Shipping Intelligence. PORT OF NAPIER.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 681, 13 May 1869, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence. PORT OF NAPIER.

ARRIVALS. MAY. 10—Shepherdess, schooner, from "Wellington 10—St. Kilda, s.s., put back from Wairoa 11 —Mania, cutter, from U'aimarama IL—Ringleader, revenue cutter, from Poverty Bay DEPARTURES. MAY. 11—Saucy Lass, schoonei*, for the East Coast EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Ahuriri, s s., from Auckland, early Greemvich, cutter, from Wairoa Hero, schooner, from Wairoa Lord Ashley, s.s., from Auckland, May 15 Maggie, brig, 191 tons, Arnold, from Newcastle Muriwai, schooner, from Poverty Bay Star of the South, s.s., from Auckland Undaunted, ship, 866 tons, Grierson, from London via Otago (loading) VESSELS IN HARBOR. Esther, brigantine, from Wellington Glimpse, cutter, from Wellington Grayling, cutter, from Wairoa Mahia, cutter, from Waimaraina Ringleader, revenue cutter, from Poverty Bay Shepherdess, schooner, from Wellington St. Kilda, s.s., from Wairoa and Poverty Bay PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Job Wellington—Lord Ashley, loth May; Ahuriri, this day Wellington and the Coast—Glimpse, Esther, and Shepherdess, early Waimakama—Mahia, cutter, early Waieoa and Poverty Bay—St. Kilda, early ENTERED INWARDS. MAY. 11—Shepherdess, schooner, 40 tons, J. Sedcole, from Wellington, with (transhipped ex Cambodia from London) 1 case ink, T. B. Harding; 15 boxes candles, 3 casks, 2 bundles, 5 qr-casks, 28 cases, 4 packages, 13 bales, 2 boxes, Watt Bros, (agents.) CLEARED OUTWARDS. MAY. 10—Saucy Lass, schooner, 38 tons, M'Gregor, for Auckland ria the East Coast, in ballast. —Master, agent. Arrival of the schooner Shepherdess. The schooner Shepherdess, Capfc. John Sedcole, with about 15 tons of general cargo transhipped ex Cambodia from London, arrived in port at 2 p.m. on Monday last, 10th inst. She left Wellington at noon on Saturday, Bth inst.; had N.W. winds to Cape Palliser, which was rounded at 8 p.m.; from thence to ; port southerly winds. Anchored off Cape Kidnappers at midnight on the 9th ; left again at 8 a.m. on the 10th, and arrived in port as above. Reports having sighted the schooner Jane Anderson off Pourerere at 5 p.m. on the 9th; also a cutter (probably the Mahia) at anchor off Cape Kidnappers. The Colonial Government s.s. St. Kilda. The s.s. St. Kilda, Captain Fox, steamed out of the Iron Pot at 5 p.m. on Sunday last, 9th inst., after shipping a team of transport bullocks and stores, &e., for Wairoa; anchored in the roadstead until 4< a.m. on Monday, at which time got under •weigh and steamed for Wairoa, coming to an anchor off the mouth of the river at 9 a.m.; but had to weigh again owing to the very heavy southerly sea running. Steamed for Napier at noon, as no communication with the shore was practicable, and the transport bullocks were suffering very much from the excessive motion of the vessel. Arrived in the roadstead at 5 p.m., and eutered the Iron Pot at once to disembark the bullocks until the water was smooth enough for landing at Wairoa,

Telegraphic Shipping. BLUFF. Arrived.—May 9, Tararua, from Melbourne; 10, Airedale, from Port Chalmers Sailed.—May 9, Tararua, for Port Chalmers ; Harvest Home, ship, for London; 10, Airedale, for Port Chalmers PORT CHALMERS. Arrived. —May 10, Tararua, from the Bluff; 11, Airedale, from the Bluff ; 12, Peter Benny, from Glasgow Sailed."—May 11, Tararua, for Lyttelton HOKITIKA. Sailed.—May 9, Gothenburg, for Melbourne WELLINGTON. Arrived.—May 10, Lyttelton, from Napier; 11, Alhambra, from Nelson Sailed.—May 10, Rangatira, for Wanganui; William, brig, for Newcastle ; 11, Wanganui, for Wanganui; Alhambra, for Lyttelton ■> 12, Lyttelton, for Cape Campbell NELSON. Sailed. —May 10, Alhambra, for Wellington LYTTELTON. Arrived. —May 12, Tararua, s.s., from Port Chalmers Sailed. —May 12, Tararua, for Dunedin Miscellaneous. The weather has been very unpropitious during the past few days. The prevailing winds have been S., S.E., and S.W., and the mornings and evenings exceedingly cold. We have also had several hours of rain since our last issue. Last evening there was a high barometer, and every appearance of a favorable chauge. • The cutter Mahia, L\ Hamilton, master, which left for Waimarama on the sth inst., returned to port on Tuesday last, having been unsuccessful in landing any cargo, the late southerly weather having caused a very heavy sea all along the coast. She will resume her voyage- on the first favorable change. The schooner Saucy Lass sailed for Auckland via the East Coast on Tuesday last, in ballast. The revenue cutter Ringleader, in charge of Mr Hewson, head landing waiter of Auckland, arrived in port on Tuesday last, from Poverty Bay, and was anchored off the Western Spit. The s.s. Lord Ashley may be expected to arrive from Auckland on Saturday next, 15th May, and is announced to steam for Wellington shortly after arrival. The s.s. Star of the South may be expected from Auckland in two or three days. The s.s. Ahuriri,from Auckland, maybe hourly expected to arrive here. It will be seen that she is advertised to steam for Wellington shortly after arrival. Something like a Ship.—The most powerful ship in the British navy, the Inconstant, is rapidly approaching completion, and will be ready for sea early next year. She is a remarkable ship, with lines nearly as fine as the best built yacht, and engines that are to develop six thousand horsepower ; it is believed that she will attain a speed far beyond that of the finest frigate ever launched. She will also carry the most formidable armament yet afloat, having on her main deck an armament of twelve and a-half-ton guns (which is the most powerful yet. afloat in a sea-going ship), and on her upper deck half-a-dozen seven-ton guns for chasing and distant firing. The Inconstant, although built throughout witli iron, to withstand the enormous strain of her powerful engines upon her extremely fine lines, will, nevertheless, have a copper bottom, to enable her to keep the sea without fouling, and a lifting screw to allow her to have the full advantage of her large spread of canvas. She will be manned by six hundred men, and cairy provisions for six months. Drowa'ed at Sea.—During the passage of the Gothenburg from Melbourne to the Bluff, when off the S.W. Cape, about noon of the 27th April, a steerage passenger, named M'Donald, a gunner of the Royal Artillery, who was bound far Wellington, jumped overboard in a state of delirium tro mens. The lifeboat was lowered, the engines reversed, and every effort made to save the poor man, but without avail, as he sank to rise no more before the boat readied him. There was a fresh southerly breeze at the time, and a nasty cross sea. The boat having returned to the ship, she proceeded on her voyage.