Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 366, 9 April 1866, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

POET OF N APIIE

* >, ; , April 7—Success, schooner, from. Dunedin - . 7—Vivid, schooner, from Wairoa j 7—Prim a Donna, brigantine/ from- Ketvchstlfi v 7 Saucy Lass, schooner. from Auckland 8— Malua, cutter, from Cape Tumagain DEPARTURES. April 7—Lord Ashley, s.s., for Southern Port* 7 BeantihU.Star, for Auckland,. , ■■■ for East Coast —” - - . B—Lady Bird, schooner, for Wairoa 8— Taraipine, ketch, for Wairoa . EXPECTED ARRIVALS. . " Beautiful Star, sA., from Auckland Betsy; cutter,'from Auckland • - . Clyde, schooner, from Auckland - t 1 Danish Beauty, harque, from Gravesend via Kelson : c Huntress, p.s., from Wairoa . .■; ;t : ; • Kauri, schooner, from Auckland , . Lady Bird, schooner, from Wairoa Princesg Alexandra, schooner, from Sydney -i. >.• Lady Bird, s.s., from Southern Ports—l6th r Lark, schooner, from Auckland'—hourly- _ Lord Ashley, s.s., from Southern Ports—26th. •. . ' Maggie; Twig, from Sydney—daily • from London via'New Plymouth J Bt.KUda,s..s , from East Coast , Taranaki, s.s., from Auckland— ISth Taraipine, ketch, from Wairoa, . j . A ~ Zillah, brigantine, from Auckland - ->• • ; VESSELS TK HAEBOS. , : - - v Hero, ketch, from Waikokopu - - >Mhhia, cutter, from'Cape Turnagaln j.JPrima Donna, brigantine, from Newcastle : “Stmcy Lass, schooner, from Auckland ' ■, . t-Success,'schooner, fromEunodin : ; • ■ -. Vivid, schooner, from .Wairoa .

