Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 847, 1 August 1866, Page 4

Shipping Intelligence.

AUCKLAND.

Weather.—July 31—Fine. Wind S.W. VESSELS IN HARBOUR. Benjimin Heap?, b irque, from Sydney. Claul lls'miltoii, 8.5., from Sydney. Myitis* i-uck. schooner, from Melhourne. Free Trader, barque, from Newcastle, -N.S.W. Helen t*. Page, from Gladstono, Queensland. Monarch, fliip, from London. Prince Regent, barque, from Newcastle, N.S.W. Peru, Bremen baTqtie, from St. Antonio. Queen of the North, ship, from London. Rita, brig, from Sydney. Rob Hoy, ship, from London. Vmius, brig, from Tulchuino, Chili. Zillah, schooner, from lahiti. VICSSELB EXPECTED. H.M.S.S. Challeugor, from Plymouth. H M.S.B. Kclipse, fiom Sydney. H.M.S.S. Curacoa, from Sydney. H.M.S.S. Esk, from Wellington. Albatross, schooner, from Dunedin, sailed 20th inst. Banshee, schooner, from Adelaide, sailed July 16. Eliza Shairp, barque, from Newcastle, N.S.W., 1 dp., 5346. Constance, barque, from California, 2 d.p. 6279. Oossi|vre, ship, from l.ondon, 3 dp., 5917. Ida Zeigler, ship, from London, 3 d.p. 7G. Hebe, brig, from Newcastle. Juno, baique, from Newcastle. MetHor, schooner, from Canterbury, 1 dp., 8371, sailed IBih instant. Novelty, barque, from Sydney. 2 d.p., 612 L Norwood, ship, from London, 2 d.p., 9458, sailed 2S Pakeha, brig-, from Taranaki, sailed 19th instant. Pegasus, ship, from London, 1 d p., 9453, sailod 31 ay 2G Star of the .South, s.s., from Napier. Syren, brig, from Melbourne, 2 d.p , 1-158. S'iain, ship, from London, 2 d p, 819. Trieste, baruue, from San Francisco, 2 d.p., 9817. Talbot, ship, from London, 1 d.p., 1470, sailod April IS. Thane of Fife, schooner, from Napier, 2 d.p., 15S0. Winterthur, ship, from London, 2 d.p. 8953. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Queen of the North, for London; Peru, for Valparaiso; Venus, for Guam ; Claud Hamilton, Free Trader, and Rita, for Sydney ; Prince JKegent, for Newcastle, K.S. \V. j H. S Page and Lombard, for Gladstone, Queensland ; Ivanboe, for Mongonui. DEPARTURES, juiiir . 31—Island City, barque, 320 tons, Wolfe, for Gladstone, Queensland, in ballast. 31 — Anne Mclhuish, barque, 3G3 tons, Wil'iims, for Newcastle, .N.S.W., with timber, &e., 14 pis sengers. 31—Beautiful Star, s.s., 125 tons, filorwick, for Napier, with general cargo. 31 —Gener-tl Cameron, schoonfr, 42 tons, Joyce, for Kussell, with sundries, 5 pa-sengors. 31—Saucy Lass, schooner. 33 tons, McKenzie, for Napier vi» Meroury Bay, with timber, sundrie?, &c. 31—Lady Wynyard, cutter, 29 tons, Trimmer, for Napier via with sundries, timber, &c. INWARDS COASTWISE. JTJIiY 31—Stag, from Omah, with 40 tons firewood, 10 bundles fruit trees, 3 boxes eggs, 2 passengers ; Mahurangi, from Mshurangi, with 32 tons firewood ; Elf, from Puhoi, with 20 tons firewood, 200 rails; Three Brothers, from Mangawai, with i ton kauii gun. 4 piles, 6 owt. ba on, 1 box fowl«, 5 do. butter, 2 kegs do., 3 hox<s eggs, 4 'a. luggage, 11 passengers ; Ojm-t, from Puhoi w'th 30,000 shingles, 13 tons firewood, ton ka iri 2 passengers ; Ariel, from Kavrau, with 260 bushr-is sand. 500 feet timber, 16 passengers; Fur S : ->ters, from the Wade, with 1 ton kauri g"m, 15,0'0 shingles. 8 passengers; Miranda., from Maim&wai. with I ton knuii tjum, 1 do. lugg<ge, 2 cwt. baenn, 1 b)x eggs, 9 pasengers ; Folly, from Cabbage Bay, with 14,000 sawn timber. 1 passenger; Watorlily, from Waiheki, with 45 tons firewood. OUTWARDS COASTWISE. jhia31—Waterlily, for On.ah, in ballast; Folly, for Cabbsgß Bay, with mndrios, 1 paa-enger ; Goneral Caraero', fir Russell, with sundries, 5 passenger.-'; ilour Sisters, for tho Wade, with sundries, 2 passengers ; Ariel, for tho Thames, with timber and rundries, 14 pa-se-iger.