Shipping Intelligence.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1396, 10 January 1860, Page 3

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVED. January 7, ketch Brothers, 80 tons,. E. 11. Croucher, from Wairau. ' Same day, schooner Emily Allison,'- 09 tons, Lan/ley, from Sydney. Passengers— Mr. and Mr<j. Taylor, Mi«s ;T*ylor (2), Mr. Siminouds, Mr. Wbite;~ ■ . , '•'-.• January 8, three-masted schooner Hfimmie pike, "9 < tons, W. Kinsett, from Lytteltoii. Pussriigers — Mrs. Hartley and infant, Mr. Thomas, Mr. John Steer, Mr. Arthur Barton. January 8, sis. Wonga Wonga, 103 tons, F. ' Senner, from Wangamit ami Pictoril . Passengers — Mr. and Mrs. T-. Fil oher, Miss Downs, Mr. Botf•den, Mr. Kirwan,Mr. Dawaon, Mr. Potter." SAILED. January • 9V /"schooner Salopian,' 40 tonsj I?,' Combes, for Oamaru. . ' Same day, schooner Sisters, 18 tons, Wpodgate.' for Bangitiki. : : Janniry 9, schooner Eagle, 110 tons, Colin Me' Pliee, for Newcastle. Same day, schooner Martha, Qi tons, Cowieson, for Lyttelton. . . . Same day, schooner Emerald Tsle, 42 tons, J. P. 'Oakea, for Oiftgoi " ,'..,. ' ', ..IMPORTS. In the Brothers, i^. Bowler, Son, & Co., Agents, —46 b«lei .wool. . , , , ...... In the Emily Allison, Duncan and.Venn.eU. Agents, — 23 tons coals, "3 easy chairs,. 441 posts' 2000 palings, -1,00 pc.s. : hard.wood, 200.b.dU,'. laths', doors, 6 cases sashes," 12 do. chairs, 8 drays' 1 cart, 1 parcel . whips, Order; 3 cases, 1 bale drapery, Pickett &'<3o.; 6 casks " blacking, OrdeX; %} cases 2 pels, stationery, Icaae^ldrum oil stores! % •cases effects, B«wrii Forest; 1 pol. papers, U.fiA.. (1. case, Ber. Jean; frhhds., 0 barrels beer, 9 half ■chests, 20 boxes tea, 50 bags su^ar, 3 cases whisky, B.Taylor. j ... j', ' . . In the Mimraie I>\ke, Smith & Co., Agents,— 2o Uialf barrels beans, 50. cases oysters, 1 keg butter, 1 4ox merchandise. . .In the Wonga Wonga, Duncan and Vennell. Agents,— Bo sheep, Bethune & Huntnr ; J4 bales wool, E. G. Osgood ; 14 hhds. oil, Order. EXPORTS. In the Safopian, W. L)oa, Agent, — 600 lbs. -sugar, 3$ chests tea, 3 bugs stilt, .10 plijj. stoves, 1 dray, 10 casks bottled beer, 1 crate crockery, n ■cs*ks glassware, 2 bales paper, 2 trunks apparel, 2 doz. mattresses, 2 Ctt3es chairs, 1 da. furniture, 1 do. saddlery, 1 do. matches, 2 <jr. casks old torn, 10 cases wine, 1 cask ironmongery, 2 cases, 30 bags ;flour, 12,000 feet sawn timber, Stuart, Kinross', &Go. , . In the Martha, Stuart, Kinross, & Co., Agents, —Part of original cargo. Shipped at Wellington—* 300 sacks bran. , In the Emerald Ttle, W. M. Bannatyne & Co., Agents,— 23,ooo feet sawn timber. The schooner "Acadian," Captain Scoones, fa» n Lyttelton, arrived in port this morning, having left that place on Saturday evening last. She has experienced light variable winds on the passage up. The schooner " Phantom," Toohig, was iaid on at Lyttelton for Wellington, to' sail on the 10th instant. The '« Woxga Wojkja.— .This favourite little vessel returned to port on Monday morning last;' about 4 a.m., from Wanganui and Picton. • She had rather a protracted passage to Wanganui, in of strong head winds: but the pas«age back was a quick and pleasant one. On her arrival at Picton, she took on board 14 bales of wox?J, il jtOni.of oil,, and .five passengers. The ■separation meeting had 'been held at Wanganui, previous to the departure of the Wonga;- but oh the resolution being put, the majority were not in favour of separation. She sails again for Ahuriri this evening at 6 p. m. ■ j, The three-masted schooner Mimmie Dike, Capt. Kinsett, arrived in port on Sunday, the Bth inst., from Lyttelton, having sailed from thence on Saturday last. The 1.C.R.M.. Company's steamer 41 Airedale,"- with despatches' for his Excellency the Governor, arrived at Port Cooper on Friday uigb.