Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 817, 27 June 1866, Page 3

Shipping Intelligence.

il AUCKL AN D. Weather.—June 2G—Cloudy. Wind N.E. VESSELS JN HARBOUR. I JJ.M.S.S. Br isle, from a cruise. H/iT-S-S- Esk, from a cruise, Alexandra, ship, from London. I- Clyde, schooner, from Wangapoa. i coral Q«ecn, schooner, from tho South Soa Islands. Geftcral Cameron, schooner, from Russell. Ladv Darling, schooner, from Melbourne. Lark, sohooner, from Wairoa, Hawko's Bay. Otagf, s.s., from Sydney. Pukehs, brig, from Adelaide. Queen of the North, ship, from London. Bos« Ann, schooner, from Napier via Tologft Bay. Sylph, schooner, from Kaipara. Star of tho South, s.s., from Napier. Tasmania Maid, p.s., from Wangarei. ship, from Adelaide. Jawero, schooner, from Napier. VKSSKLS EXPECTED. Alice Cameron, barque, from Sydney, T N C P (nw code). Annie Melhush, barque, from Newcastle. Beautiful Star, s.s., from Sydney. | Benjimin Heap.;, barque, from Sydney, 2 c.p. 4759. I Constance, barque, from California, 2 d.p. 6279. Cossipore, ship, from 1-oudon, 3 d p., 8917. Jiving Puck, schooner, fro m Molbour no (lo icing) Ida Zeigler, ship, from London, 3 d p. 76. Island City, barque, from Gladstone, Queensland. Monarch," ship, from London, 1 d.p., 5491, sailed Feb. 25. Nautilus, cutter, from Napier. Norwood, ship, from London, 2 d.p., 9458. Pe»asu3. ship, from London, 1 d p., 9453. Rifa, brig, from Sydney. Rob Hot, ship, 'com London, sailed March 24, 2 d.p. 245. ' Siam, ship, from London. Sunshine, barque, from Newcastle, 2rd d p 1637. Trieste, barque, from San Francisco, 2 d.p., 9817. Talbot, ship, from London, 1 d.p., 1470, sailed April IS. Winterthur, ship, from London, 2 d.p. 8953. PROJECTED DEPAKTURE9. Traveiyn, lor London ; Coral Queen, for the South Sea Islands; Sylph, for Kaipara; Alexandra, for Callao ; Joanna, i awera, Star of the South, s.s., and William and Julia, for Napier; Lark, for Poverty Bay; Lady Darling, for Richmond River ; Bapid.'for Norfolk Island ; Pakeha, for Adelaide ; Otago, s.s., for Sydney ; General Cameron, for Russell. ARRIVALS. jtrs-p. 26 —Ruse, cutter, 40 tons, Tibio?, from the South Sea Islands, vith fruit, &c.—Combos and Daldy, agents 26—Jane, schooner, 32 tons, Faulkner, from Poverty Bay, -with cattle, pigs, pork, beef, &c.—T. Macky and Co., agents. schooner, 20 tons, Yates, from Won?aruru, with Dark, produce, &c. 26 Sob Roy, cutter, 21 tons, McLeod, from Kennedy's Bay, with sawn timber. DEPARTURES. JUNE 26—Wellington, s.s , 261 tons, Renner, for the South via Tauranga, with general cargo, soldiers, passengers, &c., and the members of the General Assembly. INWABDS COASTWISE. JOKE 26—Folly, from Waiheki, irith 31 tons firewood; Comet, from Fuhoi, with 20 tons firewood, 1,000 palings, 100 rails, 2 pnssengers; Rob Roy, from Kennedy's Bay, with 21,000 feet sawn timber, 1 passenger :*Clyd<\ from Omuh, -with 26 tons firewood ; Susan, from Wharanake. with 30 pigs, 100 bushels maize, 3 passengers ; William and Julia, from Mahuran"i, in ball»*t; Hope, from Tauranga, with 3 tons kauri gum. 100 bushels maize, 3 passengers ; Sovereign of the Seas, from Matakana, with 30 tons firewood, 150 rails, 14 > posts, 3 passengers; Dawn, from the Great Barrier, with 14 tons firewood, 20 passengers. INWARDS INTER-PROVINCIAL JTTXZ. 26 Star of the South s.s., 147, Bendall, from Napier, with 79 head cattle, 500 sheep, 2 casks clover seed,' 4 ditto pork.—J. S. Macfarlane and Co., agents. INWARDS FOREIGN. JUKE 26—Buse, cutter. 40 tons, Libiois, from tho South Sea Islands.—Combes and Daldy, agents. OLTWAKDS COASTWISE. JOTE 26 —Gazelle, for Manganui, in ballast 1 passenger; General Cameron, for KusselJ, -with sundries, 5 passengers ; Comet, for Puhoi, with sundries, 2 passengers ; Folly, for Waiheki, in ballast, 4 passengers ; Glance, for Matakana," wiih sundries, sheep, &c., 5 passengers ; Sovereign of the beas, for Rawau, with sundries, 3 passengers ; Ben Nevis, for the Thames, I with sundries ; Clyde, for Mahurangi, in ballast. OUTWARDS INTER-PROVINCIAL. JUNE 26—Wellington, s.s., 261 tons, F. Renner, for Tauranga and Southern Ports, with 100 cases bottled beer, 7 trusses, 3 eases drapery, 2 ease 3 plants, 1 parcel trees, 1 case plants, 2 kegs butter, 5 boxes tea, 1 case confectionery, 1 case drapery, 2 casss stationery, 3 bales paper, 4 cases, 2 trunks drapery, 2 parcels, 1 case pheasants, 2 bales corks, 1 parcel, for Napier: 1 parcel, 50 cases brandy, 200 sacks flour, 1 cheet, 1 portmanteau, 1 parcel, 1 truss drapery, 10 pkgs. sashes, 111 architraves, 77 doors,. 