SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 51, 13 January 1872, Page 10

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVED. 4, Alarm, ketch, 15 tons, Callow, from Rangitikei. , 4, Huon Belle, schooner, 42 tons, Saunders, from Rangitikei. 5, Camille, barque, 385 tons, Tucker, from Newcastle, N.S.W. 6; Albion, s.s., 591 tons, M'Lean, from Napier and Auckland. Passengers : CabinMrs Boyd, Mrs Fellinghain, Mrs Cheesman, Mrs Ross, Miss Allington, Mrs Bell, Hon A. Gr. Tollemache, Messrs Tanner and Bannatyne. 6, Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Morrison, from Blenheim. Passengers —Mr and Master Litchfield, Mrs Dobson and family, Messrs Moorebouse and Carkeek. 6, Ruby, schooner, 35 tons, Eraser, from Kaikoura. 6, Taranaki, s s., 299 tons, E. Wheeler, from Lyttelton and Otago. Passengers: Cabin—Mrs Gribbs, Miss Haithin, Messrs Irvine, M'Neale, Marshall, Graff, G-irdlestone, W. H. Clayton, Menzies, Edmondson, Wake, Bonham, Beltingham ; 5 steerage. 6, Shepherdess, schooner, Thompson, from the Coast. 6, Heversham, barque, 489 tons, Yule, from Newcastle. 7, Ocean Wave, three-masted schooner, Griffith, from Lyttelton. 7, Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Renner, from Napier and the East Coast. Passenger—Miss Massedon. 9, Wanganui, s.s., 164 tons, Lmklater, from Wanganui. Passengers : Cabin —Mrs Warwick and child, Mrs Perston and son, Mrs Aiken and 3 children, Miss Read, Miss Thomson, Miss Mathiesoh, Miss Morgan, Messrs Morgan, Allan, Belvie, Mowbray, Bayley, and Finnimore; 5 steerage. 10, Wellington, s.s., 262 tons, Kennedy, from Taranaki and Manukau. Passengers : Cabin —Mrs Burns, Miss Cooper, Miss Brock, Mrs Coates, Messrs Nation, Kaye, Bond, Carson, M'Masters, Wiggins, and 17 for Southern ports. 10, Go-Ahead, s.s., 84 tons, Doile, from Wanganui. Passenger—Mr Fitzgerald. 10, Tararua, s.s., 524 tons, Hagley, from Melbourne via South. Passengers : CabinMr, Mrs and Miss Kebbell, Mr and Mrs Reeve, Misses Reeve (2), Miss Herbert, Mrs Barren, Miss Herberte, Messrs Ward, Christie, Durand, Reeve, Bull, Knowles, Thyne, Thompson (2), Harris, Lloyd, Mrs Thompson ; 28 saloon and 16 steerage for other ports. 10, Elizabeth, schooner, 33 tons, Short, from Manawatu. 10, Queen Bee, ship, Dent, from London. Passengers: Eirst Cabin—C. E- Gulliver, R.N.; Mrs Gulliver and child, Mrs Carruthers and child, Mrs Dickens, Messrs Cowie, Miller, English, Delaney, Chacfield, Brown, Witherby. Second Cabin—Mr and Mrs Reeves and 3 children, Mrs Collins, Miss With, Mrs Eraser, Messrs Grundy and Reed. Third Cabin—Mrs Locket and 4 children, Mr and Mrs Wollind and 7 children, Mrs Lee and child, Mrs Nolan and child, Mrs Richards, Miss Borrodaile, Eliza Hollywood, Messrs E. Bennett, G. Bennett, W. Bennett, and E. T. Bennett, John Eraser, T. Brown, W. Denis, N. Carew, J. M. Hold, G. Woodroofe, John Hollywood, R. M'Cormick, and A. Langley. 11, Esther, brigantine, 46 tons, Campbell, from Elafc Point. 11, Enterprise, schooner, 84 tons, Gathercole, from East Coast. 11. Phoebe, 5.5,416 tons,Worsp, from Pieton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. Passengers : Cabin —Master Ferguson, Miss Wootten, Mrs Jackson, Mrs M'Kay, Mrs Strainer, Miss Blackett, Mrs Canning and child, Mrs Brown, Mrs Lockett, Misses Locketfc (3), Master Lockett (2), and servant, Mrs M'Rae, Miss Aitken, Mrs Merritt, Miss Dodson, Mrs Woolfe, Master M'Donald, Messrs Edwin, Ferguson, Sinclair, Stafford, Burne, Sullivan, Smith, Langton, Marks, M'Carrow, Leary, Hebberly, Craig, Kief, and 22 for South. SAILED. 5, Esther, brigantine, 46 tons, Campbell, for Fiat Point. 5, Amateur, schooner, 25 tons, Norgrove, for Pieton. 5, Luna, p.s., 200 tons, Eairchild, for Wanganui. Passengers —Hon D. M'Lean, Colonel Moule, and 20 Armed Constabulary. 6, Albion, s.s., 591 tons, M'Lean, for Melbourne via Lyttelton and Otago. 6, Annie, barque, 4i9 tons, James, for London. Passengers: Mr Mil ward and six children. 8, Dawn, cutter, 20 tons, Craig, for Manawatu. 8, Huon Belle, schooner, 42 tons, Saunders, for Ran gitikei. 8, Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Wheeler, for Pieton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manakau. Passengers—l 7 Circus Troupe, Messrs Crowther and Alfrey. 8, Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Renner, for Lyttelton, Passengers : Cabin—Mrs Fletcher, Mrs Mitchell. 9, Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Morrison, for Wairau. Passengers —Mrs Morrison and child, Master M'llwain, Mrs Tindall. 9, Ruby, schooner, 24 tons, Eraser, for Kaikouras. 10, Wellington, s.s., 262 tons, Kennedy, for the South. Passengers : Cabin—Messrs J. Dransfield, Warburton, Fitzgerald, Hickey, Spreat. 10, Ocean Wave, schooner, 118 tons, Griffith, for Havelock—in ballast. 10, Wanganui, s.s., 165 tons, Linklater, for Wanganui. Passengers : Cabin—Miss Fletcher, Major Turner, Captain Holliday, Mrs Firth, Mrs Davis and child, Mr and Mrs Vennell and family, Messrs Christie, Currie, Johnston. 11, Tararua, s.s., 534 tons, Hagley, for Melbourne via the West Coast Passengers : Cabin—Messrs Palmer, M'Cormack, Coone, Donald. 11, Go-Ahead, s.s., 84 tons, Doile, for Manawatu, Passenger—Mr Collins.

The barque Annie, Captain James, took her departure from this port on Saturday morning last for London direct, with a full cargo of colonial produce, the estimated value of which was £38,985. The Annie commenced loading at the Queen's Wharf on the 18th November, and completed her cargo on the 3rd inst, the time occupied being just 47 days, notwithstanding that she was detained by_ the scarceness of hands, and also by an accident occurring to her hydraulic press. We consider the despatch used alike creditable to Captain James and the agents of the vessel, Messrs Johnston & Co. She unmoored about 6 a.m., but it was 7 o'clock before she left the Heads, and when the pilot left her she had a light fair wind, and all sail set. The Annie was in excellent sailing trim, and we anticipate she will make a quick run home. We wish Captain James a pleasant voyage home, and a quick return. The following are passengers by the ship Celamo from London for Wellington : —Rev W. Stewart and family (6), Miss Eraser, Mr C. E. Tribe, and Dr G. Walker. On the recent passage of the Ballarat to Auckland, in latitude 29 degrees south, 30 degrees west, a Cape pigeon was caught, and after having attached a letter to its neck, it was liberated. The following account of its recaptme may be thought interesting :—"The brig Elizabeth Brown, Perriam, arrived at Rio Janeiro, reports September 3, Cape Frio bearing about south-west, 30 miles, caught a Cape pigeon with hook and line, which had a piece of cloth carefully secured to its neck, on which was written, as far as could be deciphered : ' August 25, 1871, barque Ballarat, from London for Auckland, 50 days out, lat. 29 S„ long. 30 W-, Bill Babot, of Poplar.' " " Hawke's Bay Herald." ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN BEE. The long-looked-for Queen Bee arrived in harbor last evening, rounding the point at half-past six o'clock. The signal announcing the arrival of the vessel outside had been flying from the flagstaff at Mount Victoria the whole of yesterday, but, owing to the light wind, the vessel's approach was very slow. About four o'clock she got inside the Heads, and the announcement, " All well on board" was run up. The wind was still so light that an hour and a-half elapsed before the vessel rounded the point, which she did with all plain sail set, including royals. Of his voyage, Captain Dent reports that his experience on the New Zealand coast is that of the whole passage, the weather met with being a series of airs, no good carrying breezes having been met with during the whole of the voyage. This monotony or sameness was varied only on three occasions, and then by gales unusual for their violence ; in fact, to U9e Captain Dent's own language, they were " regular smashers." Takingout these variations, the rest of the voyage might have been rowed in a boat, so that although the length of the voyage has been much above the average of the ship, the pleasures and advantages were correspondingly great, the absence of the usual amount of pitching and tossing being a matter rather for congratulation than regret. The ship left the East India Docks on the 16ch September, Gravesend on the 17th, and passed the Start Point on the 19th, making the voyage 114 days from land to land. About a month before arrival the second mate died from a rupture to a blood vessel, but this was the only case of sickness or death during the voyage. The passengers, of whom there are fifty-seven, are all healthy-looking, and evidently of a class well suited for colonists, exhibiting, in all classes, a