January.

19.—The schooner Amazon, 130 tons, Capt. Howell, advertised to sail for California, the "Land of Gold," if 30 passengers can be found at £20 each.

Fatal boat accident to man named Stewart, of Otago. He was proceeding in a boat with two others to Port Chalmers, when some words arose between Stewart and another, and a scuffle ensued, and both parties fell into deep water. The accident was seen from the Port, and pilot boat saved one. The boat was the same as that by which Mr. Watson and the others had been drowned.