SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IX, Issue 2488, 16 January 1872, Page 2

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS. Hero, s.s., Logan, from Svdnev rind Melbourne, Jan. 13. Wallabi, s.s., from Wanganui. Mary Ann Christina. IVurson, from Kaipara. Ivanhoe, schooiii'T, Mc<sretror, from Mongouui. Xiiutitia, sehooii'T, Pavi<, from the Kijis. Clyde, schooner, Anderson, from Waiigarei.

DEPARTURES. Taurang.i, schooncr, hilars, for Dauntless, schooner, Moller, for Tannn:;?..

PROJECTItI) DEPARTURES. London. —City of Auckland, .Jan. IS. Stdnev. Hero, s.s., ITt'.i inst. ; City of Adelaide sth prox. Newcastle. — Frowning Ito.nitv, to-day. Samoa.—Kenihvorth, ":':d in-.t. Southern I'oiits.—Taranaki, s.s., "Wednesday.

VESSELS EXriiUTED. U.S. Man of War St. Mary, from Sydney. Uapiei, s.s , from Xapier. Cadueens ship, from London, sailed Get. IS. Naomi, from London, sailed Nov. lti. l-Vrmlale, baniue, from Liverpool. Alice Cameron, barque, from Sydney, sailed nth inst. Queensland, barque, from Newcastle ; left "-ill inst. Coronet, schooner, from Tahiti. il;igeli:ui Cloud, schooner, f.o;n Chatham Islands. Amateur, schooner, from Lyttelton. Grace Darling, schojner, from Melbourne ; left 3rd inst.

IMPORTS. Per s.s. "Wallabi, from \Van2amli, GO head cattle, 250 sheep, order—A. Barnes, agent. The schooner Mary Ann Christina arrived in harbour from ICaipara on Sunday evening last, with a cargo of won! and gum.

