Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1122, 19 June 1867, Page 4

Shipping Intelligence.

AUCKLAND

TWeatheb.—June 18—'Wind, S.\V„ witU lierce squalls nnd occasional licavy rain. uj _

A K K I V A 1/ S.

June IS. Kate, cuttor, 30 tons, McKenzio. from "Wanßarci, ■with cattle, produce, &0., 4 passengers.—Gruickshank Smart and Co., ag«nts.k H Mnriner, schooner, 31 tonp, Stroud, from Pavcngaxengn, North Cape, with kauri gum, 12 pasaengors.— George Webstor, agent. . Sturt, p.s., Faircliild, from Wellington, Napio>", Poverty Boy, Tauranga and Enst Coaet, with pansencuttor, 19 tons, Dornwell,from Coromandel, ■with produce and passengers. lily, schooner, from Waiheki, ■with firewood. Mapere, Bchooner, 30 tons, Shipherd, fromWangarei, -with produce and passengers. Alarm, cutter, 27 tons, Seymour, from Mangawai, with produce, &c., 13 passengers. Tay, cutter, from Matakana, witli firewood. Eangatira, cutter, 22 tons, Emanuel, from the Wade, with produce, &e. : : 53S ' " DEPAR.TUHIiB.SS Juke IS. Ivanlioe, schooner, 70 tons, McGregor, for Mongo--31111, with sundry merchandize, 4 passengers. Orpheus, cutter, 21 tpns, Glovor, for Coromandel, ■with sundries, C passengers. Don, cutter, 21 tons, "Wilson, for "Wangapoa, with sundries, 2 passengers.j "Vistula, schooner, 133 tons, Paton, for Oamaru via Wangapoa, with sawn timber. Star of the South, s.s., 147 tons, Bendall, for JTapier, with horses, general &c., S passengers. Glance, cutter, 10 tons, Dickson, for Matakana, With sundries, 4c., 5 passengers. Alacrity, cutter, Smith, for the Wado, with general cargo, and passengers.

JINWARDS COASTWISE. Jr>'F. IS.

Albert, from Piako, with 40 kits potatoes, 5 passengers; Don, from Wangapoa, with 16,400 feet sawn timber; Harriette, from Cabbage Bay, with 12,000 feet timber.

OUTWARD 9 COASTWISE. June 18.

Xvanhoe, for Mongonui, with sundry merchandize, 4 passengers ; Orpheus, for Coromandel, with sundries, 9 passengers; Don, for Wangapoa, with sundries, 2 passengers.

OUTWARDS INTER-PROVINOIAL. June 18. Star of the South, s.s., 147 tons, Bendall, for Napier, with 200 hags sugar, 6 pkgs., 1 box, 1 pkg. saddlery, 1 iron roller, 2 bales. 1 case drapery, 1 case furniture, 1 hale, 1 bundle drapery, 1 paper parcel, 2 esses, 1 pkg. glass doors, 1 box, 2 horses, 1 crate, 67 liars iron, 1 hoi, 1 case, 100 coal bags, 1 case, 1 bundle plants, 8 bales hay, 1 buggy and harness, 1 case, 1 luggy, 1 keg. Passengers.—Mr. Penfold, Mr. Brown, Captain Anderson, A. H. Graham, E. Coltman, Thomaa Jones, T. Smith, Captain and Paymaster Percival.

"Vistula, schooner, 133 tons, Paton, for Oamaru via "Wangapoa, with 90,000 feet sawn timber.—J. S. Macfarlane, agent.

