THE MISSING STEAMER 'PLUTO '

Tim following je[)Oit in leferenoe to the search after the missing steamei 'PJnto,' Vr. is laid upon the table of the Now South Wales Legislative Assembly of the 21st instant • — Office of Supeiintendeut of Pilots, Lights, and Harbour 1 ?, Sydney, July 21, ISC3. Sir, —I have the honour to repoit for the intoima tion of the Honourable the Tie.isuiei, that I have left Sydney in the Austialasiau Steam Navigation Company's steamer 'Samson,' on Satmday, the 11th instxnt, for the pui pose of malting aej.ich foi tlie missing steamci 'Pluto.' My attention was hrot dnected to the vicinity of Teuag.il Kocf, in conse quence of information I received rel.itivo to ths 'Pluto' when there, hiving, however, made no cli^coveiy m connexion with hei, I pioceeded to the Manning liivei, the position wheie, by Another souice ot infoimation, she was last seen Fiom the Manning I coasted quite close in shore for the entire distance to Cape Moieton, choosing daylight for the whole of this seai oh, and anchoiing oi standing off and on dining the night as occasion leqnned, in consequence ot the state of the weather. My atten tion was also paiticulaily dnected to the dangeions places— such as the Meunaul l!cof and Solitary Islands, and m fact to all places that I thought likely to bung up the unfoitunate vessel. Infoirna tion was also sought at the stations along the coast, wheie I found genei.il sympathy pi evaded, and that ni all ca<-es local seaich had been made On my i etui n I made traverses fioin shore, thus passing, in one case inside, ami in the othei f.u outside, ot the usual track of vessels. Stiong south and south-west w mds made this seaich difficult coming south, and although I was lehictaut to letuin to port without h iviucj di*>co\eiod any tiace of the missing vessel, yet I think that all has been done that held out any piobabihty of success Had the 'Pluto' been blown off, or oveiruu her distance, «he must ha\e made some patt of the coast Ions; befoie thw. It will, I tiust, be some slight consolation to those who aie suffeiing fiom bereavement to know that I have been assisted most zealously by those engaged with me. 