The ship Loch Vennachar, from Glasgow to Melbourne, pub into Mauritius recently dismasted. She reported on anchoring at Port Louis :—" June 3, in lab. 39deg. 55min South, and long. 27deg. 2lmin easb, ex perienced a heavy gale from the north-east, which lasted 12 hours. The ship was head washing under lower topsails when a heavy _ea struck her, sbove in bulwarks .Oft from ihe forecasble head, filled bhe lower bopsail, carried away all bhe porb fore rigging, washed oub the galley and the cook over head. The second cook was washed up through the galley skylight, the foremast went by bhe board, baking bhe mainmast and mizzen-topmast with ib. The captain was four days before he could find his posi tion owing to a series of gales. Barometer at 28-80."

THE OLIVE.
The locally owned island schooner Olive, 92 tons, Captain W. Ross, arrived this morning from Vavau, Friendly Islands, in ballast. The captain reporbs bhab the Olive sailed from Vavau on Tuesday, the 2nd insb., and had strong S.E. winds which sbeadily increased, bill on Saturday, the 6tb, ib blew a sbrong -gale from bhe N.E. The vessel had "so be hove to. The gale moderated on Sunday ab 2 a.m. Then calm weather till '.he 10th, when bhe N.E. winds freshened igain, shifting to S.E. and S. on Friday lighb off Cape Brebb. Thence lighb W. md S. VV, winds to port. She sighted H.M.s. Orlando, several days oat, bound arom Auckland to Fiji.
PASSENGERS FOR" FIJI.
