Australian.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1787, 24 September 1874, Page 3

Australian.

• Sydney, Sept. 17. Gilchrist, Watt ■&. Co., agents for the steamer Cyphrenes, have chartered Iher to the A.S.N. Company. They also offer the Macgregor and Mikado. The Cyphrenes has undergone a thorough refit^during her stay in port. She ha« left ior Newcastle to coal. On her returld trip she will take in cargo, etc., for San Francisco, and leaves with the mails for England on the 26th instant. Her substitution for the City of Adelaide is in every sense advantageous. ilr. Russell's arrival from Auckland is anxiously looked for both in this colony and Victoria.

The Mikado left Frisco to date, as the 13th there is our 12th.

Mbiißoubnb, Sept. 17. The Commodore reporting on the "Victorian naval training system approves of it.;: ; \ ''.■'. -* After strong opposition the Tariff Bill, increasing the duties on some%articles from 10 to 20 per cent., was carried. The Church Assembly has met. The Bishop reported that there were 42 cijjnsecrated churches, and 196 unconsecrated, with other buildings, making a total of 703 places of worship. *" £4.500 has been ofFered for Goldsborough. ' The miners are petitioning for a reduction of the duty on kerosene and candles recently increased by.the new tar ff. Business dull. Currants, sd; Tennant's ale, 10s; breadstuffs, unchanged; maize, ss. v Adelaide. 14,000 bushels wheat sold at 5s Id. .;.-.■; Tasmania. A youth sixteen years of ; age has been sentenced to death for rape on a woman of seventy-three. ■•■; Lattncbstok. In the estate of White, Mills & Co. the direct liabilities amount to from £12,000 to £13,000; contingent liabilities, £25,000 to £30,000, and the only assets available amount to about £3000. The firm is indebted to Peters, Barnard & Co. £34*000 for accommodation bills. Dunedin, This day. Judge Chapman gave judgment yesterday re '(3uardian contempt of Court case. He said, if the article. complained of had ended with the primary object of advocating the expediency of preserving the inviolability of the telegraph there would heve been no occasion for the rule ; but it went beyond that. In his opinion it hadthe tendency imputed to it, though not so strong as.to evince a depraved intention. He therefore decided that the usual consequence as to costs would be a sufficient vindication ,of the law, l> which did not sanction any writing-pending an action which reflects, however cautiously, upon proceedings of parties to an action, or of their solicitor or counsel. The rule was made absolute, with costs. ' :.-:^{ Chhistchfbch, this day. Tol-Lytteltcn Times this morning says that C. C. Bbwen; B.M. of Christchurch, has been offered a portfolio in the Cabinet and a seat in the Upper House. The department offered to Mr. Bowen is that of Minister of Justice.'; ,«,

The latest educational returns show that there are in the Province 73 school districts and 84 schools; - with 117 male and 127 female teachers, and 4957 male and 4398 female scholars ; the total number of scholars is equal to one-sixth of the whole population of the province.