Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1055, 2 April 1867, Page 4

Shipping Intelligence.

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Wkatiieb.— April, I—Fine. Wind N.E., with light sHowerc.

VE3SEL3 IK HARBOUR. Auckland, s.s., from Sydney. Adriatic, barque, from Port Victor, boutli Australia, Aspasia, schooner, from Wanujapoa. Anne Mclhuish, barque, from Newcistle, Nd.A\ . Argo, schooner, from Wangarei. Boyd, schooner, from ilorcnry Banshee, schooner, from Adelaide. Bella Marina, coal hulk. Beniamm Keape, coal hulk. Enterprise No. 1, p-s. (on ferry service). England, ship, from London. Electri \ ship, from London. Elizabeth Mary, schooner, from the Great Burner. Flying Cloud (new), brig, from Lithe Umali. Helen, schooner, from the Great Barrier. Gemini, s.=., (on ferry servicc). Jan", schooner, from Poverty Bay. Kate Grant, schooner, from Kaipara. Kate, barque, from Sydney. _ , Kennilworth, schooner, from Now CaKuonia. Mary Shepherd, ship, from London. Mistletoe, barque, from Melbourne. Mapere, schooner, from Port Charles. Novelty, barque, from Adelaide. Prima Donna, schooner, from Sydney. Prince Regent, barque, from Adelaide. Sapid, schooner, from Tauranga. Regina, ship, from London. Tauranga, i s., (new) fitting for sea.

VESSELS EXPECTED. Alexandra, brig, from Adelaide, sailed March 15. Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town, loading Blue Bell, schooner, from Canterbury. Celt, schooner, from Canterbury. Heversham, barque, from Sydney. H.M g. Cliallengor, from Australia. H.M. s. Esk, from Australia. H.M. s. Brisk, from the South. Ironsides, ship, fro.n England, (loading). John Scott, ship, from Loudon, sailed Dec. 11. Kate Waters, barque, from Gladstone, Queensland. Lord Ashley, s.s., from the South, (due ath April). Midge, s.s., from London, sailed Nov. 17.^ Helen S. Page, barque, from Brisbane, sailed March 14. Surprise, brig, from Tahiti. Warwick, ship, from London, sailed January 15. Waverly, brig, frr.m Bolivia. Zillah, Echooner, from Tahiti. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Foe London —Electric, England, Mary Shepherd, Southern Cross, aud Novelty, early. Bivp.biiead.—Gemini, s.s., daily at 11 a.m. Sax Francisco. — llaversham, eaily Plying Cloud, to-morrow. Sydxet.— Auckland, 5.?., this day ; Kate, early Oallao. —Cossipore, early. The South. —Lord Ashley, s.s., April 12. Wa.n-G.vbei. —Smuggler, aud Argo, to-day. Poverty Say.—Agnes, and Jane, this da}'. Wa>'oahoa. —Don, this day. New Hebkides —P/ima Donna, early. Chili.—Adriatic, earl}-.

AREUYALS. APRIL I—Banshee, schooner, 70 ton s , Sloane, from Adelaide, iho 10: li ult., with wheat and Flour.—Thornton, Smith, & Firth, apc-nts. I—Wangarei, cutter, iO tons, Anderson, Wangarei, with coals, &c., i passengeis.—J. Roberton & Co , agents. I—Aloe, cutter, 10 tons, Ce Thierry, from the Thames, with kauri gum, and pigs.—S. J. Edmonds, agent. I—Helen, schooner, 23 tons, Eickets, fiom the Great Barrier, with firewood. I—Argo, schooner, 34 tons, Davies, from Wangarei, with fruit, bark, &c., 11 passengers. I—Hero, cutter, 30 toss, Joiner, from Napier via Tairua, with sawn timber. I—Jlapere, schooner, 28 tons, Carls,w, from the Great Barrier, with, sawn timber. DEPARTURES. APRIL I—Enterprise No. 2, p.s., -10 tons, Philpoti, for Mahurangi, with sundries, &c., 20 passengers. I—Flora Macdonakl, cutter, IS tons, Buckland, for Awanui, in ballast, 2 pasEengers. COASTWISE. APBIL I—FJy, from Uauraii, with 7 tons kauri sum, 2 passengers ; Morning Light, from the Grreat Barrier, with 45 tons firewood, I passenger; Kate, from Wangapoa, with 15,300 feet timber, 9 passengers; Margaret, from Coromandel, with 10,000 feet sawn timber, 1 ton luggage, 3 empty casks, 12 passenger^ OUTWARDS COASTWISE. APRIL I I—Flora Macdonald, for Awanui, in ballast, 2 pasi sengers ; Mornicg Light, for Tryphena, Great Bar- ' rier, with sundries, 2 passengers; Smuggler, for "Wangarei and RXangapai, "with 10,000 feet timber, 2 j ton 3 flour, and sundries, 19 passengers. INWABDS FOEETGIf. APRIL ; I—.Anne Melhuish, barque, 363 tons, Williams, from Newcastle, Jv.S.W.—Henderson & Macfarlane, i agents. i I—Banshee, schoor.cr, 70 tons. 81oane, from Ade}j laide. —Thornijn, Smith & Firth, agents.

