AKAROA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 73, 7 August 1868, Page 2

AKAROA.

AltlttVlSD. Aur, 4-Poam, keleh, fi'oni Tliuiii'ii, put back through Hires* of weather. Aug, /.-Coiucrang, p.«., from Lyttolton, with paHHOiigern and cargo. HAlf,l',l>, Aug a— Coinoraiig, p a i for Dunedin and Intermediate poti si, with part original cargo, and I k0.., » jaivi butler, J, 1) (larwoed j 2 e(wk*i beer, (J, Hayleek ; 2 hng/i charcoal i Cray ; fio elieenen, 1!*,()00 ft timber, ,1. Daly i !i j/iM, 1 huokfli, hui.tcr, 1 bundle trcen, (', L, Wiggins Aug, (I-li'oimii, koteh, for Tlmarii, with part original cargo, end mr/,Q() fl; thnhor, 4«i ciuiCHOH, I bundle Whom, TO C. Latter.

JX* It In with groat regret that wo have lo record Iho wreck of tho Black Hall dipper iihlp Queen of the Hoiilh, and tho Urn of forty-live of hoi 1 crew, She loft here about 1 {.ight month.*) ago for Cal lao, and having I hero talcon in a full cargo of guano, loft for Naulcs, lmt ww lent on tlio U'/lli, Bti.li, or SfHli of April, at Conronco, near the mouth of the Loire, or Ht Naseilro, on the , went coast, of JjYaiicfi, Captain Beeves hor commander, wa;i well known here, and much upnraclut oil i bo had lilh wlfo and family, consl.il dig., f four ohildrci), on board, All these wore lout, The only periioiirt wived were Mr Beeves (brother of Captain lb-eves), Chief oflloor, Iho third ollicer and two hc.iiiiouT}- Wellhu/ion IndrpcnZ <kni, Aug. 4. "~ tJ The iwirrallvo of tho 'wanderings of the I'areora, If over publlHlicd, will bo a curloiiH nililltlmi lo the htib.ry of naval adventure. The Southland New* of; July UHtli, has ■■ once ii.oet, i.ldJng.-..0f the I'ui'cora— lhe Iwln-.'.eiw ""iircamor that i.f.ii.rlcd iron. oiaißo.v ...mio two yean, ago, bound Por Of/igo, to I Ik; order oil a Bf cam Shipping Company formed there. Our readers, d0ub11....!., rcinomhor how tho III* atnrrotl vo.ifiel proved uniiblo to Hall or ..loam (from want of fuel) through the equatorial oalni'i i how onco and again übo jmt lnlo Bniilh American ports barnacled aud wced..ove.rod to an unprecedented extent i and how as often, after Horaplng and rofltllng, sho put to Hoaon her apparently Inlormlitablo voyage. Well, It seems fiat about four months iilneo, she again mado for au Amci'lcau port (IWimiithuco) which hlio succeeded In reaching seventeen months out— with tho lohh of Iho ciiplaln, and abort of provisions and wafer. The crow wero anxious to leave her, but there was no one to take (ho responsibility of ending tho vnyngo of tho Vareora hy n milo, 'for tho benelit of whom It might connern.' Ho tbo poor fellows, wiih no Hgoiit to apply for money, with clothing worn to tail ers, 'were left on their own resources until advices reached thorn from England— compelled to iilriy by tho craft, or lone tho wage.) duo to them. How thoy would get ovor tbo dliHoulty It wan Impossible lo say, but It was hoped that tho vessel would be Hold, These particulars are taken from a private letter, received vl/l England, by a resident of (his town, who has placed his Information at our disposal. The letter doon not state the mannor of tbo captain's death, i iinmiti iiiiim*— |M,«»HM»M— lltij,«>immw