AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Evening Star, Issue 3545, 3 July 1874, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Melbourne, June 27, The Legislative Assembly has been discussing the Constitution Bill in Committee, and whether money Bills should or should not bo de?lt with by the two Houses sitting together. The steamship Somersetshire has arrived, after a run of fifty-six days. The Cyphrenes, with the Californian mailleft ban Francisco on Sunday, June 21. . Maher, who was committed for perjury in connection with Buckley’s will, is to be tried by a special jury. Several arrests have been made on account of sugar thefts from Dalgety and Blackwood. About L 1,500 has been subscribed for tho Burns boys, rendered armless at Portland by an accident.

_ Sydney. Parliament was prorogued on Thursday. The speech congratulates on the revenue, the establishment of the Californian service, and pro miseS' early attention to the new electric cable sanctioned by Parliament. The Governor’s minute on the Gardiner case confirms the intention to exile him. The matter is causing public dissatisfaction. ihe Electoral Bill is shelved for the session. Incessant rains continue in the const districts. The steamer Flintshire has been got off. She proceeds to Sydney for repairs. Most of tha effects have been saved.

_, _ Brisbane. The Land Bill has passed the Assembly. The Deceased Wife Sister's Bill has passed the second reading in the CounciL

, Adelaide. The barque Contest, from Port Darwin, has been wrecked on the Coast near Freemantle. All hands saved.