17 packages mouldings, 51 skirting boards, 2 cases drapery, 1 parcel, 20 boxes soap, 25 bags maize, 2 cases rifles, 2 sword cates,'l ca*e accoutrements, 1 case pictures, 1 roll leather, for AVeliingtot ; 1 parcel, for Lyttelton ; 1 parcel, 25 cases pickles, 2 bales paper, 1 case photographed albums, 1 parcel, for Dunedin. Passengers —Mr. and Miss Simpson, Mrs. and Miss Boylan, Captain Skeerie, Captain Leggett, Miss Sherlock, Rev. T. Hamer, T. S. Sands, Capt.V-n Lowry, 31 soldiers, 1 woman and 1 child 12th and Lieut. O'Callaglian, for Tauranga ; Mr. O Shaxmessy, Mr. Bowes, .T. Francis, Miss Merton, Mr. Seymour, "Mr. Holdcn, 1 soldier, 8.E., 1 woman, 1 child, 4 soldiers 14t.1i, Mr. Banks, Mr. Smith, Mr. 'Wiggins, for Napier: Mr. P. Crawford, Captain Eyre, Sarah Poulton, Mrs. Puckey, Hon. Mr. Whitaker. Mr. O'Horke, Mr. J. Williamson, Mr. A. Clarke, Mr. J. Newman, M. P. Peacock, Mr. J. O'Neill, Mr. G. Graham. Mr. T. Hull I Mr. Ball, Mrs. Wylie and family, and 1 soldier, for ] Wellington : Mr. Holland, for Lyttelton . Mr.-. I Whitelaw nnd James Mossey, for Dunedin. Combes and Daldy, agents. IMPORTS. Per Ruse, from the couth Sea Islands : —30,000 oranges, 1000 cocoa, nuts, Combos and Daldy. i Custom House, .Tunr '26 ra.—Entered Outwards Foreign—Rapid, schoonei", 34 tons, Edwards, for Norfolk Island. THE TR EVELYN. i The ship Trevelyn, Captain Goocli, which has been taken up for the conveyance to England of the 3 O Batteiy, 4th Brigade of Artillery, and a portion ol the Royal Engineers, was officially inspected yestert day by Captain Spain, the Transport officer, and a board of officers, when everything provided was pronounced to be highly satisfactory and in the fines! order. She embarks her troops to-day, and will pros ceed to sea to-morrow. The following is a do' nil of the troops who proceec f? by the Trevclvn :—Royal Engineers, 6th Company, " 2 subalterns, 92 non-commissioned officers, Tank anc 5 file, 14 women, 16 children ; and Mr. George Single I -wife and 2 sons. Invalids, 2 ruiik and file, I 3 I child, Boyal A rtillerr; 1 private, 14th; 1 ditto, loth ? 7 privates, 1 woman. 2 children, 50th: 6 privates « 67th Regiment, and 5 piivates, 1 woman, Army Hos 'i pital Corps; C Battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Artillery i 2 captains, 1 surgeon, 1 veterinary surgeon, 2 sub il K alterna, 154 rank and file, 15 women, 25 churirra and 2 servants— total, 370. The following officer !j also proceed ia tho ship • —Kev, Mr. Beton> Jrre&bj

toiian Chaplain to the forces; stafF-surgeon G. B. F. Arden; Captain Pclo, Captain Botfcy, Surgeon Tur- 1 nor. Lieutenant' Campbell, Lieutenant Csrre, Veteri- i nary Surgoon Andrrson, &c. Ilie Trevelyn has also on board a quantity of * lcaavi gum, &c., guns, commissariat stores, &c., for home. 1 ARRIVAL OF THE RUSE. Tho cuttor Ruse, Cap'ain Libios, arrived in har- • hour early yesterday morning from tho South Sea ' Islands, after a vary tedious and tempestuous passage, bringing a oavgo of 15,000 oranges t.nd 1,000 ; cocoa-nuts. ' She lias had a lengthened voyago of thirty-seven j days from Rorotonga, having sailed thence on the ( 25th May. Experienced calm weather for the first five days, after that strong S.S.E. and S.S.W. ( breozes. The only vessel sighted was a barque steering east, supposed to be from tho colonies bound , to California. NOTICE TO MARINERS. ' (From the Government Gazette, 12th June.) Tho ballast-boat Earnest lies Bunk off Smith's ' wharf, in Darling Harbour, Port Jackson. From her 1 mast-head, which is above water, a red flag will be exhibited during tho day, and a bright light during the night. Fjiancis Hixson, Supcrintendent; Offico of Superintendent of Pilots, Lights, and ' Harbours, Sydney, 7th Juno, 18G6. (From tho Government Gazette, Bth June.) In consequence of the great change which has lately 1 taken place at the entrance to tho Macleav River, it has been found necessary to erect a temporary flag- ' staff, noar the extremity of tho Southern Spit. ' _ Masters of