TELEGRAMS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXI, Issue 2433, 27 October 1866, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

Nelson, October 25. Arrived, 8.30 a.m. — Albion, s.s., from Wellington ; 9.30 a.m., Egmont, s.b., from Wellington j 8 p.m., Lyttelton, p.s., from Blenheim. . Sailed, 12.30 p.m. — Wellington, s.s., for the North ; 1§ p.m., Airedale, s.s., for Sydney, via tho Grey. October 26. Arrived, 8 a.m. — Nelson, s.s., from tho Grey and Hokitika. Lyttelton, Oct. 24. Arrived — King of Italy, ship; and Wild Wave, from Sydney. October 25. Arrived — Freak, Windhover, and Esperanza, from Newcastle. Dttnedin, October 24. .Arrived, 10.40 a.m. — Cossack, b*arque, from Newcastle. • N Octobor 25. Arrived, 9 a.m. — Lord Ashley, from tho Bluff; 10.10 a.m., Rangitoto, s.s., from Lyttolton ; 2.20 p.m., Isabella, brig, from Lyttelton. The 8.8. Star of the Evening, Captain Turner, from Lyttelton, arrived in harbor at 4.30 a.m. on Thursday. She left Lyttolton at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, and experienced moderate weather to the Kai Kouras ; thence to this port, strong N.W. wind with heavy sea. The steamer Beautiful Star, Captain Morwick, from Sydney, via Hokitika, arrived in thi* harbor yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. She left Sydney on the 17th inst., at 7 a.m. ; experienced moderate westerly winds and calms, with the exception of ono day's rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning. She arrived at Hokitika on Tuesday evening last, after a passage of six days ; landed 30 passengers, the next morning, and sailed at 11 a.m. for Wellington; arriving here as above. Captain Morwick reports that, on passing Farewell Spit, he saw a large barque on shoro, about four miles to tho westward of Bush End. The steamer stood close in, and hove-to for about five minutes ; but could discover no living creature either on tho wreck or on shore. Tho boats were away from tho vessel, and, therefore, the crew may have proceeded in them to Nelson. The vessel was bilged on tho starboard side, and had every appearance of becoming a total wreck. The masts wero standing, and the sails bont. She appeared to bo a vessel of about 400 tons, and apparently one of tho coal fleet running botween Australia and Now Zoaland. By the Beautiful Star we have received Sydney papers up to the ! 17th inst., extracts from which will be found elsewhere. Tho N.Z.S.N. Cos. s.s. Rangatira, Thompson, arrived in Wellington at 10 p.m. on the 26th inst., having lefL this port for Napier on the 23rd, at 45.15 p.m., and arrived at Napier on tho 24th, at 5.30 p.m. Steaming into tho Iron Pot immediately upon arrival. Left Napier on the 25th, at 8,30 p.m., and arrived in Wellington as above. Experienced strong westerly winds on tho passage, and a strong nor' wester across Pallisor Bay, The ketch Falcon, Milo, master, from Blenheim, arrived in port last evoning, after a quick passage of six hours. She brings a cargo of 500 bushels wheat, 25 tons potatoes, and 97 bushels oysters. She will sail again for Blenheim on Monday evening next. H.M. b. Brisk, from Auckland, 26th ult., called at Norfolk Island on the sfch inst., leaving the following day ; arrived at Sydney on the 14th instant.

I'hfl Woltei'ine, trig, Capfciiiii ?aul, loft fIW» Castle, N.S»W., on tho 12th iuat,, with a cargo of 323 tons cioals. The three-masted achooiicr Manakau, Captain Briant, henco tho Ist inst.) arrived at Newcastle, i N.S.W., on the 15th, aftor a passage? of fourteen days. miscellaneous shipping. Arrival of the s.s. Hero, at Brisbane.— The " Brisbane Courior" of October 10, says :— This fine steamer, with the Indian mails, arrived in Brisbane Roads at 10 a.m. yesterday, after an excellent passage of nineteen days and eleven hours. Iv fact the trip may be regarded as exceedingly satisfactory ; " although her unfortunate detention in;Moreton Bay, from the 4th to tho 20th August, prevented her from reaching Batavia in time to overtake tho Messageriea Imperiales steamer, which left for Point do Gallo on August 30. Had sho left on the 4th, as originally intesded, sho would have arrived in ample time for tho mails to be forwarded by the intermediate mail steamer, and thus our letters would have reached England a fortnight sooner than those despatched by tho P. & 0. Co.'s steamer leaving hero on tho 21st. The Hero is advertised to leave this month on tho 20th, and if she be started on thnt date she will be again too late to overtako the French Company's mail steamer. By detaining her, however, until tho 4th of next month, or even two days moro, we should be enubled to forward news a fortnight later than by the mail leaving Brisbane on October 21, and a week later than by the Panama mail, whioh leaves Sydney on tho Ist of NoTomber. This could be done with tho certainty of our advices reaching their destination a fortnight before tho Australian November mail by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's boat. The advantages which would accrue from such a course are too obvious io need comment. These remarks are made without the slightest desire to imply blame to the owners or to Captain Logan. Indeed we think that Captain Logan has acqutted himself in a manner which dc3erves much commendation, for on tho passage up he was tliree days under his contract time, and in the return passage ho was ous day less than tho contract allowed him. Tho capabilities of tho boat have been proved on this trip, and it now only remains for the dates of leaving port to be properly fixed for the public to reap the fullest advantage of tho Torres Straits mail service. There cannot he the shadow of a doubt that the emigrant ship Monarch of tho Seas, whick left J Liverpool for New York on the 19th of March with 738 souls on board, has been lost, without ono being left to tell the talo of tho disaster. Tho paper found in the bottle recently picked up in Devonport dockyard, describing the distressed condition of the ship, has been identified by the mother of tho writer, William Johnson, who was ono of the passengers, as being in the handwriting of her son. Tho fact has been communicated by the Board of Admiralty to Admiral Halstead of Lloyd's. — " Glasgow Herald." Detention op a Glasgow Steamer hy Government.—The 6teamer Cyclone, of Glasgow, Foreman, master, 440 tons, with a crew of 65 hands, and pierced for ten guns, has been placed under detention here by Her Majesty's Customs, on suspicion of being engaged in warlike designs against tho Spanish Government. Sho is bound from Hamburg, ostensibly for Rio Janeiro ; but her real destination is supposed to "be Chili. — " Yarmouth Correspondent of Glasgow Herald."