NELSON. [From the Nelson Examiner.]

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NELSON. [From the Nelson Examiner.]

The Elora, from London the 3rd, and the Downs the 12th October, arrived here yesterday, having called at New Plymouth. She therefore made a very fair passage of 107 days. Her passengers speak in tht highest

terms of tbe treatment they received on the voyage. The next vessel for New Zealand will be the Louisa Campbell, which was to sail on the 3rd of December. The Elora took the place of the Gilbert Henderson, which was taken off the berth to convey troops

to the Cape. Launch. — The cutter built on Auckland Point by Mr. Strong, was launched on Tuesday last, and received the name of the Supply. She is exceedingly well built of black birch, copper fastened, and will be, in the opinion of competent judges, a good sea-boat. Mr. Strong afterwards gave a dinner in his yard to all his work-people ; several guests were also present, and about sixty persons sat down and partook of good substantial English fare. Mr. Macshane, in a short speepb, complimented Mr. Strong on the enterprise he had shown, and the benefit he had conferred on the colony by the extensive employment of labour. Mr. Strong briefly returned thanks, and intimated that another vessel was to take the place on the stocks of the one just launched. This, we understand, will be a vessel of 170 or 200 tons ; and as the materials have for some time been prepared, we may hope to see quick progress made with hsr.

[English News — From the Nelson Examiner.'} The magnificent steamer, the Great Britain, has been lost in Dun drum Bay, on the east coast of Ireland. It is not very clear how the accident occurred, but we believe the weather was thick, and a mistake made in the lights, so that she was accidentally run ashore. A large number of passengers were on board, but no lives were lost. The New Zealand Company held a special general meeting on the 30th of September, when the Secretary read the Twenty-first Report. The object of the meeting' was to get the consent of the proprietors to some pecuniary arrangements made between the Directors and the Government, by which the Company has been permitted to appropriate a portion of the loan of £100,000 to the payment of debentures which had just fallen due. The general tone of the Report is more hopefuLthan of late, and no indication is given of any intention to dissolve. Among the recent deaths we notice the philanthropist Thomas Clarkson, the Marquis of Thomond, the Earl of 'Waldegrave, Lord Mount-Sanford and Lieutenant General Robert Owen. Meetings continue to be held in London to forward steam communication with Australia and New Zealand.