with cattle sheep &c. Passengers—Mr William Hudson and Mr William Prentice.

The Port Phillip mail did not arrive on Saturday, being the fourth week in succession that it has failed. The Government ought to have sent an express to Port Phillip a fortnight since. The inconvenience, the serious injury that has occurred from the delays that have taken place, are beyond calculation.

THE STEAMER ‘NATIVE’—The new steamer, Native, about to run to and from Parramatta, the dimensions of which we have already given, was plying about the harbour on a trial trip yesterday with a number of ladies and gentlemen on board. She is a very pretty model, and seems to go very fast. A somewhat novel system is adopted in steering her, as the wheel is in the fore part of the vessel, with leading ropes to the tiller aft; this enables the helmsman to have a better view ahead, and seems to answer well.

The steamer Sovereign has spoken nothing since leaving Moreton Bay. Captain Coffin, of the American ship Thule, also the second and third mates, with a portion of the crew, have arrived in Sydney by the Sovereign. The third night after leaving the vessel, the boats got among the breakers on Cato’s Bank and as the chief mate’s boat was not in company the next morning, it is supposed she must have received some damage, which compelled them to land, as they had not reached Moreton Bay when the Sovereign left.

The Giraffe, which has been rigged as a barque for some time past, is now altered to a brig.

The schooner Elizabeth arrived on Tuesday, from the Richmond, with a cargo of cedar, and a portion of the wreck of the Clarence whaler. On the 9th Sept she spoke the barque Mary, McDonald, between Wreck Reef and Cato’s Shoal, with 1400 barrels of sperm oil on board and two whales alongside which they were then cutting in and trying out.

WHALING NEWS—The Lady Blackwood, Capt Butcher, from Sydney, 23rd June 1843, put into Port Stephens on the 7th inst, with 320 barrels sperm oil on board. The owners have sent orders for her to come on to Sydney to refresh, to enable her to proceed on the voyage; some of the crew being sick with scurvy. She has not seen any whalers since last reported.

NEW ZEALAND—By the arrival of the Ariel, we have received the following news from New Zealand—Captain Wakefield had returned from Nelson to Port Nicholson per schooner Sisters, having paid off all the labourers around Nelson, in accordance with peremptory orders received from the New Zealand Company. A meeting of the chief settlers in Nelson had been held for the purpose of employing those who were suddenly thrown out of employment. The schooner Oratava was at Cloudy Bay on the 21st Sept and was about to leave for Sydney, via Nelson. The Raymond was about to proceed along the coast to load for London. The brig Eleanor had left for Akaroa and Pakaki, to load with oil for Sydney.

The Mary White left on Wednesday for Adelaide via Port Phillip having on board the Right Rev Dr Murphy. The Rose steamer towed her outside the Heads, on board of which there were about 300 people, who had engaged the steamer for the occasion, as a testimonial of respect to the reverend gentleman.

Passengers—Miss Woon, Mr Nelson, Master Nathan, Mr McCan, Mr Brown, Dr Ring RN, Mr S H Levey, Mr Wright, Mr Martyn, Mrs Martyn and two children, Mr E Smith, Master Smith, Mrs Golden and two children, Mr W Davis, Mr D Dryden, Mrs Duncan and Mr P McArvell.

THE LATE GALE—
The gale of wind which has raged for the last two days is considered to be the fiercest which has occurred since the loss of the Edward Lombe, on Middle Head, in August 1834. Most of the vessels anchored in the Stream drifted, and were compelled to let go the second anchor. The steamer James Watt drifted from her moorings in Johnson’s Bay and was nearly on the south point of Balmain, when Capt Allen and the crew of the Tamar got on board with spare anchors and chains, and at length re-moored her between Boyd’s Wharf and Balmain. The steamers Sophia Jane and Tamar did not make their usual trip to the Hunter, on Tuesday night, and did not leave until Friday evening. About four o’clock on Tuesday afternoon two of the South Head pilots, Messrs Gibson and Jackson, left the Dockyard in their boats, with the intention of proceeding to Watson’s Bay; when near abreast of Pinchgut, a sudden squall struck Mr Jackson’s boat (having himself, two men and a boy in her) when she immediately capsized. All hands stuck to the boat and after about 40 minutes, when their strength was nearly exhausted, they were luckily seen from the Garland Grove when a boat was instantly manned and repaired to their assistance arriving just in time to rescue them from drowning. After landing Mr Jackson, the lad and one of the men on Pinchgut, they returned to the boat with the intention of towing her in shore, but the gale was by this time at its height, and they could make no head-way against it and stood away for the North Shore, and took refuge in Mossman’s Bay; and they returned to the ship on Thursday morning. The following letter has been forwarded for insertion:-

“To Captain Robson of the ship Garland Grove—Sir,--I lose not a moment in thanking you for the reception which I received this morning on board your ship, and also in acknowledging the timely assistance which was rendered to me by part of your crew when I was upset by a sudden gust of wind, close to your vessel, yesterday afternoon. To the promptness with which the boat was dispatched, I feel myself bound to say that I owe my own preservation of life as well as that of my boat’s crew; and I feel in duty bound to make this public acknowledgement of your kindness and attention through the medium of the Sydney Morning Herald—I have the honour to be, Sir, ever yours gratefully, Robert A. Jackson—October 16th, 1844”.
As nothing was seen of Mr Gibson, after the squall, fears were entertained that his boat had shared the same fate, but we are informed that he landed at Watson’s Bay about an hour after the accident, quite unconscious of what had occurred.

PORT PHILLIP—ARRIVAL

Sept 22—Abberton, barque, 450 tons, Campbell, from Cork 1st June. Cabin passengers—Mr Bryant, Mr and Mrs Midley, five children and two servants, Mr Rucker, Mr Colin Campbell and Mr Berry, Dr Waring, Surgeon Superintendent; steerage—156 adults, 81 children, 1-14 years and 15 infants.

THE SCHOONER ‘VIXEN’—This vessel sails tomorrow for Tahiti. She is very much improved by being converted from a cutter to a schooner. Mr Imlay goes in her to the Islands—Southern Cross, Sept 7.

