevent what Sir Benjamin had termed " Romish" proceedings in the Church , the best mode of _checking which would be found in the good sense of the people of this country ; and lastly , that he did not see that the Government ought to interfere with the lifeincomes of any of the Bishops . At the instance of Mr . F . Peel , Sir J . _Pakington explained what he had stated on Friday on the subject of + _l . /\ nnnefittiHnn fnv tho fitt \ O nf finr \ rl _Hrrnp .

      • _UALJU Vi _XtlJSi JUUUSJfi . On the motion by Sir J . Walmsley , in the absence of Mr . Hume , that the House be called over , Sir R . Inglis objected that the call would be a bruium fulmen , and a waste of time , and said he should take the sense of the House upon the question . Mr . _Cobden thought , that as the notice seemed to have had some effect , the

      Mr . vvAiPOLE ana i _. ora j . Kusseu concurred in ine same opinion , ana Sir J . WAMSIiEY withdrew the motion . _IREtAND . — -LANDLORD AND TENANT . Mr . Napiek moved for leave to bring in a bill to facilitate the improvement o landed property in Ireland . After noticing the difficulties which beset the framing of a code of laws to regulate tbe relations between landlord and tenant of Ireland , he observed that the present circumstances of that country , while they rendered the adjustment of the land question indispensable , offered facilities for its accomplishment . He gave a sketch of the agricultural history of Ireland , in the policy which England and the Imperial Legislature had pursued with _refera-nno tn thft Irish land _question , and of the various Parliamentary investigations

      which that question naa undergone , lie men developed me ODjecis ne naa in view to remedy the agricultural evils of Ireland , in the bills he proposed to introduce . The first was to enable owners themselves to carry out fully improvements of the soil , by drainage , & c . The second was to facilitate the making of beneficial leases and contracts , and agreements for compensation for improvements oflaiids , which would promote concord and harmony betwixt landlord and tenant by showing that they had a common interest , while the tenant would enjoy full legal protection , and the landlord ' s just rights would be secuved . A third bill would simplify , consolidate , and amend the existing laws which regulate the relation of landlord and tenant , founding that relation upon the principle of _MYitrar t _. nnd _wovidins facilities for effecting : such contracts , along with

      remedies more prompt and effectual man those now existing ior violation oi contracts , withholding of rent , burning of lands , and other wrongs , simplifying , at the same time , tbe law of ejectment . The last bill would provide compensation to tenants for improvement of their holdings , a large portion of the land in Ireland being held by tenants from year to year . It was not intended to inter- fere in any way with the tenant-tight of Ulster . It was proposed to enable the tenant to offer * to undertake improvements , unless the landlord chose to avail himself of the means of effecting them , which vronld bo placed in his power ; and retrospective improvements , made by the tenant before the passing the law , would be provided for by a compensation for their unexhausted value , without resorting to schemes that would lead to the compulsory adjustment of _„„„ + tut . _ATsmier _explained at much _lensth and with great particularity the

      House Of Lords.—Monday, Nov. 22. The Duk...

      nature of those several measures , conceived , he said , in a liberal and generous spirit , with due regard to the rights of property , and the provisions by which he proposed to carry them into execution , and expressed his hope that , by this code , he might be able to give freer scope to the industry of Ireland , and work out its great resources . Mr . _Conolly spoke warmly in commendation of the proposed measures . Mi * . _Rfli'ipn . nt fiwRT . said t . hp . _rfl . irmprirfld _much in thesa hills which Was well

      worthy the consideration and adoption of the House ; but he was _convinceu tnat the last bill would give no satisfaction in Ireland . That part of the bill which related to prospective improvements was Lord Stanley ' s measure over again , and the yMH'tion referring to retrospective improvements would give no satisfaction . The bill made no provision for the rast amount of property accumulated in the north of Ireland , and he believed it would cause dismay and consternation if not

      Mr . George , on the contrary , believed that the bills would give much satisfaction . , Mr . Kirk commended tbe spirit , tone , and temper with which these measures had been introduced . After a few remarks from Mr . W . P . Uuquhabt , and from Lord Naas , who denied that there was any similarity between this bill and Lord Stanley ' s , Leave was given to bring in the four bills . The House adjourned at half-past 9 o'clock . HOUSE OF LORDS . — -Tuesday , Nov . 23 . The Lokd Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o ' clock , and thcr being no business before the House , it immediately adjourned . HOUSE OF _COMMONSr-TuwmAz _. Nov . 23 .

      Petitions were presented by Mr . Olivena , from inhabitants of the metropolis , in favour of interposition in the case of Edward Murray ; also by Sir J . Shelley ,

      jyjLl iMi _XltAUIli . Mr . C . Villiers then rose for the purpose of moving the following resolu _* tions : — "That it is the opinion of this House , that the improved condition of the countiy , and particularly of the industrious classes , is mainly the result of recent commercial legislation , and especially of the act of 1846 , which established the free admission of foreign corn j and that that act was a wise , just , and beneficial measure . That it is the opinion of this House , that the maintenance and further extension of the policy of free trade , as opposed to that of protection , will best enable the property and industry of the nation to bear the burdens to which they are exposed , and will most contribute to the general prosperity , welfare , and contentment f

      othe people . That this House is ready to take into its consideration any measures consistent with the principles of these resolutions which may be laid before it by Her Majesty ' s Ministers . " The hon and learned gentleman explained in the outset the circumstances under which he , on the part of the great party whom he represented , had considered it necessary to bring forward a motion which should set the question of Free Trade finally at rest . He alluded particularly to the paragraph in the Queen ' speech , of which he might say advisedly that be did not believe that any similar paragraph had ever been composed by a minister . With that portion of the speech he believed everybody was dissatisfied , and it was on that account that the house should come to some decision the

