TELEGRAMS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXII, Issue XXII, 26 November 1867, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Picton, November 23. Arrived— B.3o p.m., Taranaki, s.s., from Wellington. Sailed — 10 p.m., Taranaki, for Nelson. Port Chalmers, November 23. Arrived — 9 p.m., Geelong, from Oamaru. ' Sailed — 5.15 p.m., Omeo, s.s., for tbe Bluff. November 24. Arrived — 10 a.m., William Miskin, s s., from Oamaru ; -7.30 a.m., Egmont, s.s., from Lyttelton. Lyttelton, November 24 Arrived — 3 p.m., Airedale, s.s., from Wellington Nelson, November 24. Arrived— 6 p.m., Taranaki, s.s., from Picfcon ; Early, Australasian Packet, from Newcastle.

The barque Mary Frances, Captain Davidson, arrived in harbor on Sunday afternoon from Newcastle, which port she left on fche 14th inst. The captain reports having experienced strong failwinds across, and was obliged to heave to for thirty hours during the 20th and 21sfc from tho severity of a gale from the S.W. together with v heavy beam sen. Made Steven's Island on the night of tho 22nd, and was again obliged to heave to for eight hours owing to the violence of the gale. Was off the Heads on Saturday morning, bufc owing to the strong N.W. came to an anchor. On Sunday tho wind veered round to the S.E., which enabled the vessel to arrive as above. She brings a cargo of 330 tons of ooal for Owen, Smart; & Co.

Tbe ketch Maid of the Mill, which was formerly for several years a trader between Lyttelton and Kaiapoi, arrived in harbor on Sunday evening with a cargo of oats from Lyttelton, consigned to Levin k Co.

Mr Bax, late chief officer ofthe P.N.Z. k A.R.M. Company's s.s. Mataura has beon promoted to the command of tho Rangitoto.

The damage done to the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Surat, lately stranded on a reef in tbo Red Sen, is estimated at £-10,000.

Tho Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Singapore has been wrecked near Japan, on a rock. She sank in 100 fathoms of water six minutes afterwards. Tho crew and passengers (150 in number) were saved. The Alexander Duthie cleared afc Sydney for London on fche Bth instant, with 3067 bales of wool, 396 casks of tal'ow, 8087 bides, and sundries. Her freight-list is the heaviest ever known out of thafc port. The Brisbane Courier of the 6fch contains tho following :— Our readers will remember that on tho 2nd of March last a very severe storm passed over Bowen (Port Denison) and the adjacent district. On tho evening of fche storm fche Eva, schooner, Captain Macb'eath, left Cleveland Bay for Rockingham Bay, and was supposed to have

'been lost, on or near Hinchinbrook Island, as • nothing has been beard of ber since. A few weeks ago a report was brought into Bowen that four white men had beer, seen on ibe island. Mr Murlow and a party of police, who were afterwards joined by a party of native troopers under Lieutenant Murray, wero sent oufc to explore tho island and bring away tbe men. By the courtesy of fche Colonial Secretary we aro enabled to publish the following telegram, received yesterday from Bowen, as to the success of the expedition : —"Bowen, Novomber 4.— Tho Louisa Maria, with fche party sent, in search of the four white men reported to have been seen on Hinchinbrook Island with tho natives, arrived off the island on Sunday afternoon, 27th insfc. (October). The police, with Mr Mario w and the two native troopers, landed at tbo spot where the white men were said to have been seen. They saw a camp, which had boon occupied a few days previously. Tbe camp was composed of four forked sticks covered with boughs, on seeing which the troopers at once said ifc bad been put up by white men. Mr Murray, with a detachment of native troopers, joined our'party yesterday. He had come across a camp of blacks in the morning, and endeavored to bold friendly intercourse wifch them. Ho succeeded in getting an old man to accompany him back to the camp, and be (Lieutenant; Murray) brought; tbo man on board last night. We understand from him thafc three whito mon are on the Island, and that there were four, but one had died. Tlie native with Mr Murray and tbo troopers, left this morning to visit some camps. Every effort will be made to establish friendly communications with the blacks. No hostility of any kind has been shown by any of the parties who havo visited the island, although both Mr Murray's and tbe Clevela»d Bay party were attacked_ by the blacks with a shower of stones. The natives wero presented wifch blankets and clothes when Mr Murray left this morning.— (Signed) Philip Pinnock.— Hinchinbrook Island, Oct. 29, 1867."