SHIPPING SUMMARY

Wellington Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2568, 7 September 1867, Page 4

SHIPPING SUMMARY

Tub -weather during the past month has shown a great change for tho better. It has been considerably milder, there has been but little rain aud no extraordinarily strong winds. Our la9t monthly summary was despatched to Panama on the Bth August by tho Royal Miiil steamship Rakuia, Captain Harry Wright, one of the beet of the fanama Company's noble fleet, but since then we have been ablt* to transmit, a supplementary summary by the steamship Otivgo, which left on tho 17th August for Melbourne by way of the South, in order to catch tho P. and O. Company's steamer for Point de Galle. The June portion of the mail from Europe via Suez for Wellington, arrived here two days before tho time in the s.s. Rangitoto, which brought it on from Melbourne with commcndablo despatch, but the portion of the mail via Panama wad several days aft«r its time, and did not reach here till tho 27th August in the s.s. Kaikoura. It is our unpleasant duty to tell of two unfortunate occurrences whiek took place on the arrival of that vessel. The first of tbeae was a serious complaint made by the Mail Agent, regarding fche conduct of Captain Machin, tho commander of tiio vessel — a gentleman long known in this and the neighboring colonies of Australia. The captain waa accused of having, on the night before arrival in port, been muih tho worse for liquor, and Captain Benson, Manager of tho Panama Company, after due enquiry, felt it his painful duty to dismiss him from tho Company in which he had served, and borne an unimpeachable character for a long course of years. The matter did not even stop here, foracriminal information was laid agaiust him by the Government, and ho was brought to Court to answer to a charge of endangering the lives of the passengers and the safety of tho ship. On this charge, however, he was acquitted, but on another investigation instituted by his Excellency the Governor, he was considered unfit to hold his master's certificate, which was cancelled. ' This harsh sentence took, the public very much by surprise, as it was thought the , great loss he had sustained by being deprived of his command whs a sufficient punishment, and that at most his certificate might have been suspended for a time, llowever, tho Court thought otherwise and took it away altogether, and Capt. Machin at once left toe Sydney to joiu his family, deprived of the documents by which alone lie could ever be expected to obtuin another ship. A petition to the Governor on his behalf has been drawn up in thi3 city, aud is how in circulation and bring very numerously signed. It is a f.>eueral wish that it may be of good effect. The other occurrence which cast a gloom over the arrival of tho Kaikoura, was tho bursting of the boiler of tho donkey engine on tho day of the vessel's arrival, for by this accident several persons wero more or loss injured, and one so severely as to die in the course of v few hoars. Our foreign arrivals have not been very numerous, and consist merely of several brigs and barques from Newcastle, which have brought down large stocks of coal. From beyond seas we liavo had no other strangers with the exception of the ship John Knox, from Sydney, bound to Lyttelton, which on tho 4th inst put in "to repair damages occnsioned j by a " southerly buster" encountered in Cook's Strait. H.M. 8.8. Charybdia, which was lying hero when our last summary was published, left for Auckland ou tho 14th August. Wo sco by late Northern files that she arrived safely at her destination, and may shortly be expected to return in order to convey to Melbourne his Excellency the Governor, who, it is said, will, iv company with one of his responsible advisers, proceed thither in order to meet his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and to make arrangements lor the young Prince's expected visit to this colony, whore he is anxiously looked for by tho loyal