Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1158, 31 July 1867, Page 3

Shipping Intelligence.

AUCKLAND. WEATHeb.— July 30.—Bain. Wind N.E.-, strong. ABRIVAIiS. JTJLT 30. Sea Breeze, schooner, 70 tons, Norris, from Russell, with 30 head cattle, 50 sheep, 2 tons gum, 8 pasSpeedwell, ketch, 35 tons, Bolger, from Bay of Islands, with 8 tons gum, 4 pigs, 4 kits dried fish, 8 cases sundries, 5 passengers. Kingdovo, cutter, 22 tons, "Wallace, from Wsngaroa, with 5 tons gum, 2000 shingl-s, 2000 palings. Frances, cutter, Sullivan, from Hot Springs, with skirigl£3 and firewood. "* Kob Hoy, cutter, 23 tons, Edwards, from Waikswou, with timber. Mary, schooner, 23 tons, Smith, from Waiheke, with firewood. Mory Ann, cutter, 19 ton?, Wood, from Waifcawou, with timber. Four siaters, cutter, Hatfield, from Puhoi, with Warerly, brig, 217 tons, Forsayth, from Paquiea, Bolivia, with 800 tons guano.—Cruickshank, Smart, and Co., agents. Mavis, schooner, 30 tons, Purchas, from Taurauga and Jlotite, with 230 bags maize, 2 tons potatoes, and 11 natives. - . . Dot, schooner, 20 tons, Ferguson, from Pakiri, with shingles end produce. Enterprise, No. 2, p.s.j fro in M&bur&Dgij with produce and passengers. INWARDS COASTWISE. ■JULY SO. , Bob Boy, from the. Thames, with IS.COO feet , timber ; Kenilworth, from Kennedy's Hay, with . 41,000 feet timber. Passengers—4. Cruickshank, , Smart, and Co., agents.—Four Sisters, from Puhoi, Wangepoa, with 4,500 shingles, 1J tons gum, 1$ tons potatoes, 2 cases pumpkins, 1 fishing net. Passenger J _1. MaTis, from Xauranga, via Matete, with 230 maize, 2 tons potatoes. Passengers—ll.—Dot, I from "Wangarei, with 40 tons firewood; Ivanhoe, j from Mongonui, with 6 tons gum, 1 roll zinc, 2 boxes ( lusrgage; Harriett, from Kikowakarere, with 10,000 , feet sawn timber. ■ Passengers—2.—Boyd, from Mer- , cury Bay, with 60 tons firewood, 4 boxes eggs, 6 cwfc. , kauri gum. OUTWARDS COASTWISE. ] JPLT 30. j Bob Boy, for Kennedy's Bay, with 1 ton flour, j 1 ton potatoes, 20 packages groceries.—Cruickshank, Smart, and Co., agents. Lady Wynyard, for Mahia, Hawke's Bay,with 50 empty casks. INWARDS FOREIGN. JULY 30. Warerley, 217 tons, Forsayth, from Paquiea, Bolivia, with 301 tons guano, 3 sacks seeds.—Cruickshank, Smart, and Co., agents. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Fes londok. —Ironside, Sept. 14. Sydney.—Auckland, b.b., 2nd August. Napieb and Southern Pobts.—Lord Ashley, August 12. Napier aet> East Coast.—Betsey, to-day; Star of the South, to-day. - • Takanaki akd Southern Poets.—Phoebe and Wellington (from the Manukau), August 3. Katpaea.—Prince Alfred, (from Manakau),

• August 1. - . • WAn'G-abei. —Enterprise, No. 2, and Argo, Wednesday 31st. Oi'oxixi. — Whitby, to-day; Tauranga, • s.s. Wednesday. . r . South Sea Islands. — Eate Grant, , to-day ; HercuJes,-to-day. Poteety Bat am) i-'AST Coast.—Bittern, early. Mohgoktjx.—lyanh-oe, early. Ba? op Islands. —Sea Breeze, early. Make tit.—Whitby, to-day. Bivebhead.—Gemini, s.s., daily, at 11 a.m. Taubanga^—Tatiranga, s.s., Wednesday; Sovereign of the Seas, early. Thames Gold Fibid.—Tauranga, s.s,, Enter- -: prisa_No. 2,.Comifallr, Ttlne-Bell,-Wednes-day (to-morrow). STew Caledonia.—Eemlworth, early. StANeAPAi.—Argo, Wednesday, 81st. AKEIYAL OF THE WAVEBLY. The brig Wayerly, in command of our old acquaintance Captain.iforsayth, arrived in liarbour at an eiiriy hour yesterday morning, bringing a full 1 cargo of 300 tons guano, consigned to Messrs. Cruickshani, Smart, and Co. The Waverly sailed from Auckland in the month, of November last, and daring her absence has made an intermediate trip from P a quica to Coronel, for a cargo of coals, (she left Paquica, Bolivia, for Auckland on the 17th May, and passed through the Islands in latitude .15 south, righting several of them. Cape Brett was sighted on 'Xhursdaym'ght last, /when a heavy gale, bearing from N.E. to E.S.TS. was encountered. The vessel was hove to on the starboard tack until Saturday, when the gale moderated, and Cape Brett was again sighted on Sunday morning. Had favorable winds on the coast, and arrived in harbour at half-past three o'clock yesterday morning. The cutter Lady Wynyard has cleared for Mahia, Hawke's Bay, end. sails this morning. The cutter Bessy has been laid on for tho Thames gold fields, and will sail to-day. Tub Johantta.