SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 23, 1 July 1871, Page 10

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVED June. 23 Ruby, schooner, 24 tons, Eraser, from Eaik'oura. Passengers—Messrs Anderson and George. 23, Waihopai, schooner, 43 tons, Evans, from Collingwood. 23, Rangatira, s.s., 174 tons, Renner, from Napier. Passengers : Cabin—Mr and Mrs Cashmore, Miss Gully, Messrs Taylor, Gill, Buchanan, Jobbins, Firth, Axup, and nine m the steerage. ~..,, P 25, Wanganui, s.s., 165 tons, Lmklater, from Lyttelton. Passengers: Saloon—Miss Peters, Mr Shrimpton. 27, Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Wheeler, from Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. Passengers : Saloon—Mr and Mrs Blackett, Mrs M'Lean, Miss Burbush, Judge Richmond, Messrs Campbell, Donald, Wemys, Robinson, Nairn, Smith, Duncan ; 6 in steerage, and 12 for the South: 27th, Nevada, . p.s., 1800 tons, Blethen, from Napier and Auckland. 27, Elizabeth, ketch, 33 tons, Short, from Manawatu. 28, Wellington, s.s, 261 tons, Kennedy, from the South." Passengers : Saloon—Miss Ollivier, Miss M'Donald, Hon. F. D. Bell, Messrs Russell, Whittem, Ollivier, Nicholson, Tame, Bradfoot, Hodge, and 16 in {he steerage. 28, Amateur, ketch, 25 tons, Norgrove, from Patea. SAILED. 23, Rangitoto, s.s., 448 tons, Mackie, for Melbourne via the Southern ports. Passengers : Cabin —Mrs Stevens and two children, Mr Travers, and original passengers. 24, Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Morrison, for Blenheim. Passengers: Cabin—Messrs Ryan and Fabian. 25, Rangatira, s.s., 175 tons, Renner, for the South. Passengers—Three in the steerage. 26, Heversham, barque, 489 tons, Yule, for Newcastle. . 26, Wanganui, s.s., 165 tons, Lmklater, for Wanganui. Passengers: Cabin—Messrs Jobbins, Menzies, Watt, Pharazyn, Morgan, and Hutchison. 26, Lady Bird, three-masted schooner, 220 tons, Holme, for Newcastle, in ballast. Passengers: Cabin—Masters Gannaway and Dransfield. 27, Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Wheeler, for the South. Passengers: Saloon—Messrs Cormack, King, Hialop, and 8 original from the North. 27, Waihopai, schooner, 43 tons, Evans, for Collingwood. 27, Nevada, p.s., 1800 tons, Blethen, for the South. 28, Shepherdess, schooner, 40 tons, Gathercole, for Wairau. 29, Wellington, s.s., 261 tons, Kennedy, for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. Passengers—Messrs Holdsworth, W. Scutt, G. W. Binney, Zohrab, Axup,- Stratton, Crushmore, Wong Ah Che, and sixteen from the South. The ship Edinburgh Castle is now out 117 days from London, and may therefore be expected hourly. The Electra arrived at London from Wellington on April 18. The Firth of Clyde arrived home from Port Underwood on April 24. The Galatea arrived at Portsmouth on the 19th May. The Honolulu " Gazette" says:—The City of Melbourne sailed for San Francisco at two p.m. on June 17, taking from here a few passengers, and about 200 tons of freight, mostly sugar. Judging from the time made on the passage from Sydney by this vessel, it is fair to suppose that she will make one of the quicket passages to San Francisco ever made. She is advertised to leave San Francisco on 20th June. The barque Parana was chartered on the 20th April, at Port Louis, Mauritius, to sail on the 6th May, with a cargo of sugars, for Messrs Dalgety, Nichols & Co., Dunedin, and Christchurch. An Italian line of steamers between Callao and Genoa is established. A large importation of coolies is now being carried on from China to Peru, which, in reality amounts to nothing more nor less than slavery. These men have written agreements to serve eight years on the cotton plantations, &c, but in most cases such documents are merely matters of form, and not worth the paper on which they are written, the poor fellow, when once on board the export ship, having but little chance of seeing his native land again, being kept in constant terror of the lash, life in many cases yielding to its infliction. Mutinies are not uncommon during the passages, and only last month a ship on the way from China to Callao was set fire to by the coolies, of whom there were 400 on board, and more than 300 perished with the ship. A casualty by fire occurred in Callao Bay on the night of the 22nd January. The p.s. Favorite, 1000 tons, of the P.S.N. Company's line was burnt to the water's edge, the fire originating in the spirit room, and spreading with such rapidity that there was hardly time to save the cargo, of which she had some 60 tons on board. A telegram from Port-au-Basque (Newfoundland) says that the ship City of Quebec, from London, bound to Quebec, was wrecked off Dead Island on the night of the 7th May, and is a total loss.,The crew were all drowned. The English ship Queensbury was struck by a swordfish off Kingston, Jamaica, which penetrated to a depth of thirteen inches, causing a leak which will necessitate the discharging of lie cargo. A naval arsenel at Tokiska, Japan, has been inaugurated with great ceremonies. A postal system has also been inaugurated, commencing with th§ route from Kioto to Jeddo.

