Sipping Intelligence.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XVII, Issue 50, 23 June 1858, Page 2

Sipping Intelligence.

ENTERED T NWARDS. June 19, barque Camilla, 283, M'Donald, from London via llobart Town, with 11 packages, La Nauze; 6 quarter cisks wine, 4 ea.*ks rum, Curtis Brothers ; 20 sacks malt, Thomas Gilvillen ; 6 boxes, 7 barrels, 10 tierces, 1 sample box Hint glass, NiehoUon and Ridings ; 3 ca?ks, 2 cases, 5 bundles forks, 1 bundle, 2 bundles crowbars, Buxtori ; 311 bars 26 bundles, 30 bundles hoop, 6 bundles sheet iron ; 6 cases, 1 ca«k, 20 bags, Oilman ; 3 cases, Coates ; 1 case apparel, M'Kenzie ; 1,257 iron rail', Sclanders and Nicholson ; 1 package, Slr.mge ; 2 cases, 1 cask, 7 crates, Buxton ; 20 hhds. beer, N. Edwards & Co. ; 2 ti'iinks, 3 cases, 3 bales, Nicholson and Ridings ; 1 case, Pic.ird; 3 cases Dashwoocl ; 150 casks, Curtis Brothers ; 2 hhds. 23 cases, N. Edwards and Co. ; 3 ca«e3, Howard ; 2 boxes, Edlesten ; <1- cases Dartnail; 100 casks, 20 hlvls. N. Edwards and Co.; 2 ca^es Buxton ; 52 cases, Curtis Brothers ; 50 cases, N. Edwards & Co. ; 20 cases, Edelsten ; 19 do., Curtis Brothers; 6 cases, Nicholson & Hidings; 385 packages, Buxton ; 1 case, J. Martin ; 78 cases, S bales, 2 trunks, Curtis Brothers ; 799 packages, 24 camp* ovens, Mor1 rison & Sclanders ; 1 box, W. 11. Eyes ; 4 cases, 2 bundle, W. Peel ; 2 o-w, T. B itcman ; 1 box, Dobson : 1 case, A. J. Malcolm ; 1 box, C. Darling ; 1 ' dressing machine, J. Y\ ilson ; 1 box, J. W. tiaxton.— For New Plymouth: 20 hlids., W. M'Keclmey ; 5 1 cases, Harry Pitt ; 1 eass, Mnjor Murray ; 2 do., J. Taj lor; 12 do., J. C. Sharland ; lease, Lieutenant Baillie ; 2 hhds. 15 cases, 8 do., Nash & Co. ; 1 case, 1 puncheon, W. Ronalds ; 1 cask, 1 barrel, 2 frames, lcise, G. Curtis; 50 casks, Nash & Co. ; 15 cases, J 1 trunk, J. W. Watt: 1 ciise, R-v. Merrick Lalley ; I 2 p ickages, 24 hhds., 17 tons coal*, Order. Pusseng r<— cabin: Mrs. Alary Tulhain, T. Scott, Betsy Scott, T. Thompson, Annie Tnompson, Henrietta ' Thompson, Elizabeth Matthews, Matilda Thompson, Isaac Crompton, Lucy Crompton, Joseph Marshall; stesrage — Lucy Gray, Ellen Gray, Frederick Gray, ' Ann Camming. 1 — schooner Ann, 18, from Motuckn. — steamer Tamnaman Maid, 92, Whitwcll, from ! Wellington via Waitohi. Passengers — P. M.llervey, ' Esq., Messrs. Dodson, Townsend, and Fowler. 21, schooner Henry, 42, Wallace, from Wellington. Passengers — Messrs. Monro and Cannell. — schooner Necromancer, 20, Short, from MotupipL i CLEARED OUTWARDS. 1 June 19, schooner Australian Maid, 17, Hooper, , for Waitapu. I 21, schooner Necromancer, 20, Short, for Motupipi. , — barque General Wool, 171, Tonner, for Mrlt bourne, with 1 case shovels, 13 kegs butter, 2 ea^es ; window sashes, 18 bundles long shovels, 32 bundles, > 1 case picks, 1 do. hammer?, 2 bundles tin dishes, 3 . ciises tomahawks, 25 packages ridging, 26 iron tiles, • 10 bags oats, 1 keg butter, 250 bags oats, 17 kegd butter, 130 to. s potatoes, 300 bushels oats. I f The steamer Tasmanian Maid arrived from Welling- ' ton on Saturday morning^ her detention having been caused by bad weather. She left Nelson on Sunday 1 morning, June 13, and reached the Sound at nightfall, i wlvre, in consequence of the extreme darkness, she , anchored until the morning, when she proceeded to i Waitohi. She left Waitohi on the aftpnioon of the same day, b.it, in consequence of a frightful south-east i gale that prevailed, she could not gi-t out of Tory r Channel, where she w»s defined from the Monday 7 afternoon until Thursday morning, with difficulty hold- ' ing her ground with two anchors down. Leaving ' Waitohi at 5, a.m., on Thursday, she readied WellingI ton at 9, a.m., being only four hours on the passage. j She left Wellington, on her return, at half-past eight i on Friday morning ; nnd, after calling at Waitohi, she f anchored" in our harbour at four o'c-lock on Saturday I morning. The Tasmanian Maid spoke the mail schooner i Jeanie Dove going into Wellington, on Friday, with , the English mail on board, i The steamer White Swan, which left Nelson on • Tuesday morning, was also detained by bad weather, i and did not reach Wellington till noon of Thursday, j j She was to sail in a day or two for New Plymouth I 1 and Manukau. i The barque Camilla, from London via Hobart Town, i arrived on Saturday morning, having been upwards oi i 5 months on the passage. She left London on the , 12th January and" put into Hobart Town for proi visions on the 4th June. The following paragraphs ; from the Hobart Town papers will help to explain ■ the cause of the vessel's detention :—: — i "Camilla Babqve. —We regret to hear that • serious complaints are made by the passengers of the : above ship with regard to their treatment on board. i It appears from their statements that from the first. 