SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4195, 31 August 1874, Page 7

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN POETS. ■WELLINGTON. ARRIVALS. August B.—Conflict, ship, 1171 tons, E. Hardy, 84 days out, with 450 immigqtnts. all well, August o. —Reichstag, ship, Hanschildt, Xrom Hamburg, with 350 immigrants, 87 days out. August S. —Camille, barque, 305 tons, Stafford, from Newcastle. Passengers: Messrs. Pelherbridge and Heigh .1, Dransfleld, agent. Freetrader, barque, from Hobart Town. Anne and Jane, barque, 202 tons. Holm, from New castle. Heversbam, barque, 405 tons, Yule, from Newcastle. August 11.—Alhambra: s.s., 407 tons, Sinclair from Melbourne via West Coast. Passengers—From Melbourne—Cabin: Mrs. F. L. Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Chapman, Misses Chapman (2), Master Chapman and servant, Messrs. T. Bligh and Cruise. Steerage :H. From Coast—Cabin : Mrs. Fielder and 2 children, Mrs. Koulston, Miss Lutford, Mrs. Cook and children, Miss Moore, Messrs. Lascelles, Palmer, and McMullans (2). Steerage : 2. W. Bishop, agent. August 12. —Malay, barque, 328 tons, Davies, from Newcastle. Passengers- -Mrs. Messeen, Miss Beck, Messrs. Beck and Webb, Beck and Tonks, agents. August 13. —Star of the South, s.s., 175 tons, Farqubar, from Fiji, via Auckland and Napier. Passengers Cabin: From Levuka : Mr. and Mrs. Butters, Mrs. Day. Messrs, Moeller and Grooves. From Auckland; Mrs. Milton and Mr. Cunningham. Steerage : 5. W. Bishop, agent. August 14.—Australind, barque, ,481 tons, D. Williams, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. August.— Omeo, s.s., GGO tons, G. Calder, from Melbourne, via the South. Passengers—Cabin: from Melbourne—Messrs Shield and Stewart: steerage, G. From Coast—Cabin : Miss Wilson, Messrs. Pritchard, Brown (2), Clayton, Hodgson, Taylor (2), Johnstone, Wardoll (2), and Bdiewell; steerage, 2. W. Bishop, agent.

August 18.—Edwin Bassett, barque, 414 tons, Salmon, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. August 21.—Eobin Hood, brig, 207 tons, Campbell, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. August 2'2.—Otago, s.s , 042 tons, McLean, from Melbourne, via the South. Passengers from Melbourne—Cabin ; Hoy. G. G. Meyers, Messrs. Parker and Farmer ; steerage; 7. From Coast—Mrs. Moore. Messrs. Wheeler, Lazarus, Carter, Wright, Eussell, Severn (2). Moore, and Shields ; steerage; 0. W. Bishop, agent. August 27.—Anno Melbuish, barque, 344 tons, Davidson, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. Tararua, s.s., 522 tons, Clarke, from Melbourne via the West Coast. Passengers: Messrs. Broadbent, Nelson, Barton, Mackay, and Strutton. Steerage, 3. W. Bishop, agent. ■k SAILINGS. July 31. -Cyphrencs, E.M.S., 1280 tons, Wood, for Kaudavau, via Napier and Auckland. Passengers— Saloon ; For Liverpool; Messrs. 11. E. Day, and A. W. D. Bell. For San Francisco: Mr. Moore. For Auckland: Miss Cleveland, For Napier; Mr. and Mrs. Gambam, Miss Chambers, Mrs. Lawes, Messrs. Williams, Carlysle. Chambers, Eussell, Gillman, White, and Lockhart. Turnbull k Co., agents. August 11.—Alhambra, s.s., 497 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne via the South. Passengers—For Coast Miss Walstab, Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Sampson and family, Messrs. Flynn, Babbington, Parry, Sleigh, and George. For Melbourne; Mr. Seymour. , W. Bishop, agent. August 13. —Waikato, ship, 1020 tons, Hodder, for Auckland. August 18.—Omeo, s.s., COO tons, Calder, for Melbourne, via the West Coast aud Newcastle. Passsengers—For Coast: Mr. Smith; for Melbourne: Messrs. Howard and Johnston, W. Bishop, agent. Free Trader, barque, 20C tons. Mills, for Hobart Town. Touks, agent, Heverskam, barque, 405 tons. Yule, tor Newcastle. Williams, agent. August 21.