SHIPPING

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4251, 4 November 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING

PORT OF WELLINGTON High Water, 0.44 A.M. ; 1,10 r.N. ARRIVED. November 3.—Helen Denny, slop, 723 tons, w. Ruth, from London, via Napier. Passenger: Mr. Warner. Levin and Co., agents. Aurora, schooner, 52 tons, Romeril, from East Barratt, Schooner, 50 tons. Renner, from Lyttelton. SAILED. November 3.-Lyttolton, p.s , 80 tons Scott for Blenheim. Passenger: Mr. Rodder. R. S. Longer, ag Napior. S s„ 41 tons. Butt, for Foxton. Turnbull and Co., agents. jjipnp.TS. Helen Denny, from London : 100 kegs, 300 casks, 100 cases, 30 brls, 150 cases 20 bdls, SOO bores, - tanks. 20 brls, 3 cases, 23 bdls, ,3 cases, 20a pkgs,. 1 case, 53 pkgs, 1 case, 1 box, 1 case, 115 do. 100 cases, 6 qr-casks. 2 bales paper, 2 bags, 3 chests,,lo brls, 12 cases, 2 bags, 100 boxes candles. 4 cases blue 2 cases 2 bags. 8 cases sewing machines, 4 cases, casks, 17 bdls. 23 casks, 5 cases, 10 crates,, -00 casks, < cases, 14 bales, 4 cases, 400 bags salt, 8 ’’ 1 Dkg 2 casks, 10 cases, 15 cases paper, 2 do tissue do, 1 case, 50 casks sulphur. 10 kegs :arsenic 2 casestoys, 2 do musical Instruments, 1 do toys, 3 do terra-cotta ware, 1 do alabaster goods. , , Aurora, from East Coast: 103 bales wool. Hannah Barratt, from Lyttelton : 344 cases salmon, 16 cwt cheese, 320 bags flour, 20 sacks do. Day Dawn, from Pelorus Sound: 18,000 feet sawn thnber ' EXPORTS. Eiderslio, for Westport: 350 tons railway iron. Dido, for Walnut; 10 bales, 30 bids, 10 cases brandy, 1 box tobacco, 7 cases groceries, 1 cask, 1 bag, 1 stove, C 5 mats sugar, 7 cases groceries, 10 mats sugar, 5 boxes tea, 2 half-chests do, 47 mats sugar, 2 half-chests tea, 1 pkg, 30 tons coal. . x , Herald, for Picton: 409 bars iron, 7 tons coal. Lyttelton, for Blenheim : 3 casks currants, 1 case pickles, 1 do jams, 1 do confectionery, 1 pkg ginger, 1 octave vinegar, 1 c«ase drapery, 1 truss do, 2 cases, 1 truss. 1 pkg tobacco, 1 cask sugar, 2 cases sundries, 2 trasses, 2 boxes raisins, 2 half-chests tea, 2 cases, 1 pci, 14 pieces moulding, 4 doors, 2 kegs staples, 1 C *XXX for 'Wairaii; 10 cases brandy, 10 half-chests tea 68 boxes do, 2 half-chests tea, 7 cases groceries, C boxes glass, 4 empty tanks, 7 gunnies sugar, I* cases for Castle Point: 1 case, 1 half-chest tea,l case brandy, C pkgs, 20 sacks seed, 1 keg staples, 11 pkgs sundries, 22 pkgs station stores. 1 case drapery. Napier, for Foxton ; 2 cases. 193 coils wire, 93 do do, 106 pkgs telegraph material, 33 do ironwork, a cases brandy, 12 pkgs, 1 case. 4 sacks lime, 80 bags flour 1 bale paperhangings, 1 case, 2 bags. 1 dray, 11 pkgs, 1 case, 2 pkgs, 4 cases, 12 sacks oats, 21 pkgs, 1 case tobacco, 32 pkgs, 1 case, 20 sacks oats. < EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Lootos. Star of India, Hourah, Avalanche, Hindustan, and Soukar. New York.—Sunlight, barque; Oncca, barque. Southern Ports.—Taranaki, s.s.’, 7th inst. Northern Ports.—Wellington,s.s., Sth inst. Wanganui.—Storrabird, s.s., this day. Napier.—Rangatira, s.s,, to-morrow. Foxton. —Manawatn, p.s., this day. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London.—Halcione, early. Melbourne, via the West Coast.—Otago, s.s., 14th November. . Northern Ports.—Taranaki, s.s., i tn inst. Southern Ports.—Wellington, s.s.. Sth mst. AVanganci.—Stormhird, s.s., and Manawatn, p.s., this day. Napier, kc..— Rangatira, to-morrow. San Francisco.—Cartvaie, this day. BY TELEGKAFB. PORT CHALMERS, Tuesday. Arrived: WoodviUe, from Newcastle, and Jessie Nicol, from Fiji. LYTTELTON, Tuesday. Arrived, 9 15 a.m.: Phoebe, s.s., from Wellington ; 10.30 a.m,, Alhambra, from Wellington. NAPIER, Tuesday. The Rangatira sails for Wellington to-night. The California Minstrels proceed by her. Alter four days of hard beating in the Strait, the clipper ship Helen Denny was anchored off the wharf yesterday morning. She left Napier twelve days ago, with every indication of a pleasant and rapid run to Wellington, but it was not to be so. It will be remembered that the Helen Denny was signalled from Mount Victoria on Saturday last, but the strong northerly wind which has prevailed since prevented her making inside the reef before Monday night. She was driven to Cloudy Bay on Sunday last, but worked over from thence during Sunday night and Monday. Captain Ruth has had considerable difficulty with his crew, several of whom refused duty before arrival at and since leaving Napier. At one time, when the ship was in a rather perilous position, off the entrance to Port Nicholson, four of them refused to assist in putting the vessel about. At that time she was not more than a quarter of a mile from the shore. Although disputes had occurred on the voyage from London to Napier, nothing of -the kind was thought likely to occur