AKBIVAL OF THE STURT. . The Government p.e. Stnrt, Captain Faircbild, arriTcd in harbour last evening from Wellington, Napier, Poverty Bay, Waiapu, Opotiki, and Tanranga, bringing the following passengers :— Capt. Bkeet, Capt. Bruen, Mr. and Mrs. Gill,' Mr. Hall, Capt. and Mr. Atlsyns, Mr. Caldwell, and 12 others. ~ The Sturt left Wellington at 8 p.m. on the 11th inst., arriving at Napier at noon the nest day (12th) ; left again the same evening for Poverty Bay, arriving there at S a.m. the neit day ; landed cargo and left again at 9 a.m. same day (13tli), arriving at Waiapu at 6 p.m.; landed mail and passengers, and took her departure again an hour afterwards, arriving at Opotiki the next morning; left Opotiki on Sunday and arrived at Tauranga the same night; landed cargo and mails, took on hoard passengers, and left again for this port at 4 p.m. on Monday (17th) ;'put into the fawau atdaylight yesterday morning, the whole of the party being most cordially received and tntertained by his Excellency the Governor, after which a fresh start was made for Auckland at 3 p.m., and the Sturt arrived here at 6 p.m., steaming up the distance in the face of a strong B."W. gale in the short sjrace of three hours. Average weather was experienced throughout the whole passage, hut during the past few days it has proved very squally. !■ The schooners Hope and Fortune were l yinpr at Opotiki on Sunday last, bound here, and the schooner Mavis and Cutter Sovereign of the Seas, hence, were the only vessels at Tauranga when the Sturt left. [The schooner Rose Ann, Captain McKenzie, bound to this port, left in company with the steamer on Monday afternoon. A schooner (tlio Swallow, from 'Tairaa) ami a cutter, both bound here, were paFsed off the Mercury Islands on Monday r.ight ln9t. The schooner Jane, Captain Faulkner, left Poverty Bay for this port, with live stock, last week. "We have to thank Capthin Fairchild for supplying us with late Napier and Tauranga files, as also particulars of a wreck at "Wellington Beads, 'nil details of which appear in anothsr place.

THE PBINCESS ALICE,

The trig Princess Alice, Captain Biddey, bound here, Teas passed j-esterday afternoon by the p.s Sturt, off "J iritiri, and wished to be reported. Although within eight of the signal station last evening at dusk, she wa6 unable to reach the harbour up to a ]ate hour, owing to adverse weather, but may be expected up this morning's tide. Ohe Princess / lice left Adelaide on the 22nd ult., with a full cargo of breadetuffs on account ot her owners, Messrs. ihornton, Smith, and Firth, Wharf mill.

WBECK Or A "VESSEL NEAR WELLINGTON HEAPS.

Captain Eairchild, of the Government p.s, Prurt, ■which arrived last evening from Wellington, reports that on the day he left that place Captain Balydny, the haibonr master, discovered on the beach near the Heads, a large quantity of wreck, apparently that of a good-sized passenger vessel, inasmuch that cabin furniture, hatches, deck planks, Ac., also passengers' fittings, berth and bunk boards numl ering us high aB No. 102, was amongst the debris cast ashore; no clney however, had been got up to the time of Capt. lairchild's leaving of the name of the unfortunate ■vescel. After leaving. Wellington, the captain of the Sturt further reports that he saw, at some distance along the beach, a large mast piece castaßhoro, apparently belonging to some vessel of considerable tonnage tyit the weather was too rough at the time to allow Of his landing and examining it. f •• The Sturt not having brought any Wellington files, we are unable to give the detailed particulars, Dnt this much, we are informed, that it was the Opinion of Captain Halyday (harbour master) and others, that the wreck was that of some large passenger ship, and perhaps some southward bound home ship. " The steamer due from Wellington next week, however, will bring us. no doubt, fuller particulars O itho finding of the wreck.

TOTAL WBECK OP THE BARQUE TORQUIL.

AIX HANDS SAVED. By the arrival,, last evening, of the schooner Mariner, Captain Stroud, from Parengurenga, North Cape, wo regret to learn of the total loss of the barque Torquil on this coast, from Maiden Island ■with gnano, hound to Hobart Town, but fortunately ■without loss of life, Captain Knarston, a portion of lis crew, and two passengers, having arrived by the Mariner. The disaster is fully described in the following narrative, given by Captain Knarston :— "The barque Torquil, 294 tons, Captain H. ■Knarston, left Maiden Island bound to Hobart Tovrn, With 400 tons guano, eleven of a crew, and 4: pasEODgers, on the sth May; had fair weather during the first part of the passage, and called at the island of Tongataboo to recruit. After leaving there everything until the vessel was 100 mileß to the north-east of New Zealand, on the 3rd instant, when she sprung a leak. The pumps were kept constantly going, but the next day the pumps fceing choked by the guano, the captain, at the request of all hands, put the ship about for the first ,P or t, in order to repair damages. The vessel was

