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April 17, brig Ynnow, 929 tons.J. A. Seett, fron: Otaga. Passengers : — Messrs. John Moir, J amp; Thomas, Stuart McGlasban.J. Hughes, D. Jamee .April 19, schooner Tyne, 96 tons, J, Liuklnter from Wangamii. Passengets : — Messrs. C. Tyler. W. Abernetliy, Mrs, Badd. Same day, schooner Brisk, 97 tons, J. C. Kreeft, from Melbourne via Nelson, Same day, brig Dart, 154 tons, J. K.Scaplehorn, from Sydney: Passengers : — Mr. and Mrs, Allen Hougluon, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. T. Brown, Mr. W. Man in. April 20, s. s. Wonga Wonga, 103 tous.P, Renuer, from Lyttelton and Otago. SAILED. April 17, cutter Alert, 12 tons, W. Short, for Wairau. Passengers : — Mr. and Mrs. J. Bowler, and two children. April 20, a. s. Storm Bird, 105 tons, G. Mundle, for Picton and Nelson. Passengers : — Messrs. Hurst, Martin and Brown. IMPORTS. In the Tyne, W. Lyon, Agent, — 7 bales wool, 0 tons potatoes, 5 kegs butter, 4 bags onions, W. Lyon ; 25 kegs butter, Owen. In the Brisk. Levin & Co., Agents — 280 bags sugar, 160 mats do., 80 cases brandy, 250 bags sugar, Order ; 21 boxes soap, 293 half boxes soap, 100 boxes candles, Levin and Co. ; 1 box, Dr. Featherston; 18 kegs nails, 1 case axe uaudles, -I buudles brooms, 5 do. buckets, 10 boxes clothes pegs, 3 cases time pieces, 1 case hardwt re, 1 bdl. spades, 1 canvas pkg., 2 cases axes, 19 bars copper, 14 do., 1 parcel samples, 05 bars iron, 13 bdls. do., E. W. Milis ; 1 case coffee, Johnston & Co.; 4 cases coffee, A. P, Stuart «& Co.; 100 cases brandy, 25 half chests tea, 25 boxes tea, Order ; 4. bars copper, 0 doz. oak buckets, lease bolts. 3 weighing machines, 3 pillars for do , 1 bdl. cotton Wick, I case shovels, 3 doz. do., 1 ease 9uudries, 1 canvass bdl., E. W. Mills ; 3 doz. shovels, 5 cases axes, 1 caae handles, J. E. Watkin ; 1 ease bundles, 1 do., 2 bdls., 5 doz. brooms, G. Moore; 4 bdla. ■pouting, 21 pumps, J. Minifie. In the Dart, Win, Bowler, Sou, «fc Co., Agents — 1 case, 6 hhdß. wine, 13 qr. casKs wine, Johiisiou & Co. ; 4 cases, trull tfe Co. ; 40 boxes soap, Order; 2 cases stationery, W. Lyon; 1 case, 1 keg, C. D. Btirraud ; 1 case, Owen Brothers; 1 case stationery, Bank N.S.YV. ; 2^B mats sugar, 1 case, W. Bowler, Son and Co. ; 2 cases cigars, J, Dransfield ; I case seeds, J. Martin ; US bdls. iron, 1 keg, f>o cases old torn, 50 cases ginger wine, Bethune & Hunter ; 'i hhda. treacle, 1 eaak do., W. Hickson & Co. ; 2 cases saddlery, 27 pkgs. tea, 20 cases old torn, 3 casks wine, Order ; 2 cases, fire engine, 1 pair handles for do., W. Bowler, Son & Co. ; 20 half chests tea, 17 roat» cofiee, 30 mats eugar, Older; 10 chests tea, 20 half chests tea. 32 mats sugar, W. W. Taylor ; 2 pkgs. drapery, G. Pickett & Co. ; 1 pkg. furniture, Levin & Co.; 232 mats sugar, 1& bags do., 2 bars iron', 1 case brooms, Turnbull and Co.; 2-17 bags bark, Order; 116 gunny bags sugar, W. 13. Rhodes & Co.; 82 bags sugar, A. F. Stuart and Co. ; 70 bags sugar, J. J. Tame ; lease, Order; 1 parcel, Edgar ; 1 do., Cameron ; 1 case, G. Crawford • and a quantity of cargo for Lyttelton. EXPORTS. In the Alert, Jacob Joseph & Co., Agents, 30 bags sugar, 1 chest tea, 1 hiilf-chest tea, 6 boxes to a, 2 coils rope, 2 boxes candles. 1 jar acid, W. M. Baunatyna & Co. ; 1 bale corks, I do. drapery, 1 box cigaiD, Joseph & Co. ; 1 cask, 2 cases, 3 parcels iron, E. W. Mills ; I parcel drapery, Turnbull & Co. ; 1 doz. xnatiresaes, Warinoll ; 1500 bricks, 5 bags lime, Touks ; 1 cask ale, Uixon * & pkges. furniture, Mter ; 1 ton flour, Kebbell.

