SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4637, 23 September 1876, Page 4

SHIPPING.

POST OF AUCKLAND. HiOb Watih, ThU D»t: 8.52 morn.: 10.12 eren. Munnkau: 0.47 morn.; 1.7 area. Tarn Sck: RC««, 651: nil, 6.54. Thi Moon: First Qaarter. 26th, 11.42 »..m. ARRIVALS. SooChern Cross, s.b , Holmes, from Napier, via Thames. Argyle. β-e., from "Wangarel. St. Kilda, s.s., Flowerday, from Wanganui (in the Manukau). Woollamai, brigahtine, from Lyttelton. Saxon, schooner, Mckenzie, from Lytteiton. geabird, schooner, Meickleham, from Chatham Islands. Transit, schooner, Hooper, from Timaru. Telegraph, schooner. Sullivan, from Waiwera. Ocean, schooner, Eawlings. from Mercury Bay. Wangarei, cutter, Willi >nis, from Wangarei. Vincent, cutter, Burk, from Tauranga. DEPARTURES, Pretty Jane, s.s., UeUnder, for 1-overty Bay. Eowena, s.s., Sellirn, f»r Tauranca. Oceola, briganttne, Matheson, for Mercury Bay. Julia Fryce, sckooner. for Russell. ENTERED IS WARPS. Telegraph, schooner. 39 tons, .-ullivan from V. aiwera, with 13,400 shingles. 2 piles, 1 kauii s P» r - Ocean, schooner, 23 tons. Kawlii.g*, '«»? Me ™"g Biy, with 22,200 feet of timber and 10 empty '"o'oMen Isle, schooner, 78 ton., MaUen, from RusSell, With 98 Ids coal. Timaru Transit, schooner. S3 tons, Hooper, from Timaru. Cargo as per imports. CLEARFD OUTWARDS. Southern Cr«ss, Sβ., 139 tons, from the Thame3, in ITS tons, Flowerday, from Wanganui. tons, Uelander, for Poverty o U%"J£LZ%?ior*, Mathesoo, for Mer--32 ton,, Anderson, for Wangarei, in ballast. One passenger.

PAiaSKNGEK LIST. INWAKDB. Per s.s. Ladybird, f.o.u a uthern ports :-Mrs. Northcroft, Mrs. Vial, Mis>ts (Jnamock and Matbrook, His Honor Justin Gillies and Secr-Ury, Messrs Andri-wa. \\ hit..ktr, G. Munro. aright. Dishu, MtCormiok, Urie, Cashui' re, Pier>on, Atkin and son, Morrbou, and L. P. Bauks, and 7 in the 8 PerHouthern Cross, from Napier :- Mr. Tucker. Per St. Kilda, from Wanganui:-Rev. i.nd Mrs. florner, Mr. W. Hull. Per schooner Stabird, from Chatham Islands :— Messrs. hitch:e. Beau ish and seven Maoris; also Captain Morgan, Mr. Hay ward, chief officer, ami Mr. Hood, charterer, o[ the Agnes, wrecked at tho Chatham Islands. Per Argyle, from Whangarel :— Mwssr.«. Robertson, Brown, lie Jongh, Goring, and four in the steerage. OUTWARDS. Per Pretty Jane, fo. i'ov«ty Bay :- Mr Russell, Mrs. Morrison and famih (6), Miss Martin, Mr. Turn, and 3 in steerage. Per s.B. Rower.a, for Tauranga :—Mr. Andrews. IMPORTS. [A special charge is made for consignees' names inserted in this column. \ Pur St. Kilda, from Wanganui: 400 sheep, 40 head rattle. "00 hides Ireland Bros. Per Saxon, from Lyttelton:-200 sacks oats. 200 Mcks barley, and 25 t:n flour. 