SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4247, 30 October 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF AVELLINGTON' Hicm Water, 7.52 a.m.; 8.21 r.at. ARRIVED. October 29.—Stormbird. s.s, 07 tons, Dolle, from AVangaivui. Passengers—Miss Chiene, Miss Dutbie, Messrs. Pringle, Nathan, AValker, rerkins, anil two in steerage. Tumbull and Co., agents. Tamnnkl, s.s., 299 tons, Wheeler, from Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. Passengers—Cabin: Mrs. Litchfield, Mrs. Forfar, Miss Staino, Mr. and Mrs. Mauley, Dr. Garland, the Stephenson and Burford Dramatic Company (10), Messrs. Moss, Lewis, Kitchen, Thompson, Leonard, Samuel, Donne, Kelly, and nine steerage. It. S. Ledger, agent. SAILED. October 29.—Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons. Lloyd, for Napier and Poverty Bay. Passengers—Cabin: Messrs. Mullins, Mason, Stuart, Dcmpsey, Austin, Miller, Howell, Griffin, Crowther, an* fonr in steerage. E. S. Ledger, agent. „ ~ . Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Wheeler, for Lyttolton and Port Chalmers. Passengers—Cabin : Mrs. Schmidt, Mrs. Waddel, Mrs. Carruthers, servant, and cuild. Miss Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Luxford and oluld, Messrs. Brown, Chase, Pringle, and eleven m steerage. K. S. Ledger, agent. Sarah and Mary, brigantmo, Ho tons, Simpson, for Hokitika. Elizabeth, schooner, 33 tons, Mort, for Coast. Cynfliia, schooner. Shepherdess, schooner. IMPORTS. . October 29.—Stormbird, s.s., from Wanganui: 5 sacks, ■B3,hides. Tanmaki, s.s., from Pioton and Northern ports: 1 keg, 12 boxes, 5 pkgs, 4 cases, 2 timber jacks, 160 kits oysters, 2 wheels, 22 pipes, 16 bales, 1 dump, 2 horses, and a quantity of cargo for Lyttolton and Duncdin. EXPORTS. October 29.—Richard and Mary, for Havelock: 14 tons flour. Kangatira, s.s., for Napier and Poverty Bay : 3 qrcasks. W vasks, 201 pkgs, 20G cases, 9 pels, 3 hf-tierces, 2 J-boxes, 30 axle-arms, 41 bdls, 244 boxes, 1 morticing machine.-3d ovens, 192 sash weights, 1 grate, 102 lengths pipes, IS kegs chains, 17 trunks, a octaves, 2 qr-ticrces tobacco, 20 hf-chests tea, 110 sacks, 5 bales, 2 boiler plates, 2 lif-tons pig iron, 2 tons cast do, 4S bars, 49 'kegs, 1 folding chair, 10 bags, 02 coils, 4 trusses, l'waolpress, 1 roll belting, 3 dmms, 1 trap. Tanranga, for Greymouth: 420 iron rails. Taranaki, s.s., for Lyttelton and Dnuedin : 29 pkgs, 32 cases, 15 bags, 12 kegs, 7 bdls, 3 coils, 4 casks, 3 pels, 15 boxes. EXPECTED AJKRIVALS. London.—Pantile.-., Langstone, to sail June 20 : Hindostan, July 15; Wanganui, July 25 ; Star of India and Hourah, sailed August 25 ; Euth, sailed, from Deal July 24; Carnatic, Jungfrau, E. P. Bouverie, and-Soukar. New York.—Sunlight, barque, to sail 10th August. Newcastle.—Anne Melhnish. AVanciaxui.—Manawatu, p.s., 30th inst. Southern Porto.— Ladybird, s.s., 31st inst. Melbourne, via the West Coast. —Alhambra, s.s., 2nd November. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Melbourne, .via .the AVest Coast.—Otago, s.s., 14th November. London.—Ualcione, early in November. Melbourne, via the South.—Alharnbra, s.s., 2nd November. Northers Ports.—Ladybird, s.s., 31st inst. Foxton.—Napier, s.s. 31st inst.; Manawatu. p.s., 31st inst. AVasuanui.—Stormbird, 31st inst. Hokitika.—AVaipara, s.s., this day. A r E3SELS IN POET. Vire, French man-of-war, 1025 tons, Jacquemart. Halcione, ship, 543 tons, Crocker, loading N.Z. produce for London. The Douglas, ship, 1423 tons, AA*ilson, discharging inward cargo at wharf. Cartvale, ship, 119 S tons, Taylor, discharging inward cargo at wharf. Strathnaver, ship, 1018 ton?, Devey, lying in stream awaiting the decision of Admiialty Conrt. Edwin Bassett, barque, 414 tons, Salmon, discharging coal at wharf. Camiile, barque, 305 tons, Stafford, discharging coal into hulk. Omega, barque, 401 tons. Government storeship, lying in stream. Isabella, brigantine, S2 tons, fitting out