IMPORTS. Per Anne MelViu:3li, from Newcastle :—iol tons coal, 17 tons bones, 30 tierces beef, Henderson and Macfarlane ; 450 bag 3 maize, M. Homerville. Per Binshee, from AdelaMo:—lo3 ba»-> flour, 599 sacks wheat, Thornton, Smith, & Firth; 1 case, order. Custom-hocse, April I.—Entered Outwards.— Prima Donna, schooner, S5 tons, U. A. Cook, for the New Hebrides; Flying Cloud, brig, 235 tons, Seo n, for £an Francisco. THE S.S. AUCKLAND. The Panama Company's s.s. Auckland, Capt. Harris, leaves at noon to-day for Sydney, with the following passengers and specie : —Saloon : Mr. Baker, Mi's H. ChisJ.olm, Mr. Phillips, Sergfc. Hemphill, Mrs. Burbridge, Mr. and Miss Spain. Second cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Kex, and two children, Miss liearson, Wr. Hogarth, Mr. Thomas, Richard, Ellen, Maria, Florence, and Emily Bach; Mr. and Mrs. Lunsdane, Mr. Wnrmington, Mrs. Payners, P. Cundry, Mr. and Mrs. Banks and child, Mr. and Mrs. Sampson and 4 children, 2 soldiers, 57tb Eegh ; 1 woman and 5 children, 12th Begt. She abo takes 150 o:s. gold from the Bank of New Zealand. THE 8.3. AIREDALE. The Panama Co.'s s.s. Airedale, Captain Kennedy, leaves the Manukau at nocn, to-day, with the following passengers for Southern Ports and Panama : Passengers per b.s. Airedale, for s.s. Uakaia, for Panama : saloon : Bcv. Mr. Ash well, Miss A shwell, Mr. A- B. Abraham, Mr. R. Clarke, Captain Scliroinberg, 57th. Regiment ; l ieutenants Clayton and Cox, 57th Ifegimcnt; Ijieutenant-Colonel Butler STtli Eegt.; Captain and Mrs. Wilson. Second cabin : Mr. Q-. Leaning. Per Airedale, for Southern [ Ports: —Saloon : Mr. and Mrs. Clieeseman, and | family, Mrs. Bond, Mrs. "Williamson, and fanily, Mr. E. James, R. H'arcourt Second cabin : Mrs. Twentyuien, James Morris, H. and J. Teague, Mr. John Graham, and Mr, nd Mrs. Macdonald. ARRIVAL OF THE BANSHEE. The fine Auckland schooner Banshee, Captain Sloane, arrived in harbour yesterday morning from Adelaide, after a-fine ran, bringing a cargo of who t and flour, on account of her owners, Messrs. TliovntoD, Smith and Firth. She left Adelaide on the 10th ultimo, had light variable winds from Kangaroo Island to Bass's Straits ; thence S.E. and southerly weather aoroßs to I this coast, making the North Cape at 2 p.m. on i Friday last ; light variable winds and occasional I heavy squalls were experienced on the coast. I The brig Pakeha, hence, bound to Adelaide, was I sighted in Bass's Straits off Melbourne Heads | on the 16th ult., and a barque going to the westward j off the North Cape on Friday last at nocn. [ The brig Alexandra, for Auckland, and schooner [ Flying Buck, for Dunodin, were loading at Adelaide Whm the Banshee sailed,