then headed for the North Capo of New Zealand, and eventually beached in Spirits Bay—-near Capo Maria "Van Diemon—on the 7th. The crow having been at the pumps nearly night and day incessantly, wore almost worn out, but still thoy suceeded n getting aslioro all safe and without loss of life. A fow things, comprising four sails, the ship's papers, captain's nautical instruments, &c. (excepting ono chronometer), were saved, hut nothing else; the place whore the vessel was beached was sandy bottom, hut it soon afterwards coming on to blow a ha'..l galo from the North East, she soon went to pieces and becamo a total wreck. From Spirits Bay Captain Knarston and a passenger named Bruen travelled ovorland to Parengarenga and reported tho disaster to Mr. of that place, that gentleman receiving thom with overy hospitality. Finding tho schooner Mariner lying there loading for Auckland, and not to sail for a few days, Captain Knarston determined to proceed back to tho scone of tho wreck, and accordingly started again tho next day, arriving tliore on Wednesday last, tho 12th. The vessel was then all to pieces, a heavy galo having prevailed from the N. E., and nothing was to bo scon of lior but straggling fragments along the beach. Capt. Knarston then started back again for Parengarenga with one of the other passengers, a Mr. "Viddell, when it was found that tho sclioonor Mariner was | loadod and ready for sea. Left Parengararga in tho I schooner on Sunday morning last, but had to anchor at tho Hends that night owing to calm woather; next morning tho Torquill'B lifeboat camo round from tho wreck at Spirits Bay with four of her crew, all of whom at once came cn board tho Mariner and

took passage for Auckland ; theso reported that four others of tho crow and passengers had arrived at Parengarenga, overland, leaving a certain number behind to take chnrgo of the property saved. The schooner proceeded on hor passage on Monday morning last, and arrived hero yesterday evening, bringing Captain Knarston (commander), Mr.Bruen and Mr. Videll (passengers), the second officer and three of tho crew of tho Torquil." Capatin Knarston states that after leaving tho vessel neither ho nor tho crew had much chance of saving anything, so that tho most of them havo arrived hero dostitute of clothing and necessaries; but the portion of the crew that areleft behind at Parengaranga we feel sure will bo well cared for by Mr. Yates, at whose place they aro lodging. In support of this Captain Knarston lias requested us to return his heartfelt thanks on behalf of himself, his crew, and pnssergcrs, for tho kind treatment and warm hospitality shown towards them by Mr. Yates, at whoso house they first arrived, as olbo that of Captain Stroud, of'the schooner Mariner, in giving them a freo pasage to Auckland, and doing all in his power to add to their comfort and convenience. The Torquil was a fino barque of 294 tons, and visited this port some twelve months Bince in the command of Captain Knarston; since thon she has visited Newcastle, San Francisco, Melbourne, Dunedin, and the Islands. She was owned by Mr. H. S. Smith, of Molbourno, and wo believe insured. Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlano are agents here for Captain Knarston. The following condensed extracts from the log kept by the chief officer of the Torquil we give in substantiation of the above report of tho disaster :— 1 "June 3.—a.m. Ship labouring heavily, main rigging getting very shaky, ship settling down from the foreto i the aft hatchway ever since we left Maiden Island, > making water all the time, and Bho is now by the ' stanchions inches settled. " June 4.—Ship stilly labouring heavily ; the water 1 in the well increasing, and guano in the bilge ; ship I • settling 5 inches by tho stanchions. " June s.—Pumps constantly going, a great quantity of guano in the pumps, and continually coming up—every appearance of choking. The Three Kings , in sight. P.M.—Alarming sea breaking over; the , ship now nine miles off tho Three Kings; ship still 1 sinking, and the pumps nearly choked. At 11 a.m. this day received a requisition signed by all hands, stating the ship to be unseaworthy, and ns thoy wero in danger of foundering requested the captain to put ! the ship about for the nearest place of safety. ; Towards nigl t the ship made more water, and the 7 pumps were constantly attended to every haif-hour. t " June 6, a.m. —Still in sight of the Kings, sis i miles distant; pumps continually going, with large r quantities of guano still coming up. P.M.—State of t the pumps become more dangerous; gradually y choking ; bottom sinking. , " June 7. —a.m. Put the ship in for tho land at i midnight, when some cracking noise was heard fore ward by the watch on deck, which the carpenter » reported to be some beams breaking forward. At 7 S a.m. gave her all cunvns, receiving another ro- ! quisition from all hands on hoard stating that the t ship was not in a position to proceed further with i safety to life. Stood straight in for Spirits Bay f (near Cnpe Maria), got anchors and boats ready for 1 use and beached the ship at 4.15 p.m. civil time, t dropping both anchors. "June B.—After saving all possible from the wreck, t the captnin proceeded overland to Parengarenga, the r nearest settlement, where the circumstances were a communicated to Mr. Yates, and upon his return he . found the vessel a total wrpek and all to pieces."

