SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IX, Issue 2520, 22 February 1872, Page 2

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS. Wellington, s.s., Kennedy, from Southern ports. Willie Winkle, Grundy, from Port Waikato. Lady Bowen, p.s., from Mahurangi. Cambria, schooner, Smith, from Kennedy's Bay, DEPARTURES. Star of the South, s.s., llolmes, for Napier. Flora McDonald. Keuuy, for Ra«lan. St. Kilda, s.s., Flowerday, for WanganuL PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Sydn'FA*.* -Hero, s.s., to-day. Xom—Caduccus, early. New York. — t'erndale, barque, early ; Queensland, barque, early. Honolulu. —Nevada, p.s., to-day. SoirrfiKUN* Ports.— Keera and Plioibc, early. Tahiti,—Queen, to-day. VESSHXS EXPECTED. Nebraska, p.s., from Honolulu. Nevada, p.s., from the South. City of .Melbourne, s.s , from Sydney ; left 16th inst. "Phrvbe, s.s., from the South. Keera, s.s.. from the South. Naomi, from London, sailed Nov. 16. Wild Puck, ship, from London ; sailed Dec. 10. Helenslec. ship, from London ; loading. Moa, litis, from Melbourne : left 4th inst. Frowning Beauty, from Newcastle, eariy. Kalahoiuc, barque, from Adelaide. Bella Mary, from flobart Town, early. Byron, brig, from Sydney, early. Macquarie, schooner, from Melbourne. Amherst, schooner, from Sydney, early. Coronet, schooner, from Tahiti IMPORTS. Per s.s. Wellington, from Soufhorn ports: —Transhipped nt Wellington, ox Albion (under bond) —2 cases, -1 ditto vurui9h, Combes and Daldy. Shipped at Nelson (under bond) —1 case tobacco, Williamson. Shipped at Dunedin (free nud duty paid)—l trunk, Saunders ; 1 case, Combes and Daldy; 1 ditto, Home. From Lyttelcon — 5 cases liains and bacon, Q-. W. Owen ; 50 sacks wheat, SO ditto, Bycroft and Co. From Wellington : 10 kegs butter, Gr. W. Binney ; 1 parcel, Grilfillan ; 1 ditto, Combes and Daldy ; 1 case, Bonniugton and Co.; 1 ditto, Collector of Customs. From Pieton : 1 box: of gold dust (SCO ounces), Bank of New Zealand. From Nelson : 93 cases fruit, B. Tonka and Co. From New Plymouth : 1 case butter, A. Barnes ; 3 kegs ditto, Bennett ; 7 cases, 3 kegs. Clark ; 9 cases butter, 9 ditto nnd oggs. 5 kegs ditto, 5 cases, 2 kegs, A. Barnes.— Combes and Daldy, agents. EXPORTS. Per s.s. St. Kilda, for Wangauui:—s cases. Clark and Son ; -1 ditto, 1 bale, and 1 truss, order ; 6 doors, 3 packages sashes, 6 bundlos mouldings, 14 pieces cornice, 'IS ditto architraves, fc'ash and Door Company; 3 boxes hand grenades, 1 qr.-barrcl, 1 parcel, 1 case, 1 package, 4 packages sundries, 4 . rams. —A. Barnes, agent.

Per s.s. Star of the South, for JTapicr :—l9 cases. 2 hhds., 2 boxes, 38 bundles wire, 10 kegs staples, 19 kegs nails, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 4 cases, J. S. Alacfarlane ; 1 case, CruickBbauk ; 1 parcel, Levy ; 5 cases glas3. Ex Hero—l bale, Ivempthorne and Co.; 2 parcels, Upton; 5 crates, 1 book case, Lush ; 1 case, Lewis Brothers ; 1 parcel, Wayte ; 1 buggy, S packages. Ex Caduceus—2 cases acid, if. S. Meyers, 3 packages luggage, 10 caseß braudy, Cawkwcll.—J. S. Jlacl'arlane, agent.

