REPORTS.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 14, 8 April 1867, Page 80

REPORTS.

Mabineb. —The'' schooner Mariner, Captain Stroud, arrived safely in port on Saturday, March 30, after a" most tempestuous voyage; She left Watigapoa on the 7th ult., and experienced very heavy weather from the - southward, during which her jib and jib boom ;were.carried away; also lost a.quantity of shingles which, were ou deck. -. Tabanakl-(s.) —The N.Z.S.N., Company’s s.s. Taranaki, Captain Prancis, arrived here at 7 a.m; on Monday,. Ist April, . having left Auckland on the night of the 29th ult,, and Tauranga on the SOtli. She brought a small cargo and 5 passengers ior this port. Bor Lyttelton,' the Tkranaki' had on board 100' selected sheep from Mr R. Graham’s well-known flock.

Beatjtiiul-Star (s.)—The s.s. Beautiful Star, Captain Morwiek, left Napier on Sunday, the 21-th Mar :li, mt; noon. Had strong S.E. winds : with fine weather to the East: Cape,.after that south-west breezes, arriving at the Bay of Islands on Tuesdayand condition, the next day opposite the old Mission Station, and left there again, for Auckland on Thursday at'l p.ih.,-arriving there- at 7 aim. on hr id a.j', 29th ult, Lett aghn for Napier the same evening with 115 selected sheep, 1 horse, 1 and sundry other cargo, and nine natives from the Mission School at.the Bay of Mauds.. Experienced fine weather to East Cape—iviuii, light from the eastward ; from thence to Portland Island strong southerly wind.and heavy sea. Brought up in the roadstead at 7 a.m. on'Mouday, Ist Apri’i. Loud Ashley (s,)—•The Panama Company’s s.s. Lord Ashley, Captain Hi Wprsp, arrived in port at 3 p.m.' on ‘Wednesday, April 3, without the English 'Mail via Panama, left Port Chalmers at's p.m.- on'the'27 th ult.-; -arrived at Lyttelton at 11 a,m. on the 23th ; left again at noon on the29th, and arrived at Wellington at 1030 a.m, on the SOfli. Left for Napier, on the : afternoon of Tuesday, 2nd April, and arrived here as above. - . Mahia.: —The cutter Mahia, Capt. W. E. Baxter, arrived in port on Priday night l;ist, bringing down part of the detachment of H.M.’s 13th’leg invent hitherto stationed at Wairoa. The Mahia left Wairoa on Eriday morning, after being detained in the river for five days'; had light N.E. winds down the coast, and arrived here as above.

Dolphin. —The cutter Dolphin', Capt. Thomas Sehon,; arrived here n't 5 p.m. on Friday last, with detachihent of 12th Regiment from Wairoa. • After being detained in the river for five days, owing to the scarcity of water on-the bar, left for Napier at 7 aim. on Eriday last,-in company -.witli the cutter Maliia. Experienced light NiE. wind along the coast, and arrived as above. Beautiful Stab, (s.)—The s.s. Beautiful Star, Captain Morwick, left Napier at 6 p.ra, on TlmrsdayTast;with 1155 sheep forTovdfty Bay, ail of which- were'landed in good order arid condition. She returned to Napier on Saturday last-centering the Iron Pot at daylight,—and will take-in sheep for Auckland this day. . :

. 'Sea Shell.— The cutter Sea Shell, Captain Stanley,.eight'days from Canterbury,-with.a cargo of oats, arrived in port yesterday afternoon.. ,She left Lyttelton on Saturday, ,March..3C), and experienced. light N. anil N-TV. rvinds, “with fine weather, up, to Saturday last, at 4 p.m. •op.rjvhich day, it caine oil to Blow; hard from S.;an‘d'S.TS r ., with very heavy-sea; accompanied'with fain. It continued* to' blow - stiff all night;; and ; af daylight tne. cutter .\yas : well to-the northward:'^ 1 light N.E. springing. ; up-during the forenoon«however, soon enabled her to reach her destination,'dropping anchor, rin'the rpadstead; at-.3vp,m r .yesterday, ~ and entering .the.. Iron, Pot, shortly after-; wards. The Sea, Shell' brings , about 65Q. bags (2,500 bushels) dais, ' consigned', to Stuart find Co; No vessels were sighted on the'passage up.

- MISCELLANEOUS, *' ' The Tabaipine;— We very 5 , much fear tliaf sumettiing has befallen the ketch-Triraipinc, which left Wairoa'for:Poverty Bay. about six weeks ago, having onboard 13. souls, 9of,whom were natives. Among the Europeans : vyere.-Mr-. James Campbell (the Mahia foilpt) and his .w r ifc.-, ) bir,- Campbell is known to have taken vvitli Turn on board the missing, ves; U a slieep dog, the,bpdy'of, whicli is alleged to, hrive bomi picked 'up' pri/thejbe'ach at Turari^aniii, —leaving little ‘ doubt'm'tb'thh fat.e of the uilt'or.tnnatelittlecraft arid all her living-freight.'

