Shipping Intelligence.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1488, 11 January 1861, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVED Jan. 11, barque Snaresbrook, 459 tons, George Mundle, from Oamaru and Otago. SAILED. Jnn. 11, 8.3. Prince Alfred, 703 tons, Bowden, for Nelson, Taranakiamf Sydney. Passengers — saloon, Sir Edward Barry, Rev. J. Buller, Mr. Justice and Mrs. Johuston and child, Mrs. MeGregor aud servant, Rev. J. Stack, Mr. and M>s. Torlesse, three childreu and servant, Messrs. Whitecombe, Mo Candlish, Potter, Pike; second cabin — Messrs. Leveridge, Brown, Leathain, Gayner, Hussey, Tidmarsh, Horrocks, Mrs. Edwards, Miss Guilford, Mrs. Weßtwood, Mr. and Mrs. Jones and three children, Mrs. Donohue and three childron. IMPORTS. In the Jane Peata, Pilcher, Agent, — 34 bales wool, Johnston & Co. In the Esther, Bethune and Hunter, Agents,— Bo bales wool. EXPORTS. In the Prince At/red, I.G.R.M. Company, Agents, —I pel. Catholic Mission; 38 fig skius, Ledger; 8 bales wool, Duncnn and Vennell; 25 lambs, Bethune and Hunter ; 1 pel , XJ. B. Australia ; remainder original cargo. In the D-ive, J. Capper, Agent,— l hhd. brandy, 4 coils wire, 30 kegs white lead, 7 camp ovens, 2 ctses, Stuart, Kinro-s, and Co.; 3 oases, 3 ksg3, YV. Bowler, Son, is Co.; 0532 feet sawn timber, Tarnbull & Co.; 20 bags flour, Faulkner; 1 case, I basket, 1 box diug9, C. D. Barnaul. lathe Wonqa Wonga, Duncan & Vennell, Agents, 1 crate eartheriwiire. 3 'kegs nails, 1 barrel oatmeal, I case drapery, 3 bags salt, 1 box gloss, 2 drums oil, 4 kegs white lead, 1 ton flonr, 1 box soap, 1 case paper ' hanging;, 1 case port, 1 case sherry. J Me Beth. The Auxiliary Screw Steamar Robert Lowe, from Auckland via Napier, arrived in' this harbour on Sunday last, with detachments of the 14th and 65th R«jgt. She is a noble ship, being one of W. S. LinJeay and Co.'s celebrated fleet of auxiliary screw steamers, and, without exception, is the finest merchantman that has yet entered our harbour. Her length on the upper deck is 390 feet, and breadth of beam 38 feet, being three feet longer than the celebrated clipper, but illfated Royal Charter. The upper deck is flush foi'3-an-aft, and has a very extensive appearance from the bridge. The second deck, from the main hatchway forward, is fitted with berths on either side : and from thence-aft with the saloons and cabins. The third deck is similarly fitted up forward; but the machinery occupies" tho space aft which is set apart for tho cabins on the second deck. Her cabin accommodations are of a firstclass description. The chief saloon is spacious, and elegantly fitted up. The pannels are papier mache, on which are painted views of Italian scenery, which, independent of their merit, are very interesting, and have a charming effect. The ladies' saloon is also spacious, and fitted up with great taste and elegance. She has 19 family, and 8 Bingle cahins, and can accommodate about 40 first class passengers. Tho cabins are all well ventilated : there is a bath room, &c. The Robert Lowe was built expressly for the transport and mail service, and for which she appears to be peculiarly well adapted. Her first trip was from London to India, via the Cape of Good Hope and the Mauritius, conveying the mails and Passengers, and she made a remarkably quick trip out and home. She was afterwardu engaged for the transport service during the Crimean war, and always bore a favourable character for cleanliness and despatch. Since the close of the Russian war, she. has been engaged in the Mediterranean trade, and has been to New York and up the Baltic. ■She can accommodate 700 troops for a long voyage, and 1000 for a short one. She is a fast sailer, running 14= knots under canvas, and has frequently exceeded that rate". She is 1606 tons, and 80 horse power, nominal, but on an emergency can l»e worked up to a much higher pressure. The Robert Lowe leaves Wellington for Taranaki, on the first change of weather, with the detachment of the 65th Regiment, brought on here from Napier ; the women and children remain at Wellington. On Saturday, at daylight, a schooner was signalled inside Tiri Tiri, and by 7 a.m. she passed her number as Tawera, (Morning Star) from London, having made, an excellent passage of 100 days from Gravesend, from whence she took her first departure on the sth Sept. Met with strong and favourable North-east Trade, crossing the Equator on the Ist October — her 26th day out — in 30 ° West longitude, having previously caught a good South-east Trade in latitude 3° North, which she carried to latitude 20 ° South, longitude 50 ° West. Passed the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope on the sth November, in latitude 43 ° 26' South ; ran down her easting between the parallels of 47 ° and 49 ° South latitude, with strong breezes, encountering a heavy gale off the Crozet islands; made the Southern point of Van Diemen's Land, (without sighting it) on the 28th November, after a splendid run of twenty-three days from tho meridian of the Cape, and a highly satisfactory one of 84 days from Gravesend. From Van Diemen's Land to Auckland the difficulties and delays of the passage commenced, the Tawera experienced a continuance of light Easterly weather, until the 18th instant, on which, day, at 10 a.m., when off tho Three Kings, she encountered a hard gale, acc6mpaniel by a down-pour of rain. From the Kings, had light and baffling winds all the way along tho const. The Tawera is a very fine vessel, 232 tons register, built, for the Auckland and Sydney trade, by Messrs. Duthie of

