Shiiping Intelligence.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1999, 22 December 1863, Page 2

Shiiping Intelligence.

ARRIVED. December 19, Prince Alfred, p.s., 170 tons, Higgle, from Lyttelton. December 20, Wonga Wonga, s.s., 105 tons, Cellem, from Manukau, Eaglan, Taranaki, Wanganui, and Nelson. December 20, Sea Serpent, brigantine, 90 tons, J.Cloment, from Napier. December 20, Supply, cutter, 16 tona, Short, from Wairau. December 20, Mosquito, cutter, 16 tons, Fraser, from White Hock. December 20, Bifleraan, 82 tons, T. M'Clutchie, from Lyttelton. In ballast December 21, Star of the South, s.s., 147 tons, Hodge, from Dunedin. SAILED. December 18, Prince Consort, schooner, 35 tons, Bitchie, for Christchurch. December 19, Tyne, schooner, 36 tons, Odgers, foi Wanganui. December 19, Sandfly, schooner, 14 tons, W. Dalson, for Bangitikei. CLEARED AT CUSTOMS. December 19, Storm Bird, s.s., 103 tons, Eeynolds, for Lyttelton and Dunedin. December 19, Esther, schooner, 54 tons, J. Campbell, for Flat Point. December 19, Tyra, brig, 275 tons, E. S. Williams, for Lyttelton,. PASSENGER LIST. INWARDS. Per v.a. Wonga Wonjja, from the North. Mrs Nason, Major Hichmond, Dr Monro, Meßsrs E. W. Stafford, Mackay, Beathee, D. Saumels, Anderson, Miss "Widdop. Master Nichols, Mrs Bichardson, Mr D. Anderson, Corporal Keau, Troopers Hogg and Cromarty, F. Bowen, and £ natives. Per Sea Serpent, from Napier. Miss Schultze. . OUTWARDa Per s.s. Storm Bird, from the South. Miss Hunt, Mrs J. Jones, Mr Fergurson. IMPORTS In the Wonga Wonga, Duncan & Vennell, agents — 19 bags nails, 4 boxes tea, 3 mats coffee, 1 bale wool packs, 13 kegs butter, 1 qr-tierce tobacco, D. Anderson ; 18 bales wool, T. W. Pilcher ; 57 bales wool, Bethune & Hunter; £ bales wool, 1 bag do, W. B. Bhodes ; 1 case fruit, W. Young ; 20 pkgs sundries. In the Supply, Jacob Joseph & Co, agents— l 7 bales wool, Levin & Co. In the Sea Serpent, Bethune & Hunter, agents — 36 bales wool, Johnston & Co ; 14 bales wool, 20 bdls sheepskins, W. & G. Turabull & Co; 2 cases, Bank N.S.W. EXPORTS. In the Prince Consort,!Moster, agent— 2 qr-casks wine, S octaves do, 20 cases old torn, Gcasescuracoa, J. Dransfield; 28,000 feet sawn timber, W. &G. Turnbull & Co. In the Esther, Bethune & Hunter, agents — 3 cases sundries, 2 casks bottled beer, 1 keg rum, Bethune & Hunter; 2 j tonß flour, 17 uicta augar, 6 bags rice, 5 do salt, 3 cwt soap, 1 parcel tobacco, 2 pkg3 wool packs, 3 window sashes, 199 pieces timber, 4000 shingles, 5 pkgs sundiies, W. W. Taylor ; 4 parcels, £ ton flour, 1 box tea, 2 bags , salt, 1 hhdsheepwash tobacco, 1 cask soda, 2 casks rice. I W. W. Taylor. In the Storm Bird, Duncan & Vennell, agents— loC I sheep, 6 calves, 2 coops poultry, F. Bright; 2 kegß butter, A. Sinclair ; 10 kegs butter, B. Port ; :10 cases curacoa; 2 do hock, sdo claret, 6do bitters, Krull & Co ; 1 pkg bacon, 2 boxes eggs, 1 pkge, a saddle, 1 pkge, F. Blight; 83 qr- ' barrels gunpowder, Turnbull & Co; 100 sheep, Wright ; 1 case, W. Bishop. In the Sandfly, Pilcher, agenfr—s cases drapery, 1 case vestas, 1 do blue stone, 5 boxes candles, 2do groceries, 4 do geneva, 2 do cordials. 1 do pipes, 4 casks rice, 2 drums oil, 4 kegs white lead, 3 cases soap, 32 bags, 24 mats sugar, 1 qr cask vinegar, 1 case drapery, W. & Or. Turabull & Co ; 3 pks grindery, L. Levy; 6 pks biscuits, P. Laing ; 12 ovens and lids, 6 iron pots, 2 kegs nails, 4 pks drapery, 5 cases gin, 1 bow. 1 bag seed, 5 do flour, 1 pkge drapery, fi do groceries, C tons flour, W. W. Taylor; 1 keg tobacco, 3 chests tea, 1 barrel currants, 3 barrels sugar, 1 case sardines, 3 do salad oil, 6do buckets, 1 barrel rice, 1 case sundries, 2 qr casks port wine, 5 cases whisky, 5 do brandy, 5 do geneva, 6 casks bottled beer' 4 cases groceries, J. Martin. In the Star of the South, Master, agent— Bo head oi cattle. Peacock & 00. In the Tyra, Owen Brothers, agents — 140 head of cattle, G. Williams. In the