Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 221, 4 December 1875, Page 11

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVEJ). November 26.—Taranaki, s.s., 29D tons, Lloyd, from Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Ling, Valance, Miller, Mesdames McMasters, Wylie and son, Messrs. Mincherin, Show, Ling, Valance, Rough, Lowes, Evans, Gooch, Apperley, Miller, and 5 in steerage. R. S. Ledger, agent. Wellington, s.s., 202 tons, Carey, from Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. Passengers— Saloon : Bishop Redwood, Rev. Mr. West, Mrs. Newman, Mrs. Smith and son. Messrs. Lovick, Moss, Southern, Luttle, Deely, Shannon, Skelly, Creighton, and 8 for the South ; 2in the steerage. R, S. Ledger, agent. Lyttelton, p.s., 80 tons, Scott, from Wairau. No passengers. R. S. Ledger, agent. November 27.— Ocean Bird, schooner, 33 tons, Bullard, from Wairau. R. S. Ledger, agent. Tauranga, schooner, 61 tons, Divers, from Dunedin. Plimmer and Reeves, agents. Oriti, schooner, 00 tons, Travers, from Timaru. Master, agent. Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Griffiths, from Poverty Bay and Napier. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Shepherd, O’Neill, Sayers, Messrs. Suffield, Stuart, Sheeby, Austin, Troutbeck, Beauchamp, Dormox, Levy, Isaacs, Revs. Sidey and Shepherd, Messrs. Levien, Crocombe, Sayers, Geison, Cardwell, Gough, Harrison, King, Allesbrooke, McMillan, Harris, and Frank. N.Z.S S. Co, agents. Wellington, s.s., 262 tons, Carey, from the North. Passengers—Saloon: Bishop Redwood. Rev. Mr. West, Mrs. Newman, Mrs. Smith and Son, Messrs. Moss, Levick, Southern, Luttle, Deely, Shannon, Skelly, Creighton, and 8 for South; 2 in' steerage. N.Z.S.S. Co, agents.

November 29.—Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Fisk, from Wairau. No passengers. Turnbull and Co., agents. Otago, s.s., 669 tons, Caider, from Melbourne, via the West Coast. Passengers—Saloon: Miss Haynes, Miss McCarthy, Messrs. Seed, Martin, Bennett, Cowrie, Lyell, Nicholas, and 6 in the steerage. W. Bishop, agent.

November 30.—Phoebe, s.s., 416 tons, Worsp, from Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Hare and Morten, Messrs. Rose. Sander. Krugmaun, Lorensen, Hobday, Derritt, Jerome, Wilkins, Nicoll, McCarthy; and 5 for North. R. S. Ledger, agent. Ladybird, s.s., 280 tons. Andrew, from Picton. Passengers—Saloon ; Mesdames Cox, Lever, and Butt, Messrs. Tribe, M.H.R., Gore, Saver, Buchanan, Master, Allan, Smith, Clive, McAvoy, Power, O’Neill, Rube, OVane, Canning, Olesen, Staples, Curtis and son, Beaumont, Haycock; and 19 steerage. R. S. Ledger, agent. Stormbird, s.s., 69 tons, Doile, from Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Mrs. Jackson, Miss Perston, Messrs. Perston, McCaul, Slater, Suisted, Captain Williams; and 2 in steerage. Turnbull and Co., agents. Napier, s s., 44 tons, Butt, from Foxton. Passengers—Cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Budge, Messrs. Johnson, Bush, Barry, Fraser, G'linty, Nees: and Mrs. Warner from Mana Island. Turnbull and Co., agents. December I.—Egmont, s.s., 52 tons, Irvine, from Wanganui. Passengers—Saloon : Revs. Mr. Elmslie, and Dowell, Messrs. West, McGregor, Strawn, and Schultze. Levin and Co., agents. Taupo, s.s., 4GI tons, Maefarlane, from Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon: Miss Robinson. Mrs. Jacobs, Messrs. McCormick, Martin, Haines, Jacobs. Belcher, Prince. Shripp, Campbell, Butler, Saville, Wheatleigh, Ingresden ; 15 in steerage, and 10 for North. Levin and Co., agents. Lyttelton, p.s., 86 tons, Scott, from Wairau. No passengers. R. S. Ledger, agent. December 2.—Day Dawn, 24 tons, McLaehlan, from Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. Colonial Government p.s. Luna, 199 tons, Fairchild, from Cook Strait. SAILED. November 26.—Easby, s.s., 909 tons, Kennedy, for Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon : Miss Dyer, Mrs. Rochester, Mr. Mantell, and 7 original. Turnbull and Co. agents. Stormbird, s.s., Doile, G 9 tons, for Wanganui. Passengers— Saloon: Miss Gane, Mrs. Hutchison, Rev. Mr. Ross, Captains Rough and Williams, Messrs. Norman, Matheson, Tod, Hutchison, and Crossley. Turnbull and Co., agents.

