Shipping Inteligence.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 494, 13 June 1865, Page 4

Shipping Inteligence.

POET OP AUCKLAND. Weather.—Jane 13.—Tiuo. Wind S."W. ARRIVALS. •Orrnl Quom, schooner, from Coral Queen I eland Gazelle, cnttor, from War.garoa. Morning Light, cuttor, from Mercury Bay. DEPARTURE. Ann and Jane, barque, for Marai'.i. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For. Newcastle.—Ann and Jane, early. For Sydney.— Alice Cameron, to-day. Fou San- Francisco.—Triaste, early. For Naitrr.—Success, this diy; Sta of tho South, early. For SorTitntix Pouts.—Ranga'tiri, this day. Fo:: T.u T n vnoa.—Rangitiri, this day ; Hope, early. Fo;j Cokomanl'KL.—Novelty, p.s., 14th. VESSELS IN HARBOUR. TT.M S S. Brisk, from Chatham Is'ands. H.M.S.S. Eclipse, from the Kawe.u. Anne Meihuish, barque, from Newoasllo. AliVo Cameron., barque, from Sydney. Ballarat, p.s., from Napier, repairing. Bombay, ship, from London, repairing. • Mbi Marina, coid hulk. Belgravia, ship, from London. Coral Queen, schooner, from Coral Qusen Island Dauntless, ship, from London. Eclipse, schooner, from Pakiri. Empress, ship, from London. Fiohe, barque, from Tome, Chili. I-nlcon, schooner, from Cabbage Bay. Hopr\ schooner, from Tanranga. Isabel! i, schooner, from Oniah. .'anet Grey, cutter, from Wangap-jn. Keroti. schooner, from tho Thames. Lady Alecia. bri:?, from Newcastle. Lancashire Witch, ship, from London. Marion, coal hulk. •Ono, schooner, from Matakaua. Pakeha, brig, from Mauritius. Rose \nn, schooner, from the East Coast. Success, schooner, from Napier. .Star of the South, s.s. from Napier via Vauraugri, repairing:. Susan, coal hulk. Trieste, barque, from Sydney. . "Union, brigantine, from Newcastle. Victoria, schooner, from South Sea Islands. 'cVi'Titertnr.r, ship, from London. "William and .lulia, schooner, from Tauranga. VESSELS EXPECTED. Alicia, brig, from Newcastle. Alfred Kay, briL'. from Melbourne, sailed 31st ultimo. Aucklvid, s.s., from Melbourne. jßaltiklava, ship, from London, N S V D naw code. Coral Queen, schooner, from Coral Queen Island, 3rd d.p., 2eS. 'Convince, barque, from Adelaide. O.mterburv, ship, from London, 2 d.p., 7112 ; (load ;,..-v "

>-P»f"i. rioe, barque, from T.yttelton ijiWit, briir, iron.i Newcastle, Q T IT B new codo. Eastward Uo!. ship, from New York, 3rd d.p., 9205. Fgirv'nt, s.s., from the South. Tvanhoe. schooner, from Mongonui. John Teimierley. shin, from London, 3rd d.p., 1573. John n mi.'ni, .-hip, from London ; 3rd d.p., 1325. Kate Waters, barque, from Newcastle. Kiwi, schooner, from Hokianga. Loribar !, barque, from Newea>t!o. T.or 1 AsliW, s.s , from Sydney, 22; id inst. Me'eor, schooner, from Mercury Bay. "Nynrdi. c -iter, from Hussell. .Norate. barque, fiom Sydney. Fapide. bnque, fivm Melbourne Rob Roy, -'"'h>, from London, 2rd d.p., 248. Re-o'ute, ship, from Glasgow, L'nd d.p. 143. se". T'reeze, schooner, from b'nsseil. K ylph seh-'oiior, from Tauranga. Tainan;;;!, seho ,nsr, from Taurangi. Tawera, sc.V'Oner, from Poverty Bay. Three Brothers, cutter, from Mannawai. T T lnoats, ship, from London ; V P B H, new codo. Will Watch, in:! tor, from South Sea Islands. Waver.'ey, brig, from Valparaiso. Zillai, schooner, from Napier. ENTERED INWARDS. JUSTB "12—Xilv, 17 tons, Allan, from Waiheki, with 30 tons firewood. 12— Martha, 8 tons, Mailer, from Cabbago Bay, with 30 bans oysters. 12 —Cornstalk, 19 tons, Eagleton, from Blahursngi, with 7OHO bricks'. 12— J[r.miner Litrht, 28 ton?, Tiller, from Mercury Bay, with li~,ooo feet timber—."s passengers. 12—Agnes, 23 tons, Williams, from Matakana, with 40 tons firewood. 12—Two Sifter?, 20 tons, Coffin, from "Waiheki, wi:h 30 tons firewood. 12—"Falcon. 41 tons, Owen, from Cabbatroßay, with 33,000 feet timber—2 passengers. 12—Henry Kaveleck, 17 tons, Judd, from Omaha, witli 2o tong firewood, 2.30 foot blocks. 12—Stas, ton?, Woodcock, from Kikowakarere, with 40 toiw firewood. 22—Hope, 25 tons, Black, from Tauranga, with 22 empty casks, 2 horses, 11 cases brandy—2 passengers. CLEARED OUTWARDS. JtJNH

