Shipping Intelligence

Otago Daily Times, Issue 624, 17 December 1863, Page 4

Shipping Intelligence

PORT CHALMERS-December,l6th. ■ Wind at toon, N".E., light breeze. Weather, clear and fine. arrivals. s Aldinga, s.s, 291 tons, Stewart from Melbourne, gfneral cargo, 53 passengers. Royse, Mudie, anil Co, agents. . Lord Ashley, s.s., 203 tons, -Rnndali, from Northern Ports, general cargo, 337 fcheep, 4.0 passengers. G. Brolrick, a-rer.t. ' # - Geelong, p.s.. Turn bull, from Onmaru and intermediate poi-Js, wcol and passengers. Carguland Co, agent*. DEPAKTCEES. Star, ship, 1O.:9 tons,'; Curtis,.fr.rCaUao. Omeo, s.s., M'iachlan, for Melbourne geld and passengers. • PAESUNGESt LIET. Per ~Lr.nl Ashley, from AuAland: Cabin— Messrs -Parbeck, Kel'y, PoiieaiLx:, V.illhms, Black, Oon>tone, Ham, sen., Ham, jun./Paul, Holm::s, ■ Harkness, Jaak-on, Gkvunie, Major Richardson, Messrs Cargill, Reynolds, Paterson, Brodic, Vogel, Mason', Heale, Dr Buchanan, Miss Carkeck, Mrs Constone, 2 children and servant; and B in the steerage. EXPECTED aESIVALS. From London—Vicuna, August 21; Ethereal, September 19., From Glasgow—St. Kilda, August ±. From Leith—Prospector. From Melbourne—Lantboroughj Lahore, Ocean Brii'e, Saninrang. ■ From vSydney.—Severn. / .From WeLhpool—Bengal. PKOJECXED DEPARTURES. - Aldinga, for Melbourne, ISth instant - St. DuiiStß.ii, for London, 25th January. Chile, for London, January. ' ?«!ouniain.Maid, fov Sydney, eaviy. St:.r of Tasmania, for London, 20i.1i JanuaryWllhe'.mina, for Sydney and Newcastle, 13th inst. VESSELS IN PORT. ■ . '_ Star of Tasmania, ship, from London. Gem, schooner, from Warnambcol. -. ft'r Win. ji!«ii, ship, irnm Glasgow. Midas, baiyr1} from Newcastle. St. Danstan, barque, from Newcastle. Persian, ; hip, from, London. ■ ' ■ Minister Thorbeck, barque, from Eotterdam. Chile,ship, from LondiiH. • ': Dauntless, ship, from London. Gene'al Wiadham, thip,.fron< London. : "WhiihJraiiia, barque, from Adelaide. Mountain Maid, biig, ftoui Sviney. i Kathleen, b uque, ficm Niwc'astla. D.miel hankiu,ship, irom Glasgow. f Viola, s'iip.from GLis^cwf Summer Ulood. baique, from Adelaide, i Oregon, barque, from \Yc-l«hpool. Kate Swanton, barque, from Newcastle. Pacific, baique, from Melbourne. Spy,.brig, from Melbourne. Remark, brig, from Newcastle. Kate, brig, from Newcastle. Brcadalbane, baique, from Sydney. . Empress Eugenic, shin, from Wolshpool. Everton, ship, from .Twofold Bay. Juverna, barque, from Sydney. Champion of the Seas, ship, from Melbourne. Jessie Munn, sLip, from Twofold Bay. Aldinga, s.s., iiom Melbourne. Lord Ashley, s.s., from the North. CUSTOMS ENTRIES. INWARDS. December 1G —Champion of the Seas, 1947 tons, Outridge, master, from Melbourne, witE 6500 sheep. A. L. Thomson and Co, agents. OUTWARDS. December 1.8 —Nil. INWASD3—OOASTWISB. December 16.—Lord Ashley, s.*.,' Randall, from Lyttleton and- the North, with cargo and passengers. George Brodrick, agent. OUTWARDS COASTWISE. 'December. 16.—Nil. IMPORTS. . /

