SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume X, Issue 3623, 21 June 1873, Page 2

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS. Sea Gull, brfeantinc, Moreton, from Lcvaka. DEI' A XIT LTII KS. Result, ship. "Robertson, for Sydney. Ciio, schooner. fi»r Napier, via Wangajioa. Kuby, sciiooner, for R»s ell. Ivaahou, schooner, for Duned'n. rROJECTED UTCIIKS. SoCTtJEHN Pouts —^Taranaki. Monday. Sydnf-V A.-.n Mklij Vict >ria, Ht3ih. LoNDos. —Thames and Woodlark, early. Kaimkii.—Saucy Lass, early. Levl ka.— Vivid, cutter, to-day. VESSELS EXPECTED. Victoria, s.s., from Syilney, clue 23rd. Rangatira, a' s., from the South. Star of th*; South, s.s., from the Fijis. Hylton Castle, bnj., from London; sailed February 2S. Countess of Iviutore. ship, from I.<>nd«'n; loading. Clanranald, ship, from London: sailed. Endymion. sliip, from London: sailed. Akb.ir, ship, from J'.oslon, via Melbourne. Berar, ship, from London, loading. # • Alice Cameron, b:irip;e. from Sydney, sailed Juue 1. Joliba, barque, from Lvtfelton: s iiled dune IS. Yeloeidade, birqut-, from Lytt'dtou; sailed Juue IS. Thames, barqne, from Sydney. Free Trader, barque, from Hobart Town. Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town. Union, brig, from Lvt!ell'»n, .-ailed Juue 12th. "Euielie. schooner, from Tahiti. XJpola, sehooner, fro;n Samoa. Charvbdi-*, f-e'-ooner. trotn the l ijis. Fiery Cross, schooner, from the South Sea Islauds. Edith, schooner, from the South Seas. Clematis, from Napier. Strathnaver. schooner, from Dunedin. Occau Wave, schooner, from Lyttelton.

l.Vl'uuK Per schooner Sea < J nil, from Levnka 20 barrels of oil, t>2 bags cobra, 70 <:i t t j, 5 casks oil, 27 bah-s cotton, 700 bags cotton st-e.L .1. S. ilacfavlane: 2t»o dozen \ empty bottles, 000) coc.iauuts, 200 t-ags maize, L. . Garaett. —J. S. Macfarlaue and Co., agents. ! 11l consequence of the holiday yesterday, shipping business was almost at a standstill. The .s.s. Kangatira arrived at Wanganui yesterday, from Wellington. The s.s. Jane is announced to leave for Mahurangi and the Mot Springs to-dav. The s.s. Lailvbmi is to leave "Wellington for the Mannkiu to-day. The Luc rne for XevreasUe- and the Maid of Otago (for Oamaru) ljft Wi-llingion yesterday. The ship iiesult was lying at anchor at the Heads last uicht. The schooner Cambria is announced to leave for Wangarei to-i:av. The soho <:i-r Cambria cleared at the Custom yesterday, for Wan.'aivi. with a general c.irgo The schooner Iluby cU'and f -r Kussell yesterday, with 15.000 bricks, and -IvO shingles. The schooner Ivanhoe cleared ut the rustomsy»»s--te:<lay, for J)nn»'<'in via Wangapoa. Slie will ship G'-'.O-O it:ct of timber at the latter p.ace. The schooner Saucy Lass was -l.»aied otV from Smales* Point yes?erd;iy, after und«r:g •in«' very extensive repairs, as reported in our v<-ste"d:»y's is>ue. The ship liesult late Polar Star t -ok her departure for Sydney yesterday, in coumi nul of Captain tcobertson. lat*' of the Lrii: Moa. The Ke.-ult took three passengers, Mr. an-i Mrs Connor an i child. Tho p.s Lady IV-wen. we uudersl.»nd. was placed I on the gridiron, and her machinery attended to. her pumps being out of order ; but not f the purpose '»f taking ort' Stevens' paten: ih»ats. as erroneously stated. She will resume her trips as usual. The scho.merClio cleared at the Customs yesterday, for Napit-r. with the following earg«< :—lO ea<ks beet. 2 tons potatoes, ;> packages dra; e;y. -J tons tlonr, 10 mats sug ir, 2 boxc< so ip. .".0 bars iron, and n\.',Oeo fee: timber to be loaded at Wangapoa. As soon as it wis known that legal proceedings would be takou a :ainst Mr. Hhn.vj'l for statements contained in his work, entitled " l»ur Seamen," in whi'jh In? exposes tlie frightful jobbery in shipping, &C.. his friends came quickly to his help, cheques were sent him uns, belted from various quarters, and although he prote.-ted thai he was prepared to stand his ground alone, he wa- at la.-t peisiudt il to allow a defence fund to be formed, but only on one condition, that he a;M -Mrs. Llim-01l should" be allowed to contribute £l,;>oa the preparation and distribution of his book having already cost another £1.500., and that all the money sut.scribed above the necessary expenses should be divided aiuoi g the orphan.* and widows of sbimvrecked seam- n. It is probable thai a large sum will be raised. At the conclusion of the last trip of the Sea fiuU from this pott to Levuka. the passengers of that v»-s-el presented the f.llowiitg testimonial to the captain, previous to leaving the vess«*l :—** Hear Captain Moreton, —We cannot permit ourselves u» leave the schooner r-ea (lull without expre.