November 27.—Lyttelton, s.s., 86 tons, Scott, for Wairau. No passengers. It. S. Ledger, agent. Kiwi, s.s., 133 tons, Campbell, for Castiepoint and Napier. Passengers—Saloon: Messrs. Bridges, Steven, and Aitkin. Levin and Co. agents. Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Lloyd, for Northern ports. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs. Carvosson, Messrs. Knight, Osborne, Moore; and 2 in steerage. N.Z.S.S. Co., agents. November 29.—Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Griffiths, for Napier. Passengers—Saloon : Miss Tilley Matthews, Mrs. O’Rorke and 3 children, Messrs. Laing, Sutton, Best, Wills, Smith, Richards, Win. R. S. Ledger, agent. November 30 Ladybird, s.s., 256 tons, Andrew, for Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon ; Mesdames Woodroof, Shriggs, O’Neill, Shepherd, and Pearce, Messrs. Shriggs, Pearce, Shepherd, Allebrook, Austin, Winterbell, Mcßae. McMahon, Hanson, Olesen, Jackson, Pawnicker, Millar, Laing, and C’rombie. R. S. Ledger, agent. Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Fisk, for Wairau. Turnbull and Co., agents. Otago, s.s., 642 tons, Caider, for Melbourne. Passengers—Saloon: Messrs. Waterhouse, Tronbeck, Suffeild, Larkin, Warner, Perston, and Todd; 10 steerage. R. S. Ledger, agent. December l.—Plirebe, s.s., 410 tons, Worsp, for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manakau. Passengers —Saloon : Mesdames Carter and Vincent, Miss Nye, Messrs. Gee, Inn, Frances, Allen, Baker, Elliot, McDonald, and Vincent; sin steerage. R. S. Ledger, agent.

Napier, s.s., 44 tons, Butt, for Foxton. Passengers —Saloon : Mesdames Shore and Gilbert, Messrs. Tomkins, Horyoak, Laing, McNeill, and Manson. Turnbull and Co., agents. Stormbird, s.s., 69 tons, Doile, for Wanganui. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Anderson and 3 children, Misses Breslin and Tate, Messrs. Minehene, Andrews, Wilson, Nicholas, Brown, Anderson, Carew, and Isaacs. Turnbull and Co., agents. December 2.—Taupo, s.s., 461 tons, Maefarlane, for Picton. Passengers Saloon : Mr. and Mrs. Alien, Miss Spratt, Messrs. Lyell, Sullivan, Goldie, Foy. Beauchamp, Cooper, Williams, and ten original. Levin and Co., agents. Egmont, s.s., 52 tons, Irvine, for Wanganui. Levin and Co., agents. H.M.S. Sappho, for Auckland, via East Coast. EX. PICCTED A RRI V ALS. London. Rakaia, Otaki, Pleiades, Avalanche, and Commissary. New York via Dunedin.— F’rances Lewey, brigantine. early. New York via Adelaide.— Canny Scot, barque, early. Melbourne, via South.—Alhambra, s.s., Bth inst. Southern Pouts.—Easby, s.s., this day; Tui, s.s., this day. Napier.—Rangatira, this day. Foxton. —Napier, this day. Newcastle. —May, three-masted-schooner, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES London. —llalcione, ship, early in November ; Howrah, ship, January next. Southern Poms.— I Taranaki, s.s., Gth inst. Northern Ports.— Wellington, this day. Newcastle.— Jane Spiers, barque, this day, Napier. —Rangatira, s.s., Gth inst. Waitara.—Tui, s s., 6th inst. J3Y TELEGRAPH. ONEHUNGA, Thursday. Sailed : At noon, Taranaki, for New Plymouth. Passengers—Saloon; For Taranaki—Mrs. Gore, Miss Cleghorn, and Mr. Conway. For N elson—Mr. Watrich. For Wellington—Messrs. Doole, Grant, and Brown. For Melbourne—Mr. Burt. For Lyttelton—Mr. Cook.