. Per Aldinga from Melbourne, 20 eases cordialßj 9 ca'es arrack :pimch. G- Wilson and Go ; 9 cases tobacco, M Heymansbn; 3do Lance and Thoneraari f 6 hhds brandy, Tickle, Roxburgh /and Co'■;■ 82 eases wine, order; 20 cases tobacco CJeve and Co.; 200 £ boxes do, M'Callum andCo: ■;•■ 20 half-chests tea, WVP'ole • 40 barrels currants, order. Transhipped ex Jeanie from New York, ,21 cases merchandise, Cavgill and Co; part of original cargo from Adelaide, 26' cases .-wine, S S and k Lazarus;' 24! 'cases.- vine, Cargill and .Co; 12: casss ■ iwine, :'E. Mess and Co- 12 do' Thompson and Co; 12 hhds eg£rs, 18 cases cheese,! 2 bales leather, 1 do cork, 2do mats, 10 kegs nail3,l case hardware, 2do glas3warp, Ido soap,l;do tobacconists goods,'s trunks, 3-cases'" ■ boots, 3do ii'pnmor,p;ery, 3 do fancy goods, 2 do photppaphic do, 1 do walking-sticks, 1 box scientifis instfuments, 1 package do, ' 1" do milking machine, 5 do drapery,: 2 bales flock,-3 cases stationery, I: do electro plate, ■j_ 1 do clocks, 1' do bags, 1 do glassware,. 1 So, musical: insiruments, :2 casks glassware, 32 do butter, 1 organ, 1 bsle sacking, 1 do canvas, 4 cases stationery, 1 pkge sheet brass, 2 eases.liard- ; ware, 1 do glasjwarp, 1 do corrugated iron, 1 do -.•.2?ne,.l\.pkge. ridging,-1 do" gntta-percha, 7do boots anfl shoes, ,1 case beef hams, 3 bags potatoes, 10 tubs V utter, 1 case drapery, 1 de hams, 3 casks, 2 ca hardware; 4 machines, 8 pkgs : drapery, 3 cs staiionery, 6 do hams, 5 bdls iron, 1 bar.do, 5 bundles hoop irqv 1 cask bolts, 1 . package glassware, 8 do earthenware, &c, 41 do .drugs, 2 iron mortars, 1 dpiclothing,: 1 do pipes, ildo playing cards, 82 bars iron, 10 bags coal, 4 . vPine.i.;plaQks, 1 pair beliows, :l anvil, 1 vycr, 29 ; ;.casks pitch", 3 packages stationery, 7 do cheese, , ; .l do metal, 1, coil rppe, 1. do saddlery, sdo slops, 1 bale opossum nigs order. "' - - ■•- .,^er. Lord Ashley, from Lyttelton: 8 cases, 1 ; bale leather, 1- package, 1 box, 7 parcels, addressed ; 337 shesp, order; 1 box coin. Bank of New'SouthWales. ' ;'L -; ; • ":■ ■■■■•'■•■

- The s.s. Aldinaa arrive;! in'port in the morning, haying reached the Heads at 5 a.m., when it continued so thick" and-foggy for.several "hours •.that it, was impossible toimake' the 'harbor. The Alchnga has made one of her swift paasaaes of . ; less than five days and a half, though a persistent and strong head wind was experienced throughout the passage. She: left Melbourne at 6 p.m., on the 10th, and made the passage entirely under steam. At 1 p.m.,- on Tuesday, she passed the s.s. Hero outside of Stewart's Island, running - ™ sail set before a strong breeze. At the Bluff the Hero had shipped about 60 passengers, . the.Gothenburg not having called there, and. the Aloinga landed a number of her's, ; along with" the mails. ', • .• •?• / ;; ~

