SHIPPING.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 6, Issue 316, 19 October 1865, Page 2

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS. October IG—Magellan Cloud, brigantine, 90 tons, Walkely, from Newcastle, N.S.W.—J. H. "Vernier, agent, DEPARTURES. October 17—Ahuriri, s.s., Flowerday, for Wellington.—T. Janiscb, agent. October 17 —Kangatira, s.s., Mundle, for Auckland.— V. Janiscb, agent. October 17 —Beautiful Star, s.s., Morwick, for Auckland.—Watt, Kennedy & Watt, agents. IMPORTS. In the Magellan Cloud.—l 37 tons coal, J. H. Tautier. EXPORTS. In the Beautiful Star.—l,ooo sheep. In the Kangatira.—l hhd. rum, 20 sheets galvanized iron, 3 pckgs. PASSENGER LIST T.MVAEDS. In the Magellan Cloud.—John Hasher. OUTWARDS. In the Ahuriri.—Miss Collins, Messrs J. Watt, and W. W. Price. In the Xtangulira.—Mr Hawker, Mr and Mrs Ottway 3 children and nurse. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Southern Ports Queen, shortly after arrival Fob Waieoa —Lady Bird, schooner— early EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Betsy, cutter, from Auckland Herald of Light, barque, from Melbourne Maggie, brig, from Newcastle Prince Alfred, p.s., from Hokitika—daily. Queen, s.s., from Auckland Strathallau, barque, from London Sunbeam, barque, from London via Auckland (sailed, June 2G.) Success, schooner, from Auckland VESSELS IN HARBOR. Eliza, from Wairoa Henry, from Poverty Bay—repairing Iris, cutter —ready for sea Lady Bird, schooner, from Wairoa Mabia, cutter, from East Coast Magellan Cloud, brigantine, from Newcastle

MARITIME NOTES. The brigantine Magellan Cloud, Walkely, left , Newcastle on the 6th inst. Sighted Cape Maria on the 13th. Bounded the East Cape on the 15th., and arrived here on the 16th instant, after a fine passage. She comes consigned to Mr J. 11. Vautier, and brings a cargo of coals. The Cuttlii lias.— This cutter, which has for some time past been undergoing repairs at this port, is now quite ready for sea. She is a firstrate little craft, —a good sea-boat, —and a capital sailor. She is about 18 tons builders’ measurement; and capable of carrying 25 tons cargo. She is owned by Mr Munday, of this town, who bought her from the Government after her disaster at thoWairoa. She is open to receivecargo for any port on the New Zealdnd coast; and we trust that her enterprising owner will meet with every success in his spirited undertaking. The steamers Ahuriri, liangatira, and Beautiful Star ail took their departure oa the 17th —the former for Wellington, and the two latter for Auckland. The St. Kilda. which was expected to leave for Wellington last week, has to remain in this port until further orders. On Monday last, the w bole of her crew (with the exception of the chief engineer and another), and Captain Deck “Wire pawl off.

The schooner Success, and- the cutter Betsy were both on the berth for this port at Auckland.' r lhe Hokirika gold-fields seem to ba causing quite a sensation throughout the Australian OokTuies. We notice some 60r7 at Auckland : 9 at Melbourne ; 3 at Newcastle ; and several others at the different New Zealand ports.

LOSS OF THE SHIP VAN CAPPELLAN.