12—Alice Cameron, 347 tons, Soaring, for Sydney, ■with 1 box ictorted gold, Oriental Bank; 7 cases, 1 "hale, order; ]i tierce 3 tobacco, H- do., 37 cases do., -T. Caldwell •?■ 515 sacks gum, Willis, Merry and Co.; 39 oases gum, 23 hales wool. 12 bales horns, 746 hides, order; 6 tales v,-< 01, 27 cases iron, 10 hales wool, 5 kits whalebone, 3 cases plants; Lardley and Island ; 30 cases beef, York Bros.; 3 bales hairs, iT. Boll; 30 casks lime juice. Passengers— S/i; Paisley, Dr. Uavmes, J. and W: Stace, W. Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. Munrco, and 8 children, Mr. Boss, Mr. and Mrs > T ixon, \V. 11. Goodacie, T. Allan, P. Rowan, T. Walsh, .T. Glen, T. Parker, W. Smith, J. Chambers, T. Kamos, K. Jackson, T Smith, G. Peeve, R. W B Us, A.. F. Turner, T. Thomas, A. Wynter, J. Smith, 2 soldiers.—Henderson and Macfarlane, agents. 12—Ladv Alicia, IS2 tons, Flunkharfc, for Newcastle, in balla-t. —Henderson and Maclarlane, agents. 12—Caroline, 21 tons, Chadwihead, for the Thames, with sundries. 12 —Stag-, 18 tons, Woodcock, for Kikowakarere, in Mast. 12—Two Sisters, 17 tons, Coffin, for Waiheki, in ballast. 12—Lily, 17 tons, Al!an, for Waiheki, in ballast. 12—Martha, 8 tons, Mailer, for Cabbage Bay, in balln.it. 12—Agnes, 23 tons, Williams, for Kawau, with sundries. 12—Moraine Light, 28 tons, Tiller, for Mercury Bay, in ballast. 12—Dot, 27 tons, Anderson, for "Wangarei, in ballast. 12-Planet, 26 ton?, Ciaig, for Ohora, with 1000 feet timber, and sundries—l passenger. 12—Mr. 15 tons, Rotora, for the Thames, with sundries —9 passengers. The s.s. Brince Alfred, Captain Machin, left Auckland at noon on the 3rd inst., und arrived at Napier on the sth. The b.s. Rangatira, Captain Mundla, will leave the it\.,- ■", f,r Tuuranga and the South, this morning-. : ;.■„• }).!. Xovelty, Capt. Quauce, will leave tho wharf, for Coromandel, to-morrow morning. The brig Waverly, Captain For3ayth, is expected sho-tly from Valparaiso. M he fine ship Empress, Captain Ellis, finishod discliavcin<» her cargo yesterday, and will sail for B' inbi'.y at an f arlv dat?. Tho 'barque Alice Cameron. Captain Nearinp. cleared at tho Customs yesterday, with a general cargo tor Sydney, and will positively sail this ,ingJhe Bchooner Success, has been detained from Bail mi for 'Napier, until to-day. The schooner Flope, is alongside the wharf takin" . in cargo for Tauranga. Tiio cutter Morning Light, with a cargo .-,f timbor from Mercury Bay, arrived in port yesterday ingThe banv'T Ann and Jane, Captain Smith, left the harbour ye.vßrd.iy, for Maraiti, to load timber. She will afterwards return to harbour, and clear at the Customs for Sydney.