The schooner Waihopai, Captain Evans, finished discharging her cargo of coals on Monday afternoon, and sailed same night for Collingwood for another cargo of coal. The Waihopai is constantly employed in carrying coal from the Collingwood Coal Company's mine to the various ports in New Zealand. The mine is situated about two and a-half miles from the wharf at Coilingwood. There is an incline of a quarter of a mile from the mine, upon which two waggons work, the full oue drawing the empty one back. From the foot of the incline a good train road has been constructed to the wharf, alongside which small vessels can load. The steamer Lady Barkly uses nothing but Collingwood coal, and it is found to answer well for steam purposes. The Nelson brewers also use it, and speak very highly of it. The Waihopai took a cargo of coal to Wanganui previous to coming here, and sold it for 33s per ton.

A writer in the " People's Magazine" says: Let me try to describe the St. John, which plies on the Hudson. It is 417 feet long, 80 feet wide, and has three decks. It is larger than the largest ocean Cunard steamship. Its ! saloons are furnished as sumptuously as any drawing room, having prints, expensive photographs, stereoscopes, &c, on the tables. It has bedroom accommodation for 600 persons, and will carry, they say, 3000, One saloon, surrounded with cabins, that I looked into, was about 150 feet long, 20 feet high, and lit with magnificent clustered gas chandeliers. The dining rooms are elaborately provided with everything seen in a first-class hotel. Crowds of civil negroes, in spotless white jackets, wait at the tables, which are ornamented with artificial flowers. There are, of course, extensive kitchens, cellars, and ice houses. Ornamental fountains, or taps of iced water, are dispersed through the ship. There are bars, where you can order any kind of drink you please, hairdressers' shops, bookstalls, &c, in these vessels. Large mirrors, soft-piled carpets, the most exquisite cleanliness (even the door of the stokehole was of white panel, with white china handles, and quite clean), entirely remove the idea of your being on board a river steamer. Other appliances for comfort and convenience are perfect. The washing apparatus is as good as that in a London club house. Smoking is strictly prohibited, except in certains portions of the ship. The arrangements for tickets, baggage, &c, are admirable. There is no noise or bustle. I ascended the Hudson to Albany in one of these floating hotels. The pace at which they move through the water is prodigious. With the tide, the one I was in would go twenty-five miles an hour. A telegram from Galle, dated April 17th, says;—The Fitzroy, from London, struck a reef heavily when entering Froemantle, Western Australia, without a pilot ; vessel seriously damaged, but cargo saved with trifling injury. The barque Annie, lately from New York, via Adelaide, is expected to go into the Floating Dock shortly for an examination of her bottom, she having touched the ground on her voyage from Adelaide in the Backstairs passage.—" Daily Times." A number of Maoris visited Port Chalmers on Friday last, and reported that they had been out in search of the whale captured on Friday week, and anchored on account of the weather to the southward of the Heads. Their search proved futile, as not a vestige of the animal was seen. In this instance the whaling company has not only lost the fish, but, in addition, £8 worth of line and other gear. On the last passage of the Gothenburg from Hokitika to Melbourne, Mrs Hay, one of the cabin passengers, gave birth to a female child. There being no doctor on board, Capt. Pearce acted as accoucheur with success. On arrival in Melbourne Captain Pearce was presented with a flattering testimonial, creditable both to himself and officers. The Captain's patient also sent him a handsome scarf ring as an acknowledgment of his kindness and attention. — " Otago Times." As a more tangible acknowledgment of the esteem in which Captain Cowan, of the ship Helenslee, was held by his passengers, that gentleman was presented by them, at Dunedin, on Wednesday week, with a handsome albert chain of New Zealand gold with a greenstone pendant attached. The Indians of Terra del Fuego have murdered the captain and three sailors of the Propentes, brig, while in the Straits of Magellan. Through the accidental calling of a New Bedford whaler, the Xanthos, at the island of Tristan d'Acuna, lying nearly midway between the Cape of Good Hope and the coast of Brazil, the fate of a missing ship, the Beacon Light, which left Liverpool for Baltimore on the 13th January, 1870, has been ascertained. The ship took fire, and the crew took to the boats, one of which reached the island in question, after making a voyage of 400 miles. There is, however, something strange in the vessel having been so far out of her track to be within the distance stated of Tristan d'Acuna. The steame* Wisconsin, which arrived in the Mersey from New York recently had on board no less than sixty-five tons five cwt of silver coin, principally Mexican dollars, a large portion of which are intended for this country, and the remainder for the Continent. The specie was despatched in fourteen closed railway waggons to London for distribution at the Bank of England among the consignees.— " Times." The number of apprentices bound and registered in British ships was 4613 for the year 1869; half the number were bound for four years, about 1000 for less than four years, and the remainder for more. The number decreases—ln 1867 it was 5444; and in 1868, 4975. Thirteen hundred marine torpedoes have just been delivered at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, by the manufacturers at Rochester. Each torpedo of the largest size is calculated to contain 500 lbs of gun cotton ; the second aize contains 2051b5, and the third lOOlbs. They are said to be formidable missiles,