The Jane anchored in Watson’s Bay last evening, and will sail again in a few days having only called in to land a portion of her crew, who are in a state of insubordination.

The Governor Phillip, from Norfolk Island, brings little news. The only vessel which had touched there since our last report was the Arabian, with 100 barrels sperm oil on board. The weather had been extremely favourable at Norfolk Island for agricultural pursuits and the crops promised to be very prolific. The island was in a perfect state of tranquility.

The schooner Shamrock from Sydney 26th Aug, arrived Auckland 18th ult. The schooner John Pirie from Adelaide arrived there on 17th Sept. The schooner I Don’t Know left Auckland on 18th Sept for the southern coast, to load with oil for Sydney. HMS Hazard had proceeded up the river to be hove down, and was about to undergo a thorough repair. It was expected that Auckland would be declared a free port on 20th Sept, as the Governor had called a meeting of the Council on that day, supposed to be for that purpose.

HMS Vindictive—The Vindictive, 50, Capt J Toup Nicolas, was at Callao, in the beginning of February. She had a trial of sailing with the American frigates Constellation and United States. All the three vessels were on a bowling, with courses, top sails, top gallant sails, and royals set, and in a run of about seven hours the Vindictive gained nearly eight miles upon the United States, and left the Constellation topsails down astern—Falmouth Packet, June 8.

ENGLISH SHIPPING—The Standerings arrived at Gravesend on 5th June. The Clarendon left Leith for Sydney direct on 1st June. The Duke of Roxburgh, from Hobart Town, arrived Gravesend 5th June. Owing to the prevalence of easterly winds in the channel, the Lords of the Admiralty had dispatched several vessels with provisions &c for the relief of the homeward bound vessels. The Calcutta was to leave London for Hobart Town on 7th July. The Reward, from Port Phillip 8th Jan, was off Plymouth 29th May.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE—
The Canton from Hongkong and the Candahar from Calcutta touched at the Cape on 24th June on their passage to London. The brig City of Sydney, Capt Williams, from Mauritius 29th June, arrived at the Cape on 26th July—passengers—Mesdms Chancey and Williams, Capt Ferguson, Messrs Peters and Davey; 3 in steerage. She left again for the Mauritius on 16th Aug. The brig Bristolian, of Bristol, Capt Cook, bound to Ichaboe for guano, ran ashore in thick weather about 80 miles to the southward of Angra I’iquena, and became a total wreck; the crew, after remaining some days near the wreck, fitted out the longboat, and arrived safe at Ichaboe. The John Williams, barque, 300 tons, R C Morgan, from London June 6, and the Downs June 17, arrived at the Cape on 24th Aug, cargo sundries. Passengers—for the Cape—Mrs Brown, 2 children, Rev Mr Phillips, Messrs O’Brien and Brown and one servant. For Van Diemen’s Land, Mesdms Pike, Gibson, Gill, Powell and Sutherland; Misses Buff and Cridley; Messrs Gill, Stevens, Powell, Heath and Sutherland; two natives of the Society Islands and one child.

DANGEROUS POSITION OF FOUR WRECKS AT THE ISLE OF FRANCE—
“ To Rear Admiral the Honorable J Percy, C.B., Commander-in-Chief. HMS Isis, Port Louis, 4th May 1844. Sir,--Four ships have been wrecked on the Coral Reefs off the entrance of Port Louis Harbour, their hulls still lying conspicuous, even at night, I have transmitted you a statement of their position from the Bell Buoy, in order that any ship making the harbour at night may not mistake them for ships at anchor.—I have, &c., John Marshall, Captain. Compass bearings and distance of the Bell Buoy from the wrecks of Port Louis Harbour: Hugh Mattie, N ½ W about ½ mile; Menai, NNE about ½ mile; Surat Merchant, SW ½ S, about 1 ¾ or 2 miles; American Whaler, SW ½ W, about 1 ½ mile.

THE BARQUE ‘MARGARET’—
Death of Captain Northwood—A letter has been received in Sydney from Mrs Northwood, dated St Jago’s 19th May, wherein the following account of the death of Capt Northwood (who took the Royal George from Sydney to London after the death of Capt Richards) is recorded.

“The Margaret, of London, commanded by Captain Northwood, had been some time on the coast of Africa in search of guano, and eventually put into the Bay of Anguin, to obtain the manure from a small island. It was found upon entering the bay that the depth of water was so small, that the ship could not get within thirty miles of the island; the long boat and pinnace were then lowered, the former commanded by the captain, and the other by the second officer; the chief mate being left with a portion of the crew in charge of the ship. Both boats were well armed and upon arriving at their destination all hands were busily engaged in loading them; but they had not been digging above half an hour before a number of natives rushed on them and compelled them, after some resistance, to leave the island. About an hour afterwards they were pursued by five large canoes, having about 70 men in each; a sharp fire was kept up on both sides, but a hurricane coming on at the time, the longboat swamped and went down, taking with her Captain Northwood and six of the crew. The second mate was so closely pursued that he could render no assistance and, after standing to sea, reached the Margaret two days after, when the melancholy intelligence was imparted to Mrs Northwood who was on board.”

CLEARANCES

Oct 16—Soundraporvy, Passengers—Mrs Rogers and child and Mr Keane.

