SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4386, 10 April 1875, Page 2

SHIPPING.

FORT OF WELLINGTON'. Hioii Water, 7 12 a.m.; 7.3 G r.M. ARRIVED. April 9.—Colleen Bawn, schooner, 29 tons, Games, from Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. SAILED. April 9.—Phcebe. s.s., 410 tons, Henry Worsp, for Picton, Nelson. Taranaki, and Manukau. Passengers—Saloon : Mr. and Mrs, Johnston and family, Mrs, Carruthers, Miss Morgan, Messrs. Harford, Allan, and Fawkes. R. S. Ledger, agent. Albion, s.s., 591 tons, Underwood, for Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, The Bluff, and Melbourne. Passengers—Saloon ; Mr. anil Miss Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, Miss Hapwood, Miss Crocker, Messrs. Ancon, Robson, Turncock, Dunbar, Newall, and Gowan, William Bishop, agent. Elibank Castle, schooner, 70 tons, Linklater, for Havelock. Turnbull and Co., agents. CLEARED OUT. April 9. —Isabella, brigantine. 82 tons. W. Toms, on a whaling cruise. Krull and Co., agents. IMPORTS. Colleen Bawn, from Pelorus Sound: 18,153 feet vawn timber, Order. Phrube, for the North : For Picton —1 case boots, 15 boxes tea, 5 chests do, 10 half-chests do. 1G pkgs sugar (transhipped ex Albion, from Melbourne). Bishop : 2 cases, (transhipped ex Easby, from Sydney). Turnbull and Co. ; 72 cartridges. 2cwt. shot, Mills ; 34 pkgs. Turnbull and Co. ; 7 pkgs. Mills : 1 case, .McDowell; 1 case. Thompson, Shannon, and Co. : 7 cases. Whittem, Nicholson, and Co. ; 31 pkgs, "Mills : S kegs, Gibson. For Nelson—l sack, Ledger : 2 bdls, Gibson : 3 pkgs. Hirst; 2 pkgs, Thompson, Shannon, and Co. : 1 cask. Mills : 3 cases. Staples: 1 case, Telegraph Department; 12 pkgs. Telegraph Department : 1 portmanteau, Ewen ; 2 cases, Thompson, Shannon, and Co. : 1 case, Duncan ; 5 pkgs, Thompson and Co. For Hokitika—U pkgs (transhipped ex Dallam Tower, from London), Young. For New Plymouth—2 cases biscuits, 14 pkgs sugar, L case, 0 ovens ami contents, 1 cases galvanised iron, 1 box plates, 4 ingots iron, 5 ovens .and contents, 1 case, 1 bundle saws, 1 sink. 7 share moulds. 3 cases, 2 boxes, 1 case cigars, 2 ; j boxes tobacco (transhipped ex Albion, from Melbourne): 1 case (transhipped ox Laugstone, from London). Levin and Co.; 2 qv-casks wine. 10 cases brandy, Turnbull and CO. : C pkgs, Stuart ; 15 pkgs, Turnbull ami Co.; 2 trusses, 2 pkgs, Hirst: 2 bales, 8 pkgs, Thompson, .Shannon, and Co. For Manukau—l cask (transhipped ex Otago, from Melbourne). Bishop; 1 case, 10 qr-casks brandy (transhipped ex Albion, from Melbourne), Bishop ; 3 cases, stationery Store ; 1 parcel, Bowden ; 4 cases. Native Ollice ; 1 parcel, National Bank ; 15 cases, Turnbull and Co. : 1 bos, Johnston : 3 cases. Telegraph Department. Albion, for the South and Melbourne : For Lyttelton—l case, Bishop: 22 bundles sacks, Plimmer, Reeves, and Co. : 1 case. Thompson, Shannon, and Co. For Bluff—l 9 kegs butter. Port; 1 case. National Bank. For Melbourne—23 bales phormium, 90 sacks oats. Bishop : 1 case, hides, Taylor. EX.PECTE D A UKIVA LS. Lo.vuoN.-Himlo.stan. Hudson, Dalran, Edwin Fox, Kingdom of Italy, and Wennington. Mauritius, via Adelaide.—May, three-masted schooner, daily. Auckland and East Coast Pouts.—Luna, p.s., daily. Northern Ports.—Taranaki, s.s., this morning. Poverty Bay and Napier.—Rangatim, s.s., 11th. Auckland and East Coast. —Southern Cross, s.s., this day. Wanganui.—Manawatn, p.s.,Napier, s s., Egmont, s.s.. this day. Melbourne, via Southern Pouts. —Tarama, s.s., 13th inst. PROJ I'CTED DEPA RTU RES. London—Carnatic, Sth April. Southern Ports. -Taranaki, s.s., this day: Star of the South, s.s.. this day. Napier, and Poverty Bay.—llangatira, s.s., 13th instant. Newcastle.—Hcversharn, barque, this day. Blenheim. —Falcon, ketch, this day. Melbourne, via tub West Coast. —Tararua, 5,9.. 