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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 98, 27 April 1877, Page 2

The Murray sailed for West Coast ports last night, will arrive at Westport to-night, md sail for Greymouth to-morrow morning. The Charles Edward arrived at Greymouth Eroin Hokitika this morning, aiid sails for Nelson via Westport this evening, arriviug on Sunday morning. The Maori left Greymouth for Nelson via Westport this morning. The Kennedy arrived at Wellington from Nelson at 4 o'clock this morning after a good run across. The _ Wellington arrived at Onehunga. at 8-35 this morning. She 'eaves there ou the return trip to-morrow, and will arrive here on Sunday evening. The Lyttelton was this morning placed'oh the cradle for the purpose of being cleaned. She sails for Blenheim on Monday at noon. The steamer Arawata will be due at the Bluff from Melbourne to-morrow. The Lady Barkly will make trip to Motueka aud back to-morrow, leaving here at 7*30 aa.ms. s and Motueka on the return trip at 10 a.m. The Hawea left Lyttelton last evening, and arrived at Wellington this morning. She leaves there at midnight, will arrive here tomorrow evening, and sail for Taranaki and Manukau on Sunday. The schooner Waitohai sails for Havelock this evening. : The Uno was the only arrival to-day, while of the departures the Planet comprised the whole number. The cutter Margaret Schollay, which left here about three weeks ago, is supposed to be dredging in the Pelorus Sound for the much coveted oyster. Up to _he time of our going to press the Result had not put in an appearance. It may be that she is anchored the other side of the Spit,, but ,unless the wind has been blowing from, the S.E. tbere would be no necessity ior her doing so. With the present fine weather she ought to have shown up ere this. ; There were no signs of the barque Ansdell, now eighteen days out from Newcastle, at the time"" of bur going to press. Frobably the weather has been so fine that she has been unable to get across the Middle Ground, and theC'fine weather passage which the Albion had on her. last run down leads to the ! inference that such is the case. y A letter ..from Captain Kane, of the schoorer M'Ddhald, dated Goree, west coast .of Africa, January 24th, says that on the outward passage from Boston he fell in with the wreck of the British bark Marie, having on board the two survivors of the crew of fourteen men, the- others having perished. The barque was bound from Doboy, Georgia, to Ireland. She sprung a leak in a gale, rerderirg.it impossible to save the provisions a' d fresh water. The crew began to die of starvaj'on. .As soon as one died the rest sub"_ ted upon his dead body, and so on until only two we 'c left. One of the survivors, I Ja-nes McLaughlin, belongs to Belfast, Ire-, lard, and' says' only small portions of the bodies could be eaten. No one was killed, brt tbe nioment o'ie died the survivors cut the throe t of deceased, and drank Jtlie blood, and then divided the heart and brains. It was thirty-two days from the time of the disaster linjjl the wreck was sighted, and during all that time the crew had not a drop of water^or other food than the bodies of their dead shipmates.