SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4158, 18 July 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF WELLINGTON. Hum Water. 7.27 a,m,"; 7.44 r.ir. AEIUVED. Julylo.—Canterbury, schooner, 33 ton 3, J. Anderson, from Kaikoura. No passengers. W. Wallis, July 17.—Eyno, brigantino, 85 tons, D. Mathieson, from Auckland. No passengers. MclntjTe and Weymouth, ship, S3O tons, F. J. limit, from London. Passengers—Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. larnbam, and Mr. Constable. SAILED. Julv 17.—Phcebo, s.s., 410 tons, H. Worsp, for Southern Ports. Passengers—Cabin: Mr. and Mrs. Jone 3, and Smith's Combination Troupe ; 7 steerage. B. S. Ledger, agent. , Manawatu, p. 5., 103 tons, J. Griffiths, for W anganui. Passengers—7o immigrants ex Waikato. B. S. Ledger, RB Anne MeJhuish, barque, 314 tons, Davidson, for Newcastle. IMPOSTS. Canterbury, from Kaikoura : 16 ton 3 potatoes, 02 Backs barley, 00 sacks oats, 4 pkgs. bacon, 200 hams, 14 casks whale oil, 35 hides, 2 bale 3 wool, 4 boxes rabbit-skins, 3 casks tallow, 2 kegs butter. . , „ Eyno, from Auckland : 00,000 feet sawn kauri, 150 kegs blasting-powder. EXPOETS. Phcebe, to Lyttelton: 2 parcel)!, 8 pkgs., 30 springs 1 case. To Dnnedin: 30 sacks onions, 21 boxes, 2 gallons, 3 parcels, 4 cases, 35 kegs butter, S 5 telegraph poles, 35 bundles, 56 coils -wire. Manawatu, to Wanganui: 17 cases, 9 pkgs., 100 sacks wheat, 2 bales, 1 hhd, tar, 7 boxes. 10 bags flour, 4 gunnies sugar, 13 mats do., 20 wheels iron, 12 bars iron, 1 plough, 1 parcel, 1 coil lead pipe. EXPECTED AEBIVAIiS. Melbourne, via Coast Por.TiS.—CUud Hamilton, 19th ; Otago, 22nd inst. Melbourne.—Ashburton,vinGcographe Bay, W.A.; sailed 12th May. Auckland. —Schooner Merlin. London.—Eeichstag, Strathnavar, St. Leonards, Panthea, Euterpe, sailed 28th April; Conflict, lailed fith May. Liverpool.—J. A. Thompson, ship. NonruEss Ports.—Wellington, s.s., 20th inst. Southern Ports.—Ladybird, s.s., 20th inst. PROJECTED DEFAETUBES. IVLeleourne, via the East Coast.—Claud Hamilton, s.s., 19th inst. Foxton. —Napier, and Mary and Ellen, this day. Newcastle.—Eecord, and Frowning Beauty, early. Melbourne, via the West Coast.—Otago, s.s., 22nd inst. . Southern Ports.—Wellington, s.s., 21st mst. Northern Ports. —Ladybird, s.s., 21st inst. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND. July 17.—Arrived : Siren, brig, from Dunedin; Murray, from Wanganui: Saucy Lass, from Napier. LYTTELTON. July 17.—Arrived : Hopeful, from the Bluff. The Albatross Bails to-night for Auckland, with 1300 sacks of potatoes. PICTON. July 17.—Sailed, early: Taranaki, s.s., for Nelson. NELSON. July 17 —10.30 a.m. Arrived : Taranaki, s.s., from Picton. The ship Weymouth, Captain Hunt, arrived at the outer anchorage yesterday from London, after a voyage of average duration. She passed Deal on the 7th April, and had ordinary weather throughout until arriving off the Coast, since which it had been exceptionally severe. The Weymouth came south about, and was the ship signalled from Mount Victoria eight or nine days ago. She was blown out of the strait, and ha 3 since had nothing but strong gales, with such thick weather that the land could not be approached. The ship was off the heads at an early hour in the morning, in a strong south-easterly gale, and was boarded by Pilot Holies at a considerable distance off the entrance, although a heavy sea was running at the time. The Pilot brought her smartly in under her three lower topsails, the ship anchoring about noon. She is very deeply laden, with a heavy cargo of miscellaneous goods, and has brought four passengers. She has twenty tons of gunpowder on board, which she will lighter at the anchorage. The Weymouth ha 3 been in Port Nicholson before. She was the vessel which brought out and successfully laid the Cook Strait cable; Captain Hunt, who now commands her, having then been the