Shipping Intelligence.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XIX, Issue 28, 7 April 1860, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

ABBIVED. April 3, cutter Supply, from Collingwood. 4, schooner Necromancer, from Motupipi. 6, steamer WongaWonga, from Taranaki. Passengers: cabin— Mr. and Mrs. Collins, Mr., Mrs., Master, and Miss Redhead, Miss Hind, Mrs. King and six children, Mrs. Leetham and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Hammerton and two sons, Miss Gledhill, Mrs. Trigcr and child, Mrs. Tunnicliffe and three oliildren, Mrs. Atkinson and two children, Messrs. W. Watt, S. Foreman, and W. Wilson. SteerageMr, and Mrs. Gollop, Miss Mary Ann Dorset, Thomas Dashwood, Mr. and Mrs. Touet and three daughters (French), Mrs. Donkin and four children, Rev. T. Gilbert, wife, and seven children, Mrs. Williams and three children, Mrs. Groves, Mrs. Williams and three children. SAILED. April 5, schooner Gipsy, for the Waitora. 6, brigantine Martha, for Taranaki. — , cutter Supply, for Collingwood. — , I.R.M. steamer Prince Alfred, for Sydney. ENTEBED INWABDS. April 4, schooner Necromancer, 25, Eure, from Mo* tupipi. Passengers— Mr. Plumridge and 2 Natives. — , cutter Supply, 26, Walker, from Collingwood. Eight passengers. CLEABED OTJTWABD3. April 5, Gipsy, 30, McCann, for the Waitara. Pas* sengei* — Mr. Coskett. — , brigantine Martha, 94, Cowieson, for Taranali. Passengers— Mr. and Mrs. Burns and child, Mr. Ox* enburg, and Mr. Harris. — , cutter Supply, 26,. Walker, for Collingwood. Seven passengers. — , I.R.M. steamer Prince Alfred, 704, Bowden, for Sydney. Passengers, saloon— Mr. and Mrs. Burns, child, and servant, Captain Sunmers, Miss Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Allen, Messrs. Holmes, Meyerstein, Brown, Telford, Berthwicb, Clark, Coleman, Khnber, Wells. Second cabin— Mr. and Mrs. Topp, Mr. and Mrs. Forster, and 7 children, Messrs. Crowther, Sadler, Henderson, Shugard, Martin, and 13 from the Southern ports. IMPOSTS. Supply, from Collingwood— 2o empty casks, 8 dozen sheepskins, 3 hides, 35 ounces gold, Order. EXPOBT3. Gipst, for the Waitara, 26 tons coals, 2 tins oil, 2 lifebuoys, Curtii Brethwj 1 parcel pttptr, Ltwth* wait*.

Maetka, for Taranaki— 6 quarter-casks brandy, 20 cases do., 5 cases whisky, 5 do. old torn, 15 do. brandy, 6 boxes candles, 5 bags flour, 2 drums oil, Nash aud Scaifo ; 3 hogshead rum, Lewthwaite ; 75 kegs butter, 20 bags oats, Cowieson ; and part of original cargo from Melbourne. John Beit, agent. Supply, for Collingwood— 2oo lbs. tobacco, 2 boxes sperm oandles, half-chest tea, 1 case cigars, 1 trusß drapery, 1 bag pepper, 2 wheelbarrows, 20 bags flour, 1 bag sharps, 2 bags onions, Symons and Co. ; 1 box shovels, cases sundries, 20 bags flour, D. Moore ; 6 sacks oats, half-ton hay, 40 sheep, 6 cases fruit, Walker. Pbince Alfred, for Sydney— 2o sovereigns, Burn ; 92 boxes apples, Beit j 74 hides, Bettany ; 730 bags chrome ore, Dun Mountain Company ; 154 sacks potatoes, Kimber ; 1 case, Sharp ; 1 box shoes, Beit; 2 boxes, 1 package effects, N. Edwards ; 2 casks beer, Hooper and Co. j 165 sacks wheat, 190 do. oats, 92 Itega butter, Levien and Co. ; 84 sacks potatoes, Wheeler; 18 casks apples, Levick; 8 boxes do., 1 parcel, Kerr ; 113 bundles fish, 11 boxes apples, 1 case drapery, I bundle steel, 1 parcel, Levien ; .1 cask, 1 case fruit, Potter ; 1 keg butter, 1 parcel, Hollis ; 155 sacks potatoes, Beit ; 28 ounces gold, Shugarth ; 17 do. do., Henderson; and sundry cargo from the Southern ports.