—Malay, barque, 323 tons, Davies, for August 23,— Otago, s.s., C 42 tons, McLean, for Melbourne, via the West Coast. Passengers tor Coast—Mr. Williams. For Melbourne—Dr. and Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. Day, Mr. and Mrs. Butters, Messrs. Uterbart, and Beck. W. Bishop, agent. August 25.—Eeicbstag, ship, 737 tons, Hanschildt, for Java. Star of the South, s.s. 175 tons, Palmer, lor Levuka, via IS apier and Auckland. August 20.—Australind, barque, 481 tons, Williams, for Newcastle. August 27.— Camille, barque, 305 tons, Stafford, for Newcastle. Dransfleld, agent. AUCKLAND. August 8, — The schooner Fairy, stranded at Hokianga Heads, will, it is believed, be got off, and her cargo saved. She was insured for £3OO in the New Zealand office, and was owned by Captain Eattray. August 17.—Arrived : Waikato, ship, from Wellington. Sailed; Victoria, s.s,, for Sydney. August 19.—Dauntless, from. New Caledonia. Sailed ; Cypbrcnes, tor Sydney. August 20.—Sailed: Hero, s.s., for Sydney. August 22.—Arrived: Thames, barque, from New York, via Adelaide. August 23.—10 p.m., arrived: Tartar, from Kandavau, with San Francisco mail. LYTTELTON. August 14.—Cleared : Wennington, for London ; Ballochmyle, for Sau Francisco. August" 17. —Cleared : Northampton and Ballochmyle, for San Francisco ; Corrido, for Melbourne. August 19.—Arrived; Dorette, and Australian Sovereign from Newcastle. Sailed; s.s, Atrato, Captain Husband, for London via the Cape of Good Hope. She has a cargo consisting of 910 bales of wool, 340 bales of flax, 15,228 sacks of grain, 50 tons of tallow, 1811 packages of preserved meets, IB cases sundries, and 6500 ounces of gold. POET CHALMEES. August 7.—Arrived ; Lalli, barque, from Newcastle, 18 days out. Harriet Armitage, from Half-Moon Bay. August 19.—Sailed ; Bodycito, for Newcastle. August 20.—Sailed; Easby, s.s., for Newcastle. Eoslyn Castle, barque, for Portland, British Columbia. August 25.—Arrived: Colusa, from Puget Sound, with railway sleepers ; Halley Bailey, from Hobart Town, August 29.—Arrived; s.s. Bruce, from Glasgow, 135 days; Corona, ship, from London, 95 days, all well. BLUFF. August 22.—Sailed; The Willliara Davie, for Lon-, don, at 7 a.m. At Kaipara the barque Moss Glen is now loading for China- „, . , The Clutha Leader says The recovering parly of the wreck Surat, have abandoned her, they considering that further efforts are useless, as she is fast breaking up.” Mr E. Pearce has added another of the line and much admired Auckland built crafts to the shipping of Wellington, in the schooner Marmiou, 03 tons, which arrived on Monday from Kaipara, with timber. The Marmion is a now vessel, having made, previous to her present trip, only one voyage, which was to Lyttelton and Now Caledonia, She is intended for the timber trade, for which her adaptability is proved by her present cargo from Kaipara of over 04,000 feet of timber. Her price was £2200. A few days ago, in our telegraphic news, wo announced the arrival of a new whaler at the Bluff. The Southland Xcies thus describes her “ The Chance is a whaling barque of 290 tons, one of the good old sort. She carries five boats, and is fitted up tor whaling on a large scale, having the latest improved whaling gear. Messrs. Nicholl and Tucker, her owners, will, of course, make this port her head quarters. It is pleasant to record the establishment of a new industry or revival of an old one, and the spirited owners of the Chance deserve every success tor their pluck." Tile s.s. Star of -the South arrived in harbor about 1 a.m. on August IS from Levuka, Fiji, via Auckland and Napier. The following is a report of her passage since leaving Auckland for Fiji. Sailed from Auckland on Sunday, July 19, at 1 p.m. ; strong S.AV. breeze