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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 321, 29 September 1874, Page 2

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The J.evuka correspondent of the Auckland Herald writes under date September 13 : — H.M. schooner Reward, Lieutenant Suckling, after leaving Levuka for Sydney, and while going at the rate of eight knots per hour, suddenly struck on a coral reef off Kandavu. The crew remained by the vessel till daylight, and behaved as only British tara can. They got out their boats and also constructed a raft; they threw their large gun overboard, also both anchors and chains, and everything out of the hold to' lighten the vessel. The sea getting heavier they had to abandon the vessel; they pulled to a large rock that was out of water, and stuck to that for a night and a day. At last, the sea getting heavier, bumped the' vessel over the reef into deep water. They got 'on board again and returned' to Levuka. They Spoke the schooner Beagle, which supplied tbem with an" anchor arid chain. The Beagle afterwards picked up aii;her gear and big gun. As soon as ! they re-ched Levnka they beached her, as she was making water at the rate of a foot per hour. Lieutenant Suckling attributes the accident to the strong set of tbe current. She is now repaired, and leaves for Sydney on Tnesday, the 15th met. ~ H.M.S. Dido in coming up to Levuka also got en a patch, and remained some hours, witb tbe loss of a sheet or two of oopper. I must not omit to mention that Captain Chapman and his gallant Dido are _very much respected here. The men are a splendid specimen of the British tar. She has not lost a single man by desertion since she has been in these waters, which speaks a great deal for the captain and officers. In fact, Captain Chapman is the thorough English gentleman, and there is not the least doubt would give a good account of himself and crew if need be

You ''will' ''see by the Star 6f the Souths manifest the : first . shipment of 100 bags of sugar, being a very fair sample, from the Rewa, which goes up to try tbe market, ylt is ya; great pity tbe planters cannot get the cane crushed ; the cane . is rotting on. the ground for want of plant to crush with. There .is a plant expected by the brig Victory, to be erected at Taviuni. " i , The; cutter. Sattelite returned from the New Hebrides after landing . ber labor. While there, the captain very uearly lost his life. He had neglected the precaution of not looking at.: tbe natives'' guhs tO'see'Yf they were loaded before laoding tbem/ i After landing a boat-load of labor, they had just puahed the boat off thebeapb, when a native turned round; and deiiberately fired at him. He. received six slugs or piece, of lead in' various; parts of his body. He has had five pieces of lead extracted in. Levuka, and is now qnitewell again. He leaves to-morrow with more labor. I am sorry to 3ay that the consul, Mr Lnyard, bas bad a slight attack of paralysis, in his face, but is getting better again. The attack was supposed to. bave been brought on by too. much hard work. - The depot he established for returned labor ia found to answer admirably .','..' ,'•'. 'V. We are anxiously waiting arrival: of Sir Hercules Robinson, due here by the Pearl; afjoqj. the 1 7th inst. Mr Patrick Broham, late Curator of Intestate Estates, has been committed for trial for embezzling moneys entrusted to his carp, and there are several other .chat ges against hiriQ.