SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 5, 25 February 1871, Page 10

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

11 ABB I V E D. fBBBUABY. 19, Lord Ashley, 496 tons, -Captain An-: dretrs, fromAuckland* Tauranga, and Napier,. 7 -v. '> ■ •h _ SI, Alarm, ketch, 16 tons, Callow, from _ .i J f.i 1 M • Bangitikei. 21/ Wanganui, s.»;, 165 tons, Linklater; from Wanganui. • ! '; \ 23,* Fbobe, s.s., 416 tons, Worsp, from the South.; 23,. Gothenburg, s.s., 416 tons, Pearce, from’ Melbourne via the South. SAILED.

18, Bangatira, s.s., 174 tons, F. Kenner, for - < -r _ ' • f b. 18, ( Ruby, schooner, 30 tons, Frazer, lor Kaikbura. . 18; Huon Belle, ketch, 42 tons, Saunders, frrPatea. i 18, Day Dawn, cutter, 24 tons, Pritchard, for Ejiipoi. 18, Kate, schooner, 26 tons, Jenkins, for Manawata., 20th, Lord Ashley, s.s., Andrews, for tbe South 1 - r? ! 20, Dawn, cutter, 21 tons, Henderaop, for Iffanawatu.

The number of wrecks reported in Great Britain during the last week in Dec. was 56, Making for the whole year. 1,933. Captain,Short bf the schooner Success, reports to. the “ Cross” the following whalers tying at*Norfolk Island when he left-The Horsmanley, with 600 barrels sperm oil and 1,600 barrels whale oil; the Morning Light, with! 20 barrels Bperm oil (since leaving the Bay of Islands) ; the Robert Towns, with 10 tuns sperm oil and. 10 tuns black oil j the Onward, with 9 tuns sperm oil (since January 14) ; the Fanny Fisher, empty. The “Thames Advertiser” says that the •onstruction of the beacons and lighthouses between Auckland and the Thames is being pushed forward with despatch. The first framework has been already erected. A Thames newspaper says that the inconvenience- arising from breakages of the tele* graph wire extending from the Thames ,to the Piako is now obviated. The poles on either side have been lengthened 15 feet, which will afford ample .room for the passage of vessels of any tonnage underneath the wires. ! - f Three largo iron ships are now building at the yard of Messrs.'Samuda Brothers, in the Isle Q&Dogs, on Russian account. Although ostensibly intended for the commercial marine, it is Baid these vessels could be easily converted into ships of war. . The Tararua, when bringing lip on Friday last, lost her anchor and a few fathoms of cable. This was owing to the man who had charge of the compressor letting it down whilst the vessel had weigh, and the sudden check snapDed the cable.—*” Timaru Herald,” Feb. 15. Mr James Scott has succeeded so well with bis new patent ship-lift dock project as to be able to form a company in Sydney for carrying on the concern. The shares have been all taken up, and tenders are invited for; building the dook, according to plans prepared. the cutter Mahia met with a slight; accident. She was going out to the barque Santiago with a load of wool, when she got ashore on the Bangatira bank. The sea was breaking over the bar at the time, and the cutter’s: boat, was washed with violence against the side of the vessel, smashing in three of her stanchions, besides doing other domage. About 30 bales of wool were completely wetted through with salt water.— HawfceY Bay “ Times,” Feb. 14. The clipper ship ■ Windover has made the fastest passage this season. She left Foochoo on the Ist September, passed Anjer at 2 a.m. of the 27th September, reached the Downs on the 7th December, and was docked in the West India Dock, London, at 10 a.m. of the Bth. December—thus making the passage to the Downs in 96 days, and to the London Dock in 97 days. The Sir Lancelot was docked on the 104th day from Foochoo ; the Thermopyl» on the 105th day from Foochoo. The Windhover was built at Glasgow last year by Messrs Charles Connell <fc Co, and is owned by Mr James Findlay, Westfield, Greenock. A Parliamentary return just issued shows that 31 slave vessels were captured on the East Coast of: Africa between the 10th Feb; and the 27th May last year, by which 1,102 slaves obtained their liberation. Philadelphia is endeavoring to organise a line of four steamers to connect with Liverpool, and probably will be successful. The Pennsylvania Bailroad, the trade of which will chiefly be benefited by such a line, promises, when the charter.is obtained for the company from the Pennsylvania Legislature, the minimum capital to be -700,000 dots., that it will subscribe to the sjtock of the corporation to the extent of 400,000 dols., the stock remaining, 300,000 dots., to be taken by private subscru bers. The steamers are to be .of iron, and built in the'United States.— 1 “ Times” correspondent. :' • ■ '' For some days various reports of mahogany floating off the East Coast' of' England have reached Lloyd’s, from which it appeared evident that some vessel so laden had been lost, but no clue to the identification of the' vessel was received until yesterday. The marks on two- logs >which hare >een picked up and landed at London, and on logs picked up and landed atGreatymrwouth, have been identified as having been part of the cargo of the ship tftwm Cbiltepec m- Mexico, with mabogahy, to: .Newcastle, apd which vessel, since she was off Beecliy Head on the 11th, of last mOnth.Kaa not been heard The 'Aglae' was' fornaerly named the Hugh Bailment, by which name- she 'iti perhaps better knownlthito by that of the Aglae. She was built in Barnstaple in 1850, and ie/enetared as the property of Mesire «yty A Go>t 8$ Glwgoif jKpUr

