The Emerald was laid-to for the night on the same tack as the barque, in order to communicate further in the morn ing, but at daylight she was not in sight. It was then blowing a heavy gale from N.AY. The Emerald was put round on the other tack, head to north ward, and steamed slowly all day, but saw no more of tlie Campsie Glen. In the evening-the weather moderated, and the course was resumed." - [ ENGLISH SHIPPING- - ' Tlie following vessels were loading at London for, AVellington on the 10th March :—Helen Denny, 727 tons ; Loch Doon, 756 tons; and the Birker, 100 S tons. y ’ ‘ * 7 *7 • ■ Passengers per New Zealand Shipping Co.’s Star of the East. Captain John Balmanno, which left London for Wellington on the 3rd March :—Steerage—Mary, Jane, and AVilhelmina Stewart, AVilliam, Mary, James, and Frank Jessup, Emma, Herbert, and Ada Parker, Mr and Mrs Ledbrook, Mary and Henry Hail, AVilliam Todd, Sylvanus Salter, and William Lawton. , r. ■!> ’■. A STEAMER ON EIRE. i;,/ The steamer Tangil, belonging to the Lakes Naviga tion Company, Gippsland, had a narrow escape from total destruction on the morning of the 16th instant. She was lying at 'the Bairnsdalo AVharf, and about 4 o’clock the stewardess, who. was sleeping in the cabin, awoke almost suffocated. She at once called the captain, who, with the men - employed on the boat, found that the fire was in’the steward’s pantry and bar. After a lot of trouble, they succeeded in ex tinguishing the conflagration, which damaged, the steamer 'to the extent of about L3O or L4O, and'the providore’s stock of wines, spirits, &c., to the amount ' of about L 35. Ths fire caught a quarter-cask full of whiskey, and tlie wood was burnt almost to, the spirit. The probability is that if the fire had got to the whis key in the cask nothing could have saved the vessel. The Tangil was insured, but the stock of Mr Hunter, the providore, was not. The origin of the,fire is un known, but it is supposed to have been caused by rats getting at a box of matches. AMERICAN SHIPPING.' (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) •; Auckland, May 1. From New York for Dunedin, brig Camille, with general cargo ; sailed March 18. 