AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 484, 1 June 1865, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

(From the Sydney Morning Herald.) Melbourne, Mav 17. Tlie Diadem, schooner, brc-ke from her anchorage at Circular Head during the late g-.le, and became u total wreck. Crew saved. The signal master at Cape Otway reports that the Noriham refused to answer his signals on Saturday last. The Woiicn and Barwon are supposed to luive t afcen shelter in 1 wofold Day. Arrived. — Gem of th» Ocean, from Boston. At auction, trie whole of the sugars were disposed ?f, bat the rice offered was withdrawn at £'23. Wheat declined 3d ; kerorene steady. ft i< reported here that a telegram 'dated London, .'.prii 11th, states that toe Federals had been anniltiluted by Johnstone, Lee, and Be.-.ureirard, who eiiected a function, attacked Grant's line, and routed him. Adelaide, May 15. Owing to a break down in the telesraph between Mount" Gambierund Victoria, the usual late telegrams of English news could not be transmitted. A u.'ofion has passed the House of Assembly for the continuance of the branch mail service fo the Sound for sis months after the expiration of the present contract. A fearful gale occurred in the Gulf on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The embankment gave way at Adelaide, inundating the low land, and causing great damage to property. There, was a tremendous St>2. The Riiugatira could not land the nisil, and the pilot boat, with s. good crew, was swamped in attempting to board her ; four lives were lost. The beach, from Glenelg up, is strewed with wrecks, r.oats, wooden houses, bathing-houses. Ac. The large boat-sh°d wa9 blown down. The Miguel wn3 totallv wrecked at Tipara Eeef. The Unngatira sails to-moirow at 4 p.m. The Coofone sailo'l nt 3 p.m. Fiour dull of sale at Ss. in town to millers. Heavy rains near Adelaide, but only parlial showers in the nor:hern districts- Great mortality amonsst sheep, eatUe, and horst-s there.

:.ray 17. Tho weather has moderated, but is still thowery. Subscriptions are being raised to alleviate the distress caused by <he inundation at the Port: there is a strong feeling";is to who is to blame for the weak state of the embankment. Business is quiet: eornsaeks lower, sales at 13s Gd. Bottled stout verr firm at 1 Is. Brandv shows signs

of improvement. Nothing doing in breadatufis: prices nominal ; wheat. Ss.—flour, £18 10s to £20. Arrived: >lizabeth .Douthvraite, from London. 1 he Bansa'.ira sails to-morrow. The Aldinga anxiously looked for, as ehe w.is expected on Monday. General satisfaction at the re-opening of telegraphic communication. The damage at Port greater than at first surmised. Thc-ri! is general sympathy with the sufferers. A motion was made in the Assembly for Government to supplement privato subscriptions. A motion was carried in the Council for the appointment of a commission of iuquirr into the state cf the Northern runs, and losses sustained by sqiiatlers there from drought. Business quiet. No alteration in prices of flour or wheat, but speculation busy.