as a whaler. Sea Bird, brigantine, 155 tons, Grath, alongside breastwork. Pearl, schooner, 59 tons, Urquhart, alongside breastwork, loading. Kaiuma, schooner, 39 tonS,.Maule, alongside breastwork, loading. ■> Letitia, schooner, 44 tons. Palmer, in the stream. Canterbury, schooner, 33 tons, Anderson, waiting for fair wind for Kaikoura and Havelock. Eichard and Mary, schooner, 40 tons, Hutcheson, discharging at Plimmer's wharf. TJriti, schooner, CO tons, Kearns, lying in stream. Colleen Bawn, schooner, 29 tons, Games, put in through stress of weather. Aurora, schooner, 52 tons, Eomeril, ready to sail for East Coast. Herald, schooner, 53 tons, Hamilton, discharging fionr. XXX, schooner, 21 tons, Campbell, loaded for Blenheim. Elizabeth, schooner, 33 tons, Mort, loading coals at hulk. Eose of Eden, schooner, 30 tons, Lake, in the stream. Amateur, ketch, 25 tons, Pike, lying at Plimmer's wharf. Elderalie, three-masted schooner, 202 tons, Meredith, loading railway iron. BY TELEGRAPH. THE BLUFF, Thursday. Arrived—B a.m., Tararua, from Dunedin. Sailed—l p.m., Tararua, for Melbourne. It is blowing a gale of wind. NAPIER, Thursday. Arrived—Southern Cross, from Auckland. AUCKLAND, Thursday. Sailed—Hero, for Sydney. LYTTELTON, Thursday. Sailed—At i p.m., Ladybird, for AVellington. The s.s. Taranaki, Captain AVhecler, left Onehunga wharf at 9.30 a m. on the 25th, and anchored at the Heads ; crossed the bar at 9.30 a.m. on the 26th, and arrived at Taranaki at 5 a.m. on the 27th ; left at 8 a.m. ; arrived at Nelson at 9 p.m. ; left Nelson' at 10.30 p.m. on the 28th; arrived at Picton at 7 yesterday morning; left at 9 a.m., and arrived in this harbor at 2.30 p.m. Experienced fine weather during the trip. The s.s. Stormbird, Captain Doile, arrived yesterday at 12 noon. She left Wellington on Tuesday afternoon, and experienced a very rough passage, having to run over to Queen Charlotte Sound, where the Napier was found lying at anchor. Sailed again, and reached AVanganui at 1 p.m. on AA'cdnesday.' Sailed again at midnight, making a capital run of twelve hours to AVellington, arriving as above. Experienced fair winds and fine weather down. The Stormbird sails on Saturday for AVanganui with a number of emigrants for that port, returning here on Tuesday. The p.s. Manawatu left AVanganui last night for AVellington, and may therefore be expected in this afternoon. The Opera Troupe are passengers by her. She is advertised to sail on Saturda/ at 2 p.m. for Foxton, when a number of immigrants ex The Douglas will proceed to their destination by this opportunity. The s.s. AVaipara came off the Slip la3t night, after receiving a general overhaul, this being the third time the little steamer has had occasion to go on the Slip within the past Ave months. She sails to-night at ft p.m. for Hokitika. The Napier is expected to arrive from Foxton to-day, and will sail on Saturday with a general cargo for Foxton. The s.h. Phoebe, Captain AVorsp, sailed from the Manukau yesterday at noon. She will be due here on Sundav next, and is advertised to. sail for Lyttelton and Otago on Monday, the 2nd of November. The s.s. Ladybird, Captain Andrew, left Lytteltonyesterday at 4 p.m. for this port, and as the weather along the coast is fine, sho will have a smart run up. She sails on Saturday at 2 p.m., for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. The schooner Jane Anderson, laden with a general cargo from Duncdin for AVanganui, stuck on the bar there for twelve hours. She then floated off with tiio high tide on AVcdncsday, and sailed up to the AVanganui wharf. The departuro of the French man-of-war Vire has been postponed till Monday or Tuesday next. The barque Frowning Beauty sailed yesterday afternoon in ballast for Newcastle. A LronniousE Destroyed by a Hurricane.