on Tuesday prevailing ;. strong gale from S.S.W. with high confused sea on the following day ; gale still increasing at 1 p.m., and foroyard carried away in the slings: towards evening the gale moderated. During the remainder of the passage thick dirty weather till making Kandavau on Saturday, 25th, at daylight: at ten carried away tile topsail yard in a heavy gale; arrived at Levuka at 5 p.m., making the passage in six days fom hours; discharged, coaled, and took in cargo, and sailed again on Wednesday, July 29, at 11.45 p.m. Experienced light head winds till Monday, August 3, strong gale from N.W., with dense rain ; on Wednesday the wind moderated : thence fine weather till arrival in Auckland, completing the passage in seven days mid twelve hours. Left on the Bth,, arrived at Napier on the 11th, sailing again tho same day, and arrived here as above, having experienced lino weather on tho trip from thi North. , , Mr. James Fraser, late master of the schooner Euby, has commenced his duties as successor to Mr. John Anderson, as Inner Eliot to Wellington harbor. Tho latter is now second ollicer of the s.s. Wellington.

THE GERMAN SHIP REICHSTAG. The Nortli Gorman ship Reichstag. Capt. 11. Hauschildt, arrived in port on Thursday afternoon, the Ctli lust., bringing about 300 Danish and German immigrants direct from Hamburgh, which port she left on the lOtil May, thus making a splendid run from anchorage to anchorage of eigiity-soven days, or seventy-six days "'to Stewart’s Tho vessel was detained through calms and head winds on tho coast for the remainder of the time. The passengers all arrived in excellent health. There was only one death, that of an infant, during tho voyage. On tho whole the immigrants appeared to he a most suitable selection for colonists. Capt. Hauschildt was presented with a complimentary address by the passengers on arrival, and a number of the leading German residents took tho opportunity of entertaining the captain at a dinner, which took place at Donccker s Union Hotel, in honor of tho arrival of tho first German immigrant ship direct from Hamburgh to this port. About thirty gentlemen were present, and tho affair passed off in first-class style. Consul KrUll occupied tho chair, and Mr. L. Moeller the vice-chair. The lloichstag has had quick despatch, having sailed for Java on tho 25th inst., which speaks well for her commander and tho convenience of the port. . Tho recently-arrived immigrants by the ship llcichstag have presented Captain Hauschildt with the following address, which was translated by Mr. H. Gcrwonka< —“Sir, —Your good vessel Keichstag having now safely terminated the long voyage from Europe to New Zealand, and we having been landed in thorough good spirits and in splendid health, wo feel that, next to tho Almighty and AU-benevolent God, our warmest and most sincere thanks are due to you, not only for tho circumspection and ability you have so fully shown in the skilful management of your vessel, upon which our safety mainly depended, but also for tho invariable and thorough kindness with which you have always treated us, and the hearty willingness you have throughout manifested to promote our mental and bodily welfare while on board under your immediate charge. To tho ships doctor, -Mr. Uterhardt, wo also wish to express our deep gratitude for tho advice and actual assistance no has rendered to us in all cases, wo being convinced that to his zeal and untiring efforts, in establishing and maintaining strict cleanliness amongst so many

