Maritime Record.

New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1741, 12 November 1862, Page 2

Maritime Record.

Ever since Thursday, with but short lulls, we have experienced a hard westerly gale, the squalls rising occasionally to perfect tempests. Happily no serious damage' has been sustained, the greatest injury being the blighting of the pastures and the scorching of the fruit trees. Three or four piles of the Queen-street Wharf have bioken short off; but with a barque (Novelty) of 400 tons, and a brigantine (Mary Ann) of 120 tons, grinding against it, broadside on, with heavy fenders the damage may be accounted trivial. It is another and a convincing demonstration of the urgent necessity of sufficient T’s, since with vessels properly berthed and moored head and stern to wind and tide no such mishap would be likely to occur. Vhe steamer Wonga Wonga, which was to have sailed from the Manukau, for the South, on Friday morning, remained storm-stayed until Tuesday, when, she was enabled to effect her departure. Among her passengers was A. R. Tribe, Esq., of the M.S.D., who has gone to relieve M. T. Ingram, Esq., ordered to join that branch of the service at Hong Kong. We report elsewhere the arrival of the barques Fanny Fisher and Breadalbane. Undue importance appears to us to be attached to the temporary grounding of the former vessel,—by which she remained fast until the tide flowed. Entering, in broad day light, one of the most easily accessible of harbours ; claiming, from knowledge of the port, the privilege of the exemption flag, she accidentally reached so far in shore that she took the ground from which the rising tide set her free without having sustained the slightest injury. Early on Saturday morning signal was made for a barque inside Tlri Tiri Malangi, and shortly befoie noon she was, stupidly, telegraphed as having run on shore. The greatest excitement immediately prevailed as she was generally supposed to bo the Alice Uameronfrom Sydney. Messrs. Hendetsonand Macfarlane immediately despatched their Cargo boat Tickler, with anchors, hawsers, «c., from their barque Novelty, and several gentlemen including Capt. Jones, Messrs. T. and J. S. Macfarlane, and Mr. Stephenson, with the view of rendering assistance to the stranded vessel; the boats shortly after returned, when it was learnt that the stranger proved to be the Fanny Fisher, Captain Smith, from Adelaide, which, in beating in, whilst on the starboard tack, ran too close to the inshore buoy, and her heel touching the edge of the bank, with the tide ebbing, she was held hard and fast until it made again when she floated off, without having sustained the slightest damage. The vessel having shown the exemption flag, Mr. Burgess did not board her but as soon as he learnt the difficulty in which she was placed, he immediately went off, and piloted her to her anchorage off the Quecnstrect Wharf, which she reached shortly before dusk. The Fanny Fisher has been twenty one days on the passage; sailed from Adelaide on the Kith ultimo, and was compelled to lie to for thiee days under Kangaroo Ishtid 1 sighted the Three Kings on Thursday and was at the entrance of the gulf, eaily on Saturday morning. Sighted a large vessel off the Three Kings; and spoke the brig Rita, off the Bay of Inlands on Friday last. Her cargo is almost entirely of wheat. Captain Smith has brought down with him a number of birds known as the cockatoo and shell parrots; they are of beautiful plumage and good talkers; there is also a pair of wallabys on board. We perceive by the Adelaide papers that the barque Trossachs, Captain J. Toshach, sailed for this port on the 17th, ultimo, with a cargo of wheat and flour, as also some 700 bags rice, and several cases of tobacco, original cargo from I’ortLouis, Mauritius, for this port. The Trossachs was only thirty four days from Ijort Gottis to ;V4ejf»if|f S{\a rqsy 4]e imme tile's fur

The brig Typhoon, recently arrived at Adelaide, fr , report, the ship Glenclui.e, Capt. Turnbull, hence the 12th June, as having sailed from Toochoofoo. with a cargo of tea tor London, on the 241h July. . hut Early on Sunday morning signal was made fora barq , owing to the fierce South-westcily gale, which blew a hurricane throughout the whole of the day, she was compelled to come to anchor off the North Head, and It was not until an early hour of Monday morning that she reached her anchorage. She proved to be the barqe Brcadalbane, (one of our old favourites of the Circular Saw Line,) Captain John McKinlay, twelve days from Launceston, whence she sailed on the 27th nltimo, experiencing fine weather throughout. The gunboat Caroline. Captain Hannibal Marks, returned from the Kawau, during the course of Saturday. The ship Hanover, Captain Rich, took her final departure for Calcutta, early on Sunday morning. The brig Reliance, Captain Riddle, was advertised in the Hobart Town papers as on the berth for this port with derwas signalled in the course of Monday afternoon, and was in sight throughout the whole of yesterday. In all probability she will be found to be the Trossachs of 340 tons, built at Dundee in IBifi, and classed A, I at Lloyds for eight years. The Trossachs sailed from Adelaide, for this port, on the 17th ult. Two brigs were afterwards signalled. One in the Eastern passage, which anchored oft Fort BritoremA, at sunset; and proved to be the Woodlark from Maraili. Ihe barque and the other brig were both in the gulf at dusk, at which time a further signal for a sail in sight was flying. The Whale ship Three Brothers, 384 tons, C. -Swain, Nantucket, with 700 barrels sperm, 200 barrels humpback oil, arrived at Russel on the 7th instant.