Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 701, 19 July 1869, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT 0 P AH U-R'IBI. • ARRIVALS. JULY. 15—St. Kilda. Colonial Government gun-boat, from Poverty Bay, Wairoa, &c. DEPARTURES. JULY. 17—Muriwai. schooner, for Poverty Bay 18—Saucy Lass, schooner, for Auckland EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Glimpse, cutter, from Wellington Hvdaspes, ship, from London (loading) Keera, s.s., from the West Coast, early in August Lord Ashley, s.s., from Auckland Rangatira, s.s., from Wellington, this day Star of the South, s.s, lrom Auckland Sturt. p.s., from Wairoa Undaunted, ship, 866 tons, Grierson, from London via Otago VESSELS IN HARBOR. Greenwich, cutter, from AVairoa Hero, schooner, from Wairoa Mahia, cutter, from Cape Turnagain St. Kilda, s.s., from Wairoa PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Foa Wellington— Rangatira, s.s,, to morrow Aucklan Wellington, s.s., on Thursday, 22nd July CLEARED OUTWARDS. JULY. 17—Muriwai, schooner, 23 tons, R. M Lennan, for Poverty Bay, with 8 tons wire, 8 kegs stsiples, l qr casks, '6O cases, 10 cases glue. 6 rim locks. Watt Brothers ; 5 t»ns potatoes, 24 hags flour, 15 mats sugar, Richardson.—Watt Brothers, agents. 17—Saucy Lass, schooner. 38 tons, K. M'Gregor, for Auckland via the Mast Coast, with 12 qr-casks sherry, 1 cask port, itoutledge, Kennedy and Co. (agents,) The Colonial Government s.s. St. Kilda The s.s. St. Kilda, Capt. G. Fox, left Wairoa at 10 o'clock on the morning l of Tuesday last, 13th July, having on hoard 170 natives belonging to the Ngatiporou tribe, who were proceeding to their homes on the East Coast. Encountered strong N.E. wind with much sea after rounding Portland Island. Arrived at.Turanganui at 8 p.m.; communicated with the shore, and steamed Ibr Tupuroa at 4> a.m. on Wednesday. Having landed all the natives, returned to Turanganui, where she arrived at 1 a.m. Received mails and despatches, and left Turanganui at 2 a.m. Arrived off Wairoa at 10.20 a.m., and communicated witli the p.s. Sturt, which vessel was just entering the river. Received on board despatches, &c, and steamed fur Napier at 6.30 p.m. Experienced light westerly winds along the coast, and dropped anchor in the roadstead at 10.30 p.m. Remained at anchor in the Bay until 10 a.m. on Saturday, when she entered the Iron Pot to fill up with coals and await orders. Miscellaneous. The N.Z.S.N. Co.'s s.s. Wellington, Captain F. Holmes, may be expected to arrive from Southern Ports on or about Wednesday next. 21st inst, and is announced to steam for Auckland on the following day. The N.Z.S.N. Go's s.s. Rangatira, Capt. Renne.r, may be hourly expected to arrive from Wellington with the English Mail. She will return to Wellington on Tuesday (to-morrow) morning. The schooner Hero (stranded at the Wairoa heads on the 20th of last month) was hauled up above high water mark on Friday last, and dismantled, preparatory to receiving a thorough overhaul at the hands of Messrs. Days & Bristow. The Hero, we learn, will be ready for sea again in about three weeks. The schooner Muriwai took her departure for Poverty Bay on Saturday afternoon, with a cargo of sundries. Tins vessel is now in charge of Capt. B. M'Lennan, —Capt. Jones having given up the appointment. The schooner Saucy Lass sailed for Auckland via the East Coast yesterday, with sundries. The ship Omar Pacha, Captain Gray, from Brisbane, with 2,800 bales wool, took fire within ten days after her depaiture for England, and was abandoned. The crew and passengers were brought on to Cork by the Zealandia from Callao. We take the following from a late English paper: —A. lettter from Toulon, speaking of the recent collision between he advice boat L;i ToucheTreville, of the Imperial navy, and a merchant steamer, and of some other collisions, insists on the advisability of rendering compulsory the employment of the electric light in all ships, notably those of the State. The objection to it on the ground of expense the letter-writer of no weight in the presence of the lives and property to be saved. To show the utility of the light, lie mentions that, a few nights hack, the steam-yacht Jerome Napoleon of the Imperial navy, which possesses the light, entered the roadstead of Toulon in the night, and threaded her way through the score or more vessels of war anchored there, as easily as she could have done in open day. We take the following account of the wreck of the steamer Gulf City from the Manchester Examiner:—The Gulf City was a splendid steamer, and traded between New York and Galveston, Texas. The vessel left Galveston on the Ist of January, and it appears that the sailors grumbled at going to sea on that day it being the first day of the year and a Friday. The weather proved