Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 419, 21 February 1880, Page 13

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVED. February 12—Murray, s.s , 78 tons, Conway, •from Nelson. Passengers—Cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Power and 2 children. Messrs. Bro vn, Baden, Smith, -Sinclair, and Sh innon. Deacon, agent. Jane Douglas, s.s , 76 tons Fraser from Lyttelton, Kaikoura, and Wdpapa. Passengers—Cabin :, Miss Rjger-i, Messrs. Riy, and Short. Martin, agent. Tui, s.s., 64 tons, Berryman, from "Wanganui. Passengers Cabin : Messrs. Biown. Spindle and Johnston : 3in the steerage. Turnbull and Co., agents. R<ngatira, s.s., 196 tons, Harvey, from Wanganui, New I'lymouth, and Manukau. Passengers—Cabin : Miss Gisborne, Mes ames Sargent and Edwin, Mr. and Mrs. Evenson and servant. Colonel Trimble, Captain McGrath, Messrs. Vickers, Pet.rie, Du ton, Woods, Hatrich, Sargent Elliott, Keetley, O'Connoll. Seaton, England, nnil Mr. and M.s. Kversley ; 9in the steerage. Martin, agent. Southern Cross, s.s , 139 tons, Helander, from Lyttelton. Turnbull and Co., agents. Manawatu, p 8 , 103 tons. Scoones. from Foxton. Passengers—Cabin : Mrs. Warden and 3 children. Miss Robinson, Messrs. Fagan, Crowl, and Brady ; 3 in the steerage Marti >. agent. Huia, s.s., 90 tons. Wills, from Kaikoura and Lyttelton. Turnbull and <"Y>., agents. February 13—Taiaroa, s.s., 228 tons. Petersen, •from North. Passenger*—Salo n: Miss Beaumond, Mrs Schultz and ainily (2). Messrs Oondman, Ralph, Cutting, Irvine, Tregeer, Walton. Deven, and Ken ; 3in the steerage. D. Mills, agent. Rotorna, s.s., 576 tons, Tnzer, from Me'boume via the South and llobart Town. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Corbit. Knowles, Gordon, Doherty, Mesdames Whiteman, Hart, Corbit. Denniston, Rev. J Fenton and family. Messrs Denniston. Hart, Leonard, Watts, Craig, Mawley, Riine, Hutchinson. Burns. Binstead, Paton, Dacre, Berry, Dixon, Williams, and McCallum ;15 in the steerage T). Mills, agent. Wanaka, s.s., 277 tons, McGillivray. from Auckland ▼ia East Coast ports. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs Burns, Messrs Burns, Maine, Broad, Dewsberrv. Henderson, Giyford, Broadbent, McFayden, and Conway. D. Mills,agent.

Stormbird, s.s , 69 tons. Doile, from Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Marks, Reimenschneider, Tpsom, King, Fordham, and Silver. .Martin, agent. February 14.—Tui, s.s., 64 tons, Berryman. from Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Harker, Perry, Armitage, R dford. Barlow, Roach. Crighton, Sweny, Andrews. Playter, and Gunn; 3'in the steerage. Turnbull and Co, agents Patea ss„ 50 tons Gibbons, from Patea. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Park, Dale, and Taylor. Turnbull and Co., agents.

Jane Douglas, s.s.. 76 tons. Eraser, from Foxton. Passengers—Cabin : Mises Blickenford and Wright, Mrs. Bidder, and Wo Icott. Martin, agent. Kiwi, s.s , 133 tons. Campbell, from Napier and Castlepoi 't. Lev'n andf'o., agents. Kangaroo, s.s , 1101 tons, Seymour, from Wanganui.

