Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 2, 14 January 1867, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

P OIT OF NA P I EJEt. arrivals. ;■ / ' < January7—Saucy Lass,-schooner, fromMer-curyßay,-with sawn timber,.shingles, &c. : January B—-Sturt, Colonial Government paddle steamer, prom Auckland and the East Coast. January 9—Star of the South, s.s!, W. Bendall, from' Lyttelton (hot entered at the Customs.) V January 9—Tawera, schooner, from AhAUnd, witn general cargo. - January lOr—Mahia, cutter, from with 44 bales wool. ’ ’ January 10—Dolphin, cutter, from RlanHipnd, with 18 bales wool; January T 11--Tariaipine, ketch, from Wairoa,: : with-w<iol, maize, apples, &c:, and 6 passengers. ' January 12^—Henry, schooner, from Blackhead, withl2 bales wool. ' ., V: ‘ DEPARTURES. . : January 7—Joanna, schooner, Matam; for Auckland via the Coast, in ballast. : January 7—Hero,ketch,for Wairoajwith original cargo, and 2 passengers. January B—Sturt, Colonial Government paddle steamer, for Wellington. ’ ■January 9 Henry, schooner, for Blackhead, with general cargo. ... - - . t - . January 10—Saucy Lass, schooner, for Auckland via-Mercury Bay, in ballast. • : ! January 10—Betsy,’ cutter, for Auckland'via Mercury Bay, in ballast. 1 passenger. * January 11—Donald M’Lean, schooner, for Poverty Bay, with general cargo; January 12—Star of the South, s.s., for Lyttelton, with 121? head cattle. January 14—Tawera, schooner,, for Poverty Bay, with sheep. January 14*—Mahia, cutter, for Blackhead, with general cargo. VESSELS EXPECTED. - Balmoral, brigantine, from Hobart Town’ Betsy, cutter, from Auckland Donald M‘Lean, schooner, from Poverty Bay Henry, schooner, from Blackhead Hero, ketch, from Wairoa . Lord Ashley, s.s., from Tauranga and Auckland —Tuesday, 15th January Mahia, cutter, from Blackhead Montmorency, ship, from London Sancy Lass, schooner, from Mercury Bay - Star of the Evening, s.s., from Auckland Star of the South, s.s., from Lyttelton , Stately, schooner, from Wellington Tawera, schooner, from Poverty Bay

VESSELS IN HARBOR. (In the roadstead.) Strathallan, ship, from London (loading wool) (In the Iron Pot.) Dolphin, cutter, from Blackhead Taraipine, ketch, from Wairoa 03? -The above .list does not.include, vessels engaged in lightering. , PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Foe London— Strathallan, ship, early in Feb. ' Southern Provinces— Lord Ashley, 15th ENTERED INWARDS. JANUARY. 7 Betsy, cutter, 35 tons, Trimmer, from Auckland, with 29,000 feet sawn timber, 10 kegs nails. 2 boxes sundries, Holt. 2 passengers.—J. X. Tatum, agent. 8— Saucy Lass, schooner, from Mercury Bay, with 24,000 feet timber, 20,000 shingles; 1000- palings, . 18 pairs -window sashes, Le Quesne. —Master, agent. 10—Tawera, schooner, 55 tons, from Auckland, with 7 kegs tobacco, 200 boxes and 270 bags sugar, 2 qr-casks sherry, 9 packages and 56 boxes tea, 100 boxes candles, order; 6000 bricks, Read; 70 boxes apples, Caul ton; 3 hhds. ale, Read.—G. Richardson, agent. 10—Mahia, cutter, 20„ tons, W. E. Baxter, from Blackhead, with 44 hales wool, Kinross Sc Co.— Kinross & Co., agents.. 10— -Dolphin, cutter; T. Schon,'fr6m Blackhead, with 18 bales wool, Watt Brothers.—Watt Bros., agents. 11— Taraipine, ketch, 17 tons, Lewis, from Wairoa, with 6 bales wool, Newton,‘lrvine and Co.; 5 bales wool, Watt Brothers; 13 cases apples, 36 hags maize, Richardson. Passengers,—Messrs Peakman, Banner, Down, Blake, Powdrell, and Boyd.—G. Richardson, agent. CLEARED OUTWARDS. - JANUARY. 7—Donald MTiean,. schooner, Baker, for Poverty Bay, with 2 casks lemonade, Cadle and Blair; 3 boxes effects, Captain Biggs;: 30 boxes effects, 3 horses, order. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Craven and 3 Maoris.—G. Richardson, agent. 7—Hero, ketch, Campbell,' for Wairoa, with 4| flour, 8 pckgs Commissariat goods, £ ton sugar, 10 bags flour, 30 bags biscuits, 2 qr-casks brandy, 2 cases biscuits, J ton-flour. - Passengers —Mrs Murray and. Mrs Searles.—G. Richardson, agent.