% ' . H. M. S. "Iris," Commodore Loring, arrived in *his harbour yesterday, about noon. She sailed from Port Cooper on Saturday morning last, and' experienced light winds and calms on the passage. •Sighted H.M.S "Niger," on Saturday afternoon, with his Excellency the Governor on board, bound to Auckland, calling at Poverty Bay. The Auxiliary screw steamship " Royal Bride"," under the command of Captain Hewlands, arrived in Hobson's Bay ; about 4.80, p.m., on the Ist, having been detained in quarantine two days, for having touched at Cape Town, although no sick- *" ness occurred'" during the passage, and ho case of small pox had appeared at the Cape for four f months previous to the " Royal Bride " .arriving ' , ( there. During her stay in Bristol, the shutters, J which formerly closed over her screw, and which - frequently ;got out of repair, were altered, and by, « neat apparatus the propeller can now be raised • out of the water. As an evidence of the success / of this plan, Captain Newlands reports that on the < 46th day out he was in latitude 45 degrees south, nlongtitude 25 degrees east; when, in consequence of one ofthe passengers being in a dying state, he was, obliged to bear up for Cape Town. She remained there for six days. Thence the passage has' been accomplished in thirty days ; so that, had it not been for. being obliged to run back to Cape* Town,' the passage would have been accomplished in sixty-eight days, with ease. She has during the passage steamed a distance of 7,000 miles, with a consumption of only 380 tons of •coal — a feat hitherto unequalled, as she had very -strong head winds during the passage.—"Melbourne Age, Dec. 6. Experiments at Woolwich Dock Yard. — On Saturday last, a second series .of experiments were carried out in the Thames, off the dockyard, in order to test the indestructible fire apparatus invented by Mr. Salis. The inventor, Accompanied T>y" several French gentlemen, amving at about eight o'clock, and, in accordance with Admiralty instructions, arrangements were made for a complete trial of .the utility of the apparatus as^ applied to naval purposes. Commodore Super©rintendent the Hon. J. R. Drummond, with numerous officers and scientific gentlemen, embarked on board the "Bustler" steam vessel, and the cutter of the "Vivid," Admiralty steam vessel, waslOeo engaged, under the direction of Captain Brfice. /Commodore Drummond remaining statioftei on the jetty, directed a course of signals by the constant lighting and extinguishing of the photophore, which was similarly replied to by the inventor ,on board the " Bustler." One of the instruments attached,;.to a line was thrown into the water, without being previously lighted, and on rising to the surface it shot forth a phosphoric blaze, which according to the inventor's statement, would keep alive ten or twelve hours. It was repeatedly trailed . under : water, when the light of course disappeared, but on regaining the suface, it sjeemed to struggle, aa it were, into new life, and in an instant shone out with renewed brilliancy. The light, although of a peculiarly strong description for the purpose ,of attracting observation, possesses, nevertheless, no destructive or incendiary character. One ofthe most important uses for which it is suggested to be. employed is the life-buoy, as on being attached to one of those it cannot fail of pointing out the succour at hand. — "Mitchell's Register," August 26. _^