February 15.—Kennedy, s.s 76 Palmer, for Nelson and West. Coast. Passengers—Cabin: Miss Hill. Mrs Farrelle, Drs. Lera -n and Farrelle, Messrs. Frost. Chi«holm Barnett, Norman, Cameron, Manson, Mercer. Green, Wright. Spier, McLean, and Master Si kes. Deacon, agent. Manawatu. p.s., 103 tons, Peoones. from Foxton. Passengers -Cabin : Miss Holland, Mrs; Gary. Messrs. Tomkins, Wingate. Hayward. Mitchell (2>, and Drummond ;2 in the steer* g*. Martin. as>nt. Ringirooma. s.s . 623 tons. Chatfield. from Auckland via Est Coast ports. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Brookfield, Maston, and Birch and infant and two servant*. Messrs Lnsk. Hunter. Gavin (2). Maston, Hinchcliffe, Sutherland, Baker, and Townsend; 4 in the steerage. D. Mills, agent. Penguin, s s , 442 tons, Malcdm, from Lyttelton and Port Chalmers Passengers—Saloon : Misses Resemer and Brown Mesdames Chamberlain, Smith, and Manes. Sir Thomas and Lady Tancred, Messrs. Coventry, Moore, Donahey, Eastwod, Rou«e, Card, Tancred, Sellars. For vood, Bonningtnn. "Davies, Sheppard, Horton. Jacobs, Rothschild. McNamara. b'orshaw, Moore. Brown, and Coates. D. Mills a<*ent.

Sarah Pile, brigantine, 114 tons, Romeril, from Kaipara. Waddell and Co , agents. Julius "Vogel, topsail schooner, 53 tons, Cullen,from Kaipara. Comoton, agent. Huia, s.s., 90 tons, Wills, from Foxton. Turnbull and Co . agents.

February 16—Go-Ahead, s.s., 130 tons, Dicker, from White Rock. Johnston, agent, Aurora, schooner, 52 tons, Mundle, from the East Coast. Pearee, agent

Grafton, s s , 244 tons, Johnston, from Westport and Pass-ngers Cabin : Mrs Ooff. Messrs Georsre. Bu-ne. Fergusson, Tanner, Hall. Pietersen. Williams, agent. February 17, —star of the South, s.s., 175 tons. Bascand, from Dunedin, Timaru, Oamaru, an 1 Lyt foltoii. Pa«s<m<?ers : 1 steerage ; 7 cabin for other orts. Turnbull and Co., agents.

Wanganui. ss., 179 tons, Bayldon. from Wanganni. Taranaki, and VTanakau. Passengers—Cabin ; Mrs. Webb and family ; 3 in the steerage, Turnbull and Co., agents. Stormbird, s s,, 69 t«->ns, Doile, from "Wanganui. Passenge-s—Cabin : Miss Smith. Mesdames Frost, and Brown, Messrs. Cram r and Son. Smith. Bamber, Duthie, Young, Frost, and Stock. Martin, agent. Lyttelton. p.s., 86 tons, Scott, from Blenheim. Deacon, agent. Napier, s s., 48 tons, Fisk, from Blenheim. Turnbull and Co.. agents. February 18—Wellington, ss., 279 tons. Anderson, from Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. Passengers— Saloon: Misses Gilmer and Aylmer. Mrs Gillon, Messrs French, Caulisman. Bush. Collins (2), and Gillon ; 7in the steerage. D. Mills, a?ent. Taiaroa, s s.. 228 tons, Holms, from Ticton and Nelson. Passengers—Sal -on: Misses Dixon, Kestlev, Aitken, McKenz : e, Newman. Lewis, Cusack, Bncho'z, Lee, and Johnstoo, Mesdi'"es Lewis, R'msay, Thomas, and Bnchnlz. Dr Gillon, iVessrs Owen, Pawling, Parkenson, Blick, Reynolds, and Williams. D. Mills, agent. Manawatu p.s , 103 tons, Scoones. from Wanganui. Passengers— Cabin : Mesdames Devon and Harrison. Messrs. Kingholm, Silver. Skelly, Donaldson, Moore, England, and Smith ; 2 in the steerage. Martin, agent. Tui, s s., 64 tons. Berryman. from Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Gutheridge and Owen ; 3in the steer >ge. Turnbull and Co., agents. Dido, schooner. 58 ton*, Johnston, from Oamaru. J. and T.gMeek, agents. SAILED. February 12.—Waitaki, s.s. 228 tons, Eddie, for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Mannk xi Pa'S'Mgers —Cabin : Messrs. Fuller, Mar-hall. Barraud, and Collins ;6 in the st.ee. age. Mills, agent. Tui, s.s.. 64 tins, Berryman, for Wanganui. Turnbull and Co, a ents. Jane Douglas, s.s., 76 tons. Fraser. for Foxton. Passengers—Ctbin : Messrs. Bart'ett. Olnpl un. Hall, McCarthur, and Crook and Co. (5). Martin, agent Rangatira, s s . 196 tons, Harvey, for Wanganui, Taranaki, and Manukau lassengers—Cabin: Mnlholland, Little, Newton, and Wilson, Mesdames Handley, James, McCullum. and Craig. Messrs. Varden, Bask uI ah (5), Monaghan, McCullum. Handley, James, and Little (<) ; Bin the steerage. Martin, agent. Murray, ss.. 78 tons. Conway, for Nelson and Wjst Coast ports. Deacon, agent. February 13 —Lutterworth, barque, 882 tons, Pearson, for London. Passengers—second cabin ': Mrs Lawton and 2 children, Messrs I igle, Gibson, Lawton, and Mountain. Turnbull -nd Co , agents. Rotorna, s.s., 576 tons. Tozer, for Sydney via A.ickland and the E<st Coist. Passengers—Saloon: Misses F ster, Wilson. Roberts Whithorn. Mesdames Sunderland, Fn ter, Pilkington, Taylor, Messrs Craig, Orbell, Wilson, Churehward Lightband, Moore, Hammond, and Allport ; 12 in "the steerage. D. Mil's, arent. Southern Cross, s.s., 139 tons, Helander, for Auckland via East Coast ports. Turnbull and Co., agents. Huia, ss., 90 tons, Wills, for Foxton, Turnbull and Co., agents.

