SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume X, Issue 2910, 27 May 1873, Page 2

SHIPPING.

arkitals. Luna, p.s„ Fairchild, from Wellington. Challenger, }ts., from ana the Hot schooner, from the Kan Coast. Xaaitia, schooner, from Tologa Buy. DEPARTURES. "Wellington, s.s., i. r Southern ports. Lalla Itookh. p.s., for Waikato. JU. llin. dciiuwiiei, for tiiissell. Vincent, eutt-.r, for Tauransa. protected dkpat!tures. Soi'THitns r<;itT«. —Tar-n- ki, early. gvnstv ash Mf.i.hoi'll>:k.—Hero, s.s , early. I\Ariiii, [mvciitv iv. and Wcllixuton.—Rani;atir:\, -'.s.. to--.l:iy. and Edinburgh Castle, ship?, eiirlv. Kkw u'uk. — East Lothian ana Thames, barques, early. , . Ota'l'i\—Duke of Edinburgh. schooner, tort Di;.\ ijfi'io l»r«tiulon, schooner, to-tUy-2si:v.- C \LiUr,)MA. - Colonist, schooner, to-day. EXPECTED. from tho ijmith. IVcc-dKirk. «h;p. from London: Mi.od H;b. Count ss of Kintove. ship, from London: sailed. Hvlten Cattle, ship, from London; sailed. Clanra.l,.l.l. .-hip. iiom JWi'V .sii'p, f rom ilo?to:i, v::i Mell-onrne. zintti.' iiaronc. from Liverpool: sailed Jan. 17. barque, from -<evv \ ork. via Nvitney. Gle:.eoe. oarijue, from ilunnliii: saued .May 10. Sus-'a-s '«eho,u.1:0111 I.eMika TZt-u-iie. fchooiur, from Tahiti. Prim 1 I'onn i. schooner from l.evuka._ Hvanhoe sehoone., f 'otr. New Caledonia. Dinah".-. -.'h'.'i'u'r, from l'uneiiin. TJi'ohi, S 'h"Oiu-r, frmi faiuoa „ , „ Southern Cro.-s, «Misstou schooner, from >orfolk J"ierv Cross, schooner, from tlie South Sea Islands. Edith, rchoener, from the South Seas. Clenatis ami Cclumlia, fi'-ui Xa;mT. exports. Tor 5.5. AVellington, for Southern ports : — Tor New Plymouth : 1 dray, Barnes ; 72 fe'lo. s. 1- shafts, Blimey; 10 cases rum, Caw's>veli ; 2 cases, 2 trusses, Clark and So:.? ; 1 bale paper. R.Lu<k; 1 case, 1 cask JIV• lionie tui'i Co.; 5 onst 1 ?, iloArthur ar.d Co. ■' l case, 1 bale, 5 drums, Stibb. l'or 3sei:(. i : 1 parcel, South Britis'ii Insurance Ce. ; 5 packages sashes, 25 uojrs, IS pieces sr?hi*raves, Sash and Door Co. ; 3 cases, B. lusk. for Port- Chalmers: 10 eases acid, Jvciiipihonie, l'rosser and Co. ; 2 bales leather, Ireland Bros. ; 1 parcel, _ Bulk Qf Xew Zealand ; 1 parcel, .">outn LritisiJ Insurance Co. —Combes and Daldy, agents.