— The Wettern Morniny Nev:a (Bristol), publishes a description of the terrible predicament of the light-house-keepers on Bishop's Eock during a recent hurricane, the violence of which is described as being fearful. The Bishop's Eock lighthouse is erected on a rock beyond the Scllly Islands, far out in the Atlantic. It was struck by enormous waves in quick succession, each causing a noise like the discharge of a cannon, and making the massive strne" building rock to and fro, sb that every article fell away from its place. One ft-arful sea broke the great lons in several pieces, and another smashed the cylinders of the spar (light, while sand from the bottom—twenty fathoms deep—was found heaped upon the lighthouse gallery. The keepers had a narrow escape. The Ska Koutk to tub Northkun TKr.nrroriY. —Those people who have made the trip to the Northern Territory are acquainted with the difficult and dangerous navigation along the eastern coast inside the Great Barrier Reef. This route, which is considerably nearer than the outer course that sailing vessels of necessity take, is in many parts only a very few miles wide, and the proximity of numerous sandbanks causes the steamers usually to anchor at night while passing through the channel. Tho Queensland Government, no doubt in view principally of tho necessities of their own English mail service, have undertaken to mark the channel by means of two sets of beacons, one on each side. A. great portion of the work has already been done, and as the Gothenburg oasacd on her last trip from Port Darwin the Queensland Government schooner was still engaged upon the work. A light has also been erected at the southern entrance to the channel on Long Island, and one is also to be placed on Booby Island, at tho northern end. These and tho beacons will doubtless provo a valuable aid in the future navigation of this hitherto dangerous though very picturesque route.'—Ura&anc Courier. The Annie Oolk.—This smart brig sailed up with the N.K. breeze yesterday morning. She is a remarkably fine vessel, perfectly new, this being her maiden trip. Sho was built in Sydney by the owner, Mr. Eoundtrce, and is classed at Lloyd's for thirteen years. AVe understand that is the intention of tho owner after this trip to put her in the China trade. Tho following is tho captain's report:—Tho brig Annio Ogle, Captain Spcncc, left Sydney at 7.30 a.m. on October Bth, experienced light westerly winds, which lasted until tho 11th, when the wind veered round and blow a strong galo from the S.W., which lasted until tho 16th, when the galo shifted round

to tho S.E., Capo Campcll AV.S.AV., ten miles. Not being sufficiently to the southward to clear tape Palliser, hovo to off Man*.: light, the gale continuing for throe days, when tho wind shifted round to the N.AV., and increased to a gale. Sighted the Heads on Tuesday afternoon, and anchored at miunight. Lay there in consequence of tho.N. W. winu till Thursday morning, when she ran up.— tymuon Times Oct 23 Disastrous Collision of two Steamers in the Red SEA.-The Malta correspondent of the J U mu. V India sends tho following account of a s e >' ous pension between two steamers m the Red I^a-— i' e steamship AVyberton, 1500 Jons burden left Rot cidam via Southampton, on tho 21st of June bound for fftva carrvin- no passengers, but a valuable cargo chiefly of manufactured goods. The steamer belonged to the Commercial Steamship Company, Great bt. Helens, London. On tho 12th of July tho AVyberton arrived at Suez, and left the same day. Shortly before she left Suez harbor a steamer was seen to leave it This was the litiena Ventura, a Spanish ship from Bilboa, which was bound from Liverpool to Manilla with forty or fifty passengers on board, and a general cargo. She sailed under tho Spanish flag ; her burden was probably about 2000 tons, or even moro, but in all probability her steaming power was defective to some extent, as the AVyberton, though a lesser vessel, caught her up about twenty-five miles south of Suez. It was shortly after this that the collision took place. The time was about 7.30 p.m.