: Manawatu, p.s., 1 103 tons, Scoones, for Foxton. Martin, agent. ■ Wanaka. s.s., 277 tons. McGillivray, for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. D. Mills, agent.

February 14.—Stormbird, s.s., 69 tons, Doile, for Wanganui. Martin, agent. Patea. s.s., 50 tons, Gibbons, for Patea. Turnbull and Co., agents. Napier, s s., 48 tons, Fisk, for Blenheim. Turnbull and Co , agents. Western Monarch, ship, 1315 tons, Watson, for Lyttelton. Co, agents. February 16—Taiaroa. s.s.. 228 tons, Petersen for Picton and Ne'son. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Wilkin* and Myers, Mesdames Pierard, Pollock, and Myers, Messrs Sherman, Coppiii, Greenfield, Koper. Mackey, Thane, Pierard, Beswick, and Tandy; 10in the steerage. D. Mills, agent. Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Scoones, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Keith (2), Hunter, Bamberger, Moore, Blair, and Master Smith. Martin, agent. Huia, s.s., 90 tons, Wills, for Kaikoura and Lyttelton. P ssengers Cabin : Messrs Eversley, Cobette, and Pilcher. Turnbull and Co., agents.

Ringarooraa, s.s., 623 tons, Chatfield, for Melbourne and Hobirton via Southern ports. Passengers— Saloon: Misses G ; sborne, Keefe, Holland, Robinson, McVicar, Jackson, Lysaght, Campbell, Wymond, Tulloch, Fox, Mesdames Gisborne, Ogden, Barnett. Feary, Sidey, McVicar, Jackson, Cunningham, Camphell, Ollivier, Wymond, McLean, and Allen. Dr. Kalph, Messrs Wymond, Davis. Rich, Andre s, Grant, Roche (2), Bennett, Fraser. Parsonage, Hooper, Sykes, Sidey, Cameron, Levy, Masters, Johnston, Drvden, Fowler, Picker gill, Douglas. Gisborne, Sheppard. Thomas, Werry. McLean, Buchanan. Burrett, Higgins, Sowry, Somers, Hobbs, Dawson, Horwood, Forrest. McLean, Bartlett, Watson, Masters Svkes, Kennedy, Mclean, Parlato, an i Matthews : 30 in the steerage. D. Mills, agent. Penguin, s.s., 442 tons, Malcolm, for Auckland via the Kast Coast ports. Passengers Saloon : Messrs Gray. Nancarrow, Cameron, Maitland, Evans, Lawson, and Blaney ; 9in the steerage. D. Mills, agent. Jane Douglas, s s,, 76 tons, Fraser. for Kaikoura and Lyttelton. Passengers—Cabin : Missses Blickenford and Wright, Messrs Nolan and Fitz Gerald. Martin, agent. Tui, s.s., 64 tons, Berryman, for Wanganui. Turnbull and Co, ag nts. s.s., 130 tons. Dicker, for Castlepoint and Napier. Johnston and Co., agents. Kennedy, s.s., 76 tons, Dillon, for Nelson and West Coast. Deacon, agent. Kiwi, ss., 133 tons. Campbell, for Napier and Castlepoint. Levin and Co, agents. February 17. —Grafton, s.s., 244 tons, Johnston, for Lyttelton, Passengers—Cabin ; Mrs. Gow. Miss Milward, and Mr. Hall; 2in the steerage. Williams, agent.; Wanganui, s.s., 176 tons, Bayldon, for Southern '•orts. Passengers—Cabin: Misses Hay wood (2) ; 2in the steerage. Turnbull and Co., agents. Napier, s.s., 48 tons, Fisk, for Blenheim. Turnbull and Co., agents. Lvttelton, p.s-;; 86 tons, Scott, for Blenheim. Deacon, agent. Siormbird, ss., 69 tons, Doile, for Foxton. Passengers : 2 steerage. Martin, agent. Star of the sea; schooner, 38 tons, Smith, for Havelock. Master, agent. Martha Reid, schooner, 75 tons, Priest, for Greymouth.