Aberdeen, who appear to have spared no pains ;o turn her out of hands in first rate style. She sa handsome powerful schooner, exueedingly fine, is woll in her entrance as in her run, but being j very light, scarcely in ballast trim, having no i lead weight to bring hai 1 down in the water, — she is not at present seen to the ba<t alvantage. Sho is heavily sparred, and carries a vast spread of janvas, but being wire rigged, looks unusually light aloft. She has half a deck, or poop, from the mainmast giving har abundant space for a fine airy cabin which is fitted up with ten berths, beside spare accommodation for other pasaengors : being afc the same time provided with evory convenience conducive to the comfort auvl accommodation of a sea going community. She has come into port beautifully clean, as if sho was fresh from the carpenters and cabinet makers, rather than just arrived from the opposite extremity of tho globe. Being so light, it was impossible to press her or to test her powers to the utmost, but in light weather sho sails very fast, two hundred miles having been an ordinary day's run, and 12$knots having been accomplished for several successive days. The Tawera which was built to the order of thelatefirni of Bain, Grahame & Co., is a wortlxy addition to the fine line of clippers belonging to the port of Auckland, and wo hops she may remain long and successfully on our list of tonnage. Sho has brought ua a most acceptable supply of warlike munitions, rifles, revolvers, sabres, and ammunition for our Volunteers and Militia, who it is to be hoped will now. be thoroughly armed and efficiently equipt. — New Zeularider, December 26, 18G0. H.TYI. Steam Corvette Pelorus, 21 guns, in command of Captain' Vernon, of the Ids, arrived in port from Wellington, yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock. She came up the harbour in gallant style and is unquestionably the finest as she is the largest and most powerful ship of war that ever entered these waters. She was launched in 1857, measures 1464 tons, and is of 400 horse power. Her armament, we understand, differs materially from that of any other ship on the station. — Ibid. The transport ship Boaneges, Captain Dunn, arrived in harbour on Saturday at 10 p.m., after a passage of 100 days with the second division of the 14th Regiment. She took her departure from Queenstown on the 18 th September with the wind at WSW blowing a hard gale, which continued for a day or two. Sighted none of the islands. Met with a very moderate N E trade which hung far to the Eastward and proved to be very light. Tho South East trade was equally light and lay far to the southward. Crossed the Equator on the Bth October — twentyfifth day out—in longitude 31 ° 35' West. Made the meridian of the Capa of Good Hope on the 11th November, in latitude 40° South ; and ran down her easting between the parallels of 46 ° and 49° South, experiencing the most variable winds, with little westing, but veering and hauling from NNE to about S3E. Passed to the southward of Van Dieman's Land, without sighting it, on the Bth December ; made the Three Kings on Wednesday at 6-30 p.m., having encountered a heavy gale with torrents of rain the previous day. There have been four deaths, one a soldier from dysentry, auother a seaman from consumption, and two boys. A seriou3 accident occurred to a lad on the 3rd instant, who fell from the fore royal yard whilst loosing the sail. Luckily for the poor fellow, the stays broke his fall, and he landed on the after part of tho cook house, with his left thigh broken and a compound fracture of the right arm above the elbow. Through the unremitting kindness of Dr. Bannett, Asssistanfc Surgeon of the 14th, the sufferer has progressed most favourably and it is hoped will speedily be restored. In other respects the Boanerges has been remarkably haalthy; and it is gratifying to hear the kindly terms in which Captain Dunn and his numerous passengers express themselves towards each other. Off Cape Ledo distant about half a mile from Fort Cabedello, in the Province of Pernambuco, a ship larger than tho Boanerges, and seemingly North American built, was discovered to be on shore, with her head fo tho westward, lower and top masts standing, top gallant masts down, no yards across, heeled over t6 starboard, apparently full of water, her decks cut open, and looking as if she had not been very long in that situation. Tho Boanerges has on board 14 officers, 480 non-commissioned officers and privates, 42 woman, and 44 children of the 14th Regiment under command of Major John Dwyer.^-/6M. The Mail Steamship Lord Worsley, Captain Johnson, arrived in harbour yesterday at a few minutes after 3 p.m. She sailed from Sydney on the 17th, and has experienced a succession of head winds, with thick foggy weather. — Ibid. The ship Daphne, Captain Foreman, arrived at Sydney on the 12th instant, from Portsmouth 27th August, with a draft of 7 officers and 83 rank and file of the 12th Regiment, She carried away her foretopsail yard when off the Cape of Good Hope. This is the ship which is said to have mortars and other ordnance for New Zealand. There was no detachment of Artillery on board, as had been reported to bs the case. — Ibid. Captain H. Mercer's No. 3 Field Battery 4fch Brigade Royal Artillery, fully equipped with 13 pounder Armstrong guns, has been placed under orders for New Zealand, with an intimation that their departure from head-quarters, Woolwich, will take place towards the latter end of November. — Ibid. As the ship Bosworth has been taken up by the Admiralty for conveyance of troops and stores to Auckland, we suppose that the Field Battery above mentioned will arrive by tha Bosworth. — Ibid. Birth. — At Wellington, on Thursday, the 10th inst., the wife of Ml- Bkogan, Boot and Shoe Maker, of a son.