In the Storm Bird, Duncan & Vennellj Agenta, 1 case draiiery, Joseph <te Go. : 4 kegs nails, E . W. Mills; 1 bale drapery, 3 cagea galvanized iron, 1 bale drnperv, 4 cases port, S oases sardines , Turnbull & Co. ; 8 casks bottled baer, 3 eaoeß geueva, 1 case old torn, Duncan & Venuell ; 10 sacks flour; 1 Hack sharps, Kebbell ; 1 hud. ale, Dixon. The s. s. Wonga Wonga left Wellington at 7 a.m., on the 12th instant, experienced light 1 southerly winds and a head sea, during the greater part of the passage to Lytteltoii, atrived at that s port at noon on the 15th, landed seven horses, and proceeded again at 2.30 m. pra , experienced fresh S.W. wind 8 and a heavy head sea during the whole . of the passage ; arrived at Port Chalmers at 1 1 a.m., on the Isth, and at Dunediu at 4 p.m. ; discharged and took im cargo on the following day, and left Otago Heads at 7 p.m. on the 16th, experienced a head wind daring the whole of the passage to Lyttelton, arriving there at lOh. 30ra. p.m., on the 17 ih, left again at midnight, experienced a fresh breeze from N.N.E., with a head - sea, as far as Flaxboum, when a fresh gale sprung up from N.N.W., with a heavy sea. On the following morning, beiug short of coals, and unable to make any progress, anchored about ten miles to the southward of Flaxbourn, weighed again sam^ evening, and stood to sea under sail. About 6 p.m., on the 20th, a breeze sprang up from the southward, proceeded under sail, and arrived at - (this port at 4 a.m. on the 213t instant. The barque 11 ermine left Otago on the lftih instant. A top sail schooner running to the southward was seen of Flaxbourn at 1 p.m. on the 20th. d The brig Dart, Oapt. Scaplehorn, from Sydney, , .arrived in this harbour on Saturday morning last. after a passage of 15 days. She brings' a large cargo for this port, after discharging which, she . will proceed to Lyttelton. Oapt. Scaplehorn has favoured us with a copy of the Sydney Herald oi " the 3rd inst,, but it contains no news of impor tance. The c. s. Storm Bird had to relinquish her voyage to Otago, in consequence of having sprung s her for emasfc on her last trip to Picton and Nel t, son ; not being enabled to get it replaced in time to allow her to proceed to Otago, and keep her other engagements. She sailed for Picton and Nelson on Sunday morning last, in place of the Wonga Wonga, which had been detained at th( South by the late heavy gales. The clipper schooner Brisk, Capt Kreeft, from Nelson arrived in this harbour on Saturday morning last. She sailed from Nelson, on Friday the 3 Bth, at 3 a.m., and arrived in this harbour on Saturday morning, at 8 30 am. She is a clippei in every sense of the word, having been employee 3 as afi uiterer between St Michael's and England '• She worked up the passage from the outer rock oi Barrett's Reef in four boards, with the wind deac on end. The Brisk is the property of Capt Kreeft, go well known in Wellington, as the late owner of the Marchioness, which vessel used tc convey our maiis from Melbourne to this port We regret to learn that a child of Capt. Kreef t's died on the passage from Melbourne to Nelson after a very short illness. The Oliver Cromwell, from London, arrived off the Heads on Monday, came up with the floodtide the same evening, and anchored after night- ' fall Borne distance down thebay. Shebringsagen eral cargo, including some gunpowder, and has > on board also a number of pure merino sheep, with > several crates of fowls of the Spanish and other 1 superior breeds. She only brought seven passen gera, three in the first, and four in the second 1 cabin. The gentleman left in charge of the yes > sel on arrival by Captain Barnctt, was not of f f very communicative disposition, and we are con--3 sequently uninformed of the names of any of th( r ships spoken at sea by the Oliver Cromwell, oi 1 other details of the voyage which might