—We have been requested to state by Mr. McKay, the owner of the Johanna, that he has no doubt as to the safety of the Bchooner Johanna, and expects to hear of her daily. The cutters Kob Boy, and Maiy Ann, both arrived with timber yesterday, to be transhipped on board the brigantine William for Wellington. The Matis.—The schooner Mavis, Captain rnrchae, arrived in harbour from tauranga and Motite yesterday morning, with a cargo of 230 bags ■maize, 2 tons potatoes, and 11 natives from the latter place, ghe sailed from Tauranga on Friday last and Motite on Sunday. Sighted the cutter Sovereign of the Seas, bound out on Monday evening. The p.s. Enterprise No. 2, returned from Mahurangi, yesterday morning with settlers' produce and several passengers. The brig Pakeha sailed from Newcastle for this port on the 16th instant, with coals and some cargo from Melbourne. She is now 14 days at sea and may bfl expected hourly. The hxigantine Stranger, -which sailed from Adelaide on the 6th instant, is also overdue. Both vessels are consigned to Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlane. The brig Woodlark -will probably 1)0 the next toival from Sydney. She was to leave for thiß port on the 17th instant. The WeAthzh.—The wind suddenly changed early yesterday morning, and blew strong from K.E. and ®-W. throughout the day, accompanied with heavi tun. The cutter Bingdove, Wallace, master, arrived from Wangaroa yesterday with 6 tons gum, 2000 shingles, and 2000 palings. She sailed from Wangaroa at 9 p.m. on Monday, and reports the schooner Helen as loading for the Bay of Islands. The Avon had also arrived at Wangaroa. Causes opßisk in Ibon "Ships.—Attention was prominently called to this subject at the meeting of the Maritime Insurance Company, Liverpool. The risks on iron ships were considered to be unduly great—lst. From the use of cement and iron ballast. Vessels at present, it was Btated, were constructed to float on rather than in the water, and consequently the? had to be weighted down to a certain depth by iron. For instance, a first, class merchantmen (Al twenty years at Lloyd's) had 200 tonß weight of iron on her ties and rivets. . Tho space too, occupied by iron ballast, it was urged, fUlad the space which Otherwise would be occupied by the leakage water, ana the water thus ftfreed to an undue height often injured the cargo. 2nd. The deviation of the compasses was another cause of risk, and it was recommended that all iron ships, should carry a compass twenty feet above. the deck. on the mainmast. The allowance made.by masters for their deviation, it was Baia, was not nearly sufficient. 3rd. It was urged that another great cause of risks was attributable to fact that young and inexperienced commanders were allowed to 'have the command of vessels, and that old and experienced masters were not sufficiently "foraged. . It was also recommended that not only suould more care be taken with the ' compasses, but _'a*t the instructions with regard to the use of.the f. should be very, strict, and that underwriters and B^on^ ' endeavour to show - their, ap-: preewtwa of careful and " experienced na'viga-1 British Trad? Qimlar, M«oh 2. ,

The B,s. Star of the South was detained fror sailing for Napier last evening owing'to the unsettlei state of the weather. The Prances, cutter, returned from the Hot Spring yesterday with shingles and firewood. The s.B. Tauranga was detained from sailing fo: tho Thames yesterday owing to the unfavourabli state of the weather. The Speedwell—The Icetch Speedwell, Captair Bolgcr, has made a splendid run of 17 hours frorr the Bay of Inlands. She left llussell at 9 p.m. or Monday evening, and arrived in port at 2 p.m. yesterday, bringing 8 tons gum, 4 pigs, 3 cases sun' dries, 4 kits dried fish, and the following passengers —Mr. and Mrs. Hill, Mr. Levy, Mr. Howe, and Miss ScullioD. I The Sciioonee Sea. Breeze—The schooner Sea Breczn, Captain Norris, arrived in harbour last