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May 23, Lady Bird, s.s., 220 tonß, Eenner, from Lyttelton and Dunedin. May 24, Storm Bird, s.s., 104 tons, Mundle. from Napier. May 25, Corio, 8.8., 116 tons, Beer, from Dunedin, May 25, Thames, trig, 260 tons, from Newcastle. SAILED. May 23, Gazelle, brig, 297 tons. Tucker, for Otago. May 24, Earl of "Windsor, ship, 770 tons, Dick, for Napier. The Corlo which arrived In this harbor yesterday from Dunedin, ia announced to sail for Wanganui On Wednesday. The following vessels are reported In last Thursday's Wanganui Chronicle as having left there— ' May 15, Heron, sen., 91 tons, Laing, for Manakau. May 16, Bonnie Lass, sch,, 29 tons, Davidson, for Nelson. Wreck.— On Friday afternoon, May 15, the schooner Sarah, from Wellington, grounded on the bar of the Eangltikei river. The cargo, consisting mainly of flour, sugar, and salt, was nearly all destroyed, and It is doubtful if the vessel will be got off, as she fills with the tide. H.M. s.s. sloop Eclipse, Commander Mayne, was detained inside the bar on Tuesday, on account of the tide. Crossed on Wednesday forenoon, and arrived at New Plymouth same night About six o'clock observed a strange fire, which at first was supposed to be a ship on flre : altered course and stood in for the light, which was discovered to be on shore. On arriving at Taranaki they learnt the particulars of the massacre. Could this light have been a beacon fire to apprise the natives at a distance of the commencement of the war? The Eclipse sails again to-day, and will return on Sunday.— Southern Crots, May 9. The Kauri left Auckland on the 9th inst, and has had a fine weather passage of ten days, having experienced light easterly winds and calmß nearly the whole of the way.— H. B. Herald, May 23. The Storm Bird left Wellington on Tuesday afternoon at 5 .o'clock, and arrived here on Thursday morning at daylight She remained several hours at Castle Point to land cargo.— lbid. We are happy to inform our readers that Messrs. Watt, Kennedy & Watt have had advices from London that the brig Delaware, 240 tons register, Capt Baldwin, Al at Lloyd's, was to sail early In April for Nelson and Napier; and may be expected here in August or September. She -will be employed for one or two colonial voyages previous to the wool season, when she will be laid on for London direct from this place. Being of a light draught of water, she will be able to enter the Iron Pot without difficulty.— Ibid.