NAPIER, Monday. Arrived : Ship Inverness, 99 days from London, with 105 immigrants; all well. One death and one birth occurred during the voyage. The passengers we a very respectable looking lot. They are not all

for Napier, some being for Otago, and some for Auckland. All landed. The Napier portion will bo on hire to-morrow. LYTTELTON, Thursday. Sailed ; Italy, barque, for Ilobarton. PORT CHALMERS, Tuesday. Arrived : Gift, barque, from Pabelton do Pica, September 27, with 400 tons of guano. DUNEDIN, Wednesday. Tin: trial of the locally built steamer Tui took place yesterday. She steamed an average of nine knots. She is built by Kincaid and McQueen for Stager and Co., of Wellington, for the Wellington coastal trade, She will carry 110 tons of cargo on a draught of G feet. The trial was considered highly satisfactory. INVERCARGILL, Friday. Arrived : At the Bluff —Peter Denny, ship, from Glasgow, on Thursday afternoon, 87 days out, with 266 immigrants. The Health Officers boarded her to-day, and report all well. Eight deaths, chiefly infants, occurred during the voyage. The immigrants are a fine looking lot. They will be landed to-morrow, (Saturday.) BLUFF, Wednesday. The barque Adamant, from London, which has been long looked for, is signalled. _ Sailed : White Rose, ship, for Guam ; Spirit of the South, barque, for Sydney. BLUFF, Thursday. Arrived : Adamant, yesterday, and is a clean ship. Five deaths occurred during the voyage. The captain died about six weeks ago. NEWCASTLE, November 19. Arrived: Neptune, from Wellington.

H.M.S. Sappholefton Thursday afternoon at 1.40 for Auckland, calling at Napier and Tauranga on the way.

