SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORT OF AUCKLAND. June 15. —Weather—Fine. Wind—8. W.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3716, 16 June 1869, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORT OF AUCKLAND. June 1 5. —Weather— Fine. Wind— B. W.

ARRIVALS. Duke of Edinburgh, p.i., 61 ton*, H. Marlu, from the Thames. John Perm, s.s., 122 tons, Carey, from tho Thames, tilth passenger*. Enterprise No 2, p.s., 45 ton*, Soon, from Shortland, witk passengers. Flirt, brigantmt, 100 tons, HoKenxie, from Kennedy's Bay, with 70,000 feet timber. Passene«r— l. Cleopatra, schooner, 92 tons, Ifwerien, from Iyttelton, with (riun, &c. Industry, ichooner, 24 [tons, Ricketts, frcm the Tkamee, In ballast. Tay, cutter, 16 tons, SulliYftn, from Hot Sprints, with 21 torn firewood. Eclair, cutter, 16 tons, Tiller, from Thames, in ballast. Wahapu, cutter, IS tons, HutUey, from Shortlaid, with 900 bushel* lime.

ENTERED INWAEDS. Kate Waters, barque, Turnw, from London, With central cargo. Pftiienger— l. Flirt, brig»ntin», 100 torn, McKenzl*. from Kennedy's B»y. Taj, cutter, 16 tons, SulliTan, from Hot Spr'tiji, with 20 toni firewood, 12,000 shingles. W«b»pu, cutter, 15 tons, Huttley, from Thanes.

' CLEARED OUTWAED3. Colonist, (schooner, 43 tons, Hunroe, for "WTifcnjMO*, with sundries. Passengers — 2. Tar. «utter, 16 tons, Sullltus, for Hot Spriajs, with lundri«s. Besiy, outtor, 25 tons, Tiller, for Waikawnu, with lundries.

DEPARTURES. John Fenn, a.s , 122 toss, Carej, for tha Thamei, with paslengera. Duke of Edinburgh, p.s., 51 tons, F. Ohlton t for tht Thamei, with paisengers. Go-ahead, ».s., 70 tons, MundU, for Thurnes, with paisengera. Lall» Kookb, p.s., Adams, for tht Tbamet, with passengers. Lady Bowen, p.»., 27 tons, Ellis, for the Thatnei, with p*slengers. Colonist, schooner, 42 tons, Munrot, for Whaagaroa. Bessy, cutter, 25 tons, Tiller, for Waikawau. Xajr, cutter, 16 tons, .Sullivan, for Hot Sprints.

VESSELS EXPECTED. H.M. c Kosario, from Sydney. Hero, 5.«., from Sydney. Undaunted, ship, from London. Danish Beauty, barque, from Liverpool (loading). John Banfield, barque, from London (loading). Bailarat, barque, from London (loading). Midas, barque, from Optra Eleanor, barque, from uamaru. Cambodia, barque, from Lyttelton. Pakeha, brig, from Adelaide. Deva, brig, from Lyttelton. Princess Alice, brig, from Lyttelton. Eugenie, ichoonsr, from Tahiti Uanuah Newton, ichooner, from Melbourne. Christiana Thompson, from Melbourne. Scotia, ichooner, from Melbourne. Twilight, schooner, from Lyttelton, Isabella, ketch, from Lyttelton.

PJROJEOTED DEPASTURES. For London.— Percy »nd Mary Shepherd, early ; Kata W»ter», August 16. Sydney.— Horo, 24th. Melbourne —Hero, 24th. Southbbw Pokts — Rangatira and 'Wellington, to-day. Russell — Tanranga, to-morrow ; Coomorang, 10th. "Waiuku.— Waipa (from Ouehuaga), to-morrow. Opotiej.— Whitby, to-morrow. Tapct. — Industry, to-day. Thames —John Penn.^Duke of Edinburgh, »nd Enterpriae, to-day.

