Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 821, 12 September 1870, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OF AHUBIB-I. ARRIVALS. SEPTEMBER. B—Rangatira, s.s., 174 tons, Renner, from Wellington 9—Hero, schooner, 20 tons, Campbell, from Wairoa 9—Saucy Lass, scliooner, 39 tons, M'Gregor, from Auckland via Kennedy's Bay DEPARTURES. SEPTEMBER. 9—Rangatira, s.s., 174 tons, Renner, for Wellington 11—Keerr, s.s., 158 tons, Bain, for Auckland PASSENGER LIST. INWARDS. In the Keera—Mr and Mrs Broadbent, Captain Heale, and 8 others In the Rangatira—Mr Ormond, Major Green, Misses Wills and Marenberg, Messrs. Johnson, Gaisford, Murray, Cowell, Wilcox, Broadbent, Jobborns, Robertson, and 6 others In the Hero—Mrs Bell, Messrs Carrol, Finlayson, and Tennant OUTWARDS. In the Keera—Mr Stobo, and several others EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Challenger, ship, 698 tons, Lovell, from London via Nelson (80 days out) Comerang, p.s., 153 tons, Chrisp, from Auckland Keera, s.s., 158 tons, Bain, from Auckland Lord Ashley, s.s., 296 tons, H. J. C. Andrews, from Wellington, LyLtelton, and Dunediu — about 16th insfc. Ocean Wave, schooner, from Auckland Qieen, schooner, from Auckland via the coast Rangatira, s.s., 174 tons, Renner, from Wellington—about 30th instant Willie Winkie, cutter, from Auckland VESSELS IN HARBOR. Albion, barque, 566 tons, Krohn, from London via Nelson Hero, scliooner, from Wairoa Muriwai, schooner, from Poverty Bay Onehun<ra, schooner, from Dunedin via Oamaru Saucy Lass, schooner, from Auckland via Keunedy's Bay Three Brothers, schooner, from Wairoa PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Auckland—Onshunga, this evening For Poverty Bay—Muriwai, this day For Wairoa—Three Brothers, early For Callao—Albion, on discharge of cargo IMPORTS.— September 8.

Keera, from Auckland.—(Transhipped ex Argyleshire, from Glasgow) 25 casks, 34- bales, order ; (transhipped ex Sydenham, from London) 2 cases, 98 pckgs., order ; (ex warehouse and under bond) 2 half-tierces tobacco, Watt Bros.; (free and. duty paid) 1 cask, 2 cases, 2 pckgs., Broadbent ; 1 case, Jacobs; 1 case, Harrison ; 1 case, Rathbone; 2 cases, 1 bale leather, Cosgrove; 450 feet timber, Palmer; 1 keg rum, Shirley; lq.-cask brandy, order; 2 pasks curraius, 2 pkgs plants, ■ Neal & Close; 1 bdl, 2 pkgs, Cuminings; 1 case biscuits, lease, Stuart & Co.; lease, Knowles; 1 bale leather, Holder; 2 pkgs plants, Stedman; 1 pkg plants, Tuxford; 1 pkg plants, Willis; lo casks', Watt Brothers, (agents). September 9.