vossels are hereby informed that the signals for entering, &e., will, for the present, be c shewn from the above-mentioned temporary flagstaff. Francr Hixson-, Superintendent of Pilots, Lights, and Harbours. s 1 t THE P. N. Z. A^ t T) A. R. M. S. K&IKOURA'S c TRIAL TRIP. It will be in the recollection of our renders that this 'v fine steamer, on her passage from England to Melbourne, unfortunately lost two blades out of the £ throe with which hor screw was provided, and the < greater portion of the passage was made in this crippled condition ; notwithstanding:, however, she made c the run in fifty-seven days, including her detention at I St. Vincent and the Cape of Good Hope. On hor i arrival liore she was at onco placed in the hands of £ Mcssts. T. M'Arthur & Co. (late of the A.S.N. Co.), and most admirably hnve thoy carried out the diffi- e cult task of fitting a new screw of a different con- I struction to that previously in use. there not being a \ spare one on board ; and it being imperaiivo that 1 the vessel should bo ready to commence tho mail n service, considerable forethought was necessary to pro- c vide one at so short a notice. Fortunately, howevor, 1 Mr. M'Artliur hid a spare screw, although onlv a ] two blided one, but after careful examination of tho 1 engines and formation of the hull, ho determined to i apply it to tho Kaikoura ; it had, however, consider- e able more pitch than the'original, and tad to be cut c and fitted, and the trial trip of tho Bth instant t demonstrated beyond a doubt that Mr. M'Arihur's t opinion respecting the power of the new scrow has a been borne ont in every particular, tho follow- c ing being the results at the measured milo. v The ship drew over twenty feet water, and t was 15 inches by the head with 1200 tons coals on c board. Stemming with tho ebb, the distance was c run in 4 minutes 46 seconds, tho engines making t 50 revolutions, with from ?0 lbs. to 25 lbs. pressure. 1 Tho run back occupied 5 minutes 35 teconds with 1 51 revolutions and 25 lbs. pressure, giving a mean of \ about twelve knots per hour. This rate will leave \ ample margin for time on the run to Panama. She r carries in h»r bunkers TOO tons coal, but will loave t Wellington with 1300 tons, or thirty-two days' con- r sumption, at forty tov : . per day. This quantity will q ba considerably reduced on the passage back, as 1 the compsny have provided for a large supply to be I forwarded to Panama from England, and, having s Welsh coals, will reduco the consumption seven tons a per day, tho engines beina driven at the same t-peed. 1 During the trip of yesterday morning wo were j enabled, through the cour'.esy of Capt. J. V. Hall, the * manager for the company, and the officers of the 1 ship, to quietly examine her tliioughout, and the s resulv only more strongly confirms first impressions, t that she is equal, and in many particulars superior, J to steamers connected with these colonics. Com- t meneing, therefore, with tho hull, from the keel to ( the bilge is foimed on the principal of a round line, s or segment of a circle, in every way. She wub built r by Messrs. C. Lumley, of Deptford, on the Thames is r 272 feet long, 34 feet beam, and 25 feet depth of hold, t and is 1501 tons register. She has a flush deck and brig-rigged, with very taunt iron lower masts, ] and light top and topgallant masts, and furnished with ( very large fore-and-aft sails. Closo to the taffrail is c a house completely covering the tiller and steering B fear, with the exception of the double wheel, which is 1 immediately forward of it. Proceeding along tho deck, and just abaft the mainmast, is a roomy apart- ( rrent, forming a cabin for tho commander and chief officer. The main hatchway comes next, and then a j socond deck-house for tho other officers, the fore part , forming a companion-way to the main saloon. The f enir.ne-ioom, hatchway and gallery are still further , forward ; the topgallant forecastle, where the crew £ are berthi'd. terminating the promf-node. She is also provided with steam winches, and other modern j apoliancos, for the greater facility of working tho , ship. Passing on to the main deck, we find the after j part devoted to the chief saloon, furnished and fitted ( in a manner seldom seen, with