VESSELS IN HARBOUJR ( riila lUt doe* not include coaiting culteii ) "Wellington, i.s., from the South. Tdurangn, 1.1., from Kussell. Qo-ahead, s * , (on Thames trade). Lmke of Edinburgh, p.t (on Thames trade). Lalla Kookb, p s. (on Thames trade). Roynl Alfred, p i. (on Thamei trade) John Fenn, ■ s. (on Thames trade). Enterprise No. 2, p.s. (on Thames trade). Gemini, s.t. (on Biverhead ferry lerrlco). Entewxp Ho 1, p • (on feny serrlce). Percy, ship, from London. Portland, ship, from London. Mary bhepherd, »hip, from London. Coulnakjlo, ship, from London. Lancastria, barque, Loryman, from Liverpool. Kate Waters, barque, from London. Coorong, barque, from Adelaide Waterliljr, brig, from Wollongong Flirt, brigantme, from Kennedy's Bay. Kate Grant, schooner, from South Sea Islands Onward, schooner, from .'•outh Sea Islands. Midge, schooner, from Melbourne. Albatross, schooner, from Sydney. Cleopatra, schooner, from Lyttelton.

ARRIVAL OF TBE SCHOONER CLEOPATBA. The schooner Cleopatra, Captain C. Ifwersen, arrived m harbour early yesterday morning from LytteltoD, with a cargo of grain, &o. Captain If wersen report* baring left Lyfctelton on Wednesday, June 2, and had light variable winds up to Portland Islands. When off there, experienced a strong gale from the N, E. ; took shelter in Poverty Bay ; lay there 48 horns. WhiUt there attempted to take on board some sheep for Captain Reid, but owing to the cutter Murewfti running on a rock, whilst bringing them off to the Cleopatra, Captain Ifwerseu had to coma on to Auckland without them, From Poverty Bay to Auckland, had nothing but light winds from N.W. and W. The Cleopatra brings the following cargo : 500 baga oats, 300 bags wheat, 170 sacks flour, 60 bags flour, 20 tona potatoes, 45 fags bran, 29 bags grass seed, 23 keg* butter, order. •

MISCELLANEOUS. The brig Waterhly hauled alongside the s.s. Wellington early yesterday morning, to discharge a portion of her cargo of coal on board that steamer. The N.Z.S.N. Company's s.s. Wellington will leare for Napier, Wellington, and other Southern ports to-day, at 3 p.m. The b.s. Tauranga, Captain Sellars, will leave for the Bay of Islands to-morrow afternoon at 5. The cutttr Whitby is an»ounced to sail for Opotikl direct to-morrow at noon. The new schooner Colonist left yesterday afternoon for Whangaroa, with a full general cargo, and two passengers, Messrs. Martin and Campbell. The fine ship Coulnakyle, Captain Morrisson, came up harbour yesterday evening, and will haul into the berth lately occupied by the ship Portland. 1h« barque Kate Waters entered at the Customs and hauled alongside the wharf yesterday ; aha will commence to disoharge her cargo to-day. The ship Portland hauled out into the stream lust evening. The Portland will take her departure in » few days for Newcastle, to load with coal for China, where she will take in a cargo of tea for London, The i ohooner Twilight was ready for sea when the Cleopatra left. She brings the following cargo for Auckland : 175 bags oate, 600 bags wheat, 10 tons pig iron. Warning to Mariners.— Captain Gibson has *aceived a telegram from Wellington to the effect that a sunken rook has been discovered in Cow Bay. A white buoy has been placed upon the rock, and captains of vessels are warned to give the Bay a wide berth. — Lyltdton Times, Jua« 1. On Saturday morning the Bose of Eden, in attempting to get out of the Eaiapoi Biver, went ashore, but in such a favourable place that before this time she is expected to kaye baen got off. With tht occurrence we have to record another fatal accident. It appears, the wind being light at the tim*, two of her orew were towing the vessel with the di n gy» when, with a sudden jerk, the tow-line broke, and « wave catchiDg the boat at the time upset it. One of the men made for the vessel, the other (whose name is John Taylor) made for the boat which was drifting out, but, becoming exhausted in the effort to reach it, was drowned in the surf, the body being carried out with the tide then ebbing. On Sunday afternoon Sergeant Burlow and mounted trooper Greenwood, of Kaiapoi, went in starch of the b< fly •long the beach. It appears the deceased's father and a brother were drowned on the New Zealand coas>t. He waa a resident in Lyttelton.— Press May 31. ' A jSfEW Marinbe's Compass.— Mr. G-. T, Cawood, of Christchurch, is the inventor of a new description of mariner's compass. Tbi« compass was exhibited in Nelson some months ago, by Mr. Akersten, on behalf of the inventor. We find the following particulars on the subject in the Colonist: "Mr. Akeraten. having explained and illustrated the well, known effect of local attraction on the compass, pro» cceded to introdnoe certain matters of which the in> ptOTement coß6iat§, and it was then found that the contact of iron and itwel had loarctly any I

