SHIPPING SUMMARY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4459, 5 July 1875, Page 7

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

POET OF WELLINGTON. AianvED. June 8. —Tararua, s.s., 523 tons, J. W. Clark, from Melbourne, via The Bluff, Passengers—Saloon ; from Melbourne—Colonel Header, Eev. W. Morley, Messrs. C. Knight, Fraser, Christcson, Seager, Uigginsou, Kelsbeli, Hammer, anilLovett. W. Bishop, agent. Junk 15. —William Ackers, barque, 290 tous, Davies, from Newcastle. W. 11. Williams, agent. June 17.— Neptune, brig, 299 tons, Croll, from Newcastle. W. It. Williams, agent. Junk IS, — Hannibal, ship, 1187 tons, Brown, from London, via Nelson. Passengers—lst Cabin : llev. F. Wallace, Mr. E. Hansard, and Misses Hansard (2). 2nd Cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln and family (3), Messrs. Jno. Lister, Jas. B. Lyle, Joshua and Charles Tiller, John Callender, Mr. and Mrs, Geo. Judd and child. Johnston and Co., agent. Mary Miller, barque, 272 tons, Valentine, from Adelaide. W. M. Bannatyno and Co.-, agents. June 21.— Alhambra, s.s., 497 tons, Bowden, from Melbourne via Hokitika. Passengers—Saloon-: From Melbourne—Mrs, Blacklock and family (7), Miss Flora Anstcad, Messrs. J. 17. Hyctt, and Midlano; steerage, 2. prom Coast—Saloon: Misses Dixon, Mace, Messrs. Elliott, and Scott ; steerage, _3. W. Bishop, agent. ' * June 21.- —Eobin Hood, brig, 297 tons, Paton, from Newcastle. W, K. Williams, agent, June 27.— Otago, s.s., 042 tons, McLean, from Melbourne via Tho Bluff. Passengers- Saloon : From Melbourne—Misses Wilcox and Allsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Considine, Messrs. Wilcox, Allsworth, Buck, J. Bucket, and Colonel Harrington. From Coast —Miss Masters, Messrs. Mouutjoy, Thomson, and 16 tor other ports. Steerage 10, and 12 tor other ports. W. Bishop,. agent. ~ June 23.— Lady Franklin, barque, 235 tous. Hurley, from Melbourne. • James O’Shea, agent. June 20.—Edwin Bassett, barque. 397 tons, Forster, from Newcastle. W; K. Williams, agent. July I.—Albion, s.s,, 591 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne, via Hokitika. Passengers—Saloon : From Melbourne—Mr. and Mrs. Govetor, Misses Bingham, and Davis, Messrs.’ Bingham, Holland, Atkinson, Allen and child. Geo. Aiken, Finlay, and fifteen in tho steerage. W. Bishop, agent. . SAILED. June 4.— Albion, s.s., 591 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne via The Bluff. Passengers—Saloon: For Melbourne—Messrs. Long. Burrlns, Scott, and Hartwell. For Coast—Misses Dane and Cohen, Messrs. Sheriff, Clayton, Williams, and Borne. W. Bishop, agent. June 0. —Tavarua, s.s., 522 tous, J. W. Clark, for Melbourne, via Hokitika. Passengers —For Coast; Mrs- Kerr, and 2 children, Mr, and Mrs. Dance, Mr. Janies, Mrs. Parsons and child; steerage, 4. For Melbourne: Mr. Troxan. June 13. —Kingdom of Italy, barque, 413 tons, Shearer, for Newcastle. Passengers—w, T. Rudd. N.Z.B. Co., agents. June 22.— Alhambra, s.s., 49G tons, Bawden, for Melbourne, via Tho Bluff. Passengers—Saloon, for Melbourne: Mr. and Mrs. Barton, Mr. and Mrs. Bernhard, Messrs. Tos, Arencs, and Moss. W. Bishop, agent, June 23.—‘William Ackers, barque, • 299 tons, Davies, for Newcastle. Master, agent. June 25.—Neptune, brig, 299 tons, Croll, for Newcastle. Passengers—Messrs. W. Rowe and J. Harris. W. It. Williams, agent. June 23.—Fawn, brig, 210 tons, Brent, for Newcastle. Master, agent. . Otago, b.s., (542 tons, McLean, for Melbourne via Hokitika. Passengers—Saloon; For Melbourne—Mr. and Mrs. Horsfall, and Misses Horsfall (2), Messrs. Monteith and Beasely. For Coast—Mr, Sparrowgato. W. Bishop, agent. July 2.— Albion', s.s., 601 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne via Tho Bluff. Passengers—Saloon : For Melbourne—Mr. and Mrs. Palmer and family (5), Messrs. Black and Doyle. For Coast—Messrs. Bull, Lemon and Fcenon. W. Bishop, agent. AUCKLAND, Saturday, Juno 5. Ariuved : Tho Coloroon, from London, 107 days. No immigrants.—The Nightingale and. Lookout. Sailed: 11.M.5. Rosario, having been repaired, left for England via the Falkland Islands to-day. —Marathon, with a cargo of gum, for Now Yoj;k. June 15. Aiuiived ; Carbarfeiden, barque, from Nova Scotia, Boston, and Melbourne. She is a new vessel, and has been purchased by D. 11. McKenzie and others, for the intercolonial Southern .trade. Juno 16. The Roderick Dim, a new schooner, has arrived from I Sydney. She had a small portion of her bulwarks carried away in a heavy gale. Juno 2*. H.M.S, Dido has returned from a cruise to the North.

