Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 651, 28 January 1869, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

POUT OP NAPIER.

arrivals. JANUARY.

26—Agnes, cutter, 23 tons, Carhls, from Poverty Bay, with produce Passengers—2 28— Success, schooner, 54 tons, Trimmer, from Wellingtou via the Coast, with wool DEPARTURES. JANUARY.

25—Wellington, s.s., 261 tons, F. Holmes, for Auckland, with sheep. Passengers—s 25—Saucy Lass, schooner, 38 tons, M'Kenzie, for Auckland via the East Coast, with hides, &c. 2a—Eagle, ketch, 41 tons, Loverock, for Auckland via the East Coast, in ballast 27—Kauri, schooner, 40 tons, Sayce, for Wellington, with wool 27—Jubilee, schooner, 43 tons, Hill, for Wellington, with wool EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Hero, schooner, from Wairoa Joanna, schooner, from the Bay of Islands Muriwai, schooner, from Wairoa and Mahia Sea Gull, brigantine, from Newcastle St. Kilda, Colonial Government gun-boat, from Poverty Bay Star of the South, s.s., from Auckland Wellington, s.s., from Auckland—on or about Monday, Ist February William Cargill, barque, 365 tons, Duncan, from London—lo 4 days out VESSELS IN HARBOR. (Vessels engaged in lightering not included.) Agnes, cutter, from Poverty Bay Excelsior, barque, 494 tons, Wood, from Wellington.—Watt Brothers, agents Ida Zeigler, ship, 878 tons, Sellars, from London via Auckland.—Kinross & Co., agents Maggie, brig, 191 tons, Arnold, from Newcastle Success, schooner, from Wellington PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For London— Excelsior and Ida Zeigler, early Wellington and Southern Ports- AVellington, on or about Tuesday, 2nd February Sydney —Maggie, brig, early PASSENGER LIST. INWARDS. In the Agues—Messrs. Campbell and Roberts OUTWARDS. In the Wellington—Mrs Lee and child, Captain Anderson, Mr Macfarlane, and 3lr Stewart ENTERED INWARDS. JANUARY. 27—Agnes, cutter, 23 tons, Carbis, from Poverty Bay, with 9 hags onions, 3 cases apples, 11 empty casks. Watt Brothers (agents.) CLEARED OUTWARDS. JANUARY. 25—Wellington, s.s., 262 tons, Holmes, for Auckland, with 181 sheep, Kinross and Co. (agents.) 27—Kauri, schooner, 40 tons, Sayoe, for Wellington, with 40 casks beer, 1 case pepper, Dransfield; 26 hales (8,590 lbs) wool, Johnston & Co.; 21 hales (6,219 lbs) wool, E. Pearce.—Routledge, Kennedy and Co., agents.

27—Jubilee, schooner, 43 tons, Hill, for Wellington, with 76 bales (26,979 lbs) wool, Johnston and Co. —Kinross and Co., agents.

The cutter Agnes, Carbis, master, left Poverty Bay at 7pm. on Monday last. Experienced light N.E. winds and calms down the coast. Arrived in the roads at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, and entered the Iron Pot at 1 p.m. yesterday. She brings a cargo of fruit, onions, and empties, and 2 passengers. The s.s. St. Kilda was at Poverty Bay when the Agnes left, and was to have left for Napier on Tuesday night. The s.s. Wellington, Captain Holmes, steamed for Auckland at 1.30 p.m. on Monday last, with 181 sheep, and a few passengers. She may be expected to return to port on Monday next, steaming for Wellington and Southern Ports next day. The schooner Saucy Lass and ketch Eagle both took their departure at 5 p.m. on Monday last, for Auckland via the coast. The latter vessel will ship a number of packhorses at the East Cape. The schooners Jubilee and Kauri both sailed for Wellington yesterday morning, with cargoes of wool—tho Jubilee taking 76 hales, and the Kauri 47 bales; the latter vessel also took sundry other cargo.

The brig Maggie is rapidly proceeding with the discharge of her cargo of coal, on completion of which she will, we learn, proceed to Sydney. The schooners Muriwai and Hero, we hear, were both in the Wairoa river on Monday last, unable to get out, owing to the scarcity of water on the bar.

