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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
I
(Abridged from the Berala and Empire.)
ARRIVALS.
I
DECEMBER 13.-Jack, brig, 176 tons, Captain
Murphy, from Moreton Island 8th instant.
Passengers - Mrs. Fisher and family, Mrs.
Noble, Dr. Eicher, Mrs. Cameron, Mr. and Mrs.
Burbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Carrol, two Misses
Carroll, and 40 in the steerage.
13. - Edward, whaling schooner, 87 tons,
Captain Truscott, from the Sonth Sea Fishery.
13.-Sir James Ross, whaling barque, 150
tons, Captain Simpson, from Auckland Islands
17th ultimo.
14.--Moselle, French frigate, 22 guns, Captain
Belland, from Tongataboo 25th ultimo.
14. - Zone, schooner, 100 tons, Captain
Elliott, from Moreton Bay 8th instant. Pas-
sengers -Mr. Connoly and two children, two
masters Ocock, and 1 in the steerage.
15.- Caernarvon, barque, 230 tons, Captain
Sullivan, from the South Sea Fisheries.
DEPARTURES.
DECEMBER 14.-Shamrock, steamer, 200 tons,
Captain J. J. Warner, for Melbourne. Passen-
gers-Mrs. Jeffries, Miss Bennett, Messrs. W.
Buchanan, F. Cook, T. M. Sloman, A. Blannan,
H. Davies, G. K. Berry, S. Thomas, W. Merrigan,
A. Johnson, F. Smith, T. Moore, J. Ryan, J,
Bransfield, T. Kian, R. Horton, J. Neville, H.
Ross, M. Gorney, P. Dolon, J. W. Roberts, H.
Newsted, J. Corobridge, J. Blain, Sarah Gleeson,
Catherine Shaughnessy, and Catherine Mair.
15.-James and Amelia, ketch, 31 tons,
Captain M'Clemen, for Melbourne. Passengers
-Mr. M'Lean, Mr. Ricks.
15.- Elizabeth, cutter, 32 tons, Captain
Campbell, for Melbourne.
ARRIVALS OF COASTERS.
DECEMBER 11.-Tamar, steamer, from Mor-
peth, with 84 bales wool, 9 casks tallow, 40 bags
flour, 12 bags wheat, 3 calves, 40 pigs, 4 horses,
and sundries.
13.-Tyne, from Newcastle, with 220 bags
flour, 85 bags bran, 740 bushels maize, 1 bag
bacon ; Hannah, from the Clarence, with 29
bales wool, 52 casks tallow, 24 bundles skins,
100 hides, 10 casks beef, 28 flitches and 3. cask»
bacon, 4 tubs butter, 46 cheeses ; Emily, from
the Manning, with 1000 bushels maize, 9 cask»
tallow, 92 hides, 2 tons bacon, 4 casks pork, 800
feet rosewood.
14.-Elizabeth, (cutter), Coquette, Frederick
Griffiths, Beppo, and Elizabeth, (schooners),
from Newcastle, with 247 tons coals, and 12
tons hay ; Thistle, steamer, from Morpeth, with
110 bales wool, 8 casks tallow, 40 bags flour, 79
hides, 2 kegs tobacco, 50 bags potatoes, 12 bags
onions, 12 lambs, 2 calves, 5 pigs, 12 coops
fowls, 1 crate, 2 bags cheese, 9 horses, and sun-
dries.
15.- Tamar, from Morpeth, with 101 bale»
wool, 14 casks tallow, 48 bags maize, 34 bag»
potatoes, 4 bags onions, 2 calves, 16 pigs, 65
lambs, 3 crates fowls, 4 boxes eggs, 1 crate 2
boxes cheese, 1 case bacon, 5 horses, and
sundries.
snips* MAILS.
Mails will close at the Post Office, as fol-
lows : -
FOR LIVERPOOL VIA MELBOURNE AND THE
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.-By the Great Britain*
ou Monday next, at noon.
THE U GREAT BRITAIK."-Yesterday, his Ex-
cellency the Governor-General and his family
visited and inspected the Great Britain steam-
ship. He was sainted with nineteen guns upon
his boarding ; and also upon his departure from
the ship.-Herald, Dec. 14.-We are author-
ised to state that the Great Britain will posi-
tively sail at noon on Monday, as advertised.
Herald, Dec. 15.
THE " ONTARIO."-This vessel will probably
come up from quarantine to-day. The whole of
the healthy immigrants will be brought in her.
The convalescents and the sick, numbering
together about 70, will remain at the quarantine
station until fit to be removed. There are still
fifteen cases amongst the sailors, four of whom
are not considered out of danger.- Herald,
Dec. 15.
The French frigate Moselle has ealled at the
various islands in the Pacific, and has come on to
this port for the psrpese ef obtaining a general
supply of provisions and stores for the French
Government at Tahiti, for whieh place she will
sail immediately on completing her loading. The
following are the sames ef her officers i-Captain
Belland -r first lieutenant, Monsieur Lagougine ;
second lieutenant, Monsieur Bosenroveig ; mates,
Monsieurs Guerin, De Berthore; surgeon, Mon-
sieur Leeliee ; purser, Monsieur Grifón Dubel
larye; midshipmen, Monsieurs Savy, Laundy,
Bertrand, Gastier, and D'Aahemar.
The Edward has been absent ten month»
cruising among the islands. She is last from
New GeorgM, 19th ultimo, but briBgs no report,
of vessel» spoken.
' The Sir James Bott belongs to the Southern.
Whale Fishing Company. She bringa, na
report.

