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The following vessels are advertised for Sydney in the

California papers :— William, ship, M'Phee, with 150

passengers, cleared out January 15; Emma, schooner,

Watson, cleared out January 20; Monumental City,

steamer, 1000 tons, 475 horse power, Adams. February 8 ;

Clara, barque, 850 tons, February 9.

The Brothers, from Moreton Bay brings 200 bales wool,

70 bundles sheep skins, 51 casks tallow, 25 tons billet

wood, and sundries. The Bella Vista, and Zone, hence,

arrived on the 21st ultimo. The Acacia was loading, and

the Washington Irving was to hare sailed oa Tuesday

last for London via Sydney.

Water Pouce Office. — On Saturday, Captain Richard

son, of the ship Trafalgar, appeared on summons, before

the Water Police Magistrate and Mr. John Campbell, to

answer an information against him by the Postmaster

General, and which set forth that a mail, containing 42

letters and 52 newspapers, confided to his charge by the

postal authorities in England, had not been delivered to

the Post Office here before the 8th March, although the

Trafalgar had arrived here on the 22nd of February

ultimo. The Civil Crown Solicitor conducted the case

for the Pout Office. Captain Richardson pleaded guilty

to the information, but urged in extenuation the follow

ing circumstances : — After leaving Plymouth, bis chief

officer suggested to him the expediency of placing the

mails in a cask, and heading them up. This was done ;

but unfortunately the cask could not contain all the

bags, and the mate placed the one then under the notice

of the Court in a private drawer in his own cabin. When

the Trafalgar arrived in Port Jackson she

was placed in quarantine, and upon the

mails being demanded in the usual manner, the confu

sion consequent upon the quarantine order was so great,

that the mate entirely forgot the extra mail. He (Cap

tain Richardson had been extremely annoyed at this

omission ; and while he trusted that the Bench would

treat this case leniently, he would add the expression of

hope that owners of all British, sea-going ships, would

adopt the plan of having mail lockers on board, whereby

these vexatious cases of omissions or forgetfulness could

not possibly occur. Mr. Brenan said that the Court,

taking into consideration Captain Richardson's explana

tion, and the circumstances under which he had been

placed in quarantine, would inflict a mitigated penalty ;

but the Court desired once more to express its opinion a?

to the slovenly manner in which, in too many instances,

mails were received, deposited, and delivered by the

officers in command of merchant vessels. In

the present case, the mails, by a mere suggestion

of the mate, had been headed up in a c ask

but one of them could not be stowed in, and h»d

been forgotten when the ship arrived at her port of des

tination; and thereby it was most likely that disap

pointment, if not actual loss, had accrued to those who

awaited letters from their home correspondents. A

Mail Looker ought to be provided for every ship tbat

carried a tnaiL The Court adjudged that Captain

Richardson should be mulcted in the mitigated nenaltv of

two shillings for each letter ; with £1 10s. professional

and 6s. 6d. office costs. — Yesterday James Bloodsworth

and Henry Green, who were remanded on Saturday last,

on a charge of assault preferred by Lieutenant Hudson,

of H.M.S. Herald, again 'appeared, on bail, before the

Water Police Magistrate and Mr. John Campbell. The

circumstances of the case are these. On Good Friday,

some six or eight young boyB loosed a boat from the

Circular Quay, and set off on a pleasure expedition down

the harbour. Information having been given to the

owner, the first named defendant, he with Green, who is

a deaf and dumb man, took another boat, and giving

chase, overtook the boys near Garden Island, and by

beating and menacing them, made them jump over

board. They all being good swimmers reached Garden

Island, whence (the occurrence being seen on board the

Herald) they were taken off by a boat sent by Lieutenant

Hudson. There was considerable discrepancy in the

evidence, the latter officer estimating the distance of the

boat from the shore (when the boys were, in a manner,

forced to jump overboard) 100 yards ; whilst the quarter

master, who first noticed the chase, stated tbat the dis

tance was not more than six yards. The evidence of

a waterman was taken yesterday, but although he could

not accurately define the distance, he corroborated the

statement of Lieut. Hudson, and the Quarter-Master, as

to the boys having been excited by fear to jump over

board, when overtaken and beaten by the defendant

Bloodsworth. It did not plainly appear that Green took

any part in beating the boys, and he was discharged.

