TELEGRAMS.

Wellington Independent, Issue 3137, 2 March 1871, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Poet ChalmbbS: 1st — 4.20 p.m., Phoebe, for Lyttelion. Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood & Co'ss.s. Eangitoto, Captain Mackie, left on the night of the 17th ultimo, and experienced variable ■winds from S.E. to N.E., with thick weather during the lattor portion of the passage. Arxived off Hokitika at 7 a.m. on the 23rd, was tendered at 10 a.m., discharged 60 tons cargo, and left for the Grey at 3 p.m., arriving off that place at 5 p.m. the same day 5 was tendered at midnight, and left for Nelson, arriving off the Boulder Bank at 9 p.m., and entered the harbor at 10 p.m. on the 24th ; discharged cargo and left afe 1 a.m. on the 26th, and arrived at Picton at 10 a.m. same day 5 discharged cargo and left at 6 a.m. on the 28th ; came out of Tory Channel in face cf a terrific S.E. gale, and was compelled to run round to the north entrance of Queen Charlotte's Sound, and anchored in Ship Cove at 9 a.m., causing a delay of 24 hours. Got under weigh at 6 a.m. on the Ist March, experienced a strong S.E, gale with thick weather and rain until arrival inside of Wellington Heads, arriving alongside the Queen's -wharf at 4 p.m. The Rangitoto, in swinging at the Picton wharf, caught the bank with her bow, and remained there a tide. The s b. Taranaki, E. Wheeler, commander, arrived at the wharf at 4 p.m. yesterday, from Pioton and the* North. Her dates of arrival from North are as follows :— Manukau, on 24th. at 6 p.m. j Taranaki, on 25th, at 11 a.m. ; Nelson, on 26th, at 8.30 a.m. ; up to which fine weather was experienced. Left Nelson at 1.16 p.m. on the 27fch, arriving at Picton at 9 p.m. ; Bailed again at 6 a.m. on the 28th, and proceeded as far as Ship Cove, •when, finding the weather threatening, anchored, remaining there till 10.30 a.m. lot March, during -which time had hard S.E. Bqualla and rain ; experienced hard S.E. gale with terrific sea crossing the Straits, reaching the Heads at 3 p.m. and 'arriving at tho wharf at 4 p.m. She brings thirty tons of cargo and a number of passengers. Captain Wheeler reports having seen the I/una in the French Pass, after leaving together. She went through the Pass, and he started for Picton -and did not see her after. Captain Wheeler thinks the Luna must have taken shelter in the Pelorus Sound in some of the anchorages. At Melbourne, several masters of sailing vessels have been fined for neglecting to carry lights. Tho missionary barque John Williams, left the bay yesterday for Geelong, where she will remain a few days prior to sailing for the scenes of her labor amongst tho islands in the South Pacific— "Age," 17th ult. The number of English wrecks reported during the present year to date of December 17, amounts to 1933. The master's report of the Turkish [Empire, at Gravesend, Dec. 22, from Melbourne, says that on October 24, in 44 S., 20 W., pasßed a Jarge quantity of timber and wreck ; hove to, lowered the boat, and picked up a log of mahogany marked " F," No. 393. In the Court of Exchequer on December 9, Judgment waa given in the Champion of the Sea« case again, on an application for a new trial. The action, which was tried at the last Guildhall sittings, was brought, it will be rajnembered, to recover back a sum of money •which had been paid under a mistake of facts in respect of some bales of wool shipped in Australia on board tho Champion of the Seas. The verdict at the trial passed for the plaintiff, but the Lord Chief Baron directed it to be entered for the defendant, on the ground that, as the money had been.paid in ignorance of law, the action could not be maintained, ffheir I/ordships thought, upon a careful reView of the case, that it would be more satisfactory if the caße were tried again, and made the rule absolute for a new trial. Tho Sydaey Herald of the Bth ult. says :— " The ship City of Sydney, 1183 tons, Captain Kerridge, from London to this port, sailed on the 19th August, and is therefore 171 days out. Since leaving London she has been reported as feeing onco spoken in latitude 6 ° S., up to ■which point she had made a fair passage ; it is therefore to be feared that some serious accident has taken place. She had a large valuable cargo and the following passengers :— Profeeaor and Madame Sohier and family, Miss Fanny Wayland, Mr and Mrs Young. A correspondent writing to the "Herald," remarks: — 'The non-arrival of this vessel is causing great anxiety amongst the friends of the passengers and crew. It seems probable that she has met with some serious accident in the latter portion of her voyage, as she was spoken, all •well, some 7 ° south of the Line, about thirty days after date of sailing ; so that in the first part of her passage she kad been progressing very favorably. Several ships ■which have arrived lately from England report having passed large quantities of ice in about 45° 8., and from 30° to 60° E. This -would be in the neighborhood of Prince Edveard'u and the Crozet Islands, and it is poseible that the City of Sydney, having struck on an iceberg, or perhaps ran on one of those islands, has landed her crew and passengers pdfelj and these poor people are waiting for uccour on this lonely place. They will not Starve because tho islands abound in seals and

sea birds' eggs, but their position would be, of course, moat distressing. I think some vessel should be sent there at once, or a telegram sent to England desiring some of the outwardbounders to examine these places as they come along. Ships rarely eight them, and none in fact but whalers touoh there." The following, picked up in a bottle at Mercury Bay, has been handed to us (" N.Z. Herald") for publication :— " Ship Adelia Carleton, Boston, Captain Carleton, bound to San Franoisco from Sydney, five days out, 34 deg. 48 mm. S., 164 deg. 14 mm. E. ; all well. Mr Montgomery flying a kite ; goose and fowl for dinner; wife recovered her sickness; things looking awfully jolly ; did not practice the piano this morning ; think of it presently. Send this to the nearest newspaper. — Alfbed Hugh Ha yell." An Auckland paper says : — The buoy which marked the Tranmere Bhoal, at the entrance of the Manukau harbor, is now away. Due notice will be given when it is replaced.