EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 2026, 23 February 1864, Page 2

EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

Eangatira, s.s., from Napier and Auckland, 26tb Queen, s.b., from Lyttelton and Dunedin, 28th Phoebe, B.a, Kennedy, from Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau on the 28th. Prince Alfred, from Nelson, and Sydney, March 2rd Storm Bird, s.s.,from Wanganui, Taranaki, Raglan, and Manakau, March 4th Airedale, b.b., from Lyttelton, Otago, and th» Bluff, March 4th PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Rangatira, s.s., for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau, 29th Phoebe, 8.5., for Canterbury, Otago, and the Bluff, on the 29th. ' Storm Bird, s.s., for Manakau, Raglan, Taranaki, and Wanganui, on the 6th March. Queen, s.s., for|Lyttelton and Dunedin, on the Oth. John Bunyan, ship, for London, 23rd . VBBBEL9 IN PORT Douglass, ship from London John Bunyan, ship, from London Wild Duck, Bhip, from London Albert William, barque, from Otago Kate, schooner, from Manawatu Sea Serpent, schooner, from Napier Alert, cutter, from Manawatu Sarah, schooner Wonga wonga, 8.»., The Lord Ashley has 58 horses on board for Auckland. We have been requested to state that the Airedale will bo despatched for Picton, &c, on the Ist March, and not on the 6th as advertised. ' The Lord Ashley will leave for Napier and Auckland at 2 p-tn. to-day. Wkeck or the Augusta Steamer on Sumner BAR.~ThIs steamer, belonging to Mr Peacock, of Lyttelton, lately brought down from Sydney for the trade between Lytteltou and Sumner river, waß wrecked on Sumner bar oil Wednesday morning last, the 10th February. The morning was remarkably calm and fine, but in attempting to leave the river on the ebb tide, the Augusta, from deficiency of steam power, was swept upon the reef of rocks in front of Cave Island by the force of the tide, when she very quickly broke in two, one part resting upon the reef, and: the other part disappearing in deep water. All hands on board were, we believe, Bayed. Steam Shipbuilding on the Clyde.— There is no lack of employment in the Clyde yards. Messrs J. and G. Thorn- . son, of Govan, have launched a screw of 700 tons and 180-horae power, for the Tasmonian Steam Navigation Company. She has been named the Southern Cross, and will be elegantly fitted up for the passenger trade of the colony. Messrs Barclay, Curie, and Co, of Stobeross, have launched a screw named the Albatross, built for Meßsrs Cowan and Co, of Edinburgh, and -.Intended for the Australian coasting trade. The Albatross, which will be fitted with engines of 125-hbrse'power, is 210 feet in length, 27 feet in breadth, and 14 feet 6 inches in. depth ; her burdea i» 760 toa9.-»-2if»jw, Noy 2Lj ;

The Home News says :— A satisfactory trial trip has been ] made by the Wellington, a screw, built and engined by Vtessrs Blackwood and Gordon, of Port Glasgow, for the ] Sew Zealand Steam Navigation Company (Limited). The , rteamer which has accommodation for 100 passengers, ] sof the following dimensions :— Length of keel and fore- . !-ake 182 feet, breadth of beam 24 feet 6 inohes, depth of liold 14 feet, burden 527 tons. She is fitted with horse- - stalls and every requisite for the New Zealand trade, and ■ is propelled by a pair of direct-acting inverted condensing " sngines of 80-horse power. The diameter of the cylinders ; is 34 inches and the length of stroke 27 inches. Her con- ■ jumption of coal when the full power of the engines is •• jxerted is above 10 cwts per hour. In running the distance between the Cloch and Cumbrae lights the Wellington bad the tide againstlher, but she averaged, nevertheless, un uniform speed of 12.615 knots, or 14.532 miles per hour. Captain William Butler has been appointed Marine Surveyor to the New Zealand Insurance Company. — New Zealander, 13th inst The Rose sailed from London for Wellington in NovemThe as. Wellington 1b the only vessel on the berth for Blockade RuNNERS.~-Lately two very fast and magniflcient looking paddle steamers have left the Clyde for the West Indies, to be employed as • blockade runners. One of them is the City of Petersburgh, 700 tons, with engines 250-horse power, and the other the Presto, 164 tons. A ship named the Dare, his since followed, They are constructed that their funnels and masts can be made to disappear from view, leaving nothing but the hull visible.—