SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 84, 14 September 1872, Page 10

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVED. September. 6, St Kilda, s.s, 91 tons, Flowerday, from Wanganui. Passengers Captain Dickie, Mrs Gibson, Mr D. Bell, Mrs Morrey. 6, Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Morrison, from Wairau. Passenger —Mr Robertson. 7, Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Kenner, from Lyttelton and Dunedin. Passengers—cabin : Messrs Griffiths, Walker, Russell, Stobo, Selig, Bowmaker, Houghton, and Oalcutt; five for North. 7, Napier, s.s., 44 tons, Doile, from Wanganui. Passengers—Mrs Carter, Mrs Gibson, Dr Best. 8, Phojbe, s.s., 416 tons, Worsp, from Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and Bluff. Passengers —saloon : Messrs Lyon, Field, Dr Haast, Mr Renye, Palmer, 2 for North. Steerage—Mr Goodsir, 2 for North. 8, Emerald, schooner, 40 tons, Whitby, from Lyttelton. 10, Briton, barque, 452 tons, W. Dyson, from Newcastle. 10, Albion, s.s, 591 tons, M'Lean, from Melbourne via Southern ports. PassengersMessrs Clarkson, Meredith, Wilson, Hastie, Lees, Guthrie, Best, Hunter, Hart, Beer, Burt, Miss Raven and 46 for other ports. 10, Cora, schooner, 45 tons, Russell, from Oamaru.12, Amateur, ketch, 25 tons, Hamilton, from Picton. SAILED. 6, Lady Bird, three-masted schooner, 230 tons, Holm, for Sydney. 6, St Kilda, s.s, 91 tons, Flowerday, for Wanganui." - 9, Rangatira, s.s., 186 tons, Renner, for Napier. Passengers—Messrs Collett, Seager, Williams, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Stuart. 9, Phoebe, tons, s.s., 419 Worsp, for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manakau. Passengers—Mr Neates, Mr and Mrs Troll°Pe - „, • 10, Falcon, ketch, 87 tons, Morrison, for A/I/ o -i t*a 11 10, Albion, s.s, 591 tons, M'Lean, for Melbourne via Nelson and West Coast. Passengers —Mr Smith and 46 original. 11, Emerald, schooner, 40 tons, Whitby, for Picton, in ballast. 11, Enterprise, schooner, 84 tons, Gathercol, for Picton, in ballast.

The ship Glenlora, 764 tons, was to leave London for Wellington about the 10th of August. The ship Bebington, which sailed from London on the 2nd July for this port, had on board 217 immigrants. The barque Malay, 382 tons, sailed for Wellington and Wanganui on the 22nd June, and is now out eighty-three days. We understand that Captain Peters is not in command this voyage, he having been tiansfevred to the Helen Denny, 728 tons, which vessel, with the Edward P. Bouverie, 997 tons, Messrs Shaw, Savill and Co, have purchased for the New Zealand trade. The barque Ballarat sailed from London on the 15th June for Nelson and Napier. She is commanded by Captain J. G. S. Grant, late of the Melita. She has 227 passengers, most of whom are Government emigrants, and is now out 88 days. The barque Mercury sailed from New York for Dunedin and Wellington on the 17th June, with a full cargo of American merchandise. The Excelsior is progressing with her loading, and will probably be a full ship next week; She only requires 350 bales to complete her cargo. The Electra is being discharged rapidly, and her cargo is turning out in first-rate order. It is likely she will proceed to Newcastle for a cargo of coals, and be ready to load immediately after the Halcione. The Halcione haß commenced loading in the stream. She will probably sail early in November. The ship Friedeberg, which brought out Scandinavian immigrants to Canterbury, sailed for Java on the Bth. The course of experiments with the new fish torpedo will be extended over two months. It is intended to appoint a naval engineer officer to each ship in the Royal Navy when fitted with torpedo apparatus, to act as an instructor in torpedo exercises, and to superintend the machinery for discharging them. The barque Ann Gambles, for whose safety some fears were entertained in consequence of her head-board, the grating of a hatch, and other articles having been picked up near Flat Point, arrived at Gravesend on the 27 th of June. The Glenhuntly (before reported at Gravesend), from Napiei, New Zealand, reports that when ten or twelve miles off the Lizard she was in collision with the Inflexible, French schooner, and the latter vessel foundered; crew saved by the Glenhuntley, which sustained damage estimated at £IOO. A man named James Cowan, a seaman on board the barque Annie, was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital a few days ago, suffering from a fracture of the left leg, caused by his having been thrown against the fore hatch by a sea when the ship was in the neighborhood of the Kent Group.—" Telegraph." A few months ago we heard a rumor that Mr F. R. Lee, of the B. W. Y. C, had arrived at the Cape in a 40-ton schooner yacht en route for Australia. After visiting Mauritius he altered his mind and returned to England, where he has purchased the Linda, schooner, of 126 tons, and in her proposed carrying out his cruise as originally intended. Mr John S. Howell of Nassau, New Providence, is building a new schooner yacht, with which it is reported he will, undaunted by the many defeats of Commodore Ashbury, endeavour to recapture from the New York Yacht