- ; Stag, for Omah, wiih ■•undrie-', 8 pa9fenge.rs ; Maburangi, for Matakana, in ballast; Eif, for Puhoi. witr< Kundries, 2 pitsongtrs; Oomet, for I'uhij, with sundries. OUTWARDS INTER-PROVINCIA.Ii. JULY 31—Saucy Last, schooner, 38 tons, McKenzie, foi Napier Tia Mercury Bay, wiih 30,000 feet sawn timber, and t-uudries, 5 pasj-engers. — M aster, agent, 31—Lidy Wynyard, cutter, 29 tons, Trimmer, foi Napier via Wangapon, with 1 dray and sundries, 1 passengers. 31—Bratitiful Star, s.s., 125 tons, Morwick, for Napier, wiih 100 casks beer, 30 do old torn, 1 hhd 3 J-casks biandy, 2 do. whiskey, 5 do. brandy, 1 <*asc cigars 4 4-tiercos tobacc.i, 40 cases beer, 150 bis:* flour, 26 casks beer, 16 bal«s hay, 10 hhdi. beer. 44 bags biscuit. 1 bale prints. 2 bales saddlery, 20OC feet sawn timber, 2 boxes tobacco. —J. S. Macfarlant and Co., agents. INWARDS FOREIGN. JULY 31—Helen S. Page, barque, 217 ton", Evans, fron GlHd-tone, yueenßlan-J. Paß'engers—Mr. and Mrs Quinu, J. Byrne.—Brown, Campbell, and Co. agents. IMPORTS. Per Helen fi. Page, from Gladstone :—SS hcac oattle, Hunter and Co. Ccstoh Hotjse, Julv 31at—Entered Outwardi —O.aud Hamilton, s.s., 530 tone, Harris, for Syduoy, ARRIVAL OF THE LOMBARD. The fi ie cattle barque Lombard, Captain Patttsou arrived at the Tamaki. early yesterday moroing, from Gladstone, Queensland, with a cargo of fat cattle, consigned, to Mr. Johnston, Government contractor. Th.o_p.=. Beautiful Star, Captain Morwick, sailed last night for iNapier, with a general cargo of merchandize, and will return to this port again in a few days with a cargo of sheep. The p.s: Tusmanian Maid, Captain Johnson, which is due this evening from Wungarei, is announced to leave again to-morrow for Coromandel. Tb ß ba.ques Island City, Captain Wolfe, for Gladstone, Queensland, and Anne Melhuisli, Captain Williams, for Newcastle, both took their departure yesterday. The schooner Ivanhoe, Captain McGregor, leaves again for Mongonui this evening^ The r.i. Claud Hamilton, Capttin Harris, entered oniwards at the Customs yesterday for Sydney, and ■will sail at noon to-morrow, with the English millBy our la-t advices from Kaipara, we learn that the schooners black Watch, Captain Stuart; Kaimu, Captam Pearce ; and Sylph, Captain Bolt, were all loading there, the two former for the South, and the latter for Auckland. The Bchooner Saucy Lass, Captain McEenzio, and cnttor Lady Wynyard, Captain Trimmer, both sailed last evening for Napier, with sawn timber, sundries, &o, the former via Mercery Bay, and the lattor via the Waneap>a Saw Miil«. The Hblbjt S. Page.—The barque Helen B. Page, Captain Evans, having discharged her cargo of 85 head fat cattle, came up from the cattle ground yesterday morning-, and will leave for Gladstone again in a few days. The schooner General Cameron, Captain T. Joyce, sailed again last evening for Russell, Bay of Islands, irfth a full cargo, and the following passengers: Mr. Moore, Mr. Drum, and three others. This Late Gale —Extract from the log; of the barque Leonidas, from Newcastle to Sydney, Captain ! Fitzhardinge. WeJnesday, July 11th,1866, at 9 a.m. eteam-tug Rapid took us in tow to sea ; 9.30 cast off the steamer and made all sail wind, S. W., light, with dull gloomy weither, and a long §ea rolling up from

