SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 37, 7 October 1871, Page 10

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVED September. 30, Rose of Eden, schooner, 26 tons, Stevenson, from Picton; K 30 Heversham, barque, 500 tons, xule, from’ Newcastle. Passengers—Messrs g. Grant and son, G. Henderson and son, G. M'Neill and son. October. 1,-Ahuriri, s.s., 131 tons, M'Kinnon, from Napier. Passengers : Cabin —Miss Kinross and servant, Miss Burns, Mrs Karaitiana Takamoana, Hon H. Russell, Messrs Thompson, Jobbins, Carruthers, Taylor, Henochsberg, Barnes ; 7 steerage. 1, Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Wheeler, from Lyttelton and Otago. Passengers: Cabin— Messrs O’Toole, Drummond, Pillans, Patterson, Cameron, Goodwyn, Kennedy, Garside, Draper, Bray, Tancred, Joyce, Jakins, Lamb, Sharney, Flower, Johnstone, Mr and Mrs Warwick and family (5), Mrs Carter, Mrs Brown, Master Brown, Miss Williams and servant, Miss Lindsay, Mrs Craig and 2 children, Mr and Mrs Rose. 2, Go-Ahead, s.s., 84 tons, Doile, from Manawatu. 2, Keera, s.s., Carey, from Napier and Auckland. 4, Alhambra, s.s., 497 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne via the South. Passengers : Cabin —Mrs. Kirk, Miss Leslie, Mrs Godber, Captain and* Mrs Montgomery and 6 children, Messrs Ferguson, Buchain, J, Smith, Mr Dyer and family, and 22 for other ports. 4, Phoebe, s.s., 416, tons, Worsp, fromLyttlelton and Otago. Passengers : Cabin —Mrs Cargill, 2 children, and servant; Messrs G. Bell, Gh Turnbull, Cargill; 6 for North ; 5 steerage. 5, Esther, brigantine, 54 tons, Campbell, from Napier. 5, Onehunga, schooner, 61 tons, Crouch, from Dunedin. SAILED. September. 30, Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Morrison, for Blenheim. 30, Elizabeth, schooner, 33 tons, Short, for Blenheim. October. 1, Wellington, s.s., 261 tons, Kennedy, for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. Passengers : Cabin —Mr 3 and Miss Browning, Miss Palmer, Mrs Rose, Mrs Davidson, Mrs Brown, Miss Campbell, Master Bunny, Master Brown, Dr Irvine, Dr Tripe, Messrs Murdock, Farmer, Broad, Bunny, Whittaker, Pillans, Paterson, Goodwyn, Kennedy, Brown, Jenkins, Lamb, Craig and 2 children, Shanney, Rose, Davidson, Smith (2), Dees, Ah Tong, Brew, 18 Football Club ; 26 steerage. 2, Ahuriri, s.s., 131 tons, M'Kinnon, for Lyttelton. Passengers —Mr and Mrs Taylor. 2, Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Wheeler, for Lyttelton and Otago. Passengers : Cabin — Messrs Carruthers, Coates, Sayce, Broderick, Lewison, Hathaway, Menzies, Currie, J. Smith, Mrs .MTlraith and 2 children, Mr and Mrs Kirton, Kooti te Rapo, Mrs Bennett and 2 children, Mrs Coote and child, Mr Cook and child, Mr Gwynne, Mr Peacock, Mrs Wymes, Mr Graff; 2 steerage. 3, Keera, s.s., Carey, for Lyttelton and Dunedin.

4, Glimpse, ketch, 38 tons, Croueher, for Napier. Passengers —Mrs J. Barry, Mrs J. Croueher.

5, Alhambra, s.s., 496 tons, Underwood, for Nelson, Hokitika, and Melbourne. Passengers: Cabin —Captain Williams, Messrs Palmer, Lawler, Propsting, Bloch. 25, Phoebe, s.s., 416 tons, Worsp, for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. Passengers : Cabin—Messrs Hay, Henderson, Sinclair, Tong, Carmont, Mason ; and 3in the steerage.