Oct 21—Greenlaw, Capt Eagar, for London, with colonial product &c. Passengers—Colonel Gwynne, Lady, three children and servant, Mr Ambrose Hallen, Mr F.O. Balfour, Mr C Chapman, Mr G A Coventry, Mr Alexander Dempster, Mr Macdonald, Mr John Kelso, Mr J L Clarke M.D., Mr John Passingham, Mr and Mrs Lalor, and three children, Mr and Mrs Burnall, Miss Daniel, Miss Frew, Mrs Frew and two children, Mr R Gooden, Mr Cannon, Mr E Fitzgerald, Mr T Cave and two children, Mr and Mrs Seagar and two children and Mr W Murray.
Cargo—13 casks tallow, A & S Lyons; 11 casks tallow, 8 bales wool, Tingcombe & Watkins; 18 casks tallow, 4 bales wool, Benjamin & Moses; 34 casks tallow, 23 ½ bales wool, Campbell & Co; 396 ox hides, 58 bales wool, 62 casks tallow, Flower, Salting & Co; 3737 ox hides, R Campbell; 68 ox hides, Martyn and Coombes; 30 ox hides, 2 cases wine, 92 bales wool, Griffiths, Gore and Co; 496 ox hides, 16 bales wool, C Appleton and Co; 60 bags bark, J R Wilshire; 10,367 treenails, John Passingham; 9 bales wool, A & S Lyons; 9 bales wool, 51 casks tallow, Lyall, Scott and Co; 8 bales wool, Tingcombe and Watkins; 14 bales wool, 68 casks tallow, Cooper and Holt; 24 casks tallow, E D Day; 7 casks tallow, W Hindson; 14 casks tallow, D & T Dickson; 23 casks tallow, T Beattie and J Taylor; 18 casks tallow, John Pitte; 20 casks tallow, 38 casks sperm oil, Donaldson, Dawes and Co; 13 casks tallow, T Smith and Co; 75 casks tallow, Robert Towns; 32 casks black oil, 12 logs Maori timber, George Thorne; 48 cases fire-arms, Flower, Salting and Co; 5 casks wine, W Macdonell; 52 bundles whalebone, Rowand, Macnab and Co; 1 case wine, Griffiths, Gore and Co.

Passengers—Mr Ryerly, Mr P Snodgrass, Mrs Browne, Mr Noakes, Mr Medley, Mr Dunn, Mr Spence, Mr Walker, Mr Bolden, Mr Morow, Mr Hay, Mr Raphael, Mr Osborne, Mr Cetta, Mr Redman, Mr Hayne, Mr and Mrs Fielder, Messrs Jones, Spark, Davis, Tuck, Carr, Ross, Dixon, Gwain, Wood, Able and Keith.

with oil &c. Passengers—Mr Western, Mr Sims, Mr Jones, Mr Brown, Mr McLean, Mr Darling, Mr Williams, Mr Smith, Mrs Smith and six children, Miss Maher and Mr Conolly.

The Greenlaw will be towed to sea to-morrow morning by the steamer Corsair. A large party is expected to accompany her to the Heads.

No news had been received of the missing boat belonging to the whaler Thule.

SOUTH BRISBANE—The South Brisbanites being determined not to be entirely left in the back ground, convened a public meeting on the 17th instant for the purpose of taking the necessary steps to build a landing wharf on the south side of the river, there being no place at present where a vessel can lay conveniently alongside to discharge cargo, and which has hitherto been a great drawback to that portion of the township. The greater portion of the meeting consisted of hard-working and industrious tradesmen who have embarked their earnings in the purchase of allotments at South Brisbane. However £50 were subscribed on the spot, and I have no doubt if the Government will, through Captain Wickham, the Police Magistrate, give a frontage to the river as a reserve, a substantial wharf will be immediately created without one farthing expense to the Government, and of great public utility—Correspondent.

The Martha and Elizabeth arrived early yesterday morning from Port Phillip, and the following report has been furnished by Captain Devlin :-- Friday, Oct 18, noon, exchanged numbers with the barque Mary White from Sydney, Port Phillip Heads bearing NNE six miles distant. Saturday 19, spoke the brig John and Charlotte from Port Albert, bound to Hobart Town, Hogan’s Group bearing SSE distance eight miles. Tuesday 22, spoke the brig Dorset from Sydney, bound to Adelaide, Cape Dromedary bearing SW forty miles. Same day spoke the brig Soundraporvy bound to London in latitude 36° 11’ south, long. 151° 8’ east, apparently going the western passage by the way of the Cape of Good Hope.

The brig Henry, Capt Tregurtha, from Launceston, had arrived at Auckland before the Shamrock left. HMS Hazard had been repaired, and was ready for sea. The Caernarvon, whaler, was lying at the Bay of Islands, and would proceed to the Whaling Grounds in a few days. The Nelson, from London, was lying at New Plymouth. The natives at the Bay had resumed their depredations; John Heke had called an assemblage of the neighbouring tribes, and had sent word to the inhabitants of the township that they should visit them in a day or two, and cut down the flag-staff again. They had been at Capt Wright’s station, and stolen 8 horses. Another party had broken into the jail, and robbed the jailer of money and wearing apparel. At Waiamate, the tribe belonging to the chief William Ripper, had also commenced their depredations; five of them broke into the house of a person called Smith, during the night, and not contented with taking the bedding and other movable articles, broke open the chest, and either carried off or destroyed the contents.

The Columbine has not seen any vessels since leaving Vavao. HMS North Star touched there on 8th August and had gone to the Navigators; she had been on a sunken reef between Tongataboo and the Harpies, where she carried away her false keel and part of the fore-foot, and it was expected that she would have to come on to Sydney to be repaired.

A letter has been received in Sydney from a passenger on board the Herald, which vessel left this place for London on 22nd March. The letter is dated Pernambuco, June 3rd, in which it is stated that they had arrived there on the 1st. The Kelso, from Sydney 27th Feb, had also been into Pernambuco, and resumed her voyage on 20th May. The Herald passed the Midlothian off the Falkland Islands; they had been five days among the ice, and had fallen in with an unusual quantity of icebergs for about a fortnight before.

The Chance spoke the Mary White on the 16th inst, to the westward of Kent’s Group. Spoke the Cheviot of Hobart Town, off the Dromedary, six months out, with 900 barrels oil on board. A new Governor had arrived at Manila from Cadiz. Mr Morrison, owner of the brig Amelia, lately lost in the Straits of St Bernardino, reports that shortly after leaving the wreck they fell in with the Merope, Capt Hogg of Sydney 14 months out, with 500 barrels sperm oil on board. She had been into Manila a short time before to refresh.