HOHEIBLE DEATHS, STARVATION AND CANNIBALISM. Ihe ship Naturalist, Captain Hyde, has arrived in the Victoria Docks from Calcutta, having on hoard five seamen, the only snrvivors out of the crew of sixteen of the iron ship Van Cappelian, which foundered in the Indian Ocean. The statements of the survivors show that the poor creatures underwent the most horrible suffering, several of the unhappy crew, who were drifting about in a boat for fifteen days, dying from exhaustion and the want of food. The Van Cappelian, Captain Sewell, left Calcutta in the early part of February for Hull, and the voyage proceeded as usual, nothing particular occurring, until the morning of the 16th March, when the vessel was in lat. about 6 S.,long. 58 E. At 5‘30 a.m. all sail being set, the ship on the port tack, a heavy squall struck her, heeling her over on her starboard beam ends. All the endeavors of the crew failed to right her, and the ship being noticed to be settling down, the boats were cut adrift, ahd spare spars prepared to make a raft in readiness for leaving the ship. At 7 a.m. the ship disappeared, taking down with her, Cspt. Sewell, and Mr L. Price, chief officer, John Stone, the cook, John Herman, seaman, H. Funck, A. 8., and George Allan, apprentice, leaving 16 hands clinging to the bottom of a small boat, spars, hencoop, Ac. R»obert Hamilton, the carpenter, thus describes what followed : —“ With great exertion we managed to get the boat turned over. Wo baled her out and picked up the survivors, who were clinging to spars, &o. We succeeded in picking up three pumpkins, a small pig and four ducks. Seeing a ship, we pulled after her, but the breeze springing up we lost sight of her, leaving us to our fate. To each man was then served out with li inch of pumpkin, a piece of raw pork, and a piece of duck. On the 17th, sighted a ship with painted ports, pulled for her, but the breeze increasing wo were unable to get to her. The sun very hot, and we had little or no clothing to protect our bodies, having cast them off to save our lives. We suffered very much for want of water, and the pork being spoiled, we could not cat it. Ihere were a number of sharks alongside aud we tried to get one, but were unsuccessful. 191 h. Cloudy, but no rain. Thinking the water was fresher below the surface I lashed an oar over the stern of the boat and went down and drank freely, but without finding any relief. 20th, cloudy, with a light breeze. Wo bathed frequently to keep ourselves coo]. Thinking our own urine was fresher than the salt water, we took to drinking it. 21st, cloudy. Caught a shark, and drank its blood, which relieved our thirst a little, and partook of a small piece of the shark with our daily allowance of pumpkin Win. Allan, A 8., George Liberty, A. 8., Joseph Pash and Hugh Howard, steward, persisted in eating the meat of the shark, but they became delirious, and died in the evening. 22nd, cloudy, with a light breeze Employing ourselves in cutting a gutter in thethafts and gunwale of the boat to catch fresh water, should it rain. 23rd cloudy, with a few drops of rain. 24th, clear sun, very hot—uo sail in sight. Bathing frequently to keep oureclves cool, but the salt water was making our skin very sore. 25th. Dark and cloudy weather. Hawkins died. Caught about a bucket full of fresh water off the thalts of of the boat, drinking sparingly. 26th. Light breeze and hot sultry weather ; served out one and a half inch of pumpkin. This being the last morsel of food, and water left, in the boat, things began to look very dismal. Thomas Price, second officer, died 27th. Cloudy. Baithing frequently and drinking our own urine. Hugh Coomau, boatswain ; Hugh Price, A. 8., and Smith, actiug second officer, died. Drank the blood of Coomau and, and ate a piece of the body. 28. Cloudy. Eating sparingly of human flesh. At Sundewn sighted a sail, but night coming on lost sight of her; pulled with all our strengeh all night in the direction of the ship. 29th. Light air and cloudy. 1 a.m. Andrew Driver died. Drank his blood, and cut a piece of his flesh off, in case we lost the ship sighted the previous night. At daylight we saw the vessel coming right for us, and at 7-30 a.m. came alongside her. which proved to be the ship .Naturalist from Calcutta for London, and the following men, all that remained of the 16 w ho first took to the boats, were taken on board : —Pobert Hamilton, the carpenter; A. Cooper, Charles Eade, Alfred Ralph, and Antonio Nicholas ; but the latter was so week that he shortly expired.

Had the poor creatures been out twelve hours longer they would doubtless have all perished. Mr James Muir, the chief officer, was on deck when the boat, which was mere speck on the water, was first seen, and having reported the circumstance to Captain Hyde, the ship at once bore down for the boat. When they came alongside they were so exhausted, that a chair had to be lowered in order to lift them on board. Capt. Hyde at once made every provision for their comfort, but great care had to be taken in giving them stimulants, in consequence of their critical state, arising from the horrible suffering which they had gone through during the fifteen days they had been tossed about in the boat. They at length were refreshed by some sleep, and gradually recovered. Nothing could exceed the kindness they received on board the Naturalist. It seems that the boat was seen by a passing vessel since arrived in London, on the day after their own ship foundered, but it being thought, as represented, that they might be pirates, the ship sailed away without rendering them help. At that time the whole of the sixteen men were alive in the boat.

Weece or the Steameb Yaska. —Our handy little si e arn tug, the Yarra, has at length got into difficulties, and considering how often she has “ gone to the wall” we wonder it has not happened before. On Sunday morning las.- she went out to the Omeo to to bring on shore her passengers, but in consequence of tome unavoidable detention

she was rather late on tide when she left her sideCapt. Niccol, however, had not the slightest fear for the result, and as ho had a considerable number of passengers on board anxious to land, and whom it would have seriously inconvenienced to have kept cooped up in such a small vessel for 2-1 hours, he, without hesitation, took the bar, trusting to his own skill for the rest. There is not the slightest doubt that he would have got in safely, had not an immense roller struck her on the starboard bow, so deadening her way that before she could be got under command again another folowed and sent her on shore under the bows of the John Bullock. A grinding match now took place between the two vessels, in which the poor little Yarra came off second best, her funnel quickly going oyer the side, and a pretty “ general average” being made amongst her port bulwarks, pad-dle-box, and wheel, whilst the John Bullock gracefully surrendered her jibboom as a tribute to the strength of the little spitfire under her bows. At low water the passengers all landed and next tide the Yarra managed to get clear of her disagreeable, though equally unfortunate antagonist but in doing so fell aboard the Samson who made sad havoc with her starboard flipper and bulwarks. To free her from this new position of peril, a gang of men set to work and removed so much of the gravel from under her port bilge, as to allow her to fall sufficiently over on her broadside to lie clear of the other. A tender for re-launching her being immediately accepted, she is now in a most forward state, being already on the ways. As far as can be judged by appearances and the assertions of those who have undertaken the work, she will be safe iu the river in a week or ten days. We sincerely hope that such will be the case, and that a vessel which has proved herself of such use to Hokitika will be more fortunate for the future. —Hokitika Leader, October 6.