13th inst. / VESSELS IN PORT. '’Dallam Tower, ship, from London, discharging cargo at the Queen’s wharf. /Carnatic, ship, loading for London, at the Queen’s wharf. „ Heversham, barque, ballasting for Newcastle. Camille, barque, from Newcastle, discharging at the wharf. William Ackers, barque, from Newcastle, lying in the stream ready to discharge. Hannah Broomfield, brigantine, < from Kaipara; discharging timber at the wharf. Isabella, brigantine, fitting in the stream as a whale ship. Julius Vogel, schooner, from Waitara, waiting for orders. Mansion, schooner, from Kaipara; discharging timber. Spray, schooner, from Lyttelton ; discharging teas. Kate McGregor, schooner, from Kaipara, discharging timber. Aurora, schooner, from the East Coast, discharging produce. Aspasia, schooner, waiting orders. Day Dawn, schooner, from the Sound ; discharging , timber. Canterbury, schooner, from Pelorus Sound; discharging timber. Alert, schooner, loading railway material for Greymouth. Star of the Sea, schooner, from Havelock; discharging timber. Colleen Bawn, schooner, from Pelorus Sound ; discharging timber. Hnon Belle, ketch, loading for Patea. Falcon, ketch, loading for Blenheim. Ino, s.s., from Patea. Stormbird, s.s., repairing on Coffey and Dixon's slip. Melaine, three-masted schooner, refitting on the patent slip. BY TELEGRAPH . AUCKLAND. Friday. Arrived : Wellington, from the South, PORT CHALMERS, Friday. Arrived : Ladybird, s.s., from Lyttelton. She was off Tairoa Heads at 7 p.rn. last night, but anchored in consequence of the strong south-east wind. The Time Ball may be used to-day for rating chronometers. A chronometer true on Greenwich time would show 12h. 30tnin. when the Ball drops. Any difference is error, plus or minus, of the chronometer. The schooner Elibank Castle, Linklater, master, left for Havelock yesterday morning. She will return with a cargo of timber for Messrs. Greenfield and Stewart. The schooner Alert has accepted a freight of railway material for the Grey, The steamer Albion, with the outward Suez mail, sailed for the South and Melbourne shortly after two o’clock yesterday afternoon. The steamer Stormbird was taken up on Messrs. Coffey and Dixon's slip, Clyde-quay, yesterday morning. An inspection will be made of Jhe vessel's bottom, and any defective plates which may be found will be replaced by new ones from the Lion Foundry. The steamer Taranaki. Captain Lloyd, left Nelson for Picton and Wellington at 10.30 yesterday morning. She is, therefore, expected to arrive here early this morning. The steamer Star of the South, which left Napier for Wellington at noon on Thursday, had not arrived at a late hour last evening. The strong southerly breeze which has prevailed on the East Coast, doubtless compelled the steamer to seek shelter north of Castle Point. A New Compass.—"A new compass has been invented in France by M. Duchemin, the magnetic force of which resides, not in a bar or needle, as in the ordinary instrument, but in a flat steel ring, magnetised, with its poles at two opposite extremities of the same diameter. This ring, supported upon an aluminium traverse, pivoted on a gate at its centre, has attached to it the ordinary compass card, and acts promptly and efficiently. The author claims for it the following advantages:—(l) A magnetic power doable that of a needle whose length is that of the diameter of the ring; (2) two neutral points instead of one as in the needle ; whence it happens that none of the magnetism escapes, and that strong sparks like those from the Holtz machine do not derange the poles ; (3) a better and more prompt performance of the compass, the card seeming to float, as it were, in a liquid ; (4) a large increase in the sensitiveness of the instrument; (6) the ability to regulate the magnetic intensity of the ring, and thus to compensate for local causes. This is effected by means of a second magnetised steel ring, smaller than and inside of the first, the position of which—and therefore its neutralising action —may be easily adjusted. Under the direction of the Minister of the Marine, a trial trip of the new compass was made on the steamboat Faon with very satisfactory results. M, Duchemin now proposes, as an improvement, the use of a set of such rings, forming a spherical or spheroidal system of still greater magnetic power.”—London Iron. T uk Bessemer Steamer.