TELEGRAMS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3192, 10 May 1871, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Xyttbltoh, 9th, 8.45 a.m.— Nevada from Wellington. Picxon, 9th, 1.30 a.m. — Taranaki 1 for j^eleon. Napieb, 9th, 1.45 p.m.— Lord Ashley for Wellington.

The 8.8. Phoebe, Captain Worsp, sailed yesterday, at 3 p.m., for Lyttelton and Otago, "with an average cargo and full complement of passengers. In consequence of the graving dock at Port Chalmers not being available for fioine weeka, the Phoebe will return here with all despatch, and then proceed to Nelson for the purpose of cleaning and painting her hull. The 8.8. Ahuriri is expected here to-day from Nelson via Wanganui. The 8.8. Rangatira left for Napier last evening, and will return hero on Saturday, leaving again for tho South on Monday. The 8.8. Alhambra sailed yesterday afternoon for Melbourne via Southern ports. She took the Supplementary Suez Mail. Tho c.a. Lord Ashley is due here from Napier this morning, and leaves for the South shortly after arrival. The B.s. Taranaki, Captain Wheoler, hence" via Picton, arrived at Nelson yesterday, at noon, and will proceed North tliia day. The barque Heversbatn, Captain Yule, will clear at the Customs this day for "Newcastle, N.S.W., and will return here with a cargo of coala for Captain Williams. Tho 8.8. Wellington, Captain Kennedy, arrived at Port Chalmers on Monday last, at 8 a.m., and was to be immediately placed in the floating dock for the purpose of being thoroughly cleaned and painted. She is expected to arrive here on Tuesday next, and •will leave again for Napier and Auckland on Wednesday forenoon. The England has on board 1500 bales wool, 205 bales flax, 150 tons tallow, 61 kegs butter, 400 hidea, and is now being stowed fust. She ■will, in all probability, leave about the end of the preßent month. The Edinburgh Castle left London on tho 6th March for this port, and may be looked for about the beginning of June. She is con j signed to Messrs Levin & Co. f has a largo quantity of ammunition on board for tho General Government, and also a quantity of cargo for Canterbury The Rangatira is to bring about 300 bales wool from Napier for the England.

The Glimpse and Mosquito are away to Nairn's" station, Pourerere, for cargoes of tallow for the ship England.

The Warrnambool Steam Navigation Company having, during their three years of existence, laid by the sum of £5000 towards the cost of a new steamer, are sending their manager home to make arrangements for the yessel being built. The new boat is to be constructed on the Clyde. She will bear a great similarity to the City of Lnuncesfon, and will be schooner- rigged, about 185 feet Jong, 24 feet 6 inches in breadth of beam, 11 feet 6 iuches in depth of hold, capable of carrying 300 tons of cargo. Sho will have a pair of direct-acting inverted cylinder engines of 90-hor66 power, and will be calculated to steam at the rate of 11 knots an hour.

The revenue cruiser Mocassin, according to "Nature," has been supplied with v new marine drag — that ie, one of those substitutes for an anchor which will, it is said, effectually prevent a ship's drifting, even in the heaviest weather- It is the intention to supply all vessels in the revenue 6er?ico with them.

A correspondent, a shipmaster, who was fined at Williamstown for & breach of the povt regulations, in not having a gangway ladder for the accommodation of people coming on board, writes to compluin of what he considers an unfair application of the law. A ladder was provided during the day, but at night, as the vessel was very li^ht in ballnsf., he gave instructions for the ladder to bo taken on deck. He wants to know what right anyone from shore' can have to come aboard his ship after midnight, and why should he be compelled to provide means for their doing so ? Further, how would tho people of Williamstown like being fined because they preferred to lock their doors at night. — Melbourne "Artiua."

Cuptain Beveridge, luto Harbour Master at Eokinngtt, hae received £250 in liquidation of his ciuim in connection with the salvage of the barque Cantero.

JT'HE SCHOONER YACHT LIVONIA. The following will bo read with pleasuro by thoße of our readers who take an interest in yachting: — -In Mr Ea I bpj'b building yard at Cowets is the hull of a yacht unlike anything that 1)ho been previously constructed, and to all appi-arunco the problem — " What does the water like," has at last been solved, and the answer is, " The schooner ynohfc Livonia." The Livonia may be justly termed an object of

national importance, seeing that she will ohallcnge the champion American yachts in their own watero during the ensuing autumn. Her dimensions are as follows :— Tonnage, old measurement, 280 tons ; tonnage for raciner, 264 tons ; length between perpendiculars, 115 feet 2 inches j beam, 23 feet 6 inches ; draught of water, 12 feet 6 inches. Iho rig of the vessel is a fore-and-aft schooner ; the length of tho mainmast from hounds to deck is 68 feet, and that of the foremost 61 feet ; the masts are about 13 feet longer than those usually placed in men-of-war of 2,000 tons. A further proof of the vessel's stability may be adduced from tho fact that her mizenmast will contain within a few yards as much canvass as in the main course of a vessel of 1500 tons; and further, the Livonia, in proportion to her size, will carry nearly four times the area of canvass set by the ill-fated ship tho Captain when undov &\\ plain Bail. Tho bow of the vessel is just sufficiently like- those of the American vessels to deceive the uninitiated, but a keen eye soon discovers that tho Livonia carries her " bearing" further forward than is the custom in the American vessels ; indeed, every square inch of her hull appears to have its speciul duty to do as regards buoyancy. The fore-foot is very much rounded off, and terminates in a graceful cutwater, which will be surmounted by a handsome figurehead. Tho midship section i 9 something quite new, and is difficult to describe, but it appears to be a combination of the midship sections of the American yacht Sappho and the English yacht Cambria ; but wherever the designer obtained his idea he has hit upon a form which must prove a success. Tho run and stern of this vessel have their own peculiarities, and are, perhaps, the handsomest part of her. So beautifully are the line's blended that it is impossible to tell where tho run commences. Having wrought-iron floors, tho builders are enabled to put a 12-inch " camber" in the keel without diminishing from the strength of tho vessel, and thereby ensuring quickness in stays. Tho keel is very deep, and made unusually strong. The framing or timbers are best picked oak, the planking American elm to the lightwnt.er line, then oak and teak : the bulwarks will be very low, and, indeed, the vessel herself will have much les3 freeboard than any English yatcht of her tonnage afloat. The comforts of tho owner and his friends have been carefully attended to in the internal arrangements, and the accommodation consists of a large main saloon, four state rooms, ladies' rooms, and wardrobes, all of which are fitted with polished red pine fittings, and will be tastefully decorated.