Tyne, W. Lyon, agent— l half tierce tobacco, 1 1 crates earthenware, 1 iron tank, 4 water casks, 1 case coffee, 1 bag potatoes, 1 case, 2kegs, 1 parcel books, 1 case a rifle, 25 cheeses, 1 case drapery, 1 tierce saddlery, 1 qr-cask sherry, W. Lyon ; 2 tons rock salt, 10 grindstones, 2 qr-casks vinegar, Bothune & Hunter ; 12 kegs salt, 2 cases drapery, 2 do shemngs, 1 box pipes, W. &G. Turnbull & Co. In the Sarah, Owen Brothers, agent — 1 case furniture, I qr-cask sherry wine, 1 pkge pit saws, 2 easy chairs, 1 case piano, 5 bags flour, 3 do potatoes, Owen Bros ; 2 bags potatoes, T. W. Pilcher ; 1 octave brandy, 1 qr-cask whisky, 1 bag rice, 1 box raisins, 2 cases sundries, A. P. Stuart & Go ; 5 cases drapery, 3 boxes soap, 1 case confectionery, 32 bags sugar, W. &G. Turnbull & Co ; 2 bags potatoes, ,1 keg paint, T. W. Pilcher ; 1 cask porter, 3 chests tea, 2 cases geneya, J. Martin ; 1 bag salt, Ido flour, 12 camp ovens, 12 lids, 6 iron pots, 2 kegs nail;?, 1 ton 3 cwt flour, 170 empty sacks. W. W. Taylor; 1 hhd sheepwash tobacco, 2 casks sulphur, 4 drums spirits of tar, 3 bags flour, 1 do sugar, 1 box sperm candles, Levin & Co; 6 kegs nails, 2 pkgs drapery, Johnston & 00, VESSELS IN POUT. Storm Bird, s.s., from the South. Star of the South, s.s., from the South Wonga Wonga, b.b., from the North. Asterope. ship, from London John Bunyan, ship, from London Albert William, barque, from Otago Tyra, brig, from Lyttelton Valiant, brig, from Port Cooper Bifleman, schooner, from Lyttelton Esther, brigantine, from Poere. Sea Serpent, brigantine, from Napier Shepherdess, schooner, Buby, schooner, from Kai Koraa Sarah, schooner Supply, cutter, from Wairau Alert, cutter, from Manawatu EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Lord Ashley, s.s., from South, with English Mail, due Bangatlra, s.s., from Napier and Auckland, 26th. Phoebe, s.s., Kennedy, from Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau on the 29th inst Sturfc, p.s., from Picton and Nelson Dart, brig, from Sydney Bride, from Gravesond, 130 days out Wild Duck, ship, from London, 93 days out PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Wonga Wonga, s.s., for Wanganui, Taranaki, Raglan, and Manukau, 22nd Dec. Lord Ashley, s.s., for Napier and Auckland, 23rd Bangatira, s.s., for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau, 2Dth Phcebe, s.s., for Canterbury, "Otago, and the Bluff, on the 30th. Sturt, p.s,, for Wanganui and Nelson The s.s. Star of the South, Captain Hodge, sailed from Lyttelton on Thnrsday last, at noon, for Otago, and arrived there on Friday afternoon, Landed stock and sailed again on Saturday evening' and arrived here on Monday morning at 2 pm. Experienced fine weather during the while of the passage. The Aldinga was coming out of the Otago heads as the Star of the South was going in, The s-s. City of Hobart arrived at Port Chalmers from Melbourne, aftar a long and Btormy passage. She was obliged to anchor for two days nnder Stewart's Island during the gale. The s.s. Storm Bird, Captain Eeynold's, sailed for Lyttelton and Otago on Sunday last, but was compelled to put back for shelter in consequence of the S.E. g&le and high sea. She^sailed again last night Launch of an Australian Steam Vessel! — On September 5, a Bplendid iron screw steam-vessel, named the NutQeld, was launchee from the premises of the builders, Messrs James Ash & Co, Isle of Dogs, Poplar, in the presenco of a large number of spectators. After the launch and naming, the vessel was removed into the dock to be fitted with her machinery and boilers, previous to being forwarded to her owners in Australia, where * she (vill be used for river passenger traffic. The NutSeld is L 770 tona burden, length 215 feet, and breadth 25 feet 6 inches, ' , . : .-, ,