a range of enclosed ( berths on either side, affording accommodation for , 122 first-class passengers. The saloon is painted in J light green and gold, is admirably ventilated from i the sky-li"ht3 and side ports, and at night is illumin , ated by a series of lamps inserted at tho top t of pillars which form the inward _ portion , of tho bu'khend of eaih cabin, —this mode answering the double purpose of lighting the saloon and berth 3at the same time. Tho tables run up the centre of this really elegant apartment, th»'sweep of I tho stern being furnished with a piano and wellfilled bookcase. the entrance of the saloon ia the stewuid's pantry and bar. the former fitted with a steam hot chest, lor use during the dinner hour, and also a steam tea and coffee percolator. Passing the engine room, we come to that portion of the ship dsvoted to the second-class passengers, fitted with enclosed berths for sixt--throe persons, a separate and enelosod saloon for their use being airanged in midships, and also a very commodious apartment, entirely for the usa of servants and children, whose wants con thus be attended to without interfering with the other tables. Plunge and shower baths, and oth«r lanitary arrangements, are also placed at convenient intervals, and are ample for tho accommodation cf all. Below the saloon are the wine bins and ice room, which will contain ten tons ice— sufficient for the entire voyage; mention may also bo made of tho linen lockors and presses containing upwards of 10.000 pieces, of various kinds. She i; amply supplied with overy requisite, is fully manned and officered, carries an experienced surgeon, and in short will leavo this port complete. 'fiie onginos by which tha Eaikoura is propelled are not_ only on a novel principle, but at the same time display an extraordinary amount of engineering skill. She is fitted with a pair of engiueß, n»mely, .inverted cylinders, on the most improved construction, designed by Mr. Halliburton, of tho firm of Lnngley and Co., shipbuilders and engineers, Deptford, London. Tho diameter of cylinders 89 inches; length of stroke 42 inches; the cylinders are steam-jacketed, to allow of a current of steam to pam from the boilers round the cylinders and valve-chest, to prevent any loss of temperature in tho steam during tho expansion in the cj'liaders, which allows an early cut off by the expansion valve; tho cut-off valve is arranged that steam is admitted only 5\ inches of tho stroke of piston, thereforo tho steam is expanded the remainder of the stroke 24} inches, which gives a great reduction in tho quantity of fuel; tubular surface condensers are also fitted, whicli effectuallv condense the steam, and giving a vacuum of 25 inches,and supply tha boilers witli fresh water. The boilers are four in number, of tho tubular construction, which give an amplo supply of otoam to engines at a pressure of 25 lbs. on the square inch, with a consumption of 32 tons in the twenty-four hours, steaming eleven knots per hour, which is_a , great result from engines with cylindors 80 inthes m diameter. The workmanship of engines and boilers ; aro excellent. The command of the Kaiboura has , been placed in tho hands of Captain Machin, wh->"e • courteous conduct and ttrict attention to the dun - s , of his ship have gained liim a large number of frio 3" * ■ and wo sincerely hope that the same good fortui.n , that has hitherto marked his career will enable him i I to successfully carry out the ops Ding of tho Panama • m il trivia.—'Sydney Mail,

I Tub Weather.—lt commonced to blow yesterday heavy from tho .North East, and towards midnight it increased to a hoavy gale. At the time of ouwriting (midnight) only one casualty wt»s reported, that of the schooner Lark getting ashore at Soldier's Point, and said to lnvo pone to pieces. Several ve. sels are in imminent danger of fouling, but we kcpe no more casualties will occur. The Jane.