Bloodsworth denied that he had used any undue se

verity towards the boys, one and all of whom could swim

like fish. He was the father of a large family, and

?would be the last to be cruel to children. The only pun

ishment inflicted had been a ducking, and he hoped the

Bench would take into consideration the loss and incon

venience to which owners of boats were daily exposed by

their being unmoored and taken away by the numerous

young urchins who infest the wharves of the harbour;

The Bench, after some comments upon the impropriety

of the defendaut taking the law into bis own hands, fined

him in the sum of five pounds (including Court costs) .

or, in default, ordered that he be imprisoned for three

Custom House. — Entered outwards : April 1. Packet,

schooner, 187 tonB, Owen, for the South Sea Islands :

Iris, cutter, 75 tons, for the South Sea Islands ; Arion.

brig, 184 tons, Rooke, for Melbourne.

Coi-oNiAi Steamers.— The Australian Steam Naviga

tion Company's boats, and others belonging to this port,

have lately been undergoing repairs, some of an extensive

nature. The boilers of the Waratah have had a thorough

examination, and some alterations have been made in the

gearing calculated to increase the power of the engines.

She proceeds to Launceston this trio, for the purpose of

having her bottom cleaned and painted, the rise and fall

of the tide in the river there affording great facilities for

the accomplishment of this object. The boilers and en

pines of the Rose have also been overhauled, and the

machinery partially renovated and otherwise considerably

improved ; it will be fully a month before she will be

able to make a trip to the Hunter. The engines, &c,

have been put aboard the Ballarat. The erection of her

cabins is speedily progressing, and the remainder of the

woodwork about her is fast arriving: towards completion.

fihe will start for Melbourne some time in May, where

she will remain for the purpose of being employed be

. tween the town and the shipping in Hobson's Bay, and

; for the convenience of passengers arriving there in the

j larger boats of the company. The Eagle steamer has been

: temporarily taken off the Moreton Bay line, and has been

{laid on for the Hunter. The Wollongong boat, William

j the Fourth, has been lengthened amidships 15 feet ; and

; when all is finished, will have new decks and deck frame,

boilers, improved engines, cabins thoroughly renovated j

1 and fitted 80 as to offer every comfort ? fresh masts will ? ,

be stepped, fitted witb. new rigging, and she will be nearly

equal to a vessel just launched, the only parts remaining

or tne former hull being a little at her stem and stern ;

it wRi be several weeks before she will be ready for sea. The

City of Melbourne screw steamer, about to be offered to

public competition, comes off the slip in a

day or two: since lying there she has had

an entire new keel, been caulked inboard and

outside, recoppered with Muntz metal, another rudder

has been shipped with additional pintles, her hull

strengthened with diagonal iron knees'and two sister kel

sons each about forty feet long; her machinery has been

overhauled by Mr. Struth, and put in thorough working

order. She will in future be rigged as a brigantine and

have new running rigging rove, fore and aft ; the cabins

are much improved, especially the ladies'. She is fitted

with a screw manufactured by the Messrs. Struth on a

principle which has been favourably tested in England:

its dimensions are— full diameter 6 feet 3 inches 5 pitch

6 feet 6 inches ; the fans (three in number) are made of

% inch best boiler plate, and the revolutions per minute,

with full steam, ought to be 150. The principle features

in the construction of this screw are— firstly ; instead of

continuing the blades or fans down to the

shaft, and keeping the centre sphere as

small as possible, one-third of the entire diame

ter is occupied by a sphere, it having been ascertained

that the centre part of the fans of ordinary screws absorb

20 per cent, of the power without having any propelling

effect, in consequence of that part of the propeller being

nearly in a line with the shaft. The second feature is the

form of the blades, which, instead of being smaller at the

extremities are precisely the reverse. The large centre

ball affords the opportunity of most conveniently alter

ing the pitch, being supplied with iron blocks on one side

of each of the blades, which can be easily removed, and

the pitch increased or decreased, as may be deemed

The Scargo, from New York, with the following cargo,

has arrived in Melbourne : 1700 barrels flour, 250 kegs

tobacco, 104 bales hops, 400 bundles 130 cases furni

The Will o' the Wisp, from Port Phillip to Auckland,

was spoken by the Daniel Webster on the 12th instant.