Abrivai, of the Lady Jocelto with Tboops fhok * Calcutta.— This fine vessel hoisted her num»Br yesterday .. afternoon about three o'clock, and shortly afteir made her appearance round the North Head, coming to an anchor in the harbour, near H.M.s Curacoa. The following is an account of her passage from Calcutta to this port:— Left Calcutta on the Bth October, proceeding down the river Ganges, and took her final departure from Sanrlheads on the following day, the 9th October. From the time of leaving Calcutta until within abont 12 ° north latitude, experienced a continuance of head winds. In. latitude 14° and longitude 96 ° east, she became very crank and for two days was unable to make but little headway It was intended to have called at King George's Sound, hut the ship being considered unsafe, it was determined to put in ' at the Mauritius. She arrived there on the Ist November, and having taken ballast in, again act sail and proceeded on her voyage on the 6th, after a detention of six days. She encountered strong head wind's until the Bth, when o> change took place, and since that date up to sighting the coast of New Zealand she has made a Bplendid ran, at an average speed of 250 miles per day. Cape Otway was sighted at 10 pm on the Ist of December, and passed Cape Maria Van Dieman at day-break on the 9th. The North i Cape was .rounded on Tuesday, and she has since experie nced head winds and thick misty weather in coming down the coast The Lady Jocelyn is commanded by Captain Robert W. Ker, Lieutenant R.N. (reserve), and la of the following dimensions : — Length, 254 feet ; breadth, 39 feet; depth (from hold to upper deck), 33 feet; gross tonnage,-2,142; register tonnage 1,692. She was built by Messrs Mares and Co, at BlackwaU, and is now owned by the East. India and London Shipping Company. The Lady Joeelyn has on board 21 officers, 646 rank and file, 43 women, 93 children, and Mr Moron (schoolmaster), Mrs Moran, and child. She brings 600,000 rounds of rifle ami munition, a quantity of store and tent equipage for field service, &c The steamer Comoron, was spoken three days after leaving Mauritius,' from the Clyde to Point de Galle. The band, numbering about 25, belonging to the 43rd, has arrived by this vessel, and upon entering the harbour played several pieces in good style. There were seven deaths during the passage, viz :— Private King, died from cholera, on the sixth day out from Calcutta; Sergeant Washington, aged 24, sun stroke, shortly after leaving Calcutta ; Private Wilson, of consumption, about a.fortnight ago ; and Dennes, who expired suddenly in his hammock. Mrs Meally died while giving birth to 1 twins, and Mrs Cooper also died in child bed. There were nine birthß during the voyage. The Armenian, with the second portion of the 43rd, may now be looked for.hourly. She was to leave Calcutta on the 4th, and allowing a fortnight for embarkation and flitting up, she would be able to take her departure at the end of October. She has on board 365 men of the 43rd, and a portion of the 6Sth Begiment. The remainder will follow in the Australian, which may be looked for in abont a fortnight— Southern Cross, Dec 1L Arrival op the Green Jacket.— The Green Jacket, 1,088 tons, commanded by Captain Samuel Mitchell, made her number yesterday afternoon, and dropped anchor off the Queen-street Wharf, about three o'clock. She left Grav.esend on the 14th^August, and took her final departure on the 20th of the same month. Made a moderate run to the Equator, which was crossed on the 23rd September, in 20 ° 30' long. The south-east trades were very good. She was becalmed for eighteen days, only making 200 miles the whole time. She did not sight the Maderia, nor any land until reaching the East Cape of New Zealand. The meridian of the Cape was passed in lat 42 ° 28' running down the longitude between 46° and 42°. On the 14th November in lat 46 « 20* south, and long 108 ° 14' east, a whirlwind struck thevessel, and carried away everything that was set At 1 30 pin on that day the ship was running under close-reefed topsail, and at 230 