V • .maritime notes. -\ The s.s. Beautiful Star, .Captain H.Morwick, arrived here at 11 p.m; on Thursday last, sth tost. She' left Auckland" at-noon on T-uesday,-.3rd- inst.;, rounded East Cape at 11 p.m. on the 4th; and arrived bore as above. Experienced ftotF Weather throughout. The Beautiful Star tick in s' cargo of sheep on Saturday, and steamed for. Auckland tpe same night. The a.si 'Eord Ashley, Captain Worsp, .arrived here at 7-30 a.m. on Friday, the 6th hist. She loft Auckland at 3-3,0 p.m; on Wednesday, the 4th tost. Experienced fine -weather; throughput the.passage.; Bounded the Bast Cape 'at 2 pin. oil the sth, and arrived here as above.-, On Saturday, about Ip.m., she steamed for the south with the English MaiL’, .i ; ■v . . ‘ ~ thq good folji of Napier were rather surprisedoh Friday morning on aeeingaistrangp steamer lying at anchor lu ; the roadstead rand conjecture was rife as to what name the noble-looking- stranger went by. It was not long before it Was aseerjained; that she the Taranaki, lately bruit ■ to the order of the-New Zealand Steam Navigation Cgmpany, and commanded “ for this present voyage Capt. G. B. s *rhompson,hate of the s.s. Quean, and well-known, to these parts,' The Taranaki left Wellington at ii, a.m. on thpSth tosti, and arrived here-oh the 6th at'4-43 a-m,,—ex-periencing fine wpathor throughout, arid making the run up to 17-J ofthe quickest, if not fte quickest on record. • Boy a distaiuco.of abpnt-5 miles after leaving Wei-, lingtpu harbor, the Taranaki had a rape with the s.s. Eangitobo (dne of the fastest-boats in the Anstaiiah or New Zealand waters). and. kept head to head with; her’until- the two parted company—the,Taranaki for the North, and the Bangltbf O for the South.y portly afterwards; the Taranaki 1 had a,race agatogt.time—(m which qocasion she accept-'' plishOd IBmiles ifi-i hour and 28 minutes. She averaged 13 knots an hour, this trip between Wellington and-Castle-Point; The Taranaki is a fine, powerful looking vessel; and has the very bast accommodation for 96 fore-cabin and 82 saloon passengers. Her engines are the manufacture -pf that worlu-rehowned firm, Messrs Blackwood & Gordon of Glasgow-Her dimensions axe as follows; ' v ’ length of keel ... : ...186-feet' Breath of beam ... ... ... 24- ■« Depth of hold; . ... ...13Gross tonnage ... ... 4X4 Eegistoredtonnage ... ' "'..'." : -'293-87 —The TarSnaki steamed for Auckland on tlic aftemoonbf Friday, Bth inst, and may be expected here again on the 16th tost. We congratulate the company on their valuable acquisition; and wish them all success—not forgetting her wobthytibmiaaDdeiv.' ' i . 'i The. favorite; schooner, Success, Capt. Frost, arrived to port uh'Saturday, 7th ihst.V about uoon, from Dunedin which port she left on the 3lgt March, With a strong; s.W; wind. Next day passed Banks’ Peninsula; and had light Baffling winds to the 3rd, onf which Bay she passed Cape Pallisey., .Had modefatp weather from thence to port, and arrived here as above. ’Passed the s.s. Lady Bird, bound South, on the 2nd tost. -, and a brig, bound South, on-the BthiUSt, Tlie schooner "Vivid, Captain Schon/ wlth .a cargo'of maize and quinces, strived in port about half-past six-on. the’ evening of Friday., 6th instant. She crossed the bar at Walroa-at 11 a.m. on Friday, having dragged for aboutEOS' yayds; while.going over;, and had.it not he'ea for a strongbreeze blowing at the time she could not have crossed at alb Had tlio wind offtlieiaud all the way tip, and arrived ; here as above-jj-BveryQiing quiet at Wairoa. , . , The p.'s. Huntress'was' still hard aid fast wbhfi the Vivid left.; Captain Schon reports that the bar is iif a-very-wrftched state, .and that at high tide there is ant more than five febt oFwateion the bir. Tire favorite schooner Saucy Lass, Captain D.H, M‘Een£ie left jAuctlsind for Napier via Mercury Bay on the 27th ult.’ arrived at the- fatter port bn the 29th, and. took in the foilowing cargo.-—27,6yOfeet sawn- timber,2o,ooo shingles HOD palings, and 400 lathes. Left Mercirry Say on the 3rd inst.,.had light head winds for two’days; and. light'fair winds for the remainder of the trip. -Brought up to. the roadstead about 4 p.m. on Staiirday, 7th April; ’ and entered the-Iron Pot about. 9 am. yesterday (Sunday.), -CaptainAl'Konzie reports having passed Ihe cutter Betsy off portland Island-at- lO o’clock on Friday night last, bound for this port. :Sho ought to have made her appearance here before this. We trust ’nothing has happened to her. it wUI bo seen; by advertfeement; elsewhere that the Saucy lass is open for freight or charter; and we trust that sufficient inducements-will bo held out to the enterprising owner of this favorite little schooner to enable him. to keep her engaged to the now rapidly increasing 'trade between Napier and Auckland. ■- -. J - : The schooner Clyde, Captain. Cheshire, left Auckland the same day as the Saucy Lass, for Wangapoa, where she would load timber for this port. She may, therefore, be looked for daily. . - ± . The schooner Prima Donna, Captain Baker, with H3tons coals, consigned to Mr 3. K. Yauticr, anchored in thcroad- : steadontheaftemoonof Saturday,.7th April, after a yrotrao, - ted passage of nineteen days from Newcastle. She left that port on the 19th March, and experienced easterly winds to ' the 26th; from that date to the 30th-had light nor-west breezes; when it suddenly veered to the eastward’ again, attended with squalls and light showers olrato. At 8 a.m. ou that day (30th) .experienced a strong gale, which compoUed'the capt ain' to heave the schooner to imder balancereefed maiu-topsaiL At noon gale increased, accompanied with heavy squalls; weather very thick! Lai., 405 S., 10ng. 1 ,170-16 E. ©a the morning'of the 2nd April, the thick, with a veiy heavy sea running; vessel stilt hove to.' • Aboutmoon.-the weather moderating, made sail; when the man at the wheel reported that the;compass srsa stationary; the ship on the starboard tack; and ■ supposed to bo heading N.E.; wind, east by south. The weather now being clear/ took observations, and found by the - ea^am’econipass'that the ship was beading ty. halrNV ; w ind W. fey Jf; H-the ships Compass being etevba points out! It is a fortunate circumstance that the ship was. fax .from land; for, had it been otherwise, the Prima Donna mi-ht have met irtth an untimely fate. On the morning of the 6th April, sighted-Cape -Palliscr, bearing E; distance 20‘ milfes* .At 7.30 j!.m„ theachooner “ pooped,”: and filled 'the decks fore and aft; bnt fortunately no datnase was done,. Same ,day_experienced violent gale from' W.N.W; ship ander ciose reefs, a«d steering E.S.E. Brought up in the roadstead about 4p.m. on Saturday,Jtb April; having had to beat up rile Bay,, Entered.: the.Xtoa Pot. yesterday (sunday), and hauled alongside the wharf. She will commence discharging-this cay. . T£e criucr-j-aliia, Enright, master,' from Cape Tatnaada. ttiehcred ijflhC'Tcadslead' ybttefday afteraimr

The brig Maggie, says our contemporary, did not get away from Sydney till the 16th ult. We have good reason to believe that she had not left"up to the 28th. The last notice wa End of her in the Sydney papers is on the 13th; but from a private letter, dated 20th iiaictt, rye learn that •she had-not been signalled afc ffrtUfcy' ifekiiS up to that date. ■ The following eofiy or her inani testy we take from the Morning HeraldH of the 13th uli. :—s quarteri casks \vhisky, 12 quarter-casks 1 hogshead brandy, 6 kegs vtobac.co, 20 boxes soap, 10 tons flour, (Leases-, kerosene, 2 packages printing materials; l' r box olgar&_3-cases confectionery, 1 cart. 1 case ha® 300 felloes, epatrs shafts, 21 pairs naves, 3 hales corks, 72 cart boxes, 2 axle-trees, 5 bales leather, 5 cases boots, 260 tons coal, 6 dray-poles, 1 bundle spades, C hogsheads ale, 37 gunnies sugar, 23 packages tea, 4 quarter-casks wine, J2O cases kerosene, 20 *rhe barque of- Light, CaptaiS'-Huater /which; Ottr" wllr remember, ‘visited, 'Nweifl&r, l 18th March, with 9380 bags of flour. ; ’.Thc'xa. 1 St.Kilda took her departure for the East Coast yesterday; also the schooner Ladv Bird and the ketch Tar ‘ raipene,-b6th for Wairoa. ; ! ; Princess Alexandra, Captain Leonard, is adverffied in the Sydney papers as heiui: on the berth for -N'apleU, This, will make the third vessel laid' oh for this , of Jlplison'and. Black. • .