Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 939, 9 February 1871, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

Port Ahuriri. Ljaijtude, 39 deg. 28 min. 44 sec. S.; longitude, 176 deg. 55 min. 10 sec. E. jßunriae and Sunset To-morrow —Rise, 5.11; set, 6.49. Phase of the Moon —Last Quarter, on the 13th February, at 2.30 a.m. fligh Water Slack To-morrow,—Morning, Jo.§6 j Evening, 11.0. ARRIVALS. FEBBTTABY. o—Napier,o—Napier, s.s., from Poverty Bay 9 —Lord Ashley, s.s,, from Wellington and Pguthern Ports DEPARTURES. Nil. PASSENGER LIST. INWABDS. In the Lord Ashley—Mrs Scully, Mrs Sbaw, Rev. G. Morice, Messrs. Edwards, Simpson, Morrison, and 10 in the steerage In fhe Napier—JVlrs Goldsmith, Captain Jones, and several others EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Expelsior, ketch, from Dunedin Luna, p.s., from East Coast Mary Ann, brigantine, from Newcastle Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Meteor, schooner, from Auckland via the Coast VESSELS IN PORT. Greenwich, cutter (lightering) Hero, schooner, from Wairoa, Waikokopu, and Mahia Lord Ashley, s.s., from Wellington and southerp Ports Mahia, cutter (lightering) Napier, s.s., from Poverty Bay Opean Wave, schooner, from Auckland via the coast Santiago, barque, from Auckland £Star of the South, s.s. Three Brothers, schooner, from Tongoio Why Not, ketch PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Lord Ashley, s.s., for Tauranga and Auckland, this evening Hero, schooner, for Wairoa, Waikokopu, and Mahia, to-morrow-Star of the South, s s., for the Thames and Auckland, to-morrow, at 4 p.m. Ocean Wave, schooner, for Chatham Islands, about the end of the week Santiago, barque, for London, early

The s.s. Lord Ashley, Capfc. Andrews, left J?ort Chalmers on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 5 p.m., and passed through the heads at 5.40 p.m.; strong gale from -N.W. prevailed ; and in consequence, of the heavy sea running was prevented calling in at Timaru. Arrived at Lyttelton on Friday, 3rd inst., at 10.30 a.m.: left Lyttelton at 3,40 p.m. on Monday, 6th inst., and arrived at Wellington at 10.30 a ra. on Tuesday. Left Wellington at 2 p.m. yesterday, and arrived here at 1 p.m. to-day. Ex perienced fine weather with N.W. wind from Wellington to Napier. The Lord Ashley has on board a large cargo for Auckland from the JSJputh, and a few tons for this port. —The Ashley will steam for Tauranga and Auckland this evening at 5 o'clock.

The B.s. Napier, Capfc. Bendall, arrived in Port at noon to-day, bringing a cargo of grass aeed, fruit, &c., from Poverty Baj ; also 14 passengers. The barque Santiago has now commenced to load wool for home, and as her cargo i 3 all engaged, she will haye quick despatch. The s.B. Star of the South will steam for the Thames and Auckland at 4 p.m. tomorrow with a cargo of stock. The schooner Tawera, from Auckland, arrived at Poverty Bay yesterday. The schooners Colonist and Muriwai were both in the Big River loading with grass seed for Auckland when the Napier left Poverty The s.s. Q-o-ahead, Captain Carey, hence at 11 a.m. on the 25th ult., arrived at Tararu (Thames) on the evening of the 30th, having experienced strong head winds throughout the passage. Falling short of coals on the way, ran into Mercury Bay on the evening of the 28th, and obtained a supply of firewood. After landing cattle and sheep at the Thames, proceeded up to Auckland, arriving there on Tuesday night, 31st January.

Another fine line of new steamships for the Australian trade will be shortly employed, as the Messsrs Wigram, having in view the growing requirements of the trade between the colonics and the home country, have for some time past determined upon placing new steam vessels, with the latest improvements, in succession on the berth between London and Melbourne. The Somersetshire was the pioneer pf the fleet; and the firm are now coustruptjng a new vessel of greater steam-power. She will be of 2,000 tons register, 300-horse power nominal, and 1,500 indicated.

The barque Lady Turner, which arrived at Melbourne on January 14, brings the intelligence of a ship named the Beacon Light, from Liverpool, having been burned about 400 pules from Tristan d'Acunha, and that the paptain and crew had found their way to that Island in safety. The information was obtained by the captain of the Lady Turner, from an American whaling barque, the Xaniho, which, wag spoken off Triston d'Acunha, and bad a short time preyiqusjy visitpd the island, and shipped one of the Qf the Beacon ipiebt, more to ease the ratives than that the gervjceg of the man were required, as the maintenance pf so. many was a severe tas on the

An English paper gives the strength of the Russian fleet in the Baltic. It consists of 63 vessels of all sorts and 30 transports. In the Black sea her fleet consists of 25 vessels and an unknown number of gunboats. There are 11 vessels on the China station, and 7 in the Mediterranean. The particulars of the English navy are nqt given, but there are 19,000 sailors, which number is neither large nor formidable enough. The same paper declares we must arm, and says the Admiralty must complete with all speed the ironclads now under construction, and lay down a gunboat in every dockyard in the kingdom.