;_ The I.C.R.M Co.'s s s.^Lordi Ashley, Captain Thomas Bandall, left Auckland December 8, at ti 30. P-m;' a I nslarrivedat Napier at; 11 a.m. on vr Pt. (*22 "ours); wihds: moderate, and variable throughout, with heavy swell from ihe southward. ; ; -Lett 'Napier on the 12th-at. 1.30.p.m., and arrived at Wellington on the 13th,-at 6,30 fZ ( f iou,^) .^erfeneed moderate winds from westward to Gape, and thence violent gales £ orri^f* *9: north-west- Left Wellington on the ; l3th at raidmght, and arrived at Lvttelton on the Uthat 8 o'clock. Passage, 20* hours • experienced hghtwinda and fine weather;throui out. Left i yttelton. Decpmber 15th at 1 p.m. arrived at Dunsdinon 16th et 11.30 am (22J hours) ;. experienced moderate winds and very foggy weather her freight the Lord Ashley has 337. sheep, and in thi cabin there was. a l,rge number of passengers, including. with T two exceptions, all the Otago members of the Legislative Assembly. +i The s. s. Geelong. returned from Oamaru in wWi[°T O9i n5 tlus bTg her. second trip on which she has conveyed wool for transhipment to the Chile and other vessels on the berth for

The paddle steamer Prince Alfred, from Wanganm,- arrived at Lyttelton on Tuesday The/Bteamere Sarasonand Favorite have to- &,%^" de-- tnpß rtf^aiks)uaiti th shee P irom the Champion of the Seas. , The schooner Albatross and cutter Alpha, both from Otago have arrived at Auckland the Alpha, which had 30 volunteers on board, making a passage of eleven uays. The Albatross, whicE left on the 24th, made an eight days passage, the SEa'ffiS^P* With a teS" ll^ b??i. V?l- Unte, er '-Captain Muirhead, has l^ h\sl nal? au > where shewUl remain Iw7^ \ h?£' ha^ T ng.>jeeu purchased by the New Zealand Steam Navigation Company far that purpose, - ■ . ■

TSf Ship ft David G- Fleming has arrived at S, a ht?l> a PiT ßge of 10° day 3 from Loneaual tott?^ 8 * ? a?? en Sers cabin and X J n Stafcute adults on account of the Provmcial Government. Three births and three deaths occurred on board, two under one yeTr, and the other eight years old. A seaman, named James Duey a nat ye of Stoke, lost his life bj a fall from the topsail yard to the deck; he was all but dead when carried to the forecastle _The ship Lidy Young, from Dunedin for Welshpool, was sighted by the Glencoe off Itodondo. The ship Glencoe has made a good trip to and from Duuedin of thirty days. ' The new .steamer City of Dunedin arrived in Port Cooper exactly,at noon on Saturday from Dunedin and intermediate ports. She bring.? about 300 .bales of wool, and several cabin and steerage/passengers..... She was not expected to leave for Ifunedin before Wednesday, as an excursion was contemplated to take place on Monday or Tuesday. Correspondents of the Canter-

bury papers,-who accompanied her, spsak in high terms of her comfort, speed, and seaeoin°quauaes. & °

