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Per Waipara, for Westport and Brighton : 2 cases honey, 3 dozen shovels, 1 case fish, 5 bags maize, 2 cases oysters, 2 boxes tea, 2 cases bitters, 2 casks ale, 2 kegs butter, 2 cases wine, 20 caae3 brandy, 6 do whisky, 1 j do fruit, 1 quarter-cask rum, 1 bag seed, 1 box handles, 2 boxes raisins, 1 case sardines, 22 bags potatoes, 12 packages hardware, Glenn Brothers ; 40 bags coke, D Maclean And Co j 2 grindstones, Forsyth and Masters. Blue sky and bars good vas the general telegraphic report for yesterday. Barometer was highest at Westport and Hokitika, 30.051 a and lowest at the Bealey, 27.55. Thermometer was highest at Christchurch, 61 ; and lowest at the Bealey, 50i ° , The 8.6. Waipara arrived yesterday morning from Hokitika, bringing up a large con- 1 signment of goods from Melbourne transhipped ex Tararua, chiefly for the drapery establishments of Messrs Thomas and M'Beath, Thompson, Smith and Barkley, and J. Mansos and Co. She sailed againlast evening for Brighton and Westport. , The New Zealand and San Francisco Royal Mail steamship Dacotah, with the English mails, was due at Auckland yesterday. After landing passengers and mam, she will proceed from Auckland to Sydney and Melbourne, returning the same way. The 8.8 Kennedy waß at Hokitika yesterday, and may, therefore, be expected on to-day V tide. The s.s Omeo was due at the Bluff, from Melbourne, yesterday. The following are the findings of the court of the court of enquiry into the strandings of the barque Tell and schooner Lady Bird. In the case of the Tell :— " That the master showed negligence in not shortening sail immediately that he observed signs of a southerly squall coming up, and that he ought not at the time to have attempted to beat out of the harbor, knowing his vessel was slow in- wearing (and staying, and that his crew was but a very indifferent one." In the case of the Lady. Bird :— "That taking into consideration the state of the tide, it would appear that the master stood rather too far over towards Barrett's Rsef, and that whilst tacking the wind suddenly changed, which caused the vessel to miss stays; and in consequence of there not being sufficient room either to wear ship or veer out cable, the vessel, by the joint action of the wind and tide, was driven on to the rocks." The nauticaljassessor (Captain Johnson), who was present at the enquiries, concurred with both the above findings.— Wellington Independent. The paddle-steamer Wallace, from Oamaru, brought with her the carpenters who had been at work in getting the barque Premier off the rocks. As previously stated the barque got off en Friday, and was safely .moored with 40 fathoms of chain. Unfortunately the pumps could not keep her clear, and she became water-logged, and commenced to drive down towards the position of the landing service ; so, to clear this, her cable was slipped, and she drove ashore opposite the flagstaff, about a mile from where she went ashore on the rocks. Little or no hope is now expected of getting her off, as the position she now lies in is exposed to the full force of an easterly sea. Thepluck and energy of the contractors, Messrs Thomson Brothers, deserved a better fate. This last attempt was the third' made, when, under great difficulties, she was floated ; but as the contractors had to bring the vessel to Port Chalmers, they have lost all their time, fee, for nothing.— Otago Daily Times. On Thursday, at noon, a collision occurred some five and twenty miles off the coast, between the tug-steamers Paterson and Prince Alfred, resulting in the crippling of the former vessel, whose feathering gear was disabled. _ There has been for some time past considerable rivalry existing between the masters of the two boats, which belong to different companies ; but as the matter irill^ we understand, soon be enquired into officially, we refrain from giving any particulars of the occurrence. The news was brought in by the Prince Alfred, with the brig African Maid in tow, alongside which vessel the collision occurred, so that plenty of independent evidence should be forthcoming on the enquiry. As the Paterson was reported to bo disabled, the Tamar, belonging to Messrs J. and A. Brown, was immediately despatched to her assistance'! and, after being out all Thursday night,; towed the crippled vessel into port, arriving; at half -past six o'clock yesterday morning.— Newcastle September 19* . Several of the crew of the schooner John Bullock, which was ;wrecked at the Rich-! mond River on the 2nd instant, havel arrived in Sydney*- They' report that when! the tow-rope broke, the vessel drifted on! to the North Head oi the Richmond Hirer. ' Her eaTgo consisted of 96,000 feet of )os\ pine, and the remainder of the crew stopped!

by the wreck in order to save all they could of the schooners'a gear. By the last mail from Launceston, dated the Bth September, advices were received in. Lyttelton by the agents of the arrival of the brig Speedy at that port* 146 days out from Liverpool, where she had put in from stress of weather, and to obtain a few supplies. The captain stated that he would bo ready for sea in about a week or ten days, and that the vessel is p r.'ectly tight, and so far in good condition.