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In the Prince Alfred, 1.0. R.M. 00, agent— 4 pkgs, I billiard table, 1 truss, Owen Brothers ; 20 hhds ale, Crawford ; 1 case, Lyon ; 7 half tiei'ces tobacco. Order ; 1 bale leather, Dranafleld; 5 qr-tierces tobacco, Bannatyne ; 7G boxes tea, 1 case cigara, Order; 2 pkgs, 1 case, Barraud; 1 case plants, Robertson ; 80 cases fruit. Order : 1 case fruit, Grimstone ; 1 case, Leyden ; 1 bdle, Evans ; 1 parcel, Mould; 1 box plants, Balfour; 1 pkgo samples, Krull & Oo ; 2 cases stationery, Bethune & Hunter; 1 chest tools, 1 cramp, M'Donald; and sundry goods f or Lyttelton and Otago. In the Pearl, Pilcher, agent— 23 sides bacon, 21 hams, 20 cheeks, 11 coils rope; 15 bagß maize, 3 bags wheat, 4 pkgs luggage, J. & T. Kebbell. EXPORTS. In the Prince Alfred, LC.B.M. Co, agents— 2 hhds ale, Dixon, 11 cases fruit, Order. In the Tyne, W. Lyon, agent — 1 case, 11 iron plates, 13 bdlsiron, 346 bars do, 2 bdls steel, TW. Pilcher; 260 bags salt, Gcasks biscuit, 18 casea soda water bottles, 2 casks pitch", 6 pkgs personal effects, 1 parcel, 1 boiler, W. Lyon ; 1 case apparel, 3 pkgs merchandise, J. Griffin ; 10 bags flour, C. W. Schultze ; 1 case drapery, Wileox ; 3 crates oranges, Banisay. Transhipped from the William Carey : 2 hhds brandy, 7 qr-casks do, 1 hhd rum, Ido whisky, ID cases do, 10 cases ginger wine, 4 drums oil, 5 barrelß currants, 14 cases oilmena stores, 5 bundles spades, 1 case oil cloth. Transhipped from Aaterope : 1 pocket hops, 11 boxes candles, 2 eases apparel, 1 bale calico, 1 trunk boots, 1 case hosiery, 30 caaks bottled beor. VESSELS IN FOKT. Asterope. ship, from London Affiance, barque, from London William Carey, barque, from London Ellon Castle, barque, from Otago Manukau, three-masted-schooner, from Sydney Shepherdess, schooner, Tyne, schooner, from Wanganui Kate, schooner, from Lyttelton. Mosquito, cutter, from Nelson. Storm Bird, s.s., from the South. Wonga Wonga, s.s., from the North. Pearl, cutter, from Manawatu. EXPECTED AHBIYAXS. Eangatlra, s.s., from the South Sturt, p.s., from Nelson, 9th Nov. Phoebe, s.s., from Canterbury, Otago, and the Blutf, on the 10th. Lord Ashley, s.b., from Napier and Auckland, 10th Not. Lady Bird, s.b., fromPicton, Nalson, Taranaki, andManukau, on the 11th. Frowning Beauty, barque, from Sydney John Bunyan, from Gravesend, 95 days out ! Bride, from Grayosend, 86 days out PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Storm Bird, s.s., for Lyttelton and Otago, on tha sth November. Wonga Wonga, s.s., for Wanganui, Taranaki, Baglan, and Manukau, sth Nov. Sturt, p.s., for Wanganui and Nelson, 10th Not. Phrabe, b.s., Kennedy, for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau on the 11th Nov. Lord Ashley, b.s., for Lyttelton and Otago, 13th Nov. N.Z.S.N. Co's s.s., for Napier and Auckland, on the 14th Nov. Lady Bird, s.s., for Sydney about the 20th Nov. The LO.RM. Co's s.s. Prince Alfred left Sydney at 5 am on the 25th October, and had light westerly winds to the 27th, and nor-westerly winds to the 28th; at 6 pm that day the air pump rod of the port engine broke, andcauaed a stoppage of 11 hours for repairs, Btarted ahead again at 5 am the next day, and had light north and westerly winds to Cape Farewell, arriving at Nelson at 11 am on the 30th October, making a good passage of 5 days 6 hours, including the 11 hours detention on the passage. Left Nelson at 1.15 am on the 3rd, and had light head winds to Stephen's Mand, and light nor-weat wind from tiere &j Wellington, fuxirjog fte.ro .at 2 pm mate d»y,

making the passage in 12^ hours. Dming her stay in ' Sydney she lias undergone a thorough overhaul, ami beeu painted inside aud out, her i'oro cabin has been refitted, and made capable of holding a larger number of passengers; slia lias also been fitted with two of Morrison's patent steam cranes for working cargo ; and the houses on each side have been carried further forward. Main yards have also been placed on the main mast which add much to the appearance of the vessel. "We have been requested to state, that there will be no steamer leaving Wellington for Lyttelton on the 7th mat, the usual time for the departure of the 1.0.8..M. Company's boat. The change has been made in consequence of an alteration in the route of their vessel from Sydney. According to the new arrangement, a steamer will leave Sydney on the 24th of each month, iustead of the 25th, as formerly ; call at Nelson, and come on thence to Wellington direct, arriving here on the 3rd. She will leave here again on the 4th, for Lyttelton and Otago, instead of the 7th, (the alteration being made in consequence of including the latter port in her route), and return to Nelson via Lyttelton, where she will meet the Inter-Provincial boat, and receive the Wellington mails, &c. The Otago.