SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, PORT OF AUCKLAND.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4722, 12 October 1872, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE, PORT OF AUCKLAND.

High Watku This Day : 248 a m.: 33G p.m. Sunrise and Sunset This Day : 5.24 a m. ; 6.9 p.m. "Wind, October 11 : N.ME ,fresb. WiATH.en, October n ■ Fine. Moon's Phask —Full Moon, Oct. 17, 3 14 a.m.

AEKIVALS. Southern 'Cross, *.s , 69 tons, Cellars, from Taurangn. Passengers— 9 3 — J. S Macfarlane, agent. Magellan Cloud, sihooner, ICO tons, Miller, from RmselL— J. S. Macfnrlane, agent.

DEPARTURES. Lady Emma, for Newcastle ; Comerang, forßt ssell.

VESSELS EXPECTED. Ships' numbers ai c from " New Commercial Code." From London — Koberfc Henderson, ship, sailed June 22; GlenlmnUv, bq , sailed, June 15, twup ; Queen Bee, ship, sailed July 20, pvbo. Loading: Chile, Northam Castle, Agnes Muir, ships. From Gl\sc.ow. — Helen Denny, ship, sailed Aug. 3. From Liverpool — Gladiateur, bq., sailpd Aug. 5, HKFT. From New York.— Polar Star, ship, sailed July 10, hpfm. From Mauritius. — Ayr, bq , hcdw. Froh Honolulu.— Nevada, p s , about 14th. From Sxdnbv.— Prince Alfred, bqtne; Hero, 5.«., 14tb. From Newcastle. — Albion, brig, enrly; Coronilla, bq., kbvq ; Hit*, bripr. FRoar JJouiRT Toww — Jane, brig. From Waurxambool — Tower 11 ill, biig, early. From Meiboi>une — Aln.a, bq , Silled 27th ult.; Helena, sch , loading; I.e'lie, sch , sailed 25th. Prom Soutii Ska Islands.— Edith, sch. .tROM NonroiK Islaxd — Southern Cioss, sch , early Fiurn Diixroiv — c trithnavei . sch. Fno"w SouTiicitN I'ort*. — Rangatirt, i■» , early In the Manulciu . AVellincton, s.^ , caily ; Keera, s.s Froii R\koio\ga — Success, sch, early.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Tn this list coasters are not included. 1?ob liOnpon. — Countess of Kintore, slap ; Owen and Graham agents ( ily of Auckland, ship, early ; CruicksliAtik iml Co , agents For New York —William Prowse, bq ; It. Walker and. Co., agents Coronilla, bq , early ; Ilolph, Sterry, and Co., agents. Fok Honolulu — Nevada, ps , Oct. 31 ; Henderson and Micfarlane. 3gents For Sydney.— llero, ss. . eirly; Crukkshank and Ox, agents fan SoTjxncp.N Ports, — From the Manukau: "Wellington, s s , Taranalsi, s.s , early; Combes and Da'dy, agents. The schooner FKrl is announced to sail for Levuka to-day. The barque Laily Emma took her departure for Newcastle early yesterday morning. The p s Gomel an g, for Hussell and other Northern poits, took her departure yesterday afternoon. The schooner Magellan Cloud ariived yesteriki) fiom liussell, bringing a full cargo of coa]3. The s s. Hero left Melbourne for thispoit, via Sydney, on the 4th insfc. The schooner Effie Meikle, from the East Coast, ariived yesterday, bringing a cargo of timber. The s.s Southern Cross, from Tauranga, arrived early yesterday morning, blingiug a caigo (>f pi oil nee and seveial passer; gei s. Cutter Race —The cutter race for £10 a side between the cutters Severn, Don, Matakana, and Avon, came off yesterday, and resulted, much to the surprise of neaily everyone, in an easy victory for the Avon. The course was from the wharf i-ound Tnitiri and back. Considerable interest had been shown in the race, and at the announced time of staiting, S a in , a number of persons bad assembled on the whaif to waiich the vessels get underway. The day was all that could be wished, a good steady breeze blowing fiom the N.N.E., just sufficient to allow the cutters to carry their gafftopsails. Mr. George Henderson acted a3 starter and umpire. At 8 15, the cutters being all in readiness at the stai ting-post the signal was given, and all was bustle on board each vessel to be under way. The Alatakana was the (irst to tret away, followed by tho Don and Avon standing to the noith. side of the harbour, the Severn keeping the south side. The Avon was the first to yo about, and, having seemed the windward beith, kept the position down the haibour, gradually inci easing the distance every boaid. The Severn, after making twoboaids, stood across to the Noith Shore from the Wynyard Pier. But by (his time the other three cutteis were off Holmes's Wharf. At 9.15, the Avon in making a board off Orakei Point ran too close in shore, and