Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume IX, Issue 464, 25 March 1867, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

POST OP KA£I £E. Ait RIVALS. MARCH. 21. Success, schooner, (put back) 22. —Esther, brigantine, from Wellington 22.—Saucy Lass, schooner from Auckland £3.—Ahuriri, s.s. from Wellington Zi, —Montmorency, ship, If uni Loudon DEPAIITUEES. MARCH. 24. —Ahuriri, s.s., for Wellington 2J-, —Beautiful Star, s.s. for Auckland 25. —Tay, ratter, for Wairoa 25.—Dolphin, culler, fur Wairoa VESSELS IN HARBOR. (In the Roadstead.) Montmorency, shin, from Lon lon (In the Iron Tot.) Jason, brigantine, from Sydney Esther, brigantine, from Wellington Snccess, schooner, (put back) Saucy Lass, schooner, from Auckland Maliia, cutter, from Waim-irama Hero, ketch, from the Coast ENTERED INWARDS. MARCH. 22 —Ahuriri, s.s , 130 tons, Plowerday, from Wellington, with 70 cases. 3 i-casks, P. Sutton ; 16 i-casks, 81 bags sugar, 49 cases, Eout ledge and Co.; 25 cases, John Stuart; 3 hhds sheep wash to bacco, S’ drums tar, 1 cask soda, 1 iron boiler, Richardson; 21 sheep. Kinross and Co.; 1 case drapery. Miss Maguire; 3 casks white load, 20 drums liusecd oil, 5 drums boiled oil, 11. Williams ; 4 trunks boots, I ease drapery, Newton, Irvine, Sc Co.; 3 trunks boots, I cask ginger, Neal & Close; X case jujubes, I ease confectionery. Sutton, I hale I paper, 2 half chests tea, Kinross and Co.; l parcel, j Rank of Xew Zealand; 2 parcels, I). M'Lcau ; loj tons dour, 3 sacks, 33 bags seed, Kinross and Co,; '■ 4 cases drugs, Gowiug; 2 cases, I parcel. I bale! leather, lieardon; I case, S. Wlnsor; I case. Miss Munro ; 2 buggies, Peters; I package hops, Neal and Close; 1 box, Greenfield; 3 packages tea, 3 casks 4 bundles raisins, 2 bags biscuits, Routledge and Co.; I bug salt, Kiuross and C 0.,; 2 sacks seed, I cask plants, 10hhds Stuart; 4 nlids,order; 3 boxes luggage, Parker; I case, Manoy; 2 boxes, Killigrew. Passengers—Mr. & Mrs. Peters, and 2 children, Mrs. Rennet, Mrs. Lord, Mrs. Adamson and child, Mr. & Mrs. Witherow, Mr. Harding and Miss Harding, Mrs. Tylee, Messrs. Hewitt, Williams, Morehouse, Martelli, Crayraer, Gordon, Guthrie. Withers.—Kinross & Co., agent. 21.—Montmorency, ship, COS tons, M'Keuzie, from London. Passengers—Saloon; Miss H. 11. Herbert, Miss J. Ogilvie, Miss R. Starkey, Miss Cleary. Second Cabin: Mr. & Mrs. Orr and family, Miss Spears. Steerage ; -19 single women. 22 single men, 03 children, 7 infants, and 138 adults, being in all equal to 109) statute adults.—Stuart and Co., agents. ENTERED OUTWARDS. MARCH.

