BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Post, Issue 89, 23 May 1865, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

The Daily Times of Saturday last contains the following from their Port Chalmers correspondent, dated Friday night : — The barque Wi Ham Watson, from Newcastle, brings Sydney dates to the 6th, Melbourne and Adelaide to the 4th, and later English news. The Hydra, Affiance, Bengal, and Bella Vista, had arrived at Newcastle. The Affiance was loading coal for Otago, and the Bengal cattle for Auckland. On arrival of the Hydra, the captains of American vessels lying up in consequence of the Shenandnah's visit to the colonies, waited upon Captain Skene, as to the truth of the report of his vessel being boarded by the cruiser off West ( 'ape. Captain Skene contradicts the report. In New South Wales, Ben Hall's and other gangs are still at work. One of Captain Thunderbolt's gang has been shot hy the police. Quinlan is to receive £300 for shooting Morgan. The re»>t of the £1000 is to te divided among those a'ding at his capture. Flour at Sydney, £23; seconds, £21. At Melbourne, a new steamer, the

llangitot'), for the Panami service, arrived after a very rapid passage, having been oiily fifty-seven days at sea. B'own was executed for the murder committed by him at the Whktington Tavern, Bourke street. '1 lie Colonial Treasurer had introduced a measure for tlie establishment of a branch of the Royal Mint at Melbourne. The estate of Carter and Watts, merchants, Little Collins street, has been assigned to trustees. The New Tariff and the Border Customs chiefly engage public attention. Important sales of sugar, ex rec nt arrivals, have taken place at the following prices: — £30 lor rations, £31 for brown, £32 to £33 for medium counters, £35 to £37 for flue couuteis. Breadstuffs are reporfed in mode* ate demand. Adelaide flour is dull at £22 Wheat steady at 9s. 6d. Active movement in kerosene ; 7000 cases arrived, and changed hands. Consignments of Brass's stout, just arrived, quitted at 9s 6d. At Adelaide busi iehS was very quiet. Returns of past harvest showed 60,000 tons of wheat avaible for export. The quantity exported last quarter was 20,000 tons, being 10,000 tons icss than la»t year. Flour, £19 to £20? wheat, 8s 4.1 at port. Mauritius dates to April 2nd have been received. It was reported thut >>ir H nry Barkly had been offered the Governorship of Madras. [ The sourcp of the English news is not stated, hut the following items are given : A sugar refining establish men t at Edinburgh bad fallen in, causing the death ot several persons. Warm debates had t iken place in the House of Lords on a petition against transportation to Australia. A fire had broken out in Houndsditch, causing, a loss of £80,000. The failure of several large houses in the Cl<i"a tratle is reported. The Confederates had been defeated in Arkansas. Lee has withdrawn the Confederate armies inland', intending to form two book's, one to operate in Eastern Virginia, the oilier in South Carolina. The Imperiu ists had beeen defeated in Mexico. The Government of Bogota refuses to permit the passage of foreign troops across the Isthmus of Panama. In'vurcargill, Friday, 6 p.m. Albion sailed at 2 p m. Marke s.— Flour, Adela.de, £25 ; Chillian, not quoted. A meeting is to be held to-night, to memorialise Gonorul Assembly with ruleranoe to Land Bill for South and. Weather - Cloudy and uncertain.