The Wonga Wonga was engaged to tow the barque Eclipse out of the Napier harbour on the 13th, but having been detained at the spit waiting for cargo, the ebb tide had made when the barque weighed her anchor, which set the steamer on the inner East Spit, in consequence of which the barque lost steerage way and took the ground on the bar, and swung broadside on to the outer East Spit. There being a heavy roll on the spit the two vessels, whilst laying alongside each other, struck violently together, carrying away the steamer's bowsprit, and causing a few other damages. The steamer then sheered off, and attempted to tow her off, but in consequence of a fresh, wind and the sea setting right on the spit, was unable to do so. The White Swan suceeded in towing her off on the morning of the 14th, and we understand the barque has not sustained much damage, and may be hourly expected here. — Wellington Spectator, March 17.

The Prince Alfred arrived from Otago yesterday afternoon, and will sail for Wellington with the mails this morning at ten. She reports the arrival of the Pirate in Otago, on the 28th, from Melbourne. The latter steamer had a very uufavourable passage from Melbourne, meeting very heavy gales, especially on last Sunday and Monday week, when it will be recollected very high winds were experienced here. The Pirate lost two of her boats, and 200 sheep which were on board on freight, besides doing damage to her poop-house. A ship and barque were seen coming through Foveaux Straits. — Lyttelton Times, March 31. The Clontarf arrived at Canterbury, on March 17th, with 346 passengers, 294 of whom were Government immigrants : 4 births and 33 deaths occurred during the voyage. Burning of the Bbig Skebbyvobe.— The intelligence that a ship was on fire near the Heads caused considerable excitement throughout the city yesterday morning, particularly as her name could not be ascertained, nor any particulars as to her rig or size. At eight, a.m., it was known that the crew were safe in the boat, and that the burning vessel was a brig. We have received the following particulars of the occurrence from Captain Fagan : — " I left Newcastle on the 10th instant, with 286 tons of the A. A. Company's coals, bound for Melbourne ; about I*3o, a.m., I went below, leaving the mate in charge of the deck, with orders to call me Bhould any change take place; we were then lying along the land, with the wind at E.S.E. About 2, a.m., the mate observed smoke issuing from the companion, and immediately came below and called me. I jumped up, and in a few seconds the smoke became so dense I was glad to leave the cabin. I, however, lifted one of the lockers, when by the smoke I knew that the vessel was on fire aft, which appeared to have commenced somewhere about the main-mast. I at once kept away for Sydney Heads, the light bearing at the time W.S.W., and ordered the longboat to be got ready for launching, and the hatches to be battened down to endeavour to smother the flames. About 3, a.m., the cabin deck fell in, causing the fire to burn more fiercely, driving us all forward with the heat. The longboat was launched, and the men's clothing, &c. placed in her, together with some bread and beef and a few pigs, and in this order we remained until the pilot boats came alongside. I remained by the ship until about 10-30, a.m., when the stem gave way, allowing the cargo to slip out. She then immediately filled, and went down stern first. The Skerry vore was a brig of 215 tons, hailing from Liverpool, and owned by Mr. J. Barnett, of Belfast, whose son is in Melbourne ; but I am not aware if she is insured, although her cargo is. The crew consisted of eleven men, who have fortunately saved their clothing, but the only thing I could get hold of in the cabin was the ship's papers, which were in a small box brought on deck by the Bteward — all my property, with the chronometer, &c., going down with the vessel." — Sydney Morn' ing Herald, March 12.

HIGH WATER AT NELSON. H. M. H. M. Saturday, April 7 . 9 57 a.m. 10 17 p.m. Sunday, „ 8- .10 84 „ 10 63 „ Monday, „ 9 .11 11 „ 11 29 „ Tuesday, „ 10 . 11 45 „ 3 „ Wednesday, „ 11 . 13 „ 25 „ Thursday, „ 12 . 46 „ 13,, Friday, „ 13 . 1 80 „ 1 61 „