I Club the now world-renowned America's Cup. I The frame of this yacht will be constructed entirelv of mahogany, which is considered the I most durable wood for the purpose, as mahogI any frames have been known to last forty years without exhibiting the slightest sympi torn of rot. The shape of every frame will be formed ot the natural growth of the timber. The keel, stem, and sternpost will be constructed of Labaco wood, and the planking will be of Spanish cedar. The bends, rail, hatch combings, and companion-way are to be built of St Domingo mahogany. The frame will be fastened together with iron screw bolts, in oi'der to give great strength and durability. Mr Howell does not expect to have his yacht j finished before the summer of 1873. 1 The John Williams, Missionary barque, was ! at Apia, Navigator's Islands, on the 6th of July. She waß to sail on the Bth for the outstation of the Sumoan Mission, viz, the Ellice and Kingsmill Groups. The captain expects to be at the Loyalty Islands early in September nex t_«S.M. Herald," August 17. The old Wakatip steamor is now fairly out of the water. Her hull appears to be pretty sound and in good condition, with the exception of the stern, which has been slightly damaged by the chains when hauling her up. I The engines, of course, will require a considerI able overhaul, and it is not improbable that new ones, larger than the original, will be put I in her.—" Wakatip Mail," 28th ult. I The City of Newcastle (s) sighted a large i school of whales yesterday, between Broken Bay and long Reef. One monster came quite close and swam alongside the steamer for some | distance.—"S.M. Herald." j Some wreckage, supposed to belong to a \ ship of 1000 tons, has been seen about sixty miles westward of Cape Ofcway. The schooner Quickstep arrived from Rotumah on the 10th instant. Experienced a heavy gale on Monday ; anchored at Yadua on Tuesday, and started again for Levuka on Wednesday morning with very strong north wind, the vessel for two or three hours going at the rate of eleven or twelve knots. Reports schooners Ida (Eurv) and Rifle (Randolph) at Rqtumah ; also H.B.M.S Basilisk. The mission schooner Jubilee had left for Levuka two or three days previous to the sailing of the Quickstep. The Quickstep brings 11 tons cocoanut oil, cocoanut muts, sago palm, nuts, &c.—" Fiji Times," July 13. The U.S.S. Resaca arrived from Samoa on Saturday last. After a short stay she will proceed on her voyage to Ellice Islands, and hence probably to'the Caroline Group.—lbid. The Pearl, 17, wooden corvette, 2187 tons, 1390 horsepower, ordered to be repaired and refitted at Portsmouth for service on the Australian station, appears on examination to be in a decayed state, and will require very close inspection before the repairs in the shipwrights' department are commenced. The " San Francisco News Letter" says : Now that the ships are getting good freights, the captains and owners have a in procuring crews for the deep water ships. Our immense crop of cereals requires a large amount of men to harvest it, and sailors find it more profitable to work for 60 dols a month and " all night in," on a farm, to " ploughing furrows on the briny deep" for 25 dols a month, hard tack, and the numerous comforts his liberal-hearted landlord forgot (?) to provide him with. Doubtless a little extra wages to Jack would rectify this in a measure. Rear-Admiral Charles Farrel Hillyar, C.B, has been appointed to succeed Rear-Admiral A. Farquhar (whose period of service will shortly expire) in the command of the Pacific Station. H.M.S Repulse has been commissioned as the flag-ship of the gallant Admiral.