400 sacks flour, H. s. M«-yers and Co. Per Sea Bird, Ironi the Chatham Islands: 100 sheep. S bullocks, 9 horse*, 100 i ides. 8 bales sheepskins, 7 tierces beef 4 cusks t llow, 1 bag iron, 11 bales wot.L 8 casks oil, 2 boles, 2 kegs. 2 tins tallow. Per Woilom»i, brisaut.ne, from Lytteltton:-SMO tacks potat ts, 600 Sick* oats. 400 sacks fl ur, 6 cases bacon 2 cases cu.ese, 2 casw lard, 60 sacks mait. Per Transit, from Timaru: 1056 sacks oats, 170 cues meats, 200 sacks wheat. EXPORTS. Per Pretty Jane, for Poverty Bay: 2 bales paperhangings, 3 puckares seed, 56 pieces timber, 8 parcels paper, 15 baes tow, 34 cases, packages casements, 5 parcels, 30 packages soap, 1 tripod lbox tea. 1 dium oil, 1 packaue rope, 1 case axes, 1 case buckets and brooms. 1 package lamps, 3 safes 2 i acks potatoes, 3 cases biscuit", 50 s«cks flour. 1 bale woo pack?, 1 sack oats, 18 packages, 6 cases milk. 1 bale, >.wen anil Graham. 2 kfgs blasting powder, 7 kegs nails, 16 packages, 1 bundle spades. T. and S. Murrin. Per Oceola. for Ljtte.tou: 150,000 feet timber, to be shipped at Mercuiy Bay. PUU.iKtJTKI) I<hPaRTTJRES. Sydney and Melbourne.—Hero, s.s., three days after arrival San Francisco via Kandavu and Honolulu.— City of syduey. P.M..- S., M.jnday i ex;. SotJTHERhPoKTS.— Ladybird s.s., to-day; Taupo, s.s., Fiji and Sydnfy.— Nympbe. H.M.S.S.; early. SYDSKY.-Llewrllyn, s.s.. three dajs after arrival. Kaolan.—Go-Ahead, s.s., early. Cokomandvl— .\rgyle, s.s, every Monday morning and Friday afternoon. Gisborne— Pretty Jane, s.s., early. Waitara and Nkw fLYMouiu.—«o-Ahead, s.s., ■Wakoajiei.—Argyle, s.s., every Tuesday. Wanoanui.—St. Kilda, s %.. Monday.

Tacranoa.—Rowena, Wednesday. Nafikk.- Somli-ru Cross t -day. Mklbournk. —Sani M -lidel, sh»>, early. Portland (ork>< n'.—L< ch Fergus, barque, early. Kaipara.—Prince Alfred, barqumtine; ear.y. London.—Robina Duiilop, barque, e-rly. BosiAjiOA.- Queen, sch.oner, t j-day. Tosov anu Fhie.s ly isi.ANis —Martha, barque, early; Helena, hi igantme, early. JTapier.—Belie Branuou, schoouer, early. VES«VX3 IN IIAHBOUB. Steamer: Nymph'. Ship : S m MrmleL Barques : K"bi. «. Dunlop, Loch Fergus, Martha. Woodbine, M.iry Ann Anni-on. Barquentine: i rince Alfred. Brigantines: • cola, Flirt Omaha, Helenß. . Schocners: r-outheru truss ve-el), Marion, Charybdi*. h phemey. Favourite, Belle Brandon, Queen Se* Bir'l. Canterbury, Venture, Mary Melville, Kover, G lden Isle. Ketch: Speedwell. V K.ss KI -S K X »• KCT hVi Sapphire, n.M.S.S., from Sydney; early. City of Sydney, f.M.rt.S., Ircm Southern Porta; due Hero S s"° l !ftum Sydney»nd .Melbourne; suled 20ih. Llewellyn', s s., (ro i. Sydney; sailed 2uth. AberaTte 72S tous, from London ; tailed Ist July. Orari ship, frjm Lond-u; sa led July 13tb. iOiun Lee, ship (HLJ ), from l.on.ion; l< ailing. City of Auckland, ship (KMI'K), from London; to sail July 25th. Waitaki, i-hip, from London; sai'ed July B'li. Horunui, ship, fp.ro London, to sail July 2<Jtb. Erato, barque (J QHO, from London ;loa ling. Tamaya, barque iVWN), from London; to sail July 10th. John Mathews, from Boston (United Statea); sailed on 18ih July. Caberfeidb, barque, from Lyttelton; sailed 9th inst. Bella llary, laique, fr.m • obart'A.wn; early. Acacia, ba que. from Lyiteltun; early. Glenlora, barque (WoVXJ, from London; to Bail Aug. 20. Charlotte Padbury, barque, from