1 day of leaving England, they had been denied many of the articles enumerated in the dietary scale, and i that there has been a total absence of medical comforts. For more than two months they have been oi» short allowance of water ; in fact there was not suliicient on board on entering the Heads to have served another day at the rate thpy have lateiy been on, viz., one qunrt per diem. Salt beef and pork, and biscuits (nioiildy and full of weevil*) have formed their Ftaple arti.-les of food, varied, while they received two quarts only of water for cooking breakfasts, &c, with peasepudding and rice. But for a providential fall ot rain, they would not have had water for the last fortnight. There are other and more serious charges than even .shortness of water and provisions. The scurvy haa

made its appearance both fora and alt, and as the email quantity of lime juicj put on board was expended two months ago, there was no means ol affording any assistance to the sufferers. For the benefit of future emigrants we may state that the j ship was chartered by Morrison and Co., of Li-aden-li dl-stivet. We sincerely hope th.it the Captain, now tint lie has.it in his power, will remedy the above evils, and render their future stay on board as comfortable as circumstances will permit.— Mercury, June 5. " The Camilla.— The barque Camilla, from London to Port Nelson (\ T ew Zealand), and which put in here on Thursday last for provisions, and sailed for her original destination on Sunday, returned to port an;ain U'uler the following circumstances. About 11 o'clock on Sunday morning, when the vessel was to the southward of Cape Kaoul, the captain told the chiif mate to take charge of the ship, at the same time resnarkinu that he (the captain) would have noth'ng further to do with her. He then retired to his cabin, andl<><vked the door. Thf nnte, having consulted with the passengers, determined to return to port, and returned accordingly. Yesterday morning, the chiel mite reported the matter to Lloyd's agent, T. D. Chapman, Esq., and, by his direction, the affair was br 'light under the notice of the insueetor of po ice, who despatched Mr. Sub-inspector Weale and n party of constables on board the Camilla, with a view o' ascertaining whether the captain was dead, or through illness incapable of speaking, as he had not been heard to move in his cabin for several hours. As soon, however, as the chief mute knocked at the 1 c ibm door, Captain Miicdonald asked, ' Who is there? ' but he would give no person admittance, neither would he reply to Mr. Wenle's questions. As tlie police had no authority to break open the door, Mr. Weale left, and was shortly followed by the constables. At 4 p.m., Mr. Ilarburgh (Deputy- Harbour Master) wont off to the vessel, and, by the authority of the Collector of Customs, demaided the ship's papers. Captain . Macdomild immediately opened the door, and handing the papers to Mr. Harbnrgh, said, ' Present my compliments to the Collector, and tell him to appoint another master, as I have no confidence in myself or crew.' Mr. Hamburgh, after receiving the papers, came on shore, and made his report to the Collector of Customs. We have in another column, referred to the came of this most unhappy ship visiting these water?. It 13 to be hoped that her passengers have now experienced the last of their disasters ; and that, under the charge of another master, she will proceed on her lengthy voyage, and reach her destination in sufcty." — Id., January 8. The probable route of the Leviathan, is thus sketched by Dr. Stra'ford, in a letter to an Auckland paper : — " Starting from England she will take her course to the west coast of Africa, call at the Cape of Good Hone, then seeking the westerly pas-age wind in her course to Australia, calling at the ports along the coast, she w ill arrive at Melbourne and Sydney. Again, taking her departure from Sydney, she will pass through Cook's Straits, call ing at Wellington, New Zealand, gaining the westerly passage wind, will puss around Cape Horn, and in her homeward course will call at the ports on the east coast of South America and the West Indies, finally arriving in England in about three months from hay departure. A New Paddle Wheel.