The Portenia brings little news of importance. She spoke a vessel belonging to India in the Straits of Sunda, but did not ascertain her name; she had then on board a boat’s crew belonging to the Gondolier, which vessel has been already reported a total wreck, on the Marquis of Hastings Shoal. The Trusty from Adelaide had taken in a cargo of sugar and coffee at Batavia, and left for London on the 17th August. The Mona was loading there for England.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—The “Juno”—William Carnegie, Henry Moore, James Campbell, George Smith, Timothy Call, Thomas Neilson, and Henry Watt under committal for a revolt on board the barque Juno, were severally discharged by proclamation on Saturday last.

ENGLISH SHIPPING—The Madras, from Adelaide; the Reward from Port Phillip arrived home on 2nd June. The Standerings, from Sydney 2nd Jan; the Duke of Roxburgh, from Hobart Town, arrived on 5th June. The Hamlet from Sydney 23rd Feb, arrived 7th June; the Rajah from Port Phillip on the 8th. On the 9th June the Psyche, Jane Francis and Derwent, from Hobart town arrived. The Camœna, from Port Phillip arrived 11th June. The Sarah Scott, from Sydney 4th Feb and Fanny from Sydney 26th Jan both arrived on 17th June. The Cuba from Sydney 3rd Feb and Persian from Sydney 25th Jan had also both arrived. The Dublin, Parrock Hall, Halifax Packet and Hamlet were all on the berth for Sydney; the latter was to leave 15th Aug. The Cygnet, Royal George, Rajah and Madras were laid on for Port Phillip. The Agincourt, Capt Keatby, had been taken up to convey convicts to Norfolk Island. The William Jardine, Emily and Lord Auckland were about to leave with convicts for Hobart Town. The Madras was loading for Adelaide, and the Sarah Scott was also laid on for the same place. The Janet, from Hobart Town to London, had been spoken in lat. 18° S, long. 26° W; the Aurign, from Hobart Town to London, had been spoken 28th April and the Winchester from Port Phillip to London, had been spoken 7th May in lat. 5° N, long. 32° W.

Greenlaw, Full ship.

Sydney, ship, 346 tons, White; 1 cask cocoanut oil, 43 casks black oil, 286 casks tallow, 5600 hides, 8 tons dyewood, 30 tons manganese, 96 cases gum, 40 bags bark, 93 bales wool and 35 bales leather on board.

Eweretta, barque 356 tons, Darley, 100 casks tallow, 135 casks brandy, on board.

St George, ship, 605 tons, Norie; 300 casks tallow, 57 tons manganese, 500 hides, 5 tons copper ore, 38 tons lead ore, 16 tons dyewood, 75 tuns sperm oil, and 40 casks hides, on board.

Thomas Lowry, ship, 409 tons, Graham; 55 tuns oil, 40 tons manganese, 700 casks tallow, 513 bales wool, 20 tons horns and hoofs, 3800 hides, 34 casks arrowroot, and 9 tons whalebone on board.

Templar, ship, 565 tons, Brown; 20 tons dyewood, 60 tuns black oil and 30 tons manganese on board.

Pestonjee Bomanjee, barque 594 tons, Binnie; 35 tons manganese, 30 casks tallow and 100 hides on board.

PORT PHILLIP—ARRIVAL

Oct 11—Catherine, schooner, J C Ward, master, from Batavia 23rd August. Passengers—Messrs Thomas Smith and William Laing. Cargo: 3749 bags sugar, 822 bags coffee, 53 bags pepper, 39 bags cloves, 13 casks nutmegs.

VAN DIEMEN’S LAND—ARRIVALS
Hobart town

Oct 8—The brig Caroline, from Sydney.

Oct 9—The barque Tropic, 382 tons, from London. Cabin passengers—Mr and Mrs Rose and two children, Mr and Mrs Young and two children, Mr F Smith, Mrs Smith, Mr Swift, Mr Dobson, Mr A Dawson (Royal Engineer Department) and four sisters, Messrs David, John, and George Guthrie, Mr Bransgrove, Messrs F and W Milhouse, Mr A Peter.

Oct 10—The barque John Williams, 296 tons, from England with sundries and stores. Passengers for Hobart Town—Mrs Knight, Messrs Mase and Stevens, and a servant—for Sydney, Master Henry F Robinson—for the Samoan Islands, Rev T Heath, Rev and Mrs J P Sunderland, Rev and Mrs T Powell, Mrs Gibson and child, and a native of Samoa—for the Society Islands, Misses Barff and Credland—for the Harvey Islands, Rev and Mrs George Gill, and a native of the Harvey Isles—10—The schooner, Marian Watson, from Sydney—14. The brigantine Waterlily, 155 tons, from Sydney.

LAUNCESTON—ARRIVALS

Oct 13--Martha, brig, 121 tons, Banstead, master from Sydney.
Oct 16—Tobago, brig, 136 tons, Thomas, master, from Sydney.
Oct 17—Elizabeth Buckham, brig, Bewley, master, from London 5th July with a general cargo. Passenger—Master Bell.
Cargo—11 casks shot, 12 hogsheads rum, 46 cases, 12 casks, 2 crates, 33 bales, 2 packages, 14 trunks, 2 quarter-casks manufactures, 2 hogsheads hams, 8 kegs tobacco, 7 crates earthenware, 4 cases paper, 10 pockets hops, 350 bags, 3 tierces salt, 18 packages machinery, 5 pipes 32 hogsheads 4 quarter-casks wine, 14 crates earthenware, 4 casks glass, 25 packages nails, 19 cases 2 hogsheads 8 quarter-casks wine, 15 quarter-casks 10 tierces marsala, 42 bales linens, 8 tierces tobacco, 6 caroteels currants, 1 bale carpets, 2 bales cotton wick, 31 cases 9 bales manufactures, 85 boxes glass, 39 cases wine, 1 bale, 1 case apparel, 3 cases manufactures, 26 bales, 23 cases manufactures, 2 cases, 17 bales paper, 16 trunks, 1 case manufactures, 4 cases, 2 tierces, 2 baskets, 1 cask drugs, 13 cases, 10 trunks, 2 bales manufactures, 38 cases, 6 bales, 2 trunks, 7 casks manufactures, 30 bundles spades, 4 casks, 2 bundles, 1 case manuf., 20 barrow wheels, 12 pairs fire dogs, 19 packages fire dogs, 1 case manuf, 2 boxes plants, 16 packages merchandise, 30 quarter-casks wine, 1 case, 1 case plate, 1 bale cotton wick, 1 box pipes, 1 truss rushwick, 1 case 3 boxes apparel.

