MISCELLANEOUS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue 2612, 1 December 1865, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tli« oaty arrival yesterday was the e> lt« VWon, from MahmMutt, with »!x pauenrers. and the following can.o .— 10 boxtabixtur and eggs, W bags corn fljur, 7 tugs kauri gum, "Tht'JVtSSnUn M»M, CipUln Jackson, leftlhtwhart at noon ye*«rday for Coromandel, with t«n j*ssenjer*. sd » wUlreturklabeitnlng. « ' TUe brtraallnt l'ieard. CaplMu CrfHHht, «nire«l »t llobArt Town, fruca thU port. on tut lit ult, and reports experiencing westerly wia.U and calms until she reached port. Mit left VuckUml ou tht 231 U September, and spoke the Urilom Qoeen on C« tin I October, N..V.K. off Capt Barren. Tin buHme Alexander. Ciiitaln ""inpiUr. Is loading timber at t&c Ksipara foe Adelaide. Th« Alexander left thU port jn th« 27th October, and will takt her departure from lb lhVbSrHTb?C»pUln"vilU«m,, .ailed for the Head, lut CTenlnr. wien th« wind moderated. She takes a general cargo for HokUar*, where »he will load timber for >rdney. Mr. llrren, fna., and Miss Ilrvers, were jiMienjers to Hokianga. Thtbrlr AnstralU irtite.l at tht Kalpara on Sunday from Wanganai. to load timber for that |Kirt. Heport* the arrival at Wangural of the brlgantlnt Express, Captain kilgour. from Auckland, t»o days beton ibt left, with oO loni Coiumltsuut stores and oilier cargo. Tht foUawins consttn cltared at the Customs yesterdajr :— ncro,cutt«r, for Mercury !»*/•; S»r»li Alict, cotur, for Cororuodel: iltotn, ichooner, for lalrua: Mle, schooner, for CsbbaserUy:^ Kildi, cutter, for SUtakani; «»t«rU!r. euiter, for Walhelei; Arco, uhtoner. for J>|-ttnjum: Ojde, scbooner, for \Vani[»po» Tho follcwinK coulch entered Inwards at the Customs ycj. UnUv .— Eapld, cutttr, from Walroa : Indujtrr, Khooner, from 'rauraaj^ » I* •Mercury Day, Ccneral Cameron, schooner, from RuiieJl. Vay of Winds ; lleUn, ichooner, from T»Unnja, vti Mercury Iliv. titlcon, schooner, from Hokitika, Tia CiibUig* Bay : fljd?, sihooner, from Wantapo>, Sirali Alice, cutter, from Uiromandil , Vision, cutter, from Maliuilic cuCUr Volunteer, Captain Hull, uf this port. has arri>ed at Imercu-fill from lloklukn, luting made the run In IH« ,Utv Mm spoke the culler 'Hire* bisten, o( this port, off KmMiUloo. Island. TheLhtuu banjn* Itumcna nrrirW atOta)(Ofrom Tome on tht l'Jth ultimo, vith a carco of breadituCTs, asd reports as follows :— " On the 25th of October ih* luut a itronr breeze from the iratward, with a \ery hcxty swell from S.W. lh« ilni>,wlilca,wu at tin time lailinr, wFlh lopcallvit sail slowed, pitclKil he-iTilj , and cacrieil nvriiy nnin topyalUut mast, totetopmast, lad jib boom, with all connecting tear and saiU. It wn (ouml taipouiblc to smc nnj of the latter, au<l all standIn; riictftruc m cut auay to extrlcato the ship from tho wreck of tht Julias spars Hie nilien topmast was ut«d ai a fore, tupmaat, ud In that position remained during the re^t of the pauaxo From tin date of this nccldent slie had stroiif winds from N.W. and S \V , until her airi>»L She spoke no teuels, bat Caputa Schroder reports the arrival of tht (hip Mornlic I.lory from Melbourne, on Jnty 2.1, and the tantut Trieste, from Auckland, on Augutt 2t, th» Litter baring raailt tbt passan la ii days, lie reports also that on July 17th tn* American sitip Dirllng, from llaker't Island, bound for U\orpool, arrirtd at Valparaiso for repairs, luring been at sea for «2 dtp, dssaasted. Her repair*, It vu estimated, « ould cost 40.000 dollus. Tin Klxctmc Liuiit at Sin. —ln comeo.uenco «f the sooccii of experiments in France of Ashing by means