passengers, and keeping their minds cheerfully employed, the excellent health is chiefly owing, which we have enjoyed throughout the voyage, and in which we have arrived here. The ship's officers, too, have fully deserved our thanks for the kindness they have ever displayed towards ns ; and their friendly intercourse with us has, no doubt, had a good share in causing us to enjoy the long voyage as much as we have done. By their gentlemanly behavior, they have gained our thorough esteem. We also value highly the civility with which the whole of the crew’ have ever treated us, and we heartily thank them for their many little acta of kindness and friendly assistance towards us. On leaving the good ship Reichstag, we, therefore, have the best reason to wish most heartily to you, your officers, and your crew, a speedy, pleasant, and safe voyage Home. Signed by Ignaz Klenneii, and ninety-two other passengers. ‘Wellington, Bth August, 1874.” THE WRECK OF THE FRENCH MAN-OF-WAR L'HERMIT. The latest intelligence to hand by way of Auckland apprises us that prior to the s.s. Cyphrenes leaving •Kandavau the Dido had returned to Levuka from the scene of the wreck, of this vessel. The officers of the British man-of-war report that L'Hermit was a corvette of 1200 tons register, commanded by Captain Meit, and had a complement of 150 men, It would appear that L'Hermit was under steam at the time the accident happened, and ran on a rock between Wallis Island and another island contiguous thereto. The French Roman Catholic bishop was on board L’Hermit, and, as previously stated, was making a tour round the different stations between Samoa and Kandavau. The vessel met with the disaster while attempting to land that dignitary at Wallis Island. The wreck was discovered by Captain Wood, of the Cyphrenes, on the 12th ultimo, on the last trip hence of that vessel. The following paragraph is taken from one of the Fiji papers to hand : “ All the officers and crew were lauded in safety on the reef, with the exception of two of the seamen, who were drowned. The North-German barque -San Francisco wa&vnct by a whaleboat despatched from the wreck at Fortnna, and she proceeded to the scene of tlie disaster, and took on board half the crew, convoying them to New Caledonia. It was understood that one of the French men-of-\var lying-in Noumea would be despatched at once to rescue the remainder of the crew. It was mentioned but we were unable to gather whether there were sufficient grounds for the statement, that the captain of the North-German vessel demanded over £BOOO for the conveyance of the crew to Now Caledonia; but a claim will, we understand, be made by the owner of the vessel—modified, we should imagine. L’Hermit had been in commission about ten months when she left Havre, and cruised for some time in the Pacific ocean, her last port of call being Samoa.” By the arrival at Auckland of the Hawaian schooner Dauntless from Noumea, via Norfolk Island, we arc placed in possession of the following further intelligence :—The news of the wreck of the French corvette L’Hermit was received with many expressions of disapprobation of the conduct of the captain, but these were modified when the whole truth came to be known, and an universal feeling of sympathy has been expressed towards the captain and his crew. The L’Hermit was under orders in the late Franco-Prus-sian war to proceed with the grand fleet combined by the French for attacking purposes against their then enemies the German Confederation. The L’Hermit was a most beautifully modelled vessel, combining not only speed but strength, and was constructed specially by the French Government for the purpose of delivering a heavy discharge with a speed which would enable her, in the event of the non-success of her attack, to escape the guns of the enemy. The French officers and crew behaved themselves bravely. INCIDENTS OF THE MONTH. The ship Conflict, which arrived on the 3rd inst., brought out 450 immigrants. The passengers spoke very