LAUNCESTON—DEPARTURES

Oct 11—Tamar, schooner, 117 tons, Ball, master for Port Phillip; J Raven, agent. Passengers—The Most Rev Archbishop Polding, Rev John McEncroe, James Hamilton, John Anderson, John Clayton, Charles Clarke, Richard Wilson, Mrs Derrick.

Oct 15—Palmyra, brig, 145 tons, Griffiths, master for Sydney, J Raven, agent. Passengers—Messrs Oliver, Luke, Godding, Canning, Walton and Hewes.
Cargo: 6 bales kangaroo skins, 11 cases whaling gear, 2 bundles ditto, 390 bags wheat, 40 bags barley, 17 bags wheat, 190 bags potatoes, 52 bags oats, 5 bundles mats, 307 bags wheat, 50 bags flour, 174 bags potatoes, 771 bags wheat, 144 bags barley.

The schooner Eliza reports the brig Diana, of Launceston, to be a total wreck, having gone on shore at Port Fairy—insured in the Derwent and Tamar Insurance Company for £1200—Launceston Advertiser, Oct 18.

ELIZABETH AND JANE—The wreck and stores of this vessel were sold last Thursday, by Messrs Underwood and Eddie. Mr Gibbon was the purchaser, for himself and Mr Raven at £220—Launceston Examiner, Oct 19.

with missionary stores &c. Passengers for Sydney—Mrs Allen, Mr Want and Mr Udny. For the Society Islands—Miss Barff, and Miss Credland. For Harvey’s Islands—Mr George Gill and Mrs Gill. For the Samoan Islands—Rev Thomas Heath, Rev J P Sunderland, Mrs Sunderland, Rev T Powell, Mrs Powell, Mrs Gibson and child, a native of the Samoan Islands and one of Harvey Islands.

with 30 Coolies and 11 orphan boys. Passengers—Mr Sandeman, Mr Friell, Mr Gibblin and Mr Sherriff.

with a general cargo. Passengers—Mrs Bingle and daughter, Miss Bingle, Master Bingle, Mr Joseph Edgar and wife, Miss Challenger, Mr Hodgkinson, Mr Mitcalfe, Mr Charles Deans, Mr Henry Brown and Mr Wm E Hawksley. Steerage—Mary Size, Eli Mayo, William M Gordon, Thomas L Umphally, Fred. Adams, James Percival, John Roden, Eliza Roden, Betsy Whibey and William Howard.
Cargo:--from London: 150 coils cordage, 21 bundles oakum, George Thorne; 4 casks 2 cases regimental necessaries, 58th regt; 1 case books, Lord Bishop of Australia; 7 boxes cottons, 1 parcel samples, J Graham and Co; 1 case millinery, Mrs S M Elrighton; 1 hogshead beer, R J Sconce, 6 tierces tobacco, 1 bale apparel, 3 trunks, 7 bales, T Smith and Co; 4 cases, John Bingle; 5 cases, J T Armitage and Co; 1 case apparel, Capt Ditmas; 1 case apparel, Capt Marston; 1 hogshead wine, H Gordon; 3 bales wool-packs, 1 cask tarpaulins, 1 case sheep-shears, Campbell and Co; 10 quarter-casks port wine, 1 bale hosiery, 17 cases copper, 9 casks copper nails, 15 bags St Ube’s salt, 16 casks split peas, 105 whale lines, 6 coils rope, 4 bales twine, 3 cases 3 bales slops, B Boyd; 2 cases tinware, 7 cases 1 bale, Swain, Webb, Hopkinson and Co; 1 case, Rev Mr Coton; 1 case, Mr Dowling; 1 case, Williams and Co; 10 barrels raisins, 3 butts currants, Robert Porter; 1 trunk 2 cases, N Hart; 1 case, W Minithorpe; 3 bales, Cooper and Holt; 6 bales, A Brierley; 1 case, Thacker, Mason and Co; 2 packages books, Colonel T Shadforth; 5 cases cottons, 20 casks blacking, 20 barrels vinegar, 1 case black lead, 5 cases groats, 2 cases parasols, 5 butts whiting, 1 butt rotton stone, 1 butt logwood, 45 cases starch, 25 cases mustard, 65 cases oilman’s stores, Rowand, Macnab and Co; 16 octaves wine, 100 casks beer, Lyall, Scott and Co; 1 case, H J Yarrow, 11 cases 1 bale, J G Raphael; 1 case boots, 2 cases, L Birnstingl; 1 cask, J Sands; 14 cases, 3 bales, Tom Ray; 1 box books, D Bennett; 59 bales 21 cases, Flower, Salting and Co; 4 cases 2 bales, J Thompson and on; 7 cases plate glass, 1 case frames, 1 cask chinaware, 1 case hardwood, 3 hogsheads 8 casks flint glass, 26 crates earthenware, G N Solomon; 10 bales, 60 casks beer, 10 hogsheads beer, R Ramsay, Senior and Co; 1 case jewellery, J N Dickson; 8 bales 2 cases 1 case ironmongery, 4 half-tierces 2 kegs tobacco, 12 caroteels currants, 12 half-barrels raisins, 3 barrels 50 boxes raisins, 8 boxes almonds, Gilchrist and Alexander; 1 case, S D Miller; 1 cas papers, officer administering Government; 1 package, W G Barker; 1 bale, Pettit; 34 casks beer, 25 hogsheads beer, 35 hogsheads beer, 52 barrels beer, 50 cases oilman’s stores, 18 trunks, 5 cases, 1 cask zinc, 35 cases 2 bales, Order.