The Government p.s. Luna arrived here at 3 p.m. on Saturday, after three weeks’ absence. She left, here late on the night of the Gth instant with his Excellency the Governor and suite, and arrived at Kaikoura the following morning. Left again at 4 p.m,, his Excellency having paid a short visit to the township, &c. Godley Head was reached early the next morning, and after landing a quantity of oil, &c., for the lighthouse, the Luna steamed up to Lyttelton, where his Excellency the Governor and suite landed. Sailed for the South at 11.30 a.m., but meeting a S.W. gale off Banks’ Peninsula had to put into Le Bon’s liay, and remained there until 1 p.m. The following day the Luna proceeded on her voyage, but as the barometer was very low, with every indication of the S.W. wind increasing, Captain Fairchild put into Akaroa. The Luna remained in Akaroa, weather bound, for nearly two days, and during this period towed the ketch Glimpse (for a long time a regular trader out of this port) off the rocks, where she had drifted, after having been capsized on to a sandy beach. The Luna passed Tairoa Head at G a.m. the following day, and reached Nugget Point at 4 p.m., but owing to the heavy surf on the beach could not land stores for the lighthouse. Arrived at Dog Island at daylight on the 13th, and after landing a quantity of oil and stoves proceeded to the Bluff and coaled. Left at 4.30 p.m. for Preservation Inlet, and anchored in Otago Retreat, in that inlet, at 6.30 a.m. on the following morning, Sunday. On Monday morning landed a quantity of iron bark timber for the lighthouse which is to be built at Pegasus Point, and shipped Mr. Mirfin and a party of eight men, who have for the past eigl-t months been making a road from Otago Retreat to the lighthouse at Pegasus Point. Sailed at 9.30 p.m. for Centre Island, which was reached at 7.15 a.m. the next dav; landed a quantity of iron bark for building the lighthouse with, and sailed for Howell’s Roads and anchored there until 1 p.m. the next morning, when a start was made for Dog Island. Arrived there at daylight, landed some stores and steamed to Henrietta Bay, Ruapuke Island. After remaining there a short time proceeded on her voyage. In leaving the bay the Luna struck on a sunken rook. Finding the vessel was making but little water. Captain Fairchild determined to continue on the voyage to Dunedin. Called off Nugget Point, but again found the surf too heavy to land. Arrived at Tairoa Head at 6.30 a.m. on the 10th and anchored there, at daylight landed oil and stores, and proceeded up the fharbeur to Port Chalmers. That afternoon the Luna went into the graving dock to repair damage ; all the necessary repairs were executed by Wednesday, the 24th, when the Luna left dock and sailed for Lyttelton, arriving there at 4 p.m. the following day. Sailed again at 6.30 p.m. for Wellington, but finding a heavy cross sea running outside the heads, put back and anchored under Adderly Head. Left there at 10.30 p.m. on Friday, and arrived as above after a good passage of 164 hours. The Luna steamed from Wellington again on Tuesday last at 1 p.m., for The Brothers, arriving there at 6 p.m. the same evening and anchored, but found the surf too heavy to land, then steamed and lay under Cape Ivohimarama all night. On Wednesday morning, steamed to The Brothers again with the hope of landing, anchored there and lay-to for a few hours. Saw no chance of the sea going down, and a strong breeze blowing from N.W. Steamed up to and anchored off Cook Rock for an hour, and caught twenty hapukau, weighing in all about half a ton. In the evening at 7 p.m., there being no chance of landing at The Brothers, returned to port and arrived at 1 a.m. on Thursday morning. She left again yesterday for Napier and the East Coast, as far as Tauranga, landing Sir Donald McLean at Napier. She takes a lot of Armed Constabulary stores, and collects all arms along the coast. We may expect the Luna back in about ten days. “ Alethes” in the Sydney Mail gives the following account, received from Pennsylvania, of the launch of a new steamer for this line “ The river was well filled with craft of various kinds, and the scene was one of much animation. The great ship, as she lay upon tlie ways, was a grand sight and provoked many expressions of admiration. Suddenly a boy cried out ‘ There she goes!’ and slowly, majestically the beautiful ship was sliding into the calm waters below. She had ‘slipped her shoes’ and launched herself. The revenue cutter Hamilton, which lay out in the offing, fired several guns, the steam-tugs and boats blew their whistles, and the ensign of the new ship was dipped, but all were too much interested in the grand spectacle to think of cheering. As the vessel nestled in tlie element Miss May K. F’ountain leaned far out over the bow, and with a graceful swing, broke the gaily decorated bottle of wine, and tlie splendid craft was christened—City of Sydney.” We are then told how she really ran into a steamer filled with passengers, then narrowly escaped a collision with a passing barque, and after that actually passed within a foot of a full-rigged ship, which got out its life-boat in preparation for what seemed an inevitable accident. It it satisfactory to find that she was safely berthed after these hair-breadth escapes. This is tlie description of tlie vessel—she is 352 feet long overall ; 40 feet beam, and 304 feet from the base line to the spar-deck. Her register is 3500 tons ; she is barque-rigged, and has a spread of 17,000 square feet of canvas ; she has ten metallic boats, and ten life-rafts, capable of carrying 500 people in ease of accident. She has pumping apparatus capable of freeing her from 100,000 gallons of water per minute, if necessary ; she has seven bulk-heads, dividing her into eight water-tight compartments. She is supplied with two compound engines, with a surface condenser, and separate pumping engines. Her high pressure cylinder is 51 inches in diameter, by 5 feet stroke, the low pressure cylinder is 88 inches, with tlie same deptli of stroke. She lias six cylindrical boilers of 13 feet in diameter by 104 feet in length, each witli three furnaces. They are tested with a working pressure of ninety pounds to the square inch. Her propeller-wheel is 20ft. in diameter, with a plunge of 25 feet, and is of the Hirsch patent. The engines can do from 65 to 70 revolutions per minute, and in fair weather tlie maximum speed is 10 knots per hour. Her first-class passenger accommodation is for 120 persons, with all the modern improvements in the way of tapestry, carpets, upholstery, baths, smoking-room, ladies’ boudoir, &c. SAYING LIFE AT SEA. Some four years ago, Mr. Holmes brought to the notice of the public an invention calculated to be of great service in case of marine disasters at night. The number of projects which have from time to time been devised to assist in saving life at sea is exceedingly large; the great majority of them are utterly