—Tho schooner Jane, Captain Faulkner, arrived in harbour early yesterday morning from Poverty Bar, bringing a cargo of 15 head of cattle, 7 pigs, a quantity of pork, beof, &c., and afterwards proceoded up tho Tamaki to discharge hw livo ntock, She left; Poverty Bay on Tuesday week last, and was compellod to run into Hicks' Bay for shelter. Whilst lying thore experienced a hoavy galo, lost both anchors, and was driven clear out of the ; stood off and on, and after that had variable weiit.ior until arriving hero. Reports the sohoonor Celt, Captain McKenzie, bound to Napier, and the cuttor Nautilus, Captain Hargraves. bound hero, as at Poverty Say when ahe sailed. The Donald McLean, henco, was passed off Waiapu on Saturday last. Ttc Jane will come up harbour this morning. Tho cutter Rob Roy, McLeod, master, arrived in harbour yesterday from Kennedy's Bay, with a cargo of sawn timber. The coal brig Susan wont alongside -ELM. ss. Brisk yesterday, for the purpose of coaling that vessel. The schooner General Cameron, Captain Tautari, cleared at the Customs yesterday, for ltussell, Bay of Islands, with a general cargo and five paisongers; she sails to-day, weather permitting.^ Tho new schooner Joanna, Captain Loverock, lies been laid on the berth for Tauranga direct. The schooner Industry, Captain Yates, arrived in harbour yesterday from Wungaruru, with a cargo of bark, produce, etc. The schooner Rapid, Captain Edwards, entered outwards at the Custom-house yesterday, for Norfolk Island, and will sail this evening. Tho N.Z.S.N. Co.'h s i. Wellington, Capt. Rennor, sailed yasterday afternoon f>r Tauranga and the South, with a largo general cargo, several soldiers, the members for the General Assembly, and several others. Full particulars appear in another column. The cnttor Gazelle has cleared for Mangonui, and will sail this day. The 8.8. Star of the South, Captain Bendrll, has gone on the hard in Official Bay, to clean, etc., and will leave again for Napier to-morrow evening. Wo aro glad to pt'rceivu by our Ivaipara correspondent's letter, published els where, that the cutter Heather Bell, Captain Grundy, hence, and about whose safety some fears were entertained, had arrived r l '. safe on tho 21et inst BusnT at Sua — -Plymouth, Saturday.— Yesterday evening, llr. Matthen' Oaison, chiet oflicer of the Maggie Atkinson, anil four of the crow of that vessel, which was burnt iu tho Atlantic, were landed here frcm tho barque Gustavo Adolphc, with cissia and tea from Whampon, which has proceeded up channel for Hamburg. The Maggio Atkinson left Tuticorn November 16, with a cargo of cotr.on for London. On tho 13th February, at half-past 2 a m., lat 26 ° ?<., lon. 39 ° 15 W., smoke was observed issuing from tho after cabin, and although every effort was made to suppress tho lire it gained on the crew. At 10 a.m. tho mizen boom fell on tho quarter, tho foot of tho mizen mast caught fire, and the Dames blazed furiously. The crew got into the long boat and pinnace, but tho latter being leaky they voro obliged to abandon her. They kept closo to the wreck as long as she was burning, in the hope that the flames might attract some passing ship. At sundown they examined thoir stock of provisions, which consisted only of four pumpkins, olive pig weighing thirty pounds, and twenty gallons of water. They had no chronometer, compass, or chart. February 14th, rigged a emnll sail, and stood to tho eastward. At noon ferved out half a pumpkin with a gill of water to each man ; caught a littla rain, lath, at noon, tho estimated cour.ij and distance from tho Cape do Yerdo Islands was S.E. 190 miles ; 4pm, killed tho pig, rnd nerved a small quantity of blood to each man; lfith, served one half a pumpkin and the remainder of tho pig's blood, with a gill of water to each man ; scurvy of a mild character made its appearance 'at noon ; the course and distance was S.TC. 100 miles. 17 til, at; 4 p.m., a sail be'"ng reputed on the lee bow standing tT tho northward, a'l hands v/ei-o put to tho oars, and the boat kept closo to tho wind. At half-past 5 the stranger shortened sail and bore down, !Sho provod to bo the Manfred, from Hong Kong, with tea for London. Captain !-cott took all on board, and treated the starving men very judiciously. On the 28th, Captain Scott went un'bo'wd tho Gustavo Adolpho, and, on representing his condition, Captain Bolste?n received tho chief oflieor and four of tho crew, supplied them with clothing, and shared with them all the comfort" he possessed.