By the arrival of the schoontr Ceara, from ..New Caledonia, we have received injtelli -.- ; gence of the total loss of , the barque Leonidas, '■ ' "at the Balari Pass, New Caledonia, j Mr Henderson, late chief officer of the barque, is a passenger by the Ceara, and he: fur nishes the following particulars : — The iieoni das, Captain Flake, was from Newcastle ! ,-,- ,W-fy a car g? of coal and 100 r sheep, bound to '-'■'■■ Noumea. On' the 2nd' June,' while '-^qing through the Balari Pass,, in charge of a pilot, ..- ..... ind.a.gqod look out being kept, she striick nasunken reef about nine a.m., but she as backed off again, when it was found that c vessel was leaking very badly. Every I , ' : leavor was atonce made to keep her free, ,'■•'.; ■> .-'at the same time work her into Jiarhor neans of the sails, as, the rudder had been ; ked - away. ; Shortly. after; Mr Hender ,•'■-■'• tatea, the French war schooner Gazelle. ' ■ within hail, but, having communicated •. , : -.he pilot, kept away-, to; sea without ■'■l  \ any assutance. Owing to; thej Ips§T rudder, and having no means to tow ' .: tie, shewaa quite unmanageable, and :.; ;- •. ,timegotonthe>eef. ; : Atfour p.m. f 12ft of water, in the hold, the sea ■jross the main deck. Under these 1 ' , * : '; ' ces, ; arid with no power to save ; ■'' - • '■■■ Flake determined to •;; ; ■ - r, and in a 'few minutes she ' .' : ' ' ; ' 1 head first;- leaving the masts - ; ■ but the next day she had ' ; ;';•'■ Reared. Mr Henderson is'of •'• ■-'' ad the Gazelle sent her boats '■■"■ '-. ; ' 'que might have been beached i-^r"; .•.-:• : •: , water that the live stoek ! and : >f the gear would have been ' -^. ' • nidas is insured in the Aus -1 ; i '00, of which L4OO is re-, 'acific and New Zealand. """""""_. iwped by Messrs Broom? , , df this city. The cargo ' '" '. ; n. 'the Australasian for '-; ' .'.. i»«^ Herald. ..',-. /. , ; ; 8 originally, brought to. 