February 18 —Taiaroa, s.s., 228 tons, Pietersen, for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. Passengers—saloon: Misses Ackworth, Davies, and Phillips, Me-srs Hammond, Rogers, Harkey, Donahy, and Phillips : 9 in the steerage. D. Mills, agent. Star of the So"th, s.s.. 175 tons, Bascand, for Lyttelton. Timaru, Oamaru, and Dunedin. Passengers— Cabin : Messrs Seaton, Kinross, Davies, and Mackay. Turnbull and Co., agents. Malay, barque, 328 tons, Holm, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. BY TELEORAPB. BLUFF, February 13 * . The New Zealand Shipping Company's ship Red Gauntlet cleared to-day for London with 4245 bales wool. 286 bales rabbit skins, 84 bales sheep skins. 5 bales hair. 5 casks shells, 35 bags horns, 2711 sacks oats, and 1 bale flax. PORT CHALMERS, February 14 Cl/EA.RHD : Ships Wanganui, with a cargo valued at £lO3 901. and Auckland, with cargo valued at £lll,lßO forLondra. The Union Company's steamer Taiaroa left Nelson at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, and Picton at 11.45 p.m., arriving in harbor at 6 a.m. on Wednes lay. She left at 2 o'clock in the afternoon for Lyttelton and Pi>rt Chalmers. The top ail schooner Dido, with a cargo of breadstuffs for Messrs. J. and T. Meek, left Oamaru on February 11. and arrived here on Wednesday morniu ". The Union Company's steamer Wellington left Port Chalmers at 1.30 p.m. on the 16th ; was at Akaroa at 5 a.m. on Tuesday ; got away three hours later, and reached Lyttelton at 11 30 a.m. ; sai ed again at 5 p.m. for Wellington, arriving alongside the wharf at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. Experienced light southerly witid and fine weather throughout the passage. The Wellington left for Manukau and iuterme iate ports at noon on Thursday. The btrque Malay was launehed. off the Slip on Wednes 1 >y a,orning, and sailed for Newcastle in the afternoon. The steamer Manawatu reports the A uckland thr-»e-masted schooner Prince Alfred at anchor in Worser Bay As she was deeply laden she wi 1 probably be bound to a Southern port, and ran in here through stress of weather. The Atlas steamship Company, which runs a line of ves-els between New York and West Indian and Central American ports, formerly enjoyed the. privilege of issuing through bills of lading lo places on the PaciSc coast. When the Panama Railroad Company formed its contract with the Pacific Mail ■■ teamship Company this privilege was taken away from the Atlas Line. For several years the managers of the company have striven to regain it, and, it is understood, have recently applied to the Panama Railroad ab >ut the matter. The demand has been denied on account of the existing relations between the Railroad and Pacific Mail, but it was suggested that the latter company might be willing to pool the business to Central American and Mexican ports. It is reported that the A tlas Company demanded an equal division of the traffic, and that this proposal will not he entertained by the Pacific Mali. Those interested in the companies say that no arrangement can be made. The Atlas Company is building four large steamships, which are nearly completed, and, it is rumored, contemplates putting a line of steamships on the Pacific coast, and also the establishment of a direct line to Aspinwall. Its vessels now touch there after having made the circuit of the West In ian ports Its through business, therefore, is largely to Ne-v York, but it is claimed that, by putting on vessels airecc. to AS'-inwall, it would secure a large ou ward b siness, which wou d be diverted from the Pacific Mail. The New Zealand Shipping Company are thi< year rendering ever ■ facility to the shippers of grain from Lyttelton ; in addition to the vessels on the bertn at. tliat port, the Inglewood is on her way from Auckland, and the Maravel is going from here. Besides these, however, the company have chart- red in Melbourne the Nebo (1383), and in Sydney the Salamanca (12"2 ton 3), both fine vessels, to load grain for a H'me port. Shippers therefore should have no to complain of want of vessels. The secretary of the United States Navy, in hiannual report on the condition and operations of the ISUvy D'pirtment, says:—"The condition of the navy has greatly improved during the last year. There are now in commission thirty-five vessels, consisting of crui-ers, monitors, and torpedo boats Of the different classes, sixteen can be put in condition for sea service in a lew months, and twenty c uld be mad ■ realy in" an emergency. With this done, he iig iting force of the navy widen, might be made avail able in a v ry short time would consist of eighty-o ■*• vessels of all classes. And if to this number be added the four monitors Terror, Purit n, Amphitrite, a .d Mona-nock, and eight powerful tugs, which can be fitted for eithe cruisers or torpedo boats, «U' who e effective fighting force would consist of ni iety-thrse vessels. Tne monitors could be completed, with the necessary a ptopriations, withou Mmucb,delay. Of

