Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 65, 30 March 1868, Page 79

Shipping Intelligence.

P 0 R T 0 E NAPI ER.

ARRIVALS. • '■ HAUCH'.’ 23 Blackball, ketch,- from; Lyttelton 24- hrigantine, from Newcastle 27 Afiuriri, s.b./from Auckland 28— Esther, brigantine, from Wellington 28— Lord Ashley,. s.s., from Southern Ports DEPARTURES.*, . ’MABCH. ■ 21—Agnes, cutter, for Poverty Bay 21—Hero, schooner, for Wairoa 23 Elizabeth and Plvaria Cameron, schooner, for Wellington / - 24- cutter, for Porangahau and Welling--29 Ahuriri, b.s., for Southern Ports ; VESSELS EXPECTED. Annie, schooner, from Porangahau Betsy, cutter, from Poverty Bay Hero, schooner, from Wairoa Meteor, schooner, from Tairua Saucy Lass, schooner, from Mercury Bay Star of the South, s.s., from Auckland—hourlY Success, schooner, from Lyttelton from Auckland via Mercury Wellington, 8.5., from Auckland, Monday, 13th April VESSELS IN BARBOR. Blackball, ketch, from Lyttelton Cleopatra, p.s., from Wairoa (repairing) Dolphin, cutter, from Wairoa Esther, brigantine, from Wellington. 1 Maggie, brig, from Hobart Town Mary Edson, barque, from Port Chalmers Sea Gull, brigantine, from Newcastle PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Foe London— Mary Edson, barque, about the 7th April Tatjkanga and Auckland— Lord Ashley, b.s , this day Wellington— Blackwall, ketch, this day Hokitika— star of the South, s.s., early Yokohama (Jatan), via Newcastle, N.S W . Maggie, brig, early PASSENGER LIST. INWAEDS. In the Ahuriri—Miss Smallwood, Messrs Busbv Davis, Robinson, and French. y In the Esther—Mr and Mrs John Campbell In the Lord Ashley—Mrs Knowles and infant, Rev. Mr Williams, Capt. and Mrs Russell and servant, Mrs AH. Bussell, Misses Bussell (3) Mr and Mrs Hackett. Ms Honor 0. D. R. Ward, Messrs Thompson, Turnbull, Bishop, Skult, Dobbie and Robertson. ENTERED INWARDS.

MAHCH. 23—Blackwall, ketch, 26 tons, Munro, from Lyttelton.with (transMpped ex Matoaka, from London) 36 bundles wire, 18 kegs nails, 11 casks 2 qr-easks, 35 drums, 14 cases, Watt Brothers • 34 cases, 95 cases, 21 cases, 50 cases, 9 qr-casks, Stuart and Co; 1 case, Birch; 1 parcel, Willis,—Kinross and Co., agents. 28—Ahuriri, s.s., 121 tons, Flowerday, from Auckland, .with (ex warehouse and under bond) 3 qr.-casks, 10 cases, 1 octave, 1 hhd., Knowles • 6 half-chests tea, 3 chests tea, Robjohns ; (free and duty paid) 1 pkg drapery, Robjohns; 8 cases, Kinross & Co.—Kinross & Co., agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. march. 21—Agnes, cutter, 2SLtons, Carbiss, for Poverty Bay, with a general cargo of merchandise and 109 sheep, Watt Bros.—Watt Brothers, agents. 21—Hero, schooner, 20 tons, Gamant, for Wairoa, with miscellaneous cargo.— G. Richardson agent. ’

23—Elizabeth and TJlvaria Cameron, schooner, p ameron « for Wellington, with ; 51 bales 9 half-bales, 38 hags, and 1 pkge wool, Stuart and Co; 18 bales wool, Kinross and Co.—Kinross & Co, agents.

24—Mahia, cutter, 20 tons, Baxter, for Porangabau and Wellington, with (New Zealand produce and duty paid and free goods) 15 bags flour, 7 do grass seed, 3 bundles wire, 2 hags salt, 26. bags sugar, 3 half-chests tea, 3 camp ovens, 1 case oilmen’s stores, 1 box soap, 1 cask rice, 1 parcel, 1 truss drapery, 2 pkgs nails, 1 fork handle, 16 bags potatoes, 49 bags wool, Kinross & Co.—Kinross & Co, agents.

