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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 8, Issue 443, 3 December 1866, Page 2

PovEßxr Bat.— Accident.—By the arrival of the schooner Donald M'Leaa on Thursday last from Poverty Bay, we have par* ticulars of a melancholy accident which occurred there on Wednesday, 21st ulfc. It would appear that, on that day, the Donald M'Jjoaa arrived at Poverty Bay from Auckland j a heavy gale was blowing at the time, and the schooner had to beat up the bay under double-reefed canvas. While she was still sailing up, a boat containing two men put off from tbe beach to board the schooner and take the mail on shore, when nearing thevessel, Captain Baker threw the main sheet to them, which they failed to catch. Binding they could not come alongside in consequence of the heavy sea, they proceeded to return on shore. It was now getting very dark ; and nothing more was seen of the unfortunate men. On the 23rd (Friday), the boat which was stove in, was picked up on the beach at Wainui, about a mile from the proper landing place ; the sail was in the boat, but the oars were found the same day about a quarter of a mile further up the beach. It is supposed that the cause of the accident was the boat being swamped by a heavy roller when they were attempting to land. Of the two men who have thus, in all probability, met with watery grave, one was named William Bishop, formerly a sergeant in the Colonial Defence Force, well known in this town, where he was held in great esteem by a large circle of acquaintances j tbs other was foreigner (name unknown) in the era* ploy of Captain Bead as a sail-maker. Dp to the time of the Sturt leaving Tauranganui on the 30th ult., no trace of the bodies of the two men had been diaooTered, •

SUPPOSED MUEDES ON THE WEST COAST. The Grey River Argus of the 20th Nov. mentions the following circumstances relating to another supposed tragedy:—“ We have received information which leads us to the belief that another foul murder has been committed on the coast. On Thursday last a party of men, while working at the new rush at Foxe’s river, were informed by a digger that while passing along the beach he saw tho body of a man cast up by the surf, with praiseworthy alacrity the men at once proceeded to the spot indicated, and there found the remains of the deceased. The trunk of the body alone was left, the legs and the top of the head were gone, aud the features completely obliterated. The lower part of the arms were perfect, but the upper part appeared to have been eaten by fishes. On turning over the body, the men observed a deep incised wound, about two inches long, in the right breast of the deceased, which presented all the appearance of having been done by a sheath knife. When this was noticed, the men present—■ W. Harvey, C, Craddock, R. Weddal, P. Stewart, P. Shield and A. Callen —formed into a jury, and made a minute examination of the body, previous to burying it, as they were on a lonely part of the beach, and far from any police assistance. The particulars were carefully noted down, as the men felt convinced that the deceased had been murdered, and were' transmitted by a special messenger to Mr Warden Kynnersley at the Pakiht on the following day. The deceased was a tall man, with dark brown hair and sandy whiskers; the body had the appearance of not having been long in the water.

The Avpeoveb Sullivan. —We perceive from a telegram published in the Advertiser, that the approver Sullivan has, after a delay that has resulted in the discharge from custody of the prioners Chamberlain and De Lacy from want of evidence, been removed to Hokitika, to give evidence concerning the connection of the accused Wilson with the murder of Mr Dobson. It is to be hoped that he arrived there in time to prevent the like discharge of Wilson, which the Magistrate had threatened, in case evidence was not speedily forthcoming. The Fbesh Insueeecxion in New Zealand.— The Rev. Samuel Ironside, in a letter to the Editor of South Australian Register, concerning the late fight at Hawke’s Bay, with the Hau-haus, remarks: —“Both West and East of New Zealand the murderous Hau-haus. fanatics are being defeated and severely punished 1 . There is no fear for the settlors of that colony. Nor is there any necessity for British soldiers and large commissariat expenditure. The volunteer lorces, with the Loyal Native Contingent, are quite capable of effectually repressing any murderous outbreak of the fanatics. This they are finding out to their cost. I have always been persuaded that this would be the case. Had the course now pursued been adopted in Taranaki in 1860 the rebellion would have been quashed in the beginning, and never have attained the impudent height in assumed two or three years later. A short, sharp decisive struggle then would have saved hundred of precious lives, and millions of the public money which that unfortunate colony has now to provide for, The Taranaki volunteers, if permitted by the authorities, would have done then what Major M'Dpnneil in the West and Major Eraser in the East, are doing now, and the colony would long since have been atpeace. The foolish natives having learnt their lesson would have found peaceful industry to pay better than war, and they would have been striving with their Pakeha neighbors in developing the resources of that magnificent country. I hope yet that the remnant will be spared, and will grow up prosperously side by side with the better educated colonists." Cheat Fieb at Havdon-squaee Railway Station and Bonded Wake-houses. —One of those fearful conflagrations which occasionally startle the inhabitants of London occurred early on Tuesday morning, Hth September, among the pile of bonded warehouses connected with Hay-don-square Railway Goods Station of the London and North-Western Railway Company, situated in the Miniories and on the south side of Highstreet, Whitechapel the greater portion of which, with a very large amount of goods and merchandise, were wholly consumed, involving a loss calculated at about £200,000. —English Paper. Eaethquke at Pahis. —The Paris correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald, under date 18th September, says Paris, whose temper has been sorely tried by this most inclement summer, has just been frightened half out of its senses by au earthquake! This unpleasantlysuggestive visitation occurred on the 14th insl,, between 6 and 6 a.m. Several distinct shocks were felt, strong enough to open doors, cause tiles to fall, and furniture to sway backwards and forwards. The oscillations, which were from east to west, were felt ah over the north-west corner of France, and coincided at various points with a falling barometer, a sinking of the waters of rivers, and manifestations of terror on the part of birds and animals. In Haste. —On Saturday, the 2nd November, a teamster from Bourke arrived at Dubbo. “He came, he saw, he conquered.” Doubtless heartwhole on arrival, the charms of a fair damsel made such an impression on him, that on the following Monday evening a rev. gentleman was aroused from his bed about 11 p.m., the marriage ceremony performed, and on tba Tuesday morning the twain, made one, started on their homeward journey-—Dubbo Despatch,