the vessels now used as receiving ships, seven are unfitted for any other service.; There are twenty-seven vessels unfitted'for naval purposes of any kind; whatever, but which are a positive expense, as it is necessary to keep in employment a force of shipkeepers to preserve them from entire destruction Some of them might be profitably converted into merchant vessels, and it would be economy to sell the whole." The British Im.ia Steam Navigation Company's steamship Eldorado, which put back to Plymouth, encountered some terrific weather in the Bay of Biscay, -he left London on December 1, commanded by Captain Kerr, and manned by 60 lascars, with four English quartermasters and English < fficers and attendants. Her p issengers numbered 95, including a larg-! numb rof ladies and children. On the night of December 3 a storm of terrific violence aros •, and one of the ventilating shafts having been earried away, the water poured into the engine-room and stokehole, put out all the fires, and of course stopped the engines, and the steamer lay helplessly in the trough of the sea. Captain Kerr called up the gentlemen passengers, and told them that with the help of all hands the ship might be saved. The response to the call was nearly unanimous, nor was there any panic among the ladies. The passengers formed lines from the upper deck to the engine-room and stokehole, bailing with buckets. With no food, except an occasional biscuit moistened with brandy, th<jy kept at their ta3k throughout the with the exception of one or two who succumbed to exhaustion. The wind throughout the night did not abate, but there was no rain. Late on the next night it was found possible to relight some of the fires, and the donkey-engine was worked during the night. But it was considered necessary to return to Plymouth, water having got between the two skins of the ship, and started several plates under the stokehole. A steamer now in course of construction by Messrs Yarrow and Co., of Poplar, will draw, for its size, less water than any other craft in existence, arid approaches the idea of the Yankee who boasted in his State they built steamers calculated to run across the prairies on a heavy dew. This steamer is 130 feet long, and yet with engines fuel, crew, passengers, and impedimenta, wi'l only draw 12 inches. She is to steam at the rate of 16 knots, and is intended for the mail service on the South American rivers, whose frequent shallo • s require such an exceptional draught. Steel will be employed throughout, as combining a maximuu of strength with a minimum of weight. — AitAtralasian. I he Auckland Herald of the 11th says :—We understand that Captain N orris, of the barque Glimpse, has instructed Messrs Russell and Devore to commence an act on against the Timiru Herald, in consequence of statements made in respect to 'hat vessel and to Captain Norris's conduct on the occasion of a gale at Tim iru a short time ago. It will he remembered that tie Glimpse was docked in Auckland, when the bottom was examined and re orted to be sound. Captain Norris's object is to vindicate his character as a seaman. ,' A serious collision recently occurred in the Channel near the Goodwin Sands, between two steamers, v z., the Trident. 1165 tons register, Captain John Munro, of Banff and the Lord Eslin ton, 1116 tons. The former was bound from Alex ndria for Hull with a general cargo, and had a crew of 26, all told. The Lord Esliniston was bound for Barcelona. According to the statement of Captain Munro, the Trident was, proceeding up Channel at the rate of about eight knots an hour, and when near the Goodwin Sands sighted the port light of the Lord Eslington. He states she had no masthead light. The Lord Eslington trusted to the helm of the .Trident being ported, and had the captain of the latter seen the masthead light of the other vessel, he should have done so in accordan e with the rules of navigation. He was on the upper bridge with the chief officer, and there were three men at the helm, one at the forecastlehead 10-. king out, anl two men standing by. When the Lord Eslington was first s> en she was about two miles off. S e struck the Trident midway between the starboard forerigging and the forecastle, the head going, as the captain states, right through his ship and sooopir.g out part of the c rgo She then backed off. and preparations were made for saving life. The chief engineer of the Trident set the donkey-engine going and opened the safety-valve. The Lord Eslington sust ined considerable damage to her bows, and it was only her bulkheads tha-. saved her from sinking. Part of the crew of the Trident saved themselves in their own boat, and the rest were taken off by the boats of thfi other steamer. They were all transferred to a steam tug, and landed at Dover the next morning. No one sustained any injury. The Trident sank in one hour and twenty minutes after the collision, everything in the ship being lost.

