Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 813, 15 August 1870, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OF AH URIEL AEEIVALS. AUGUST. 13—Lord Ashley, s.s., 29G tous, Andrews, from Auckland 15—fiuna, Colonial Government p.s., Fairchild, from the East Coast DEPARTURES. AUGUST. 11—Rangatira, s.s., 17-i tons, F. Renner, for Wellington 11—Tawera, schooner, 55 tons, J. Kennedy, for Poverty Bay 12 —Luna, Colonial Government p.s., Fairchild, for Wairoa and Poverty Bay 12—Hero, schooner, 20 tons, J. Campbell, for Wairoa and Mohaka 13—Lord Ashley, s.s., 296 tons, Andrews, for Wellington 15—Maggie, brig, 191 tons, Arnold, for Newcastle PASSENGER LIST, INWARDS. In the Lord Ashley—Mr Roberts, and 7 for the South OUTWARDS. In theßangatira—Colonel Gorton, Mr and Mrs Carver and family, Messrs Seymour and Tivpuer In the Luna—(For Wairoa) air Hamlin; (for Poverty Bay) Capt. Head, and Mr Hardy In the LordAshley—Xirsßectham.Mrs Williams, Messrs M'Douall, Gibson, Thomson, and Jennings EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Albion, ship, 56f! tons, Krohn, from ~ondon via Kelson (now at latter poit) Challenger, ship, 693 tons, from London via Nelson (loading) Comerang, p.s., from Auckland Keera, s.s., from Auckland Hero, schooner, from Wairoa and Mohaka llangatira, s.s., from Wellington Why .Not, ketch, from Wairoa VESSELS IN HARBOR. Courier, ketch, from Lyttelton Greenwich, cutter, (lightering) i Luna, p.s., from Wairoa and Poverty Eay Mahia, cutter, (lightering) Three Brothers, scuooner, from Wairoa PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Foe Wellington—Lima, p.s., early QujiiiN CHAiiLorius's Sound —Courier, to-day

The C.S. Co.'s s.s. Lord Ashley, Capt. Andrews, returned to port on Saturday afternoon, after a very tempestuous passage both up to, and down from, Auckland. She left Napier ad 1.30 p.m. qn the 3rd iust., and arrived at Auckland at 2 p.m. ou the 7th, —just iu the nick of time to catch the VVonga Wonga, for Honolulu. The Ashley left Auckland again at 3,30 p.m. on Thursday, 11th iust,; passed Cape Colville at 8 p.m.; Red Mercury at 11.30 p.m.; the East Cape at 3.45 p.m. on the 12th; Portland Island at 5.30 a.m. on the 13th, and arrived in the Ahuriri roadstead at 12.30 p.m. the same day. Erom Auckland to the East Cape, experienced thick JM.E. weather with heavy rain ; and from thence to port, southerly wind with fine waather.—The Ashley steamed southwards at 4.15 p.m. on Saturday, and may be expected back about the 27th iust. The Colonial Government p.s. Luna, Captain Fairchild, left Napier for Wairoa and Poverty Bay early on the morning of Eriday last, and returned to port at about G o'dojk this morning. The s.s. Rangatira, Captaiu E. Renner, left for Wellington at 7 p.m. on Thursday, with 25 bales wool and 1 case preserved meat, bhe arrived at her destination at 6.-10 p.m. on Eriday. The schooner l'awera, Captain Kennedy, left for Poverty Lay on Thursday evening with 18 head cattle, 1 horse, and large general cargo. The schooner Hero, Captain Campbell, left for Wairoa and Mohaka on Eriday morning last with large miscellaneous cargo. After a protracted detention in port, the brig Maggie took her departure for Newcastle, N.S.W., yesterday afternoon, with 70 tons limestone ballast. The anchor lost iu the roadstead by the brig Maggie was on Eriday last fastened and buoyed by Mr Pilot Kraeft, and was picked up by the brig yesterday. The ketch Courier leaves for Queen Charlotte's Sound to-day. She proceeded to sea yesterday, but had to put back. The s.s. Gothenburg left Hokitika for Melbourne at 2 p.m. on Thursday last. The ship Star of the South, Capt. Smith, from London, arrived at Wellington on the night of the 2nd inst., after a passage of 109 days from the Downs. She was the bearer of a large general cargo, but no passengers. The barque City of Newcastle, Capt. Lusher, from Newcastle, arrived at Wellington on the 3rd inst., with 710 tons coal and 22 tons maize. She , experienced rough weather with torrents of rain nearly all ihe passage, which occupied 13£ days.

The s.s. Tararua, from Melbourne, arrived at Hokitika at 2 a.m. on Friday last. We observe from our Wellington files that the owners of the s.s. Tarauaki have determined not to lay that favorite hoat op after all. She left Wellington for the South on the Bth inst.

From the Tiraaru Herald we-learn that an attempt made on the 23rd July to launch the Aurora —which schooner was recently stranded at Timaru —failed through the carrying awiy of the ways vvhen the weight of the vessel bore on them. She slid, however, a few feet uearer tp the water. Fresh preparations are now necessary before she can be put into the water.

We notice that Messrs. M'Meckan and Blackwood are about to establish steam communication between Melbourne and Fiji,—the s.s. Alhambra beiug advertised to leave the former port on the 20th August.