cheerfulness which speaks of a concord amongst themselves, and affords a gratifying testimony to the efficiency and the efforts of Captain Dent and his officers in making provision for their happiness and comfort. The desirability, indeed the necessity, for such measures are well understood by Captain Dent, who, though a stranger to our port, is an old trader to New Zealand, having made many trips to Auckland and Dunedin, where his care to the wants of passengers has gained for him a reputation to which we desire to add our quota. The build of the ship is of the good old frigate sort, and she is very clean and trim, notwithstanding her long voyage. What there was of the (rind being favorable, Mr Holmes, the pilot, braught the ship close up to the wharf, and she will speedily take up a berth. Captain Dent has furnished us with his log, but the unusual pressure on our space this issue, consequent upon the arrival o- the English mail, compels us to hold over particulars. For the same reason testimonials to the captain and steward are held over. These, however, will appear in our next issue. On the arrival of the Queen Bee the following testimonials were presented by the passengers :—" To Capt E. G. Dent, commanding Queen Bee. —Dear Sir, —We, the undersigned chief cabin passengers in the ship under your command, wish to express our opinion of the uniform courtesy, urbanity, and good feeling you have shown during our long and tedious voyage. We are also pleased to bear witness to the skill and good seamanship manifested by you during the heavy gales we experienced. And now, after so many days spent together in cordiality and friendship, we bid adieu to your good ship, and trust that if ever we meet again, either ashore or afloat, we shall be able to exchange hearty greetings, and in thus parting we wish you and yours a hearty farewell, —0. F. Gulliver, Navigating Lieut R.N., Caroline Gulliver, Matilda Julia Dickens, J. W. G. Delaney, Capt T.L.1.; G. Hamilton Browne, Lieut Ist Reserve ; I. M. J. Cowie, H. Godfrey English, S. C. Miller, F. T. Chatfield, D. W. Witherby, Susan E. Carruthers. —Ship Queen Bee, Wellington, New Zealand, January, 1872." The following is a testimonial presented to the Chief Steward :—" We, the undersigned chief cabin passengers, wish to express our opinion of the chief steward, J. E. Anderson. During our long voyage of 114 days he has always done his duty in a most praiseworthy manner, efficient in every sense,

and for his civility, honesty, and general good management we can gladly bear witness. — (Signed) C. F. Gulliver, Navigating Lieut R.N.; James Delaney, Capt T.L.I. ; T. S. M. Cowie, F. T. Chatfield, D. W. Witherby, Susan E. Carruthers, Sydney Charles Miller, C. Gulliver, Matilda Julia Dickens. —Ship Queen Bee, Wellington, 10th January, 1872." The ship Electra will leave the Queen's Wharf this morning, and sail for London direct to-morrow.

We learn from the " Alta California," Dec. 4th, that the Hawaiian Government has agreed to pay a subsidy of $36,000 for the next eighteen months, at §2,000 per month, toward the maintainance of the Webb line. Of course this is on the understanding that the steamers continue to touch at Honolulu, as they will undoubtedly do. Dr Petermann, the well-known geographer, writes to several German papers to announce the success of an Arctic expedition. According to a telegram received by him a few days ago, dated Trorosoe, October 3, Lieutenants Weyprect and Payer, the one of the German Navy, and the other of the Austrian Engineers, have penetrated to the 79th deg. N. latitude, and actually discovered the open Arctic Sea, so long the El Dorado and Fata Morgana of northern explorers. The feat was accomplished in a Norwegian sloop, penetrating northwards between Spitsbergen and Nova Zembla. The discoverers, who themselves chartered the ship, report having found an open sea from the 42nd deg. to the 60th deg. B. longtitude, which they navigated up to the 78th deg. N. latitude. The greatest width was at the 79th deg. N. latitude, and but little ice was to be seen to the northward. As this occurred in September, there seems to be a chance that the long-sought passage to the extreme north has been found at last. At any rate, it must be admitted that the anticipations of Dr Petermann, who long recommended a trip north of Spitzbergen, are borne out by the event.