WELLINGTON SHIPPING.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 14, Issue 1152, 13 May 1870, Page 2

WELLINGTON SHIPPING.

(From tho "Independent," May 7.) The barque Gloucester was hauled alongside the Queen's wharf on Wednesday morning last, and commenced discharging her inward cargo on Thursday last. This vessel will bo laid on for London direct, if sufficient inducement oft'ei'd. The cutter Glimpse is loading alongside the Queon'a wharf, with storos, &o , for the stations on the East Coast, and will Bail to-day. We understand that she is chartered for several trips, and will return here via Canterbury for tho first time. The steamer Lady Bird ha 3 been moored off the breastwork, and we understand that it is intended to dismantle her, remove her cabin fittings, deck-houses, and rnachinez'y, for the purpose of converting her into a oollier, to run between this port and Newcastle, N.B.W. After dismantling her, she will be placed on the slip in Plans' Bay, for the purpose of giving her a thorough overhaul. We understand that it ia intended to strengthen her with fresh angle irons, to renew any plates that itiay.be found to bo defective, and to rig her as a three-masted schooner. This vessel has always heen noted for being a flue model, and we anticipate she will prove a clipper, running between the two ports. We wish her spirited owners every success. The tenders for raising the coal hulk Hosobud having been considered too high, arrangements have been made, we understand, with Messrs. Gough & Co., the divers, to discharge her under water. They anticipate obtaining ten tons of coal out of her per day, for which they are to receive seventeen shillings per ton. I his is a novel way of discharging vessels here, but on the aoast of England it ia frequently done, The ship Leiohhardr, which

was sunk in the English channel, vras discharged in this manner, and some of the goods arrived^ out here, none the worse for th,eir submersion. The steamer Wellington is laid up alongside the inner Tof the Queen's wharf. We understand that she is about to undergo a thorough overhaul to machinery and hull, and when completed will take up her usual route on the coast.