3 H.M.S. Blanche, Capt. Montgomerie, returned " to Wellington from the Auckland Islands on the 3rd inst. Unfortunately, her cruise has been an unsuccessful one, no trace of castaways from, the » missing ship Mataoka or other vessels having been, found. The Evening Post says:—"Everything: that could possibly be suggested to discover traces of the ill-fated Mataoka has been attempted in vain, and there is now no probability that the particulars of the disaster which befell her will ever •be divulged. Her name is added to the long list of ships that have sailed away and never been heard of again, and her crew to the roll of those who have gone down into the ocean's depths " un- { knelled, uncoflined, and unknown." Various sur- . raises have been formed as to the cause of her loss, but the most probable is that she struck on a mass of ice in the night and went down. This is a danger to which all homeward bound ships round the - Horn are peculiarly liable. In daylight, the ice ' can be seen and avoided ; but, iu these days of competition, shipmasters are bound to make rapid ) passages at all hazards, or else, like Othello, they find their occupation gone ; and, consequently, they are obliged to carry on by night as well as by day. Could they afford time to go under easy sail at night, when in the proximity of ice, or to lay to, much of the danger might be avoided; but under such a press of canvass as they generally carry, even if the ice is seen, it is often too late to enable the ship to clear it. Many vessels have disappeared, supposed to have been burned at sea or foundered, but vve believe that in nine cases out ■ of ten, if the truth were known, it would be found that vessels lost in high latitudes have come to grief on icebergs. Is it not possible that rapid 1 passages can come to be accounted secondary to safe ones, and that shipmasters might be able to » dispense with "carrying on" while among ice ?'" The Dunedin Evening Star, of a recent date says : —The intelligence we published a few days r ago of the reported wreck of the schooner Esther Ann, proves to be but too true. The vessel is a l' total loss. The news was brought overland from Martin's Bay to Queenstown. Mr Elliot, agent ' for the New Zealaud Insurance Company, lias received a letter from Mr Brencheley, master and owner of the vessel, which he has kindly placed at • our disposal. The master states that the wreck of the vessel took place on the 10th July. They ■ started from Milibrd Sound, at which place the vessel had been lying wind-bound for an opportunity to get to Martin's Bay; and arrived off the Kakapo river at 9 o'clock in the morning. The ! tide was at the flood, and the wind was blowing off the land, when suddenly it fell calm for an hour ; , when suddenly it came onto blow from the W.S.W. ' and heightened to a gale. The consequence was • that they were unable to carry any canvass to work the vessel off the shore. The captain deemed . it prudent to run for the entrance to save life and property. He proceeds to state—" Everything went well until we got off the point at the Sandt spit, when the vessel touched, a heavy sea striking us on the port quarter, slewed the vessel broadside 1 on, and the fresh catching us on the starboard bow, sent the vessel inside the inner rock. It was done so quickly that we had no time to take sail off the vessel. There was a heavy sea on and the vessel did not stand long. We wore unable to save a great deal; the principal part of our sails were blown or washed away among the rocks, but what little we could save we did. Since Capt. Thompson's report of the place, the Sandspit lias made over towards the rock—so the boatmen on the r.'ver tell us. * It would make a good entrance if Captain Thompson's plan were adopted." Other letters received in town stale that all the passengers were landed. A letter received by Mr Sly, Stafford-street, states that all passengers, luggage, and provisions were landed after a great deal of labor. With the ship's goods, however, they were i not so fortunate; the sea being so heavy that the crew were prevented from working. The vessel broke up quickly, and if it had not been for a party of diggers who happened to be passing at the time, rendering assistance, hardly anything would have been saved. The vessel, before making fore making for the river, was three times off the bar, but the sea was always so heavy that the .captain did not think it prudent to take it. If she had got iu when Martin's Bay was first reached, a good trip would have been made—only S 3 days from JDuuediq, Ten days they lay at Otago Heads,, and eight in Preservation Inlet. The captain also states that the beacons put up for the bar are wrong, for had he steered by them, they would all have been drowned. The breadth at the entrance at low water is only about 10 feet at the present time. The sandspit is making right over the rock. The same afternoon a sale was held of the anchors and wreck on the beach, which realised £2 15s. Among the property saved was the saw mill plant taken down by some of the passengers, Before the vessel sailed, arrangements were made to have her insured, but not completed. We have not heard what value was placed upon her. The Evening Post, August 4, says :—-Captain Palmer of the Rosario left for England by the Airedale last night. Prior to leaving his ship, he addressed a few feeling words of farewell to the crew, and then entered his gig, which was manned for the occasion by officers, and was rowed to the Blanche. As he left the llosario hlue lights were burned, and cheer after cheer was given for him by the men, amongst whom he was most deservedly popular. After a short time spent iu saying fare? well to his friends on the Blanche, Captain Palmer was rowed ashore by the officers of his ship. Many : of the sailors were deeply affected as they shook hands with and said good bye to the captain, whq, during the long time he has been in the ship, had exerted himself so greatly to promote the welfare and comfort of those under him. Considering the < high terms in which Capt. Palmer's couduct regarding the Daphne was spoken of in the House of Commons, and the marked approval shown by < the Admiral in promoting and re-paying his ex- - penses in the matter, there can be little doubt but ' he will soon be posted to a ship, and we may yet have the pleasure of again welcoming him to a station where he has so many friends. .