UNION COMPANY'S S.S. TE ANAU. This latest addit'on to the Unijn Company's fleet arrive 1 in Wellington waters yesterday, and we sive a description, taken from the Lennox Herald, of the Te Anau, and a few words resp« ;ting her behaviour on her trial trip: The Te Anau is 270 feet 1 >ng, 34 feet broad, and 25 feet deep, having a gross tonnage of 1653 tons. She brings the number up to the s venteenth vessel now belonging to this energetic and prosperous steamship company, which, in point of energy, care, and admintrative ability, gives promise of yet becoming the Cnnard Company of the colonies. Her fittings and appointments are of the most complete and luxurious descrip ion. On the top deck, besides the officers' and engineers' cibins and mess rooms am dships, there is a spac ous and comfortable room for enjoying " t >e wee ." There is also an apartment called the Bridal Chamber, fitted u;> exclusively for young couples taking a tour. This apartment is richly furnished and decorated in a chaste manner, having pretty panels and elegant cornices, supported by Cupids and love birds. Then, coming up from the salo >n. i>f which we shall speak present y, you are landed on a platform which leads into the special hall, a sp'endid apartment 16 feet long, and set apart specially fur the amusement of the passengers of this vessel, Amongst the furnishings here is an elegant grand piano, surmounted by a large mirror, whilst at the other end of the hall there is another mirror crowned with a handsome clock. The windows are of stained glass, curtained with red silk curtains, and the lounge sofas with which it is supplied are of Utrecht velvet. The lamps, locks, &c. of this room, as also of the other r oms, are all of silver. Descending, we come to the chief attraction of this handsome vessel, namely, the saloon, which oc<tipies the whole of the main deck, behind the engines, whilst forward of the vessel for three fourths of her length are the 3tate rooms for the si eping accommodation of her pissengers. The saloon is fitted up in the Grecian stvle of eecorative art, the pannelling, cornice-, and columns being of the most elegant and tasteful description. The pannels are double, and are of maple, the mouldings are of cedtr and satin wood, and there is a band of mahogany between each half panel, w ich gives variety and beauty to the whole. T e colu ns are fluted, the fiutin«s being filled in with geld whilst the cornices, also of chaste design, are 1 kewise gilded. Here tables are set down which will accommodate about ninety to dinner. On the one side of the vestibule leading to the saloon is the stewards' pantrv. aud on the other side is the ladies cibin. Thi- latter apartment is fitted up in mauve velvet, whilst the pme.ls are adorned by hand-painted pictures of flowers, fruits, birds, &c. from the pencil o Mr. Ludgen. The state rooms, which branch out forward from the pantry and ladies' coin on either side will accommodate about on-; hundred and thirty first-cl ss passengers, and are fitted up decidedly with a view to C'mfort and convenience. Kach room has a wash-hand basin stand, and t e other etceteras necessary to cleanliness, whilst all have pneumatic bells communicating with the pantry. The second cabin—a most commodious and comfortable portion of the ve se l is situated forward, and gives accommodation to about eighty five second-class passengers. The engines are the compound inverted su face condensing type, there being two c ■ linders, the one o(.'<_high pre>sure. and the other 03 low pressure ; the stroke b ing 3 feet 6 inches ; and the nominal horsepower 270. The boilers nre four in number, six chambered, and nine feet long There are two_furaces in each, the working pressure being about 75;b. on the square iru h. She is classed at Lloyd's 100 A, is built entirely of steel, witn watertight bulkheads and a double bottom aft for water balla-t. In conmction ith the cargo arrangements and the working of the vessel, steam winches, by Messrs. M. Paul and Co., of -his town, are plentifully introduced; Messrs Muir and Caldwell, G.asgow, have supplied steam steeiing gear ; the strain windlass and capstan are by Napier, Brothers, Glasgow ; the telegraphic apparatus for