The s.s. Hero, from Sydney and Melbourne, arrived in harbour 011 Saturday afternoon last , bringing a full fzeneral cargo, and over 50 passengers. Of the passage Captain Logan reports as follows :—Left Sydney and cleared the Heads at G 30 p.m. on the 6t.li instant ; rounded the North Cape at 7.15 p.lll oil the 12th, and arrived in Auckland harbour at 3 p.m. 011 the 13th. On the passage across the Hero has had to contend against very strong head winds, accompanied with cloudy and thick hazy weather, occasional heavy showers of rain, and a very heavy head sea, until arrival off the Three Kinss, on Eriihiy Ql3lh) at 2 p.m. ; since then a heavy easterly snell, with the wind moderate, still easterly, and fine warm weather have prevailed. We are indebted to Mr. Cogswell, the purser, for the prompt delivery of our files and other favors. Passengers. From Melbourne—Suloon : Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, two children, and servant; Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson, two children, and nurse; Mrs. T". Gardiner, Miss Thome, Miss A. Sumner, Mr. Salter, Mr. and Master Brisseuden, Mast r Sumner, Sigtior Donato ; and eight in the steerage. From Sydney— Saloon : Mr. and Mrs. Mason, ?.Ir. and Mrs. Smith, Miss St. John, Messrs. Hausunm, Gritton, Donelly, Sampson, George, Young; and IS in the steerage. —Cruiekshank, Smart and Co., agents. — £J'he above was inadvertantly omitted from our yesterday's issue.] The s.s. Wallabi, Captain Daniels, arrived in the Manukau yesterday from Wanganui. Passengers, Messrs. Aliddleton and Seaten.— A. Barnes, agent. The s.s. Wallabi will leave Onehuuga for Wanganui at noon to-morrow. The p.s. Comerang will leave for Russell at 4 o'clock to-morrow (Wednesday). The time tables of the steamers Golden Crown and Challenger, for the ensuing week, will be found in our advertising columns. The barque Frowning Beauty, Captain Harrison, will take her departure for Newcastle this morning. The barque Queensland left Newcnstlo for Auckland on the sth iustant, with 470 tons coal and 5 tons coke, consigned to Messrs. Henderson and Mnclarlane. The schooner Merlin cleared for the Thames yesterday with 10 tons machinery for the Caledonian Company. The schooners Dauntless and • left for Taura::ga last evening. The schooner Ivanhoe arrived from Mongonui yesterday morning. She brought 20,000 feet of timber, and four passengers. The schooner Clyde, Andcson, master, arrived from Wangarei last evening, with a cargo of gum, & The schooner Lost ilia, Captain Davis, arrived last night, from Levuka, after a smart passage of eight, tfays. She experienced strong easterly and youth-easterly winds until making the coast. She brings a ton and a half of cocoanut oil, and twelve passengers. A statement made by the captain of the brig Moa, the captain of the brig Pfiel, and the mate of the schooner .Sea Breeze, with regard to the wreck of the latter vessel (announced in this journal several days fully exonerates Captain Austin from all blame. The heavy rollers carried the Sea Breeze on to Starbuck Island, and so caused her loss. An official inquiry was held at Greenwich on the 19th October, IS7I, into the circumstances attending tlie loss of the Ur.derlev, which was stranded 011 the 26th September, 1871, off the Isle of Wight. The Court decided that the stranding occurred through the carelessness of the pilot, but that Mr. Edward Hudson Tidmarsh, the master of the Underley, was in fault, for improperly leaving his ship in tlie solo charge of a person whose compulsory duties, as defined by law, had ceased at Dungeness. The Court, therefore suspended for three months Mr. Tidmarsh's certificate of competency as master, No. 6832.—Mitchell's Register, November 3. An unusual, though by no means unprecedented, occurrence, says the Xeiccastle Chroniclc, is reported by Captain Loekyer, of the barque King Oscar. His account of it is much as follows : The barque sailed from Hobartown for this port 011 the 12th instant, and on the 15th, when thirty miles to tlie eastward of Cape Howe, sighted a sperm whale, distant about three hundred yards, and proceeding in the same direction. The monster fish remained in company some considerable time—four days, it is said—and finally it was seen to lift its head out of the water and make a furious dash at the vessel, striking her with tremendous force and careening her over several streaks. Those who felt the shock compare it to the striking of a vessel on a rock, so violent was it. The pumps were at. ouce sounded, but, at first, it was supposed that no material damage had been done ; subsequent sounding showed, however, that the barque was making water at the rate of six inches an hour, and this she continued doing up to date of arrival, the 26th instant. Tlie King Oscar will not repair here, but taking a light freight to Melbourne, will there receive a thorough overhaul, and have all damage made good. The following is the substance of an opinion recently given by the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, and the Queen's Advocate, viz.:—" 1. That side-lights and lanthorus, otherwise unexceptionable, fixed in such a position that they may be obscured by the lower corners of the ship's square foresail cannot be considered to be fixed as required by Article 3 of the regulations. 2. 111 the event of such side-lights and lanthoms beim* so fixed that the lower corners of the square foresail can obscure either or both such lights, the surveyors or inspectors may require the master or owner of the ship either to move the lanthornß further forward, and to fix them where the lights cannot be obscured, or to cut off so much of the lower corners of her square foresail as causes or is likely to cause such obscuration. 3. In the event of such master or owner neglecting or refusing to alter the position of the lanthorns, or cut away such portion of her lower courses as the surveyor or inspector may direct, such surveyor er inspector may report the fact ts tho Collector of Customs for tho purpose of sfojjping tho ship, and such collector may refuse to grant the vessel a clearance, under section 30 of the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862, until he receives a report from tho surveyor or inspector to the effect that his requirements have been complied with. 4. If, after a vessel has bsen passed by such surveyor or inspector as carrying properly constructed and fixed lanthorns and lights the master fixes them in such a position that

they may bo or aro obscured by the vessel's square forcsnil, am! are not, under aueh circumstanced, visible for a distance of two miles from nln-iul to two points abaft the b.am, on the- respective sides, as required by Article 3, resi ! in connection with Article 20 of tlie regulations, such muster will be fjuillv of a misdemeanour, under section 27 of the Mi rchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, ISG2. Alexander Longman-, master of the Challenge, having been convicted on the 2nd August, 1871, at Sydney, New South Wales, of two charges of assault on natives of the South Sea Islands, whoui he was endeavouring to kidnap, and who were unlawfully imprisoned and detained on board the Challenge ngninst their will, in April, 1871, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in Sydney gaol for the first oll'ence, and one year's imprisonment for the second. The Board of 'Trade have in cjnscquenee cancelled Alexander L'.uginiur's certificate of service as master, Ho. 50,551.