A report has reached ui, from whatwe believe to’be reliable sources, that the sailing ship Silver Eagle, having on board the headquarters and right wing of the 2nd Battalion: 18th Royal Irish, hai been wrecked off Cape ; Horn while on her voyage to England from Australia!. Wo are pleased to learn that no lives were lost, though none of the baggage of the troops was saved.—“ United Service Ga*; zette.” WRECK OF THE S.S. AIREDALE AT I TUNIWHA POINT. It was our painful task to have tb x register in our extra, published on Tuesday last, the loss'/of the Circular:Saw Company’s steamship Airedale, of which we now furnish further particulars. The Airedale loft Manakau on the previous day, at 2.30 p.m. with the English mail via San Francisco, and about 20 passengers. She orossed the Manakau bar about 5 o’clock, and proceeded at full speed to this port. T,he weather was clear until sunset, when it grew cloudy, with rain, and continued to tliicken to intense darkness that defied the recognition of the nearest objects on board. Between 3 and 4 in the morning, all on board we'rb alarmed by a tremendous shock: the vessel had struck, but the murky glqom surrounding prevented ascertaining the locality, and’all on board were troubled with gloomy anticipations, for the ship lurched heavily, and at any moment might shift into deep water and take all on board to a watery grave. The first rush of water put out the fires in the engineroom, and the berths in the saloon were a foot deep in water, proving how extensive the damage to the vessel must be. Guns were fired, but there was no reply from the shore, andl the coming day was looked for with deep anxiety. During the interval the mail bags were got up from the hold ; they were all saturated. Dawn found the crew at this work, when it was discovered that the vessel was on a reef of rocks, nepr Tuniwha point, about a mile and a half north of Waitara. As daylight came Captain Kennedy ordered a boat to be got ready, and the chief officer and Mr H. Bailey of the Post Office, were dispatched, to the Waitara with directions to proceed at once to town and make the accident known to the authorities. Captain Grundy, with the crew ot the Industry, at once went to the scene of the disaster, and brought ashore Mr and Miss Gledhill, the Rev. Mr Reid, a lady and a little girl. Mr Halse, who happened to be at his residence at Waitara, found horses for Mr Bailey, and the chief officer, and hospitably entertained the passengers. The agent for the vessel, Mojor Brown, and Mr W. S. Atkinson, Lloyd’s agent, proceeded to the wreck, when a .survey was held. The Phoebe returned about 4.30 o’clock, bringing those gentlemen, the passengers, several of the officers and crew, also* the English mail, oavgo, and so many things as could be taken on board.- A detachment of A. C. were directed to encamp at Tuniwha bay to protect any part of the vessel or cargo that might be washed ashore. Subsequently, the captain, officers, and cargo boats, are landing all that it'is possible to save from the wreck while the fine weather lasts. The anchors and chains, sails, &c, are landed, as well as the cargo, which has been got out at low water, but mostly sea dam-vgod j the tide ebbs and flows through all the compartments, five in number, proving how exensive the mischief to her has been. As the tides are receding, it is considered possible that even the propeller shaft may be got out; in -fact everything but the boiler. The donkey engine is at work, and will no doubt be saved when the engines are out. But little of what has been saved of the wreck could probably bo utilised here, or beneficially sold in the interests of those whom it may concern, until it has been made known in Auckland. As regards the cargo saved, it may be different.—“Taranaki News” 16th inst.