8— Henry, schooner, R. Baxter, for Blackhead, with 3 cases machinery, 1 drum oil, I box nails, 95 sheets iron, 100 corn sacks, 2 bags sugar, 1 )• chest tea; 2 bay - forks.—ROutledge, Kennedy & . Co., agents. - ! 9—Betsy, cutter, Trimmer, for Auckanld via Po : verty Bay, in ballast. Passenger-Captain Armstrong.—J. K-Tatum, agent. . , 9 Saucy Lass, schooner, D. H. M'Kenzle, for Auckland via Mercury Bay, with \ ton‘flour.— ! Master, agent., -l ' :< 11—Star of the South, s.sv 147 tons, Bendall, for 7 Lyttelton, with' 121 head cattle, Buchanan.— - ; Watt Brothers, agents/ u? - i------ -

-s ... w :o <v l -v The favoriterepiar traflinj scitoonei 1 Saucy Lass, Captain M‘Ken2ie, arrived here 1 oh Monday last with a cargo of sawn . timber, shingles, &c., from Mercury Bay. . She left , Auckland on the J 27th December, and arrived' at Mercury Bay the, -following day. Took In a cargo of timber,and left for Napier on the 3rd inst.,!at 7 p.m . Had.wes-1 terly winds to the. Bay of Plenty; from thence .to > the East Cape head winds*;'-from East Cape to; port, strong northerly ’winds; - Arrived in-the. roadstead at noon on Monday, 7th. inst.,.entered the Iron Pot at 3 p.m. Captain M'Eenzie reports, having sighted a schooner bound north'(probably the Celt, hence 6th inst.),off Portland;lslandati daylight on- :Monday morning. The . Sancv Lasshas bad quick despatch this trip, having discharged J her large cargo of timher/ and taken m the irequi-' site quantity of ballast, in less.than two days. :. She 1 will sail for Auckland via Mercury Bay, abont ten 1 o’clock on Thursday morning, c in ballast.' ' . The schooner Tawera. arrived in harbor last Wednesday from Poverty Bay. The schooner “Heniy toiled for Blackbrod on' Wednesday'ltoW ' .

The Colonial Cap* ’’l tain Fairchild,'left Auckland on Thursdey; ,3rd • January, to 9 a.m. f and arrived at-Tanranga jt next day, at 4 p.m. ; left at ? p.m., and ■ Opotiki on the 6th; left there } evening at o o'clock, and arrived at : /; morning at 7 o’clock; shipped a munition taken from the natives "ouring' tfe war on the East Coast; left at noon;- and arrived at Poverty Bay at 8 the same night; left there on the 7th (Monday last) at 7 p.m., and steered for Wairoa, but on arriving-off the bar found the surf too high to attempt a landing; proceeded to Napier, and arrived hereto 7 r o’clock on the'morhinw of Tuesday last; style,. The Start steamed for Welliiigtbn at 3 o’clock thei same evening, ;

The sji. Star of the South, Captain W. Bendall, arrived last Wednesday evening from Lyttelton. She left Napier at '4 a.nr. os the 4th, wina strong' from the westward.; anchored under Cape Kidnappers until 8 at which.hour she proceeded on her trip; the wind at the time was from S.E., but shortly afterwards veered round to the N.E. Arrived at Lyttelton at 2 p.m. -on Sunday, 6th inst.' On Monday morning landed all the cattle in good condition; daring tnie day, coaled, and received cargo on hoard; left for Napier at 9 o’clock same night. .'r 'HhcLlight SE. winds to Cape Palliser, which-was patoea at 5 p.m. on Tuesday; from thence to Cape Turhagain had light N.E.; and from thence to northerly winds. Arrived in the roadstead at 6 p.m. last Wednesday, and it being flood tide, came inside at once; Capt. Bendall reports having sighted the cutters Mahia and Dolphin down the coast. She left again for Lyttelton with another cargo of cattle on Saturday last. The schooner Tawera sailed for Poverty Bay at daylight this morning. The cutter Mahia sailed for Blaekhead early this morning.