pm a heavy squall came on, followed: ' by a whirlwind. No ; warning whatever was given, and it was at one time thought something more serious would have been the result ; as it was,- about 700 yards of canvas were completely carried away. Several of the passengers were thrown out of their hunks, and the bunks knocked to pieces, falling into one another. Fortunately, < no accident of a serious nature occurred to any person. Since that date, some heavy rain and hail have been experienced. The East Cape waa made on Monday last, at ■ half-past five. This was the first land sighted since leaving England. She has been beating up the coast with. , baffling wind since, and came to an anchor on Saturday off the Great Barrier. No deaths occurred during the passage. There were five births. No vessels were spoken during the voyage. The Green Jacket ia a fine clipper vessel. She was built in 1860, by the celebrated shipbuilder King, of St John's, New Brunswick, and is owned by Messrs Femie and' Brothers. She is a sister ship to the Queen of the Mersey, and her accommodation for passengers seems all that could be wished for. Her cleanly appearance on entering the harbour reflected the « greatest credit on the captain and officers under his command. A testimonial has been presented to the surgeon " of the ship.— lbid, Dec 14. Port "Waikato — The river 'Waikato is now proved to be ' the best harbour on the "West Coast of the North Island. It has a straight entrance from seaward, with a depth of. 13 feet at the lowest spring tides, the mean rise being 8 feet The harbour itself is better still, well sheltered from every wind, having excellent anchorage, with a bottom of sand and mud, and with sufficient room for a numerous fleet The site for a town has been selected at the old Mission Station, off which H.M.S.S. Eclipse is at present ' at anchor in six fathoms, within 200 yards of the shore, and the water runs deep close to the site of the town. The Colonial Government are taking active measures for formation of building yards, houses, a wharf, and other conveniences. More steamers expected from Sydney are to be put together there.— N.Z. Herald, Dec 9. The "Wolverene, to carry 21 guns, was launched on Saturday at Woolwich, The vessel glided down the ways at the first movement of her screw, and the arrangements under the, superintendence of Mr Turner, the master shipwright, were carried out with remarkable precision. The naming waß performed by Miss Turner, bin daughter. On gainiug the river she was brought to by a couple of steamtugs, and was moored alongside the Salsettc hulk, where she was examined, and proved to ba perfectly watertight Her draught 0f water (when ahe had/about thirty tons on tooora.) v?o»* f oun4 to tie Bixteoa f eeti aft and nine feet forward. She -will be brought forward forthe first-class steam reserve. The foUowingareherdimemions: — Length between the perpendiculars 225 feet; ditto for tonnage 197 feet 7 inches ; breadth extreme 40 feet 9 inches; ditto moulded 39 feet 8 inches; depth In ' hold 24 feet 2£ inches ; burden in tons, old measurement, 1700 tons 46-94. She will carry one 110-pounder Armstrong, four 40-pounder ditto, and sixteen 8-inch 40-cwfc smoothbore guns. — Mitchell's Steam Register. Steamers for the Blockade. — Two more river steamers have left the Clyde this week for the purpose of running the blockade. The fine river Bteamer ftothesay Castle, of 84 tons, which was one of the fastest steamers built on the Clyde, and was lately sold for a sum as was said, of £8500, and a very line new paddle-steamer, named the Fergus, of above 100 tons, which is said to have great power, and to sail very fast, have cleared for Nassau, and are mann9d by picked crews of about 30 hands. Other " three river steamers left at the beginning of this month, viz, the Diamond, Gem, and Scotia; and two large powerful paddle-steamers of 500 tons, built for the mail service, but lately sold, are fitting out at Greenock.