THE SHIP GKEEN JA.CKET. ' T"rom a private letter received from England by *fh ; S"'l'ast; mail, we loam that the fine ship Green Jacket, Captain Mitchell,'which was in this harbour a fqw months since, had been wrecked on her passage

from thia port to England, but at Messrs. Brown, Campbell and Co , her agents, hive rocoivel no intelligence of tho loss of this vestot, and us wo can find no' mention of h-r in any of th) papers to hand, wo trust that the ro.irrt is not corroct. The Green Jnolcet arriveri in thiß harbour in tho month ot December, 1863, with immigrants, &nd sailed again for Guam in February, LSuk ARRIVAL OF THE CORAL QUSEN. Tlio sAooner Coral Quoin, Captain Trayto, arrived yoitorday evening, from Coral (Jm'cn Island, h vinsf mado 'the pass: go in 30 days. She encountered t'trong southerly and south-west winds during tho whole passage, wliich ha« been moV than usually profracto.l. On the -Oth of May sho spoke the Fred Marion oil" Aituttik', bound for England. She brings as cargo, ninety tons of guano. FOUNDERING OK T IE SHIP OTTAWA.

Tho crew of tho ship Oit.iwa, Captain Runton. belonging to Messrs. Jiick'on, Beaumont and Co., arived at Hull, l-lio vessel, whi h was about 1200 tons bunion, of hiving foundered. From the boatswain's statement it appears that the Ottawa left Shields on Friday wcek for Barcelona, with a cargo of coal. All went well untd Sunday, when they were met. by the northwesterly sale which on that day swept the North Sea. Tho vessel labored 'very hoivily, and made much water. The crew commenced pumping, and on Sunday night they succeeded in clearing her of the water." On Monday, at noon, however, the vessel was sounded, when it was found that she was again rapid'.y making water, there being at that lime four feet of water in the hoid. The captain, so dug that tho ship was fast settling, ordered out the boats. Soon afterwards the crew succeeded in leaving the vessel safely, but they wore only able to take with them what they stood in. They were soon afterwards picked up by the brig Cambrian, of c-horeham, and about an h""ur later" tho Ottawa wont down. The eu-w sponk in high terms of the treatment they received on board the Canihrian. They state that when they hoisted distress signals a smack and a brig which were at a short distance made sail ana left them to their fate. FOUNDERED AT SE\—GRKAT LOSS OF LIFE.

One of the most ter.-ifiu storms, aceompaiiifd with a heavy fall of snow, that ha* visited the north-east coast for a number of years is now r-igiug. It came on yesterday afternoon, about one o'clock, the wind "suddenly chopping round from south to north, fro:u which, quarter it continued to blow, increasing in violence throughout the day. At nisjht, about seven, a shower of hailstones came down, of immeu-o si.'.e, many of them lesembling large pieces of ice. Wh-n tho day broke this morning, the sea ran mount dm high, th" hurricane still railing with unabated violence, arid tho showers of sleet so thick that objec's at a few yards distance could not be di.-tmguish. d. Clearing away, however, about 9 o'clock, for a short time, iv stout brig hove in sight, about three miles distant from land, and running under close-reefed t.'psa'ls. She was watched with intonse anxietv as she laboured heavily, showing signs as it she had been in collision w'th another vessel, or had suffered some other disaster. After having trot about two miles to the south of tho buoy near Eiley Brigs, she was tlirown in a nvrw-nf. oo her beam-ends, and in (ho next almost before a shcut cou'd bo rai-ed,_ disappeared altogether. Sin., appeared to be a laden brig of about 13 or 14 keels. A schooner and three or four more vessels were in company with her, running for Bridliugton-bty for shelter, but another squall coming on, with heavy sleet, thec were hid from further view. A fishing yawl, belonging to Staithes, with 10.-s of cab!- 1 and capstan, having vainly attempted to ?ret into - carborough, h-.s passed lib'}' for Bri dirgton-bay. Tho fishing smacks beb-ngiug to the port have been " bunt off" in consequence of ttio tremendous sen which is running at the mouth of tho harbour, consequently they will bo obliged to put to sun again, or run for shelter otherwise.— l'ih';/, Feb. 20. IMPORTANT INVENTION" IN REFERENCE TO NAVIGATION. An important invention in connection with navi - gntion is alluded to in the following paragraph from tho 'Liverpool Albion': —" A Salopian pnpcr_ of recent dates quotes trom tho London ' Mining Journal ' a paragraph which wo cannot find in any of the journals that lmvo reached us. In navigating at sea by the meridian altitude without tno aid of a chronometer. Hitherto this has never been accomplished ; but the author of the system (Mr. \V Lucas of Swansea) has placed the matter in such a simple liirht. by means of plain figure-, that a child, comparatively (-peaking, might fi'ol his way over the pitlih"* waters without the aid of what has been considered tho in Uspeu-ablo companion of the master-mariner —a c'nron jmetcr. Trio book will, no doubt, be much sought after, farming as it iloesj another ray of light in tho yot comp ir.iiively dark science of navigation." direct steam communication with CHINA.

