ARRIVAL OF THE LULU.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3977, 21 May 1870, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF THE LULU.

The clipper fore-and-aft schooner Lulu, Captain E. McLeod, arrived in harbour yesterday morning from a cruise amongst the islands of the New Hebrides. She brings onefpassenger, Misa Chapman, and' 27 natives. A full acoount of her cruise will be found in Another column,

The outtera Agnes and Hero arrived yesterday from Russell, with full cargoes of ooals, " - The barque Ismay is landing her cargo in very good condition. The brie Rita left Tanna on April Bth in search of labour. She had been out two months, but had met with very little success. Launch. — We learn that "a fine schooner has recently been'lajonched, at .Mahurangi, and named the Letitia.' ' She is expected to A arrive in this harbour in"' a few' days hence* ~ The schooner has been built for Captain Gr. Trayte, who will, we understand, employ her in the South Sea Island "trade. ' ; The schooner Southern Cross wilLsail for Norfolk, Island to-day.' 2 . „ VI V*The schooner ; Kate Grant sailed for,,^Vha*. n|areilast evening.-: =,y, y ;. - c^ ' ,1 .. { \'^ -f {;

The a. a. Star of the South is due from Napier to-day. - The s.s. Taranaki is due here from Napier and Southern ports, and the s.s. Rangatira in the Manukau from Southern ports to-day. The Tattranoa. — The s.s. Tauranga, Captain Bolger, arrived from. Tauranga yesterday at noon. She left Tauranga at 7 p.m. on the previous evening, and experienced S.W. winds during the passage. The schooner Tauranga and cutter Stag were lying there when the Tauranga left. '" " The Samson. — The p.s. Samson, Captain I MundJe, returned from her trip to .Russell yesterday morning, having left the Bay at 4 p.m. She brings eight passengers and the 1 following cargo :—l3: — 13 sacks gum, W. J. ' Hurst ; 10 cases apples, 7 bundles bags, 9 cases, 1 parcel, 30 tons coal. The Samson took her departure again in the afternoon for Whangarei, having a general cargo ana a number of passengers. Excursionsto the Lake. -By advertisement it will be seen that the favourite p. s. Royal ! Alfred is announced to make excursion trips to the Lake on the Queen's Birthday (Tuesday next). We und* rstand, however, that the Duke of Edinburgh will not be taken off the Thames ti % ade on that day, so that ourfriends at the Thames will be unable to complain of being ignored and left without means of communication with Auckland on the 24th nstant. The Tawera. — The schooner Taweratook her departure last evening for Poverty Bay, having three passengers and the following cargo on board :—3O: — 30 "bags sugar, 20 cases old torn. 19 packages drapery, 1 hhd. rum, 1 |r-cask brandy, 10 cases gin, 20 cases brandy, 24 packages merchandise, 20 cases whiskey, 10 bags sugar, 14 packages, Owen and Graham ; 51 packages, E. Porter and Co. ; i-tierce tobacco, C. Davis ; 10 packages, [ L. D. Nathan and Co. ; 14 packages, J. S. Macfarlane ; 4 parcels, Upton Brothers ; 50 sacks lime, 4,000 bricks, GOO feet timber, J. S Macfarlane ; 2 tons flour, Thornton, Smith, and Firth ; 67 sacks biscuits, 35 package*, J. S. Macfarlane; 1 sewingmachine, 7 packages, Winks and Hall ; 50 A -cases cm, J. S Macfarlane; 532 pieces timber, G-. Holdship ; 2 kegs nail, Newman and Ewen ; 28 empties, Buckland; 10 drums oil, J. S Macfarlane British Sailors — At a recent meeting of the boys of her Majesty's ship Cumberland and the Glasgow Foundry boyi, Captain Alston, the commander of the training ship Cumberland, lamented that the class of the true old Bi itisli sailor is fast dying out. Our ships are to a most humiliating and alarming extent manned by foreigners. The captain of the Spmduft has stated in open court that he would rather have bl.icks than British sailois put into his ship. We must not blmk the fact that this is tine. The premiums on insurance are rising, wrecks are becoming more frequent and disastrous, and we are fast losing our ancient prestige as the best sailors in the world. Captain Alston, referring to training ships, said that in them was presented ,an opportunity of mitigating the effect 1 ) of the blunder and sin we have committed in neglecting our street Arabs to a most depl oi able extent, and at the same time for creating seminaiies of British sailors of the old type.