The cutter Four Sisters, left Coromandcl for this port on Sunday last, b,ut was compelled to put back again for shelter on Monday, through adverse weather. She had not taken her departure when the Petrel, which arrived last evening after a very quick run, sailed on Monday night last. The Covxtess or BurEEii.—This fine ship, Capt. Btuart, apj oir.ted to take home the Military Train, is almost ready for sea, and will be officially inspected to-day by Capt. Spain, transport officer, and a board of officers. The Maiii>eh.—The schooner Mariner, Captain Stroud, airived in harbour last evening from Parengarcrga, .North Cape, bringing a full cargo of 275 boxes of kauri gum, consigned to Mr. O. Davis, also several passergers. She has made a good run along the coast, having only left on Sunday laßt, had strong Equally south-west weather, and arrived here last evening at 5 o'clock. Passed the barque Hevereham and schooner Sea Breeze, bound out, off the Hen and yesterday. The Mariner will discharge her cargo this day into the ship Warwick, for London, after which she proceeds back to the north for another cargo. Captain Knarston and crew of the wrecked barque Torquil are passengers by the Mariner, full particulars of which disaster appear in our other columns. Owing to the amount of work to bo done, and other preliminaries, the departure of the twin screw steamer Tauranga, for Tauranga and Opotiki, has been unavoidably postponed until this evening. The Kate.—The clipper cutter Kate, Captain McKenzie, arrived in harbour yesterday afternoon from Wangarei, after another fine run of 18 hours (including detention at Kohimarama), and bringing a cargo of produce, maize, 1 head cattle, &c., also 4 passengers. She left Wangarei on Monday night last, had squally weather on the coast, landing her live stock, at Kohimarama yesterday morning, and then coming up harbour. The cutter Wangarei hcnce, had just arrived at the heads when the Kate sailed, but there were no vessels loading there at tlu.t time. The Kate Grant, Bchooner, Captain Matzen, had left Wangarei for Ngaruru. A Bteamer, apparently coming from Cape Colville (the Sturt) was seen running into the Kawau at daybreak yesterdav morning. The cutter Alacrity, Captain Smith, left last evening for the Wade with a general cargo and Beveral passengers. The rutter Tay, from Matakana, brought up a cargo of firewood yesterday. The cutter Jta.ngatir.-i, Emanuel, mnster, brought a cargo of produce, &c., from the Wa'de yesterday. Toe Stab oi- the South.—The s.s. Star of the South, Captain Bcndall, steamed at a late hour last .night for Napier, with a full general cargo, horses &0., and several passengers. She also took the shipment of importejl prize stock, just arrived from London per ship Ironside. The Circular Saw brig Busan, Captain Poulsen, is announced to sail neain for Newcastle, N.S.W., 'on Eriday next, forwarding passengers on to Sydney. The cutter Orpheus, Glover, master, took her departure for Coromandel last night, with a general cargo and G passengers. The schooner Mapere, Captain Shipherd, from Wangarei and Mangapai, arrived in harbour yestorday morning with produce and passengers, having left the latter place on Sunday night last. The Mapere sails again for Wangarei and Mangapai thiß evening. The cutter Don, Captain Wilson, sailed Inst niglit for Wangapoa with sundries and 2 passengers. The schooner Ivanhoe, Capt. McGregor, sailed last evening for Mongonui, with a general cargo and four passengers. The p.g. Enterprise, No. 2, Capt. Davies, leaves for Omah and Wangarei this evening. The schooner Lily brought up a cargo of firewood from Wailioki last evening.

Tho cutter Petrel, Captain Dornwell, arrivod last evening, from Coromandel, with produce and passengers. Tho sclioonor Vistula, Captain Paton, was to sail either lato last night or early this morning for Wangapoa, to load a full cargo of 90,000 feet Bawn simber for Oamaru. '■ | The cutter Alarm, Captain Seymour, arrivod in harbour yesterday afternoon from Mangawai, bringing a cargo of prodnco and 13 passengers. Sho mado a good run up tho coast, having only left Mangawai at 8 p.m. tho previous evening, "t.: Tho cutter Glanco, Captain Dixon, loft last night for Matakana with sundries, and 5 passengers. Malden Ist,anii Siiirriuo. —Captain Knarston, of tho Torquil (recently wrecked on this coast), informs us that tlioro woro no vessels loading at Maiden for the colonies when ho sailed on tho stli May. The ship Figaro had sailed for Boston, U.S.A., a week previous to that dato.