PORT OF AUCKLAND. MISCELLANEOUS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3650, 31 March 1869, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

MISCELLANEOUS.

AERI7ALS. ftoyal Alfred, p.s,, 130 torn, Jfarciuhar, from the Thames, with pasungan. v John Ptmn, i.i., 122 tons. Cars?, from tho Thamei, with passengers. Duke of bdinburgb, p j., 51 ton*, S. Marks, from tho Thames, with passengers. Enterpriio No. 2, p.s., Scon, from Shortland, with passengers. Lsonidfts, echoonor, 73 tons, Norm, from fiuiiell. Mary, schooner, 22 ton;!, Hogan, for vvaiheke. Heather Bell, cutler, 24 tons, JD«m, from M»hur*ngl Wahiipu, cotter, 15 tons, Hnttltiy, from ShortUad. Gizelle, cutter, 24 tons, Juggor, from the k Gieat Barrier. Alice, cutter, 12 tons, Beck, from Thames.

ENTEEBD IN"WA.UDS. Cleopatra schooner, 92 tew, Ifwenen, irom Ljrttelttn, with breadstuff^. <fee. Mary, suLotaer, 22ton», Hogan, from Waiheke, with SI tons flrewoou. Heather Bell, cutter, 24 tom, Dam, from Muhurtngi, with i hendctttt «, 2 tons potatoes. Paaaengen— 6. W»hapu, cutter, 15 tous, Huttl«y, from Thames, in ballast. G»zbll©, cutter, 24 tons, Jagger, from Great Barrier, with 4« tou» firewood, Alhe, cutter, 12 tons, Beck, from Thamei, in ballasW "0 Woodstock, cutter, 30 torn, Baker, from Opotiki, with ' 4 head cattle. Pasaengorß— 6.

DEPARTURES. Ahurlrl, s.s., 131 tons, Flowerd*y, for Napier and Soutltera ports. John Perm, is., 122 tons, Carey, for the Thames, with passengers. Royal Alfred, p.s., 130 toni, Farquhar, for the Thames, with passengers. Duke of Edinburgh, p.8., 61 torn, H. Marks, for the Thames,! with passengers. ~ ' Lalla Hookh, p s., Adami, for the Thames, with puiengen. Mary, icnooner, 22 tons, Hogan. for Waiheke. Cassia, ketch, 16 tons, North, for the Thames. Heather 8011, cutter, 24 toni/Dara, for Mahurangi. Wfcbapu, cutter, 16 tons, Huttley, for Shortland. Gazelle, cutter, 24 torn, Ja ger, for Great Barrier. Alice, cutter, 12 tons, Beck, for Kennedy* Bay. Staff, cutter, 19 torn, Jones, for ahortland.

CLEARED OUTWARDS. Ahuriri, s.s., 131 tons, JTloworday, for Napier and Southern portf. Italia Vista, barque, 166 tons, Sim, tor Melbourne, via Tairua, with sundries. Daj spring, brlgan tine, 115 tons, Eraser, for New Hebrides with 17 packages merchandise. 3 cases jams, 1 case wine, 1 bale cottons. Mary, schooner, 22 tons, Hogan, for "Waiheko, in ballast. Cassia, ketch, 16 turn, North, for Shortlaud, with sundries Alice, cuttor, 12 tons, Beck, for Kennedy's Bay, with It.OOO f&feet timber, and sundries. Heather Hell, cutter, 24 tons, Dam, for Mahurangi, -with sundries. Passengeis— L Wahapu, cutter, 15 tons, Hutley, for Thames, with 3,000 bnclc* and 80 bushels lime. G.izuUe, cutter, 24 tons, Jaeger, for Great Barrier, in ballast. Stag cutter, 19 torn, Jones, for Thames, with 1,000 rails, 6,000 feet timber, 1 ton doors and sashes, Passengers— 3.

VESSELS EXPECTED. H.M. s. Galatea, from England. H.H. ». Koaario, fiom Sydney, H M. r.i. Blanche from East Coast. H M. s. Challenger, from the South. Mtry Shepherd, ship, from London (loading). Portland, ship. Peten, from London loading). Undiunted. ship, from London. dancastriu, ship, Loryman, from Liverpool (loading). Israuy, barque, Campbell, from Liverpool. Novelty, barque,' from Sui Francisco. Island City, bvque, from Queeniland. Kate, barque, from Syduey Kate Conley, barque, from Sjdney. Lion, barque, from Sydney. Pnnct Alfred, barquentine, from Sydney. CoMngtrood, barque, from Chatham Islands. Susan Jane, barque, from Timaru. Woa, brig, from Melbourne Princess Alice, brig, from Mauritius. Neva, schooner, from Tahiti. Eugenie, schooner, from Tahiti Hannah Newton, schooner, from Melbovne, Christiana Thompson, from Melbourne. Scotia, schooner, from Melbourne. Herald, schooner, fn>m byttelton. Twilight, schooner, from Lyttelton, Colonist, schooner, from Lyt elton. Queen, schooner, from Lyitelton, Golden Isle, schooner, from Kaipara, Tftwera, schooner, from Poverty iJay, Dunedin, schooner, from Duuedin.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. JTor London.— M»ori, May 10. Southern Ports —Airedale, April 8. Taukanga. — Tauranga, to-day. Coromakdkl.— Halcyon, to-day. Shoatijand.— Royal Alfred, John Fenn, Duke of Edinburgh, and Enterprise, to-day. Raglan.— From tbe Mnuukau : Willio Winkio, to-d»y.

