Maritime Record.

New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1724, 17 September 1862, Page 2

Maritime Record.

The schooner Salcombe Castle, Captain James, arrived in the Manukau, quite unexpectedly, last night. Sailed from Wanganui on the flth inst., and reached the scene of the wreck of the steam ship Lord Worsley on the 10th, at II a.m. ; stood in within a mile of the wreck, and perceived a number of natives on board who, apparently, were unbending the main top-sail. At noon, spoke the schooner Heron; and at the same time sighted another schooner, standing south, supposed to be the Rebecca. At 8 p.m. anchored at New Plymouth ; and at 10 a.m. of the 11th, commenced landing cattle. At 4 p.m., cleared out for Wanganui, wind N.W. At midnight, blowing a hardjgale from the southward, was compelled to bear up and run for the Manukau. The clipper barque Kate, Captain Sherlock, arrived in harbour at 2 a.m. on Saturday morning, after a fine run from Sydney of nine days and a half. Cleared Port Jackson Heads at 9 a.m. of the 3rd inst., in company with the brig Lalla Rookh, bound for this port; experienced a succession of tine weather, winds, varying from N. to N.F. Sighted the Three Kings at 0 p.m. on the 11th, and was off Cape Brett atfi a.m. of the 12th. Sighted no vessels on the passage. The Kate brings a large cargo and some forty passengers, and Captain Sherlock reports he had to shut out a large quantity of cargo as also to refuse a large number of passengeis, and that the Alice Cameron will be a bumper ship. Amongst the passengers by the Kale is Mr. Sallows, who has brought down the plant for starting a quartz machine at Coromandel. The brig Woodlark, Captain McClemens, arrived in Sydney from Wangaroa, on the 21st ultimo. H. M. S. S. Miranda, Captain Jenkins, arrived in Sydney, from the F'jies on the 30th ultimo. The barque Alice Cameron, Captain Barron, arrived in Sydney, on the 29th ultimo, after a passage of fifteen days, and was advertized to sail shortly after the Kate. The Maori, barque, John Muir master, left Newcastle on Wednesday, August 13, bound for Auckland, New Zealand, and had light westerly winds until the Friday, when it came on to blow from the south-west, with a heavy cross sea running, and ship rolling heavily Sprung a leak, threw overboard about 30 tons of coal to lighten her. Found the leak still increasing; deemed it prudent to bear up for Sydney, or any of the nearest ports; hove the ship to on the port tack. On Saturday, ship making more water threw over about 30 tons of coal more. The passengers, were employed pumping in the time of discharging, ship making over 12 inches of water per hour now.— Sydney Herald, August 23. Fearful Collision off Cape Otway —lntelligence reached this city yesterday morning by telegram, detailing the particulars of a collision between the ships Tubal Cain and Constance, 200 miles west of Cape Otway, on the night of the 23rd ultimo. The Tubal Cain, an American ship of 528 tons, commanded by Captain Clarke, left Newcastle on the 2nd July, with a cargo of 1000 tons coal, bound ;or Wallaroo, South Australia, but having encountered very severe weather, in which she lost her bulwarks, &c„ and got the pumps choked, she put into Fort Phillip on the 25th July, for repairs, and sailed again on the 10th August for her destination; she was therefore seven days out when the accident occurred. The Constance, ship, of UOb tons, Captain Hewett, sailed from Swansea on the I4lh May, bound for Melbourne, wirh a cargo of coals, and must have been running for the entrance of the Straits, the wind being fresh from the W.N.W., when the two vessels came into collision, the Tubal Cain on a wind, and the Constance going free. From the report received from the Constance, now in Melbourne, it would appear that the Tubal Cain went down within five minutes,only one man being saved —the Constance losing her bowsprit and foremast. The Tubal Cain was built in 185/, at Bath, in Maine and owned by Mr, E. Cox, of Bath ; her cargo of coals was insured in Mr. Metcalfe’s office for £7OO. Sydney Herald Sept 2. The American barque Sea Shell, 311 tons, was advertised to sail for Auckland direct from Melbourne on the Ist instant. The ship Boanerges, 12A3 tons, Captain J. C. Dunn, was also to leave Melbourne for Otago and Auckland on the 4th instant. This fine ship brought out the second division of the 14th regt. The John Wesley, mission vessel, has made a capital run from the Fijis of thirteen days, and reports H.M.S.S. Miranda as leaving Kandora on the Itith instant, bound for Nandi, all well. —Sydney Herald, August 30. The Carlotta, a Baltimore built barque, of 610 ton?, sailed from New York for New Zealand on the 30ih May. The American barque Ringdove, 306 tons, Captain Holbrook, sailed from Melbourne for Otago and Auckland on the 14th August. The American ship Alfred Lemont, 539 tons, Capt. Murphy, sailed from Melbourne for Otago and Auckland, with 300 passengers, on the 28th August. The clipper ship Queen of the North, Captain Crombie, dropped down harbour on Saturday afternoon, taking her departure for China at an early hour on Sunday morning. H.M.S.S. Harrier, 17 guns. Captain Sir Malcolm MacGregor, Bart., had steam up by daylight on Saturday morning, and took her departure for the South at 7 a.m. She proceeds North about, via Taranaki. The brig Lalla Rookh, Capt. Eddy, which sailed from Sydney in company with the Kate, was signalled in the course of Monday, and arrived in port during the same night. The handsome Arbroath built clipper barque Gleuthee, Capt. Buick, sailed for Wellington yesterday at 2 p.m. The Patras, another of the steamers belonging to Mr. Pearson, mayor of Hull, has been seized by a Federal cruiser. Toe screw steamer Hero of Hull, has arrived safe at Nassau, after successfully running the blockade. The steamship Great Britain discharged her inward cargo of lots) tons, in the short space of twenty one working houis.— August 24.