Shippining Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1580, 29 May 1874, Page 234

Shippining Intelligence.

PORT AHURIRI.

ARRIVALS. ; MAY. 25—Lstitia, schooner, 40 tons, Hedges, from Mercury Bay 26—Schiehallion. barque, GO2 from London 27—City of Adelaide, s.s., 1,500 tons, Brown, from Auckland and Kandavau 28—Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Lloyd, from Wellington 1) E P A R T U R E S. MAY. 26—Clematis, ketch, 76 tons, Pullman, for Auckland ' 26—Colonist, schooner, 50 tons, Moller, for Auckland 26—Opoliki, schooner, 33 tons, Harris, for Poverty Bay 27 —Pacific, schooner, 49 tons, Chrisp, for Auckland 27—Columbia, schooner, 46 tons, Conway, .for Kennedy's Bay 28—Oily of Adelaide, s.s., 1,500 tons, Brown, for Southern ports 28 —Aurora, schooner, 50 tons, Romeril, for "Wellington PASSENGER LIST. INWAUDS. In the Schiehallion—Messrs Inman, Burke, Remington, and 167 Government immigrants In the City of Adelaide—Mr and Mrs Johnson and child, Mrs Gillies, Miss and Master Harris, Miss Moore, Messrs Ackland, Brown, Bridge, Highly, Meiuhertzhagen, Steed, and 11 for the South In the Rangatira Messrs "VV. Cooper, Garrett, Muir, Rochforfc, and Suodgrass OUTWAHDS. In the Pacific-Mr J. J. Woods In the City of Adelaide—Messrs Burke, Evans, Inman, Jones, and Remington EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Atlantic, schooner, from Auckland City of Adelaide, s.s., from the South Colonist, schooner, from. Cabbage Bay Columbia, schooner, from Kennedy's Bay Effie Meikle, schooner, from Tairoa Fanny, brigantine, from Newcastle Fiery Qross, schooner, from Wellington Gem, schoonei, from Mercury Bay Halcione, ship, from London Luna, p.s,. from Wellington Maggie, brig, from Newcastle Mary Melville, schooner, from Mercury Bay Merlin, schooner, from Kennedy's Bay Opotiki, schooner, from Poverty Bay Pacific, schooner, from Mercury Bay Pearl, schooner, from Oamaru Pretty Jane, s.s., from Poverty Bay and Auckland Saucy Lass, schooner, from Mercury Bay Una, s.s., from Mohaka Winchester, ship, from London VESSELS IN HARBOR. Bella, s.s., from Arapawanui Fairy, s.s., from Wairoa Hero, schooner, from Mohaka Lsetitia, schooner, from Mercury Bay Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Rangatira, s.s., from Wellington Schiehallion, ship, from Loudon Three Brothers, ketch, from Moeangiangi Greenwich, cutter PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Auckland—Lie!itia, to-day; City of Adelaide, about June 5 For the East Coast—Lretitia, to-day For Wairoa— ll. A. Hudson, to-day For Wellington—Rangatira, to-morrow For Poverty Bay—Three Brothers, tomorrow For Kandavau—City of Adelaide, about June 5 For Mohaka—Hero, early Arrival of the Schiehallion. WB huvc been kindly furnished with the following account of the passage of the above vesssel, by Capt. Levnck:— The barque Schiehallion left the Downs on the 18th February, and got clear of the Channel on the 21st. Experienced a succession of B.W. gales across the Bay of Biscay, aft-.r crossing which had fine weather. Crossed the Line on the 18th March, in long. 27dcg> W.; and the meridian of tlu Cape of Good Hope on the 13th April, in lat. 44deg. S. Sighted the south end of New Zealand on the loth May. Experienced heavy gales and calms from thence till her arrival in the'Bay on Monday night. She brought up at the Western anchorage next morning, after a good passage of 96 clays from the Downs. The Schiehallion brings a large quantity of general merchandise, and 600 tons railway iron. The schooner Lsetitia, Capt. F. Hedges, left Mercury Bay on Friday last, experienced heavy weather down the coast, and arrived here on Monday morning. Cargo: 1360 sleepers, and 6400 sleepers. She is advertized to sail for Auckland via the East Coast at 4 p.m. to-day. The s s. City of Adelaide, J. W. Brown, Esq., Commander, arrived from Auckland at midnight ou Wednesday, and left for Wellington and the South at 2 a.m. yesterday. The s.s. Rangatira, Capt. Chas. Lloyd, arrived ironrWellington at 6.15 a.m. yesterday and was to steam for Poverty Bay at 3 o'clock this morning. The p.S. Luna, we hear on good authority, will leave Wellington for this port during to-day. The s.s. Fairy was -to leave for Wairoa this morning, with the ferry punt for that place in tow. The ship Excelsior, hence on December 26th, 1873,' arrived at Gravescud on the 23rd March, after a smart passage of 88 days. The ship Halcione left Gravescnd for Napier on the 24th March, and passed Deal the next day, The schooner Aurora sailed for Wellington yesterday afternoon with 28 hales wool. An Unsuspected Cause of Deviation 6f tll9 Compass.—A most startling inquiry has recently been raised in England regarding a new theory of the cause of deviation in the mariner's compass. Not long since sx writer in the Nautical Magazine, a very high authority in marine matters, advanced some remarkable facts, tending to show that, in iron steamships, ouc hitherto unsuspected source of magnetic deviation arises from the effects of unequal and varying distribution