THE GREAT SHIP-BACB FROM CHINA TO LONDON. (From the Ittostrated London New a, 22nd September.) Tan great race between nine of the swiftest clipper sailing-ships in the China trade—competing with each other all the way from Foo-Chow Eoo to London, for tho premium offered by thw London tea importers on the arrival of the - first season’s teas —was decided on Wednesday, the sth instant, when the Taeping got into London Docks at 9*45 p.m., the Ariel, which cams next, getting into the East India Dock half-an-hour later, and the third ship the Serica, into the West India Dock at halfpast 11 that night. The following are the names of the nine ships, their owners and commanders, their tonnage, the ports where they were built, and the respective departures from Foo-Ohow-Foo:

Ada, 686 tons. Captain Jones, built at Aberdeen, owned by Wade & Co., sailed 6tb J nne. Ariel, 833 tons, Captain Keay, built at Greenock, owned by Shaw Sc Lowther, sailed 30th Hay. Black Prince, 7SO tons, Inglis, built at Aberdeen, owned by Findlay & Co., sailed 3rd June. Chinaman, 633 tons, Downie, built at Greenock, owned by Park, Brothers, sailed 6th June. Fiery Cross, 689 tons, Robinson, built at Liverpool, owned by J. Cambell, sailed 29th Hay. Flying Spur, 731 tons. Eyrie, built at Aberdeen, owned by Eobertson Sc Co., sailed 6th June, Serica, 703 tons, Capt. Inues, built at Greenock, owned by Findlay Sc Co,, sailed 30th Hay. Taeping, 767 tons, H'Xinnon, built at Greenock owned by Eodger Sc Co., sailed 30th Hay. Taitsing, 816 tons, Nutafleld, hnUt at Glasgow, owned by Findlay Sc Co., sailed 31st Hay.

