Shipping Intelligence.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 88, 12 September 1863, Page 3

Shipping Intelligence.

ABBIVBD. August 13, steamer Ladybird, from Taranaki and Manukau. 14, steamer Sturt, from Wairau. 15, steamer Lyttleton, from Wairau. — schooner Dove, from Tata islands. — schooner Diana, from Riwaka. — cutter Ann, from Waitapu. — schooner Jane, from Motupipi. 16, cutter Odd Fellow, from Pelorus Sound. 18, schooner Bapid, lrom Collingwood, via Pakawau. — Bteamer Sturt, from Buller river and Collingwood. 19, ship Bard of Avon, 750, Penny, from London. 22, steamer Lyttleton, from Wairau. 27, schooner Crest of the Wave, from Lyttelton. — Bteamer Ladybird, from Wellington, via Wanganui, 28, cutter Ann, from* Waitapu. 29, I.R.M. steamer Airedale, from Taranaki and Manukau. — Icliooner Mary, from Buller river. • — schooner Scotia, from Wanganui. — steamer Lyttelton, from Wairau. — schooner June, from Motupipi. 80, steamer Wonga Wonga, from Picton and Wellington. — Bchooner Bapid, from Wellington. — schooner Diana, from Awaroa. 31, 1.8.M. Bteamer Prince Alfred, from Sydney. September 2, brigantine Willing Lags, from Melbourne. — schooner Necromancer, from Waitapu. 3, brig Mountain Maid, from Newcastle. 4, cutter Ann, put back. — schooner Bonnie Lass, from Wanganui. 5, steamer Lyttleton, from Wairau. — , steamer Sturt, from the Buller river, Colling* wood, &c. 8, schooner Sylph, from Lyttelton. 11, steamer Wonga Wonga, from Taranaki and Manukau. — steamer Sturt, from Picton and Wairau. — steamer Prince Alfred, from Lyttelton. SAILED. August 13, 1.8.M. steamer Prince Alfred, for Sydney. 14, steamer Ladybird, for Picton and Wellington. 15, 1.8.M. steamer Airedale, for Taranaki and Mauukau. — steamer Sturt, for Collingwood and Buller river. 16, barque Mina, for Taranaki. 18, steamer Lyttleton, for Wairau. — schooner Jane, for Motupipi and Waitapu. — scliooner Mary, for Buller river. 22, brig Esperanza, for Wellington. 24, cutter Ann, for Waitapu. — scliooner Bapid, for Collingwood. 25, schooner Necromancer, for Heathcote river, via Waitapu. — brig Hebe, for Newcastle. — steamer Lyttleton, for Wairau. 26, cutter Thames, for Karamea river. ' — schooner Diana, for Awaroa. — schooner Dove, for Cliristchureh, via Waitapu. 27, steamer Sturt, for Motueka, Colliugwood, Buller river, &o. 28, ship Santiago, for San Francisco. — cutter Odd-Fellow, for Pelorus Sound. 31, 1.8.M. steamer Airedale, for Picton and Wellington. — steamer Ladybird, for Wellington. September 2, stetftner Wonga Wonga, for Taranaki and Manukau. — steamer Lyttelton, for Wairau. — brigantine Scotia, for Picton. — schooner Jane, for Motupipi. — cutter Ann, for Motupipi. — schooner City of Nelson, for Wairau. — schooner Crest of the Wave, for Hobart Town. 3, brigantine Delaware, for Napier. 4, I.R.M. steamer Prince Alfred, for Picton and Wellington. — schooner Bapid, for Collingwood. — schooner Bapid, 20, Barnes, for Collingwood. 5, cutter Ann, for Waitapu. 7, steamer Sturt, for Picton and Big Bush, Wairau. 9, steamer Lyttelton, for Blenheim. 11, brigantine Willing Lass, for Wellington. BNTEEKD INWABDB. September 11, steamer Wonga Wonga, 104, Cellem, from Taranaki and Manukau. Passengers — Messrs. Denter, Good, Parkinson, Milk, Rev. H. H. Brown, Miss Brown, Mr. and Mrs. A. Wells and family. CLBAHBD OUTWABDB. September 10, schooner Necromancer, 20, Fraser, for Awaroa. One paassnger. 11, sobooner Mary, 40, M'Lean, for Buller river. B^l passengers. — steamer Wonga Wonga, 104, Cellem, for Picton and Wellington. Vessel job thb Bullbb Bivbb.— The schooner Sylph, which arrived in the Bay on Tuesday last, is from Canterbury. She has brought five passengers, together with a large general cargo, valued at upwards of £3,700, and an iron house 50ft. by 20ft, shipped by Messrs. Peacock and Co., of Canter* bury, who chartered the vessel with the object of opening a general store at the Buller river. In addt tion to her cargo, the Sylph- wilt take to the Buller, for the nune firm, • quantity of tinware, manufactured in Mellon. The duty on this shipment, wlu'oh MttftoUd to -2600, wu all ptid in L/M^tod,

