SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume X, Issue 3722, 15 October 1873, Page 2

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS. Go-Ahead, s.s., McGillivray, from Waitara. Dunedin, schooner, CO tons, Stewart, from Oamaru. Fortune, schooner, 22 tons, Parker, from Awanui {Bay of Plenty). Bertha, cutter, 15 tons, Williams, from Wangarei. DEPARTURES. Flirt, schooner^Jiihnaon, for New Caledonia. * r - ENTERED INWARDS. Du'aedin, schooner, CG tons, Stewart, from Oamaru, ...JlsrCbolJa, ketch, 52 tons, Baker, from Opotikt Pawn, brig, Anderson, from Lyttelton. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Go-ahead, s.s., 84 tons, McGillivray, for Taranaki. Merlin, schooner, Little, for Levuka. Pearl, schooner, OS tons, Urquhart, for Lyttelton. Charybdls, schooner, Braund, for Thames. Wangarei, cutter, Carmichael, for Russell. PASSENGER LIST. OUTWARDS. Per s.s. Go-Ahead, for New Plymouth:—Miss Ledge, Messrs. Knott, Baker, Tate. Combes and Daldy, agents. IMPORTS. Per s.s. Go-Abead, from Waitara:—4o head cattlo, 200 sheep, 40 lambs, W. Baylcy; 1 hor3C, 2 tons potatoes, Hunter. Per schooner Dunedin, from Oamaru:—lols sacks flour, G. W. Binney, agent. EXPORTS.

Per s.s. Go-ahead, for New Plymouth:—lo cases schnapps, 3 qr.-casks wine, 2 casks wine, H. S. Meyers and Co.; 4 casks whiting, 40 cases kerosene, 1 box tobacco, 6 cases sundries, 5 cases jams, 3 cases sundries, i caskale, H. S. Meyers and Co.; 7 cases drapery, A. Clark and Sons; 12 sacks bark, Ireland Bros.; 5 cases, 1 bag, Stevenson; 2 bales hops, 1 qr.-cask brandy, H. S. Meyers and Co.: 61 bars iron, 20 bundles iron, T. and S. Morrfn; 1G doors, 2 packages glass doors, 1 package sashes, 4 bundles mouldings, 2 packages glass doors, 12 doors, 1G pieces skirting, 8 bundles mouldings, Union Sash and Door Co.; 1 case, A. Clark nnd Sous; 2 bales leather, Ireland Bros.; 7 cases, 2 casks, 4 bag 3( Marshall. Per Pearl, schooner, for Lyttelton:—29.oGo feet timber, 21 tons tiles, 15 drays, D. F. McKenzie (agent). Per Merlin, schooner, for Levuka:—2s,9oo feet timber, 3 packages sashed, 72 pieces architraves, G packages casements, 4 packages glass doors, GOO feet zinc spouting, GO feet sheet lead, 12 feet zinc, 1 package.ironmongery, 4 tins paint, 40,000 shingles, J. S. Macfarlane.—M. Niccol, agent.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Kattara. —Amaranthe, schooncr, to-day. "WnrxiAKOA, Tauranga, &c.—Southern Cross, s.s., to-day. Russell and ihe Nortit. —Rowena, s.s., Monday. London.—Countess o£ Kintorc, sliip, and City of Auckland, ship, early. / Sydney and Melbourne.—Wonga Wonga, 5.5.,25 th inst mt; Hero, s.s., about Nov. S. Poverty Bay, Napier and Wellington.—Comerang, Friday.' levuka:.—Merlin, schooner, to-day; Star of tho South, Saturday. / Rorotonga.—Mata, schooner, early.