impracticable, and of tho remaining minority which appear to have some claims for notico, %vo should say that very few indeed are ever likely to bo, or ever have been, recorded as being serviceable at times when life-saving gear might be useful. So many people dabble, so to speak, in the cheap philanthropy which oftqn characterises warm-hearted but weakly natures, and which too often leans only upon the ignorant assumptions of popular enthusiasts, that all sorts of ill-considered and impracticable proposals are made with the object of saving life at sea. Now, we desire to point out to our readers that Mr. Holmes’ invention does not profess to actually prevent loss of life ; the promise made on its behalf, however, is one which it strictly fulfils, and we have no hesitation in saying that, as it successfully carries out its purpose, it is, prima■ fade, an honest invention, and therefore deserves consideration. Tlie invention is a selflighting and inextinguishable storm and danger signal light, which, upon being thrown upon tho water, bursts into flame, and for nearly an hour exhibits a most brilliant light, neither wind nor rain having any power to extinguish it. "When to the dire confusion of a collision, or the foundering of a ship, tlie black darkness of a tempestuous night is superadded, the horror of the situation is indescribably more dreadful than if daylight existed. Mr. Holmes’ light, however, would at least render tho very' great service of illuminating the darkness, and of enabling tlie bewildered sufferers to see what they were about. A shipwrecked crew in an open boat would no doubt find such signals most valuable. Again, in tlie case of a man overboard at night, one of tlie.se lights thrown into tlie sea would mark tlie spot where tlie accident occurred, and would show the endangered man the buoy or ropes sent out to him. There can he no doubt that these are really invaluable signals for vessels to carry with them ; their uses are manifold; and we advise our nautical readers to make a trial of them and find out practically their usefulness. Indeed we are much surprised to learn that so few people are acquainted with their value. In corroboration of these remarks, regarding the value of Holmes’ rescue-light in cases of distress, the statement of Capt. R. R. Gillon, ship Bosphorus, is appendedAt 9.30 p.m. on the 7th August, in latitude 48 N., and longitude 32 W., it being a dark night, with a strong wind and heavy sea running, a man named John Rowe, a native of Plymouth, fell from the jibboom into the sea. I heard his voice as lie was passing the stern, and hove the Holmes’ rescue signal light to the sound, and it at once showed a very bright light. The ship at the time was going eleven miles an hour, and of course was a considerable distance from the man before she could be stopped and a boat sent out ; but, through the light pointing out the spot where the man was, he was found, and received on board in twenty-three minutes ; but, had there been no light, it would have been impossible to save him in such a sea and on such a dark, cloudy night; and, strange to say, though lifebuoys, oars, grating, &c., were thrown overboard, neither of them were seen by the man in tlie water, nor yet by the eight men who manned the boat. I may state I distinctly saw the light forty-three minutes. It was then three miles off.” In addition to this storm and signal light, Mr. Holmes has patented a lifebuoy' rescue-boat. Of the practical merits of this invention we cannot speak, but in Parliament Sir Charles Adderley has stated it to be so good that the Board of Trade will recommend its adoption by coasting sailing vessels. This, we think, speaks very highly for it, and we shall be glad to know that Mr. Holmes deserves as much encouragement for his lifebuoy rescue boat as he undoubtedly does for his inextinguishable light. There is far more probability of life being saved by the aid of this light when a casualty occurs on a dark night, than by many of the numberless and elaborate arrangements proposed in the way of life-saving gear.—Nautical Magazine. INSTRUCTIONS TO AMATEUR SAILORS. The following very excellent and practical bints for amateur sailors appeared in a recent number of the Brisbane Courier, and will be found very useful by gentlemen who frequent Wellington Harbor in small boats : 1. Know before you leave your anchorage or wharf that everything is in order, especially your tack and pennant for reefing. 2. Always carry a compass (if you are bound for the Bay): a whaleboat’s or one of Dent’s lifeboat’s compasses answers nicely in small sailboats. 3. Boats of any considerable draught—l4 foot and more—should carry a lead-line, the first fathom marked off legibly in feet. This will prove to he very valuable in finding channels in tlie night, or in hazy weather.

