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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 140, 5 June 1876, Page 2

Lytteltori, from Wairau— s4 bales flax, 240 sacks Parley, 7 sacks peas, 8 sacks wheat, 6 bales'^ wool, Edwards & Co; I keg, Blundell; 2 pkgfl; Robinson; lfi bags barley, Mabin; 1 box- West; I box, Suisted; 1 pkg, Lineker. Uno, from Adele Island— 3o; da stone, Provinclal Government. Wallace, from Wanganui— 9 pigs, 2 peacock*, Carroll; 240 sheep. Mabin. Prospect, from Waitapu— lB,oooft timber, Scott Standard, from Marahau— SCuoft timber, Mabin; 1000 ft timber, Grant. The birque Melrose arrived at Newcastle on May 26. The Arawati will leave the Bluff with the outward Suez mail to-morrow. The Australia leaves Auckland to-day with the outward San Francisco m*H The Lyttelton arrived from Blenheim list night . • SJio will sail (or the some port on Wedne^dav. The next boat, for the West Coast will be. either the Wnllare or Kennedy, to sail on Thursday morning The, Parry .was towed out of harbor by the Keme^y on Saturday afternoon, and sailed at once for Newca«t'e. The . TTnipn Comp my's sb. Maori, Captain Malcolm, came into harbor this morning from Lvttslton, and sailed for West Coast ports this afternoon. . „,..,.. The Phoebe, which was to have left Welling'jpn to;day, is detained until tomorrow.. She>fH arrive here oh Weiaesday, .and sail for the North at 7 pm. The Murray arrived at Westport yesterday morning, after a very mugh passage, j She reports heavy rain and bad weather generally at Westport to-day, and in consequ nee ■will . not sflii fpr Hokitiiia until to morrow. The.N.Z.S S. Company's fine s.s. Wellington iCatne into harbor this morning at seven o'clock. She left Manukau at 2 pm. on Saturday, arrived off Taranaki at 9.80 am. yesterday; landed passengers and cargo, and proceeded oh to Nelson at 11 a.m., arriving as above, having experienced freah westerly ■winds with heavy sea on the passage down She sails South at 8/p m. y The Wallace returned to port yesterday afternoon at'four o'clock. She left Nelson at 9.lf> p.m. on the Ist inst , meeting with a pmart brefzfl from N.E. in the Straits; arrived in the Wang inui roadstead at 2.30 p m. on the' 2nd; and passed the tow-line on board ot the ketch Ocean Bird, then steamed on taking the schooners Peri and J. G Coleson in tow; crossed the bar whh her three charges jit 5 o'clock, dropping the two latter on the flats, and landed the other at the whirf ; discharged carqjo nnd shipped 250 sheep and 10 pice, anl left WangHnni at 6 p.m. on the 3rd, me'-ting with a severe nor*-we»ter during the first part of the passage accompanied with heavy rain squalls, which grndunllv veered round to the S.W , still blowing hard, compelling <he Wallace (for the comfort of her etock) to take shelter under the lee of the ialan Is.fnd through the Pass, the wind heading with considerable force till arrival as above Th° Poit of Monday laet says :— A telegranr wms rcoeivoH by tJie Government on Rj»t"ri»y night from the Postmaster fit Port Oh<a*n»r«, to th* eff -ft that the R.M SS. Anxir-lii had pon" achore while entering Port hatmars, but subsequently had been got. off. From tht tHegram, we learn that the A'latrfllii succeeded in crossing thf Otago bar sufely at quarter fl iod, but in endeavoring t^* doubt- one of t'te points round which the channe' m>kes a sharp turn, the steamer did not answor her port he m with sufficient qnickneßS. and as a very strong tide was running (it« velocity often being fully seven knots at that ro'nty she became unmanageable, from h^r extreme length, and drifted on to a sand bank, where she stuck fast for several horns The Rteamers Geelong and Golden.Ace wrre.sent to her assistance with the uinoßt possible' celerity, and endeavored to tow her off but without bucc>ss owing to the strength; of 'the current It became necessary,' therefrire, to wait for high water and slack tMe, when another attempt wa<* made, which fortunately proved successful, the immense steamer being safely flo*te<i again. She then was towed up to Port Chalmers, wher» she arrived in the evening without any further mishap. We understand that she is not believert to have sustained an* serious injury, though fmm' her vast length (39 • ft) had she not luckily struck in a favorable direction ah* «ovid have run a very great risk of breaking her back.