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Grey River Argus, Volume V, Issue 345, 31 March 1868, Page 2

The. s.s. Star of the South is expected here to-day, when she will be immediately despatched for the Maryborough gold fields direct.

The P.N.Z. and A.'R.M. Co's s.s. Airedale is announced to leave this port to-morrow, taking with her the English mail and passengers for Panama, >ew York, and England. She will also take passengers for all New Zealand ports ami Melbourne On Saturday the p.s. Dispatch was very successful at Hokitika, having secured two good tows— the Veno, and Mary Gumming. On the following morning she was again off this port, where other two vesse's, the Ltidy Darling and Crest of the Wave, were waiting for her. These she brought safely to wharf, aud took gut the Mary Stewart, feir .Melbourne. The schooner Crest of the Wave, Captain Black, \v;is towed in by the p.s. Dispatch on Sunday morning. She cleared Otago Heads at7.&rp.m on Wednesday, 4thinst, ar.d had fine weat\ier t ) the {Straits. She got as far as Farewell Spit, when it came on to blow very heavy from the westward, and the ship was liiid-tfo for twelve hours, when she drifted back as far as Steven's Island. The weather continued heavy, but two days after the Ores!; was agaiu off the Spit, and bqre up for 7 ptaranui, as there was no appearance of any improvement in the feather. There she was, in company with the ketch Isabella, the schooner Elizabeth Curie, the barque Mary Gumming, and the ketch Alert. Several artempts were made to round the Spit, but she was as often driven back and compelled to seek shelter, the weather continuing heavy from the west and north t west. On Wednesday, the2otb, the Cape was rounded with light N.E winds as far as Cape Foulwind, from whence she carried a light S. W. l>i ec'zs to port. She anphored off this port at 5 p.m., and was towed in by the p.s. Dispatch on Sunday njoniing. The schooner Sarah Ann entered outwards, fqr this port at Melbourne on the 13th inst. The three-magbed schooner Lady Darling, Captain Mayuerd, from Melbourne, was towed in aj>out Ip. id. on Sunday. She left Port Phillip Heads on the morning of the 16th inst, vitli moderate westerly and sou': westerly winds, and made a gq.nl run over, having sighted the land qn the afternoon of the 24rd. Sincp then she has been knocking about the coast, with light winds and thick ft'ygy weather ; was off this port at daylight on Saturday ; came to an anchor in the evening, and was brought in as stated above. She brings a large cargo of general merchau disc for this port, and is consigned to Glenn Bros. The Panama Company's steamer Rangitoto from Melbourne via Now Zealand ports, and bringing the Westlaud portion of the Panama Mail, which was transhipped at Wellington, passed this port early yesterday morning, and pushed on for Hokitika in order to save the tide. In the afternoon she returned here, and was immediately tendered by the p.s. Persevere, which left this port whenever she was signalled. The passengers sun I car^o were transhipped, and the Rangito'o. having suffered no delay whatever, steamed away on her return trip for Melbourne. The ste.iiushiji Great Britain is again on her way home to England, full of passeiiLcis, She sailed in company with the Lady Darling, which arrived hero 011 Sunday. The Argus of the 14th inst says .-—"The detection of the Britain in this port seldom exceeds four weeks, but on the present occasion there has been such a run upon her passenger accommodation and her space for cargo, that she has rilled up quite rapidly, and might have left a week ago with ease, but for the untoward accident to her shaft. This, however, has been effectually remedied, and the new part litted to a nicety, and her entire •"oMiiuopviji in mure than its usual admirable working order, The tjrusty ami well-tried ship and her able ami experienced commander a.re not a whit less popular than heretofore, and it is therefme little matter for surprise that her saloon berths and the entire passenger space between dvvks have been taken up some time ago. Many of the cabin passengers are from the neighboring colonies, and numbers of the h'-rths were taken up before her arrival. She will clear out with about 1800 bales of wool, 10Q tons of bark, and about 80,000 ounces of gold, and, with her formidable passenger list, sh« ought to gross a considerable amount. She is in tine trim for the voyage, and if .is fortunate as on the previous nui home, she will do 'remarkably well,' and add still further to her prcsfgj. " A most shocking tragedy has ouourre I on board tho Navarino, a British barque which left our anchorage about six o'clock in the morning for Hongkong. We give the particulars as nearly as we can gather them, but of course do not pledge onrsnlves to the correctness of more than the primary facts. It seems that the mate took the vessel out, and that both he and the second mate were drunk at breakfast time, and the captain asleep iv his cabin ; that at about half-past 11 o'clock, tLe second mate being in charge of the deck, ordered eight bells to be struck, and then went below, woke the captain up', and asked him to have something to cat, and then went into the mate's cabin and turned him up. They both then came into the cabin, anil in course of conversation with the captain, the latter said the mate was drunk ; that the pilot had told him (the captain) so, and said he (the pilot) was afraid to take the vessel out because of it. The mate fetched the pilot— a native— i!own before the captain, and before him the pilot denied having said so. At this tlie captain laughed, but afterwards accused this second mate of being drunk, which he denial, and some Avoids ensued, and the captain ordered the latter to leave the cabin. The second mate squared up to the captain (who is an old raau), aud told him if he was not so old he would strike him, or words to that effect. The captain on this shook his fists, and said that had he possessed the strength he once had he would have thrown both of them (the mates) out of the cabin, and peremplorily ordered the •« coud mate to leave, the cabin or he wi»v s . stab hi n, and the caipentir, who was also preset, says that he suited the action to the word, and drawing a bayonet from the rack of arms sit the side of the cabin, struck the second plate in the throat with it. The carpenter helped the wounded man up ths companion, leaving the captain and fiist mate together, and within a very shoit ti.ne was followed on deck by the latttr, who }eaut over the companion door for a moment or so, find then the captain rushed upon deck and either pushed or struck the mate down. At this time tne second mate was lying on the forehatch having his wound dressed', as J •well as the cook could do it, with water and wet cloth. The first mate went forward to the forecastle and there laid down, and pulling up his shirt over his loins said he was stabbed, and it proved to be so. While the men were attending to the mate on the forecastle, the second mate died 011 the hatchway. The native pilot or some of the crow (Europeans) signalled to H.M.S. Zebra, aud suinu officers and men from the Rainbow, together with the master attendant, went on board and took proceedings necessary in the matter. The captain, of course, was brought on shore, and remains as a prisoner. His His name is "Young. The second mate's name, who is dead, is Jiichard White, and that of the first mate John Grant. The body of the secoud»nmte was brought on shore last night and carried to the hospital, to await an inquest. The rirst mate is on board, stabbed in the back, and of course uudtr medical treatment.— Singapore Free Press, Jan. 9.