23.—Hero. 20 tons, Campbell, for Wairoa and 1 Mobaka, with half ton flour, 5 hhds, 3 cases, 2 1 cwt, sugar, 4 cases preserves, order; 5 hags grass. 1 seed, Carroll; 3;i00 feet sawn timber, M'Namoe; 1 I dray, Black. Passenger—Mr. Xorcross.—G.E. G. < Itichardson, agent. I 21.—Beautiful Star, s s., 125 tons, Morwick, for ’ Bay of Islands, with 932 sheep, Kinross and Co.— Kinross and Co., agents. 1 ARRIVAL OF TUB MON'TMOREN'CT. 1 This splendid ship left the East India Docks, at ■ )2.;i'l p.m., on the 7th Deer., for Gravesend, at , which p!ae,e she lay fjr two days. Brought up at ; the Nora on the nth, blowing a gale from the ; W. ; .W. On the lllh proceed to sea under charge , of pilot, with fresu breezes from N.W. to A'., : v hich increased to a gale on tho 12th and con- ; tiuued to tho Mlh, On the IStii, at 1.30 p.m., the pilot left.hho ship olf Plymouth, had then mode- : rate breezes with fine weather generally. Caught the N.E. trades on tiie 4lh January, in lat. 21 c y, - , long. 22 °l2 ruin. \V. Crossed the Equator at 2.30 o. ii., on th> rth January. Got into tho S.E. trades, in lot. i 0 35 long. 2S ~15 min. IV. Passed t e n eridiau of the Capo of Goi d Hope on the in Mi i «b. Expo ieuee.l very fresh to strong! breezes from thcncc to Tasmania, from N’.W. to • S. On the tlth March, in lai. *s c t! mins, long.! 123° 54 min. E„ at daylight, saw 17 icebergs, of i various sizes, some very large, olf the coast of Tasmania. On the 7th, saw three very large icebergs, making in a’l 20. From the meridian of the Cape till rounding Tasmania, the time occupied was only 25 days. As 4 p.m. oil the 16th sighted Capo Farewell, New Zealand, at which the passengers seemed very happy. In Cook’s Ptra.ts, on Sunday, at oue p.m., wind vcerc-d from TV. to S.E., and increased to a furious gale, with terrific squalls, the gale continuing without intermission, from the eleventh to the twenty-first, when it fcdl light, and wind continued from S.E. ins. Entered Cooks Straits on tho sixteenth, and remained them for six days. Prom Cook's I Straits to Hawke’s Bay had light winds and moderate weather. Tho passage, from pilot to pilot, occupied U(i day«. Toe Montmorency dropped anchor at about 3.15 p.m. yesterday. On arriving on hoard we wore forcibly struck with tho remarkable cleanliness prevailing throughout this vessel, reflecting the greatest credit on the Captain. Surgeon, mid other officers in charge. Her p assage out hits been, speaking generally, a very Cue one throughout from her leaving Gravesend to her arrival iu Cook’s Straits. There she experienced some very rough weather, it blowing a heavy gale accompanied by terrific squalls. She has likewise been comparatively freo from sickness—two only of her passengers arming in illhealth while the deaths have been hut four these being all infants and entirely from a defloiency of maternal nourishment. Thera has a: so been one birth, so that site arrives but three short of her original number. The Montmorency, for her age and tonnage, has carried more p:is.-eng‘'rs than any other vessel • from Great Britain to this colony. On the whole tee cleanliness and comfort of the vessel, and the healthy state of the passengers, after tho long voyage of of Kri days, speaks stronger than we can Oo for the care bestowed on tho passengers by those in charge of them. We heartily welcome the new comers to the laud of their adoption and trusl that a prosperous cm eer is oefore them.

Scccess.- The success, schooner, Captain Frost, left Napier on the loth in-t. On the iillh a gale set in with heavy squalls, which increased till 6 p m., when it 'spit the jib. On the morning of the I,‘thii split the foresail ami blew it a vay. The vessel had men to bear up under bare poles, as the gale was increasing and she was on her beam ends. At nou\i the weather moderated sli.UUy, but it continuing too heavy f,.r Uer to proceed, and showing no further signs of change, she put back on the Ist it, and arrived in port on the goth.

Stiuntivo or tiik Bt.tntrn Stas.—ln attempting to leave the harbour on the evening of Thursday, the gist, an accident occurred, the particulars ‘of which have been kin li. furnished to ns by Captain Cellem. The vessel was being taken out of the harbour a- iiieh Water, against the tide. Th" precaution had been taken to get new warps, which ware used ,or the first time Git this occasion. As the steamer was being swung round the point, the two men holding the spring ot one of tue warps let go, and the whole si rain oame upon a part, of the other warp, which nlthjugh new, parted. It is usual, in such a c.isc, to run the vessel auc.id and anchor, but in this instance it was prevented by the schooner Success iymg iu the m.d.i.t; of the stream. An anchor was lot go,bin -ho dragged it and fifty fathoms chain, swung end on to the tide, and !s>uk the ground. Tuc anchors and chains of the briganiine Jason were engaged, and put down on £oush Island, ns well as warps on the 'Western (tpit. Un the morning of Saturday, at high tide, pu attempt was made to get her ctf, and she was jaoved about twenty feet. Another attempt was fnadeat high tide on tin same evening, which was cnmpictply successt ..1, ana she proceeded on S&T voyage to Auckland,