The cutter Dolphin will leave for Blackhead during the day. , w

The Panama Company’s s.s. Lord Ashley, Capt. Kennedy, may be expected to arrive here from Tauranga ana Auckland on’ Tuesday next, 15th January, and will leave for Southern Provinces the same evening, carrying the English Mail xii Suez.

The Pioneer’s Machinery. —We (New Zealand Herald) understand that-it was the intention of the Government to despatch the steamer Sturt, upon arrival this trip, round to Port Waikato, for tne purpose of taking in the Pioneer’s engines to supply the place of those now on board the Sturt; out of course the unfortunate loss of that vessel with everything belonging to her has caused the order to be countermanded. This is to be regretted, for the Sturt with the Pioneer’s engines fitted in her, would have been one of the fastest and most serviceable boats on the coast.

The Schooner Hope.— By the arrival of the p.s. Sturt from Tauranga on Saturday last we regret to learn that the schooner Hope, Captain Black, has gone ashore on the bar there, and not likely to be got off.' She is ashore close to the cutter Maggie, which vessel is now almost all to pieces; the Hope, however, being a stronger vessel, has not received any serious damage up to the time of the Sturt’s leaving.—N. Z. Herald, 31st Dec.

Fire on Board and Scuttling op the ShipJohn Duthie. —This morning,-at 1 o’clock (says the Sydney Morning Herald, 20th December), this vessel was discovered to be on fire somewhere below, forward. The alarm was given, and the crews of the men-of-war in harbor were speedily alongside with fire-engines, &c., and a powerful stream cut in the deck, but with little or no effect, the of water. was kept running .below through holesfife having apparently got firm hold in the ’tween decks. The crews of the various men-of-war beinjf unable to extinguish the fire, the steamer Breadalbane was sent for, and she was alongside in a remarkably short space of time, and towed the burning vessel into Sirius Cove,. Mossmann’s Bay,, when holes were cut in her starboard side, ana she rapidly began- to fill; and shortly after five had settled down. Several men were nearly suffocated in attempting to get at the region of the fire, and were removed to the poop, where for some time they lay unconscious. Captain Moodie, and Mr Ferris, of the Water Police, were on board.shortly after the discovery of the fire, the origin of which is at present unknown, but from its extent it was thought by some persons that the fire must have been smouldering ere the vessel arrived in port yesterday. A quantity- of cabin furniture, together with the ship’s papers', were taken off in the boats of H.M.S.S. Brisk.

Wrecks at Fox’s River: —The Brighton Times, 19th December, says“ On Monday afternoon, a scene of great excitement was witnessed by a vast multitnde of spectators on the beach near the entrance of the river, and in front of the office of ;this paper.' Three vessels, a cutter, the Hope, anil two brigantines respectively named the Julia and Isabella had been lying off and on in the roadstead for days, anxiously waiting for a wind and tide to bring them over the bar. Monday afternoon appeared to be a favorable opportunity: There was a fair wind and'a good tide. J The firstof the three crafts which essayed to come in was the cutter Hope; she grounded slightly, but a couple.qf* ~ likes having been got ashore, she .was splediljr hauledrinto.the river. TheUulia was the next in=r rear, and from her draught of water, and' the tides' being low she effectually blocked up the*passage against the Isabella, a fine craft which followed her in. This vessel received some injury to her bul.warks, but slight, which was caused by grinding against the .Julia. Both cargoes were at once discharged. The Julia’s was slightly damaged. The Isabella landed her cargo xperfect. The John Mitchell crossed the bar yesterday morning, * at. half tide all right.” ;