putting the captain and officers on the bridge in communication with the engine-room is by i.hadbumvanJ all the boats of tbe vessel are fitted with Douglas's patent lowering gear. On the 14th December the Te Anatt;_with a numerous company on board, made her trial trip Clyde. With a dead weight of 1100 tons on board, she ran the measured mile at the rate of 13 knots an hour. A series of progressive trials were also made, the results being carefully noted for future use. The engines worked most smoothly, and the ship behaved better than almost could have been- expected/' The party on board included'Mr Peter Denny, Mr Walter Brock. Mr Hannah, of the. Board of Trade, Mr John Darling, the Union Steamship Company's representative in Britain, Mr H. Wicks, Calcutta, Captain Mignal, G. Vucassovich.'of Buenb3"Ayre,a, Mr Peter Denny, jun, Mr Ward; Mr Pope; '»c. They were entertained at a banquet during the ra;v back, and quite a volume of toasts were disposed -of. ' Tte chairman, Mr Denny, in proposing the toast: of; the day, " Success to the Te Anau and* the Union Steam Shipping Company," said t—*'Like"''all mighty - concerns, the Union Steamship Company 1 of New Zealand has h d a small beginning. : It began with the Harbor Company, nnder the sole management and care of Mr Darling and Mr Mi Is;- That, however; ivas the day of small things ; but they Were not small men, and did not mean to rest'content. Like energ'efle Antipodeans—like true Scotchmen—they belleverl that mere hirbor work was too srmll for them, aod aspired to something more ; so the Harbor Company; beginning with little crafts, had worke I, themielwa up until now they were the- possessors &f th'e f !&rgeM and most powerful fleet in the Antip'dean regioriW." He spoke in the highest terms of Mr Mills and i Mr Darling. r CLEARANCE OF THE LUTTERWORTH. .;, Messrs. Shaw and Savill's barque Lutterworth cleared at the Customs on Feb. 15.,, She has few pae sengers, but takes a full or'wool, tallow, *Cvalued at £60.807, of which the following is asunamary :—1144 bales wool £17,167 ; 20 bales and 16 cases hides, £234. 9casks tallow, Murray Roberts; 148 bales wool, Bethune' and Hunter, £2510 ; 541 do do. £6231, E. PearceY23dO d->, £296, 317 bales skins and hides, £270, N Z=LMd M A Co ; 713 bales wool, £8250. 2 bales skins, 5 3o basils, 5 casks tallow, 1 case beeswax, £121—£8371, C. A. Deacon ; 970 bales wool, £14,735. 1 cask tallow, 3 bales >heepskins, 7 do basils,. 1 do rab it * skins, £ll9-£14,854, Levin and Co.; 10bales wool. £l3l. 34 do flax. £102—£233, Turnbull and,Ob; 6l7>bales wool, £8550, 4 do rabbit skins, £66—£8316, Krull and Co ; quantity of i allow, Gear, £589r15 tonsjscrap iron, Ellaby, £3O. Total value of oargo, 5)60,807..; , NOTICE TO ' m Revolving Light, Cape CnavanAND. ? On and after th s date a revolving light of tbe fourth order will be exhibited from the lighthouse placed near the extremity of Cape Cleveland. £.'. The illuminating apparatus, which is dioptric, stands at an elevat on of 210 feet above the sea-level, and the light, whi h attains its greatest brilliancy every twenty seconds, is visible from the deck of a small craft about nineteen miles.- '• ;r !

The light shows red through an arc of about 16deg., the centre of which is in liiie with the Salamander Reef. Vessels from the southward, after passing through the red sector, will, while the light is m sight, be clear of that d inger. The tower is painted white, and is 35 feet in height. ,