The schooner Merlin has loft for Russell. The s.s. Southern Cs\>ss will leave for X.xurav«i to-dnv. Xho =.=. "Bowena will leave for Northern port:" to-cluy. A iie bi\rqu? AdeliieM yesterday l]K.ule.i alongside llie wharf. The schooner La'titiu his arrived from the Enst Coast, with a of rheepThe echoouor Colonist is announced to le3 v e to*rf>iv fo Ciih'ucniu. The schooner Clyde vri'.l leave for "Waugarei th■ => evening. The Kang:iliri will leave for Tauranga, ITajiier, Wellington, and the Southern ports to-cisv. Thi- Star of the Soul h will leare for the Bar of Islands at four o'clock to-icorrow afternoon. i'jie ji.s. Lulla Rookh his left for the Waito taUe up her servic for the W'aibato DL'ni'ispcrt C >mpany on the Waik'ito river. O-i. s of the b:irque Adelheid are reG'Je?ted to present bill? of ladinc, and pav to the agent. Mr. G-. W. limuey. Trie s.s. Wellington t-ok her departure fr.im the ilanuknu yesterday, for Southern Jji-.s, with v. _-eu2:-;'.l cergo and a number of pas.-eugers. Ad accounts ugainst the barque East X-jl'uian must be ser.t in to the owners, ilessrs. P.jb.-rt Walker and Cj., by -1 o'clock this iifternoor., or tV.ey will not be recognised. The Government p.s. Luna, Captain Fairarrived in ti:e ila'iuli;iu vest-erdnv lcot from Wellington. She brings as pasSi; .ers, t!:e lion. Dr. Pollen and tlie llo:i. G. ".J. O'Korke, 11. G.A. ; Mrs. O'Korke and family. 'Ihe schooner Tawcr.i has arrived from the E:ist Coast witli l(iS piys, 25 sacks barlt-y, 60 wbeai, 27 bales woo!, 10 casks tallcv.-, 10 savks sei'J, 1 ton of bones, i tun iron, i c..se= applet, 36 hides, and 0> Su..d!fs sheepskins. rp" a Siiip'3 Compass.—Dur- : y the htaring cf a charge of assault preferred by n si'imiiin named Thos. Campbell aanins'. Clias. ISltnehard, tlie tlrst officer of the Eh::: Luzon, heal - ! in the .Sandridgo Police Court reccmlv, some citrons revelations were •Fere -i;aje as to the condition of the compas? the ship was steered by during the voyage from Saigon to Melbourne. Ilie assault took o:i"t!:e morning of the lfj'.h of February. The first olEcer culled to Campbell, who had ju = t taken the helm, that he was allowing the ehip to brooch to, and, according to Campbell's aco::;!t, the chief ouieer came up ar.d struck liir", and '.hen got him down and kicked him several ii-nes. Tlie kicking v.as witnessed bytwo of the crew. Campbell and tlie ether wii'iesses s'ated that they always gave satisfaction iu steering other ships, but that notone oi' the men could steer with the compass they had on board the Luzon. This iustru? merit worked so badly that the mau at the v.'Leel required to pull a string every few miutites to make the card revolve. Tee 5".-ond ofTieer and one of the sailors thought t!ii cotapass was worn out, and that was the reason why :t required " touching up," as they expressed ii, ivith the string so frequently. The Piaster of tlio vessel described the pos.iion ol the ship when the assault took pla.-e as very critical, she being among currents and shcals, and yet such a useless piece of furniture as this compass must have b/fin it,depended upon to steer by. Mr. Buchanan, the master of the vessel, also stated that the compass was a very good one. I* was what he called a bad weather compass, with heavy bars, aud did not oscillate easily. A string was fastened to the girubles, and the men were ttisl ntcted to give a slight pull so £s to ciuse the compass to move. It was sta'.eil during the case that tlie wind was b'owing a good breezs at the time the assault occurred, and there was a heavy sea running. What weather was required to make the compass oscillate was not stated. In answer to a question, Mr. Buchanan stated that he changed the compass before he arrived in Melbourne, and that lie had tent the badweather one on shore. Mr. Mollison, P.M., sa:.t he bud never before heard of a compass t- at required to be pulled with a string before it would work. His thought the cause of the bad steering was the compass and not the complainant. If the chief officer had thrown the compass overboard instead of assaulting the seamun, he would have done a good action. He fined the defendant 205., ■with 40s costs.

Opening op the Claeence llydbaulic Dock at Malta. —A neiv hydraulic dock was opened on tlie 23rd ultimo, at Malta, wit.li great ceremony. H.M.S. Cruiser, which bud been experimentally lifted the previous day, was brought early into position ready for being taken on to the submerged pontoon, and punctually at noon, his Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Lady Van StraubL'uzec and his suite, arrived ; Kear-Admiral Superintendent Inglefleld, C.8., 3T.R.5., and Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, Mr. Scott Tucker, Mr. Emm&roon, aud Mr. Heed, C.8., tlie late Chief Constructor of the Navy, conducted bis Excellency and party to the place assigned for witnessing the operation. H.M.S. Cruiser was immediately drawn between the cylinders, and being placed on the blocks, Miss Paget, by special request, turned tho wheol that set the hydraulic rams in motion, on which the ship slowly and majestically rose until daylight was seen beneatti the level of her keel, tho bands of H.M.'s Bliipa Northumberland aud Invincible, which were on board her playing " Up she rises," " Up in a baloon, boys," and other well-known airs. At this stage of the proceedings a bottle of champagne was dashed against the lift by Miß3 Paget, who wished "Success to tho Hydraulic Dock Company," and a blue flag was unfurled bearing the words in white letters " The Clarence Hydraulic Lift," by which deeignation tho work will henceforth be known. The Governor and cjiii- ] rmv weret then conducted to a luncheon

in a pavilion gaily decorated with tho flags of »li and prepared for some six hundred guest.", including tlie personages of the island. At the luncheon, Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, in proposing " Prosperity to the Clarence Hydraulic Dock," said, " We are all here together for tho of inauguinting tho completion ofvhat I will venture to call a great national era, tho success of which has been proved under our oyes this morning. Vou have seen one of her M ajesty s ships brought into a dock, and lifted by a simple hydraulic process, and this by the hands of a voting lady. We know the extraordinary powers of tho fair sex, yet few would have s ipposed, until they had ocular demonstratiou of the fact, ihat one of them was capable of lifting 1500 tons 17 feet in 25 minutes. Such, iadierand gentlemen. is 'n illustration of the scientific progress of the age we live in. Later accounts inform us that the power of Ihe lifts have been fully and most successfully tested to tho full extent of the stipulated 3000 { nn 9, niid tho result lias been duly reported to the local Government with tho view to the payment *>f the £5000 subsidy.— U. S. Gazette, February 15.