The N.Z.S.S. Co.'s s.s. Wellington, Captain A. Kennedy, arrived at Onehunga yesterday evening, at 6 o'clock from tho Southern ports. She left Wellington at midnight on the 17th instant, arrived at l 3 icton at 5 30 a.m. on the 18th ; left again at 7 a.m., aud arrived at Kelson at 4 p.m. same afternoon, having experienced fine weather. She left elson on the 19th, at 5 p.m., and fell in with a terrilic B.E. gale crossing the Straits. She arrived at Taranaki at noon on the 20th, and sailed at 8 p.m., arriving off the Manukau bar at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, but could not cross until 4-30 p.m., it being then low water. The Wellington brings the following passengers : —Saloon : Miss Elliott, Miss Pratt, Mrs. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Coltier, Mrs. Wynot, Mrs. Seccombe, Messrs. Jones, Matheson, Pierson, Cameron, aud McSbaue. Steerage : Messrs. Banney, Mitchell, Jackson, Henry, Durham, Shomolin and Johnston.

The s.s. Hero, Captain Logan, will leave for Sydney and Melbourne at noon 10-day.

The s.s. St. Kilda, Captain Flowerday, took her departure for Wanganui yesterday, with the following passenge. a : Saloon—Mr. Brewer, Mrs. Ftirrah, Mr. Comper, Miss French. Steerage—Mr. Stevenson.

The s.s. Star of the South, Captain Holmes, took her departure for Napier last evening, with the following passengers :—Mrs. Newbegen, and three others.

The s.s. Wellington will leave Oneliunga for the South immediately on tbo arrival of the p.s. Nebraska from Honolulu, due on the 26th instant.

The s.s. City of Melbourne, from Sydney, ia due to-day.

The p.s. Novadn, from tho South, may bo oxpeeted in Auckland on Saturday next.

The p.s. Nevada shipped 370 bales of woo at LyUelton for Sail Francisco.

The p.s. Nevada will leavo for San Francisco, with the English mail, at 6 o'clock on Saturday evening.

The p.s. Nebraska will leavo Auckland for Southern ports on or about the 27th inat.

The p.s. Duke of Edinburgh will leave for the Bay of Islanda at noon to-day, calling at "Waugarei oil her way up.

The schooner Dauntless, Captain Moller, left for Tauranga last evening. The echooncr Cambria arrived from Kennedy's Bay yesterday, with 20,000 feet of sawn timber.

HjiThe schooner Clyde will leavo for Wangarei at the first favourable opportunity, having been detained in harbour several days through BtreßS of weather. The cutter Flora McDonald left Onehunga yesterday for Raglan, with a miscellaneous cargo. The cutter Willie Wilkie arrived yesterday morning from Port Waikato, with 3 pigs and a ton of flax. A race took place yesterday between Mr. Waymoutli'a yacht Energy, and Mr. Dacre's yacht Ripple. The Calypso would also have taken part in the race if she had not been smashed to pieces on the previous day. Tho object of the race was to test the powers of the boats in a strong breeze, the Energy having come in victorious in the yacht race on Saturday, when five boats started, and light winds prevailed. The course yesterday was from the Queen-street Wharf round a buoy moored off the North Head in the Rangit ito Channel, back to the wharf, and then again round the buoy, and back again. Captain Williams acted as starter. Tho boats got away together about noon. The wind was blowing strongly from the N.N.E., and both vessels stood as closely up to it as possible. The larger boat, the Energy, got a good lead almost at once, and increased it throughout the entire race, coming in victor by some thirteen minutea. Tho Energy reached home at 3h. 15min. 30sec.; the Ripple at 3h. 28inin. 30aec. The BtaUes were £5 a-side. .