—Captain Reed has done bis part well in the construction of the Bessemer steamer. There has been a trial of her hull and machinery, and the report Is favorable. She steams at the rate of sixteen miles an hour with only 191 b. pressure, and the boiler can be worked up to 301 b. The double set of paddles give satisfaction, and the parr aft do not require to be worked much faster than the forward set. The ship steers well. She has a low free-boarded bow, and this was watched with great interest. The bow wave carried was remarkably small, and even when at full speed against a head wind and some sea “ the low deck was seldom covered by the waves.” ft does not very clearly appear that this was the right sort of behaviour. The machinery for working the balanced saloon was not completed, so that there was no rehearsal of the chief part of the performance. Narrow Khcapk at Sea.—A collision very nearly occurred on Friday last between the A.S.N. Co.'s steamer City of Adelaide, from Sydney, bound to Melbourne, and the Victoria, hence to Sydney. The City of Adelaide left Sydney on the night of Wednesday last, and had run her distance to the Seal Rocks on Friday forenoon. -The weather was hazy, and had been bo for some time previous, consequently a good look-out was kept, and an occasional cast of the lead taken. At twenty minutes to noon, when the City of Adelaide was about twelve miles from Wilson's Promontory, an object was descried ahead, looming up quite large through the fog. Fortunately, the mist cleared away a little at the time, and showed the Victoria something less than a mile off, coming right on to the City of Adelaide. Captain Walker, who was on the bridge at the time along with his second ‘officer, Mr. Mclntyre, at once ordered the helm hard a-port, and had the engines stopped and reversed. The Victoria, for reasons which of course are only best known to those on board, starboarded her helm, and Captain Walker, seeing this, steadied his helm, and then starboarded it, thus avoiding what otherwise bade fair to be a most disastrous collision. The Victoria passed close to the City of Adelaide, the vessels almost grazing each other, and bnt for the judgment and promptitude displayed in backing the City of Adelaide foil speed astern, she would have cut the Victoria clean through. Both steamers were full of

passengers, and the trepidation of these was considerably relieved when the Victoria forged ahead without fouling. Her passengers mustered in full force immediately after, and gave three cheers for Captain Walker, and the cheering was taken up by those on board the City of Adelaide. —Melbourne Argus, March 29. AN ABANDONED VESSEL. (From the Western Morning News, January 25.) On Thursday we published particulars of the abandonment of the barque Jorawur, of London, and the landing of her crew at Falmouth The Jorawur was formerly a troopship in her Majesty's navy, and was then called the Vulcan. She sailed from Liverpool for Calcutta on the Cth inst., with a cargo of 2500 tons of salt* She met with severe weather, and shipped a quantity of water, which found its way below, and rapidly dissolved the salt. The danger of water inside as well as outside was, of course, great, and consequently great efforts were made to pump the vessel dry. From Saturday morning to midday on Monday, the crew worked incessantly in pumping the dissolved salt from the lower hold, and as there was danger of the vessel becoming top-heavy and capsizing, as the bottom weight was removed, salt had to be thrown down into the hold from between decks. On Monday the barque Epsilon hove in sight, and after remaining by for some hours, took on board the crew of the Jorawur, her captain—Mr. W. H. Davis—having decided upon abandoning her. The crew, who numbered twenty-nine all told, were landed at Falmouth, and reported that when they left their ship, the water was just level with her ports, she was settling down by the head, and she had six feet of water in her hold. They added, however, that they did not believe she was leaky, but that all the mischief was done by water from above. On Friday afternoon the abandoned barque was sighted by the Souvenir, and was boarded by some of the crew of that vessel at five p.m. It was found that the three lower masts were standing—the mizzentopmast and bowsprit in, and the fore and main yards aloft: and two boats were hanging at the davits. Everything was left as found, and the Souvenir was obliged to leave the Jorawur to her fate, as night was coming on, and the weather was looking dirty. The Souvenir, which was on a voyage from Bahai, arrived at Falmouth on Saturday, and on the news becoming known, preparations were made to go in search of the abandoned vessel.