A measure for establishing a monthly steam line to China has been approved by the Washington Congress San Francisco is to bo the port of departure, and the vessels on their route to China will touch at Honolulu, and also at same port in Japan. Tho subsidy per annum is not to exceed 000.000d015., which at the present value of the American currency, will be equal only to ;CJO,OOO. Tho schedule of time, it is to be observed, between London and China is now about 02 days, and it is proposed to malie it by this route, when the contemplated Pacific Railway shall havo been built, only 50 diys. Further, it. is remarked : —With regard to tho practicability of mni-tainini; a steam line between Sari Frunci-eo and China, with encouragement from the General Government, there sc-nis to be no doubt. The apprehended difficulties rc>p 'ctitig the supply of coal on the Pacific have essentially diminished since the subject was fiist considered, and steamers now run with much smaller consumpti n of fuel. Besides, there has been in course of developement among the nations of Eastern Asia an appetite for foreign traliic. They havo numerous wants of whi-h they were before unconscious, and they offer for export, silk, tea, and other products in increasing quantities. The specie freight outwards and silk freight homewards promise to be the most remunerative. Added to this is a passenger traffic to the treaty ports in China, tho ports on Formosa, Japan, and tho A moor river, while tho eastward travel would embrace a large proportion of those having business with the Pacific coast of America, north and south. The distance from San Francisco to the south-eastern point of the Japanese island of Matsmai, which his been spokon of as a good place at which to touch, is 4100 miles ; to Capo Awa, at the southern end of Niphon. is 417-1 ; from S'an Francisco t;> Honolulu, 2100 miles; and to tho Bonin islands 3200 miles. Tho whole distance to Shanghai through the Straits of Malsmai is 5373 miles, or 21 days' steaming at 250 miles po' day. This lino once established, 00 days will be sufficient to make the circuit of the globo. As oompsrc.i with tho old routes, nothing will be exp •riene 'd from the typhoons of the China sea, the hurricanes of the Bay of Bengal, or the feurful .storms which prevail in the Straits of Malacca.— Jfonw I\'cws. TBTB MODERN MEANS OW NAVAL WAR. On the 2ist Feb. Mr. .Scott Russel! delivered a lecture to the members of tho Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, on " The Modern Means of Naval War." There was si large attendance. Mr. Russell was received with loud applause. Ho Baid : —The system of horizontal shell firing had been completely successful, though the first use of it, of which much had been heard, was the destruction of tho Turkish by the Russian fleet at Sinopo. Its effects were the burstins of tho Bhell within the sides of the ship, the spreading of destruction all over it, and tho scattering in nil directions of the gunpowder with which it, had'been filled, and which, tilling fire, soon involved the ship in flames. It was this system wnieh had brought wooden ships into disuse as ships of war, and their day in that capacin- was absolutely and ontirely gone. Tt hocam.i no ssry, then, to invent an armour which would keep out -Is thus "fired. Such armo'i'r having—been found, the next requisite Was a shot which could go through it, and for this wo should in future have to us 9 solid sti el shoS which do not break- to piecas, of the diameter of 9, 11, 13' and 15 inches, and of the weight of inn, 180, 2SO, and 4501b5. respectively. To throw such shot to a grsat distance and with tho speed nece-sarv to break through the sides of a ship, was a matter of no little difficulty. To throw shot the weight of G, 12,24, 32, 68, nnd lOOlbs. respectively, guns of tho weights of H, 2|, 2f, 3:h and 67 tons were necessary. Thero were guns of smooth bore which wculd throw the

