Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 17, Issue 941, 11 February 1871, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

Port Airariri. latitude, 89 deg. 28 min. 44 sec. S-} longitude, i?G deg. 55 min. 10 sec. E. jßanris.e and Sunset ItMnorrow—Kise, 6.13; set, ,6.47. Monday-rßise, 5.14; set, 6.46 Phase of the Moon —Last Quarter, on the 13th February, at 2.30 a.m. Jpgh Water Slack To-morrow.—Morning, 12.12; Evening, 12.36. Monday—Mornr jnjgjl.Oj Evening, 1.24. AEEIVALS. Nil. PEPARTURES. FEBRJTABT. 10 —Luna, p.s., for Welliugton 10—Star of the South, s.s., for the Tnames pnd Auckland PASSENGER LIST. OUTWABDS. In the Star of the South—Mrs Troy, Messrs. Balharry, M'Hardy, Pooock, and 3 others EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Excelsior, ketch, from Dunedin Lord Ashjey, s.s., from Tauranga and Auckland Mary Ann, brigantine, from Newcastle Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Meteor, schooner, from Auckland via the (Doaßt Star of the South, s.s., from Auckland VE3SELS IN PORT. oreenwich, cutter (lightering) Hero, schooner, from Wairoa, Waikokopu, and Mahia Mahia, cutter (lightering) Napier, s.s., from Poverty Bay Ocean Wave, schooner, from Auckland via she coast Santiago, barque, from Auckland Three Brothers, schooner, from Tongoio Why Not, ketch PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Napier, s.s., for Poverty Bay, this evening Hero, schooner, for Wairoa, Waikokopu, and Mahia, on Monday Ocean Wave, schooner, for Chatham Islands, pn Monday next Santiago, barque, for London, early CLEARED OUTWARDS. FEBRUARY. pLI-p-Napier, s.s., 44 tons, Bendall, for Poverty Bay, witii 3 boxes soap, 1 box vestas, 2 cases drapery, 12 mats sugar, 1 case sundries, 50 pkgo. (saw mill plant), 4 horses, 2 pkgs., Stuart and Co.; 70 cases, 20 bags oats, 3 cases preserved fish, 10 cwt. sugar, 8 qr-casks ale, 1 ton potatoes, 1 dray, Watt Brothers, (agents.)

The p.B. Luna, for Wellington, and the s.s. Star of the South, for the Thames and Auck land, both took their departure last night. The s.s. Napier will steam for Poverty Bay this evening, at 6 o'clock sharp, conveying a general cargo and the following parsengers: Mr and Mrs Evans, and Mrs Campbell

We learn that Capt. Kennedy, of the s.s. Airedale, is about to retire from the command pf that vessel, and that Capt. Andrews, of the e.B. Lord Ashley, will be transferred to the Airedale. The Ashley will then be commanded by Captaui Holmes, formerly of the s.s. Wellington. The fine screw steamer Queen of the Thames, whose arrival from England had been looked for in Melbourne with considerable interest, reached that port on the 15th Jan., having pteamed the whole passage (exclusive of stoppages two days three hours), in fifty days and thirteen hours. This \s the shortest passage ever made by the Cape of Good Hope, although the Bteamer was singularly Unfortunate with respeot to having to steam the whole distance, and never being able to use her canvas. The Queen of the Thames palled at St. Helena, and had to put into King fj-eorge's Sound for coal. The distance steamed was 3.2,320 miles, which she did at the average speed of twelve knots an hour. Her longest day's run was over 300 miles. It is expected she will make the passage in considerably less time under more favorable circumstances.

From Batavia, we learn of the loss by fire qf the San Salvadorian poolie ship Uncawah from Macao, for Callao with 637 coolies, who mutinied and set fire to the vessel. The captain and all but one of the prew took to the boat without provisions, and pulled for five days, when they reached the Natunas, and were afterwards, taken off by the ship Fray Bentos, and taken tp Anjer. The burning chip was afterwards discovered by Capt. Haldane of the British ship Juandore, who took off 112 coolies from her, and conveyed them to Anjer. others, over 400, were unavoidably left tQ their fate.

We make the following extract from the London Daily News in reference to an occurrenpe during the loading at London of the ship pel»no for Wellington :—"The firm of Jfohn M'Ewan and Co.—the real name of which was stated tp b e 4-^ Barnes and Co.—were summoned by the |Cajt and West India Dopk Company for having sent for shipment on board a vessel called |;hp Celeenq packages pontaining a inineral pxtoact of h|ghly dangerous quality without givipg notice of' the same by a label on the putside of the packages.—Mr Young appeared fps the Dpck Company, ais Mr Flucks fpr the defendant.—Mr Shpppj, superintendent of |hp company's police, proved that tfyree packages of goods were shipped on board the Ceiffinb for Wellington, ilew Zealand, as lamps, pf the packages contained pptroleum spirit, a highly combustible and dangerous spetance, »n 4 on}y fhp third contained |gmps.--r-Mr Pgflton ; analytical chemist, proved

that the spirit in question was of an extremely dangerous and destructive nature.—Mr Young stated that had an explosion taken place on board the Celfflno, nothing could have saved the ship, cargo, 100 passengers, and crew from total destruction.-rMr Flucks took a number of legal and technical objections to the prosecution, which the magistrate over-ruled. The defence was in the main based on the allegation that the shipping clerk of the firm had committed an error in the description of the goods.—Mr Young asked that an example might be made by the infliction of the full penalty, to deter others from carrying on such a perilous traffic. —Mr Paget said that it was "scarcely possible to conceive a more terrible substance than the highly inflammable and destructive spirit of petroleum. If the stuff had been shipped and stowed away under hatches in a close atmosphere, every soul or, board the vessel would have been virtually on a volcano. It was a case of so much import* ance that he should inflict the full penally of £2O, and £3 5s costs.