27—Blackwall, ketch, 26 tons, Munro, for Wellington, with 68 hales wool, Kinross and Co.— Kinross and Co., agents.

The ketch Blackwall, Capt. Munro, left the port of Lyttelton on Tuesday, 17th March, hut adverse weather being experienced shortly after, ran into Port Levy, where she remained until the following night, when she left for Napier, with the wind strong from the S.W., from which quarter it continued to blow until sftie made the Kaikouras Passed through Cook’s Straits with the wind from NJB. Rounded Cape Palliser on Friday, wind strong from the southward. Passed round Cape Tumagain on Saturday,—wind from the westward Rounded (Jape Kidnapper on Sunday evening hut the wind again chopping’round to the southward and the night very dark and thick, came to an anchor until morning, when she proceeded to Ntfpier, coming to an anchor in the rpads at 1 p.m on Monday, 23rd March, and entering the Iron Pot at 5 p.m. The Blackwall is a centre-board vessel built in Hobart Town, and is said to. he a first-rate sea-boat. - She brings a large general cargo for this port, transhipped ex Matoaka, from London The brigantine Sea Gull, Captain Rodgers, left Newcastle, N.S.W., at 8 an. on Wednesday, 4th March, with a light southerly wind; and for eight days a continuation of light variable airs from all points of the compass were encountered. Sighted the Three Kings on St..Patrick’s Day; and had ught winds cand fine weather along the coast Rounded the East Cape on the 21st March, and Portland Island on the. evening of the 23rd Brought up in the roadstead on Tuesday morning’ last, and entered the Iron Pot same night. Sighted no vessels throughout the passage. The Sea Gull brings about 160 tons coals, consigned to Mr J LeQuesne. The s.s. Ahuriri, Capt. Flowerday, left Auckland at 6 p.m. on 25th, with fine northerly weather • rounded East Cape at 8 p.m. on Thursday, arriving iu the roadstead at 4 pm. on Friday last, and entering the Iron Pot at 5.30 p.m. We have to thank the steward, Mr White, for files of Auckland papers. The s.s. Ahuriri steamed for Southern Ports at 9 o’dock.yesterday morning, -with cargo and passengers. * Tne s.s. Lord Ashley, Capt. Worst), with the English mail via Panama on board, arrived in port at 2 p.m. yesterday. She left Wellington on Saturday, 29th inst.. at 1.30 p.m., and had light winds with, fine weather up the Coast. . The * bLW Rad a great number of passengers and about 70 tons of cargo for this port. She will steam for Tauranga and Auckland this morning at 11 o’clock. The hngantine'Esther, Captain James Campbell, arrived in port on, Saturday afternoon with cargo and passengers from Wellington via Castle Point The schooner Elizabeth and Ulvaria Cameron left for Wellington on Monday last, with a cargo of wool The schooner Hero.sailed for Wairoa on Saturday last; with general cargo. The cutter Agnes sailed for Poverty Bay on Saturday last, with a general cargo and 109 sheep.

The schooner Success, Captain Trimmer, hence, arrived at Lyttelton on the 14th inst. The BJi. Wellington, is due here from on Tuesday, 31st March, and will Bteam for Southern Ports on Wednesday, Ist ApriL The cutter Mahia, Baxter, master, left for Porangahau and Wellington on Tuesday last with a quantity of storqs for the former place, and 49 bales wool for Wellington. . - .as., advertised to arrive on the •V 3lat inst., will not now arrive till the 13th April, and will steam for Wellington on the 14th.v The schponerMetepr, Capt. Stuckey, sailed from Auckland oixthe 23rd inst. for Napier, and East

. The Schooner Saucy Lass, Oapfc. D. H. M’Ke'nzie, sailed from Auckland on the. 22nd inst. -for Mercury Bay, where she, will sMp 20,000 feet of timber for Napier.

. No sign of the Star of the South as we go to press.' ... ’

The following is a list of the ships-loading' at London, for New Zealand, corrected to first Februojy; —For Auckland—Racehorse, Seward; Constance/EUlot: for Canterbury—-Ooleroon, Montgomery; for Nelson—Algernon, Otty: for Otago r 5 ,T?«? 1< ?!i a ’ Carr; A 3mere,Pugh;Niphon, Baker: for Wellington—Gertrude, Phease. At Glasgow the Carbiou, Mitchell, was loading for Port Chalmers.