evening, from Kufsell, Bay ofl3lnnda. She left Kussell on Tuesday last and has experienced very heavy weather on the coast. She arrived at Kohimarama yesterday morning, where she discharged her cattle and skeep. Her cargo consists of 50 sheep, 30 head of cattle, 2 tons gum, 1 ton pork, 2 casks oil. She also brought 8 passengers from Kussell. The Sea Biceze is announced to sail again this evening. Wbeck and Totaii toss op the Basque H. M. Wabfield,—On Thursday morning lust, the njan at the look-out station observed a vessel off Bird Island Point, lying as if sho was-at anchor. He at once reported the oircumstance to Captain Allan, tlio harbour-mas tor, who could not. ao the time, tell what the vessel was doing there; but, fearing she was ashore, lie communicated with the steam-tug companies, thinking they might despatch a tug to the Bpot. At 12 o'clock, however, the brig Wave, Captain Wilkinson, arrived, and ' reported tliat a large barque was sunk off Bird Island Point, and stated that all her masts were standing and her Bails sot. Captain Allen got tlio Government Bteam-tug Cy:lops (in oharge of Captain Price), and proceeded, in :ompany with Pilot Taylor, and a boat s crew, to tho :ceno of the wreck. On arriving there Captain Allan bund the wreck to be that of the well-known trader he H.M. Warfield. She was full of water, and on ihore within a hundred feet of the projecting land off Bird Island Point, wich deep water close to her. He >bservedpart of the sails unbent, and both boats ;one; efforts appeared to have been made to get the ressel off as an anchor had been run out and hove ight. The vessel had every appearance of becoming i total wreck. Captain Allan landed in a boat, in a imall bay, and, together with the boat's crew, walked lome distance in shore, but saw no appearance of tho srew, or any signs of their having been any other vreck near the same place. A portion of a lifebuoy, irith "City of Newcastle painted upon it, was jicked up about thirty feet above high water mark, rad had the appearance of being a long time exposed o the weather. Captain Allan being of opinion the

crew bad gone 011 to Sydney by one of the numerous coasters which pass Bird Island, on their way to Sydney, he returned to Newcastle, and arrived at 9 o'clock the same evening. The H. M. Warfield, it appears, left this port on Wednesday evening last, bound for Sydney: wind steady, and blowing off the land. It is supposed that owing to the low land projecting off Bird Island Point, being covered with haze, and the watch on hoard not seeing the land, the vessel struck the rocks whilst scudding along at the rate perhaps of sis or seven knots an hour. An anchor was got out, and every effort made to get the vessel off, but she soon filled with water. The men remained by the vessel all that afternoon, and were taken on to Sydney by the schooner Alert, which happened to be passing.—Jieiceastle Chronicle, July 6. \Vbeck or the Pmnce Consort Steaxbb.—On Saturday evening the Xeith and Clyde Shipping Company's fine steamer Prince Consort struck on the rocks on the coast of Kincardineshire, within three miles of Aberdeen, and became a" total wreck. The Prince Consort left Leith on Friday evening at 7 o'clock, and should have been in Aberdeen by about 3in the morning; but owing to the dense fog which prevailed all night only half steam was put on, and when the vessel struck the engines had been stopped. The fog was so thick that the rocks were not observed till the yessel was almost upon them, and nothing could be done to save'her. She struck upon what is known as the Allten Hock, just opposite the fishing village of Burnbank, her head swung round to the sea, and she went broadside on to another rock some 300 yards farther to the south, fortunately there was little wind, and the sea was moderate, else she would have gone to pieces immediately. As it Wfi', She half an liour went "down- The boats were at