during the short voyage to Wellington. Four of the malcontents were brought before the Resident Magistrate yesterday and remanded till 'Xhuroday. Tho Hohm IJanny brings one paaaongor, Mr. Warner. She has considerable cargo for this port, and will enter at the Customs to-day. Messrs. Levin and Co. are her agents. The Manawatn arrived at Foxton yesterday morning. She was to leave again for Wellington last night. She is to sail for Wanganni to-night. The schooners Elderslie, Aspasia, Herald, ketch XXX, and cutter Dido cleared at the Customs yesterday, and sail for their respective destinations early this morning. ... , , , The Elizabeth is loading railway iron and coal at the breastwork for Wairau. The brigantine Seabird is still loading pipes at the breastwork. Captain Renner's schooner Hannah Barratt arrived in port yesterday morning. She left Lyttelton on Friday last, and experienced fair weather. Her cargo is principally composed of flour. But little coal remains in the barque Camille. She will take la ballast to-day, and probably leave for Newcastle to-morrow. The ship Result, barque Hevershara, and two barques, the names of which are unknown, were lying at anchor in Cloudy Bay on Sunday last, awaiting a favorable wind. The Edwin Bassett, which succeeded in getting clear of Wellington Heads early on Tuesday morning, will most likely be compelled to bring up in the same locality. The schooner Aurora, Romeril, master, arrived from Castle Point and other East Coast stations yesterday morning. She had been absent but five days from this port, and was off the Heads on Monday evening. 103 bales of wool, consigned to Mr. E. Pearce, constitute her cargo. , . The paddle steamer Lyttelton sailed for Blenheim yesterday afternoon. The bar at Wanganui was dangerous last night, and the Stormhird could not cross it in consequence. The s.s. Somerset.—Tlie Torres Straits mail service has hitherto been carried on by chartered steamers, but the Eastern and Australian Mail Steamship Company have lost very little time in pushing forward the construction of their own vessels. Of these there are five—the Somerset, Normanby, Brisbane, Bowen, and Singapore, and the first to be placed on active service is the Somerset, which arrived here early yesterday morning from , Sydney. She is not so large or imposing in appearance as some of the chartered boats which have been here, hut she is, nevertheless, a very fine model, and will, it is to be hoped, prove as useful as she is handsome. She is a sister vessel to the Normanby ; but the other three are. to be several hundred tons larger, and will, it is believed, be the crack vessels of the fleet. The Somerset was built and engined by Messrs. Henderson and Goulburn, on the Clyde, and in her construction duo regard seems to have been had to speed and carrying capacity. It is thought, however, that if the trade develops more, the Somerset and Normanby will be found quite small enough. The dimensions of the steamer are as follows :—Length, 220 ft,; beam, 2Sft.: depth of hold, 22ft.: giving her a measurement of 962 tons. Her engines are compound vertical directacting, of 160-horse power nominal, and the cylinders are 32in, and OOin. respectively, with a Bft, stroke. They are compact and well finished, and the consumption of coal is from 11 to 12 tons per day, on which she can steam 10 knots. The saloon is berthed for 40 passengers, for whose comfort there has been considerable provision made. There are four bathrooms, and the ladies’ cabin has also a bath-room attached. There is also accommodation for 50 second cabin passengers, and 100 Chinese or deck passengers can be taken on the lower deck. The vessel is steered from amidships, and she is said to bo easily handled. She is from Foo Chow, via Singapore and Batavia and the Queensland ports, and the bulk of the cargo which she has brought on here consists almost entirely of tea. The command of the Somerset has been given to Captain H. M. Morris, formerly of Messrs. Green’s Blackwall liners coming to this port.—Melbourne Aryus, October 21. ■ , , Insurance or Unseaworthy Vessels.—Judgment was delivered in July last, in the Court of Queen’s Bench, in the very important case of Dudgeon v. Pembroke. This case was originally heard by Mr. Justice Blackburn, when it occupied no less than seven days. On that occasion the jury were unable to agree as to whether the vessel was unseaworthy, or whether, if she were so, her unseaworthincss was the cause of her loss. They, however, agreed in finding that the owner was, at all events, not aware of her being unseaworthy, and that he had not been gulHy of any misrepresentation as to her state at the time when she was insured. The Judge directed them to find a verdict for, the plaintiff, and thence he present application for a new trial. It is somewhat unfortunate