London; sa:led July Ontalpa, bvque. from Londnn: etiled July sth. Adela barque, fiom .Newcastle, early. Julia Keitz, barque, f.oiu early. Southern 'Jro*», Mission barquentine (au*. screw) from South Sea Islands; eaily. Aug-Jst», barquentiue. frum I evuka; early. Craig Ellacliii-, brig, from rim»ru Sennelworth, from lyttelton. Tision. brig, from l'm-ga; early, lioch Lee, three-masted schooner, from the Islands; coronet, schooner, from the Islands: early. Ityno, bricantine f'<m Savage Maud. e.rly. Edith schooner, from th - Islands, early. Leetitia, schooner, from the Ul»n >,: early. Kosannah Kose, schooner, from Duneuin, via Moeraki; May Queen, schuoner, from South Sea Islands; early. Pearl, ketch, from l-enhryu Islands; early.

Arrival , * Coastwise.—Mnna. cutter, from KatiIcati, with 25,000 fed limber; Firefly, ichooner, trim the Wade, with produce. The schoouer Queen w 11 sail for Hoki»nga to-day. The s s. St K.Ua is advertised to leave Oiiehuuga 03 Monday, at 2 p.m., for Wanganui direct. The s.a. southern Cross will leave to day at 12 noonfor Napier. The s.s. Eowena, Captain Sellars, left last tvemng for Tauranga, with cargo and passengers. The brigantine ceola sailed la-st night for Mercury Bay, where the will luadwith tim cr for Lytteltou. The brigantine Omaha was put on the t ri iron yesteiduy morning, to have her false keel repa.red. Thnss. Pretty Jane left Jor Tauranga yesterday afternoon, with passengers and caigo as per export list. The schooner Uelle Brandon is now alons'ide the breakwater, loading timber at Mr. Holdhhip's yard forJJapitr. The cutter Vineentarrivwl ear'y yesterday morning from Taurungß, wiih the following cargo:-31 hides, 12 casks tallow, 200 sheepbkins The P.M. Co s s.s. City of Sydney, Is advertised to leave this pelt on Moun»y, witli the Jingiis'ii and American mails via Kundavu, Honolulu, and San Francisco. . . 'Ihe ».s Argyle aruved in harbour yesterday moraine fiom Wi ngarei, with a nuuib.rof pa^sen ß ers ami a cargo of 23 head caul.-, 51 sheep, and 10 tons of produce. She left again in the afternoon for Coro"^he 6 schoonerSaion, ''aptain McKenzie, from t.ytteltou made the harl.our yetterday uiurii ng after a her intopo.t as jb..ve. Sim brings a cargo of fljur, oats, barley, and other prodnce. . The triß-n. iue W a «m.i. Captain Chapman, arrive,! in nfirt earlv ibis jDortJH'K, wiih a cargo of produce coXned wMt. U. U. McK-nzie. Left Lyttelton on tLe ''OtU wit . lair wind ana weatlier, which clrried' lhe vessel to the East Tape That headUnd was reach, d on Saturday, the 2nu instant. The weitber lUen began to bl-.w Iroru all poinU of the; compass, accompanied by gilea such as tLe captain never experienced before. Mie wan beating ai.d kliuckiiJt! about the Cape for many days, an.l at Inst bad torunfor Open Bay, whieii she reached nn the 17th iuftaot. X*tft tiiftt roadsttatl oo the Id li» In company with'the schooner Seabird, ,from the Chatham Jtlauds, and had light winds intopoit, dropping anchor off Queen-street wharf eirly this morning.