Rangatira, from Wellington.—(Transhipped ex Rangitoto, from Melbourne, under bond) 50 cases brandy, Stuart & Co.; 51 boxes tea, 3 qr-casks brandy, Vautier ; 30 barrels resiu, 4 drums soda, 1 bale cotton, Neal and Close; lease, 1 pa real, Lady Superior; 1 case, N. Jacobs; 1 case, Sims; (transhipped ex Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne, under bond) 2 pekgs, order; 2 casks, 2*4 axle arms, F. Tuxford; (transhipped ex Taranaki, from Nelson, under bond) 37 casks brandy, order; (transhipped ex. Star of the South, from London, under bond) 1 case, 2 pekgs, Watt Eros.; 1 ease (piano), Routledge, Kennedy & Co.; (transhipped ex Gothenburg, from Melbourne, under bond) 12 cases brandy, 1 case, Stuart & Co ; 81 packages sugar, order; (transhipped ' ex Halcioae, from Loudon, under bond) 1 case, 4 pekgs., Stuart.ami Co.; (ex warehouse and under bond) 15 cases and 2 qr-casks brandy, 4 casks rum, Peacock, Smith and Co.; (free and duty paid) 4 bass grain, 1 case, 2 pekgs shovels, 1 case sarsaparilla, order; 1 package leather, Higgins ; 20 cases 0 shares, Peacock"; 1 bycicle, 9 "chests, 4 qr-chests, 1 case drapery, 1 truss, Samuels; 1 case machinery, Tuxford ; 1 parcel, Covvie ; 1 truss drapery, Dinwiddie ; 1 parcel, Statfield ; 12 cases kerosine, 1 case and 1 cask blacking, 8 kegs nails, 1 case bathbricks, 1 crate churns, 1 churn, Williams ; 7 pkgs 0 shares, 1 case B handles, 7 gunnies sugar, 10 sacks llour, Neal and Close ; 4 cases old torn, 5 pkgs 0 shares, 3 boxes tea, 7 cases, 2 boxes pegs, 1 case, 1 pkg barley, Knowles; 1 bnle paper, 1 case, 2 cases "starch, 2 boxes pipes, 1 roll oilcloth, Newton, Irvine and Co ; 1 case currie powder, 1 case sauee, 1 keg apples, 1 bale paper, 1 case drugs, 80 sacks oats, 1 case boots, Peacock, Smith and Co ; 1 truss drapery, Stuart and Co ; 1 case, J. Wood ; 1 bale woolpacks, 1 canvas package, Buchanan ; 1 case drugs, Cowing ; 1 pkg silver (£2O), 1 vice, 1 case samples, Iloutledge, Kennedy and Co ; 1 roll oilcloth, Drower; 2 kennels dogs, I rouple fowls, 1 cask sugar, 1 box soap, 1 bag oatmeal, 1 bag sago, 6 cases brandy, 1 case arsen:c, Kinross & Co. (agents.) Hero, from Wairoa. —100 sheepskins, 6 empty casks, Watt Brothers; 100 ki's maize, Neal and Close ; 60 kits maize, 2 bales wool, Robjohus.—C Richardson, agent. Saucy Lass, from Kennedy's 8ay.—25,000 feet sawn timber, 20,000 shingles, LeQuesne; 1 bale drapery, 2 qr casks geneva, order .—Master, agent. EXPORTS.— September 9. Rangatira, fur Wellington.—l 7 bales wool, 1 bale, 1 dump, and 12 bdls skins, order; 2 bales wool, Johnson & Co.—Kinross & Co., agents. SEPTEMBER 10. Keera, for Auckland.—3so sheep, 50 bullocks, Buckland.—Watt Brothers, agents. The s.s. Keera—the arrival of which vessel we briefly reported on Thursday—left Auckland at II p.m. on Monday, sth inst., with.light increasing breeze from N. and E. Passed Cape Colville at 4 a.m. on the 6th inst., and at 4 p.m. White Island hare S., distant 9 miles—the wind being strong from E.N.E.' Rounded the East Cape at. 6 a.m. on the'7th ; and brought up in Tologa Bay; at noon the same day. Left again two hours! afterwards, with light southerly wind. Passed Portland Island at midnight, and arrived here at 6.30 a.m. on the S h inst.—The Keera steamed for Auckland yesterday morning with a cargo of liye stock

The s.s. Rangatira, Capt. Eenncr, left the Manukau at 3 p.m. on the 31st alt. Had string S.W. winds and heavy sea to New Plymouth, where she arrived at 1 p.m. ou the Ist inst. Plymouth at 6 p.m. the same day ; had a stilt S.lil. gale during the passage, and arrived, at Wauganui

at 1 p.m. on the 2nd. Left again at 2 a.m. on the 3rxl; had a fine weather passage, and arrived at Wellington at 2 p.m. the same day. Left again at 3 p.m. on the 7th inst.; called in at Cape Turnagain at 7 a.m. on the Bth ; being unable to land on the south side, proceeded to the north side, and landed Mrs Bell and family at Wangaejhu. Left there at 11 a.m., and arrived here at 7 p.m. Left again for Wellington at 5.30 p.m. on |the 9th inst.

The schooner Hero, Campbell, master, left Napier at 5.30 a.m. on the Ist inst. Had light S.W. wind down the coast, and crossed the Wairoa bar at 4i p.m. the same day. Left again at 4.30 a.m. on the Bth ; • had N.E. wind, and arrived here at 1.30 a.m. on the Dth. The schooner Saucy Lass, M'Gregor, master, left Auckland on the 27th nit., and arrived at Kennedy's Bay on the 30th. Took in a cargo of timber, and left for Napier on the 3rd Sept. Hounded the East Cape on the 6th inst., and Portland Island on the 7th, arriving here at 10 a.m. on the 9th (Friday.) The schooner Muriwai cleared at the Customs on Saturday, and will probably leave for Poverty Bay to-day. The schooner Onehunga will leave for Auckland direct this evening. The schooner Ocean Wave may be daily expected to arrive here from Auckland with a cargo of sawn timber for Mr J. H. Vautier.

From telegrams in our contemporary we observe that the ship Chile, hence on the 3rd March, had arrived home—date not given ; also that the ship Challenger had left London for Nelson and Napier on the 24th June. The s.s. Tararua, with the English Mail via Suez on board, arrived at the Bluff at 5.30 p.m. on the 3th inst.