VESSELS EXPECTED. Wonga Wonga, s.s., from Sydney. "Wellington, s.s., from Southern Ports. Hydaspes, ship, from London: sailed July 23. H.M.S. Pearl, from "Wellington. Skimmer of the.Ware, ship, from Dunedin (arrived Oct. 14). Agnes Muir, ship, from London; loading. Chile, ship, from London; loading. Glcnlora, ship from London; loading. Hudson,ship, from London; loading. > Qneen of tha Age, ship, from London; loading. Hindostan, ship, from London; sailed Sept. 20. Naworth, barque, from Liverpool; sailed August S. Glenliuntley, barque, from London; loading. FernJale, barque, from London; sailed August 6. Gomsbok,, barque, from New York, "via the South;(arrived at Dunedin). 0.. R. Strickland, barque, from Liverpool. Lady Agne3, barque, from New York. Alice Cameron, barque, from Sydney. Velocidade, barque, from Lyttelton. Magellan Cloud, brigantine, from Honolulu, Lily, brig, from Adelaide. Ryno, brigantine, from Lyttelton; sailed Sopt. 27. Ivanhoe, schooner, from New Caledonia. Clio, schooner, from New Caledonia. Southern Cross, mission schooncr, from South Sea Islands. "Emelie, schooner, from Tahiti. Tauranga, schooner, from Dunedin. Coronet, schooner, from Tahiti. Hazel Holme, from Danedin; sailed Sept. 13.

The p.s. Comeraug is to leave for Poverty Bay, Napier, and Wellington on Friday next, at 4 p.m. The s.s. Star of the South is advertised to leave for Levuka on Saturday next. The s.s. Wellington, from Southern ports, is due in the Manukau to-day. The brig Tower Hill hauled off into the stream yesterday. She will leave for Wangaroa to-day. The schooner Fortune arrived from Awanui yesterday. with 220 sacks maize. The schooner Merlin cleared out at the Customs for Levuka yesterday. She will leave this morning. The. schooner Flirt took her departure for New Caledonia yesterday afternoon. The schooner Pearl cleared out at the Customs for Lyttelton yesterday. The Gazelle entered outwards for the Thames yesterday. ' The cutter Wangarei cleared out at the Customs for Russell, in ballast, yesterday. - Consignees of cargo per Fawn, from Lyttelton, are requested to present bills of lading, and pay freight to Mr. G. W. Owen, the agent of the vessel. On account of the strong N.E. gale blowing, the s.s. Southern Cross did not proceed on her trip to Tauranga. last night. - The measurement of the brig Surprise was taken by the Castom3 authorities yesterday, for the purpose of having her registered as a British vessel. The schooner Dauntless having finished discharging her cargo into the Countess of Kin*,ore, hauled over to the Gridiron for the purpose of being cleaned. The cutter Bertha arrived from Wangarei yesterday. Cargo: 3 bags potatoes, G boxes eggs, and six head of cattlc. The following is tho cargo of the ketch Isabella from Opotiki:—2Ds bags maize, 1 bag wheat, 14 casks pork, G3 pigs, Lewte Bros.; G4 bags potatoes, J. Buchanan, The schooner Dunedin arrived in harbour from Oamain yesterday morning, Captain Stewart reports having left on ihe oth instant, and experienced fair weather throughout. The exploring ship Challenger, Captain G. S. Nares, sailed from Bermuda on the 12fch of June for Fayal, Azores, where she was expected at the end of the month. After remaining for a short time she was to leave for Madeira, -The barque Skimmer of the Waves, from New York to Dunedin and Auckland, and which put into Melbourne through stress of weather, arrived at. Dunedin yesterday. On discharge of her cargo she will come on to this port. The T.S.N. Co/s s.s. Go-Ahead, Captain McOillivray, arrived in the Manukau yesterday morning. She left the Manukau at 1.30 p.m. on the 11th, and arrived off Waitara at 7 a m. on the 12th; loft again at 3 p.m.. on Monday, arriving as above. Light head winds and fine weather were experienced throughout. "We are indebted to Mr. Purser Is'ewman for our files, &c.

The Whitstable divers by last accounts were still employed in recovering articles from the sunken ship Northfieet, which was run down off Dungeness, by the Spanish steamer Murillo. The week before the mail left they took into Dover 7 casks wine, 1 bale matting, 12 cases, and a quantity of rope, sail*, Ac., 2 casks sherry, 10G tin 3 meat, 1 ca3c clothing, and 3 sails.

