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Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 820, 14 March 1871, Page 2

The B.s. Waipara, Captain Bascand, from Hokitika, arrived yesterday afternoon, with the cargo for this port transhipped from the B.s. Alhambra, from Melbourne. She leaves to-day for Hokitika, and will return on Thursday evening, with passengers for the races.

The departures yesterday were the p.s. Charles Edward, for Hokitika, and the s.s. St. Kilda, for Wanganui. The Charles Edward will return here to-day, and will leave at midnight, for Westport and Nelson, forwarding passengers to Auckland and all New Zealand ports. The Magnet has cleared out the whole of her large cargo in splendid order, and took in coal as ballast yesterday. She is announced to leave to-day, for Melbourne direct. It is expected that she will, as usual, carry a large number of passengers on this trip. The following notice of a fatal affray at Panama, in which the Alcalde of Tubago was killed by some sailors belonging to H. M.S. Zealous, appears in an American paper received by the Calif ornian mail : — "H.M.S. Zealous, Captain Hume, flag-ship of RearAdmiral Farquhar, arrived at Panama from San Francisco on the 19th October. She reported all well on board; one death only occuiTed from dropsy. She brought 150,0 0 dollars in specie. The Zealous left San Francisco on the 14th September. On the Sunday following her arrival, a disturbance took place between some of the liberty men of the Zealous. During the affray six men were injured, two of them dangerously, from contused wounds on the head. Unfortunately, the Alcalde, who came to the spot to endeavor to quell the disturbance, got also struck on the head by some of the missiles flying about. The surgeon of the Zealous landed immediately, and gave to the Alcalde all the assistance possible ; but, notwithstanding, he died the same night, some few hours after the affair. As soon as the disturbance was noticed from the ship, the boats with the ship's police were despatched to bring the men off, and prevent further mischief on their part. The greatest regret is felt by the admiral and all the officers at the unfortunate fate of the Alcalde ; and, of course, after a searching examination into the pauses, they will do all that can be done for the sufferers by it." A later dated paper states that the President of Columbo demands 5000 dollars damages from the British Government, and that the commander of the Zealous had referred the claim to the Home Government.