jasTHr.tt.—mo unganuuo r.siuer, Captain uampbel), left Wellington on the I4th instant, with strong head winds. At noon on the 15th had strong southerly gales. Hove to under the Balance, reefed mainsail, and so continued for fortyeight hours. On Friday, the 22nd. bore uo for Napier, and came into port,at 0 p.m. Hadcv Lass. —The brigantine Saucy Lass,- Captain M'Keuzie, left Auckland on the 12th instant, with a southerly wind; arrived the following day at Mercury Bay, where she took id 15,000 feet timber, and 59,000 shingles. Sailed for Napier on the night of the 15th, and passed the Hast Cape on the night of Saturday, with a strong S.W. wind. On Sunday, 17th, encountered a heavy southerly eale, and had to put into Open Bay. Left on Monday, with strong southerly winds, heat up to Waipari Bay, and came to anchor along with the cutter Agues. Sailed again oil tVeuiirosuiAv, turn had moderate weather with a head wind all the way. Passed Portland Island on Friday, at 11 a.in., and arrived in the roadstead at 6 p.m. Gut into the Iron Pot at 8 a.m. on Saturday. Missive Vessels. —Pears are entertained regarding the safely of the new schooner Mariner, from Auckland with a cargo of timber, aud the Taraipine, ketch, from Wairoa to Poverty Bay, both considerably overdue.

Accident.— ln consequence of a strong gale blowing from N.W., during the greater part of yesterday aud last night, it was thought uuadvisable for the Panama steamer to put, to sea on her appointed time—five o'clock yesterday afternoon, and her departure was therefore postponed till this morning. Between on 3 and two o'clock yesterday, just as a heavy squall came on, the Uangitoto, which was then steaming out of harbour, run foul of the Eakaia’s chain cable, and the cable being at the time subject to a heavy strain from the Eakaia, which felt the full force of the squall, it could not stand the shock, and parted. The Eakaia then drifted rapidly toward the south-east shore of the harbour, dragging with her a coal brig, to which she was moored, j but another anchor being let go with commeudi able promptitude, she Tv;tS brought up wlivu uuout I half a mite from the scene of the accident.—lnde- ! pendent. j The American ship City of Boston, nrrived at Wellington from Cardiff, with 1,590 tons of coal for the Panama Company. She entered the harbour on the afternoon of the 2ud March, after a passage of four mouths. The barque Dunolm, from London, arrived at Wellington on the 2nd March, after a passage o; 104 days. Sue is consigned to Mr. Edward Pearce, and brings a large general cargo.

The Government screw steamer St. Hilda, Captain Fox, arrived in harbour at 2.30 p.m,, on Saturday last from a surveying expedition. The object contemplated was the survey of the mouth of the IVaianau River, about sixty miles to the northward of Lyttelton, with a view to its navigable qualities. Owing to the bad weather which has lately prevailed on the coast, it was deemed necessary to take shelter under the Kaikoura peninsula, and tho survey of that locality was also found to bo impracticable from the same cause. Captain Fox, therefore, determined upon returning to port. The Marine Surveyor, Mr. Balfour, and family, were passengers by the St, Hilda. We may remark, en passant, that Captain Fox reports his vessel to have acted well under her new rig; notwithstanding that he lelt.tliis port with her rigging in a very unfinished state, her sailing qnaliti.es having been amazingly improved. Ho anticipates that a few days’ respite will enable him to place the St Hilda m such a position that she can encounter any sea on tho coast.—Advertiser, March lb. The Storm Bird, Captain Holmes, arrived iu harbour at 4.15 p.m. on Friday. She left Hokitika ou the 11th instant, at 12 noon, with fifty passengers, and arrived at Fox’s at 7 p.m. the same day, but had to lie oif iu consequence of the statei of the weather ; all the passengers were lauded I next morning, aud she left at 10 a.m, for NelsonJ arriving there ou the 13lh, at II a.m.; left Nelson on tho 14th, at 4 p.m., aud arrived at Piclon at 4 a.m. on tho Mlh; left Picton at iO a.m., ami arrived hero as above. Experienced lino weather until crossing the Straits, when she met with a strong N.W, breeze. Captain Holmes reports having spoken the barque Catherine in the Straits, bound South with a cargo of cattle aud sheep.— N.Z. Advertiser. The Government steamer St, Hilda will leave for the Chatham Islands ou or about Friday next. | We understand that Captain Johnson, who goes im command, intends to spend a fortnight or I three weeks iu making a running survey of the jcoast. This will he a very useful work, as at preJseut there is no chart whatever of that coast. Hie St. Hilda will aiso take provisions, .to, for tlio use of the Hauhau prisoners oujlhe island.—N’.Z. Advertiser.

During the heavy gale which was Wowing during mi a day and Monday last, the barque Indus, which put in here on Saturday last, diagged her anchor, and drilled some distance down the harbour, in the direction of Kaiwarra, where she now lies, the anchor having fortunately taken ground. The advantage of the harbour of Port Nicholson is that although it may blow at times terrifically, yet there is never any sea on, so that 1 the strain upon a ship’s cable is not so great as it would he with wind and sea.—lbid.

The barque Joyce Phillips arrived at Lyttelton on the 11th instant, from Loudon, with a large general cargo.