second officer of the ship. The weather-board yesterday showed that:—At Tauranga, the sea was calm. At Napier, there was a slight swell on; whilst at Kaikoura, the swell was heavy. At Blenheim, the rivers were high. The Anne Melhuish, barque, bound for Newcastle, In ballast, sailed yesterday morning. The Frowning Beauty and Eecord are daily expected to follow. The s.s. Napier was safely launched last night from Meech's Patent Slip, after undergoing very extensive repairs. She is now in first-class trim, and will sail to-day for Foxton. "' The schooner Canterbury arrived in harbor late on Thursday night, having left Kaikoura at 5 a.m. the some morning During the trip, she experienced very dirty thick weather. Her cargo consists of a miscellaneous collection of produce. The brigantine Eyno, Captain D. Mathieson, arrived yesterday from Auckland, via Mercury Bay, with a cargo of 00,000 feet of kauri timber and 150 kegs of blasting-powder, consigned to Mr. E. W. Mills, of Wellington. The Eyno has had a seven days' passage, and experienced very rough weather throughout. After discharging her cargo here, she will proceed to Picton for the purpose of loading timber for Lyttelton. All hope now seems to be abandoned of getting the p.s. Paterson off the North Spit at the Waitara Elver, where she was carried on Monday last by a fresh coming down the river. It was at first hoped that she would get off by the same night's tide ; but, unfortunately, the hope proved fallacious. On Wednesday, she shifted abont 200 yards towards the bar, and two anchors had to be let go to prevent her going to sea, and but for them she would undoubtedly have foundered. Later advices state that she is now lying across the channel in the river, with the water washing over her decks. A considerable quantity of her eargo wa3 fortunately removed before she drifted into the stream. Her owners (Messrs. Brogden and Sons) have now come to a determination to abandon her. Amongst the different offices in which her insurance was effected, the South British will be the greatest losere, the amount with that Company being £2OOO. In the New Zealand, she is insured for £1500; Victoria, £1000; and National, £soo—total, £SOOO. Her value is given at £13,500. It may naturally be conjectured that the underwriters will make an effort to raise her. An official inquiry into the cause of the stranding of the steamer Walpara was held by Mr. D. Lundon, Collector of Customs. The depositions of Captain Bascand, Eobert Crosbie, engineer, and Eobert Quance, mate of the vessel, were taken. Captain Bascand thinks if buoys had been used to mark the channel or rods to mark the spit, the accident would not have happened. He also blames the pilot for not using the semaphore. Captain Allardyce, who was also examined, thinks that owing to the shingly nature of the spit it would be exceedingly difficult to keep guiding rods in their proper place, and, of course, if they were not true, they would bo more misleading than if no marks were placed. The depositions are to be forwarded to Wellington, where the official opinions concerning the stranding of the steamer will be expressed.—6Veymouth Star. Eocks at the Entrance to Wellington Harbor. —Pilot Holmes has reported to the Department the existence of two sunken, rocks at the entrance to the harbor, as to which the following notice has been gazetted :—" Entrance to Port Nicholson, Cook Strait. Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellington, 15th July, 1874. Notice has been received by the Harbormaster, Wellington, that Pilot Holmes reports the existence of two sunken rocks off Barrett's lteef, one lying about 100 feet to the eastward/and the other about the same distance to the westward, of the Outer Bock—the three lying nearly in a line east and west. There i 3 twelve feet of water on these rocks at low water, with deep water all round."