that the present argument were only before Mr. Justice Lush, along with Mr. Justice Blackburn, who had previously tried the case. The Lord Chief Justice ni indeed present during a part of the argument, and, in the course of it, made an important observation, to which we shall presently refer. We believe that it is almost certain that the present decision will be made the subject _ of an appeal. As we are much more concerned with the law of this case than with the particular facts and circumstances of it, the following summary is compressed from the report that appeared in The Times The ship was an iron steamer, built in 1858, and bought by berpresentowncrln 1871. In October, 1871, she was put into dock for repair, and on the 31st of January, 1372, policies to the amount of £12,000 were effected upon her for 1 a year fiom that elate, the underwriter being told that she had been “thoroughly overhauled and repaired." She was not surveyed and certified by the Board of Trade, as required for a passenger snip, but the owner did not intend her as a passenger ship, On the 3rd February, 1872 the ship sailed from London for Gothenburg, and rcacfied that port in safety, though she made a great deal of water on the voyage—enough, it was said, to cause apprehension. On tho 10th February she sailed on her voyage home, but soon commenced to make water in a most alarming manner, became water-logged and unmanageable, and on tho 14th ran on shore off Flamborough Head, and became a total loss. The

underwriters resisted the claim on the insurances, and an action was accordingly brought by the owners of the vessel.’ Mr. Justice Blackburn, on the present occasion, delivered tho judgment of the Court, and said that for the purposes of the present application the defendants were entitled to assume —Ist, that the ship was not seaworthy; and 2nd, that she was lost by reason of her unseaworthiness. Still be held that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover, as the jury had found that they did not know that the ship was unseaworthy. A case was decided some twenty years ago by the House of Lords, in which it was laid down that there is no implied warranty of seaworthiness in tho contract of Insurance. This decision was characterised by the Lord Chief Justice during the course of tho arguments in the present case as most unfortunate. A subsequent case in the Exchequer Chamber decided that if tho shipowner knows that the ship is unseaworthy he cannot recover. The present case lies between tho two; but. os we have previously remarked, it is most improbable that tho present judgment will bo accepted as final. Waif from thf Ocean.—Wo are favored with the perusal of one of those messages occasionally committed to the mighty deep, to be picked up on a faroff shore, and tell perhaps of the fate of some goodly vessel, or merely to throw light upon the course of the ocean currents, or gratify a harmless fancy for sending a friendly communication by such a medium. In this case Mr. Benjamin Dening. of Denington, near Robe, found a bottle on the 9th instant on the coast, about eight miles east from Guichcn Bay, containing the following letter, which ho asks us to forward to its destination, a request that will be complied with;—“ To Messrs. F. Green and Company, 140, LcadenhaU-streefc, London. This leaves the Malabar, from Cardiff to Bombay, fifty-four days out, all well. Have had very strong gales from W.N.W. the last fortnight, and very high seas, evidently bad weather to the southward and westward of us. Kept to the northward to avoid it, and to-day got into finer weather. Wind still strong at W.N.W. with heavy seas, but weather finer and glasses higher. Bar. 2975, steering E.N.E. Please send this to Lloyd’s agents, and oblige, yours sincerely, Charles Douglas, Master, Malabar. 30*00 S.; 25 e OO E., 12th December, 1872.” It will be seen by this that the bottle was thrown overboard a little east, and about four degrees south of the Cape of Good Hope, but how long it was in reaching the spot where it was picked up it is of course impossible to say. The paper is in a good state of preservation, though a little stained, as if it had been put into a wet bottle, or the cork had become leaky.— S. A. Register. Unseaworthy Ships.—Mr. Plimsoll gave notice in the House of Commons that he would call attention to the Report of the Unseaworthy Ships Commissioners, and move the following resolution : —“That no legislation on unseaworthy ships will be considered satisfactory by the House which docs not contain provisions for the survey of all unclasscd ships, and which does not provide for marking upon all ships a maximum load-line, even if it should be found necessary to determine the load-line of each ship, after consideration of the circumstances in each case separately.”—Sydney Morning Herald.