The Cerebus, after a lengthened stay at Geelong, returned to Hobson’s Bay Sept. 15. She left Corio Bay at half-past seven in the morning, and was piloted safely across the bay by Mr Nicholson. During the passage several stoppages had to be made in consequence of the tiller rope giving way, and there was the same difficulty in steering which was manifested in the passage down; the best speed attained was nine knots per hour. On the passage an opportunity was afforded of witnessing the working of the double screw, by which the Cerberus can turn in little more than her own length. It appears that the vessel is literally swarming with rats, and to such an extent are these pests destructive, that shortly after leaving Geelong it was discovered that the wheel ropes, which are made of green hide, and measure six inches in circumference, had been gnawed so nearly through that they parted, and new ones had to be rove j they were quite new, the old ones having only been replaced on the day previous. Captain Panter states that had it not been for the detention caused by the parting of the wheel ropes he would have reached Hobson’s Bay much earlier than he did, and he feels confident that the ship can easily steam ten knots. H.M.S. Rosario, 3 guns, Captain Challis, from a cruise, arrived in Sydney on the 17th September. The “ Herald” of the 18th gives the following account of her trip:—H.M.S. Rosario left Sydney at noon on the 2nd inst., with a fair wind, which freshened into a gale towards evening, and arrived at Lord Howe’s Island early on the sth. Here Mr Carron, the naturalist, was landed to collect botanical specimens whilst the vessel proceeded to Elizabeth Reef, which she reached early on the 6th, for the purpose of examining the lifeboat placed there about six months ago. The captain went into the lagoon in a boat, and found her untouched and in excellent condition. He made a notation to that effect, which he placed inside the buoy on the lifeboat’s deck. The wreck of the Douglas on the S.E. extreme of the reef forms a conspicuous mark in making this danger, and it is to be hoped it will long remain there. The Rosario was off Howe’s

Island again on the 7th, but could not communicate until the 9th, when she anchored at 7 p.m. in the N.E. Roadstead. On the 10th and 11th the officers and some of the crew visited the island, which is beautifully fertile, and on the 12th the vessel left for Sydney, Mr Carron having during his week on the island made a most satisfactory collection. During the stay of the Rosario Captain Challis married one couple on board the ship, and christened seven children. Made the laud near Port Stephens on the morning of the 16th, and entered the Heads at 8 p.m. on that day. On Thursday, at noon, a collision occurred some five and twenty miles off the coast, between the tug steamers Paterson and Prince Alfred, resulting in the crippling of the former vessel, whose feathering gear was disabled. There has been for some time past considerable rivalry existing between the masters of the two boats, which belong to different companies ; but as the matter will, we understand, soon be enquired into officially, we refrain from giving any particulars of the occurrence. The news was brought in by the Prince Alfred, with the brig African Maid in tow, alongside which vessel the collision occurred, so that plenty of independent evidence should be forthcoming on the enquiry. As the Paterson was reported to be disabled, the Tamar, belonging to Messrs J. & A. Brown, was immediately despatched to her assistance, and, after being out all Thursday night, towed the crippled vessel into port, arriving at half-past six yesterday morning.—“ Newcastle Chronicle,” Sept. 19. Several of the crew of the schooner John Bullock, which was wrecked at the Richmond River on the 2nd instant, have arrived in Sydney. They report that when the tow-rope broke, the vessel drifted on to the North Head of the Richmond River. Her cargo consisted of 90,000 leet of log pine, and the remainder of the crew stopped by the wreck in order to save all they could of the schooner’s gear. By last mail from Launceston, dated Bth Sept., advices were received in Lyttelton by the agents of the arrival of the brig Speedy at that port (146 days out from Liverpool), where she had put in from stress of weather, and to obtain a few supplies. The captain stated that he would be ready for sea in about a week or ten days, and that the vessel is perfectly tight, and so far in good condition. The ship Asterope arrived in Lyttelton hai’bor on Friday. During the latter part of the passage she encountered some very severe weather. On the 17th August, in lat. 33.41 S., and long. 3.23 W., a very heavy W.S.W. gale sprang up; at 10 a.m. hove the ship to under lower main topsail and foremast staysail ; at 1 p.m. a very heavy sea struck the vessel on the starboard bow, breaking three knees in the forecastle beams, starting topgallant forecastle deck all ovei’, and doing much damage on deck by carrying away everything moveable. Strong westerly winds continued until August 27, increasing on that day to a very heavy gale, with a tremendous sea running clean over the ship fore and aft. On Sept. 2, at 1 a.m., the gale increased in fury when in lat. 43.54 S., and long. 64.20 E., and a sea striking the vessel, broke in the front of the poop, filling the cabin with water, breaking all the fittings, and damaging nearly all the stores —a great quantity of water going down the lazarette. Both upper and lower fore-topsails were split to pieces. The front of the poop was boarded up as well as circumstances would permit. At 7 a.m. another sea struck her, filling the main deck fore and aft, and again carrying away the front of the poop. The “ Madras Mail” of July 10 thus gives particulars ©f a sad shipwreck, of which we had a brief notice in our last English telegram : —“ We regret to learn by special telegram that the Souvenance, which sailed from Pondicherry some months ago with four hundred and fifty coolies on board, for the Antilles, foundered off the Cape of Good Hope at the end of May, and that all on board were lost. The term of the convention between the French and English Governments regarding Coolie emigration having expired before the departure of the Souvenance, an application was made by M. Bontemps, the Governor of Pondicherry, for an extension, but the Madras Government are understood to have refused their assent to the proposal. Whereupon, M. Bontemps made a private reference to Lord Napier, and, it is alleged, obtained his lordship’s sanction to the evasion of the convention. If these rumors are correct, the Secretary of State for India will have to call upon his Excellency for an explanation of the evasion, which has virtually resulted in the loss of nearly 500 lives.”