— The 1.0. R.M. Company hare just added another fine vesael to their fleet of steamers in these seas. The new steamer is called the Otago, is 800 tons, builders measurement, 150 horse power, nominal, and guaranteed to go 12 knots. She was built on the Clyde, and her engines were fitted there also. She is Al for 9 years, was built under special survey, and is considered a very handsome model. Her dimensions are as follows: Length, 228 feet ; breadth, 20 feet 8 J inch ; depth of hold, 15 feet. She has accommodation for 60 first class, and 70 second class passengers ; will carry a large cargo, and about 250 tons of coal. Sho was to start for Australia directly the cabin fittings were completed, say early in November. ' P.S. Prince Alfred. — We understand that this vessel is undergoing a thorough overhaul at Wangauui, and when co npleted, will be almost as good as when launched. She is built of stringy bark, copper-fastened, and is only about two years old. Her hull is being re-caulked and coppered and her running and standing gear will all be new. Her engines have been refitted by our fellow townsman Mr Eitson, and are now in first rate order, and are ready to be put in her as soon as she is launched. She may be expected here in the course of a month. We wish her enterprising owner, Mr Higgie, every success. The p.s. Sturt met with an accident on tho 29th inst, having grounded while approaching Nelson. The Examiner of the 31st ult, says that on examination she was found to have sustained little or no damage. Total Loss op the Earl of Windsor.— Captain Patrick, of the steamer Keera, reports the total loss of ths Earl of Windsor, 738 tons, Captain Dick, from Otago, bound for Wclshpool, on the Middle Bank of Corner Inlet. All hands saved. The wreck occurred on the evening of Monday, the 12th October, during a heavy gale from the south oast. The Oipps Land Guardian gives the following report of the \rreek : — " We learn this fine vessel went ashore a little before sundown, on Monday evening, on the Middle Bank, iuside of Babbit Island. She stood the thumping nearly the whole night without springing a single leak, but early on Tuesday morning became c, total wreck. During the thick heavy weather on Monday evening, the Earl of Windsor and the ship Hydra, both of Welshpool, neai'ed the entrance to tho Inlet in company, the Hydra leading. Tho usual signal was flying for a pilot at the masthead of the Earl of Windsor for two hours previously. The captain is a stranger to the coast, and, the weather being ominous, he resolved to follow Captain Stuart, ■who had previously been to Welshpool. The dense fog, however, prevented his doing thi3 successfully, and the ship grounded on the middle bank, near to the second fair-way buoy, and after a dreadful night, the crew left her in the two boats, fourteen in one, and thirteen in the other. The former boat, in which was the captain, was in imminent danger of being swamped. Before she got clear of the surf she filled to the gunwales, and floated away one of the oars ; fortunately for the men they had two buckets with them, and with vigorous uso of thoso the boat was kept afloat Both parties made the Hydra in safety. Fragments of the wreck are scattered about in every direction. A very large portion doubtless, will find its way on to the Snake Island Beach. This was the first trip to Welshpool of the Earl of Windsor. She was placed on the berth to relieve the Hydra, which vessel is intended for the Twofold Bay trade. The Hydra and tho Earl of Windsor were first signalled al the Flagstaff, Clonmel Island, late on Monday evening — too late, in fact, to enable the harbour-master to get down the river to them. Mr Fermaner had a desaatch for Captain Stuart, of the Hydra, and on Tuesday morning, during the prevalence of a violent gale from the S.S.E., the harbour-master got the schooner Albert under way at half-past ten am, and brought up under the leo of Clonmel Island at three pm. The state of tho weather was such as to preclude the possibility of getting out, so that the schooner remained there until seven am on Wednesday morning, when she got under way with a south-east wind, steering for Bently's Harbour. At ten am sighted the wreck of a large ship, and kept away through