favorable until the 7th, when they reached Key West, where an extra supply of coals was taken on board, and the vessel again proceeded to sea, the weather, however, looking very "dirty" at the time. On the 11th a brisk gale set in, and bynight it assumed terrifie proportions of a regular nor-wester. The night was intensely dark, heavy clouds rolled across the face of the heavens, and the sea, ran mountains high. By eight o'clock the vessel was constantly shipping heavy seas, and, notwithstanding the unwearied exertions of the officers and crew, the ship became uncontrollable, and those in command were unable to tell in which directiou she was drifting. At ten o'clock their worst fears were realised by the steamer striking heavily on the shoals of Cape Look-out —every timber of the vessel giving way to the terrific concussion. In a few hours she was dashed to pieces by the enormous breakers A wail of anguish went up from those on hoard the ill-fat el steamer who vainly endeavored to cling to the broken timbers of the sinking vessel, and one by one they perished. Many met death, however, before they sank, by being dashed upon the wreck or struck by pieces of floating timber and killed. About two o'clock the vessel was a complete wreck and oiuy eight survived of those who had been on board. These clung to aj piece of the deck. On this slender raft they were tossed about by the waves, for forty-eight hours—drifting out to sea, Gradually they became exhausted by the terrible suffering, benumbed with cold and faint with hunger, until at last five' out of the eight dropped off into the sea. A few hours afterwards the steamer W. P. Clyde hove in sight, and took the three men off the raft. The captain of the Gulf City went dowu with his vowel, I,

The second and third officers of the ship Blue) Jacket, and 32 men, who were in the two life--boats are still missing. There were 4,000 sovereigns in eacli boat. The ship, cargo, and specie, were fully insured. The Newcastle correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald furnishes the following:—The barque Douglas, Captain Sayers, sailed from Newcastle N.S.W., on the 4th May, coal laden, bound ' for Yokohama, Japan, and five days after struck on a reef uot laid down in the captain's chart, in longitude 160 deg. 20 min. E., latitude 29 deg. 50 min. S. The vessel soon became a total wreck. The' crew attempted to launch the boats, but they were unable to do so successfully, both boats beiug stove in aud rendered useless. With considerable difficulty they managed to construct a raft, securing only two gallons of water and half a bag of ; biscuit, which unfortunately got wet. With this scanty provision and frail craft, the master and crew, nine souls in all, set sail. ' The weather was pitiless, and the sufferings of the poor fellows great " in the extreme. J-or ten long days were they buffeted about on the wide ocean. Death seemed to stare them in the face when on the morning of tne 19th May they descried a sail, which proved to be the schooner Storm Bird, from New Caledonia to Newcastle. They were fortunately observed; the vessel bore down to them, and they were taken on board in a very exhausted condition, having only had half a glass of water per day, and a small portion of biscuit. There sufferings were very Kreat. Captain Sayers says he does uot think either himself or crew could have lived a day longer. The faces of the poor fellows even now I wear the expression of the hardships they have ■ undergone. It would seem, after beiug taken on i board the Storm Bird, their misfortunes had not ended, for the master and crew of the Storm Bird - had been on short allowance for three days pre- '' viously, and although their hardships were great, ' they discovered others even in a worse situation, and, British sailor-like, they divided their little store of provisions with the shipwrecked crew and , eked it out until everything was gone, and for , three days did both crews go without any kind of i food. Things became alarming, and they were i beginning to give themselves up for lost, when on • Saturday, 29th May, a steamer was sighted, which • proved to be the French war-steamer Marceau, I from Sydney to New Caledonia. All sail was set, . and the schooner gave chase, but the steamer . seemed only to go the faster ; but in about an hour [ the signals were made out, and, to their joy, they \ came up with the steamer. Captain Kevault, of the Mnrceau, at once kindly sent on board five i casks of wine, and ample provisions and stores. The Captain of the Douglas states that on the 10th May he observed a large vessel on a reef; I she was, apparently of about 700 tons, and had • her masts standing. > New York is at present excited about one of those periodically recurring cases of the ill-treat- . merit of