MARITIME INTELLIGENCE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 8, Issue 607, 6 May 1865, Page 2

MARITIME INTELLIGENCE.

The Lady Bird, due on Thursday April 6, at noon, with the overdue English mail, did not arrive till midnight, thus rendering tbe detention of the Priuce Alfred for 24 hours of no avail to the general publio. It has been felt as a great disappointment, more especially as, under similar circumstances on a former occasion, the same want of punctuality oocurred.T-2_.ra... April 8. The St. Kilda left Ahuriri roadstead at 2 a.m. on/Wednesday for the Wairoa, having on board Major Lambert, (Officer commanding looal forces,) Mr. Locke, 1 sergeant and 13 rank and file of the Hawke's Bay volunteers. The weather was beautiful and the passengers were landed in course of the forenoon. The St. Kilda left again for Napier on Thursday afternoon, "anchored in the roadstead at 10 p.m., and entered the Iron Pot yesterday morning. She is intended, we believe, to proceed to Poverty Bay on Tuesday next.— lbid, April 15, The Iris, government cutter, Captain Walker, entered the harbour yesterday, afer a prolonged absence consequent upon the accident whioh befel her at the mouth of the Wairoa river. Tlio injuries sustained by tbe Iris are not serious. Two or three of the planks have been Btartcd, the gudgeon of the rudder gone, and the copper partially stripped off her bottom ; but, with tho ex- | ception of the latter, all can be repaired by the j crew while in harbour. With tbis view, Capt. I Walker had her hovo down immediately upon j arrival. Her mast was hroken away during a souther -which set in the day after ahe went ashore, but this has been already supplied by a fine white pine stick, from a tree 90 feet long, which was purchased, from the Wairoa natives for 15s, The Iris left about the same time as the St. Kilda, and was hove to during a strong gale which blew on Thursday night.— -Ibid. The Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R, M. Co's Bteamer Egmont, James Hagley, com. mander, arrived on Saturday at 11 a.m., and resumed her voyage southward on the same day aj; 8 p.m. She left Auokland on Wednesday, 19th inst., at 4 p.m., and arrived at Tauranga on the 20tb, at 10*30 a.m., having experienced moderate weather. Left Tauranga on the 20 tb, at 2,30 p.m. Experienced fine weather to East Cape, then strong S.S.W. gale and confused, sea, which moderated during the latter part of the voyage. Amongst the passengers for the south by this fine vessel were the Bishop of New Zealand and lady, Bishop Paterson, Bishop Williams and lady, Sir William and Lady Martin, Rev, Mr. Maunsell and daughter, Rev. Mr. Burrows, Rev. E, B. Clarke. The Egmont is a fine new steamer of 401 tons gross, and 309 tons register: was built by Henderson and Company, of Renfrew, with engines of 80-horse power ,* is brig-rigged, with straight stem, and is fitted up in a most beautiful style^for fiftytwo saloon, and fifty second-olass passengers.— Herald, April 25. The St. Kilda, s.s,, Capt, Deck, left Napier on Wednesday last at 2 a.m., having on board, for Wairoa, Messrs, Fitzgerald, Towgood, Hamlin, and six natives ; and, for a cruise, Lieut. Langtry, Messrs, Fortesoue and Otway-j also, a quantity of arms. Arrived off Wairoa river the same morning, but, owing to the high surf, could neither land passengers nor arms. Steamed for Waikokopu, where Mr. Hamlin and the six natives were landed, and Mr. Campbell, the pilot, taken on board. Steamed on, and anohored under Old Niok's Head, at the entrance to Poverty Bay, at 9 p.m. on Wednesday. On Thursday a heavy southerly gale set in, rendering it necessary for the ship to stand out to sea, where she lay hove to for 86 hours. The weather then moderting, stood in on Friday and anohored at Wangawehi (Happy Jack's), where Messrs Fitzgerald and Towgood were landed. Left on Saturday at 9 a.m., and dropped anchor in Poverty' Bay at 1 p.tOr On communicating with the shore, found that the Hau Hau bad left, and that matters again assumed a settled aspect. Took on board the Rev. S. Williams, the West Coast chiefs and part of their followers, several Poverty Bay ohief s, together with the head of an unfortunate Englishman whioh the murderous Hau Haus had given np, the spear of Kereopa, and a Pai Marire doctor, and steamed for Napier on the same day at 6 p.m. Encountered strong southerly winds outside, anchored in Ahuriri roadstead on Sunday at 8 a.m., and entered the Iron Pot in ooiiTße of the afternoon,— lb Id. The sorew steamer Sir John Burgoyne, Captain John Reeder, left Auckland on Wednesday at 8 p.m. * Off East Cape encountered strong southerly winds and had to run back to the Bay of Plenty. Has had rough weather generally throughout the passage, and anchored in the roadstead about noon on Sunday. The sea being very rough on the bar, with ebb tide, the men were not. landed till yesterday morning. The voyage was therefore a long, and somewhat disagreeable one, but everything in his power was done by Capt. Reeder to contribute towards the comfort of the men. His conduct throughout, . we are assured, was suoh as to reflect great credit upon him.— Herald, May 2. The Mahia, sohooner, consequent -on the inability of the St. Kilda to communicate with shore at Wairoa, was despatohed on Friday for the purpose of bringing down the friendly chiefs of that district, It was found, however, that a very high sea was running, with a fearful surf and that no boat could land. The schooner then wont went on to Te Mahia, where, with considerable difficulty, a landing was effected, and from whence a message was despatched to Wairoa. The Mahia then took, on board Ihaka Whanga, and left, with a fine fair wind, on her return to Napier. She arrived on Sunday at 4 p.m,, having made the run in 4 hours. — Ibid. . The P,, N.Z., and A.R.M. Co.'s new steam-ship Tararua arrived in Auckland from Sydney on the 25th inst., bringing £41,000 in specie for tho Bank of New Zealand, a full cargo, and 51 horses. This ship has very fine accommodation, and has been built as one of the tenders to the, large steamers for tho mail service via Panama. — Ibid. , The same company's steamer Phoebe arrived in Manukau from the south the same day. She left Taranaki on the previous day with volunteers and troops to land at White Bluff, where sho arrived at 745 a.m., landed upwards of 100 of the men, but the remainder could not be landed owing to severe weather ; returned to Taranaki, there also prevented by stress of weather from landing the men, who have, therefore, come on in the vessel to Manukau. — Ibid. The Wanganni, from Wanganui, arrived in Manukau the same day, having come up expressly for the letters by the English mail and the General's despatches,— lbid,