TELEGRAMS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3180, 22 April 1871, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Gbeymoute : 215t— 11.15 a.m., Rangitoto, for Nelaon. Lyttkltoi?: 21st— 9 a.m., Phoebe, from Wellington. The b.B. Rangatira, Captain Renner, left Napier at 6 p m. on Thursday, and after experiencing strong S.E. winds during the passage down as far as Cape Pallißer, arrived here at 8 o'clock last night. The s.s. Wanganui, Captain Linklater, arrived in this harbor on Thursday night last, from Wanganui, after a pleasant passage of twelve hours. She Bailed again last night for Wanganui, with a full cargo and an average number of passengers, and the despatch used is alike creditable to Captain Linklater and her agents, Messrs W. & Gh Turnbull & Co, Mr Finnimore, and Mr Oliver, Wcsleyan minister, were passengers by her. The s.s. Gothenburg, Captain Pearco, sailed yesterday afternoon for Melbourne, via Nelson and the West Coast. H.M.C.S. Pharos, Navigating Lieut. H. J. Stanley, R.N., returned on Saturday from a Surveying cruise. Bhe has been employed surveying the Ninety Mile Beach and eastward to the eastern boundary of the colony, which piece of work ia progressing rapidly and Bteadily — so much so that the Admiralty surveyor expects to complete the above portion of the coast before the winter season, with its office duties, commences. It is satisfactory to learn that Admiral Or. H. Richards, the hydrogragher to the Admiralty, intends publishing charts of the Whole coast of the colony, on a BCale of half an inch to a nautical anile. This will be a great boon to the shipping interest, which will then begin to have placed before it in a prominent manner the labors of the Admiralty survey party. The time occupied in lithographing piano iB not necessarily great, and we may soon look forward for some improved coaßt charte, amongst the first of which •will be Portland Bay, PortFuivy, and Warmambool Harbor. The Admiralty survey party IB to be increased by the addition of a navigating sub-lieutenant, who will come out to the colony in H.M.S.B. Megsera, which vessel is commiflsioned, or about to be commissioned, for the purpose of bringing out a relief crow for H.M.3. Blanche. Tins addition to the survey party was much needed. In the times of Captains Cox and Wilkinson there were two more officers than there are at prtoent attached to the survey, and during last winter season Lieut. Stauley found himself unable to send the Colonial Government tracings of the year's ■work, or even to send fair copies of the work to the Admiralty. While on the coast, the Phsroa Tisited (amongst other places) Wingan Inlet, noticed by the geodetic party as having oysterß. It is not easy of access for boats on account of a heavy eurf, but as the mouth of the inlet is under the Skerries rocks, it is sometimes possible to land jusfc outside the entrance round a small point. The oysters found were very large and good, but nob in Bufficient quantity to create an industry, unleßß it were ever intended to form the inlet into a breeding place, for which it seems admirably adapted. Gabo Island was visited eeyeral times, and found to afford very good anchorage. It is only open to the S.W., and even when the wind is from that quarter, as long aB it is not blowing a gale the anchorage is safe. The Pharos rode out several strong

breezes from the S.W., and Lieut. Stanley intends, after the next surveying cruise, to remark further upon this place. Whales were twice seen on tho coast.— Melbourne " Argus," On Monday a French vessel called tho Ville Dieppe put into Cork Harbor in a damaged condition. It -would appear from what has been gleaned that on last Thursday night she was sailing on her voyage a couple of hundred miles off the harbor, and tho weather being foggy, she was run into by a Btrango vessel. Immediately that the collision took place, the crew of the Ville Dieppe, including tho cap. tain, jumped into the stranger, which sailed off, leaving on board the injured ship two boys, who had not time to follow the example of their companions before the other vessel sailed away. Tho boys remained on board the Ville Dieppe till Sunday, when they descried the American barque Annie Kemble bearing down upon them. They made signals of distress, and the barque closed with and spoke them. On makiug the circumstances of the collision known to tho captain he put on board her a mate and three men to navigate her to the nearest port, and with this crew they arrived in Cork harbor on Monday.—" Cork Constitution."