The struggle, however, was between the Fiery Cross, Ariel, Taeping, and Serioa. The Fiery Cross obtained a start of one day over the others. The Serioa, Ariel, and Taeping crossed the bar of Foo-Chow-Foo in company together 30th May. The Taitsing started the following day. There was a fair wind (N.E.) blowing which the Fiery Cross kept to 90®20'N. S when they met with a few hours’ calm and southerly wind. North-east wind fresh again set in, which carried them to the Parceli’s reef on 31st June though they were not sightedThe Series, Taeping, and Ariel met with similar weather. The Fiery Cross saw nothing of them until noon of 7th June, in lat. 9 ° 37', when she passed a large ship on the opposite tack, believed to have been the Ariel. To the southwards of the Parceli’s they met with strong S.W. winds. As far as we have been enabled to ascertain, the ships passed the lighthouse at Anjer, Strait of Sunda, as follows:—Fiery Cross, at noon of 18th Juno j Ariel, on the morning of 20th June; Taeping on the evening of 20th June; Serioa at 6 p.m. of 22nd June; Taitsing at 10 p.m. of 22nd June; Black Prince, on 29th June. At this time the Fiery Cross was evidently holding the lead, while the Taitsing, which loft Foo-Chow-Foo on the day after the others, had caught up with the Serioa, the Fiery Cross heading both by two days. From Anjer they carried good trade winds to the meridian of Madagascar. The Fiery Cross passed Mauritius on 30th June, the Ariel on 2nd July. The Cape of Good Hope was sighted by the Fiery Cross on 15th June, at 10 p.m. The Ariel rounded the Capo next day, wind S.E. to E. and N.N.E. The Serioa rounded the Cape on the 22nd. On 9th August, in latitude 12°29 f N. the Fiery Cross signalled the Taeping, and continued in company till the 17th, with wind variable and light. In lat. 27° 53', long. 36° 54' W., a fresh breeze sprang up, and took the Taeping out of sight from the Fiery Cross in four or five hours. The Fiery Cross was becalmed, and was not making one knot per hour for twenty-four hours. This circumstance is alleged to have lost her the race. On the 29th she reached latitude 41 ® 5 * N.» longitude 35°51' W., and at 10 a.m. of September 6th she sighted the Isle of Wight, it bearing N.N.W., with a wind W.S.W., blowing hard. At 8 o’clock on the morning of Wednesday, the 6th, the Ariel and Taeping, which had lost sight of each other for 70 days, found themselves off the Lizard, running neck and neck up the channel under every stitch of canvas that could be set, with a strong westerly wind. During the whole day the two ships kept their position, dashing up the channel side by side in splendid style, sometimes almost on their beam ends, and every sea sweeping their decks. On approaching the pilotstation off Dungeness the next morning they each fired bine lights to signal their position. At daybreak the pilots boarded them at the same moment and the race was continued in the same exciting manner till they arrived in the Downs, where they both took steam-tags to tow them to the river. The ships had to shorten sail to enable the tugs to come up and pick up the hawsers to take them in tow. This was about eight o’clock a.m., the tugs starting simultaneously, and both ships still neck and neck. The Taeping, however, was fortunate enough to have a superiority in the power of the steam-tug, and reached Gravesend some time before the Ariel. The Serica followed closely upon them. She passed Deal at noon, and got into the river with the same tide which carried the Taeping and Ariel up the river to the docks, when the result of this extraordinary race was declared to be as follows: — 1— Taeping, (locked in London Pock 9*45 pun. 2 Ariel, docked in East India Dttck ... 10-15 pun. 3 docked in West India Dock 11-30 pun. —The Taeping, therefore, was the winner of the premium, 10s per ton extra to be paid to the first sailing-vessel in dock with new teas from Foo-Ohow-Foo, The Fiery OrOss arrived in the Downs

on the 7th, and was compelled to bring up to an anchor on account of a Tery heavy gale blowing, where she remained some time. She, however, manged to get into London Lock by eight o’olock on Saturday morning, about twenty-eight hours after the Taeping. The fifth ship, Taitsing, arrived in the river some hours after.

The three first ships—the Taeping, Ariel, and Serica—were all built by Messrs Steele and Co., of Greenock. The Taeping and Ariel were constructed on the composite principle, wood and iron. The Serica is iron built.

The cargoes of the ships were:—Taeping, 1,109,709 lb of tea; Ariel, 1,300,9001 b j'the Serica» 954,2361b’; Fiery Cross, 854,236 lb j and the Tailing, 1,093,130 lb.

The time occupied on the voyage by the three ships has been ninety-nine days, being seven days shorter than the time occupied by the Fiery Cross and Serica last year. The Taeping, indeed, though not in the race of last year, made the passage then in five days’ less time than they did. Captain Mackinnon, the commander of the Taeping, is a native of the island of Tyree, in Argyleshire, and a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve.

Dbeadbui Fieb and Loss ob Fotte Lives.—A report has reached Bathurst that a house at Triangle Flat (about seven miles from Soc Hey) -was found yesterday morning (Friday) about 10 o’clock, burnt down. In the ruins were discovered the dead bodies of the widow Flynn, and two children—one about twelve months and the other about six or seven years old. The chared remains of a servant man, named John MTver (scarcely anything but the bones were visible,) were also found by the side of what had been his bed. From the position of the bodies, when discovered, it is supposed that the fire must have broken out during the night, when the unfortunate inmates, were asleep and that awakened by the sence of suffocation, they made an effort, to escape, but were overpowered and miserably perished. The coroner will proceed this morning to Triangle Flat, for the purpose of holding an inquest.—Bathurst Times, 10th November.