— 1 Plymouth Paper.' We regret having to record the wreck of tho barque Prince of the Seas, about eight miles to the west of Cape Recif, by which the chief mute and six of the crew were drowned The Prince of the Sea?, of Jersey, was a barquo of .180 buil l ". in 1855. Tho vessel was 106 days out from London, and some fears were entertained horo that eho might havo gone down in tho terrible gale which proved so fatal in the case of llie steamship London. Tho stout vessel, however, weathered those gales at tho outset only to meet with disaster and wreck at tho end of her voyage. On Tuesday night she was off the coast, making with all speed for Algoa Hay. when a furious gale sprang up from tho north-wost, accompanied with Tain. All hands vero on the alert, for the sea ran high, and 'he night was so dark that, to use the captain's own words, ho could not see his hand beforo him. Sail was shortened. An hour of moonlight, and she would have been spared the fate which awaited her. Peering over her side all oyes were struined for a glimpse of some land-mark, when suddenly and unexpectedly the roar of breakers was heard, and the vessel struck on tho rocks, about eight miles west of Cape Recif light-house, amidst tho hissing foam of which Blie was engulpherl but one hour after she had struck. Tho position of the land was doubtful, yet still the mate ventured to swim to shore; one after the other, six men followed, and, wo grievo to say, met a watery grave.—Cape Argus, May 14. Poole. April 6. —A man named Martin Markman has been picked up on a plank by a fisherman, after bein" in the water soreral hours. Ho states that ho belonged to the Elise, from New York forßremorhaven, with a cargo of tobacco, sugar, cheeso and copper, and that at one a.m. of the 2nd of April, four miles off Portland, his vessel w.is run into by a screw steamer with one funnel and two masts which was proceeding up channel. The Elise was struck on tho port side, and wont down immediately with all the rest of the crew, consisting of tho master, his wife, first mate, carpenter, three seamen, and a boy. Tho steamer did not stop to render assistance. —The Times, April 9. Foundering of this V ictory off Sydney Huads, and Loss of Lii'e.—On Thursday, at 2.15 p.m.. a ketch was observed by the signal innate•• at South Head, about two miles to tho N.E. of North Head, running for the port, a strong galo bio wing with a hoavy sea. Suddenly she was seen to 11 yup in tho wind, at the samo time a violont rain Bquall camo on, and ahe was lost to view, and w'non the weather cleared again sho was not in sight. Fearing some accident ho at once g'lve tho alarm, and pilot Jenkins, Fullerton, and Shanks manned their respective boata, and pulled out. When between the Heads they met the Morpeth (s.) coming in, and Captain Budd, her commander, being informed of the circumstances, promptly brought his steamer round, and stood out again, the pilots going with him, but although ho cruized for some time about the spot where the ketch was last soon, could • find no trace of her; ho was therefore compellod to leave and como on to Sydney, pilots Fullerton and Jenkins returning with him. Pilot Shanks, however, remained, and shortly aftor pickod up a dingy swamped, and the dead body of a man in her, jammed under the thwarts. The body was secured, but the dingy was compelled to bo east adrift owing to the heavy sea ; thore was no name on her, nor anything that would indicate the name of tho unfortunato vessel. On tho body being brought to Camp Cove and placed in '.harge of the police stationed there, a ' person resident at Watson's Bay thought he recog- ; nised the features as thosa of a man named Quigley , a seaman belonging to the ketch Spry. Beyond thif nothing more is known at present, but doubtesa further particulars will be ascertained during tho day [ —Sydney iter aid, June 15. 1 Tits I/ATE CaijE 05 FotTNDEKING OFF TUB HEADS i —Tho ketch which foundered, off the Heads oi s Thursday afternoon proves to bo tho Victory. Shi e was 17 tons, and had a crow consisting of two men s one of whom was named William Taff, but the nami of the other, who was a Dutchman, and whose bod; was, found in tho dingy, hai not been ascertained a Ths Victory was owned by Mr. James Hogg, lime a burner, of Falmor-stroot, Woolloomooloo, and had i 1 cargo of sholls from Broken Btvy,—lbid, June 16.