of tht electric li«4it— the light ittractlng the nsh In shotls— tht French Uotvrnment hivii ordered that rarloas new eiptrlment* for i nnwfe n' ?i irt*. i'i^m «'mll h« n\ f * '< I - •' conrettt Cbltf ny, 350 horst power, of tl t Imperial JS'ary. These lut trUts h«\o succeeded to well, that the Ministry o( Matlne has decided that all tho >ast rcxaditeadof Cherbourg thall bt Uluainated with tin electric light during the visit of tbt Englfooi iron-clad rieet In connection n lib electric lightIng, wo nur remird oar readers ttat tht French baTe for many months ru« had on' of the'two ll|;h(houscs of L» llc\e, at Harre, liih.wJ by electricity, and that ther art so satisfied with the result that preparations are now being nude to apply it to the othw : after which It will bt gradually extended to all ll|hllioiuM. Ity tho s)stem tlio French eraiiloy, all tht inconrenitneo wildi pretlously attended electric lifbUnr, particularly llioitfcf sudden extinction, Mid want of sufficient coHtrol ortr the lic&t,lu\ebeenremo\ed: while a light which is much steadier th^a Hit ordiniry one, Isneo much further at wa, and w hub. potsesscs the incstlmahlo adiaiitAge of piercing foes lo a evaiidcnvble distance. Is obtained The e\|>cntt of lb« «)ot.Uic Ufht at La Iteteli not mort than that of the ordinary li^lt, and the belief Is thai, when further expcrlenco shall litre t«a gained, it ctn be mnilo much cheaper — " MUcb#U j IteniKcr,' August li wew c are ptrojol to be nb'e to agnln_rccotiU!i« incceM of our 'v!h!la%.~iavuinKiTuoiai, of tht wliaiini'b'nf icioria, c»mt up f root hU vessel on W ednesday nisht, learlag tht brir at anchor vtf Huron I»l»nd. HwVictorU na» been out about eluht caontbs altogether, and camt Into port »omt four months back and landed forty tuns sperm oiL Captain KejnoUi now reports ha\lng on board Wtuni, maklnf th» haodtoa:* cat«.h of 73 turn In about tight months. Tht Victoria being fitted out for 12 month] In the first Instance, It Is the inteutlo'nof ilr. Jltdberg. tht owner of tht brig, that ( sht th^ll complete her time, so that Captala Beynolds will join kU tetsel thl. morning, taking on board some fresh supplies. Captain Reynolds reports tht Kunnjmede. whaling b.rqn*. CapUln liajley, on lb« *th October off KMtyoo Island, with 00 tuns sperm, out about 10 months. Tht Maid of En». Captain Cattin, put Into Port Darcy, on Saturday last, dean. Iht Emily Downing was off kini/i Island, with same omantity ai last reported Captain Reymolds also reports that oo tht Uih uf last month he ipokt tht Emily Downing, and Il—^I 1 —^ Mr. Mamfield. tht second mate, who had met with as accUeot, u previously reporteii, had recoTertd.— " ilobart Towm Herald," .Norember 5 On Thursday one of tht Keenans, engaged on the whtUng statlom down tht sound, whllt out In his bo*l discovered tht mainsust of a Tcuel. with mainsail and mainboom attached. Ihere «u also a portion of the mabunrouds and chain plates hangis* to tht mast Tbt portions of the wreck appear to hart belonged to a ketch newly built. No name was branded on anr portion of the wreck, but It was qulU evident the vessel taut hart completely broken up. Mr. James Kiley, Ute matt of the Mhooner Emerald tslt, while bringing that Testers boat round to Ficlon on tht 19th Instant, taw a vessel, apparently a barque, resembling tht Rangoon, under jurymuU. ll* was at tht tlmo off Pullunder Point, th« barque c%lilei-T in»Utii for Wclllnjton !t wvs blowiij much too bard (-oin N\ W. lo attempt to board her. Sbt was olisirred suddta2y to shorten sail, when a heavy cq«all struck tht vessel, sad sht was lost sight of about 0 p m. — " Marluorou|h Press."