Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 710, 19 August 1869, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OF AHURIRI. ARRIVALS. AUGUST. 16—Mahia, cutter, from Wairoa 17—Wellington, g.s., from Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin 18—Eagle, ketch, from the Bay of Islands DEPARTURES. AUGUST. 16—Bangatira, s.s., for Lyttelton, and Dunedin 18—" Wellington, s.s., for Auckland EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Colonist, schooner, from Auckland via the East Coast Keera, s.s., from the West Coast Lord Ashley, s.s., from Auckland Maggie, brig, 230 tons, Arnold, from Sydney Muriwai, schooner, from Toverty Bay s?hcebe, s.s., from Wellington, on or about the 26th August Star of the South, s.s., from Auckland Sturt, p.s., from Wellington St. Kilda, s.s., from Auckland &. T, Turnbull, ship, Cumming, frqm London (loading) Wellington, s.s., from Auckland VESSELS IN HARBOR. Eagle, ketch, from the Bay of Islands Greenwich, cutter, from Wairoa Hero, schooner, from Wairoa (repairing) Mania, cutter, from Wairoa, PROJECTED DEPARTURES. ?08. Wellington—Lord Ashley, s.s., early PASSENGER LIST. INWARDS. In the Mahia—Captain and Mrs Bowes and 4 children,Mrs Bowlan and 2 children,Mr Lockwood and Mr Bartlett, Mrs Elmes and 4 children Jn the Wellington—Mrs Austin, Capt. Hendley, Messrs. Orson, Axup, Bohertson, Morrison, Bead, and Wor^bington OUTWARDS. In the Bangatira—Miss Maxton, Messrs France, "Vickers, Lye, Campbell, and Jauisch In the Wellington—Colonel Bussell, Mrs Ferguson and child, Messrs. Campbell, Hussion, and pmitli ' ENTERED INWARDS. AUGUST. 16—Bangatira, s.s., 174 tons, Benner, from Auckland, with 1 bale leather, Neal and Close; 1 case drapery, Knowles; 1 truss drapery, and po ; I bale drapery, Bobjohns; 1 case stationery, flank of New Zealand; 1 case plants, H. S, Tiffen. e-Kinross and Co., agents. cutter, 20 tons, Hamilton, from Waiippa, with 10 cwt, bacon, sichaxdson„—Kinross and

17—Wellington, s.s., 262 tons, F. fiolmes, from Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunertin, wi h 3 bales, 5 trunks, 8 cases, Newton, Irvine &Co 5 50 boxes soap, 8 trunks, 3 cases coffee, Neal aid Close; 1 case galvanised iron, 1 bag fittings, 11. Williams; 3 bundles and 56 bars iron, Bojian; 3 packages and 1 trunk boots, 4 trunks, Routledge, Kennedy and Co; 2 trunks, Higgins; 8 trunks, Knowles ; 8 trunks, Stuart and Co; 4 trunks. 4 cases, Robjobns; 4 trunks. Peacock and Co; 1 case, Jacobs; 1 case, Abrahams; 3 cases, Gowing; 2 cases, I hbd glassware, Dinwiddie; 2 nests tubs, 1 bundle mats, 1 case, Boylan; 1 case drapery, Stuart and Co; 1 case, 3 trusses drapery, Robjobns; 3 bales, 1 case, Newton, Irvine and Co; 7 cases, 1 truss, Neal and Close; 2 cases, Eathbone; 1 bale, order; 10 boiler tubes, 1 check valve, 1 case, Thompson; 2pckgs oil, Tuxforq; 351 sacks wheat, order; 49 sacks wheat, 20 boxes tea, 1 case drapery, 1 hhd lime, 1 canvass packnge, Kinross & Co. (agents.) I 18—Eagle, ketch, 41 tons, Loverock, from Bussell, Bay of Mauds, with 60 tons coal, Watt Bros. —Master, agent. CLEARED OTJTWAEDS. AUGUST. 16-B,angatira, s.s., 174 tons, Ttennor, for Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin, with 1 case, E. Bibby.—Kinross and Co., agents. 18—Wellington, s.s., 262 tons, Holmes, for Auckland, with 3 cases and 2 casks preserved meat, 66 bajies wool, 2 pkgs luggage, Kinross & Co. (agents.) Arrival of the cutter Mahia. The cutter Mahia, Hamilton, master, left Wairoa at 2 p.m. on Monday last, and arrived here at 9 p.m., having experienced strong N.W. wind down. She brought half-a-ton of bacon and a full complement of passengers. Arrival of the s.s. Wellington. The New Zealand Steam Navigation Company's screw steamer Wellington, Captain Holmes, left Port Chalmers at 5 p.m. on the 12th inst., and arrived at Lyttelton at 9.30 a.m. on the 13th ; left Lyttelton at 6 p.m. on the 14th, and arrived at Wellington at 1 p.m. on the 15th ; left Wellington at 4 p.m. on the 16th, and arrived here at 4 p.m. on the 17th. From Port Chalmers to Lyttelton, experienced strong southerly wind, with heavy sea ; from thence to Cape Campbell, fresh N.W. wind; crossing the Straits had strong gale with heavy sea; and from Wellington to this port strong N.N.W. wind with heavy head sea. We have to acknowledge the courtesy of Mr C. D. Moss, purser, for full files of southern journals. The Wellington steamed for Auckland at 5 p.m.: yesterday.

