Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 833, 5 October 1870, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

Port Ahuriri. latitude, 39 deg. 28 rain. 44 sec. S. $ longitude, 176 deg. 55 rain. 10 sec. E. Sunrise and Sunset To-morrow--Eise, 5.34; sat, 6.3 Phase of the Moon—Full Moon on the 10th October, at 122 a.m. High Water Slack To-morrow,—Morning, 2.25 j Evening, 2.50 ARRIVALS. Nil. DEPARTURES. OCTOBEE. 4 —Albion, barque, for Callao EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Asterope, ship, from London via Auckland (loading on July 15) Beautiful Star, ship, from London via Nei» Bpn (loading on July 15) Challenger, ship, from London via Nelson (now at latter port) Comerang, p.s., from Auckland Keera, s.s., from Auckland Lord Ashley, s.s., from the South, about Uth October Onebunga, schooner, from Auckland Tawera, echooner, from Poverty Bay VESSELS IN PORT, Greenwich, cutter (lightering) Hero, schooner, from Wairoa Mahia, cutter (lightering) Three Brothers, schooner, from Wairoa Why Not, ketch (on the berth for Wairoa) PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Foe Waieoa Hero, to-night j Why Not and Three Brothers, to-morrow CLEARED OUTWARDS. OCTOBEE. s—Hero,5 —Hero, schooner, 20 tons, Campbell, for Wairoa and Mohaka, with (duty paid and free goods) 3 gunnies sugar, 2 chests tea, 1 bale drapery, 1 bag tobacco, 1 ose biscuit, 20 bags flour, vValker j 2 bags and 1 sugar, 1 box soap, 3 ca3es drapery, 800 feet timber, Anderson; 11 casks, and 4 qr-casks, ale, 4 casks stout, 5 cases brandy, 3 cases old torn, 2 ca*es whiskey, 2 cases moselle, 3 cases claret, Taylor; 4 bags potatoes, 10 bags flour, 2 bags sugar, Pearse; 20 bags flour, Maloney; 1 cask sugar, 4 bags flour, 2 kegs rum, 1 case brandy, Einlayson; 1 case biscuit, 2 boxes glass, 2 bdls spades, 1 bdl shovels, 1 case saddlery, 2 tons flour, Atward j "2 sacks flour, 1 cheat of drawers, 7 pkgs household effects, Bee.—Q-. E. Q-. Richardson, agent.

The barque Albion, Captain Krohn, took her departure from this port at 6 o'clock last evening. She proceeds to Callao, in ballast, jand with ordinary weather should make the passage in five or six weeks. None of the Wairoa fleet have yet taken their departure from our port. The Hero cleared at the Customs to-day, and leaves tonight—positively ; while the Why Not and Three Brothers will probably proceed to sea to-morrow.

The s.s. Phoebe, with the Southern portion of the outward mails for Europe and Ameriea, via San Francisco, left Nelson for the Manukau, at 3 o'clock this (Wednesday) morning. The s.s. Lord Ashley has been erroneously reported in these columns as being expected here from Southern Ports on the 7th inst. She may not be looked for until the 11th (Tuesday next). On the 15th September, we copied into our shipping columns a paragraph from the laranaki Herald, relative to Capt. Worsp, of the s.s. Plicebe, having cast off the surf boat that was alongside the vessel, and refusing, although there was a strong S.E. gale blowing at the time, to tow the boat in a short distance. We now gladly give publicity to the fact than an inquiry having been made into the affair, Capt. Worsp cleared himself of the imputation. The following letter has been written to Capt. Worsp:—"New Plymouth, 15th September, 1870. To Captain H. Worsp, s.s. Phoebe. Deae Sie, —Having seen a statement in the Taranaki Herald, of 3]st ult., that when your vessel was in the roadstead on the 29th you declined to tow the boat, of which I am coxswain, into a safe position, although requested by me to do so, and that in conse quence of such refusal we narrowly escaped being carried out to sea, in justice to you, I think it but right to deny the truth of the statement, and to state that I did not ask you to take my boat in tow. —I am, &e., John Camebon."

The three-masted schooner Lady Bird—well known at this port as a steamer—as now engaged in the coal trade between Wellington and Newcastle, and on her last trip to the former place is reported as having made the fastest passage on record—five days from land to land, and eight days from port to j.ort. Referring to this trip, the Evening Post says :—" The Lady Bird has turned out a great success—her sailing is something marvellous —12 knots an hour and upwards having been made at various times for several consecutive hours. She stands up to her canvas very stiffly, and, according to the captain's report, could carry half as much sail again. She is also perfectly tight."

. Beferring tq the departure of H M,S. Challenger, Commodore Lambert, for England? from Wellington, the Evening Post says:— " She goes home by a rather circuitous route, calling first at Brisbane, then proceeding through Torres Straits, calling afterwards at Bome of the East Indian ports, and then on to Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope. The voyage will occupy about five months. We Understand that while in the neighborhood of Cforres Straits, Commodore Lambert wiil continue the search commeuccd by Ca.pt. Montgomery© for tracer of Mrs Graacoigne, wife of

the captain of the Sperwer, wrecked there about a year ago, who was reported to be alive in the hands of the natives. We wish the Commodore Bucces9 in his efforts, and the old vessel a safe and prosperous voyage to England. It is not likely that we shall ever see her again, nor perhaps many of her officers and crew, but her name will always be dear to New Zealand, and the fact of having served in her the best introduction to thera."