ahrt with great speed to a moderate distnnco; |>ut for grant distances they must employ elongated «>•«< and riflod guns to throw them. Such a shot ot .) inchrß diameter required a gun weuhino; 12 tons; 11 inob.es, 18 Urns; 13 inah.es, 24 tons; and 15 inches. 38 tons. They had in fact to do with totally n™ suns, and, therefore, with totally new ships. It was from the Americans that we first learned the importance of employing these largo guns ; and it was an old friend of the lecturer, Mr. Stevens, who discovered than woo km ships to ho protected from su-h Runs required an iron plating six inches think, holted to the sides of the ship and secured with nuts. As to the relative power of armour to keep out shot, and of shot to break through armour, Mr. Itusjell gave the following statistics : — A plating of live inches was able to resist a flin. shot; of six inches, an llin. shot: of seven inches, a 13in. shot; of eight inches, a loin. Bhot. .So that, if we wished t'i protect our ships we had only to know what sized shot would lie fired against them, and .'i.e thttin the correspjuditig thickness of armour, while if we wanted to penetrate the armour of any enemy's ship, we h:id .inly to ascertain the thickness of that armour, and employ tho corresponding sun. (Applause.) After the proof of tho excellence of ihe plated vessels given by the floating ba'.t-ries, it might have been expected ihat the Admiralty would have taken into considerition tin question of the production of a fieet of such vessels for tho future defence of the country. They would not listen to any proposal that they should do so. The fact was a man was put to build ships and to regnlate tho Government of the navy, not because he understood the business —(laughter) — but because he happened to have a certain political opinion. (Laughter and applause) At present the French had sixteen ships of tho line, six of them in active service, four floating, and the rest in a sta:e of great forwardness. The arrangements wero so perfect that all those ships were nearly of the same speed, tonnage and armament, and could thus sail together, and°act as a fleet We have now six ships of7,he Warrior class, three of them, the Warrior, tho Black Prince, and the Achilles alloat. They were ships of botween 0000 and 7000 tons, and all wont at about 14 knots an hour. Of tho same class the Minotaur, tho Northumberland, and the Agineourt, wero building. "We havo next a licet often wooden ship?; then we havo the class of second-rate fri"ates, or corvettes, of which there are five. Wo have four ships, the Hector, the Valiant, the Defence, and the Resolution, iron ships, which were built, out of their own heads by tho wooden Admiralty— (laughter) and which wero the only failures in the iron°ileet. Two of these vessels could" no face the sea, the other two c old not face the enemy. Of the class of sloops we have the Pallas, the Favorite, and the Research of wood ; and the Prince Albert, the Scorpion and the Wworu of iron. <>f the class of gunboats we have the Knte-prise, tho Water Witch, the Vixen, and the Viper. The money spent during the hist liv.. years "n the iron fl el was .Wd.OOO.OiW, or .(ill,000,1)00 a year, while the French hail given no special vote for tin. same purple, The Warrior cist half n mi'lion that was at tho rate of .'JR.OUO 000 a dozen. (Laughter) Corvettes were cheaper in the market (laughter), and they only cost .C 3,000,000 a dozen ; a dozen wooden ditto would cost the same money ; a dozen sloops a'lnonr-plated would cost £2,400,000. The total of all this was not one-third of what the countiv had paid to the Admiralty during these live years, and without getting what they •wanted. ( Laught"r.) J f they hud had a simple bargain made for them at the rales he had mentioned, t hev would now have a Meet of iron armed vessels which all the navies of France, America, Italy, Kussiu and Spain, could nor. havo matched. (Applause). The vessels thev had actually got were of all sorts, so that they could neither sai'l together, steam together, nor act together. 'The real cans- of all this was that the Admi-.dtv was the only unreforinod branch Administration ;' wheio tho power wis there was no knowledge, and where the know!, dye was there was no powtr ; the executive knowledge had an impassable tia.'rior put between it an;', tin- otli'ial power. To stcure better results they woidd have to do with the navy what they h.td deiio with the army—appoint for the management of that department a minister, to whom they should give power, and whom they should hold responsible. On the motion of Mr. Slices "Ward, seconded hy Dr. Jlcalon, a cordial vote'of thinks was given to the lecturer, and the proceedings then terminated.