The Southland News, of the 16th lilt, says:— By the arrival of the Fanny, Captain Aker, we are Y 1 .P° saes i! I{m intelligence respecting the Amherst, Capt. Gilroy, and the Search Expedition, in charge of Mr Henry Armstrong. The Amherst, after a fair passage arrived at Port Ross, about, the 2nd February. The Fanny, at this time, was at anchor in Camp Cove, Camley Harbor, and her crew were much surprised on the arrival (on, the tlie Amherst’s two boats, in charge of Capt. Gilroy and Mr Armstrong.’ They reported hating come round the west coast, the General Grant was wrecked, out naa. faded to discover any vestiges of the sMp or to identify the exact locality of the place where £ hey erected a flagstaff on the folPeninsula, and doubtless stores in the hut before proceeding to Saddle Inlet, where they intended to form another depot m accordance with instructions, and then proceed from Port Ross to Campbell’s and Antipodes Islands. In all their wanderings in- search or seal—which have to he hunted far inland, denae scrub, as well as on the beaches, thei Fanny’si people have found no traces of other castaways than those already known to have so long inhabited the island. ~ T^ e n Ho^itika sta L of the 29th February, gives the following account of an accident on the Hokitika bar: It is our melancholy duty to report a very sad aud fatal accident which occurred on the bar to-day, caused by the capsizing of a boat which was attempting to cross about an hour before high water, and by wMcb two men lost tbeir hves. It appears that, tempted by the smoothness of the sea this morning, a party of four men went off in one of the river-boats, for the purpose or fishing in the roadstead. The wind being calm, break was crossed without difficulty, and they had been at their occupation about two hours, when the wind became much fresher, and gradual a strong breeze set iu from the southward, and the sea began to rise. Seeing these indications, the boat turned towards the shore, the sail hoisted, and ail haste made to reach the river before the bar became impassable, in wMch, how®7 or > they did not succeed, for ere the boat entered the surf a very considerable sea was breaking on the shore. They,- however, pushed for the bar, ssill keeping the sail set; scarcely had they entered tne break when her sail was observed to flap in the wind, and, coming broadside on to the sea, she immediately broached-to and capsized, floating keel upwards, the whole of the crew were precipitated into the water, hut managed to get on the bottom of the boat, where they clung with the tenacity of men struggling for their lives. However, the boat having by this time drifted well into the surf, this refuge soon became barely tenable, as the sea was making clean breaches over the heads of the unfortunate crew, each of whom was repeatedly washed off, and sometimes the whole of them were straggling in the water at one . time to regain tbeir unsafe hold of the boat’s keek On one of these occasions the first man was drowned, as on Ms comrades regaining their hold he was immediately missed. Another was swept off, and was so exhausted that he was pnahle to get to the boat again. He shouted to his mates— ■' I am sinking! ” but they could afford no assistance. The steamer Lioness, wMch vessel was coining inside with the Lizzie Coleson in tow, at once told her to anchor, and made all speed to the scene, hut unfortunately her progress was impeded by the tow-line,, Meanwhile, the Favorite was also coming in from tendering the Egmont, ahd seeing the Lioness heading for the bar with a tow, had eased steam to allow her to pass in first, hut, becoming aware of the accident, she bore down with despatch. Her arrival preceded that of the Lioness, owing to the latter being encumbered with the tow-line, and she, finding that her services were forestalled, immediately returned to her charge. We are informed by an eye-witness, a member of our staff, who happened to he on board the steamer, that three men could he descried on the boat’s bottom from the steamer, but when the next wave had swept over the men, but two of them were visible. These she succeeded in saving; and brought them ashore. The names of the two men who were drowned are Richard Boyt and Daniel Proud; the latter some time ago formed one of the harbor hoat’s-crew. During the afternoon the bodies of the two men were recovered, they having been washed ashore about a mile north of the bar. and were taken by the police to the Oddfellows’ tt».ii to await the inquest. We learn that one of the unfortunate men eaves a wife and family to mourn his los3.