The New Zealand Herald, 12th January, says:— The brig Caroline, which arrived in harbor yesterday morning, had a narrow escape from being wrecked shortly before arrival in port, by striking on a sunken rock, which is not laid down in the chart, off the Island of Moko Hino on Saturday evening last. Unfortunately the accident resulted in the loss of one of the seamen. We make the following extracts from the log:—At 4 p.ra. on Saturday the Island of Moko Hino bore East by North, distant about 5 miles, and the Little Harrier about 20 miles; at 6.15 p.m., with the wind at S.W., the vessel landed on an invisible rock (not in chart) and bumped heavily for fifteen minutes. The boat was immediately got out to save life, but on being launched she filled with water; two seamen got into the boat to bail the water out, when the painter carried away, and the boat turned over, throwing the two men into the water. The jolly boat was promptly got out to save the men. Samuel Caeter was picked up; but William Forth, a foreigner, could not swim, and sunk before the boat reached him. By this time the vessel had swung round, and slid off into deep water. Every effort was made to save the man Forth, and lines were thrown to him, but he appeared qitito helpless in the water, and sunk without making any effort. Fortunately, the vessel just landed on the rock amidships, otherwise the consequences would no doubt have been more serious. After discharging her cargo, the Caroline will be placed on the patent slip at the North Shore.

The Japan Herald, of the 17th October, says:— H.I.M. steam corvette Dupleix arrived at this port this afternoon with the officers and crew of the ill-fated Rattler. We have been able to glean a few additional particulars which we publish; we presume that an official investigation is pending, and that until that is held a full account of the disaster will be reserved. The details of our inquiry aro as follows ;—On the 24th September, at 6 o’clock a.m., when off Cape Soya, and under an easy pressure of steam, with not a ripple on the water to indicate any approaching danger, the vessel struck violently on a reef of submerged rocks. Strenuous efforts were at once made —engines were reversed, and every available measure adopted—in the endeavor to get her off, without the slightest success; in fact, it was quickly discovered that the famous Rattler was doomed to become a total wreck. She had run into a gap or Assure in the rocks, and was irrevocably Axed until she is broken up by the waves, to founder in pieces in the deep water close to the reef. Pine weather prevailed during the day, and no immediate danger to life was apprehended but at night the wind from the S.W. freshened, and the sea commenced to rise, causing the vessel to thump with crushing effect. As she began to fill rapidly immediate measures were at once taken for the safety of the crew, and as much baggage and provisions as time would permit were removed 24 hours after she struck; this was accomplished, and all were soon in safety on shore, some with their kits and some without, but with a few days, provisions for the whole crew. A messenger was at once sent to Hakodate for assistance, and after fourteen days of anxious waiting on half allowance, the Dupleix hove in sight, took them all on board, and brought them to this port. The value of the ship is said to bo .680,000. The ship Theophane, which arrived at Melbourne on the 25th ultimo, made the passage from Liverpool iu 65 days. The best day’s run made was 324 knots. The Argus, of the Ist lust., says:—A coincidence iu connection with the recent voyage of

the new iron clipper ship Theophane is perhaps worthy of being recorded. She anchored in Hobson’s Bay on Christmas Day, having left Liverpool on the 19th of October, 1868. Seven years ago-—on the 20th of October, 1861, s.s. Great Britain sailed from Liverpool, and arrived here on the day prior to Christmas Day. The Theophane, however, made the voyage from the Equator in three days less than the Great Britaih and, moreover, she was becalmed in the tropics for four days. Of course, the Great Britain's passage was the shortest, but the results of the two voyages would show that October is a favorable season for sailing from England.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Lyttelton, January 27. Sailed—3 p.m., Egraont, for Dunedin Gkeymouth, January 20. Arrived —8.30 p.m. Crest of the Wave Sailed—B p.m. Charles Edward for the Duller January 27. Sailed —8.30 a.tu. Wallabi for the North Hokitika, January 37. Arrived—Early, Excelsior, from Dunedin; 10 a.ra. Waipara from Greymouth; Banshee from Dunedin Sailed—ll a.m. Chailes Edward for Nelson