of heat over the metallic hull. He illustrated his meaning by citing the case of an iron steamship going up the Bed Sea, which had the rays of a blazing sun impinging on.one side of her hull in the morning, and on the other side in "the evening, the effect being a very marked difference in the morning and evening deviation. Again he cited the case of an iron steamship making a passage from Liverpool to New York, and when in the alternate bands of tepid Gulf Stream and frigid Polar water, between George's and Nantucket, with about 30 fathoms of shoal water, the master found a compass alteration of 10 cleg. A. similar deviation has been observed on board vessels lying' in port when the sun has been shining J powerfully on one side of the ship,, and the other -has been shaded. An experiment in thermal electricity shows that if different parts of a metallic.bar are unequally heated, or if one part be cooled by application of ice and the other heated by a spirit lamp, the electricity is proportionate, riot to the absolute heat'communicated, but. to the difference of temperature iu different parts of the body. <But, as yet, no experiments have been conducted to test the correctness of this novel view, and to determine bow far, if at all under the conditions named, the magnetic guide of the seamen may lead him ruinously astray. Now, strange to say, the writer of the article, who modestly suggested merely putting ins views and deductions to a crucial test, has been sharply overhauled for his presumption in proposing such magnetic inquiry. The venerable head of the Admiralty Compass Department severely criticises him, on the ground that his own observAtious have brought no such result to light, and dismisses the theory as not holding water.' But, despite the weight of such high authority, the facts stated and their cousonance with a known law of thermo-electricity as well as the difficulty of explaining many compass deviations in iron ships upon any principle heretofore propounded by scientists, warrant and demaud some satisfactory, if not exhaustive, experiments to decide the question at issue, —New York Herald. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND. 27th May. The barque East Lothian has been sold for £1,350.. Mr Macfarlane' was the purchaser. 28th May. The Huntley. Castle, from London, has arrived. She brings no immigrant's. WELLINGTON. 26th May. The La Hogue is just coming up the harbor with 440 immigrants; all well apparently. The Phoebe went out to fetch in the Wcnnington, taking a crowd of excursionists at 2s Gd per head. She brought her in about 3 o'clock. All well on board. All the immigrants will be lauded to-morrow. 28th May. The Inverallan, for Nelson and Wellington, with immigrants, was signalled this morning, and is now (2 p.m.), beating up the heads. A Coal-barque in Distress. — It has beon signalled that the barque Earl of South Esk, from Newcastle, with a cargo of coal, has struck on a reef at the heads while enteric the harbor, and is sinking. Later. Foundering of the Earl of South Esk.—The barque Earl of South Esk, from Newcastle with coal, owned by Messrs Audcrsouaud Marshall, of Melbourne, whilst endcr.vonng to enter the Heads this afternoom with light wiuds and a heavy swell, struck heavily on Barrett's Beef. The foresail filled, with a breaking sea, and the foremast wont, the mainmast following also, in a similar manner. The crew, consisting often men, and the captain, managed to get into their boat, and in less than five minutes the vessel sunk in twelve fathoms of water. Nothing was saved. * The ship Inverallan, supposed to have 300 souls on board, arrived this afternoon with cargo only, consisting principally of railway material. She was chartered for immigrants, but on account of her 'tweeudecks being a little too low, she was not allowed to proceed with them. LYTTELTON. 27th May. The Varuna has arrived from Glasgow, 113 days out. She has on board 212 statute well. The Natal Queen has arrived from Hobart Town. PORT CHALMERS. 26th May. The James Nicol Fleming has arrived, with 301 statute adults, all well.