4. Never make your halyards or sheets fast by hitching or knotting. They should be made fast either by sufficient turns around the cleat, or a simple draw-knot, which any boatman can show you. 5. When the wind is very strong and puffy, pass the sheet once around the cleat, and hold tlie end in vour hand.

6. Always keep the halyards and sheets in order by carefully coiling them so that they will run clear from tho top of tlie coil. 7. Never sit to the leeward of your helm, nor allow anyone [else to sit where their position will interfere witli tlie free play of your tiller. S. Never jibe a sail when the wind is blowing freshly, unless it be a necessity. If you must jibe, do so with your peak settled. 9. Never jibe a sail with the sheet wide off. Trim in your sheet rapidly as you press up your helm, take a turn around tlie cleat, and ease the strain when tho sail passes over, by letting go your sheet as your direction from the wind may require. As a rule, it is better to go about.

10. When, from a heavy sea, a boat refuses to mind her helm, and misses stays, to get her on the other tack, you must perform what is called wearing. I'his is done by settling the peak of your sail, and following tlie directions above for jibing. Once jibed, haul up your peak, trim in your sheets, and bring her on her course. 11. In heavy winds and high waves, a boat will sail better, and be safer, with tlie sheet started a little. Very few boats sail well at any time when the sheet is trimmed down fiat. 12. Never luff a small boat in rough water and a high sea so as to stop her way. When a puff of wind is too strong for your safety, hold the boat on her course and ease off the shee't. The danger of stopping a boat under the above circumstances is that she is liable to upset when you put up your helm and keep away to fill the sail again. If your boat l.as lost way, slack off your sheet, put down your helm, and let her fall off. When she has fallen off sufficiently to get a good full in the sail, up helm and trim in rapidly. 13. Always keep an eye to windward, watching the surface of the water for the approach of puffs of wind. 14. Being overtaken by a squall, settle your sail and tie up snugly, waiting to make sail until you have felt tlie weight of the squall, and know how much sail to make. If the squall promise to be very severe, you had better come to an anchor. 15. In reefing, take in all sail, trim in your sheet perfectly flat, and make secure. Then haul out your clew with your pennant and make* fast. Next tie down your tack, then tie in your nettles or reefpoints, with square or reef knots, commencing at either end. In shaking out a reef, tho sail being down, reverse this process, commencing to untie your reef points at the middle, and working to either end. Keep to the windward of your sail. Hi. In running on dead before the wind, be careful not to jibe. If the wind is heavy, it is safer to run with tlie peak settled. In rough, water, running oil’, look out that your boom, striking in the crest of tlie sea, doesn’t trail aft, and jib your sail. This is called tripping. To prevent this, bring her more in tlie wind by putting your helm down, if seas are likely to come over on your quarter or stern, they can lie broken by trailing a buoy or basket, or two oars lashed together, about five fathoms astern. This drag will also steady the motion of your boat. 17. Never carry sail for the sake of carrying it. IS. Never sail strange waters without a chart, or what is better, without a pilot. 19. As a stranger to them, avoid tide-rips and whirls.

20. Bo cool in emergencies. If sailing with company do not let them distract your attention from the management of your boat. 21. Remember that in the wind the starboard tack has the right of way over the port, and that a vessel sailing in the wind has the right of way over ono that has her sheet off or going free.