, The Wimok BAai-pThe is repotted to'be' id‘‘h wretched state, 1 extending right across the mouth'of the river.’- The greatest depth' of water on the bar; at; high tide is said-to’be only five feet; . Can. done .to ;inake. this; really splendid river mpre availableJor shipping? ; • y.* ;dTlie, cutter Agnes, Captain Trimmer,, .was to have:left Auckland for .Napier .via l the'.East, Coast on "tlie 3Q%ult.. i ,-y «,...

: The, schooner.; r Jane,vftom Po.verty.Bay, i.arfiyed. ait Aucklandan. the>3<)j;liult.. Saw-, the,, schooner. Cells and a,gutter-off. the East I Cape,*bpund north., r . ; TheshipTimaru don pn the. mprni9g of. 3rd lust,,, \rith a><;argp consistihg of 3,004 bales ofVooh ' "*'• -7 dpVij-arrivett'at Lyttelton o h the lS}th, after a most, itrotfact^d/passage/''' . ''The" slup iGleMaarldrnaiied' "fer

; schooner Kauri; ISa^eiJmasfer/«itad for : WeTlingtan on Saturday Uast, vmtli..7.l,bj£ea*wool. The cutter Tay, which sailed for Wairoa on Saturday last, lias been taKeffoff the : S-T,.7 't'i TN/Xl The cutter- Dolphin,..Sclion, ...master,lAvilLlcave , for. ~TOaiyoa^to-inofrow., (Tnesfey) . . accommodation!;’'.7., \ ... ■! The Star,. in. a cargo of siieep fo-diy;andiwUl .steam for Aucklandjthisafternoon. V. ~ | The. cutter .Betsy, J. Trimmer,master, saiiedJpr Auckland on Jast, Vltk £9 ions Commis T 'sariat stores'’and'six passengers. ! v: ’,' . . The,cutters Lady Wynyard and,Bittern, both, ,in ballast,' sailed'on‘Thursday'last--the former for tbe’Great Barrier, and the latter'for Auckland. ' . .The ,cutter, Bose, Austin, master,' sailed . for, Auckland' on ’Friday imornihg. last, with,33' bags ahd3p ; baJes'wboi/ ■'* ' . ‘ ' ! ' , The';.schpoher Prima; Donna,.' Captain. Cook, arrived'at Auckland on, the 27th ultl, 16 days out from Sydnhyi, ' : ' 5 ••’ ‘ -• 1 . .The barqhe Auhe : Melhuish,' Captain Williams, arrived at Auckland on the 29tH / ult.,with a cargo of coal, maize, &c.,frbm ; Newcastle, which'port she left-on the 9th ult.' . : •. - The ‘barque .Prince Begent, a vessel- bruit‘in Portsmouth Dockyard, and launched as long.-ago as 1814, arrived; at. Auckland; on. the 28th ult., from Adelaide, with 2055 bags wneat. • A Melbourne telegram in ■ the. Sydney Herald says The Nelson, of 90 guns, is the ship sc--lected by ; the Jmperial Government as a present to Victoria.’’..., • , ■ The.kefcch Bert), CampheU, .master,’ bound for. Waihue.and .Mohaka, crossed the Wairoa bar on Friday, last, in company with the cutter Dolphin and Mahia. ‘ . We are -glad to learn that Captain. A. C. Turner, formerly of the s.s.. Star of, the Evening, has been appointed to the command, of another steamer in one of the Southern Provinces, . The s.s. Star of the South, Captain BeuthU, may ; be expected' to arrive here to-day, from Welling- ' ton. It is to be hoped she will be the bearer of j the English mail via Panama. 1 'The s.s. Taranaki, Captain Francis, (or Other of the N.Z.S.N. Company’s boats); is due here from ’ Southern : Provinces, with tho English February ■ mail; on Tuesday, 2 ird April, and will leave for Tauranga and Auckland the same day.. ; ‘ ; • -By our Sydney files ;to hand we- learnthat I H.M.S.S. Challenger, Commodore M'Guire, had < left Melbourne for. Sydney; and that H.M.S.S. Esk, Captain Luce, had arrived at Melbourne from Adelaide. ... . .. ’ The, Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company’s ’ new screw steamer City of Aberdeen made recently : the passagefrom London to Aberdeen in 35 hours and 20 minutes. This is the quickest passage that has ever been achieved, The s.s. Lord Asliley, Captain' Worsp, is due here from Tauranga and Auckland on Monday next, 15t!i ihst., aiid will leave for Soutliern’Proviuces the- same day, l carrying the English mails via Suez. The barque’ Alioe : Cameron, : Captain' Carter (formerly of the Kate), left Auckland for Sydney ; on the 27th uit.,-.with general cargo and-58” passengers, her, former master, Captain Nearing, having been chosen to take "the barque Novelty to Loqdon. -