THE ACTION AGAINST CAPTAIN BLETHEN, OF THE NEVADA. In the Vice-Admiralty Court of Sydney, on August 2, before Sir Alfred Stephen, C.J., Judge Commissary, and Mr Justice Cheeke, Deputy Judge, the action re steamship Nevada, James Henry Blethen, master, was called on. This was a suit by Thomas Brooks, John Goodsir, and Joseph Leddra, owners of the barque A. H. Badger (whereof the said J. Leddra was master), against the American mail steamer Nevada, and all persons interested in the said steamer. Mr Gordon and Mr Darley, instructed by Messrs Norton and Barker, appeared for the promoters (the plaintiffs), and Sir William Marning, Q.C., and Mr Henry Stephen for the respondent (the defendant—the master of the Nevada). The suit was brought to recover compensation for the loss of the said barque at sea, occasioned, as was averred, by injuries inflicted upon her by collision with the said steamship through negligence on the part of those in charge of such steamship. The principal questions of fact in contest were—whether the collision had been occasioned by such negligence, or by a want of proper care and caution by those on board the barque, or whether it was an inevitable accident —whether the barque could or could not have been saved after the collision ? and what was the claimants' actual loss ? There was a further question, which was one of mixed law and fact—namely, whether the Nevada must be presumed to have been in the wrong because of her not having remained by the barque after che collision ? The English statute relative to collisions at sea contained a provision in favor of such a presumption, and the United States, by convention, accepted this statutory liability of American ships. It was contended for the defence that, as an effect of this statute, the onus probandi, as to " knowledge," by those on board the Nevada, of an injury having been inflicted upon the A. H. Badger, rendering it necessary to remain near her, was cast upon the promovente. On the other hand, it was maintained that there having been enough to show those on board the Nevada, at all events, that the steamer had come in contact with some vessel, she (the steamer) ought to have been stopped until it was seen whether any—and if any, what —

damage had been done. The great contest, even on this branch of the case, however, was as to the question of fact—whether those on board the Nevada had, or had not, sufficient knowledge that there had been an actual collision with the barque. The evidence and portion of the speeches were taken in March last, and the addresses were now resumed and concluded. Their Honors reserved judgment. —" S. M. Herald."

TOO OFTEN THE CASE. A ship recently arrived lost three men overboard on lißr passage from England. Why is it when so many men are lost from one ship that there is no inquiry as to the state of the ship's boats ? In the instance referred to it is rumored, upon the authority of one of the crew, that the fatal consequences might have been avoided had the regulations respecting ships' boats been imperatively enforced. It is alleged that when the cry " a man overboard" was first heard, a life-buoy was thrown to, and secured by, one of the strugglers in the sea; that the boats were rushed to, but it was found that there was none of the usual lowering tackle, and that the boats instead were simply lashed to the davits; that after trouble, danger, and delay a boat was at last lowered, and five men jumped into it, half full of water as it wag, and sought to rescue their companions ; that after long and vain endeavors, during the continuance of which they frequently saw their now departing shipmate still floating in the life buoy, they were compelled to relinquish the task and return to the ship unsuccessful, as their own lives were endangered, and that the poor despairing sailor with his slender support was perforce left to perish by an agonising death in full sight of the shipCan such things be, and no remark made ? Could there be here A solitary shriek, a bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony, such as there probably was in this case—presuming the statements made to be correct—it would not be passed over with the bare information that " three men have been lost overboard." But because the palpable evidences of a fearful death are not directly present, that is no reason why there should not be full inquiry into alleged carelessness, or why proper precautions should not be taken to prevent a recurrence of 6uch fatalities.— " Melbourne Age."

SHIPPING DISASTERS IN INDIA. The British ship Rothesay, 1443 tons register, from Calcutta, bound to Bombay, was wrecked on Monday, the Ist inst., off Chandpur, sixteen miles south-west of Contai. Capt. Main and sixteen of the officers and crew have been lost. The nine survivors arrived in Calcutta on Thursday evening, July 11, in dingies, from Contai, with two chaukidars in charge of them, and in a very distressed condition, having lost their all. From one of the survivors we have learnt the following particulars :—The captain had bnth legs broken just before a raft left the ship, but he was put on board the raft, and securely lashed on. Feeling that he would never live to reach the shore, he requested to be put back again on board, so that he might perish with his charge, the ship ; and the first officer, his son, accompanied him. After the raft had left the ship, the pilot, J. H. Elson, jumped overboard, and swam safely to the raft. After being upwards of eighteen hours on the raft, it was decided to divide it into two, one large and one smaller one.. On the former eleven men remained, of whom eight have been saved, three having been washed off in a state of insanity from drinking salt water. Only one man of those on board the smaller raft was saved. The British ship Omaha, of Liverpool, 1171 tons register, Captain J. W. Wilmott, from Liverpool, 26th February, bound to Calcutta, got as far as lat. 17deg N., long. 86deg E., when she fell in with a fearful hurricane, which disabled her, and afterwards drove her ashore on Saugor Buffs, where she became a total wreck. The crew, twenty-four men, got into two boats on Monday morning to come ashore, but both boats capsized, and only seventeen, including captain and mate, reached the shore, after being sixteen hours in the water. She saw three other disabled ships, but could not communicate with them.—" Calcutta Mail," July 12.