A trial trip has been made by the paddlesteamer Nelson, built by Messrs Backhouse ar,d Dixon, at .Middlesborough, from the designs and to the order of Messrs Pdehardsou, Duck and Co, iron shipbuilders, of Stockton-on-Tees. Her dimensions are: —Length, 125 fret; breadth, 17 feet 6 inches: depth, 8 feet; tonnage, 0.M., 187 tons. This steamer has been lying fi>r tome time at Middlesborough on account of the previous trials of speed not being as satisfactory as could have been wished; but on the ]2:h instast, having previously had her bottom thoroughly cleaned, she attained the speed of thirteen knots. This steamer is for New Zealand, and for the same owners as the Tasmanian Maid, built by Richardson, Duck and Co, and which has been lately bought by the Government to take part in th 3 war now being carried on. in that colony. - Mitchell's Register, September 25th. The American barque L. H. Rutgers, Captain Norres, left Newcastle on the 26ih November, with 170 head of cattle, and 2 casks tongues • and the brig Rita, Captain Souter, sailed on the 27th with 270 tons coals, both for Auckland. The steamship City of Hobart, during her s?ay in Sydney, has'received' a most extensive overhaul both to hull and machinery. She has received new boilers and deck?, her saloon has been redecorated, and her fore-cabin renewed, affording additional space for the comfort of passengers. Her figure-head, which was carried away sometime ago, has been replaced, and altogether the vessel looks as well as when she first entered these .waters. Captain Darby reports that she left Sydney Heads at twenty-five minutes to six o'clock in the evening, on the 2nd instant, with strong soiitherly wind and head sen. 41 four in the morning, in consequence of some disarrangement to the machinery, stopped the engines and lay to until eight a.m, when she"proceeded under easy steam until ten a.m.; passed Cape Howe at half-past one a.m. on the 4th instant; passed Wilson's Promontory at half-past nine p in. same day, and arrived in Hobson's Bay, at nine am on Saturday, sth instant.— Argus. ' '' The ship Brothers Pride, 'which arrived at Lytteltoii with a mortality of 4i, has been intruded into the harbour against the port regulations, and steps are about to be taken against the captain. In the meantime the vessel has been placed in quarantine. The health of thepassengers h improving, and no fresh deaths have.occurred. A rigid inquiry into the whole case is expected to be made, this being the third ship within the month which has arrived at Lyttelton with disease on board.

The Albxandba.-Early yesterday morning tins fine addition to our colonial fleet anchored in Hobson's Bay, She left Greenock on the 17th September. Her passage generally has been m:i'le uuiler canvas, the steam-power only being used during- contrary winds and calms. The Alexandra is a remarkably handsome vessel and combines swiftness with great carrying capacity on a light draught of water. She is the property and has been fitted out under the inspection of her commander, Captain George Gilmore, a gentleman well known for years in these colonies aa commodore of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company's fleet, and one who is perfectly conversant with all the requirements of a first-class vessel for the intercolonial trade, and his expenence has not been thrown away in the Alexandra, which is fitted up with every convenience for the comfort of passengers. The Alexandra is a screw steamer of 750 tons builders' measure-m-e£fc'-. af .fi et nl I (over aII> by 27 feet beam, with 16 feet depth of hold. She is propelled by two engines of 150-horse power (nominal), work--ing up |to 350 - and, judging from her beautiful lines, will- no doubt prove one of the fastest vessels that have ever entered these waters. The saloon is a= very elegant-apartment; Tin whicnliO passengers can -be accommodated • it is replete with every convenience and comfort; the ladies' boudoir is most elegantly fitted. Proceeding forward, the main deck is bridged over for a large space amidships, affording accommodation ior otneers' cabins; the galley .and space for a number of horses.being quite'undtr cover from the weather. \ The steerage accommodation for passengers, of whom she can carry 120, is most eomm°rTs- Taken altogether, she is one of the Dest finished vessels' that have every visited this port • in appearance she much reseinble3 the City of Launceston.— Argus. •

The Alexandra has'since arrived at Auckland. We are indebted to the Melbourne Argus for the fallowing disastrous intelligence :—

The schooner Ismyr, from Hong Kong, brings dates to 2nd October, being six. days Mater than last mal's advices. Captain Summers reports that the clipper ship Westminster left Hong Kong on 25th September, with general cargo for Melbourne, and that a severe typhoon took place in the China Season 29th September, which wrecked and disabled several vessels, the Westminster probablyamong the number, as she had not been heard of at Anjer when the Ismyr passed

