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August 6, steamer Taup>, 461, Macfar lane, from Taranaki and Manukau —Passenger-} : Misa Jackson, Mis. Younger, Mr Justice Gitliep, Mr Fiizgerald,3 in etecrage, and 27 for South.- - — barque Melrcsa, 253, Kenny, from Newcastle. , .__ . . — steam Wallace, 57, Conway, from West Coast. _. *— schooner Arthur Wakefield, 45, Walt, from West Wanganui. — keti*h Peari, 33, Crosbie, from Moutere, <=- cutter Dart, 15, Eraser, from Havelock^. SAILED. August 6, steamer Taup?, 461, Macfarlane, for Picton and South— taiseng.ra : Mr and Mrs Johns, Messrs O'Leary , l_.ve_.a-n, R. an, Bartholomew, M Carthy, Oampbell, Plowder, llankin, and 2t original. J- steamer Murray, 78, I "Pr mer, for West Cjast, \ . " ' 7 IMPOSTS. ** Melrose, t rom Newcastle— 42o tons coal, 1 2 drays, E jwards & Co. Pearl, from Moutere— lß,ooo feet timber, Curtis Bros. Arthur Wakefield, frofn West Wanganui— 70 tons coal, Cross. — _-* The Charle. Eiward will leave Greymouth to.aigbt tor Westport and Nelson, biie will sail for Wanganui on Monday evening. ■ The Murray left lor Weet Coa.t p. rts litis morning. V The mail steamer Cyphrenes arrired at Aueklani from Sydney this' morning, *and leaves for San jf rancisco during the day. Tlie Taupo arrived irom Onehunga this morning, and sailed for Picton and the South by the same tide. The collier barque Melrose, Captain Kenny, from Newcastle, waa towed into, harbor this morning- by the steamer Wallace, and berthed alongside tbe Government Wharf. She left Newcastle un Juae 24, wilh a light wind from the S.S.E , which freshened during the afternoon; next day had a strong breeze from iho N.W., accompanied with rain; had modi rate weather un^il August l, when she experienced a heavy gile from tbo S.S.W. At 8 a.m. shipped a heavy _pa on the starboard side, carrying away p&rt of tha bulwarks; at) 8 p.m. hove ship to under closeteefed maintopiail, .he being too heavy to run, and laboring heavily; at _. a.m. on the 2uj, kept the vessel on h.r course, sighting Cape Farewell at n.on; at 5 p.m. got a heavy squall of h_il irom the S.E., covering the d.pk fore and aft. Prom thence had fine weather arriving as above. Sij.* hte 1 a barque and topsail schooner Btandiug through the Straits ou Wednesday. Wo thank Captain Keuuy for late Newcastle papers. "During the voyage of the Lutterworth from London to Auckland, on Sunday, Jen. 20, an al. rming incident occurred which seriuusly trighteutd the paesengei-s. Ia ilia afternoon, about four o'clock, the cabin was observed tu be filling with smoke, and a Biu.ll of burning was Very apparent. Upon careful observa. ti.n it was tiuticed that .moke was is.uiag from the biscuit loc&er .close to ttie saloon fireplace. Investigation ia this quarter rcvtalad tbe existence of firo in tbe woodwork behind a stove due.tly uud.r the cabin stairs. The ship was going nearly twelve knots an hour at the time before a strong breeze, and it was evident that it tne fi.e maue it . way through 'the ceiling ot the t-a.oou the ship would be iu great dr. ger. Isnergelic tffortß were.et once brought to le .r upju il. extinction, the 7§tove .was torn out, aud Mr Eadington, chief ofilter, commenced a vigorou*! attack upon the burning part itioa wJth an axe, and also with water, which -wa**" p__sed down from above. ' lu aquifer of an hour all danger wai past, and -everyone uttered fervent thanks' ior '.be narrow escape, lhe general alarm was iucre*sed owing to its being known. that there wore forty tons ol p.wder on board. The cause of the ike was a defective plate in the stove. ■f . .' ..'.'•*"' -^ ■■■•••■"■■"■^■■■^'■^^"■"■■"•■•"•■Hrs