-viz., about three hours after leaving Suez. The AVyberton passed her on the port side—according to nautical regulations. Both vessels were steering nearly the same course. They were fully a ship'3 length apart. The AVyberton was passing the Buena Ventura hand over hand, when suddenly the latter altered her course, came straight at the side of the AVyberton, and struck her heavily under the water lino. Tho shock was unexpected, and do what the AVyberton could, she was unable to escape out of the way of the Buena Ventura, once the course of the latter had been so suddenly changed, lhe moment the captain of the AVyberton found the water rushing into the ship, he ordered her head to be turned to land. This was about nine miles oif. In the meantime, all tho crew, twenty-eight in number, were engaged in getting out the boats. By the time these were lowered the water had rushed into and filled all the lower portion of the ship. In twenty-five minutes the fires were out. AVithin three quarters of an hour tho steamer sank. Eight minutes before this the crew, with, flnally.-tnc captain, left the vessel. So swift was tho rush of water down below, that hardly a valuable of any kind was saved. Tho ship settled down quietly into tho water, and then sank suddenly without a plunge, as had been feared. In the meantime the Buona Ventura had laid to. From what I can learn, a scene of the most indescribable confusion occurred on board the Spanish ship after the collision. She did not run away like the Murillo, but the boats on board seemed to have been so fixed up that they were quite useless. Tho AVyberton's crew had simply to trust to themselves. A wild idea also is said to have seized the Spanish passengers.. They swarmed upon the deck of their ship, flourishing revolvers, and magnanimously resolving to die in defence of the lady passengers on board, of whom there were twelve. Assault on the High Seas.—A charge of stabbing on the high seas was preferred against a colored man named George Blackwood, at the City Court on Friday. Blackwood was an able seaman on board the barque Rachel, bound from Foo Chow to this port, and on the 10th September last, while the vessel was at sea, he committed the offence complained of. Eight bells of the first night watch having struck, the watch below was turning out to the relief, one of them, a man named Sarjeant, being'engaged putting on his boots. The prisoner ran down the forecastle ladder, and came up to him, saying, " What were you and that other fellow talking about this evening?" Before Sarjeant had time to make any answer, Black-, wood felled him to the deck with a heavy blow on the. head, and then after jumping on him, drew a knife and stabbed him in the shoulder. A seaman named Grooves, who had gone on deck, heard the noise in. the forecastle, and saw the prisoner run up the companion ladder with a knife in his hand. He cried out, "AVhere is that fellow?" and then, rushing at Grooves, said, "1 will do for you, you -." Grooves t-heu ran aft, and the prisoner followed him and knocked him down, assaulting him in a similar way as he had before done Sarjeant. It was urged by Mr. Turner, who appeared for the defence, that a quarrel had arisen while the vessel was in Foo Chow between Blackwood and the man Sarjeant, and that he had been struck on that occasion by some of the white men in the crew. Sarjeant, although admitting that words had passed between them, denied that the prisoner was struck. The Bench, deeming the stabbing not suiiiciently serious to send the prisoner for trial, it being shown that Sarjeant was only slightly cut and Grooves not at all (although the knife used by the prisoner penetrated his clothing), treated the case as one of unlawful assault, and sentenced Blackwood to three months' imprisonment for each offence. —Melbourne Daily Telegraph, October 12.