the southward, baromoter 29-30, stood off tho land doso-haulcd uniil 2 p.m., the wind veering to H S.tt,. ofi wo got out, at th»t time Point Stephens bore N. hy W ticked to f.W.; as the afternoon wore on the wind hauled to E.S.E , and at 3 pm. rain began to fall heavily ,Avind steady until C p.m. when it began to freshen gradually j stowed gaff-topsail, main-torj|ral-lant, and roizen-topmuat Btaysnils, ram fulling heavier us the wind increased, very Vivid lightning to S.K. and dirtv hazy anp ■aVaix'f, Bea getting higher with the wind ; a'p in , win I and sea increasing, and la onieior rising fust, took in both tjp-gilhintsails ; —while the hands were aloft h furious emailof wind and ra : .n ttrnclc the ship, carrying away the jihoom ft the cap; lowered tho top.-ails down, and hauled the mainsail up, aud then proceeded to clear away tlio wreck of the jiboom, as it was hanging un '.er the hows, stopping the ship's wuv ; after trying .for some tnno lObave the sail and" gear, we-o compelled to cut evory tiling and lot them go, as owing to the heavy Ben tho ship was drifting fast to le. ward; at 11 p.m. blowing aheavy gale from K N.H\, with a te rificsoa rurn.ng, raining heavily, and tho night intensely dark, ship under double-reefed fore and singio-reefed main topsail-, who.e foresail, main and fo--etopma<t, staysails, labouring and plunging l.e ivily. and shipping immouso quantities of water over all f'>ro and alt. Midnight, wind and sea and rain increasing, and the night "so black as t) rond-rit impossible to s.e further than a ship's length around. Being by reckoning about 8 mi'ea N.N.l!\ of Long Reef, stood offunder thesamo heavy of sail in tho hope of beiti<.vblc to pick up Sydney light in case tho weather should clear. .Thursday, duly 12th, 4 a.m.—As wo woretheurinhtc.fr Sydney Heads, and.-aw nothing of the light, wore ship and stood to tin N.E., wind still increasing, buttho rain not 8 . heavy; during a momentary clear saw both the Sydney lights, th- upper one bearing >-.\V t mile.-, but before w» couid get the ship round the w.nther closed in as thiok as ever, and we n» ttie lights no more. At daylight, wind s-eady, hlowinvja temfie galo, failing now in squalls; tho ship khoiuiug and t lunging lit amy, and shipping; uontinud lieavy seas right fore and alt. Uutiug onelioavy lurch to leew.rd tho sea tout the quarter boat on t'hj ko side, lifting her up against tua da>it heads, aud breaking tho alter lashings, and causing the .titer tackle to unhook. _ After some timo got her secured and hoisted up again, but two plv.iks wore stove aud several timbers and kiuos broken by her swinging against the ship's fide whon tho tacklo was unhooked. S a.m., weather still so thick that nothing could be seen, wind Btilliucreasing. unduhip making water, keeping one watch constantly at the pump; double reefed tho main-topsail, and stowed main-topmast staysail. Noon, wind and 6ea fctill increasing and weathor as thick as before; hauled the toresail up and wore ship to south to try and pick up Broken Uay, as tho sea is driving the ship so uniidi to leeward, notwithstanding the heavy press of sail that lias been carried all tho time, that we cannot now be far oil" the land—the soa now ruuning a terrific height—immense quantities of water constantly coming on deck, and tho watch not ablo to leave tho pump ; 3 p m., the weather began to clear, although tho wind still increased ; at 3 30 sighted Cape Threa Points, distant four miles; 4, tet reefed maiutopma t itaysailand f resail, and bore up tor Broken Hay ; 5, entered the lay —a terrific sea tunning between tho heads; a heavy sea came over the stern, starting the stem and quarter ruils, breaking two stanchions, washing the man away lrom the wheel, breaking tho biuuacie adrift, and washing tho compass and both lamps overboard, and completely flooding the decks with water, fore ai.d aft; at G p.m. brought up iu Flint and '-'eci iiay in 6 fathoms. Throughout tho night, blowing a furious galo from l'l.S K. During the whole of the ga'e the berometer has been fluctuating between 29 HO and 3 '.CO rising and falling every four hours.— Sydney Herald, July 7.