colonists, who will do their utmost to make his promised visit agreeable. Tho favorite little steamer Wanganui has, during the month, been laid up for repair at the hands of Mr E. W. Mills, of tho Lion Foundry, and during the early part of the present week jill necessary work having been completed she made a most satis'fac- j tory trial trip, and on Thursday resumed her old i trade between this port and the flourishing dis- : trict from whence she derives her name. There j is no other shipping news of importance for us to chronicle, but a complete list of tho vessels which have arrived and sailed during the course of the month and of the vessels in port, will be found subjoined. ARRIVALS. On the Bfch August, s.s. Tararua, from Melbourne, via the South j schooner Ruby, from the Kaikouras, On the 10th, b.s. Waipara, from Wanganui and the West Coast. On the 12th Wanganui, s.s., from Wanganui. On tho 14th, Success, schooner, from Auckland ; William, brigantine, from Auckland. On the 16th, Beautiful Star, b.s., from the Buller ; Lord Ashley, b.s., from Napier, Tauranga, and Auckland. On tho 17th, Otago, b.s., from Melbourne, via Nelson and West Coast ; Rangatira, s.s., from Bullor. On the 18th, Taranaki, s.s., from tho South. On the 20th, Rangatira, s.s., from Wanganui ; Phoebe, s.s., from tho South ; Armistice, barque, from Newcastle. On the 21st, Royal Exchange, brig, from Newcastle ; Falcon, ketch, from Blenheim. On the 22nd, Omega, barque, from Newcastle ; Rangitoto, s.s., from Melbourne, via the South ; Wellington, s.s., from the South ; Airedale, s.s., from tho North. On the 24th, Margaret, schooner, from Christchurch ; Highlander, brig, from Newcastle. On the 25th, Fanny Fisher, barque, from Sydney. On the 27th, Kate, schooner, from Manawufcu ; Kaikoura, s.s., from Panama ; Storm Bird, b.s., from Nelson and W.est Coast. Oirthe 30th, Lord Ashley, s.s., from tho South ; St. Kilda, from Lyttelton ; Ruby, schooner, from Kaikoura. On tho'3lBt, Pearl, ketch, from Havelock ; Storm Bird, s.s., from Wanganui ; Charlotte, cutter, from Christchurch ; Express, brigantine, from Newcastle. Ou tho Ist September, Claud Hamilton, s.s., from Sydney and Nelson ; Falcon, ketch, from Blenheim ; Sydney Griffiths, barque, from Newcastle ; Gazelle, brig, from Newcastle. On tho 3rd Rangatira, s.s., from Wanganui, Taranaki, and Manubau ; Taranalii, s.s., from Napier and Auckland ; Johanna, schooner, from Haveloek. 4th, Kifleman, schooner, from Chrietchurch ; John Knox, ship, from Sydney. DEPARTURES. On the Bth August, Wellington, s.s., for South; Rakaia, s.s., for Panama ; Black Hawk, schooner, for Lyttelton. On the 9th, Airedale, s.s., for tho North ; Tararua, s.s., for Melbourne, via South. On the 10th, Falcon, ketch, for Blenheim. On the 13th, Waipara, s.s., for Wanganui and West Coast. On tho 14th, H.M.S.S. Charybdis, for Auckland. On the 15th, Lochnagar, barque, for Newcastle. On tho 17th, Rangatira, 8.8., for Wanganui 5 Otago, s.s., for Melbourne via South; Beautiful Star, a.s.,for Wanganui. On the 18th, Lord Ashley, s.s., for Nelson and Hokitika. On the 19th, Ruby, schooner, for Kaikoura; Bee, schooner, for East Coast. On the 20th, Phoobo, s.s., for Nelson. On the 22nd, Rangatira, s.s., for Wanganui. On the 23rd, Taranald, s.s., for Napier and Auckland ; Success, schooner, for Napier. On tho 24th, Wellington, b.s., for the North ; William, brigantine, for Newcastle. On the 25th, Rangitoto, b.b., for Melbourne via Kelson. On the 2Gth, Airedale, for tho South. On the 27th, Falcon, ketch, for Blenheim. On tho 28th, Margaret, schooner, for Lyttelton ; Kaikoura, b.s., for Sydney ; Storm Bird, s.s., for Wangauui. On tho 30th, Lord Ashley, s.s., for Napier and Auckland. On the Ist September, Storm Bird, s.s, for Wanganui. On the 3rd, Claud Hamilton, b,b., for Nelson, Hokitika, and Sydney. On the 4th, Taranaki, s.s., for the South; Wanganui, s.b., for Wanganui ; St Kilda, b.b., for Waikatoj Rangatira, b.b., for Wanganui, Taranaki, and Maaukau; Pearl, ketch, for Hatetock.