ENGLISH TELEGRAMS VIA SUEZ.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 644, 4 January 1869, Page 3

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS VIA SUEZ.

The s.s. Gothenburg, with the English, mail via Suez on board, arrived at the Bluff, from Melbourne, at 5.20 p.m. on Thuisday last. The following telegraphic summary of the news appears in our contemporary's issue of Saturday :

London, Nov. 27. A Monarchy has been declared in Spain. The King of Prussia has been appointed arbitrator of the Alabama claims. The elections have been considerably more " liberal " in their results than was anticipated. They have generally been quiet, but disturbances requiring the assistance of the military to quell them, have broken out at Bolton, Newport, Blackburn, and Drogheda.

The following are among the candidates who have been rejected by constituencies : —Lord Hartington, Messrs. Eothschild, Mill, Roebuck, Milner Gibson, Karslake, Buxton, Bernal Osborne, Horsman, Mial), Sir George Boweyer. Mr Gladstone was rejected by South Lancashire, but was elected for Greenwich. Messrs. Lowe, Cbilders, Torrens, Hamilton, Young, and M'Arthur (all from Australia) have been returned. Dr Tair, Bishop of London, has been appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. A Fenian demonstration, in commemoration of the Manchester executions, has taken place in Hyde Park. The petition for winding up the Panama Company has been withdrawn. The Galatea sailed on the 9th.

One hundred and twenty thousand bales of wool have been catalogued. Prices are advancing, and wool may be quoted generally at one penny higher. Discount, 2 per cent. Consuls, 94£ to 94i.

COLLISION AND SHIPWRECK AT THE KOBE. ( i (From the Home News, November 2.) At about a quarter to 7 on Friday evening, s October 23, the night remarkably fine and < clear, with bright moonlight, a full-rigged e ship, the Leichhardt, 780 tons, outward t bound from New Zealand, with passengers s and general cargo, was run down at the a entrance of the Thames, about two miles a below tlie Nore, by the North Star screw [ steamer, also outward bound, under some- c what extraordinary circumstances. The ( Leichhardt was owned by Mr Prowse, of S London, and chartered by Messrs Shaw, d Savill, and Co., brokers, of Leadenhall-st. o Sha was classed Al for nino years. Her [\ crew numbered about 21 hands, under 1: the command of Captain Phillips, and she v had on board 26 saloon and second cabin s passengers. She left the docks on Wed- c nesday, October 21, and brought up below c the Nore at 9 o'clock on Friday morning, J in order to make everything secure and c the ship in trim for starting on the voyage c the next morning, as well as to allow the = passengers time to complete their arrange f ment3 in their berths. At sunset the ( masthead light was hoisted, and also a > light placed over her chains forward to t show in accordance with the rules that the \ ship was anchored. Shortly after 6 o'clock 1 a large steamer was seen coming out of t the river. She was then several miles dis- j tant, and did not attract any particular 1 attention till nearly three quarters of an t hour afterwards, though some of the pas- i sengers had had been watching her all i along and remarked to each other that i she appeared to be making direct for the t ship. The chief mate of .the Leichhardt ] was with some of the crew on the foroastlc, ( and perceiving that the steamer must run i the ship down if she continued her course, j they hailed her several times, the remain- i der of the crew and passengers joining in I the shout, but no notice was taken of their i cries. The steamer came on full speed, ] and with tremendous force struck the < ship on the port side, the whole of which - was forced in with forcastle and deck, as< i far as her windlass, and cut down below < her waterline. The Leichardt, it should : be observed, was lying with her head to- i wards the north shore. By the force of i the concussion sho heeled over; the . steamer forced her completely round, when she got clear, and went some distance before she brought up. Captain Phillips was in the cabin, when hearing his people hailing, he instantly ran upon deck and saw the steamer, which proved to bo the North Star, 720 tons register, Captain John Wullace, master, bound for Norway, in close proximity, and in a few seconds the collision occurred. On going forward to ascertain the extent of damage, he discovered that the ship was inevitably lost; sho was fast filling, and in a few minutes must founder. On rallying his crew to get the lifeboat out he found that his chief mate and most of the men had got on board the North Star, leaving him in a fearful position. He called all the passengers, and implored them to work at the pumps with all their strength, which they did most cheerfully, and fortunately all the pumps wero ready rigged, so that there was no loss of time. Finding the North Star showod no symptoms of rendering help, he ordered the signal guns to be fired, as also rockets and blue lights, and in the meanwhile, with the assistance of the few hands, he managed to launch the lifeboat safely. Collecting the women and children together ho at once got them