perceptible effect upon the needle, the deflection being of the very slightest kind upon the applicacion of a large steel surface, and scarcely noticeable when tried with iron. Another very important feature presents itself in the fact, that the compass thus improved comes to a atato of re»t in a very much shorter space of time than those of the old construe* tion. A. first quality compass-oard took 6min. 40sec. to come to a state of rest, and during this time the needle passed the mark 50 times ; one of second quality oooupied smin. lOseo., and paised 41 times ; a common boat-coinpaaa took 3min, 50«qo.,' and made 85 passages. Akersten's card made only bi'x passages, and came to reit in lmin. 55iee. All these cards were tried on one pivot, the S. S. W. point being placed to the compass mark. M>. Akersten has discovered that the desired changes could be applied to the card itself, with the same results, bo that simplicity of construction is still ensured, while the adrantages which appear to have been attained are immense. Mr. Akersten employs neither iron, steel, nor niokel, and at present appears eettainiy to be able to produce an instrument possessing the marked advantags of a much diminished oscillation, and at the same time he may clearly claim to have reduced the local attraction to the minimum degree." An institution waß not very long ago established at Liverpool for the purpose of maintaining and educating the orphan children of seamen. It is specially designed to take charge of the girls and boys until they are of proper age to draught off ioto the training *hips, such aa the Indefatigable. A sum of £4,000 has already been sußscribed*. "The Sailor's Hornbook for the Law op Stokms," By Henry Piddington. Fifth enlarged and improved edition, 1869. (Williams'- and Norgate.)— We welcome another edition of this wellknown and exhaustive treatise. Mr. Piddington was pieceded, it is true, by observers who collected material faots, and even shaped amore or less cqrreot theory in reference to the cyolone and other gales, but without question he, and he < alone, marshalled facts and theories, so as to give practical guidance for the mariner, by a method which may be easily and almost mechanically applied by mtn not book-learned and in times of urgent difficulty when there is no time to think. Mr. PidfliogtonV simple rules are the result of immense study and observation ; and thousands of vessels, with their crews, owe their safety to the lessons this book has taught. We cannot give a more striking instance of its value than the case of a hurricane at Madras some years ago. The wind came on to blow heavily, wiih every sign of an approaching hurricane. The coast there runa north and south, and those captain* who 'were unacquainted with Piddingtou's b«ok stood out to sea to the eastward to get an offing, and so ran into the centre of the hurricane, and their vessels were dismasted or foundered. Others, who understood the law of storms, vrere bold enough to stand to the south, along the coast, thus plucking safety from the nettle danger ; and before many hours, by sailing on the outskirts of the storm, they returned to the roadstead without the loss of a spar or a rope, and with all sail set. The habits of storms in every part of the globe are chronicled, and may be studied in this Hornbook, without which no vessel should go to sea any more than without a chronometer or barometer. A man who understands it — to use the author's words — " must have as great professional advantages in that respect, over one who does uot, as our fleets and ships of the present day, when scurvy it little known, have over those of the days of Anson, when whole crews were swept off by ib." Science in these "ancient days" finds nowhere a greater triumph than in "Piddington's Sailor's Hornbook."—European Mail.