SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 5966, 26 April 1882, Page 2

SHIPPING.

High Water. To-morrow—Taiaroa Heads : 9.49 a.m., 10.81 p.m, Port Chalmers: 10.29 a.m., 11.11 p.m. Dunedin: 11.14 a.m., 11.66 p.m. Port Gbalmari. ARRIVED— April 25. Huon Belle, ketch, 42 tone, Anderson, from the Coast. April 26. Waitaki, S.S., 412 tens, Hansby, fromJTunaru. Passengers : Misses A. JTLean, J. Smith, H. M'Lean, Mr Aifcken ; and one in the steerage. Handa Isle, barquentine, 261 tons, Daries, from Newcastle. SAILED— April 25. Maori, 5.8., 174 tons, Cromarty, for Osmarn. Kakanui, s.s., 69 tons, Smith, for Inveroargill. Go Ahead, s.s.. 152 tons, Doile, for OamaruLapwing, brigantine, 234 tons, Watts, for Auckland. Star of the South, 5.8., 174 tons, Hopkins, for Wesfcport via Wellington. Albion, 5.8., 591 tons, Webster, for Auckland via intermediate ports. Passengers: For Lyttelton— Miss H. Ross. For Wellington—Mrs J. Scott, Messrs Edwards and Elliott For Gisborne—Miss M. Goldsmith, Jones, B. Jones, and Forrester. For NapierMr and Mrs G. Warnock and child. For Auckland— Mr and Mrs Houghton and child, Messrs W. Utile, T. Eowie, and F. Rogers. The Waitaki, from Timaru, arrived at six this morning. She left Timaru at six p.m. yesterday; experienned fine weather along the coast. Messrs Neiil and Co. were advised by last Brindisi mail that the Pampero would be ready for sea again about March 12, having undergone necessary repairs. The following vessels sailed during February and the early part of March for Port Chalmers:—From London: Ravenscrag, Sarah Bell, and Fontenaye. From Glasgow: Manapouri and InvereargQL From Liverpool: Lohenwin. ' _, " _,«. * The British mercantile marine flourishes without any artificial aid, as the chief of the United States Bureau of Statistics admits in his annual report He remarks:—" The ascendancy of Great Britain in the world's international carrying trade is now more marked than at any previous period. Of the total foreign tonnage which entered American ports, 06.5 per cent, was British. In all other parts of the globe the ascendancy, of the British merchant marine 3s equally marked, especially in steam vessels. The British steam lines now, to a great extent, control the principal trade currents upon the ocean." American shipping, on the other hand, has fallen off to thjs extent of 10,801 tons during the tost flsssi year—- • British Trade Journal.'

The Woodville, bound from Liverpool for Port Chalmers, put back to Liverpool on February 28, in charge of the mate, she having gone ashore on Blackwater Bank ott Fefcninry 25. The master (Nelson), boatswain, an two seamen got into one of the boats, which is supposed to have swamped. The vessel came off, making no water. Cm Sunday, February 26, sho was taken in tow by the Strathyre ami brought to Holyhead.. The Windsor Park, a magnificent new iron vessel, was successfully launched on March 7, from the yam of Messrs Thomas Royden and Sons, Queen s Dock, Liverpool. She is the pioneer vessel of the Park line of sailing ships for the East India and Australian trades, and is owned by Messrs Alexander Howden and Co., of London. She has been built under special survey, under the personal superintendence of Captain Bentley (late of the Larnaca), and is a grand specimen of marine architecture. Her dimensions are:—Length between perpendiculars, 245 ft; beam, 40ft; and depth of hold, 24ft Sin. Her net tonnage is 1,780, and she will be able to carry 2,750 tons cargo on 22ft draught of water. XT The barnaentine Handa Isle, coal laden, from Newcastle, was towed up this forenoon. She left Newcastle on March 21 with light baffling winds from the eastward, which continued until the 3rd inat.; had strong S.E. and S. gales until the 14th; had light baffling weather until the 17th; passed Cape Farewell on that day; carried N.E. winds through Cook Strait; passed Banks Peninsula on the Bth; was becalmed for twenty-four hours; encountered S.W. and S. gales, whioh continued until the 24th; sighted Oamaru on the nigh* of the 25th, with light N.W. winds, which ahlfted to the N.E. and brought her off the Heads at 7.30 a.m. Captain Davies reports speaking the barque Frederick Bassel, from this port to Newcastle, Jn latitude 39deg 26min S., longitude 169deg 30mm E. n April 15. . , Owing to the supposed case of smallpox in Mel-; bourne, the Government have decided that vessels from that port shall be medically examined before receiving the customary bill of health. Accordingly, when the Albion arrived at the Bluff, Health-officer Smith, accompanied by Dr Galbraith, boarded her ofl the pilot station, the latter examining the passengen and orew, and finding all in good health. It is understood these medical examinations will be continued Until it is settled in Melbourne whether or not smallpox exists there.—' Southland Times.' The Union Company's new steamship Manipouri is fitted with the electric light. In the main saloon there are upwards of 300 lights, the effect being of course that after sundown the saloon is comparatively as light as at midday. During her passage to Melbourne the Scniffswenst fell in with the ship Shevimorc, from London for Malabar, on January 3, in latitude 36deg4Smin N., longitude 18deg W. The master of the latter reported having boarded an abandoned wreck of a wooden vessel, which was then in sight. The captain of the Schiffswerfbt asked the name of the vessel, and the replv was understood to re Waterloo. It was afterwards considered that the word might have been "waterlogged." The bulwarks of the wreck were gone amidships, and the deck was awash, the mainmast gone a couple of fathoms above the deck, and no sign of the mizen. The foremast and foretopmast were standing. , ... . .. , „ In the Melbourne 'Ago' of the 17th inst. the following appears:—" It is not a common occurrence, but occasionally vessels passing l within 200 miles, and at times 500 miles of the Brazilian coast, are visited with clouds of red dust, which, although hardly perceptible to the eye, covers every portion of the vessel as she passes through their track, and so thick is it that the Interstices between the strands of the rigging are completely filled up. Th« ship Somersetshire, which arrived on Saturday, had one of these storms with her for fully 360 miles, and out of the usual track, as she experienced it while in the N.E. trade, from 17deg to lldeg north, and in 28deg west. This may therefore be considered very unusual, being so far north It will be recollected that the barque Janet M'Neil, now in Port Chalmers, had a similar experience. Captain Chevalier, lately in command of the Pacific mailsteamer Zealandia, is enjoying a three months' holiday on full pay. Some time ago there was a little rupture between the captain and crew at Sydney, and as a fresh commander was appointed to the ship it was thought that Captain Chevalier had been discharged from the services of the Company. This view turns out to have been erroneous.