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Wellington Independent, Volume V, Issue 429, 21 November 1849, Page 2

H. M. B;'Savannah, 24 tons, Captain Erskine, from the South Sea Islands, having left New Caledonia on the 28th September, arrived at Sydney on the Bth October. Passengers— Capt. A. F. Tenner, 11th Regiment, and five distressed seamen. While at the Eegee Islands, the Havannah picked up two anchors and two chain cables, and. parts of the wrecks of two vessels supposed to have beeu'lost at the Islands. ..'■•.'

H. M. S. Meander will leave Honkong, as we stated last week, for Sydney, Auckland Isles, New Zealand, Sandwich arid Navigator Islands, on her way to Valparaiso, to be under the orders of Rear Admiral Hornby, -calling at Port Essington, and embarking the officers-arid men of Royal Marines there, after destroying the works.— United Service Gazette, June 23.

Shipwreck. —The -schooner Eagle, Winter, master, went ashore near the heads a.few days ago In consequence of the stress of weather, aiid there being no-boats on board, the situation of the tsrew and passengers became very precarious, until the men at length got off by the pilot boat, by which n, e! L were land edatthe pilot, station, Shorthand's ISluff, where the shipwrecked crew remained for several days before they could venture to proceed to Melbourne—Ultimately the vesseUwas -got off % some fishermen, but she hail received such injuries as to render it doubtful that she can ever be seaworthy again. Mr. and Mrs. Ingram, the passengers who were rescued from the wreck, speak inthe highest terras of the humane promptitude with which Oaptain Lnwler attended to their distress.— Victoria Colonist, September 20. ' . ■

Steam Communication.—London, June 1 — Since the proceeding was written, I have ascertained that the company at present in active operation on the west const of America, nnd who have the con tract for convey;ng the mails to and from that quarter in correspondence with the West Indian boats, are likely at this juncture of the steam question to come forward with proposals to the government to convey the Australian mails by steam from Panama. The idea, I believe, is to come from some part of Central America direct to Sydney, returning hy way of New Zealand. The company I refer to is understood to be a slabie one—but I think there can be no question between the eligibility of the Indian and American routes. Look at the map and see the seaway which the boats would have to traverse iv the latteroase. They propose however, to do theirip from Sydney to England in some sixty days. They don't know the weather they have to expect off New Zealand. The project is lo employ screw-boats, in order to make the most of favourable winds The only thing In favour of this scheme .s thei possible inability of those who have undertaken the defunct company's contract to carry ■it out; and the. future demands of the" Peninsulaand Oriental" people may be altogether too exorbitant for" acceptance. :- I hear they have greatly increased the sum of which they, were formerly conT»i VZ ty Z , ' MivU *- L 6 Vorriipon: avnt a. la. Herald.