ENGLISH SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

Otago Witness, Issue 523, 7 December 1861, Page 2

ENGLISH SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

Aaim'xt.s at Dcvi, from Xkw Zeai-vno — C:is<hineie, t3ul 'Si'plrmoor; JJouti* Anna, 4t'i S"p <-priib-r; Mfibo«>ue. 23rd S.pteiubcr ; Siger, 3rd I)sr.\.RTrn?.s r:>n N«w Kr.Ki.'^n.— Arabella, C'lth August ; i;ini»>, 7th Spp'pmb*!-; Krruitifi St«r, \d n Srp pu.uir; Grejhountri, "i7i!i Auausl; >ebas*«,3 •), 7.!h Sj-p*einb-T; \V. Uruwn, 7t!i September 4 <>ujig Anifiira, 17lh September. The Lord Ashler, "Wrieclcr, from Sy.">nsy 21st ult, loft two hoiir^ afirr the arrival of the X ijilish mail ; nrrivp.l at Nt'lscn in 27t1i,/n?fc or. 2 f s:h. Uriim thu passsc? to Wvlhngton wa«s compj:lv.H, frou h-ivwi^ p-mth-eatt pales, to put iitoP.irt Il.irdy, re.n-iineil there !6 hours; arrived at "Wflliiioton on the Ist Deo. ; «aifcd fol-j Hiring dly f>r Lyttekos ; arrived 3rd, boor ;{ Nulcd itsmc <^«y. Tftelyj-d A'ilile? l>zt :» hr>« e ?ont of 33, the - Trme-ererifrvj,' $!fc'"kTi" /hf^Trtjijurtes-ri'cctvecl tinting a noith-cist gale. The rensiiinder now landing are in good condition. SUo brinjrs 350 sheep, r-o is:{jncd :o Adams -. aho, ? bullocks, 1 coupcart consignees, 25 ord., and general cargo. Passengers— Cahin : The Lord Bishop of Ointerbnry, Messrs. Baird, Powell, Scott, Pike, Mr. and lira. Allen, Snxton, I>.rß. Worthtngton and wrvant Mi^s Bannister, Mr. and Mrs. Kidd ; Hcssrs. Fraser (2), Allen, Roy, St. Hill, Brook, Solomon, Caverhill, Thomson, Packhurst, "Rmv-h-y, Treleaven, M^rs. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Itoldsworth, Mrs. Palmer, Mr. Olliver, Mrs. De Caster, Mr. Caller ; and 81 in steerage. Tho Otago excitement has entirely subsided, owing to new diggings 011 the Lochlan. Vessels for Nk-vv Zeaiaso. — The following vessels were loading at I»ndon for New Zealand : — Avalanche, Kinnaird, Cashmere, Ci>ap«jpn, Matoaka, Mystery, Kavenscraijj, Eleanor, IJannah, Dona Anita. Wild Duck, and John Jhmy&n. Tlie Lrifj Jane, which cleared for Kia Kora, jZw Zealand, with shoop, is one of several vessels f-l;artercd by W. Knight, Esq., for the conveyance of a flock of sheep, consisting principally of twotcothed ewe?, numbering in al) about 7000, to the f tation purchased at Kia Kora by G. A. Anstcy, Es<j.. tho particulars of which were noticed some rime back in this journal. The Harriet Hope and Dcrwent Hunter are the two next vetsels that will )>z despatched. Mr. Knight is acting as agent for G. A. Anstty, Etq. ~Sr.vr CoMMF.iici.u, Conn of Signals.— The followH« Notice to Mariners has been lsaued by the Secr«»r.try of the Lighthouse Board of Washington, la reference to the New Commercial Code cfSige naif :— " Treasury Department, Otfke Lii:h'hous-j Board, Washiiis^ton Chv, July, 18'»1. — Notice is hpreby Riven to tnvigators that the 'Commercial ('ode of Signals for the use of all Nations,* and Rogers* American edition and flags with the British vocabulary, have been pUced on board of the United Slates Liijhthou-e and buoy tenders, lightvtsselh occupying seaward stations, and to the sca«na»t li^hthniibe nlons tiie Florida Reefs, from LoTirprhead Key, Tnrtngas, to Jupiter Inlft Light hnnse inclusive." Masters of vessels and others deMrinjj to communicate with any of the above named vessels or lighthouse by signal, may do so if they have a set of these signal books and fiajis on board.! — By order, Thohstox A. Jenkins, Commanderl U. S. N ivy, Soerrtary L. H. Board." The Blnckwill liner "Monarch' which cleared! from Melbourne on the 18th November, took' 42,584 ozh gold, of which 12,500 ozs. were the I j.rnduce of the Xc«- Zealand gold-fields. | Tho "Dunedin," and "Hydra," barques, bothi wrre entered outwards for Ot<»go, from Melbourne,' «a the 18th November. j Loweuing Boats.— We (New Zealander)\izve\ been favoured by Captain Moorman, of. U..\f. ship Cossack, with the following particulars of the admirable &nd life-preserving method of lowering b.^ats at sea, even under the most unpromising cir♦umstance*; such an invention cannot be too generally adopted in the mercantile as well as in the royal marine :— On a dark squally night, during the passage of H.M. ship Cossack from Ihe Cape, whs an »larm of a "man overboard." The life-buoy was immediately let go, and a boat as prompth mnnned, lowered, and detached by means o (i " Knasloti's patent ship hooks;" the ship at the time under all p!..in sail, with port studding sails fot, and rishing through the water at the rate of ten kno'e. A lesoue was thus effected, without waiting for the chip to be rounded to ; the boat brinz in thr wa'«"-, and clear away from the ship before the man had been above two minutes in (he water. Under ordinary circumstances of lowering boats at sea, this man would in all probability have been lorn. This admirable invention has been in use In iI.M. n<ivy upwards of three years, and is that of the Lite Captain Knaston, R.N.