into the boat and despatched it directly to the North Star. At this moment another steamer, outward bound, which proved to be the Spanish steamer Beatrice, passed between the ship and the North Star. The pilot, hearing the shrieks and screams from the Leichhardt—" We are sinking, for God's sake save us," instantly put his helm down and brought the steamer close up, and also put out two of his boats, which, with two boats from tho North Star, pulled with all speed to the rescue of of the remainder of the passengers and crew. The ship wa3 going down fast, and those on board had barely time to , get into the boat 3 before she foundered. ■ Tho beats succeeded in getting safely to the North Star. The passengers were in ' a miserable plight, some in their night clothes, others but lightly clothed. No one saved anything beyond the dress he > wore. The North Star did not sustain • the least injury by the collision. After a - short delay she put back to Gravesend, 5 where she landed the shipwrecked people - on Saturday forenoon. In order to prevent the boatmen who frequent the coasl

near the Nora taking forcible possession of the wreck of the Leichhardfc, tbe Admiralty was applied to on Saturday moraing to despatch an armed vessel to the spot from Sheerness. The application was at once acceded to, and the dockyard authorities were telegraphed to forthwith. About two o'clock in the afternoon a war steamer reached the scene of the wreck, and found a large flotilla of boats already at work on the sunken vessel. They waro instantly ordered off, and the steamer kept charge of the wreck until the arrival of Captaiu Boulton, the Surveyor of Lloyd's Salvage Association, who had been sent down by the underwriters. During tha greater portion of Saturday and Sunday it blew a strong gale from the south, with heavy rain. Notwithstanding, riggers were at once employed in dismantling the ship, and divers went down, who in tho course of tho day sent up a large quantity of goods and packages from the main hold. The ship lies in about 8 fathoms of water on the edge of a bank two miles E.S.E.. of the Nore lightship. It may be considered providential that she received the force of tho collision in the strongest part of the ship —the stem. Had the North Star struck her in any other position, amidships especially, from the speed sho was going—lo knots an hour —she would have cut her almost in two, and none of those on board would probable have been saved. The North Star steamer, after landing the shipwrecked people at Grraveaend on Saturday afternoon, had orders to. immediately p roceed on her voyage, but while getting under weigh, she was stopped, and seized by a warrant from tho Admiralty. Tho position of most of tho passengers excites much sympathy. Many of them are almost destitute, and tho iS'orth Star is not liable for damages beyond her own value, £i 10s per ton (her register tonnage not being more than 700), the prospect of the passengers recovering anything approaching the value of property lost is very small. Mrs Tone is tho chief sufferer. She is a widow, and had with hev three children, two daughters and one son, all under 15 years of age. One of the girls had not even time to seize her clothes j all she had on were her nightclothes, piece of blanket, and a pair of sailor's boots which one of the crew had lent her. Altogether Mrs Tone's loss is estimated at about £BOO. Nothing has been heard of a small black leather bag, containing £l2O in bank notes. She distinctly recollects having it in her hand up to the time of tho lifeboat coming alongside of the North Star, and she was tha last person to leave the boat; and fearing: i hat the sailors would not be able to lift lier on board with the bag in her possession, she laid it in the bottom of the boat* and on reaching the deck of the North Star asked for the bag to be handed up j but the only reply sho got was, " Q, never mind your bag, you have got your life I " Whether it remained in the boat or was thrown overboard, as some one on board the North Star states, it is impossible to conjecture. After the collision a stowaway, about 17 yeai-s of age, rushed upon deck, and was just in time to be taken off by one of the last boats j his name, however, and where he came from, he would not divulge. He was landed with the other passengers at Gravesend, whore he was lost sight of. The Leichharat had on deck a fine bull and cow, consigned to New Zealand. Efforts were made to cut them adrift by one of the crew, but they were so securely housed, that it was found impossible, and they went down in the ship.

The Waieaeapa Natiyes.—-The Wairarapa Mercury of the 19th December, says:—ln our last issue, in giving an ac« count of the meeting of the Maoris at Tupurupuru, we by mistake stated that the letter from Karaitana in Napier was to the effect that tlio Wairarapa natives were to rise. The contrary to this was the case. The letter was that " If the Maoris here did create any disturbance, he (Karaitiana) would come and smother them." Another large meeting was held this week at Ngai* ro'a pa, liangitumau, where professions of a similarly peaceful nature were made by the most influential chiefs. Ngairo himself again expressed his hopes that the valley would remain undisturbed, but protested against the erection of stockades, which he considered in the light of a threat. We understand that they resolved to ereot one if the one at Masterton was proceeded with. It is very undesirable that thia should take place. It would create great excitement among the out-settlers if they heard that 100 Maoris were making entrenchments and works of a similar nature in the vicinity of Masterton. Already tha effect of building the Masterton redoubt is seen in oreating apprehension among the i residents in the East Wairarapa,