CURRENT BOTTLE. The following document was found in a bottle picked up on tha West Coast by Michael Oronin, on the oth March, 18G7, -whilst travelling from Waipipi to Awitu, and handed to ua for publication :— "I.C.R.M. Company, " Mareli 24th, 1866. " Current Bottle. " Thrown from s.s. Hamilton, lat. 39 ° 57 S, long. 150° 44- E. Finder please report at earliest convenience. " Goniiosr Ponsoshy, " Master." Tiif. Argo.—The schooner Argo, Captain Davie?, left Wangarei on Sunday morning last, and arrircd hero vesterdav aft rnoon, bringing a cargo of bark, fruit,"i-c., and' 11 pavsengors. Sho leaves again for Wangarei to-night. Captain Davies reports the cutter Orj'hcus, Stuart, master, as having sailed from Wan ".ire! fur the Bay of Islands with a cargo of cattle. . The cutter Hero, Captain Jomer, woich arrived yesterdav, is originally from Napier, but called at Tairua, and shipped a full cargo of sawn timber. The ps. Enterprise No. 2, Captain Philpo'-t, steamed yesterday morning for Mahurangi, with a cargo of sundries "&c.. and some 20 passengers. She returns to-morrow, and leaves again for Coromandel, ot noon, .sharp, on Wednesday. The cutters Aloo and Fly, from tho Thames, both arrived in harbour yesterday with cargoes of kauri gum, pigs, &•;. Tho schooner Helen, Rickets, master, brought up n cargo of firewood from the Great Barrier yesterday. The cuttcr Wangarei, Captain -Anderson, which arrived from Wangarei on Sunday night last, brings a cargo of -It tons coal, producc, &c., and -i

p.-.ssengers. The sailing of the schoonor Jane, for Poverty Bov. and cutter Don, fjr WaUjjiroa, has been postpone! until this day. Tho schoonor Mapere, Carlaw, master, which arrived yesterday from tho Great Barrier, brought up a cargo of sawn limber. The schooner Prima Donna, Captain Cook, entered on:wards at the Custom House yesterday for ths New Hebrides, and will sail early.

The barque Anne Melhuish, Captain Williams, from Newcastle, N.S.W., is alongside the hulk Bella Marina her coak. The cutter Flora Mac Donald, Buckland, mastor, sailed yesterday for Awanui, in ballast, aud two passengers. The new brig Flying Cloud, will positively clear at tho Custo:ii3 to day f,r San Francisco, and sail to-morrow. A large number of passengers proceed bv her.

The cutter Smuggler, Captain Shepherd, cleared at t''e Customs yestercl.iy for Wangarei and Mangapai, with a cargo of timber, sundries, &?., and 19 passengers. She sails this morning. The cutter Agnes leaves for Poverty Bay and Nauier this day.

The Panama Co's s.s. Lord Ashley, Capt. Worsp, is due here from the >outh with the Panama mail on Friday next, the oth inst.

Notice to llakin'rhs.—The following notice to miriners is published for general information : — " Point Lonsdale Light, Victoria —Commanders of vessels, pilots, and others, navigating the entrance to P'irf Phillip, are hereby informed th-it the temporary fixed red and jreen light on Point Lonsdale will, on and after the 25th of February, be discontinued, and a light of the same character, but of more power and range will be exhibited from sunset to sunrigo from the lighthouse near the Point Lonsdale Telegraph station. This light will be seen ten (10) miles off in ordinary weather, appearing green between the bearings of about nortli by west and north-west halfwest; and red between the bearings of about northwest half-west and west by south. From these bearings navigators will observe that the north-west lialf-we-t lino pas'es near the Lonsdale and Lighting Ro:'ks ; they must, therefore, be on their guard before the colors begiu to change, as the blending of (he red and green lights will indicate close vicinity to the line which passes from the lighthouse over thes-> dangers."