The Chusan. — This favourite steamer is again ready for.

sea, and will sail at two o'clock exactly. Our readers are

aware tbat on her voyage from Adelaide to Melbourne

one of the three fans of the screw was carried away, which

has rendered a detention of thirteen days unavoidable,

and when we consider what has been done, it says much

for the energy and skill of Captain Down that he has

been able to get away so soon. As the Patent Slip is not

large enough to take on a vessel of the Chusan's site,

the difficulty was to get her sufficiently ont of the water

to leave the screw aperture free. When the heel of the

Formosa was hauled on shore in Darling Harbour, her

keel sunk so deep into the sand that it was impossible to

do what was required. To obviate this difficulty, Captain

Down had a number of balks of timber about twenty feet

long, placed at a distance from each other, and bolted to

two longitudinal pieces at each end, exactly resembling a

gridiron : in the centre two other pieces of timber were

bolted longitudinally, the distance between them being

just sufficient for the keel of the vessel : at high water

this cradle was sunk under the ship, (which was as much

down by the head as possible), and as soon as the

keel was in the place formed for it, the frame was secured .

to the vessel, and the whole hauled as high up on the

beach as the water would permit. This was found to

answer admirably. As the tide fell the vessel remained

firm as a rock, without the slightest strain, and at low

water there was only one foot of water at the stern,

which enabled the engineers to work freely. The first

tide the old screw was taken out, and the next day the

new one (she always carries a spare screw) was put in its

place; the opportunity was also taken of cleaning and

painting a. large portion of her bottom. It was Friday

morning when she was hauled up, and on Tuesday morn

ing she was afloat taking in coals, and the time occupied

would have been much less but from the difficulty of

getting men to work during the Easter holidays. Not

only was the work done efficiently, but the expense was

a mere trifle — something tinder £30. Yesterday after

noon she w.ent down the harbour, and the

screw was proved to work admirably. Although appa

rently a very simple matter, we consider this a very im

portant work, as it will enable a screw vessel of any size

to repair her screw and examine a large portion of her

bottom. The Chusan has taken on board coals sufficient

for the voyage to King George's Sound, and as she has.

no cargo on board, her detention at Melbourne and

Adelaide will be only twenty-four hours, so that Captain

Down has no doubt that he will be at Singapore in tin. 8

for the mail which will reach London on tbe 13th Juno.

She may be expected back in Sydney about the middle

July, bringing English news to the 24th April. She has

the following Passengers. For Southampton: Messrs.

T.Aspinwall,W.M'Gill,M'Gill,A. C, Cohen, J. Cutb

berts. For Alexandria: 1. Rawack, N. Schouller. For

Madras: Mr. R. James. For Singapore: Mr. R. Wildey. j

For Ceylon: Dr. F. Cogan. For Adelaide: Mrs. E.

Maycock, Miss S. Trigg, Mr. Ingold, T. Vierow, D. I

Lithgow. For Melbourne : Mrs. M. Duff, Mr. and Mrs. j

W. Butter, Messrs. T. Day, E. Norman, A. Moyes, J. j

Houston, J Monk, J. M'Can, J. Johnson, A. Seherman, 1

M Nelson, and 92 in the steerage. She also takes' a few 1

small parcels of gold, viz.: For C Chapman, 200 ozs; 1

J. Richards, 229 ozs. ; F. Beer, 50 ozs. ; A. Dreutler, 100 I

Tbe Anonyma from Honolulu reports the following 1

vessels for Sydney : — The Eclipse, from California, left 1

the Sandwich Isles January 29th ; William Berry, I

Brown, from Honolulu March 16th , Corsair, aud Rapid, 1

March 7th, from Honolulu ; and the Washington was to 1

leave shortly. Tbe barque Orpheus arrived from Syd- 1

ney on the 24th January. The William, schooner, was ?

to leave for Sydney on the 8th February. The Edward, ?

ana Radiant, barques, were to leave San Francj6co on ?

the 1st February, for Sydney. ;?

Merchant Sramen. — His Excellency the Governor- a

General has directed it to be notified that a license has ?

been granted to Mr, Isaac D. Nichols, of Sydney, to ?

enable him to hire, engage, supply, and provide seamen ?

to be entered on board merchant ships, during the year ?

eommeaeing oa the 22nd March, 1853. ?