Maritime Record.

New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1716, 20 August 1862, Page 2

Maritime Record.

The French bntquc Eugene, Capt. Barra, arrived from Sydney on Sunday morning last, at 11 a.m., after a fair passage of 10 days. Sailed from Port Jacktson Heads on the Gth inst., next day experienced a severe gale of 10 hours duration ; for the remainder of the passage she encountered a succession of light winds and calms. Sighted a square rigged vessel steering West, on the 14th, but did not speak her. On Saturday morning last, off Cape Brett, passed another vessel, in nil probability, the Alice Cameron, bound to Sydney. The Eugene is a St, Maloes barque, of 281 tons, and has come into port in clean condition. She brings a large cargo of sugar from the Muuritius, and some 00 tons <<f cargo from Sydney. Tho Kate had not arrived in Sydney' at the date of the Eug6ne'a'departure, but was advertised as hourly expected, and would sail again eight days after arrival, The schooner Sea Gull, Capt,

Theahlp Alfred Lemont, 689 tons, Capt. Murphy, and Ringdove, 12C0 tons, Capt. Holbrook, were advertized to call from Melbourne for the Coromandel Gold Digging., via Otago, with "bebarque Ellen Lewis, arrived at Newcaalle on the 3l»t ultimo. . The following extract is from the Sydney Herald of the 4th in«t. :-Bri«bane, Saturday, 5 p.m.—There were fifty four deaths on board the ship Erin-go-bragh, emigrant ship, during the passage. The vessel has been placed in quarantine to allow of medical inspection. The Boat Building Trade is very active just now, not less than four vessels are on the stocks on the North Shore alone. Messrs. Holmes launched on Saturday last, their first craft, a cargo boat for Messrs Harris & Wadham. She measures 35 feet keel, 13 feet 2 inches beam, and 4 feet 10 hold, and will consequently carry about 25 tons. This little vessel has been built in the short space of six weeks, which, considering the unfavourable weather, is very creditable to her builders. She is considered a handsome boat and her carrying qualities are highly spoken of. The same firm have just laid the keel of another boat of the same class for Mr. George Clarke, and the keel of a large cutter for Mr. C. J. Stone, to be employed in the service of the Waihoihoi Coal Company in the Manukau. Mr. Beddoes has also a cutter nearly ready for the water. She is owntd by Messrs. Harris & Wadham and is destined we believe for the Coromandel Trade. A cargo boat tor the same firm by Mr. Brown of Wahapu, is also in course of construction. The Whailing barque Minerva, Penniman, New Bedford, sai'ed from Russell for the fisheries on the 15th instant. The schooner Abeona, hence for Taranaki, put into Russell on the 11th, having carried away some of her bobstay gear, she resumed her voyoge ou the 15th instant. The steam Ship Lord Worsley, Captain Kennedy, has had a very boisterous passage from the south. She left Wellington on Thursday, and Nelson on Sunday ; landed her mail and passengers at New Plymouth ; and crossed Manukau bar, by the main channel, a wild and heavy sea then running, yesterday at 2 p. m. The inter-Colonial Royal Mail Company's new ship, Claude Hamilton, sailed from London, under sail and steam. (500 tons of coal on board) on the 31st May. She is full barque rigged, wiih lifting screw, and as eighty days have been assigned for her to make the passage to Sydney, she ought now to be either in that port or close aboard of it. The Airedale is expected to resume the West Coast route next month. The Worsley has heen conveying kauri plank to new deck the Prince Alfred ; the Claude Hamilton brings ont her new boilers. She will, therefore, noon be in first rate order; so that if the Comprny do not " turn ahead" the fault will be their own.

Tub latb Mail-boat Accident.—The S. J. Advertiser of 24th ultimo publishes the following telegraphic message from its Glenelg correspondent:—"July 23, 10p.m. Frightful night at the Bay; tremendous gale. The English mail on board except three Melbourne, one Sydney, one Western Australia, and one Aden (containing Cnpe and Mauritius mails), bags left behind. The mail was so heavy that the boat could not take it in less than three trips. On the return from second trip boat upsel. Persons on board—Ross, Hodges, Cornock, Tryers, and Addison. Steeiedfor creek instead of jetty. Boat capsized. All saved except Ross, who up to this time is not heard o.*. Large party out on beach searching for him. Ladybird fired a gun, and stood off at a quarter-past 7- Great anxiety prevails." The American barque Waverley has put into port to refit and provision. She is thirty-nine months out, with 1750 barrels sperm, 6f!o barrels whale oil, and reports—June 10, In Coral Sea, near. Wreck Reef, barque Desdemona, Bates, 500 barrels sperm; June 15, barque Adaline Gibbs, New Bedford, 160 barrels sperm ; July 1, ship Three Brothers, Nantucket, CSO barrels sperm; July 3, barque Mermaid, Westport, 500 barrels sperm ; July 7, ship Spartan, Nantucket, 400 barrels sperm. 500 barrels whale; July 10, barque Eugenia, New Bedford, 700 barrels sperm ; July 12, barque Two Brothers, New Bedford, 14C3 barrels sperm ; July 15, barque James Allen, New Bedford, 700 barrels sperm, 400 barrels whale; July 16, barque Eliza Davol, New Bedford, 750 barrels sperm ; July 17, barque Mermaid, New Bedford, 1500 barrels sperm ; July 12, barque Aladdin, Hobart Town, 100 barrels sperm the season; July 1, Briton's Queen, Hobart Town, clean ; July 4, spoke ship J. S. Hall, five days from Sydney; July 10, latitude 22.35 S. longitude, 157.05 E., French ship Mareschal Pelissier, seven days from Sydney. Off Cato's Bank, sighted the steamer Washington, 21 days from Sydney, all well. She was under canvas.— Sydney Herald, August 4.