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The Messager de Tahiti, of the 31st October,
reports the ship John Williams off the port of
Papeete, on the 29th of that month, coming
from Rapa. -The passage had occnpied nine
days. The John Williams called in for passen-
gers bound to Sydney. The same paper an-
nounces that the American squadron bound for
Japan was expected to water in the port of
Papeete before proceeding to its destination.
On the 4th December, the American ship
Francis Witney entered the harbour, from Val-
paraiso, 30 days out, with an assorted cargo.

THE "MARY WILSON."-The last portion of
brought up to this port from Gabo Island, by the
schooner Queen of the South. The quantity of
wine saved has been 188 one dozen cases, 98 two
dozen cases, 93 three dozen cases, 33 pipes, 120
hogsheads, 822 quarter^casks port wine. The
wreck has been stripped, and everything except-
ing anchors and chains brought away from her.
Considering the vessel's position, the amount of
cargo saved bas been beyond expectation. Mr.
A. T. Ross, on behalf of H.M. customs, had
charge of the cargo, and came up in the
schooner. The names of the other passengers
by her were Messrs. Paul, George Dent, and
James Potter, the latter the mate of the Mary
Wilson. The wreck, at the departure of the
schooner, was fast breaking up, and had it not
been from the circumstance of one of the anchors
of the vessel keeping her to seaward, she must
have gone to pieces long before the cargo could
have been removed. The prevalent winds at
Gabo Island are described as from the S.E, and
then shifting to the N.W. ; these generally lasted
for about three days in each direction. A man
sent down to the wreck, and known by the namo
of Brown, was unfortunately drowned on the 6th
inBtant, .by the capsizing of a whaleboat in the
surf, whilst attempting to get ashore on the main

land. The boat had been taken across from Gabo

Island in order to forward a despatch to the
agents of the Mary Wilson. Messrs. Paul, Dent,
Potter, and the man Brown were in the boat
when the accident took place ; Brown unfortu-
nately was unable to swim. Mr. Paul, seeing
this, immediately struck out to his rescue, and
by the aid of an oar kept him afloat for the
almost incredible space of one hour and a quar-
ter. Mr. Paul, finding his own strength failing,
gave Brown the oar, with strict injunctions to
hold on by it, and then made his way, with great
difficulty, through the surf. Mr. Paul's noble
effort to save Brown speaks for itself, and
requires no comment. The rest of the boat's
crew managed to get on shore, and the boat was
subsequently recovered.-Herald, Dec. 15.

The brig Equator, Captain Carter, which ar-
rived here on the 11th instant, from Shanghai
the 20th August, brought on the officers and
crew of the barque Titania, which was unfortu-
nately lost on the Rob Roy Shoal. Captain
Coulthurst has favoured us with the following
particulars regarding the loss. The barque
Titania, of Liverpool, Captain Coulthurst, left
MacRo on the 4th September for Sydney. On
the 20th September 1.30 A.M. in a squall the
vessel struck violently upon the reef; every-
thing was instantly tbrowu'aback, and the ves-
sel remained fast, bumping very heavily ; at 2
A.M., she gave two awful bumps, careened over
on her bilge. At 3 AM, got the boats out,
and sounded forward and aft-found five feet
at the fore chains, and seven feet at the main
chains, with the tide falling. At daylight got
firovisions and sails into the boats, ready for

eaving the ship. Soon afterwards two vessels
were seen close to the shoal in the offing, and
Captain Coulthurst sent the chief mate on board
the nearest vessel, the brig Equator. On his
return the mate informed Captain Conlthurst
that Captain Carter kindly offered to render all
the assistance in his power, and would give
them a passage in his vessel. Finding that it
was utterly impossible to save either the ship
or cargo, and the appearance of the weather
being very threatening, Captain Coulthurst
thought it the most prudent course to avail
himself of this offer, and proceed in the
Equator. At 10 A.M., Captain Coulthurst and
the supercargo, with the crew, left the Titania,
and yenton board the Equator. The sea being
too high, and the gale increasing, and the
Equator too near the reef to allow their being
taken on board, the boats were cut adrift. Cap-
tain Coulthurst has requested us to express his
deep gratitude to Captain Carter for his prompt
assistance, and the kindness shown to himself,
supercargo, officers, and crew, during their stay
of three weeks on board the Equator.- Singa-
pore Free Press.

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