VESSELS IN" HARBOUR. Till* Hit does not Include couting cutten ) Hero, s.s., from Sydney, (iate'-pr -o No. 1, p.« >on ttnj fertrice). Enterprise No. 2, p.s. (on Thamei trade). Duke of Edinburgh, p.s (on Thamoi trade). Lady Bowen, p.s. (on ferry service). Lall* Boolch, p s. (on Thames trade) . Royal Alfred, p i. (on Th*mo<t trade). John Fenn, s i. (on Thames trade). Favourite, p 9. Gemini, ■ ». (on Riverhsad ferry service). Jane, i s. (repairing). Percy, ship, from London. Maori, ship, from London. Rapido. barque, Dougall. from Liverpool. Omega barque, from Newcastle. ElizA Shairp barque, from Notrcastle. B -Un Vista. barque, from Hobart Town. Corsair, brig, from Newcastle. Dayspiing, brigantino. from Welllngtoa. BestL as, brignntine from Adelaide. Clyde, Bohooner, from Rorotouga. Southern Cro^s, schooner, from Norfolk Island! Cleopatra, schooner, from Lyttelton. Auroia schooner, from Napier. Jane, schooner, from Taur.inga. Leomdas, schooner, from Russell. Jubilee, schooner, from Tauranga. Kenilworth, schooner, from Mercury 'Ray. Fiery Cross, schooner, from Mercury Bay. Mary Thompson, schooner, from Kaipara.

DEPARTURE OP THE AHURIRI JFOR THE SOUTH. The 8.8. Ahuriri, Captain Flowerday, left the wharf yesterday afternoon for rs »pier, WeJliugtou, and <outhera ports. The following is » list oi her passengers and o+rgo : — Pa-^engers : Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Ho well and two children; Messrs. Durgb, Hallefct, and W. B. Smith; Mrs. Clo-e, Mr. Herman, and Mrs. Hart. Cargo : Original cargo from Dunedin, short-landed at Wellington— l bex tobacco, W. Lehmann. Original car^o from Duoeiin, shurfclanded at Napier —4 cases chicory. Shipped under bnnd,ex warehouse, for Duuedin—33 bags c ffee, 87 bags unground pepper, Cruiokshank, Smart, and Co. Duty-paid I and free goods for Napier — 1 parcel, J. F. i^eighton ; 1 box, Akers ; 1 nail, j. S. Macfarlano ; 2 balca and 1 Cisc drapery, McArthur ami Co. ; 2 wiuaowing machines 2 caies machinery, 1 ptok^ga boards, T. S. Morrin ; 1 case drapery, Clark and Son For Wellington— lo sacks grass seed, Edmonds ; 1 case and 1 pack ago sundries, H. Nathan ; 14 truuicß and 1 package boots, G-. Turreil ; 3p \ckages sush casements, Sash and Door Company ; 5 arm chests 12 casks 14 caves and 22 bales military stores, 2 bales duck, 100 sheik, 12 bun<. I l< a stocks, 1 annl, 12 crowbars, 10 bars steel, 12 iron buckets, 20 pick*, Colonial Government Storekeeper. For Dune<<in — -1 ca«e, W. Tabb ; 6 bags sugar, 10 <uses eago, 5 bag;^ coffee, 2 bags pepper, Cruicksbank, Smart, and Co.; 30 bag* pepper, Greg^ and Co.; 1 oase sta* tionery, R. Lusk. — Combes and Daldy, agents.

DEPARTURE OF THE BELLA VISTA. The barque Ball* Vista, Captain Sim, dropped down the stream last night with, the ebb tide. She proceeds to Tairua, there to take on board 110,000 feet of timber (value £550), for Melbourne. We m«y look for the return of the Bell» Vista in About five weeks from this time.