-.v.ng to you our thorough appreciation of your care and skill as a commander, and our thanks for your u:;ir*Tui k:ndne-s and consideration for our comfort. We desire further to tender. tm«.r.gh you, uiir acknowledgments of the courtesy and attention of \«iur otii ♦ rs. ard . ivilityof the other servants who have performed tr.eir duties during the voyage, on which w-- experienced somvery unpleasant weather, with the most cheerful good nature Wishing you every happiu-'-s :«:.d prosperity, we are yours truly.--Charles Acams. « T r.:nes P»arrow, Maty larrow, Herbert, Charles Smith, 11. Itiehards." NoTicfis to — The foll<»wi:ig no'icrs to mariners, received from the CapeoftJood Hope and Queensland, are published fnr general information - L'ird Island Lights : Notice is iicreby given <hat a new lighthouse is in course of en-ction at the iJird Islaruls. and that the new bnilding having reacljed the height of the upper light, the light will be blinked between the bearing of S. and S. by W. \ W. by comp iss from a ship. Vessels pacing inside the i-lawd at night are therefore warned of this until the new lig'-.t is exhibited— K. skkaii. Harbour Master. Post-oilice, Port Klizab» th, yth Decenjber, 1>72.-• Kejmrted Danger between the Percy Islands and 11. 11 <.«r<Hip: Mr. Alfred Harwood. master of the barue Lnterprisi?, reports that during his hi<t voyage from the Pioneer Kiver to Brisbane he sialited, at low water, a heavy break upon vvhat appeared to be a .sunkeu rock, in the following pontiou, via Pine Peak hy ,N. N. h 2 Island tilutf W.s. W. Southerly, Prudoe Island being nearly in line with the south-east islet of the l.everby Group. An Kuglish pap'-r give? an account ->f a gallantry rarely equalled, and perhaps never surp i<-ed. ibis was displayed by Mr. lsumLey, cliief ojlicer of tne Coast Guards, at the wreck ot the schoon»-r iiriiig.-wat- r in Stag Pay, beneath the village Of Clovelly, in Devon. KngiaMl. Tne sehooiicr went ashore during a blinding snowstorm Hundreds of villagers congregated <jn the pier watching the blanched faces of the crew as they leaued over the bulwarks, expecting each moment" to be swept into the breakers which raged between the ship and the shore. No life-boat couhl be launched, and death appeared imminent, when Mr. lhimb-y, uho is a noted swimmer, stripped off his clothe*, heedless of the biting bla.-t, and. fastening a iife-bne round him plunged off the pier into the surf. With it;tense eagerness the spectators watched him battling with the waves, often disappearing for what seemed a minute, but at length, when evidently quite exhausted, he reached the vessel, and was dragged up tlie ship's side amidst tremendous cheering from the shore. Communication being thus established, the crew, one by one, scrambled ashore. Mr. lium!«ey coming list. At midnight on the same night, a mile from the scene of Ibis heroic exploit, a similar service was rendered by one of the crew of a French sell-oner for his conirade3, the shipwrecked men remained at one .side of a precipitous cliff, afraid, to stir, and yet perishing with cold and exhaustion. The Hong Kong,JM//// P,says We have been favored with the following particulars of the loss of the Serica, which have been received from Captain JJageman, of the .Johann Smidt, arrived at fcaigon from Touron:— '• Two days before my departure from Touron L was told by an Animue that there was a Kuroptan on snore :n*the hou>e or" the first n.audarin. I went there and found a man who sa d he was a sailor, and tfave Ins name. He had been boatswain ou board the the British ship S.-rica. The Serica had left llong Kong on a Saturday morning, bound to Monte Video, and on the following evening, between seven and eight o'clock, struck on a reef, which, as the: captain afterward j >aid, was the north shoal of the P.iraceJs. Jt heiug very stormy, raasU, boats, and d"ck-hotises weresw pta.vav bv the sea: the crew made a raft, provided themselvis with .some provisions and left the.