The «.«. Ladybird will leave Onehunga wharf at noon, for Southern porta. The ichooner Transit arrived yesterday morning, with a careo of grain and preserved meats, from Timaru. Captain Hooper reports (ailing on the 6th inst., and passed Banks Peninsula next day at 3 p.m. -Ighted Portland Island on the 10th. and rounded East Cape on the 19th: made the Mercuries on. Wednesday l«t. arriving as above. She experienced N. and W.N.W. weather till rounding East Cape and from thence 9. and *.W. weather. She has come alongsido Gore-street Jetty, and commenced to the withdrawal from active service of one of the most successful and popular steamboat mast, rs of the Colony, we yet cannot refrain from congratulating Captain Worsp, of the ?teamer Taupe, finon the appointment he has received of marine surveyor to the Association of Underwriters at Auckland. The a' pointment is a lucrative one, and, bavIne secured it and thus being enabled to coil up his r"pes and settle on shore, must be a source of very mucn "ratiacation to Captain Worsp. During the nast thirteen vears his career has been closely assod£,*d with the Colony. He came out to this port as ehW officer ni tin ship Scoresby, then took service with the old Panama Company, and two years later wasap"oiriteil to the command of the steamer Phoebe. Hβ sub-equeotly commanded, seriatim, the steamers Lord Ashley Auckland, Airedale, Egmoat. again was appointed to'th* Ashley and then to the Phoobe, and held the latter command for something like six years, r-sienine it to take chargo of the Union Company's fine steamer Taupo. His retirement to shore life e tail* upon that Company the loss of a most ab:e servant and a fortunate one to boot, for throughout his career as steamboat master. Captain Wor-p has absolutely steered clear of acCMent and damage of any kind. N"t one casualty even can be attributed to liis account There are few men of so many years' servic." in as intricate trade who can claim so much credi'. Captain \V".r»p tendered bis resignation to the Union Company yesterday, and it is just possible he ii here for the last time as master of the Taupo. Wβ heartily wish him much success in the new sphere he is about to enter upon.— Otago Daily Times.

ARRIViL OF THE SCHOONER SEABTRD.— WRECK OF THE AGNE*. — S4.FETY OF P*a.ibJ<>Gr-lK a.nD CREW. The knowledge that the sihooner Seabird, Captain W. U. Meiklehaui, was in close vicinity to the harbour created a great interest in her arrival, inasmuch us she wou.d be the bearer of the tidings of the fate of the schooner Agnes, which left here fur the Chatham lblauds on April 23. i'be telegram we published yestcrJaj. from Gisborne, an ouncing the safety of the crew and pas enger.~, dispelled that dread which had crept upon thoae who had friends on board the ani it was only the details that they were auxiuus now to hear. The t-eabird is a line stroug-built schooner, of 155 tons, and ielt Lyttellon on the lOth of August for the Chatham Iclanus. she had a sule.did run down, experiencing strong ri.E. winds, making Chatham Islands on the 15th out was unable to anchor until the 19th. On coiu; u uuicati ? ug with the shore, Captain Meikl ham was pleased to find that the Agnes had arrived safely «t Waitangi, l»nuing her curgo and passengers there. Subsequently ahe had come to grief, as we sliall point out in the information supplied to us by the charterer of U.e Agnts. At Waitangi the Seabird discharged her stores which were very acceptable—not that there w.is any privation, bat still there was I a forebodiug on the island that if a vessel did not thoitly arrive, their position would be critical. On the 22ud lefi for Tuapeka, arriving the same day; discharged cargo, and sailed for Wanguroa, in the JN.K part of the Island. After leaving some (,oodi at this latter harbour, took on board catile, &u., and left-for this port on ihe evening of the Ist inst., with a fine suu:herly wind, which abated towards the following morning. It then veered round to the N. t., nud up to arrival at the East Cape there w.is nothing but a succession of gaies from the H. to W.S. W. The weather was something frightful; the vessel being lightly ballasted, *nd her not