Bently's Harbour, seeing debris of the wreck about Made for the wreck and ascertained that there was no one on board. At half-past eleven am saw several men on the beach at Biddy's Camp. Lowered away the boat, and the harbour-master at once went ashore and ascertained the wreck to be the Earl of Windsor. All hands were saved, but with nothing but what they stood in." Captain Patrick, of the Keera, reports that great credit is due to Captain Dick and the officers and crew for the cool and collected manner in which they conducted themselves while in their position. They stuck to tho ship to the last. Had they remained on board another half-hour, all chance of say ng their lives would have been lost. In passing on Saturday, all that remained of the wreck was the afterpart, with the mizeumast standing. Tho harbour-master of Port Albert, Mr David Fermaner; Captain Stuart, of tho ship Hydra; and Captain Caldcr, of the barque Kato Waters, certify that Captain Dick took the most " prudent and safe chance of saving his ship and the lives of his crew ;" that he " could not have kept to sea or carried sufficient sail to clear the numerous shoals under tho lee ; and they express their admiration of tho bold and seamanlike manner in which the crew were extricated from their perilous position. Her Majesty's steam corvette Esk, relieving ship to the Pioneer, anchored in Port Jackson yesterday from Portsmouth. She is a2l gun ship, and 200 horse-power, and 1169 tons, under the command of Captain John C. F. Hamilton. The Esk took her departure from Spit Head on the 17th June, calling at the following ports for supplies : — Madeira leaving on the 2nd July; St Vincent, on the 10th; Rio de Janerio, on the 15th August; and Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on tha 12th September ; and Melbourne on the 17th instant Tho Esk is a stoam corvette of the same class aa the ill-fated Orpheus. Her armament consists of one 110-pounder, four 40-pounders, two 12-pounders, one nine pounder (Armstrong), sixteen eight inch, and one smooth bore brass gun. The following are the names and appointments of the officers .- — Captain, John C. F. Hamilton ; Lieutenants, George G Duff, Bouverie F. Clark, W. E. Mitchell ; Master, Ettriek W. Creek; First Lieutenant Marine Artillery, Robert B. Gardner ; Chaplain and Naval Instructor, Rev Thomas E. G. Bunbury ; Surgeon, William B. C. Chiisty, M.D. ; Paymaster, Frederick T. Robing; Chief Engineoi", James Ward; Assistant-Surgeon, Frederick N. Manning; As-sistant-Paymaster, A. N. C. King ; Engineers, W. Harwood Thomas Cape, D. B. Keiller, E. Sutherland, and Thomas T. Andrewartha ; Midshipmen, W. E. Heathcote C. E. Wood, E. H. Oldham, G-. S. Parker, V. B. Orlebar, C, E. Lindsay, and J. H. S. Chowne ; Cadet, C. E. Grissell ; Clerk, H. G. Dowman ; MastDrs-Assistants, T. G. Fenn, R. R. B. Hopley, and E. H. Richards; Assistant-Clerk, G. H. Bradley. The Esk after receiving coals and supplies, will at once proceed to the seat of war, in New Zealand. — Sydney Empire, 21st October. An occurrence has lately taken place with respect to the Dutch barque Henrietta Elizabeth Susanna, of 390 tons register, which has afforded subject for gossip among the coal and shipping fraternity of this port From what we learn the vessel was chartered by a person of the namo of Cavilon, in Melbourne, to curry a cargo of coal from Newcastle to Panama, he having previously made arrangements with the Tomago Company in Sydney for this purpose. While the vessel was in course of loading, however, suspicion appears to have arisen in the minds of the company as to the bona fides of Cavilou, ■which suspicion became strengthened when they ascertained that he was not to be found. On learning this tho company forwarded instructions to Messrs Ward and Co to stay the further loading of the vessel until, by advertising, they could discover the whereabouts of the missing charterer. The company's expectations in this latter respect not having been realised, they gave instructions to Mr Ward to apply to Captain Meyboom for payment, or to permit tho vessel to be discharged, but to both of these propositions ho demurred, on the ground that he also had been a considerable losor by the transaction. While legal consultation was being held in tho matter, to the infinite surprise of all concerned the captain raised his anchor suddenly and sailed out to sea, having 240 tons of coal on board his vessel, which were not paid for. The port to which he is bound ia involved in conjecture. — Newcastle Chronicle.