be o: 1 public interest. — Of«</o D«vy Times. Wreck op the Robert and Betsy. — The brig- ■ antine Robert and Betsy from Auckland, arrived • at Oamuru a few days since with a cargo of timber. Whilst laying at anchor in the Bay on the night of the sth inst., she broke her anchor chair at 11 p.m. and drifted on shore. She shortly afterwards became a total wreck. All hands got to land without accident. — Ibid. The Royal Naval Reserve. — At a meeting of the Directors of that important body, the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, held al their offices,' in Leadenhall-street, on Friday, it was determined that all the officers in their em--1 ploymeut should be called upon to join the Roya] s JS avy Reserve ; and it is expected that other companies, especially those who are in the enjoyment of a government subsidy, will immediately follow ' the example set them. Friday's Gazette publishes regulations for officers of merchants' service desirous of enrolling themselves officers of the Royal 1 Navy Reserve. Amongst the regulations are the following : — The total officers are not to exceed 4uO, namely, 130 lieutenants and 270 sub-lieu-tenants. Each class to rank with, but after corresponding ranks in the Royal Navy. There are to be 100 honorary lieutenants, consisting of masters of merchant vessels who are about 45 years of age. Officers, according to length or character of service, will be eligible to receive commissions in the Royal Navy of the same grade as that with which they may rank at the time. Officers distinguishing themselves in action, or by the character and length of their service, may be promoted to the higher honorary ranks of commander and captain of the naval service. Officers receiving wounds, and widows of officers killed in action, will be entitled to the same pensions and allowances as those in the Royal Navy. — London Paper Wreck op the Royal Charter. — The last of tho valuable contents of the Royal Charter, wrecked on tho VS oisii coast so long since as October , 1859, has only just been recovered. Long after the wreck of the vessel it was known that a safe remained on board containing £7000 in gold. The uncertainties attending the recovery of this treasure led to the ship being offered for sale by auction, the purchaser to have a right to the safe and its contents. No bid being made, the wreck was bonght by Messrs Gibbs Bright * Co. , of Liverpool, for £4000. After considerable labor, the wreck has now to a large extent been removed, and on Friday last the safe was recovered, with the £7000 in it.— .-Scotsman. Dec. 7. The favorite ship Blue Jacket, after being de - layed for a day or two by light and adverse winds, sailed this (Tuesday afternoon, getting clear of the Heads about four o'clock. As usual the Blue Jacket carries a largo number of passengers, in all 227, with about 1 000 ounces of gold in passengers' hands Another splendid vessel belonging to the White Star liner the Chariot of Fame, is on the berth for London, an object of attraction for all visitors to tho Port. Tho next ships for Melbourne, are the Ceres, advertised to sail on the 19th, and the Black Ball clipper ship, British Trident intended to sail on the 25th.— Z)aify Times, The screw steamer Wonga Wonga, arrived at Port Chalmers about mid-day, and proceeded shortly afterwards to Dunedin. After some delay in consequence of the heavy sea which prevailed along the coast, the Wonga Wonga left Wellington, on Saturday, the 1 2th. arrived at Lyttolton at noon, on the 13th. From Wellington she brought 12 horses, and 100 fine fat sheep, landing 7of tho horses at Lyttelton The Wellington papers which she brings are up to the 11th inn — Ibid. The. ship Akbar, from London, arrived at the Heads on Monday, was taken in tow by the Samson the same evening, and with tho 'next floodtide was brought to the anchorage ground at Port