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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 74, 27 March 1878, Page 2

; The Grafton leaves Wellington on Friday evening for Nelson. JThe Charles Edward left Westport for Nelson to-day. The Murray will sail for the Coast at 4 p.m. to-morrow. The Lyttelton left Blenheim for Nelson this morning. The Kennedy left Hokitika this afternoon for Nelson via intermediate ports. The City of Sydney leaves Sydney to-mor-row for Auckland, whence she will sail with the San Francisco mail on Tuesday. The Tasso commenced discharging timber this morning into the schooner Uno, which vessel will convey it to its destination. The schooner Awaroa was coming up the bay when we went to press. She left Wanganui yesterday morning, and has on board one passenger, 100 sheep, and 1200 skins. The Taranaki left New Plymouth this morning, will arrive here early to-morrow morning, and sail for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, at 3 p.m. The Wellington arrived at Wellington at 7 a.m. to-day. She leaves there again at midnight, will arrive here to-morrow, and return to Picton and Wellington on Saturday. The. topsail-schooner Mary Ogilvie, CaptJteardon, arrived in harbor this afternoon from Greymoulh, which port she left on Saturday last. The schooner is advertised to sail for Greymouth on Ifriday. The Zephyr which left Motupipi early yesterday morning spoke the Midge off Separation Point, and the May at Astrolabe. The Arthur Wakefield, Unity, and two other vessels were loading at Waitapu with timber for Wellington and Lyttelton. A Sydney telegram in last night's Post says:—" The ship Merchant has been lost on Drink Island, on the coast of Queensland. The accounts received here say that all the crew were either drowned or eaten by the natives. Those who escaped to the island were speared by the native wreckers. The wreckage is strewn all over the islaud." The Anchor Liner Wallace, Capt. Dillon, arrived in harbor to-day at noon. She left Nelson at 12.30 p.m. on Monday, and reached Nydia Bay at 11 p.m ; after a stay of half an hour sailed for Wellington, arriving there at 6.30 a.m. yesterday; left at 10.30 p.m., and airived here as above. Experienced fine weather throughout. The Wallace sails for Wanganui at 1 p.m. to-morrow. Reciprocal feeling between officers and men of English vessels is generally not so good as might be desired. But the reverse appears to be the case on board the Celestial Queen. As a proof of this Captain Gaster has given his men a day's liberty, the two watches taking alternate days, so as not to interfere with the ballasting. Not only has the jovial captain done this, but he has taken care that the men did not go on shore without a shot in the locker, so that they could enjoy themselves to their heart's content. However rough merchant seamen may occasionally be they are not without feeling, aid Captain Gaster's liberality will be repaid twofold by the men returning to their work with renewed vigor.