very heavy, was about a great deal. Out of 420 sheep that were taken on board at the Cha.hanij, there are not more than 100 alive, the others dying or being killed by the rolling ana pitching of the vessel. The owner, Mr. Ritchie, estimates his loss at £25V or £300. as the sheep were very large and well bred. On the 10th, ran into upen Bay, Waipera, for fodder and water for tUe cattle. Lett at 6 a.m. on the 19th, and fruta thence into port ligut variable winds, un the morni, g of the l7tb, the Wollainai, from Lyttelton to this port, came iuto upen Bay, and having taken Captniu Morgan, of the . gues, on board, left in company wiffl us on the 19th, when H. U.S. Aymphe passed us. Wβ hoisted ouc number«,and the mau-o -w >r replied, "Glad to see you." By this tiu-e it was twilight, and she could uot luve made out what, we said about the Agnes, or we mot certainly should have furnished her with the information. Mr. Hood, the charterer of the schooner Agnes, returned by the Seauird yesUrcay, and to him we are indebted for the fo.lowing information regarding the fate of that vessel:—"The s;bouuer Agnes, Captain Morgan, with 24 souls on board, left Auckland for the Chatbim Islands on the 24(.b Apiil Ust, and made a fine passage to Waitaugi, arriving thm-e on the Ist of May Lauded her passengers and discharged cargo, and then proceeded to Piu's Island, one of the group, where she was detained a fortnight by westerly gaks. she aiterwards returned to Waitangt, calling ou her way at Owenga, Taupeka, Wharekauri and Whangaroa, picking up cargo at each place. On the 131U of May she was about to commence taking in the remainder of her cargo, but there was such a heavy swell that it w*3 fouud impo'sible. On the day following the 141U, the breeze freshened from the N.N.W., and the swell became much heavier. About 6.30 a.m. of tha 15th the swell was so great that the port chain and baiter, attached to a kedge parted, and the starboard anchnr also drugging the vessel was driven a-horn upon the reef, where she bumped upon the reef so heavily *.iu.tsLft knoiked several holes into her bottom. The captain and crew then left the vessel (Mr. Hood being ashore at the station of Messrs. bhana and Cox), a3 all attempts to get her afloat, or save her cargo was impossible, from the tolling which mnde it dangerous to ihoso who we e engaged in endeavouring to save anytbng. During the night of the 15th the vessel uvunj witb her head inshore, ebbed and flowed through her. At daylight efforts were aguiu madn to get the cargo ashore, and this time with success. Captain Morgan subsequently called a survey upon th" vessel, and Messrs. Eugel and Robert Carr, the surveyors, condemned her, and she was ordereil to be sold fer the benefit uf whom it might concern, she was purchased at auctioa a frw days aftsr by Messrs. Kitchio and Kerr for £130 or thereabouts. These gentlemen being favoured with fine weather, commenced to repair her on the rei-f, and ultimately succeeded in floating her. About u mouth afterwards she was taken over to Wanguroa, and while am hoi ed in tho haibour, a terrific g»le set in from theN.W'., ad agai i pane 1 her chains and went ashore, where the now lies full ol water, all efforts to fluat or get her off proviuK un ucces.-,f. 1. subsequent to the arrival of the Seabird, a Court of Enquiry was hold into the cu-eof ine wreck, beiore Mr. Deighton, R.M., and Mr. Peter Kerr, acting .Nautic.l Assessor. After heaiing the evidence of various witnessos, the Court found the schooner A<nes .was driven Kfhoie during a A.W. gale, ami exonerated Captain Mo gun, the master, from all blame. The above is au ou.lme of the circumstances c.unected with the wreck of tho vessel, and we cannot hel;> but feel gratified that thesi.raiiiea which were so fret ly spread abioad, that she had founde ed with all on board through being overloaded, have not been verified, but ou the contiary, the passenger and crew wro all w. 11 when the SeaMrd 1-ft. The Agnes was insured in the Soulh British fir £2000, a portion of which is reiniurtsi, wh la Mr. Uood insure i the freight both way.- in the New Zealand Company. The schooner was the propeity of Capt. Short, of this c;ty.