! The schooner Leonidas came in laafc night from Russell. She left that place oa Saturday night;. | Her cargo is about 16 tons gam, and 1 ton fruit. Passengers— 2. The Hero will leave about midday next Saturday. ; Some very fine machinery is being discharged from her in good condition. The repairs to the Airedale are being aotively carried on, neither labour no expense being spared to properly refit her; The Airedale will be ready for sea next Saturday morning, and will leave for the South during that day. The missionary brigantine Dayspring, Captain Fraser, will tail for the New Hebrides, about 10 o'clock this morning. The favourite s.s. Halcyon arrived in harbour last night from Whangarei. She left that place at 9.30 » m. yesterday, and cleared' the Heads at 12 o'clock, called at Omaha for hfiU-an-hour,aud came alongside the wharf yesterday evening at 8.30, thus doing the trip in eight hours. The schooner Argo w*s to have left Whangarei with the tide. The JBUloyoa bring* 9 packages and 100 bushels grass seed. Thb Oanob.— The following particulars of * new oinoo, designed for a well-known oarsman and oandeH may be perusedwith interest by our readeis : — fbe improved oanoe Ringleader, which won the •ailing race of the CandeOlub on the 6th of June last, and ..the paddling race for cruisers on the 13 ch of, that month, it bails of ced-ir, *ad wa« designed to combine ' good' sba*goihg qualities with ltghtnew, •peed, and strength. • Her leugthis 17 feet "6 lnohet, ' her beam 2 feet, andherdepth 12iriclies^ In place of the/apr^i^wbioh .i*^ an utteeciuijLakeior f roligh. water ciuuingy'ai tile darap is iure v to get through— , •he »■ impervioas t» rain^

Vnrons Ihe, idea of a hatch ioitdaddf i|.iMi or gloated, it la beUeved, with the Opier of ,th* t*ooiu tiuod oaaoe, and the »p>lio*twn .of it to tne Ringleader i» a perfect success fact afte* a varied, trial in all weathers, the witter thinks this the greater improvement ev<r applied to. a oanoe, *f it entirely does away With the uncomfortable a ( *«op* aou whioh has been io, often %.matter>of cdmplaint with ccuU«r«. The. Hiingteader, by her length aaa buoyancy, hag a great pull iri>.seaw«y over theold «yte of croisiog canoe. Her finer Jinea ihdw to advantage ia getting over big- aw. She runs in for • certain, distance, then lifts,- throt^i oy,er thewater instantly, and goes' ovarihe wates in- a manner ifcrmgely -differing from that of the attorjier canoes, *hicu usually itop at' a hanry sea, ratf^ not having length enough f orwurd to olear themselves before the water r^chea tua aprop, treat their dodupaute to aa uneuTiablo wettmif. These, boats badj/been tried in ea Re*ch at diflfereui times with a stiff, wind against a strong tii<e, and uniformly witb one reisnit, ft severe wetting to those ia the short, heavy boats, and a dry jacket for the Ringleader's conw»iin. The question of pace is, as might tie supposed, altogether ia favour of the iongur boat, whether in a long swell, tumbling nea, or perfeotly smooth water, down a po«e.ful current, or against a strong stresm. Neatly all the writer's canoeing has been done cruising on bigl«kei or down m the lumpy water between , Erith and the Nore ; and, after plenty of experience in every olai* of English oanoe , be elected to have the Ringleader, and *ne has amply proved herself to be, as designated by the winner of one' of the olub aailiog races, "the beat oanoe for the purpose afloat." In Scotland she has been left a score of times by looh sides all night, beingstrandedia bad weather, dropped on ugly rookf, dragged over rough'' shores, jolted along Bad roads on sprmglehs oarts, and has received' no' damage save a few scratches on the varnish. This i« iioffioient proof of bee sbreatzth, co th*t it is needless for cruisers to hamper themselves with a heavy oanoe on the score that a lighter boat is not strong enough to bear the roughing. The Ringleader rode on tie top of a railway carrage from London to Inverness, and met with no accident. Her mast is stepped so ,far aft that her occupant can strike it without moving from his seat. This is, of course, a great advantage over the old method, which necessitated a journey forward nearly to the etretober, on toes ana, knees. It is about 7ft. high, with topmast 10ft.; her boom 8&, yard 6tt., and topsail yard sft, lOiii.; the topsail would of course only be used racing in the very lightest of winds. She has a strange ".appearance ruaing before a light wind, with her.boom 7<t. over her side, which boom is four times her, greatest width. Phe dwad vantage of the boom swinging over the head »mount 9 to nothing, if the man in the oanoe has plenty of nerve and a tolerable knowledge of yachting ; without these, canoe-sailing should never be at' tempted, except unlier very small canvas in fine weather. A canoe like the Ringleader will sail at a iood pace in a brisk breeze uudor her large foresail alone. Her weight is no more with stores and teut oa board than au ordinary cruising canoe. By the way, the canoeist's tent i« contained in the parcel shown alongside the bows of the canoe in the drawing. It gives 9-t.' length, 4ft. 6in. breadth, sft. high, and a waterproof floor. Its weight ii about 101b. — Field,