. Wreck of the. Cutter Volunteer.—Melancholy Loss of, LiFE.-7-The Brighton Times, 22nd December, saysA sad and fatal case of drowning oc'eurred here "011 the night of Thursday, -gOth inst.’- The cutter Volunteer Dound to MamT•kaur crossed the u bar out, the'wind-blowing strong from-the N.W., with a heavy sea, and strongfresh running in the river.- The- vessel bad scarcely crossed the bar. when. it- became apparent to the many spectators , ashore; that she would become a .total wreck., Immediately m,frqnt of the entrance to the river, and southsrard of it, are a-number of 'small rocks, which, in spite of every effort of those on board the Volunteer, they found it impossible to round. So nearly had 1 they succeeded that : it only became a question of a few yards when heir safety -would have been secured. . At this moment the hopes of .the crew .and.lookers-on were doomed to disappointment,,aa it was then easy to be seen as the vessel drifted upon thq rocks that she would .quickly break up, but .nqigjgphticipated that the mischance- also would be with loss of.life. We understand tHat there were six men on board .the craft, two of whom,! on .'finding the - veesel.in distress,-made, for the shoreiin the ship’choat. .. The coast south of the. river -being perfectly rock- . .bound, they: made for-the.entranqe, and,succeeded ' added tothecries'pf the' by&ftdelt;' eitehririra<&

futile. TJn. fo**U^J^ l : ,^ haVeaH^® l^ . own t 9 the men/ whose boat | l(^J^ani^eatl&in3coaaeqnenoe /of fits <ajflT jjgjg3wst, it was found-they, had no Ifaft; Wad {ftfe /^fiffOKb^'op^rtuiu^contmhM'‘ dn*ctwn of pax/ and one heavy 1 rpller' strtick aJgSL overturned.'/ The twdinen-. seen f cli^ing ; to the boat t and'even yet xt.wiw not- ft-vtery "difficult orivery- hazardous mat-: tor; to. rescue whole: of. this tune- ... the f ferry. boat. had, not y made ita_ appearance. A boat /be rodcs, and/they then rowed' moored the, boat hijgh up the fiver. 'By whose orders theuoat Wah remoyed at such a cn,aw we are. unable to state, .bat it certainly showed gross' lndifferenoe or a culpable' want of judgment eohie one,{that the -boat did not remain in attendance until the safety ofthe vessel’ was .assured. .In the:absence .of; any harbor boat, the ferry man wap, applied; tp, ,he having a good ttrong^whaleboat close st, bund., " We understand Be; Soraaditoriiy refusedto.lend lus. boat for the.purpose of saving thVuhfortunatdinen-s lives; if this is true 4 ;'diidfrom the number'and credibility if our. inforinetßVwe'have every teasoh for helieving it is, we trust the inhumanity of thid individual wul'meet wich itssimmediate .deserts;. At this juncture a boatmnn, named Daniel Collins, whose courage . and humanity deservea to he recorded throughout tltejColony, nobly ventured through the breakers to aid the men who were now.fest drifting opt .of .sight., THe brave fellow succeeiiod in swimming to within' a' ahofct distance' of the hoat, .when itwas found that the line he had taken, with him was either too short/ ; or the weight l too great toadmit of his swimming farther jand it was with the utmost difficulty that the poor, fellow once more regained the shore; At last, .a whaleboat makes its .appearance and much anxiety is felt respecting its fete, the crew consisting of volunteers; after a few minutes absence they . return, having rescued 1 one man; the other having perished in the waters.! The remainder of the crew reached the shore about 2 o'clock the following morning at low water. The Volunteer is now'lying a perfect wreck on the beach. We have received some, additional particulars respecting this unfortunate wreck. Collins, it . appears, so we learn from the- survivor, got : Within ten fathoms, of the boat, sufficiently near to exchange a few words. At that time there was only ■ •one man on the boat, but the line, though one hnnIdred and twenty fethoms long, would not admit of us approaching nearer. .. . • ; . - Wreck or the Julia.— The schooner Julia, which arrived on Monday last, hap .now become ,a ; total wreck, her hull having been sold at auction,' .as she lay, at the mouth of the river,'by Mr'Nash,! for the sum‘of' £27. It was expected that she! could be repaired, and once more set afloat ; but' she proved to' have been more seriously injured l than was at-first supposed.' -In her-present posi■tion she .partially blocks up. the entrance, .doing 'much damage to shipping as no vessel canpass her /without fouling. Prompt measures should be taken /or her removal.—Brightoa Times, 22nd Dec.

The Cutter Hope.— The cutter Hope cleared •but yesterday evening, following close upon the .Volunteer, the wreck of which vessel is detailed .in another place. The former vessel succeeded in .clearing the land with, comparative ease, and with va feir : wind proceeded, to Hokitika.—lbid.