Passengers—Mr and Mrs Chapman, child and female servant, Miss Swan, Mr and Miss Midwood, Mr Walker, Mr Edwards, Mr Giblin, Mrs Rose and child and Mr Holden.

Oct 15—Tamar, schooner, 117 tons, Ball, master from Launceston. Passengers—His Grace the Most Reverend Archbishop Polding, the Rev John McEncroe, Messrs James Hamilton, John Anderson, John Clayton, Charles Clarke, R Wilson, and Mrs Derrick.

Oct 18--(at Geelong) Athens, brig, Fordyce, master, from Liverpool and Hobart Town. Passengers—James Bowden, J Grant and wife. Original cargo from Liverpool: 20 tons salt, 1 case paper, 1 case stationery. Shipped at Hobart Town—4,000 feet timber, 1,000 paling, 1 horse, 1 cart.

Oct 19—Mary White, barque, 329 tons, Walker, master, from Liverpool via Sydney. Passengers—Right Rev Dr Murphy, Rev Messrs Ryan and Cotterell, Miss Skelly, Messrs Lackey, Kayle and Slidey; 8 adults and two children in the steerage.

Oct 28—Clarendon, barque, Grant 421 tons, from Leith. Passengers for Port Phillip—(cabin) Misses Craigmile and Lawson, Mr C Officer, Master W F Officer; (steerage) Mr Barber, Mr and Mrs Bissland, Senior, Mr and Mrs Bissland, Junior, and Mr Gibson, Surgeon, John Smith Esq M.D.

CLEARED OUT—Oct 23, Mariner, schooner, for Western Port, Port Albert and Sydney. Passengers for Sydney—Mr Waring and Mr Rucker. For Port Albert—Mrs P W Welsh and 5 children, and Mary Ann Waugh; steerage—Mr and Mrs Timins and 5 children. For Western Port—5 bags flour, 1 plough, 1 piano, 3 bags lime, 10 packages building materials. For Sydney—40 tons potatoes.—Mary White, barque, 329 tons, Walker for Adelaide. Passengers—Rev Mr Ryan, Right Rev Mr Murphy, Messrs P Cottrell, P O’Lackay, Miss M Skelly and Mr Coyle.

ICE BERGS—The Clarendon, on her way to this port fell in with several ice bergs, on 12th Sept, in lat. 37° S and long. 25° E., 9 were of enormous size, one of them in particular which was upwards of 150 feet high; they were drifting in a northerly direction. It was most remarkable that while the ship was surrounded with ice, the temperature of the air was 58° and in the water 65°.

SHIPS FOR HOME—It is generally supposed in the mercantile world, that much difficulty will arise in getting a sufficient number of vessels to convey our produce to Europe. Advertisements have already appeared in the Sydney journals, inviting tenders for conveying freight from this port to London. Upon enquiry we learn, that many masters of vessels in Sydney, unacquainted with this circumstance, had been induced to charter their vessels for a low rate, to proceed in ballast to the west coast of South America, and there to load for the ports of London and Liverpool; upon becoming known several captains were almost induced to forfeit their charter penalty, and come down here—Port Phillip Gazette, Oct 23.

The Dublin being the London Packet for the 1st July, has brought a large mail. She spoke with nothing on the passage connected with these colonies, but fell in with several large icebergs. The Ocean from Sydney, arrived in the Downs on 26th June.

THE MISSIONARY BARQUE “JOHN WILLIAMS”—It will be remembered by most of our readers, that the expense of building this fine vessel was raised by subscription by children attending Sunday schools in England. Reports had reached Sydney of her being a superior vessel, and upon inspection she exceeds what was anticipated. She was launched at Harwich on 20th March 1844 in the presence of a vast concourse of people, notwithstanding the morning was very wet and cold. The children and teachers of the Sabbath school in connexion with the Wesleyan congregation of the town were also present. From Harwich the John Williams was taken to London to be fitted out, where the young ladies of Wycliffe Chapel presented Captain Morgan with a handsome flag, bearing the name of the ship, and the dove bearing an olive branch, as an emblem of peace. The dimensions of the vessel are 103 feet over all, 24 feet 8 inches in breadth and 16 feet depth of hold, the measurement of her being 296 tons. Her saloon is lofty and spacious, and she has also ten large State-rooms, which are commodiously fitted up. She is a very fast sailer, and her rigging, spars, sails, boats &c are of the very best description. This is the third ship which the Missionary Society has had. The first was the Duff, Captain James Wilson, which sailed from England for the South Sea Islands in August 1796. On board her were twenty-nine Missionaries, some of whom were married, and had large families; they arrived in Tahiti in the following March, where eighteen were landed, and the remainder were taken on to Tongataboo. The Duff returned to England by the way of Canton in 1798 and left again with about the same number of Missionaries in December of that year, when she was captured by a French privateer called the Buonaparte, in February 1799 off South America. After the capture of this vessel the Society had none of their own until 1838; the schooner Messenger of Peace, built at Raratonga in 1827, having belonged to Mr Williams; and when the news of her loss reached England, the directors of the Missionary Society resolved on purchasing a ship entirely for the use of their missions in the South Seas. A subscription was raised for this purpose to the amount of £4000, with which the brig Camden was bought, and fitted out in 1838, at an expense of £250 extra. After being actively engaged for five years in these seas, she returned to England, and being considered too small for the purposes required, was sold. It was then resolved to obtain a larger one, and for that purpose, an appeal was made to the juvenile friends of the Society, by whom £6237 were paid to the Treasurer. With that sum the John Williams has been bought and fitted out.

THE FIRST WHALER FROM HAMBURGH—A Hamburgh letter states,--“The first whaler ever fitted out at this port has just sailed for the South Polar Seas. She is called the Anseat and measures 650 tons. The crew have engaged to abstain from spirituous liquors, and to be content with two rations of coffee a day. It appears that temperance is much more necessary on board whalers than any other ships; it having been proved by experience that nine-tenths of the diseases and deaths on board the Danish and Swedish whalers have been caused by the excessive use of spirituous liquors.”