emigrants at sea. On the Blh March the ; ship James Foster, jun., arrived -it Sandy Hook, from Liverpool, and a number of fever cases being reported, the vessel was quarantined before being permitted to come up to the city. She had left Liverpool on the 19th December, and had an un- ■ usually long and most tempestuous passage of 70 days. She started with 146 steerage passengers, I four of whom, together with twelve of the crew, • died of ship lever during the voyage. When the \( ssel was quarantined, forty-six of the 142 survi- ■ ving passengers were either affected witli the fever or diarrhoea, or suffering from general debility, and had to be sent to hospital. But thirty-six out of the whole number were regarded as in good health, and more than half of these were small children. 1 The sickness was not owing to the over-crowding of the ship, but to the rough weather, ill-treaUneut, and bad food. The ship served out food in a raw state once a week, leaving the passengers to cook it as best they could. Many did not know how to do this, while others entirely relinquished the attempt on account of the stormy weather. r J he 'closets were in a filthy state, • and this also was a source of trouble. The authorities, upon 1 learning the state of affairs, instituted an investigation, and had the boatswain, carpenter, aud third mate arrested on the charge of brutal treatment of the passengers. The captain (Armstrong) and the first mate disappeared, but after three days' search, the police discovered and arrested them on the same charge, both being sick when found. The investigation developed an astounding amount of mingled brutality and misfortune. Aaron Levi, a passenger, testifies that he did not receive half ' the amount the coutract calls for; that on complaint to the first mate he was beaten; that he could not get enough fuel, and frequently had to throw the food overboard for want of fuel to cook it; that he complained to the captain, and was answered with curses; that the boatswain had or- • dered him out in the middle of the night to help 1 work the ship ; and that he had frequently seen 1 the officers heat the. passengers. Teddy Wilson ■ said that, the carpenter had beaten him, severely injuring him ; that the passengers were not furnished with enough water and when they got water it was H-it good, and that; he iiad seen the officers strike the passengers, lie also made similar complaints with Levi about the food and fuel. Michael Gannon testified that he shipped as a passenger's cook, but was compvdled to do seaman's duty, and the carpenter beat him nearly every day, his body being covered with scars and bruises. The first mate had also knocked him down and kicked him, doing it once when he was in the surgeon's room, getting medical attention. He had seen the carpenter beat a cook named Stokes on the head with a belaying pin, and Stokes had died fourteen davs afterwards as he believed front the injuries he received. He also saw the carpenter beat a passenger witli a stick in the coal-locker, and this passenger died from the effects of it. lie complained of the water and food. Other similar statements were made by passengers and seamen, and since the vessel arrived two have become insane and three died in hospital, while the recovery of several others is despaired of. John O. Southard, one of the crew, who died on the llrh of March, just after being landed, made an ante mortem statement, in which he says that he was one of the seamen ; that during the voyage he was inhumanly beaten and ill-treated by tlii»l maje ; that the third mate was directed by the captain and first mate to beat him with belaying pins, and that he was at the time the statement, was made suffering from this treatment. At tin's stage the case was taken in baud by the New York Commissioners of Emigration, who determined to make an example of the culprits, and an investigation is now being conducted before the Commissioners, developing testimony of the character of that above stated, and showing that the passengers during their long and' stormy voyage must have lived in a perfect hell on earth. The developments made have caused a profound sensation, and as the ship sailed under; | American colors, new measures to remedy the evils lundei which immigrants suffer in crossing the Atlantic are demanded of Congress. The New York jTimes says that "each new development of the cruelties practised on the passengers of the ship I James Foster, jun., makes the case worse than be-1 fore. All the responsible parties deserve to he j, hung." And the tiaw York Herald is of opinion that the cruelties practiced " are worse than any- ■ thing that ever characterised the African slave trad*/' J'

| A cutter, probably the Glimpse, from Welling" | ton, anchored in the oiliug last evening.