Los 3of the Sporting Lass.—On Friday morning the boats belonging to the Sporting Lass, whaling brig; arrived in Brisbane briu<ri n ° the crew and Captain Bennett, the master of the vessel Ihe following accounts of the loss of his vessel has been furnished to us by Capt. Bennett: —Th 3 Lass, whaling, brig, of Sydney, Bennett, master, left that port on the 24th Au°on a whaling cruise to the South. Pacific whaling grounds. On November 4;' at half-past four p.mf she sighted an island, bearing about north-north-west, about sixteen miles from the ship. At fifty minutes past eleven p.m., bein^ about twelve miles, distant, the look-put reported that ne saw the bottom, and on sounding, seven fathoms of water were found. No reef a or breakers were • visible. The helm was ordered- to be pnt down and the yards heeled aft, which was done ; and the vessel then struck,, but so. lightly that.it was not felt on board. At this time there was a strong current ; running to the north and west. Both pumps were rigged, and kept going; but as she was making a great deal of water, the brie was allowed to drift on to the eastern prong -of the reef asitwas feared that she would sink before the provisions, &c, could be secured. At oae a.m the water was over the blubber-room, and at two a.m., the brig-gradually settled down on the port side. The whaleboats were then lowered and_ anchored clear of the vessel. An hour later a dingy was lowered, and got safely alongside the brig. .A.few:-tools: and other articles were taken mtothe,boats, and as daylight broke, an islandwas sighted from them. They then left the hvU and made for the island, and on reaching it. it was -found that it was occupied by the crew of the American whaler Hope, of New Bedford, which had been wrecked on the shoal on the 17th of October.^ The island was called Gifford's Island. On the following;day three boats were sent to the wreck to procure some boat planks and other necessaries to fit the boats out for the passage for bydney, whither it was his intention to proceed. Everything was ready for sea on the-12th November; buttheydidnot leave Qifford'sislandtill nine a.m._on the 17th. They then made for Bennett's : whaling station, which was reached at 7 p.m. on the i same,day.. On the 19th, Captain Bennett with a portion .of hip crew—.twenty-one men in ally left the station, in-three boats, in company with four -boats belonging to the Hope, containrng the whole of her crew, twenty six men. ihese seven boats remained in company till the evening of the 19fch, when those belonging to the Hope were lost sight of, and were not again saen untiUfter they had arrived in Brisbane. One. boat belonging to the Hope is still missing, and some tears are entertained for her safety — More ton Bmj Courier ■, Nov. 28. . . Loss of the Hope at Bampton Shoal.— On Thursday morning, about eight o'clock, the master and portion of thecrew of the American whaler Hope arrived in Brisbane in their boat, and reported the wreck of flw»ir vessel off Bampton shoal, on the 17th October last. The follow ■PiLP?r n-*lall H ave been furnisl-ecl to. us by Captain Giflord, the master of that vessel -—The tertT U1 TW« al}?^ hi p'"HoPe So° tons register burthen, L S. Gifford, master, belonging to New Bedford, sailed from Sydney in July hit. She J£ itM^ r*s^ 1- in takiD 8 whales up to the 17tk October last, on which date she got stranded _on Bampton Shoal. The disaster IS solely owing to an error of. nearly forty miles in the position of the shoal as laid down on Captain thpSwfK 11- 6 t^eof thewreckto the 80th October, the ship's company were engaged m securing provisions, stores, and other articles from the ship by means of the boats. These they conveyed to an island near the scene of the toaster. Subsequently, from the 80th October to the p?h November, the crew were employed m repairing the boats, to render them fit for the passage to the Australian coast On the 17th November, the entire crew of the Hope left the shoals in the four boats whiclrbelonged to her, and m-company with five boats containing •the crew oi the Sporting Lass, and continuing their course without further accident, on the morning of the 24th inst., at three o'clock, they made Cape Moreton light. We up.de-stand that it is the intention of Captain Gifiord to sell the wreck on his arrival in Sydney.— -Moreton Bay Courier. a