— There is now exhibiting in the Exchange News-room, the model of a new paddle-wheel, patented by W. W. Muntz, son of the late member for Birmingham. The wheel is of a ver\ novel construction, the lloats being made of boiler plate iron, and divided into two piece*. The wheel 1 consists of a hrge middle rim or circle, withtsvo small 1 circles for side rims. The two portions of t!ie flouts ; nre placed at angles to each other, the base of each '' float being fixed into the outer small rims, their points 1 ranting i" the form a triangle on the large centre rim. " The floats thus enter and leave the water with much ' less conclusion and " lilt" than Lhe ordinary horizontal 1 floats, saving, of com'se, a great expenditure of engine ' power, while, at the same time, it is contended the > pivuliar form of the anguLir float gives much greater ' propelling power An additional advantage is, flint, " by buildipg the paddle-boxes sharp to a point fore ' and aft as well as at the top, adapting them thus to ' the 3hape of the wheel it-elf, they are enabled to ofler little or no resistance to the air, and may, if necessary, be detached and us>ed as life-boats. The invention has * been tested at New York with the most successful • results, a great deal of the usual vibration being done k nway with. Messrs. Taylor and Ljwis, of the Britannia » Foundry of Bi-kenhead, are the agents of Mr. Muntz ; ' and they are courteous in explaining to any one the ' peculiar features of the invention. 1 An Extraordinary Smr — We have been shown, by Mr. J. J. Rink, architect and engineer, the plans 1 of a stupendous " fortress war-ship," 480 feet in 1 length, with 3UO guns, 610 battle galleries, 3,600 I berth*, aid all the munitions of war in proportion. ' Its appearance would, no doubt, scare on' the most ' audacious enemy, without the necessity of firing a gun. The ship i« farther provided with stable accommodations for 300 horses, two lighthouse?, three powder towers, two " wrench rudders," made to operate in all ' direction*, and so arranged as to be used in checking the speed of the ship, besides a variety of other appliances. This last is a very desirable quality, as the inventor is sanguine that she will ba propelled at the rate of forty-five mil's an hour. In addition to steampower, the ship will spread not less than 6,000 yards of canvas, the immense hulk being clouded wi£h sails 5 of every conceivable shape. Even a partial description of all the novelties here introduced would occupy columns of space. — Neio York Journal of Commerce. i ' THE NEW LIGHTHOUSE AT THE ENJ , TRANCE OF PORT JACKSON. ) . [From the Government Gazette.'} Notice is hereby given, that on and after the Ist day of June, 1858, a bright, white, fixed catoptric light - will be exhibited between sunset and<sunrise, from the i lighthouse recently erected on the Inner South Head, 7 at the entrance of Port Jackson. , The lighthouse stands on the edge of the cliff form3 ing the Inner South Head, at an elevation of 60 feet ) above the sea level. It consists of a tower 30 feet m 3 height, which is painted in vertical stripes of red and t white. f The light is of the first order, and will be visible f within the arc of its range from an 18-feet elevation, - at a distance of 15 miles. ; On and after the same date, a fixed red harbour light - will be exhibited from the Tower on Fort Denison, . formerly known as " Pinchgut Island." t Sailing directions are also published for general infor- ; mation, copie? of which, in a pamphlet, together with a r coast chart, showing the soundings within the range of the lights, may be obtained at the Harbour Master's r office, i By order of the Board, H. H. Bkowne, Chan-man. i John Ckook, Harbour Master, i W. J. Wilshire, Secretary. Steam Navigation and Pilot Board Office, 1 Sydney, 6th May, 1858.