      on subject . He had been asked to postpone his resolutions to make way for the plans of the government ; but with those plans he considered he had nothing to do . As far as he understood that Minister last session , he consented to be tried by his country ( hear ); he submitted himself— -I will not use the irreverant expression he used—but ho said he would be tried by his country . ( Hear . ) Well , Sir , I think he has been tried , and it seems to me he Las been found wanting . ( " Hear , ' and a laugh . ) But is it any answer to such a verdict returned by such a jury that , if this will not do , we haT 8 got something else V * ( a laugh ); that " certainly- you differ from me in this matter , but if you will wait , if you will give me time , I have a colleague of such _extraordinary

      resources , or sucn astounamg acuity , mat ne will produce you something as a substitute that you will be delighted with , pleased beyond everything ; if you will only allow him to produce it , it will be perfectly satisfactory to all parties . " I will _notdenyfthat is possible . There are many geniuses of that kind , particularly in medicine—persons capable of remedying all evils of that sort ; and I will not deny the possibility of the right hon . gentleman ' s having in his office , or in his mind some measures that will be universally palatable , and at the same time I hope he will really produce them ; but , in the meantime , I think we must keep to the business for which we have assembled , and come to a decision on our future policy . The right hon . gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer comes to me d Let forward

      ansays , " me bring my measures ; let me have the precedence of you . ' We want to lay down some principle . We want to determine what is the opinion of this country as to the policy that ought to regulate our commerce , and according to the expression in the House of Lords last night , that ought to regulate our intevesst ; " but , " says the right hon . gentleman , " before you do that , let me give you my measures . " Why , the right hon . gentleman asks me to assume that some mischief has been done—that some _reparationfis due . ( Hear , hear . ) I hear of converts on the other side—of persons honestly desirous to support the new policy , but that persons on the other side are so factiously disposed that they try to prevent that new policy being fully carried out . Give us some intimation that you are honest converts- —that you are inclined to adopt those viewsand all the forbearances

      , you can expect you shall receive ; but , as far as we can make out at this moment , you are no converts at all—you are acting from necessity . ( A laugh . ) You dissolved the last Parliament—you get a verdict against you—and you do what you call "bow to the decision of the country . " ( A laugh . ) I must say a more convenient mode of dissolving Parliament and adopting a course afterwards , when you have been unsuccessful , could hardly be taken , because it ' s a sort of " heads , I win—tails , you lose . ' ( A . laugh . ) " If you are successful , we bow ; if we are successful , we adapt our own policy ; at all events we remain in . " ( A laugh . ) My motion has already done some good ; it has done this good , —it has produced the amendment of the right hon . gentleman . ( Hear , hear . ) I assure the ri ght hon . gentleman I derived very great satisfaction from it , —not that it is an amendment upon my resolution , but upon the politics of the right hon . gentleman . I am told , and I received the information within a few moments of entering the housethat if it should be de

      , - clared by a majority of this house tnat the repeal of the law which has had the efiect the right hon . gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer has stated , and which I have so often stated in this house , will be unwise or unjust , we have a prospect of the resignation of this Government . ( " Hear , '' and a laugh . ) I can assure the right hon . gentleman and his colleagues that , whatever they may think of the motives of the person who proposes this resolution , I have not the smallest desire to see them dismissed . ( "Oh , oh !») I do not deny that the noble earl at the head of the government is a great authority of what is faction , He has been , as he stated last night , 30 years before the public ; the public have had the opportunity of witnessing his conduct

      tor the last thirty years , ( hear ) and I , as one of the public , do not dispute his authority in such matters ( hear ); but it is still possible , I can assure the noble earl , for a man to be singleminded on a matter of this sort—to have but one purpose before him still possible for a man not to be ready to adopt every principle and abandon every party for the sake of power . ( Hear , hear . ) I care , however , very little , whether credit is given or not to the statement I have made by hon . _gentlemen opposite and , do you know , I believe this great country would survive even the great calamity with which , as I understand , it is contingently menaced by righ hon and hon . gentlemen . opposite . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) I should b _* extremely sorry to see it happen , but , though it happen , I am still not without nopes ior tne country . ( Hearnearand laughter ) I have heard

      , , . of such thin Ks before ( laughter , ) and have seen such things happen without the _wsult of anv very fearful consequences . In fact , I myself am not disposed to attach so much importance to the existence of a Ministry as some people are . I have seen four or five Ministries in office since I have been in Parliament , and , so Uv as I have been able to judge , theve has been a very strong family likeness betweeii them . The country never suffers very much ; those who accede to _powej generally do that which they resisted in opposition , just as those they s ucceec did before them . My own impression is that no great genius is required tc administer government . I believe that all the real business in the public office is done by a certain number of public servants , of whom we hear very little am that it must be owing to great want of judgment , or some defect of capacitv whenever a government becomes sufficiently unpopular to be displaced That may not be misunderstood I _re-state that in making this motion I * have » _, object of displacing the Ministry . I do not act as a partisan on the occasion Jit the same time , as gentlemen opposite do not seem satisfied with what I say will find tnoT . viiavo trmt _metVlanoTnotit- in _¦» ¦ ¦ ? _^ „„

      _~— _» . * » .. , r .. _ _vw-ui- _j x suumu uo uuiie reconciled t the event . Without troubling the House with a mas of statistics , I have here f . 1 _L SmaIler m ! _T ' Which metly iU < tvates _«* policy which hope the Chancellor of the Exchequer intends to pu sue . The city of Loll alone affords a most conclusive illustration of the _enormous effects that are nr < duced by a reduction in the price of articles of food upon the availability nf tl people's means for purchasing other articles . The population of land ™ cerding to the most moderate calculation is 2 , 500 , 000 , From July 1828 ; _£

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1852, page 245, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_27111852/page/5/