built schooner, six months old, arrived in port *t 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon from Christchurch, which royb she left at the same hour on the previous day. The captain reports having left Christchurch in com pany with the Cordelia, cutter, bound to Auckland, and the Celt, sohooner, bound for Wanganui. The Cordelia he soon ran avray from, but be had the Celt's company until daylight this morning. It blew hard from the south-east,' and the Jubilee had her fore-and-aft sailsdouble-reefed. r The Celt had the advantage of tfes.arf.she carried a square foresail. The Jubilee Brings a cargo of potatoes." By advices from- -home, via Panama, we (Nelson Colonitt) learn. that the Dona Anita, bound for Nelson, put into EioJaniero, because of the death of her captain, and disaffection among the crew. The Government steamer Sturt is now thoroughly dismantled, and i* undergoing a.thorough overhaul at Wellington. Tenders for^ executing a certain por tionof the repairs are °called for. ' The Gorernment s.*.'St: Kilda arrived at Welling ton on the 28th ultimo. She left Napier on Saturday, at 2 p.m , after delivering the English mail. She reports that the Bee sailed from Napier for Welling ton on the day she arrived there. i We understand that the accepted tender for the launching of the s.i. Ahuriri from her unpleasant position at the Buller is £1,000. W« h*re not learnt in what way the work, was progressing 1. " ' The Cordelia.— The cutter Cordelia left Christ church for this port on the 28th ultimo. The Auckland schooner Celt. Captain McKenzie, left Christchurch on ; the 28th ultimo for Wanganui, with grain. The as. Halcyon stranded upon the beach on Thursday week, about a mile north of Grey Biver. She is expected to become' a total wreck. On Thursday week a seaman belonging to the brig Clara, in Hokitika roadstead, name not given, fell from the yardarm to the deck and was killed. The cutters Clyde from Mahurangi, and St. Kilda from Kawau and Matakana, arrived yesterday, with cargoes of firewood and settlers' produce^ The schooner Lily brought up a cargo of firewood yesterday from Waiheki. ■ • '> The cutter Maid of the Mill, Neil, master, arrived yesterday from Mahurangi, with a cargo of settlers 1 produce, firewood, and several passengers. The paddle steamer Enterprise No. 