The cutter Elizabeth Ann, Captain. Jackson-, of Auckland, was totally wrecked at theTairua Saw Mills on the 2Brd ult. , It appears that she was crossing the bar, it at the time blowing hard, when ;i heavy sea strnck herl washing her on to the rocks, where she very soon went to pieces. All hands were saved. • 1 ' The barque Kate, Captain Carter, arrived at Auckland on the 2-7tli ult., having left Sydney on the 15th. Among the list of passengers, we noticethe name of Captain W.-Kean, of the wrecked brig Yeans. We are glad to learn.that hs is last recovering his health, which had been, much shaken, owing to fatigue and exposure. The ship Warwick. sailed from. Gravesend for Auckland on the loth .January. Among the cargo, which is.published in the Auckland papers, we notice the following for Napier:— Government stores, as per five hills of lading, 2 packages, Newton, Irvins and. Co.; 7 packages, Neal and Close; T- case, Kenrick Hill. - • ' The clipper barque Dashing Wave has made the run from Bourbod in 3(s.days.. She reports unusually fine weather throughout, the topgallant sails never- having been olf the ship. The following ships were loading for Sydney Maria Gabrielle, to leave about 16flr Tebruary; Giuntamona, and.a Prussian ship of-1000 tons. —Sydney Herald, March : lß. / . , ... ■ ,

The A 1' troop - ship Maori, Captain Boberts, embarked 268 ■ men of the 57th Begiment (being the left wing -of.-.that corps)' at: Auckland oh the 29th ult., and.was to have sailed for London on the. 31st. _ “In parting once more with the good ship Maori,!’ says the Herald, “of the 30th,.“we heartily wish her, Captain Boberts, and lus officers “ God speed,” and a speedy and prosperous passage home.” ■■ " '■ ■ '

. The ship .Eastward Ho, Captain Byrne, , which was in Auckland two year's ago, arrived at .Sydney on the 10th instant, .14-3 days ’oiitfrom New York, in a very crippled "condition, the 'result of 'a' collision" with an-iceberg outhe-79th'day out. The vessel arrived .under jury-rig, and was almost a complete- wreck in consequence'of the collision/ which occurred; off the Cape • of Good Hope.She ajso sailed through fields of ice. ..... ' The ship.Coleroon, under the command of Captain- Montgomery, well- known; and. respected in this colony, when master of the Golcondsi,;arrived in- harbor, tills, morning,, after a pleasant but .-protracted passage from London, having .been detained, three, weeks in. the Channel, and. fallen in with iceb'erjpoff CapVLe'win.,, : She brings some iron piles fijr : - tfcel Wangai&i ; Bridge; a;' miscellaneous eafgo,' and 87 passengers,' of whom 49 are Eng-' lish, 21- Scotch, and ‘l7 -Trrsh. i The'.passengers are all in-. .excellent health,, and speak favorably of the treatment; received during -> the. passage.— .Evening Post, March.3o. ; > ' ! A frightful scene, was witnessed off the harbour off Calais on a recent night.' -.A-Erench vessel got ashore with'nJiOOiyards; of. the:.ead of-.the ;pier, and-it was evident,, lliatj,unless help was rendered the'.crew must, perish. .Several .English seamen manned'a'lifeboat"and' rowed towards tlie.'stranded vessel.,; As 'thby;neared her/" their boat ‘capsised. This.was witnessed-from, the shore;' and" another lifebpat put- off, 'its-crevrsucceeded -in piclongiup 1 8’ out /bf* IS--inen-'whd'had. been- inithe capsised boat/' The -other’, five were ' drowned;--v: Their names-were , : Hopkinson,- ..chief engi-neer-of-the Triton, steamer; IVilson, chief mate. of tlie . Hipneer, -steamer,., ofi Dover,;.. John Lumsdenjqmate pjfvthe .of ( j ; Brig; - John Coggifi/ of “Whitby/ : ahd another ' sailbr; '. whose na mp ihitrakndwff. “The'surmors; : whett ; lakded/ were;- dparly,; djja&-froth' ; p>^ustic)^?;ah^..cbld^

They were grohiptly cdhygred mane Societyis ■,house, 5 and treated with the greatest' tioni Of .the crew; of the only one ; Wfe saved dropped' onennto the sea, and were drohSpfed*;' man was'then token ’out of which; after picking up jthe-'- drowning people:'left'the shore a’third: time, and' -'succeeded in,-gaining the;wreck. Most of:.the English sailors; wh,o were .lost have left wives and; families. The pluck.and gallantry of the excited the most 'enthusiastic admiration of the French populatioh.;;, Theihody of Mr Hopkihsohliaving Been washed 'it 'wad brought honie to Horsleydown; laid ah inquest • held, which;' returned a verdict of “ Accidental Death.”