The Ruby, which was stranded at Kaikoura some time ago. and afterwards patched up sufficiently to enable her to be brought to Wellington, lias undergone a thorough repair at the hands of Mr Thirkell, and is now alongside the wharf tnlcing in cargo, apparently as staunch as ever. — Evening Pest, August 31. The Wellington Independent, 6th inst., says— H.M.S. Galatea got up steam on Saturday morning, and about noon took the Clio and Rosario in tow, and steamed out of harbor. The two former vessels proceed to Sydney, where the Galatea will undergo an overhaul. The Rosario will take a cruise amoi'gst the South Sea Islands. The appearance of the Bay during Saturday was unusually brisk. No fewer than eleven vessels left harbor on that day; and many visitors were in consequence enticed to the summit of Mount Victoria to take a farewell look at the departing war vessels, from whence they watched the Galatea cast off the Rosario, which was soon alongside the ship Alexandria, running away with a northerly wind —the Galatea, with the Clio still in tow, on an opposite course. The Strait was dotted with sails at the time.

A L.vdy on Shipboard.— The Japau Mail emphatically denies the statements made in the American papers to the effect that the wife of the British Minister who was on board the Bombay was terror-stricken at the time of the collision with the Oneida. The Mail says :—" It may be as well to state that Lady Parkes, at the. time of the collision, was passing an hour at bezique, or whist, as is the custom on shipboard after dinner, and that the collision was considered so slight that the game was resumed within a few minutes of the accident."

A Perilous Voyage.—An illustration of the perils of the sea, and of the value and importance of h calm judgment and a determined will in a protracted season of great danger, is afforded (says a Liverpool paper) by the history of the ship Westminster, ],43l'tons, of Glasgow, and commanded by Capt. E. W. Berryman. The ship sailed from Zebu, in the Philippine Hands, on the 9th November last, with a cargo of 2,398 tons of sugar. All '.vent well till the lGfch November, when the ship em'cred the Bnalbec Straits,about S| a.m. Iwo men were then aloft on the look-out.l for "green water," and a man was in the chains with the l-.-ad constantly going, when to the astonishment, of every one on board, the ship struck on a coral reef, not noticed in Imray's chart of iSG7,| or the Admiralty chart, corrected to JBG(>, or any I other chart with which nautical men are acquainted.; The ship remained striking very heavily, but by throwing overboard a portion of the cargo, she floated at midnight, making at that time a cou-J siderable quantity of water. It was then expected 'that the vessel would become a wreck, and arrangements were made to take to the boats if the abandonment of the ship was found necessary. Provisions were placed in the boats, and accommodation was made for the captain's wife, who had been confined only five days, it being the captain's intention if the ship foundered, to make for Singapore, distant about GOO miles. Whilst at the entrance of the Baalbec Straits, five pirate prows were seen bearing down upon the Westminster, the pirates no doubt being under the supposition that the ship was then upon the reef, but fortunately slie had floated into sixteen or eighteen fathoms of water, where she lay at anchor, the pumps goin£r every two hours. Several of the crew were Manilla sailors, who knowing the sanguinary character of the pirates, earnestly besought the captain to put to sea, urging that if the pirates once gained possession of the vessel they would murder every soul on board. For six months of the year in that part of the world, the wind blows from the northeast, varied occasionally by strong westerly squalls. Providentially one of these squalls sprang up as the pirates were seen approaching, and became the means of safety for the ship and crew. The piratical vessels could not approach because of the blinding surf, and were compelled to anchor near the reef, which afforded Captain Berryman an opportunity to lift his anchor and sail away before the wind, although his ship was in a fearfully damaged condition. It was found necessary to keep the pumps goiup; for only fifteen minutes in every two hours, but the quantity increased as the ship went through the Straits of Alias into the Indian Ocean. When off the Cape she encountered a fearful gale of wind, and her decks were partly swept by Hie heavy seas which broke over her. At this time the vessel made so much water that fears were entertained that after all she would founder, but she reached St. Helena, and sailed for Liverpool on the oth of March. When .'5 day's from St. Helena, the water in tlje vessel increased so rapidly that it was necessary to pump 20 minutes in every hour during the"remainder of the voyage, and in consequence, for a month before the arrival of the ship in port the decks were not washed. Between the Western Islands and Liverpool the ship fortunately foil in with the Sarah and Emma, bound from Calcutta to Liverpool, which supplied Captain Berryman with much-needed provisions, the stores of the Westminster being nearly exhausted, A Cork pilot was taken on board off Queenstown, and between Tuskar and Bardsey the ship was taken in tow by the- Black Prince, steam tug, and arrived in the viver with the crew completely exhausted from the continuous pumping which had been carried on for six months all but a few days. The ship was insured for £12,000, the freight list was £10,3.00, and the value of the sugar was about

£70,000, making iu all property of the value of £92,500, which has all been preserved entirely through the efforts of the captain and crew. When taken into the graving dock it was found that the entire keel of the vessel had been torn away, the. copper stripped off her bottom for yards in length, and her timbers so cut to pieces that in some places, they were scarcely an inch in thickness. To bring; a vessel in so disabled a condition and witli so heavy and so valuable a cargo into port, is regarded by seafaring men as little short of a miracle.