Thb Bard, or Avow. — This ship, commanded by Captain Fenny left the Downs on the 26th April last, nnd, on the 2nd May, was clear of the land. Thirtyfour days nfter leaving, the line was crossed, but, as no South Ea«t trade wind was met with, the Cape of Good Hope was not rounded until the 74th day. From that time she hud generally a fair breeze. There was no sickness on board and but one birth. The Bard of Avon brought 130 passengers, most of whom were a?si«ted immigrants, and a large general cargo. The Mina. — We are informed that, in consequence of the disposition so frequently evinced by her Captain to oblige the public and those connected with the shipping interest, during his 6tay here, the barque Mina was towed out by the steamer Sturt without charge. Thb Ladtbibd. — The steamer Ladybird recently visited our port, owing to the necessity of an examination being made of her bottom, in consequence of the accident she met with on her last voyage to Nelson, when she was run on shore on Fig Island, in Queen Charlotte Sound. The slip erected by the N.Z.B.N. Company at Wellington, not being sufficiently large to receive the Ladybird, she was brought here to be laid on the gridiron erected for the Tasmanian. Maid. The examination showed that the damage she received was only to the extent of indenting one or two of her plates ; but as she had received a similar injury on her other side, by running on a rock somewhere in Otago, Captain Johnson, the Government Surveyor of Steamer*, licensed her to run but for three months, when she will be compelled to go to Sydney to repair, as, at present, there are no means for effecting thia in any port in New Zealand. Loss of thb Otago Steameb Pbincb Aubsd.— • On Thursday, August 20, the steamer Prince Alfred, from Otago, which had been to Wangauui for cattle, left that harbour between one and two o'clock, with sixty head of cattle for Otago, it being then about half-au-hour after high water. The wind was blowing strongly from the N.W., with a heavy sea running outside. After steaming to the pilot station, the pilot left her, he having, in answer to a question 1 from the captain, whether there was sufficient water for him to take the bar, replied that there was. The Prince Alfred then continued her course, but speedily struck on the bar. After labouring among the breakers for some considerable time, she drifted a short distance to the eastward of the harbour entrance, and though every exertion was made, and her full steaming powers were employed, she got more and more entangled among the breakers, and, still drifting further inland, eventually stuck fast. The schooner Scotia, which is bound for this port also with cattle, was being floated down the river at the time of the accident, and those on board of her, seeing the very perilous position of the steamer, immediately dropped anchor, and her captain, crew, and passengers rushed across theeandspit with a line, in order that a cotnmunication might be established between the Prince Alfred and the shore. A boat also started from the steamer with a line, and, on its arrival near the shore, the captain and crew of the Scotia rushed into the tideway, and drew the boat up high and dry. The sea at this time was breaking very heavily. In the course of the next two days, forty-nine head of cattle were landed from the steamer, eleven of the sixty put on board having died. A survey was held on the Prince Alfred, and she was declared to be a complete wreck. The life-boat, which had been launched for the purpose of assisting those on board of the steamer, filled and sank alongside.