The captain of the Murillo—tho ship supposed to have caused the loss of the Northfieet—has been sentenced by the Customs authorities at Lisbon to pay a fine of 200,000 reis and the tonnage due 1 ?, for entering the TagU3 on the last voyage from London, and leaving that river suddenly, declaring he only went there to rcceive his agent'* orders, whilst he had a cargo for the port of Lisbon The following coasters entered inward 3 at the Customs yesterday:—Dolly Varden, from Wnngapca, with tim-A-r; Mahurangi, from Mahurangl, with firewood; Wave, from Matakana, with lirewood ; Pour Sister?, from Mahurangi, with firewood: Three Brothers, from Mangawai, with gum ; Katerina Borrow/lain, from the Thames, with 'timber; Tay, from Waiheke; Gazelle, from Omaha, with slabs, &c.; Sumter, from Matakana, with firewood.

Mr. "Wilde, a British inventor, has patented a combination of apparatus, by which '.ho electric light can bo employed to illunu > tli of sea-going steamers to lijdit up the lin< s of «?hip3 or fortifications of an enemy. The principle of the apparatus is an clcctroi or magnetic Induction mvliino, which selves the pvoblcm of produci' " at a continuous rate and in uniform quantity, wiii!-.*-t neutralises tho influence of the current. A sjnsir.- .$ n;MYitus regulates the carbons, and the light thus .rr -. rt.ced is intensified by passing through a titariioptric holophoto whhh moves on pivots and condenses the rays, producing a far-reaching bo«m of great intensity. The British mttit.iry authorities have directed a report to bo made on the value of the invention. The removal of the'.Royal AlfroJ st-'amrr from tiie Auckland and Coromandel trade, which will take. place aft ,v r the present week, will be felt (say s ? tho Coi'oniandcl Mail) as a very serious inconvenience by the'pc-p'e of this district. As we have heard nothing definite as to bow the lois is to he supplied— whether the A S.l\ Company will run the Crown the round passage, via the Thames, or endeavour to purchase another boat, or whether we shall -iio left to such passenger and freight accommodation as tho Lalla ilookh, which has now finished her "Waikato contract, and is on her way round to Auckland via the .North C*»pe, can It is scarcely likely that the Grahamstov/n people will bo .satisfied with the firstmentioned arrangement as a regular thing—to leave Inraru. at 3 p m.» and get into Auckland hi the middle 1 of the nii«ht—for, as a continuous arrangcm» nt, tho unloading of freight for Coromandel into the punts would he found to cause some little delay in addition to the extra length of journey entailed. On the other hand; wo do not see what suitable boat is at present obtainab'e, ccrtaiuly not from the other colonies, when th'-re they arp so scarce that Captain Hafcld-:an lias liad to come to New Zealand in search of one. Nor will tho T.alla Hookli fully meet the requirements of the district. The annual tea race from China to England has of late years excited considerable interest anion st the mercantile community, but now that ste umhips are brou'M.t into use, the race in bereft of much of itf - excitement, us tlio iimn nccuricl can almo.it bj calculated to .1 nicety. This yea- tl.o tai rase between the n«w steamer Venetia, of the Pentnsular and Oriental Company's fleet, and Mossrs. Alfred Holland Com; anv's steamer the Agamemnon, which has just been' <v:i-hided, i*, pcrhap?, the closest on rrcoid. The Venetia, ins'cadof being devoted bv the Peninsular and Oriental Company to c.rry iJcr Majesty's wpJU. was sent cut to l.ri:iy home the new teas. The Aca;>!onmon had h*d nc v \r i'e.s p';t into her a few months and i% was, r.n opportunity for iv-al of tfr-nvth. 'ho Acn;;;.;;;.non left Wroo--B".nc -vo■ • r,tu e -Jo V.-ar' : r\, ;\-vl m r«-r ryiivnl

At: r OTt ; r;t Vo-u-. n Ui« t'a. iivtw-f-eii i'oit. * id r.-.-i !Ivj Iv.y/::1 -he tr\-t, two our', as la th ver.-rt 1-. ar-*v on thrinh last—tho Ajwm mnrj hours aficr the VcrcThe Agamemnon, therefore, lost by cno hour! n

a passage occupying forty-six days. Tlio rato of freight by eacli ship was £5 per ton, and either vessel was to have a bonus of £2 per ton extra if aha beat lier rival by seven days. Neither is, therefore, entitled to the bonus.