Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 752, 13 January 1870, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OF AHURIRI. ARRIVALS. / JANUARY. 12—Hero, schooner, 20 tons, Charles Merwin, from Tongoio, with 8 hales wool DEPARTURES. JANUARY. 10—Hero, schooner, 20 tons, Charlos Merwin, for Tongoio, with 16 posts 10—Success, schooner, 53 tons, Pietcher, for Porangahau 11—Enterprise, ketch, 27 tons, Siddons, for Poverty Bay 12—Hero, schooner, 20 tons, Charles Merwin, for Wairoa,'with general cargo EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Chile, ship, 768 tons, from London via Auckland Hero, schooner, from Wairoa Muriwai, schooner, from Tologa Bay Eansativa, s.s., from Wellington Star of the South, s.s., from Auckland Wellington, s.s., from Auckland VESSELS IN HARBOR. Jennie Ellingwood, barque, from Port Chalmers Maggie, brig, from Newcastle, N.S.W. Mania, cutter, from Wairoa Mary Ann, hrigantine, from Newcastle, N.S.W. P. T. Turnbull, barque, 3G7 tons, Cuinming, from London Success, scbooner, from Waimarama Three Brothers, schooner, from Wairoa PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Foe London—Jennie Ellingwood, barque, early; R. T. Turnbull, barque, early Waikoa—Three Brothers, schooner, this day Wellington and South ken Pouts—Wellington, s.s., to-morrow Auckland—Pangatira, s.s., on Saturday next, 15th inst. Newcastle—Mary Ann, this day; Maggie, on Saturday, 1.5 th inst. The schooner Hero, Merwin, master, sailed for Tongoio on Monday last, with 16 posts, and returned to port at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, with 8 bales wool. Took in a small general cargo, and left late last night for Wairoa, from whence her return may be looked for in a day or two with a cargo of wool. The schooner Success, Fletcher, master, for Porangahau, took her departure on Monday night, She will return with a cargo of wool. I The ketch Enterprise, Siddons, master, left for Poverty Bay on Tuesday morning, with a cargo of sundries. The schooner Three Brothers, Ross, master, will probably leave for Wairoa this afternoon. The hrigantine Mary Ann, Capfc. White, having completed discharge of her cargo of coal, will sail for Newcastle, N.S.W., this day, in ballast. The brig Maggie, Arnold, master, is expected to leave for Newcastle, N.S.W., about Saturday next, 15th inst. The s.s. Wellington, Captain Holmes, may be expected to arrive from Auckland to-morrow. She will steam for Wellington and Southern Ports shortly after arrival, carrying an English and Australian mail. The s.s. Star of the South, Capt. Bendall, may be expected to arrive from Auckland on or about Tuesday next, 18th inst. She will call in at Wangawehi on the way down to load wool for this port. The s.s. llrmgntira, Captain E. llenner, may be looked for from Wellington on or about Saturday next, and will met with quick despatch for Auckland. The barque R, T. Turnbull had on board yesterday nficrnooa 880 bales of wool, and we believe that 70 bales more will be shipped this day. It will be seen by advertisement that this fine barque will leave for London direct on or about the 26t.h inst. We understand that flax will not compose any part of the Turnbull's cargo. The barque Jennie Ellingwood had on board 1,500 bales of wool and flax yesterday afternoon. The buoy on the Auckland Rock, which, it will be remembered, drifted ashore some time ago, was again placed in its original position yesterday morning by the pilot, Mr Kraeft, after having received a thorough scraping, painting, &c. It has been suggested that the buoy on the Pania reef would be none the worse for being brought ashore to receive a similar treatment to the one on the Auckland Rock. TELEGRAPHIC. Her Majesty's ships Challenger and Blanche left Wellington for Auckland in company at 4 a.m. on Sunday last, 9th inst. The ship Halcione, Capt. Bishop, left Wellington for London at 8 a.m. on Sunday last, 9th inst., with a cargo of wool, flax, &c. The s.s. Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne, arrived at the Bluff at 4 a.m. on the 10th inst. The s.s. Ahuriri, from the Manukau, arrived at Wanganui early yesterday morning. The s.s. Wanganui, from Wanganui, arrived at Wellington at 4.30 a.m. yesterday. The s.s. Beautiful Star, from Wanganui, arrived at Wellington at G. 30 a.m. yesterday. The barque Hera left Nelson for Port Underwood at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, to load wool for the London market. From the Bealey district, Province of Canterbury, we learn that, on Tuesday last, 11th inst., the rivers were impassable, and heavy floods had taken place. At Grey mouth, on the same day, the rivers were high; and at Hokitika the bar was very rough. ENGLISH & FOREIGN SHIPPING NOTES. Nine Hundred SJdjnm'eclcs and Thirteen Hundred Lives Lost. —Art official report just published in England gives the statistics of wrecks, casualties, and collisions occurring to British ships abroad, reported to the Board of Trade in _ 1868, showing that 935 vessels, of 337,281 tons in the whole, were totally lost or partially damaged; 657 vessels belonging to the United Kingdom, and 278 belonging to British possessions. 680 vessels, of 252,484 tons, were totally lost, and 255 of 84,797 tons, partially damaged. 1,387 lives were lost, 1,187 from vessels belonging to the

United Kingdom, aud 300 from vessels belonging to British possessions; 12,183 lives were imperilled, but saved by remaining on board, or from assistance from shore, or from other ships. Of the lives lost, 159 were by wrecks, &c, on the coast of Europe, 27 on the coasts of Asia; 18 Africa, 82 America, 89 Australia and New Zealand, and 1,021 at sea. Singular Discovery in the Bay of Bengal- t The New York Times says:—Among the vessels lost in the memorable cyclone that swept over the Bay of Bengal in 18G7 were the steamer Thunder and the ship Morayshire. Searcli was professed to be made for these and other missing vessels among the Soouderbuns, but no trace of them was discovered, and it was taken for granted 'hat both had gone down at sea. The other day a party of fishermen, driven for shelter into an out-of-the-way creek some four miles inland, stumbled upon the hull of a ship, which proved to be the Morayshire, and further in found a large steamer with masts and funnels still standing, which answered to the description of fie Thunder. The steamer had £105,000 on board, which is doubtless yet in her bullion hold. Painful speculations are of course called up as to the fate of her crew and passengers. What that fate was may never be discovered. It is conjectured that they could not have lived long, even if they survived the cyclone, as the place is malarious in the extreme, and infested with tigers. What is perhaps the strangest, is that these vessels have been lying there two years within a few miles of the mouth of the Hooghly. Burning of the Stonewall, and Sad Loss of Life. —We regret to have to record that the fine steamer Stonewall has been burnt on the Mississippi, and that out of 25S passengers on board only 38 are known to be saved. The vessel caught fire on the night of Wednesday, 27th October. Her cargo, which consisted chiefly of hay, was piled on deck, The fire spread rapidly, and she was run on a shoal, but the depth of the water prevented the people reaching land. The night was cold, the wind high, and a swift current was running. Few of the sufferers were burnt, nearly ail of them being drowned. Boats from the shore rescued the survivors. Some of those who are missing may have floated down the river, hut their fate is unknown.