Chalmers. The Akbar sailed from the Thames on the Ist of Jan. — the pilot leaving her on the 4th, she has therefore made the passage out in 100 days or 98, until the time of her sighting the New Zealand coast. The passage was a most leasant one, fine moderate weather, with fair winds prevailing in nearly all the different latitudes, ne death occurred among the passengers, during O-e voyage: Mr. Thos. Fraser, a young man i ming out to join friends in Otago, having died consumption on the 2 1st of February. A month "'terwards there wasaa addition to the number of by the birth of a mala child.

throughout the VoyagS the AkW spoke Beverai vessels, and by two the passengers were able to transmit letters to England. Sh© first spoke the barque Colonsay on the 15th February, from Glascow, bound fbrßatavia, fourteen days out. On the Ist of February the crew were able to board a French barque, from Singapore to Bordeaux, and put on board of her a number of letters from the passengers. On the 13th February I they boarded another vessel the I iamburg barque, ! Jupiter — fourteen days out, from Kio. and bound for Falmouth. She sighted no vessel subsequently until the 3rd instant, when she spoke and exchanged longitude with the schooner Colonist, from Glasgow to Otago, 101 days out. The position of the vessel was then 46.52 S., and 133.36 E. The only part of the voyage in which anything like heavy weather was expeiienced were the last three or four weeks, and after one of the gales, in conßequer.ce probably of the vessel having in some way strained herself a good deal of pumping was found necessary. The passengers in the different parts of the vessel organized numerous sources of > amusement during the voyage, among others, some excellent concerts, and meetings of a similar charac • ter, and eleven numbers of a newspaper, named the Akbar Weekly Journal, containing many very ■ creditable original pieces, contributed both by the passengers and crew, were issued and afforded much entertainment to all on board. According to the report of the ship's surgecji, in this journal, two rather severe accidents occurred from falls caused by the rolling of the ship, shortly after the vessel sailed. In the first case, John Kae, steerage passenger, broke his left collar bone, and , in the second, the saloon steward fractured one of , the bones of his right arm, close to the elbow joint. j Mr. Fraser the passenger who died, was a young 3 man of 23 years of age, and had left England for i the improvement of his health, but his disease f had progressed too far to w Imit of recovery, and - he gradually sunk, notwithstanding every attention. An accident, very nearly having a fatal ter- - initiation, occurred in the first week in March, >■ when a boy named Jackson fell overboard, and - was only saved by the gig and life boat being lowi ered with expedition, and reaching him before he ■ sunk, though the vessel was at the time going I through the water at a considerable rate of speed. i Generally the vessel was very healthy during the 3 voyage, only a few cases of hooping cough and similar affections having occurred at the first of i the voyage. An attractive source of enjoyment ■ was afforded by the organization of a rifle corps, i the members of which, armed with the ship's i muskets, had frequent meetings for drill, under r the tutorship of some old military hands on board I Among the passengers there were also several old . Victorian diggers, and from their pen several arf tides appeared in the journal, giving practical 1 hints to the considerable nuniher on board, who . notwithstanding the very contradictory accounts 3 which have been received in England, have been 3 induced to give a trial to the Otago gold-fields. . A few of those on board have assisted passages, , and a small proportion have been in the colonies , before.— Olago Daily Times, April IG.