MISCELLANEOUS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2712, 27 March 1866, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

The brig Rita, Captain Robertson, sailed yesterday afternoon for Sydney, with a cargo of 1,000 baga potatoes, gum, ' hides, timber, kc.-, and 11 __ passengers, whose names were given in yesterday's issne. The barque Frederick BaasiJ, Captain Whitta, entered outwards at the Customs yesterday for Valparaiso, in ballast. The. barque Ceres, Captain Lorenzen, entered outwards at the Customs yesterd^r for Guam, in ballast. The barque Anne Melhuish, Captain Williams, cleared at the Customs yesterday for Newcastle, N.S.W., with a cargo of 20,000 feet of sawn timber, 200 bags potatoes, and 13 passengers, whose names will be found elsewhere. She will sail this morning. The paddle-steamer Prince Alfred, Captain Farqubar, will leave the Manukau, for Port Waikato and Raglan, at 7 o'clock this evening, having been detained until that hour for Government stores. The ship Alexandra, which we announced as amongst the departures for thh port in our English shipping telegrams, comes consigned to Mr. David Nathan, and not to Messrs, Cruickshank, Smart, and Co., as stated in a paragraph under this heading yesterday. if.M. s. Curagoa, Commodore Sir William Wiseman, arrived at Hobart Town from this port on the Hth instant. . , . H.M. 8. Falcon, Captain Parkin, also arrived at Hobart Town, from Sydney, on the following day. The barque Prince Regent, Captain Mcßurney, arrived at Newcastle on the lfith iustaut from this port, and the brig Gratia, Captain Davies, on the following day, after quick runs. The ship signalled all yeaterday did not make the harbour up to the time of going to press. She was supposed to be a Hamburg vessel, from Hong Kong, with tea, reported off Cape Brett eight days ago by the barque Frederick Bassil, which arrived from the Cape. The Revenge left the Mauritius for Auckland on the 24th January, with 5,783 bags sugar. The barque Constance, Captain Elliott, left Newcastle, N.S. W., for this port on the 12fch inst,, with a cargo of 480 tons coal (

Wbeck of the ship Pietuo Marconi. — By the mail steamer wo have intelligence of the loss of the ship Pietro Marconi, bound from New York for Hong Kong, "with 47 persons on board. The vessel, which was of Callao, and 1,681 tons, caught fire on j the 23rd December. The passengers and crew escaped by the boats, and were picked up by the Sydney barque Fanny Fisher, bound to the Mau- i ritiua. We shall give particulars of the occurrence in our next. The cattle ship Hydra, Captain Skene, left Newcastle, JST.S.W., on the 11th instant, for this port, with a cargo of 200 head cattle, 150 sheep, and 14 tons hay. It is probable that the ship signalled yesterday may prove to be her, instead of the Hong Kong «hip reported by the Frederick BassiL The schooner Petrel wont ashore in the Richmond river on the 13th, and became a total wreck. The crew were all saved. The Petrel was in this port about two months ago, and re-decked and re-fitted. The barque Gloriosa arrived at Valparaiso in December last from this port. The barque Alice Cameron arrived at Sydney on the 15th instant, eight days out from Auckland. The following coasters entered inwards at the Customs yesterday : — Bessy, from Thames ; Agnes, from Kawau ; Comet, from Puhoi > Shamrock, from Tairua ; Saucy Lass, from Napier, via Mercury Bay; Four Sisters, from "Wade ; Martha, from Cabbage Bay ; Hero, from Mercury Bay ; Cornstalk, from Waiheki ; and Three Sisters, from Mercury Bay. The outter Agnes, Joseph, master, sailed last evening for the Kawau, with sundry merchandise, and six passengers. The cutter Comet, Deen, master, sailed last evening for Puhoi, with sundries, and one passengers. The cutter Uob Roy, McLeod, master, soiled last evening for Kennedy's Bay, with sundry merchandise, and two passengers. The cutter Bessy, Edwiwda, master, sailed last i evening for the Thames, with sundry merchandise. I The p.s. Tasmanian Maid, Captain Jackson, left I the wharf last evening for Coromandel, with a number of passengers. The cutter Cornstalk, Seymour, master, sailed last evening for Mahurangi, in ballast. The cutter Four Sisters, Gomez, master, sailed last evening for the Wade, with sundry merchandise and four passengers. The cutter Shamrock, Stephens, maßter, sailed last evening for Tairua, in ballast.