The Lanchester put into Porto Praya, where she remained three days; a Portugese man-of-war brig was lying there at the time, having been dismasted in a gale of wind; she was about to return to Portugal, although they had only been on the station a few weeks; her name was not known. The Lanchester called at George Town, Van Diemen’s Land, where she landed the following passengers—Mr and Mrs Barker, Junior, Mrs Barker, Mr Barker and Miss Eldridge; they were going on to Port Phillip by the first opportunity. The Lanchester left Launceston Heads a few hours after the Martha; and shortly after getting into the Straits a gale of wind sprung up which obliged them to shorten sail, when Alexander Fullerton (carpenter) and Robert Shribbs (seaman) fell overboard whilst endeavouring to stow the jib. Luckily the vessel was pitching heavily at the time, and Shribbs contrived to get hold of the bight of the cable, which protruded through the hawse-hole, and hauled himself on board again. The carpenter was not so fortunate, and although several ropes were thrown to him he was drowned, the weather being too boisterous to lower a boat. Captain Purchase reports the following vessels:--August 1. Robert Ingram, from London to the Cape of Good Hope, in lat. 5° north, long. 17° west. August 2nd spoke the Clarendon, from Leith, bound to Port Phillip, lat. 5° north, long. 17° west. August 3, McLeod, brig, from Marseilles, bound to the Mauritius, lat. 4° 33’ N, long. 18° W. Sept 12, in lat 40°S, long 26°E, fell in with a very large iceberg. Sept 26 spoke the Asia from London, with troops for Calcutta; she had been into Plymouth two cases of the small pox having occurred on board; she also reported having fallen in with 6 large icebergs in lat. 39°S and between 23° and 26° E long.

THE MAILS FOR INDIA AND THE COLONIES—The next mails for Egypt and India will be made up on the morning of 3rd July. The overland mail to Malta, Egypt, India and China via Marseilles, closes on the morning of 8th July; Madeira, the West Indies, Bermuda and Venezuela on the morning of the 17th inst, by the Tweed steamer, via Southampton; British North America and the United States, on the evening of the 18th inst, via Liverpool, Halifax and Boston; and Sydney (New South Wales) and Port Phillip on the evening of the 1st July, by the Dublin via Gravesend—United Service Gazette.

with 36 prisoners of the Crown and 11 rank and file of the 50th regt. Passengers,---Simmonds, of the 58th regt, Mrs Wright, Master and Miss Boyle and 17 in steerage.

PORT PHILLIP—ARRIVALS

Oct 26—Augustus, barque, from Sydney. Passenger—Mr Joseph Rice.

Oct 30—Reward, brig, 279 tons, Salmon, master, from London, 17th July and Isle of Wight 20th. Passengers—Messrs Dana and Lloyd.

The Parrock Hall has had a fine passage from Portsmouth of 105 days; her mail is not a very large one and she did not speak anything during the voyage. Immediately that her cargo is landed, she will be laid on the berth for London.

The wreck of the Jane and Elizabeth at Circular Head has been sold to Mr James Raven, of Launceston, for the sum of £226.

HMS Vindictive, Captain Nicolas, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on 5th June.

Arrival--Oct 29—Colonial Government schooner, Champion, 116 tons, Lieutenant Helpman, commander, from Swan River, sailed 11th October, with 4 male convicts. Passenger—Mrs Ash.

LAUNCESTON

Arrival—Jane, from London, 23rd July.

Departure—Oct 26—Robert Matthews, barque, 303 tons, Phillips, master for London; Kerr, Bogle and Co, agents. Passengers—J W Cunningham Esq, Mrs Cunningham, 2 children and servant, Mr and Mrs Stewart, Mr Douglas, Mr Vance, Capt Hart.
Cargo—426 bales wool, 373 quarters wheat, 27 casks black oil, 21 casks tallow, 39 bundles whalebone, 1 case shells, 1 case writings, Henty and Co; 81 bales wool, 197 bags wheat, Kerr, Bogle and Co; 34 bales wool, Borradaile and Co; 75 bags wheat, J A Youl; 149 bags wheat, C Reid; 34 casks black oil, 68 bundles whalebone, 9 bales wool, 39 quarters wheat, H Reed; 5 bales wool, Button and Waddel; 7 bales wool, W Jackson and Co; 12 bags wheat, W Johnstone; 2 cases specimens, 2 cases plants, R C Gunn; 1 case writings, Bank of Australasia; 1 package writings, Union Bank; 20 bales wool, Moss and Nathan.

THE “DUBLIN”. In our last Saturday’s report of the manifest of the Dublin, the following goods, consigned to Messrs Lamb and Parbury, were omitted:--14 packages manufactured leather, 14 bales merchandise, and 80 casks split peas. The 35 cases and two bales of goods in the same manifest, to order, are to Isaac Levey.