unco gut um wnen cne vessel bctuck, dul one 01 tflem swamped. i s art of tho passengers were got ofF in the other. Very luckily the Burnbani fishermen were out looking at their nets, it being about a quarterpast 5 o'clock, and immediately rowed to the wreck and took of the reat of the passengers and the erew. There waa about 50 passengers and 33 of a crew. The master, Captain Parrot, was very unwilling to leave the wreck, and he was not two minutes off when tne vessel went down, leaving nothing but the funnel ■risible. The fishermen exerted themselves to save as much as possible of tho luggage and cargo—a large and valuable one of general goods, and had it not been for their opportune assistance, half of the souls on board must have gone down. The Prince Consort was first built, about ten years ago, in Glasgow for .the Leith and Clyde Shipping Company. About foiir years ago—on 11th March, 1863—she struck on the north pier when entering the haibou'r at Aberdeen in a very heavy sea. She went to pieces then, and was afterwards rebuilt at Aberdeen, tiho was a fine paddle steamer—iron—of 392 tons burden, and engines of 300 horse-power. She has been om& panded all along by Captain Parrot. Sheewa insured for a pretty laTge amount. Ihe passengers were conveyed or walked to Aberdeen by the road, and accommodation provided for them by the company, who also forwarded such of them as wished who were going northward to Wick and Orkney by the train. Many, however, having lost all their luggage and money, could not proceed. A good deal of the cargo and luggage haß been saved and ' taken charge of by the coastguard. The vessel is a total wreck—the fore part of the stern being quite under water, and the middle (the engines, paddles, &c.) are lying on the rock, and partly uncovered at low water. It is said that a man who has only recently arrived in this country from Australia with his wife and family forgot in the hurry of leaving the sinking vessel to take with him his savings, amounting to £1800, and that another left a £50 note and a gold watch under his pillow.—Glasgow Weekly Mail, May 18. • The Paris Exhibition has' received a curious and unexpected addition to the Navigation Section—a steam yacht from Peeth, the capital of Hungary. This vessel arrived on Saturday, and is now moored in the Seine. She is 20 French metres (the metre is 3 feet 3£ inches) long, 2 metres 33 centimetres wide, only 56 deep, and her engines are of six horse-power. She is called the ETableany (Daughter of the Waves), and belongs to Count Edmond Szechenyi. She waa 42 days in making the voyage from Pesth to Pariß. She went by the Danube, by the Imdwig Canal (Dunube to. the M«ino), by the Meine; Rhine, and by different canals in, "ITranc© to tho Seino* She was commanded during 1 the voyage by her owner, assisted by M. Follmann, of the Pesth Bowing Club. Her crew consists of an engineer, a Btoker, a man, and a boy. She is very pretty in form, is elegantly fitted up, and is painted white, with gold ornaments.- The vessel contains a saloon, a sleeping cabin, and a kitchen, in addition to other i accommodation. She is the first vessel that ever went from Pesth to Paris, or was ever seen at Paris under i the Hungarian flag. Her owner, Count Szechenyi, (he is son of the celebrated Hungarian statesman), is an experienced fresh-water mariner. He possesses a regular license as capta\n> for the navigation of the Danube, and some years ago he rowed himself in a small boat from Rotterdam to Pesth. by the Bhine and the Danube.. On reaching Germany, on bis way to Paris, he was advised not to attempt to go on the Bhine with hia frail vessel without the help of a tugboat, but he refused to accept assistance.—Mitchell's Steam Register, Mav 25. POBT OP ONEHUJS T GA. ARRIVED. JULY 30. Sea Bell, cutter, 27 tons, James Sullivan, master, from Pakihi, in ballast. The p.s.. Prince Alfred, A. Farquhar, master, will ' leave the new Government whart to-morrow, for 1 Kaipara. ■ «• Captain Wheeler, will leave from cff_the White Bluff, cn Friday at noon, for Taranaki ana southern ports. • - ' .The fl.B. "Wellington, Captain Benner, will leave 1 on Saturday, at noon, for Taranaki and southern' ; ports, carrying the southern and Panama English! mails. .... ■ , , . . !' The schooner Little Fred, W. Champioiir master,' i t, 'expected hourly to arrive from the Boiler River, J