MISCELLANEOUS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3056, 13 May 1867, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

thei P..N.Z., and A.R.M. Co.'s s.i. Lord Ashley, Captain Worap, will leave for Tauranga and Southern port* this afternoon, with cargo and passengers* • The steamers SUr of the South and Beautiful Star Railed on Saturday eyening for Napier, with cargoes and pauengMi. JJi« ship Warwioll^hanled alongside the wharf yetterday morning, and will commence discharging cargo to-d*y. . > The barque Constance hauled alongside the Queen* ftreet "Wharf on Saturday, to discharge cargo.

The cutttr Sovereign of the Seal arrived on Saturday from Tauranga, in ballast, in charge of Captain Mollrr. She brings Mr. Daly, storekeeper. The outter Margaet, McQarvey, master, sailed yesterday afternoon for Cororaandt 1. She takes a cargo of sundries and five passengers. The cutter Alpha. Mo Hugh, master, left for the Kawau on Saturday last "with a deputation to wait upon his Excellency, and returned early yesterday morning. Passengers : Messrs. Walton and Hesketb. The schooner Argo arrived last evening from Wangarei, [in charge of Captain Daries. She left Wangarei at 7 p.m. last Saturday. Reports the schooner Mapere and outter Smuggler as having arrived at Wangarei on Saturday morning. She brings two head of cattle and four tons kauri gum. The cutter Janet Gray arrived yesterday from Tauranga via Mercury Bay, in charge of Captain Stafford. She left Tauranga last Tuesday, and arrived in Mercury Bay last Wednesday. Reports having had squally weather all the way up. The cutter Sarab, Simpson, master, arrived yesterday from tbe Thames.with 4 tons kauri gum. Keports that tbe natives are all quiet in the Thames district. The eohooner General Cameron, Joyce, master, arrived yesterday from the Bay of Islands. She reports the whaler Rosenburg leaving for the whaling grounds when the General Cameron left. The cutter Wangarei arrived yesterday from Wangarei, in charge of CaptainAnderaen. Reports the schooner Argo leaving for Mangapai for oargo for this port. She also reports the cutter Orpheus as having arrived at Wangarei. The schooner Sea Breeze arrived yesterday from Russell, Bay of Islands, in obarge of Captain Norris. She left the Bay on Friday night last ; had strong S. W. winds and squally weather all the way up. Th 9 outter Mayflower was got up on Saturday evening. We are sorry to have to state that the body of the master has sot been found yet. The B.s. Enterprise No. 2 arrived yesterday from the Kawau, with his Honor the Superintendent. W. Weaver, Esq., and the Rer. Mr. Thatcher, Private Seoretary to &is Excellenoy, remained at the Kawau. The Dismasted Ship Ethiopian. — Prom the Sydney Empire, April 20. — On the Bth instant a dismasted and disabled ship was seen off Sydney Beads, and much anxiety was felt with regard to her safety, as the weather was very tempestuous, and the vessel was apparently unable to contend with severe gales. The A.S.N. Company's steamship Florence Irving was despatched in search, but returned without any news of the distressed vessel. On Saturday, however, his Imperial Majesty's steam* ship of war Marceau, Captain Galache, brought the dismasted ship safely into this port, where she now lies. She proves to be the Ethiopian, of 840 tons, Captain Faulkner, and was bound from Melbourne to Shanghai. She is the property of Messrs. Thompson, of Aberdeen, and was considered about the fastest ship in the Aberdeen clipper line, having made only tbree voyages before, when the distance between London and Melbourne was traversed in sixty-eight days, seventy-two days, and seventy days respectively. The Ethiopian has 800 tons of coal on board. We have much pleasure in giving publicity to the following letter from Captain Faulkner:—* 'To Captain 'Galaohe, Commander of H.T.M. s. Marceau. Sir, — I am at a loss to thank you in adequate terms for the invaluable assistance you have rendered in bringing into port the disabled ship Ethiopian, under my command. Permit me, however, to express to you my warmest gratitude, and to entreat you to convey to your officers and crew an assurance of my thanks. I was in sight of this port on the Bth instant, and have been knocking about within 20 miles of the Heads ever since ; indeed but for your assistance, it is doubtful when 1 should have reached the harbour. With the sincere3t gratitude permit me to subscribe myself, Your obliged servant, (Signed) William Faitlkner." The Ckaig Ellachik.— The brig Craig Ellachie, H, A. Westbrook, master, which left here on the 23rd January, for Hobart Town, by way of Lady Elliotts Island, calling at the latter place for guano, returned to port on Wednesday last, for repairs, rendered necessary by stress of weather. Since the date of the vessel leaving here until her return she has been able to secure only ten working days at Lady Elliotts Island, the occasional unfavourable state of the weather making it necessary for her to stand on and off; she experienced a considerable share of the late gale which raged along the coast from the 11th to the 15th. ultimo ; during that time Bhe drove 233 miles from Lady Elliotts Island, in a N.W. direction, and for several days the master of the vessel was in complete ignorance of his position, the nature of the weather completely baffling all attempts to take observations. Captain Weatbrook has kindly furnished its (HocJihampton Bulletin) with a copy of his log during those days, but our space compels us to condense it to the following relation of particulars. Wednesday, March 13, 4 a.m. — Wind increased, if possible, in force from S.S.E., with incessant rain ; at 8 a.m. the maintopsail (a new one) ripped in the seams, and the mainyard, although secured with double preventive braces, bent like a willow wand, and had to be taken in ; bent a second maintrysail, the first having ripped from leach to luff; the peak of the second was not up before the sail blew to to ribbons ; then bent a small awning sheet to deepen her head, as she was rolling so fearfully that we momentarily expected to see the masts go by the board; about 9, the water changed in colour from deen blue to patches of dirty yellow, and the wind veered to E. S. E ; supposed the vessel was under, the lee of Capricorn Group, and driving broadside on ; as a last resource doubled the main deck awning, and made it fast in the main rigging, to deepen her bow and bring her drift more westerly ; the hurricane raged all night, and in the absence of observations, and not knowing the drift of the current, Captain Westbrook was in total ignorance of his position. Thursday, 14, 4 a.m., blowing furiously, with weather so thick that nothing could be seen at a distance of twice the length of the vessel ; the pumps were tried every hour, and the vessel found peifectly tight j had she been less of a good seaboat neither bulwark, nor stancheon, nor anything on deck would have remained. Should the vessel have gone on the reefs their only hope of safety lay in a boat, the property of Captain Robertson, that was used in loading guano, and lay upon the deck. Particular care was taken of her ; she was " baled" out as soon as a sea came aboard, and oars and masts lashed in readiness for use. At 5 a.m. glass barely on the rise, and set maintop-sail, close reefed ; at 7 set foretop-sail, close reefed : long lulls in the wind, but weather still bad ; set foretopmast staysail ; 8, moderated a little, but still blowing a heavy gale ; weather cleared a little, but again thickened ; had no observations for four days, and the position was not an enviable one ; bent lower studdingsail for storm trysail, and found it to answer by deepening her bow ; at 7 p.m. weather lulled down at once, and as four or five sea birds alighted exhausted, and died upon the deck, judged that they were under the lee of the coast or Bell Cay.