ENGLISH SHIPPING—The brig Jean, hence via Port Phillip, arrived at Gravesend on 1st July. The Kelso, hence 27th Feb, was off Falmouth on 1st July. The Imaam of Muscat, from Port Phillip, arrived at Liverpool on 5th July. The Henry, from Launceston, and the Tyrian, from New Zealand, both arrived home on 3rd July. The William Wise and the Tasmania, from Launceston, arrived on the 4th July. The Shepherd, from Swan River 23rd Feb, was off Dover on 5th July, same day, the Palestine, from Sydney 26th Feb, was reported off Eastbourne. The Glenroy, schooner, hence 25th Jan, was reported at Liverpool, on the 6th July. The Morayshire, from Port Phillip, arrived off Salcombe on 4th July; she had been on fire off Rio Janeiro, owing to some of the wool being wet; fortunately it was discovered in time to quench the fire before much of the cargo was damaged. The Honduras, from Sydney the 13th Feb, was at Gravesend on 6th July. The Clara, hence 21st Feb and the Salus, 13th Feb arrived in the Downs on the 8th July. The Fortitude, hence 15th Jan, via the Cape of Good Hope, arrived home on the 9th July. The Midlothian from Sydney 16th March, arrived on 13th July and the Herald from Sydney 22nd March, arrived on 20th July. The brig Sarah Birkett was to leave Liverpool for Sydney direct on 20th Aug. The Colombian had been taken off the berth pro tem, to undergo repairs. The Calcutta left Gravesend for Hobart Town on the 10th July. The Jane, for Hobart Town, sailed on the 17th and the Thomas Hughes, for Port Phillip, on 18th July. The Brankenmoor, from Launceston, was off Penzance, on 17th July. The Parkfield, from Ceylon, arrived in the Downs on 9th July. The Fortitude, Captain Arbuthnot, was to leave for the Cape of Good Hope on 10th Aug. The Standerings, Capt Woodcock, was to leave for the Mauritius on 22nd July, with Government stores; and the Fanny, Captain Andrews, was to sail for the same destination on 7th Aug. The barque, Sarah, 435 tons, Capt Wheatley, was advertised to leave London for Sydney on 1st Sept.

The schooner Elizabeth, Capt Riley, left on Sunday last for the Brampton Shoal, with workmen and apparatus, to endeavour to get the Clarence off, and bring her on to Sydney.

The American barque Columbus has not met with any success since leaving New Bedford; she was cruising for two months off the Azores, or Western Islands and on the 6th June, in lat. 39° 18’N, long. 27° 50’W, fell in with a British built brig, with her masts and bulwarks carried away; she was water-logged and apparently loaded with lumber. It was supposed that she had been boarded, as the mainmast was lying fore and aft the deck, but the rigging had been stripped off. Upon the taffrail the letters VHLVFNBJHM were scratched, but no name could be made out, as the hull was covered with barnacles. The Columbus intended putting into Hobart Town to repair some damage which she sustained off St Paul’s, but having been blown off the land, stood for Sydney; she will remain here a few days.

The Agincourt, convict ship, with Barber and Fletcher on board, and upwards of 300 other convicts, left Woolwich for Norfolk Island on Monday morning last, at six o’clock. The Lord Auckland, for the penal settlements with a similar number of convicts, left the same port on Wednesday. The William Jardine, having on board 318 convicts (male and female) from the New Model Prison, Pentonville, is on the eve of departure. Dr Hampton is transferred from the Lord Auckland to the latter vessel, to watch the progress of certain sanatory measures, to be tried as experimental, with a view to the guidance of government with reference to cases of transportation—Lloyd’s Weekly Journal, July 14.

BURNING OF THE “MADRAS” TRANSPORT SHIP OFF DEPTFORD DOCKYARD—On Tuesday morning, at two o’clock, the barque Madras, 331 tons register, an old vessel built at Whitehaven in 1827, since which time she has been kept in repair by her master and owner (Capt Kitchen) was discovered to be on fire whilst moored off the Government Dockyard, at Deptford. The flames are supposed to have originated by combustion among the miscellaneous Government stores, of which there were eighty tons on board for Ascension Island. Sir John Hill, the captain-superintendent of the dockyard, immediately ordered the large floating engine to be taken alongside the burning vessel, manned by 50 Royal Marines and 50 policemen and labourers; but although the hold was inundated with water, the flames were so overpowering, that it was deemed prudent to haul her into the middle of the river, so as to scuttle her. In doing this, she unfortunately broke away, and drifted athwart the General Steam Navigation Company’s steamers at Deptford and a host of Dutch galliots. The confusion and alarm then became double, and several poor Dutch seamen fell overboard and were nearly drowned, as was the case with a few of the marines, by falling from the engine. At length she was securely scuttled in shallow water, and necessary arrangements have been made to raise her by chain lighters, her depth being at high water four fathoms, right abreast of the Watergate, Deptford. Mr Somes, the extensive shipowner, was at first wrongly reported to be her owner, but she wholly belongs to Captain Kitchen, who was to have resigned the command of his barque to Mr Bagley, long the chief officer. The Madras is fully insured in one of the London offices; a partial loss will, however, under the circumstances of the case, fall on the owner—Observer, July 14.

Passengers—Mr Dunn and Mr T M Moore. Cargo—1 keg tobacco, James Orr; 36 iron pots, 2 tons hoop iron, R Campbell; 40 bags maize, 3 casks harness, 1 dray, 15 boxes soap, 7 horses, 45 head of cattle, 3 cases Geneva, J Dunn.

HOBART TOWN—ARRIVALS

Oct 29—Emily, barque from Dublin, with 205 prisoners. Passengers—Dr Monroe, RN, Surgeon-Superintendent; Lieutenant and Adjutant McLerie, Mrs McLerie and 5 children; Quartermaster Kirby, Miss Kirby; 1 serjeant, 50 rank and file, 7 women, and 4 children of the 58th regt.

Oct 30—Calcutta, barque from London with a general cargo. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Archer, Dr and Mrs Doughty and child, Miss Spurling, Miss Doughty, Rev Mr and Mrs Dry, Mr and Mrs Rout and 5 children, Miss Nash, Mr Moses, Mr Sutherland, Mr E Osborne, Mr A Osborne, Mr and Mrs Jarvis, Mr Adams, Mrs and Miss Levy, Mr Lewis, F Shott.

LAUNCESTON—DEPARTURES

Nov 5—Jane and Emma, cutter, 33 tons, Irvine master, for Sydney via River Mersey; T S Atkins agent. Passenger—Mrs Irvine. Cargo: 20 tons potatoes, 1 ton carrots.

Nov 7—Giraffe, brig, 260 tons, Harvey, master, for Sydney. Passengers—Mr Crone and Mr John Fortune. Cargo—95 bags barley, 200 bags potatoes, 80 bags malt, 12,780 bushels wheat, 593 bushels oats, 44 bags barley, 39 bags barley, 2 barrels 1 case fruit, 1 case kangaroo skins, 1 case mustard, 6 bales skins, 3 cases fruit.