highly of the officers of the ship, and their treatment during the voyage. Nine deaths occurred on the passage, two adults and seven children. The Conflict was boarded by the pilot at 7.30 onHhe night of the 2nd, at which time it was blowing hard from the north-west. At nine o’clock the ship was anchored off Pencarrow. At midnight the wind came -suddenly from the south-east, with thick rain and heavy mist. During the night Pilot Holmes took the precaution to have the shackle of the cable prepared and oiled ready to slip if such a proceeding should be found necessary; and it was fortunate he did so, for when the wind came so suddenly from the south-east it was impossible to heave up the anchor, and the pilot thought it prudent to slip the anchor, which was accordingly done, with sixty fathoms of chain. No lights were visible, nor was the land to be seen, so that the run up had to be made entirely by compass course, and the safe accomplishment of- such a risky task on such a morning reflects great credit on the nerve and ability of the pilot. Messrs. J. and D. Mackie, of Hobart Town, have received orders from Mr. Saunders, of Dunedin, to build an eighty-ton barge for the New Zealand coasting trade. —Tasmanian. Tribune. Messrs. Guthrie and Lamach, of Dunedin, have made a very handsome addition to their coasting fleet in the new schooner Industry. The Industry was built and fitted out at Gatlin's River by Mr. McPhee, and is a substantial, good-looking craft, that will register about 70 tons. The Thames correspondent of the New Zealand Herald writes Our local shipbuilder, Mr. Robert Stone, appears to be gradually making headway, and at the present moment there are no less than three vessels to execute, which will employ a number of hands for a considerable time to come, and conduce much to the reputation of the Thames as a shipbuilding locality. There is on the stocks a barge for the Bay of Islands Coal Company, similar to the one recently completed for the same company. Its dimensions are 00 feet long, with 21 feet beam, capable of carrying 120 tons of coal with less draught than 5 feet of water. Also, a small steamer is in hand, one to replace the launch Buona Ventura that now trades up the Thames river, and which is found inadequate to the requirements of the trade. The dimensions of this little handy boat will be 50 feet in length and 9£ feet beam, moulded 4£ feet deep, with a draught of 3 feet 3 inches. Her engines are now on their way from Home, having been ordered by Mr. Burningham, the owner of the boat, from Messrs. Penn and Sons. The third order is from Captain Souter, for a ketch or a schooner to trade to the Bay of Islands. The p.s. Pateuson.— lmmediately after the arrival of the s.s. Go-Ahead on Friday last, Messrs. Gourk and Ellis, the contractors for raising the p.s. Paterson, commenced operations, and before dusk all the Californian pumps had been made, and everything was ready for the work. The weather which up to this time had proved in every way favorable for discharging, changed on the following day, when a stiff northeast gale with heavy rain and squalls, set in, a strong fresh running out of the Waitara River at the same time. On Sunday the fresh increased, with half a gale from the north-west and heavy bar. It was then thought improbable the steamer could weather it, and at daylight on Monday morning it was found that she had parted abaft the paddle-box, leaving no hopes of any portion of'her being recovered. Messrs. Gourk and Co. have therefore abandoned her, and will leave for Auckland by the first opportunity. It is to bo regretted ||hat, after the appliances, together with a staff of men, had been brought from Auckland, the enterprise should have terminated so disastrously.— Taranaki Herald.