-djip. The crew consisted of twenty-eight hands. The captain di- (l after four day-., and eigh; men died a few days later. On the eighth day water and all provision-, were nnished. On the ninth day the raft wa*. smashed on a rock, u hereby the remaining cruw. except one of them, was drowned. The surviving man found some rain water and lived on shells found on this rock. On the sixth day be was saved by a risiier.nan, and brought, ashore to a French mi sionary, who provid til him with food, and with whom he stated for six davs. fie was then handed over to a ir,andarii>. and was sent to Towim In a palanquin, where he arrived on the evening of the 20tli Januao-, after a journey of three weeks. IJe apeaks very favorably of the treatment he received on the journey and in Touron. He lived there with a mandarin, received clothing, food, and was provided Tvith everything. He told me that the t.Government intended to send him to Jl'ong Kom: in a native craft or steamer, which was to leave shortly. He, however, showed me a letter written by a French missionary and addressed to a brother in Saigon. The letter was dated Khanhoa, «nd stated the bearer was a wrecked sailor, who had suffered a great deal." Late pipers say that divers have been at work in calm weather upon tbe sunken ship Northfieet, tlie masts of which are visible from the land, and boats have plied all round, but as yet only th ee or four .bodies have been recovered. A correspondent of the Melbourne Anjm says:—"The tlrst found was that of Mr. Frederick Brand, a young man well-known in my own neighbourhood, lirst at football ami cricket, j "but of whom it might be said that ' nothing in his life became him like his leaving it.' lie was going out in an ofiicial position in connection with the Tasmaoian railway It was young Brand that fired the rocketi, having first declared to the captain that he would stand by him to the last, and render any service in his power. Inside his loos- serge jacket a revolver was found, of which two chambers had been discharged. 4 This revolver,' says a correspondent, bought by the deceased, as be himself said, so ' that in case of any disturbance among the navvies on board he might stand by the captain,'and it is surmised, with great appearance of truth, that *'oung Jirana brought the weapon on deck when Captain Knowles was bravely trying to keep the way to the boats clear for the women and children, and that this is the very revolver with which the captain wouuded one of the men who forced his way into the boat and is noTf in the hospital here. Two shoti are kuown to have been fired by Captain Knowles, who would naturally give back the revolver to Mr. Brand when he found that in the struggle for life the rough men who crowded the deck were beyond his control. Young Brand fulfilled his pledge to stand by the captain and imitate his self-sacrifice. At the last moment he must have replaced tlie revolver within his jacket, tying around breast a cork jacket. He was found floating with his head well out of the water, and it is sad to think that in all probability the cries of the poor young fellow for help were unheard, and that he was passed over in the darkness of the night, and perished at last from cold and exhaustion. The body was interred, with every mark of public respect, in the churchyard at Lloyd."

There was some close running between the ship Lucerne and the three-masted .schooner May, both ot which are at present in Wellington. The ship sailed from tbe Thames, and the schooner from the Uyjie, on the 22nd and :>3rd January respectively. Ihey sighted each other off the Canary Islands, and were in company for a week ; tl.ey wore Loth to the south: of Tasmania ou the same .lav. tho Lucerno for Cook's StraiU and the May hearting for the Snares, intending to go south iibout, but, when close to these islands, was compelled to run away, owing to an adverse -ale She then made her way up the nut coa=t of the Middle Island, and through Cooks Straits The Lne-.-rne made the passage in 10i days; Captain Moreton arrived in harbour late last night, after a protracted passage from Levuka. The Sea <;ull 1.-ft this port on theftth ,if Anril ami encountered sueli bad weatlier that sh.-'uis obliged to put into tile l'.,iy of 1.-lauds for iln.lter she was detained tli'.re for 10 days, and af"er leaving had variable winds. Left Levuka on Saudav. May 25tli, wlilifivsh breeze from f>. lv, bound for Suva. Arrived at Suva May ijth. to c0m-,,1,-t,. cargo Left Suva for Auckland May Mist, with li-iit .■•nt.'rlv weather. On the Ist of May the wind hAllied to the K S.K., with fresh breeze, which continued up to tbe 10tb. Made the Three Kings ocaiini, bv cmpasss K. .J .V, distance about IS miles. L:ght airs from s. I-;., with calms and baffling %ve ither up to lb • 17th. Mauled to tbe s.S W., with si|ually unsettled weather. .>jadoCap»: Br.'tt on the 19th,at 1 p.m., and Poor Knights midnight; sighted Tiritiri at 4 a.m. ~n Lhii "■"th The Sea Cull brings the following passenders:- For Otago: Jlessrs. v.. 11. MaitUmi h. Orbell. For Melbourne: Messrs. Clayton and Melon. For Auckland: .Mr. I.arji'. We are indebted to Lapt. .Moreton for full tiles of Fiji papers up to date of