The ship Chelsea has been purchased by Mr H. H. Hall. She will be at once despatched to Levuka (Fiji), where she will be used as a hulk for the storage of coals for the use of the Californian mail steamers. She has capacity for 2CCO tons of coal, but, having three decks, might also become available as a floating warehouse for cotton, or other produce, thus admitting of ready transhipment. —" S. M. Herald" June 1.

We understand that Captain Barrick has been appointed to act as Marine Surveyor at the islands comprising the Fijian group, on behalf of the various insurance offices in Sydney—lbid. The yaeht Cambria has been purchased from Mr Ashbury by Mr J. H. Johnston, of St. Osyth's Priory, Essex. Mr Johnston has hitherto been known in yachting circles as the owner of the Audax.

Mr Ashbury's schooner yacht Livonia was successfully launched on April Bth at Cowes. The ceremony of christening was performed by the Mayor of Brighton. After the launch Mr Ashbury entertained a very select party at luncheon at the Fountain Hotel. The opinion of all who witnessed the launch of this fine vessel was that she would prove the fastest vessel in the world. The builder, Mr Ratsey, was highly complimented on the design and workmanship of the vessel. Considerable interest has been manifested at the launch of the new yacht Dreadnought at the yard of Messrs Poillon, of New Xbrk. The ostensible owner, Captain Samuels, is wellknown in yachting circles, and it is understood that the Dreadnought has been specially built to compete with Mr Ashbury's new yacht, the Livonia. The design is Capt. Samuels' own, and great hopes are entertained that the Dreadnought will prove one of the fastest yachts afloat. It is rumored that this beautiful craft is the property of James Fisk, junior, of Erie fame; but he will not appear in character of owner until her trial trip proves that Capt. Samuels' anticipations of a swift vessel are placed beyond a doubt. The Megsera, with the crews of the Rosario and Blanche, arrived safely at Madeira, and was in that harbor on March 22. The officers and men complain loudly of the discomfort in the overcrowding of the ship. The Flying Squadron, under Rear-Admiral Seymour, was expected at Bermuda early in May. The brig Carl, the eleventh vessel of the line of Polynesia packets, cleared the Heads on Thursday last, bound for the Fiji and New Hebrides Islands. She had a number of passsengers, amongst whom wore a good many ladies and children proceeding to Suva city in order to settle down on the lands they have acquired from the Polynesia Company. The Carl takes down a fine cutter on deck as a tender for the vessel whilst cruising amongst the islands, also a number of horses, cattle. &c.— ,c Argus," June 13. When the clipper ship Wild Deer, from Glasgow, was signalled as off the Heads, " All well on board" was exhibited, followed by "Wanted a steam tug," to which the tug G-eelong responded, went outside, and brought the ship up on the flood. The Wild Deer left the Tail of the Bank, Greenock, on the 23rd of March, and parted with her pilot on the following day off Rathlin Island. Experienced moderate weather and light N,E. trades to the Equator. The S.E. trades were favorable, and followed by westerly and southerly breezes. Crossed the meridian of Greenwich on the 9th of May, and that of the Cape on the 13th. Her easting was run down on a general parallel of 46 ° S., and with the exception of a heavy easterly gale off the Crozets was characterised by westerly winds ; she passed to the southward of the Snares, and the first land that was sighted was the Nuggets. The Deer brings a large cargo of general merchandise and a number of passengers, including several assisted immigrants. The ship comes into harbor clean and tidy alow and aloft, reflecting credit on her master and officers.—" Otago Daily Times."