whilst going about took the ground and stuck. About the same time the Don also lan on the sandspit at the North Shore. The Matakana and Severn, now that the two leading vessels were fast, began to decrease the distance between them, the Matakana getting close upon the Avon, which vessel, after remaining fast for 9im., floated (it being flood tide), and once more got upon her course. The order on rounding the North Head was — Avon first, and well to windward ; Matakana second ; and Severn third, but away to leeward. At 942 (27m. after grounding) the Don was got off tho Sandspit, and under all sail once more started in pursuit of the other cntcers. On her rounding the Heads the Avon and Matakana were about two miles outside the reef ; the Severn about off the reef, and appearing to make vei'y little headway. The Avon, followed by the Matakana, made a short board under Rangitoto, and then stood away towards the Wade ; the Avon making excellent progress, and fast increasing her lead and position to windward. At 11.45 the Matakana went about close in the Wade, the Avon following suit. By this time the Don had overhauled the Severn, and passed her to windward. The cutters worked down along Whangaparoua, making shoi t boards for the purpose of getting the benefit of the ebb tide, by this time setting out. Off the Frenchman's Cap the Avon was about four miles ahead of the Don, which had a short time previously overhauled the Matakana, that vessel having had to lie to for some time to repair some damage done. The Severn by this time was some six miles astern, and all chance of the lace as far as she was concerned was now lost. At 215 the Avon made her fiist board in Tiritiri passage. After getting through a heavy roll was met from the northward, in which however the cutters all behaved excellently. Thefollowing is the order of their rounding Tiritiri: — Avon, Ist, 3h. 15m. p.m. ; Don, 2nd, 3h. 55m. p.m.; Matakana, 3rd, 4h. 4m. p.m.. Severn, 4th, 4h. 23m. p.m. No alteration was made in the positions of the ressels during the run home, they arriving at the winning post as follow : — Ist, Avon, 6h. 14m. 2a.; 2nd, Don, 6h. 52m. 205.; 3rd, Matakana, 7h. 3m. 205.; 4tb, Severn, 7h. 24m. ss. The yacht Spray, one of the Auckland Yacht Club squadron, and owned by Mr. Thomas Henderson, junior, with a party of gentlemen on board, accompanied the race. The yacht started from the wharf with the cutters, and the manner in which she held her own against the larger vessels in working down the harbour was a matter of remark ■with those watching the progress of the race. It was expected that when outside, and in the heavy water, she would be unable to make much progress, and there have to giye in to the more powerful cutters, but throughout the race the yacht continued to increase her lead. Outside Tiritiri, in the heary roll, she behaved splendidly. The yacht rounded Tiritiri at 3h. 3m., or 12m. before the Avon, arriving at the wharf at 6b. 7m. 105.,. exactly 6m. 425. before the winning boats, the yacht having lost some time after rounding Tiritiri in setting her gafttopsail for the rnn home. A New Kiktd op Boat. -^Captain Dicey has invented a vessel in which the motion from the force of waves will be.afc a minimum. He says : "It is wellknown that tho operation of a _supported,heavy weight parallel to, and' a, distance from, a floating body," will have " a tendency far steady such floating ody, -causing jfc to- be legs sensible to the'

movemen's o£ the waves. This fact baa suggested to me the invention of which I speak. Instead, however, of fixing a dead, useless weight .it a distance from the original vessel, I convert such weight into a hull, similar in all respects to the hull upon which it i 3 to act : *o that, instead of a vessel consisting of a single hull, as now constructed, I have two distinct hulls parallel to, and at aconsideiablo distance fiom, each other. "By means of the gilder principle, which has hoen found efficacious in constructing iron biidges, I connect these two hulls together, and thereby produce the result that each hull acts upon the other, so that any movement which would be caused to one hull by the force of the waves is counteracted b3 r the opposito hull, and the entire vessel remains comparatively unaffected."