StrirarMnr DISMIRSAT, OF Seamew AT'SEI.—Th« ( St. Helena- Guardian of April IK, contains tho following- account of the arrival at f ii-it islp.rid of three of the crew of tho French barque Indus, who had been forend into a boat by the captain nta. distunee of twelve miles from land. Tho paper referred to says:— "It appears that on Saturday night lust, between tho hours of nine and ton o'clock, a boat arrived in this harbour, having in her three seanjen .(orvo Norwegian and two who stated that they had been sen*'- out of t l 'afc ship >>t about' half-piist four o'clock that afternoon, the Indus, of 1 Nantes (in Franco), by the captain, tho vossel-boina thou about twelve miles off. The boat, whieli was a small one, had their baggi\go in it, with only two oars. It ivlao . appeared from idieso men's statement.that tho eaptain pointed at them a revolver, which hastened tlicm away from the versel, and they had iioither ' water nor bread, nor anything else to sustain life in caso of accident. Tho sea being rough, and the boat RrAall, Bhe shipped a great deal of water, which kept thorn constantly baling to keep her from swamping. They were shipped at tho Cape ol Good Hope beforo tho French Consul, on wages. When thoy were leaving the vessel, they asked to be paid their wages, which the captain refused, telling them thoy might take the boat in payment. On leaving the vossel, they saw tho boatswain and carpenter shed tears, and the whole of tho crow showed deep sorrow at their being sent away in su. h a mannor at such a late hour and tho land so far away. They were handed a sealed letter on leaving tho vessel by tho captain, which was addressed and delivered to the French Con>ul here, wherein, it is said, ho was to sell tho b'iat for the benefit ol tho owners. Some misunderstanding had taken place between tho captain and those men about not being allowed to have their watch below in tho daytime, which appoars to bo the cause of sending these uieri out of tho ship. Tho vessel-boing undor tho French flag, tho French oousul has taken those people undor his care. It appears to bo unjust and unfeeling to deprive these men of their wagos and to force them out of tho ship, under tho tear of a revolver, into a. small boat po far off laud iu a heavy rough sea. No deubt, when thismatter is reported to the propor authorities.in Franco, it will bo looked into Tho following statement has been sent to us by ono of the Bflame.n, named Thorstoen Ainnn Thorsteonson, of Bergen, SkandeniVvion, which we pubish for general information: —' On Saturday afiernoon, the lltlv April, about lialfpast four, myself and two other men left tho barque Indus from tho Capo- When we were about eleven or twelve miles off 'he island, tho captain of the French barque ordered us to go into tho boat. Wo then asked him for two good oars, which ho refused to givous. The mate then took tfi<; command and hovo tho ship to, and gavo us the oars. Wo asked tho captaiu for a piece of biscuit and a d'-np of wator, which lie refused, and brought, a revolver on the deck to shoot one of Us, and said, 'Go into tho boat, or I will shoot you.' Wo then went into tho boat and left, the ship. A very heavy eea was running, which nearly swamped us. When we wero ai out- an hour in tho boat, we took an oar to mako a mast, and spread a blanket for a sail, and tho ether we steered with, and cftnie into this harbour a bout nine or ten o'clock at night. Wo ar6 very thankful that wo are taved :" om a watery grave.' "