— • Scotsman The Great Eastern in another Storm.— The Greenock Advertiser published the following as an extract from a private letter of a passenger by the Great Eastern in her last outward voyage: — "I left Liverpool on 12tU ■ August per Great Eastern for New York, which place 1 ' reached on the 25th, after a very stormy and dangerous passage. We had strong head winds all the way, and the ship having but little cargo rolled about fearfully. On the tenth day out, when near this side of the ocean, we eticountered a most fearful hurricane, such as the captain and oldest sailors in the ship had never seen the equal of. It came on about six in the evening, and lasted till about midnight During part of the time we all completely despaired of ever seeing the next day; and if the storm hod continued two or three hours longer, we shouldhave been dashed to pieces. The great ship :was tossed about on the waves like a cork. She was entirely beyond control, and in the trough of the sea during the entire storm. It was what is called ' cyclone' — a description of storm very rarely seen anywhere except in the Chinese seas. Every thing moveable about the ship was dashed to pieces, and - many of the passengers lost all their luggage, and some of them severely hurt themselves. The third officer had his leg and arm broken; three or four of the boats were broken to pieces ; one of the boilers burst, filling the ship with hot steam ; the galley got on flre with the cook's stoves upsetting, and altogether it was a fearful time, • enough to frighten any one from ever going to sea again. We have all reason to feel thankful, however, it was no worse, as very little more would have ended the affair most deplorably. We had twenty-three men lashed to the wheel all night trying to right the ship to the waves, with as little effect as a child would have." Terrible Shipwreck on Lake Superior.— The; steamer Sunbeam foundered in Laks Superior on the 28th of August, and all on board except the wheelsman, were lost The wheelsman lashed himself to a piece of wreck, . and . after floating for thirty hours was washed ashore at Portage, twenty miles from the scene of the disaster. He reports that during a terrible gale, the steamer was struck by a heavy sea, which rolled her over on her side.' The small boats were immediately got out, and the passengers and crew were put into them, when the steamer was struck by another heavy sea, and commenced breaking up. The wheelsman soon of forwards saw the boat filled with the passengers and crew leaving the wreck, but it was impossible for the boats to live in such a gale, and they were swamped, and he is certain that all on board were lost . The Galway American Line. — The Hibernia in her first trip has not realised the'hopes of the friends of the Galway line. On her outward voyage she succeeded in reaching her destination within a few hours of the contract time. But on her return she was twenty hours late| and has incurred the heavy penalties prescribed hi thff contract, her news having been all anticipated by the Persia, which started at the same time and won the race. The passengers were 70 in number, of which 30 were "stowaways," who had gone out from Galway in the Adriatic on the Ist instant They were landed at St John's, Newfoundland, on the Bth, and detained there till the 11th, when they were put on board the Hibernia, and brought back to their native land, having been well fed atthe expense of the company " there and back." Another contest is expected between the Scotia, of the Canard, line, which is to leave on the 22nd instant, and the Adriatic, which is to leave on the 23rd. It is important -„ for the Galway line to establish a prestige for fast sailing; - for if we do not receive letters and newspapers earlier by starting from the nearest port to A merica the object for which the subsidy was granted will not be realised.