Arrival of the ketch Eagle. The ketch Eagle, Captain Loverock, left Russell, Bay of Islands, on the evening of the 14th inst., and experienced strong N.W. winds throughout the passage. Rounded the East Cape at 2 a.m. on the I7th ; and Portland Island at 2 p.m. same day, arriving here at 6 a.m yesterday, thus making a good run of three days and a-half. Captain Loverock raports having, on the 16th inst., off Cape Runway, sighted the ketch Wild Duck, bound to the westward. The Eagle brings a cargo of 60 tons coal, consigned to Messrs Watt Brothers.

Mutiny and Murder on the High Seas. In December, 1867, the barque Java, commanded by Captain Charles Kempton, left Massachusetts on a whaling voyage to the South Polar Sea. At Cape Verde Islands the captain added nine Portuguese sailors to his crew, and sailed for the Indian Ocean. The men now under arrest say that in visiting another ship one of the Portuguese was accidentally drowned, which displeased the captain so greatly that he placed another of the crew, whom he chose to hold responsible for the deatli of the lost sailor, in irons for forty-eight hours. This conduct, and the captain's alleged refusal to furnish good provisions, and the abusive conduct of the third mate, provoked the rest of the crew so much that they resolved to be revenged. A number of them armed themselves with bludgeons and firewood blocks, caught the third mate as he came from the quarters, and beat him so unmercifully on the head that he died in a few hours. Bates, the first mate, attempted to protect his brother officer, but was so severely injured that his recovery is doubtful. The chief actors in this dreadful tragedy, James W. Robinson, James Canning, Benjamin Harrison, William J. Parker, Benjamin Sefton, and John Bruce, then deserted the ship in a whaling boat, and rowed direct for Timor, taking with them a small amount of food. After being at sea six days their provisions gave out, and they had to work for three days without food. Arriving at Timor, which belongs to the Dutch and Portuguese, they were in a pitiable plight. Some hospitable Dutch families discovered them lying on the shore, purchased their boat for 150 rupees, and despatched them to Deli, *he chief city of the island. On their arrival there they stated they were shipwrecked mariners; but a Portuguese revenue officer, doubting their veracity, persuaded them to go to Java in a steamer. Having landed at Java they were arrested by order of the American consul, and placed in prison at Soro, a town in the bay of Java. Here they remained for five months, and they assert that Bruce died from illtreatment and exposure in damp cells. Prom Soro they were transmitted to Batavia, and put on board the Russian barque New Orleans, for conveyance to New York, on the 28th of last November. The barque put in at Padang in the island of Sumatra, where the men were imprisoned for a month while the vessel was taking in cargo. The New Orleans arrived at this port yesterday, having the men on board in good health. They were sent to the Ludlow-street prison, pending their trial for the murder of the first and third mates. The men have received excellent characters from their own captain, as well as from the captain or officer of the barque New Orleans. They are all young, and, while admitting that " two of their crowd" killed their mates, refuse to divulge the names of the murderers. They complain of the harsh treatment they received ou board their vessel and while in jail, and seem eager to have their case disposed of.—New York Tribune, May 6.

Miscellaneous, The s.s. Rangatira steamed for Wellington at 1 p.m. on. Monday last, arriving there at 1 p.m. ou Tuesday. The s.s. Omeo, from Melbourne, arrived at the Bluff at 9.30 a.m. on the 16th inst.; left again at 4 p.m. the same day, and arrived at Port Cliamers at 7.20 a.m. on the 17th. The Beautiful Star from Lyttelton, arrived at Wellington at 5 a.m on the 16th inst, The Colonial Govtrnment gun-boat Sturt arrived at Wellington, from Wanganui, at 8.3 Q a.m. on the 17th inst. The barque Excelsior, Captain Wood, hence with wool on the 14th February, had not arrived at London up to our latest dates, she being then 122 days out. The s.s. Star of the South, from Auckland, may be expected to put in an appearance this evening. The s.s. Phcebe may be expected to arrive from Wellington on or about Thursday next, 26th inst., and will have quick despatch for Auckland, fromj which port she will proceed to, Syd»ey, I

Great fears tire entertained for the safety of the ketch Nora, Capt. Black, wnioh sailed from Lyttelton on the 2fith June last for Napier, As far as we can learn, nothing has bees heard of her since her departure. A Melbourne telegram, dated July 30, says : '* The steamer Maori, intended for the New Zealand trade, has been sold for £7,275." The Maori arrived at Port Chalmers, from Melbourne, at 6.10 p.m. on the 15th inst,