A great number of men employed on shore near the wreck of the Sussex hare been discharged, as it has finally been dccided to send no more goods on shore, but to scncl them away by lighters to Melbourno. Up to Wednesday evening (says the Qcclong Advertiser) aa idea was entertained that it would be possible to suspend a wire rope between the ■vrreck and the shore, on which to slide tho goods along to the cliff, but tho idea was abandoned. A man had offered to make the connection between the ship and the Bhore, and if tho plan did not answer he would claim no payment. A few hands are Btill retained on shore to look after and save anything that may float from tho wreck. G-ood progress is being made in tho removal of the cargo, the divers being constantly kept busily going, and rafts are employed conveying the goods to the lighter and the shore. The latest depredation reported was committed a few evenings ago, and it seems to partuke more of the nature of a practical joke than a misdemeanour. It seems that the bell belonging to the wrecked ship was hung up in front of the tent whero thu men slept, and was used for calling them in tbe mornings. A few mornings ago it was found to be missißg, and although a search has been made, no trace of it has yet been discovered. It is that tbe noisy manner in which the

slumbers of tho men wore disturbed led to the removal of the bell. —Daily Telegraph, January 29. On Friday morning last, about flvo o'clock, Messrs. S. I. Fell and Hamilton Browne left Brooklyn, Arapawa Island, for Picton, in a boat usually used for the purpose. The morning was p&rticularly bright and calm, and the sea very smooth ; nothing afforded any indication of the terrible squall so shortly to come down upon the doomed men. When the boat with its occupants was about a milo from the starting point, an ominous appearance was observed upon the water, and tho boat was mado snug to receivo tho squall that was seen bearing down. After the canvas was all stowod, and all preparation made that could be, tho gale came on, and such was its force that it actually pressed the hull of tho boat beneath the water, when, of course, she filled. Leaving Mr. Fell on the boat, Mr. Browne started swimming for the shore, for the purpose of obtaining assistance for his unfortunate companion. Thinking the wiud would assist him to reach tho shore, Mr. Browno attempted to swim with the wind, but he found it so strong that ho was continually forced under water, and in great danger of being drowned. Finding he could do little good that way, ho began to swim against the wind, and, being a particularly strong swimmer, managed, aftor a long and arduous task, to reach tho shore, very nearly exhausted. During all the time Mr. Browno had been swimming in tho teeth of a galo towards the shore, the boat to which Mr. Fell was supposed to be clinging was carried towards the opposite shore. When the boat beached, it was searched, but no trace of Mr. Fell could be discovered. From tho time Mr. Browno left the boat until he reached tho shore, an hour elapsed, and ho is of opinion that Mr. Fell could not have remained upon the boat more than half that time, iu consequence of the turmoil between wind and waves. Search was made for the unfortunate man, but up to this timo his remains are undiscovered. — Marlborough Express Feb. 14.

Notice to Mabinehs, Tasmania.—The accompanying notice to mariners, respecting a sunken rock oil" the west coast of Tasmania, is published for general information :—" Sunken rock oil west coa9t of Tasmauia. Masters of vessels navigating the west coast of Tasmania are informed that Captain Harrisou, of the schooner Hally Bayley, has reported tho existcnco of a sunken rock, not marked upon the charts, about 13 miles off tho west coast of Tasmania; tho bearings are given as follow, viz.: —Cape Grim, N.E. J IS., distant 15 miles, and West Point S.E. b. E. £ E., distant 14 miles. The sea breaks heavily on the rock in bad weather, and the depth of water is supposed to be about three fathoais. —Chaeles B. Payne, Chief Harbourmaster."

Notice to Alajuxehs.—Treasury, Adelaide, January 10,1872. The following notice to mariners is published for general information (Arthur Bljthe, Treasurer): —Notice is hereby given that on and after the 15th Jan., 1872, a bright light will be exhibited from the Cape Jaffa Lighthouse, from sunset to sunrise. The lighthouse is situated on a reef off Capo Jaffa (Cape Bernouilli on the Admiralty charts), in latitude, 36 ° 57* 30" south •, longitudo, 139 ° 40' 20" east. The light is bright of the first order, on the holophotal revolving dioptric system, having eclipscs every twenty seconds, and will be visible all round the horizon to a distance of twenty miles. The height of the focal plane is 100 feet. Vessels approaching or passing this light should not come under sixteen (16) fathoms. By order, Geo, E. DeMole, Secretary, Marine Bo*rd Offices, Port Adolaide, sth January, 1872.