THE PATENT SLIP DISPUTE. [From the New Zealand Advertiser.] Wk perceive that Mr. Kcnnard has been distributing the Pine Book contain? the correspondence relative to the above matter through other parts of the Colony. As a specimen of the opinion that is entertained elsewhere on this subject, we give the following remarks which appeared in the Southern Cross of Ilth inst. Making due allow - auce for the feeling which exists in Auckland towards this Province, there is much in these remarks worth considering:— “ Some three years ago Mr. J. C. Firth, who happened to be in Tasmania at the time, contradicted a statement made in the Hobart Town newspapers, to the effect that one ol the New Zealand provinces had repudiated its public engagements. Reference was made by the author of the letter containing that statement to the attitude assumed by Wellington in reference to the New Zealand Company’s debt, and he ignorantly concluded that therefore Weliingion had been guilty of repudiation. It was a fortunate Ur.ngforthe whole colony that a New Zealand settler i f iullneacc, and posscs.-cd of the ne'essary information, was on the spot to set the Tasmanian public right, and through them the capitalists oi the world ; because there is no knowing to what extent a reckless statement of that nature might have the effect of impairing the public credit of the colony. But there is great danger now that Wellington herself will do that very her character, and bring down with her the Hung which, more than any other act, must lower otiu-r provinces of the colony, IVc rcler to the dispute between the firm of Kennard Brothers, Croat George-strcet, Westminster, contractors for • tuc erection of a patent slip at Evans’s Bay, and the superintendent and Executive of the Province , of Wellington. This dispute has now assumed ! such a character as to make it a colonial quesit i-i iio longer ft simTiio question ?»« to ths |exlia expense of altering the foundations to suit i the site- That matter might very safely be left • ;ij the parties direci’.y interested to come to an ■ jtquilabic arrangement upon. U is this, how[lever; wuether the Provincial Government of t | Wellington, finding that the Panama terminus i will he Sydney and not Port Nicholson, be now Jlperrauted to take advantage of a legal quibble, .Imm/c available Ihrovgh /A-u* turn neglect, to repu- . dime the contract altogether, after forcing the ■ contractors to provide and ship twosthirds of the [ material within six months from signing the coni tract, under a penalty of £5,000 —a oond for which , was duly exeented—and also by a threat, on the ! Ist of August last, to seize all material on the ground, under the terms of the contract, and pro- ! ceed to erect, a slip at the expense of Kennard i; Brothers, unless they went on with the work, In [feet, it comes to this-—whether the Wellington i Government to permitted to take advantage of ills own omission to cheat the contractors. This]

is a question, it will t>6 566« at a which at a glance, which affects the public credit of the because it is not the act of an individual, but of the Government of a province, and that province for the time being the’seat of Government of the colony.

We propose adverting to this subject with the view of bringing public opinion to bear upon the Wellington Government. In order to do so, however, it will bo necessary to give a history of the case. We have the entire correspondence before ns, and from this, and other publications in the Wellington newspapers, we are fortunately able to compile a narrative. [Our contemporary here gives a history of the case from the beginning up to the publication of the pamphlet.] ilr Kennard appears to have looked upon this us h simple piece of “ bounce.” for which the Superintendent of Wellington and the gentlemen, who com''Gse his executive are somewhat proverbial Accordingly he wrote to the Superintendent, inquiring whether the Government really contemplated repudiating the contract and adopting the technical defence which Mr Borlase, the Provincial Solicitor, said he would set up. The reply was an absurd rigmarole, evading the main question, hut leaving Sir Kennard to his legal remedy. Accordingly Mr Kennard went to Christchurch, and took counsel’s opinion. The opinion w;is, that in law the Provincial Government might put in the defence stated, but the probability was, that the judges of the Supremo Court, exercising an equity jurisdiction would order the contract to be completed. Mr Kennard has not yet resorted to his legal remedy, lie has printed the contract, specification, and correspondence, and sent it with a letter to every member of the Provincial Council. We cannot do bettor than conclude our article by publishing that letter, as it is of consequence to every contractor to know the sta eof the law. However, we sincerely hope that the Provincial Council of Wellingtou will act on a different principle from that pursued by the Government. They may vindicate the character of their province, and save the public credit of the Colony. 1.0 iking at, the contract as it stands, including the deiiiauJ for £7,501> cash, and an extra guarantee of £10,300 on account of the faulty foundation, we think the Wellington Province made an excellent, bargain, and tor that reason, if for no other ought to carry it out. In any event, wo protest against the public credit of Now Zealand being imperilled by the dishonest qaiboles of any pettyfoggiiig attorney who may chance to tied uimself elevated to a seal iu a Provincial or Colonial Kxeauive.

[i'ue letter whichaceoupauiod the pamphlet is here inserted.]