The barque Anna, from New York, United States, via Adelaide, arrived off the Heads on Saturday morning last, and was brought up on the afternoon flood by Pilot Paton, with a light fair wind. The barque left New York on the 25th January, and made a good passage of twenty-four days to the Equator. Favorable winds were then experienced till reaching the 111th degree of longitude, when she encountered a terrific easterly gale for forty-eight hours, during which she sent down her topgallant roasts, and hoveto under lower maintopsail and balanced reefed mizen. Fine weather followed to arrival at Adelaide, on the 21st April. Discharged cargo, and left for this port on the 24th May. Experienced fine weather to off Tasmania ; from thence had a continuance of easterly gales, until sighting the south-west corner of Stewart's Island ; then variable light winds to arrival.—lbid. THE SHIP ENGLAND. This vessel is now full of cargo and passengers, and will sail the first fair wind. The following is the recapitulation of her cargo: —984 bales wool, 103 do skins, 207 do flax, 87 pkgs tallow, 392 hides, 60 kegs butter. 6 casks preserved tongues, and bones, horns, and hoofs, 2 cases curiosities, 1 do opossum rug, 3 do specimens, 2 do effects, 100 roots ferns, Levin & Co ; 22,500 feet timber, 51 kegs butter, Harrington ; 370 bales wool, 111 pkgs tallow, 1 case curiosities, Pearce ; 192 bales wool, 7 do skins, Bethune and Hunter ; 187 do wool, 714 do flax, 178 pkgs tallow, Krull & Co; 575 bales wool, 1 do skins, 1 do flax, 33 pkgs tallow, Johnston & Co j 28 bales wool, 47 kegs butter, Joseph & Co; 30 bales wool, 1 do skins, 21 do flax, W. Taylor ; 60 do wool, Stuart & Co ; 73 do do, 1 do skins, Rhodes ; 1 do wool, 1 do rags, Stevenson; 3 cases shells, 14 bags bones, Berger ; 3 bales wool, 7 pkgs tallow, 14 kegs butter, Young ; 1 bale wool, 28 pkgs leather, Hirst; 5 bales flax, 12 pkgs tallow, 5 kegs nails, 1 case paint, Gibson; SI bales wool, 2 do skins, 88 do flax, 11 casks

tallow, 9 kegs butter, 80 sacks wheat, 1 case beeswax, 1 do merchandise, Turnbull and Co. Total —2535 bales wool, 115 do skins, 1036 do flax, 439 pkgs tallow, 130 kegs butter, 28 pkgs leather, 80 sacks wheat. Total value, £44,002. NOTICE TO MARINERS. A notice to mariners with reference to the Port Ahuriri light is published for general information : On and after the Ist day of July, 1871, a fixed red and white light will be exhibited from a mast on the western extremity of the Eastern Spit, Port Ahuriri, and will be seen on the following bearings from seaward : Red—From S.E. by S. to S. by E £E. White—From S. by E.fE. to S.W. by S.±S. Red—From S.W. by S.£S. to S.W.JS. The light will be about twenty-seven feet above high water, and should be visibb, in clear weather, about nine nautical miles, allowing ten feet for the height of the observer's oye. The Pania rock is in the centre of the southwestern red light, which will be seen one quarter of a mile (nautical) on each side of the rock. Vessels approaching from the northward should keep in the white light. Masters of vessels coming from the southward will find this light no guide for them, and must use all precautions as heretofore to avoid the rocky patch called the Auckland rock, which has only fourteen feet on some portions of it at low water springs; This patch extends at least one cable to the southward of the black buoy which is moored off the northern edge of the patch, and which lies in five and three-quarter fathoms at low water springs. A l ', bearings are magnetic.