Whaling. —At the time the Dauntless left Norfolk Island, the whaling season had just commenced, and there was every indication of that enterprise being carried out with vigor. Already two whales had been captured, and there was every prospect of there being a successful season, as shoals of whales, were reported as being in close proximity to several parts of the const. The inducement to local enterprise, would, we are assured b}' latest letters to hand, bo fully availed of, and the islanders anticipate a successful season this year. In view of the plentiful supply of whales which have made their appearance on the coast of the island, a well-fitted fleet of whaleboats will be without delay engaged in the fishery.—Southern Cross. Launch or this s.s. AA'aitaka.— A small steamer was launched from the wood wharf, Auckland, on Saturday last, by Messrs. Sims and Brown. She has been built for Messrs, AA'cbster Bros., of New Plymouth, who intend to use her as a tug boat for the AA r aitara and other small ports in the vicinity, as well as for the conveyance of passengers and freight. Her length is BO feet, beam 12 feet; and depth of hold about 5 feet, and she will register about 25 tons. The engines and boiler have been constructed by Messrs. Frar-cr and Tinno, from designs by Mr. Lodder, of the A.S.P. Co., and are of 35 nominal horse-power, and it is confidently anticipated she will steam nine knots per hour. Her model closely resembles that of the steam launch Eclipse. She has been well and faithfully built, and there is every reason to believe she will prove a good and serviceable boat. She will start with good prospects, having already obtained a three years' subsidy from the Provincial Government of Taranaki. The vessel will bo commanded by Mr. Hale, late chief ollicer of the s.s. Go-Ahead, and who lias been for a long time connected with steamers in Now Zealand.—Southern Cross. H.M. Surra at Fiji.— H.M. s.s. Challenger arrived at Lcvuka on July 28, and sailed in a few days afterwards for Kandavau, for the express purpose of surveying the harbor. Consul Layard accompanied the vessel, and some interesting information, the result of the researches of the officers of the vessel, will no doubt speedily be made public. The Challenger sailed thence on the 10th of August, on . a cruise to other southern islands, for the purpose of prosecuting scientific discoveries. AVhilst remaining in Levuka, the officers of the vessel were assiduous in exploring the adjacent country, and took several photographs of the most remarkable places. They also showed a desire to make themselves thoroughly acquainted with the requirements of the Colony. H.M, s s Dido, and the French gunboat Itenard, were lying at Kandavau, together witli H.M. s.s. Challenger, and they all left in company for Levuka on the 10th Instant. , , x . . The following is the account obtained from Captain Kasper of the accident which occurred to the Miltiados whilst coming into Auckland: —On that day whilst the Lady Bowon was on her passage hence to Slahurangi and the Hot Springs, on rounding the North Tpads ho saw the ship under way beating up. He oDserred her when off Gallo Point miss stays, and shoot on the reef, stern on. Two guns were fired from the vessel, and then n rocket was sent up. The steamer had already altered her course, and proceeded at full speed to the assistance of the vessel. She was boarded by an officer of the Miltiadcs, who asked Captain Kasper to render assistance in getting her off. Captain Kasper replied that was what ho had altered his course for, and he then placed the steamer alongside the ship, when Captain Pcvrett asked if he could give her a tow astern. The master of the steamer got the ship’s hawser on board, and attempted to tow her off, hut could not move her. Tho Lady Bowon then returned and got tho ship’s kedge anchor and ran it out, and afterwards got hold of her towlino again. The steamer got in lino with the stem and towed, tho warp of the kedge anchor being hove in by tho steam winch on board the ship. After a short interval tho Miltiadcs was successfully got off, and the steamer resumed her journey. Captain Kasper relates the above facts, and states that Captain Perrett throughout tho affair conducted himself with the utmost coolness, and it was through the perfect accord shown by the two masters that the vessel was so speedily got into deep water again. Captain Casey advanced a claim for £IO,OOO against tho owners of the vessel for salvage, which was referred to arbitration, when £IOSO was awarded. The award caused general astonishment, and tho consignees requested the arbitrators to furnish reasons for the largo sum allowed. Tho evidence showed that, •when she put on full steam ahead, tho steamer Lady

Bowen could not haul the slack of the warp out of the water, and that the vessel got off mainly through her kedge anchor hauled on by the steam-winch aboard. Counsel has now been instructed, on behalf of the captain and crew of the steamer Lady Bowen, to sue for the apportionment of £IOSO, the salvage award, which Mr. Casey, owner of the steamer, had determined to appropriate wholly himself. The Court of Enquiry into the recent wrecks at Nqw Plymouth, has given its decision. It attributed the accident to the schooner Eliza Mary to mistaken estimation of the draft of the vessel, or the channel of the river was not so deep as was supposed. The p.s. Paterson the Court considered too largo a boat for the river. No one connected with the wreck is accused of negligence. There have lately been unprecedented high tides at Westport. The lower part of the town was flooded, the sea encroaching a long distance and rendering houses untenable.