The barque Comet (Hokitika) which left Dunedin for Hobarton in February last, and has not since been heard of, was insured in' the Standard Company, Auckland branch, for £2OOO. Fears are entertained for the safety of the schooner Pacific, which left Timaru for the Manukau on the 3rd insf, —the day previous to the destructive gale — and has not since been seen. She had a cargo of wheat insured for £llOO in the New Zealand and South British Companies. NAPIER, Tuesday, June S. Arrived: Ship Countess of Kintore, with immigrants. June 11. Arrived ; John Norman, from Glasgow, with plant for the gasworks. NELSON, ‘Wednesday, June 9. The ship Hannibal, with immigrants, 00 days out, is in the bay. She has not yet been communicated with. June 20. ‘Arrived : Albion, s.s., from Greymouth. Captain Underwood attempted to bring her in without a pilot, and grounded on the boulder bank, but got off in half an hour without injury. Dunmore, from London, 121 days out. NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday, June 20. Arrived: Eliza Mary, from Hobarton. She left there on the 19th. HOKITIKA, Wednesday. June 9, The schooner Mary Campbell, from Melbourne, got ashore on Sunday on entering the river, and will require to be taken overland to be launched. She was considerably damaged by the gale on the voyage from Melbourne. GREYMOUTH, Thursday, June 10. Arrived: The schooner Fiery Cross, from Lyttelton. She experienced very heavy weather during the voyage, and in Cook Strait encountered a northerly gale which threw the vessel on her beam ends, carrying away the jibboom and port sails. LYTTELTON, Friday. June 11. The Success, now given up as lost, left Lyttelton on March 27, bound for Wanganui with a cargo of produce. , The crew then comprised Captain Lake, John Bothern, Edward Tadstead, John Ode, and Thomas Friday. The Pearl reports haying passed a white wreck off Timaru. The wreck was recognised as that of the Success. June 15. Sailed ; Xnverene, ship, for London, with a cargo valued at £60,000. June 17. Arrived : Fairlic, from Launceston; Fleur de Maurice, from Newcastle. June 23. Sailed: Alhambra, s.s., for the South; barques Australian Sovereign and Mary Clair for Newcastle. June 24. Sailed: Aspasia and Canterbury, for Wellington; Omaha, for Auckland ; Seabird, for Hokitika ; Pakeha, brig, for Brisbane. PORT CHALMERS. Friday, June 11. Arrived; At Heads, s.s. Hawea, from Glasgow. June 13. Arrived ; Brigantine Zephyr, from Hobarton. June 15. Sailed : Oamaru, ship, for London, with a full cargo of grain and skins, and over fifty first and second class passengers. June IG. Sailed : Crusader, ship, 1040 tons, Renaut, for London, with a full cargo of grain, wool, skins,’and sundries. June 23. Arrived; Barque Prospector, from Melbourne, with 300 tons of general cargo; ship Peacemaker, from Loudon, 114 days out, with 1104 tons of cargo, 1000 of which is dead weight. • June 24. Arrived : Barque Waratah, from Hobarton, June ISth. Reports passing the barque Southern Cross, from that port to Lyttelton, on the 21st. June 28. Arrived:—Annie Houlan, schooner, from Christiania, 10th December. Met with heavy weather in North Sea. . Lost stayboom and topsail; put into Leith to replace them ; left again on the Spth January. Went south about, and cleared the English Channel on 7th February. Experienced fine weather, and puf into the Cape of Good Hope for water. Encountered very heavy gale in the Southern Ocean, and made the Solanders on the 20th inst. Since then has been knocked about, the coast by light weather. She brings a cargo of. lumber, consigned to Guthrie and Laruach. Schooner Christina, from Auckland and Grahamstown. Brigantine Camille, from Hobarton, 12th June. July 2, Arrived ; Easby and Taranaki, from Lyttelton. They were detained on the passage from that port by a fresh gale from S.E., with a heavy sea.—Union Company’s s.s. Taupo, 401 tons. She left Glasgow on 30th April, and cleared the land on the following day ; called at St. Vincent on 11th, coaled and left on 12th, and crossed the Equator on the 19th May; rounded , Cape of Good Hope on Ist June, and made S.W, Cape on morning of Ist July, arriving at Port Chalmers at 11a.m. to-day. She brings six saloon and seventeen second-class passengers.

THE BLUFF, Tuesday; June S. Sailed : 2 p.m., Albion, for Melbourne. June 28. Sailed, 5 p.m.: Alhambra, for Melbourne. Further particulars have come to hand respecting the wreck of the Elibank Castle, and the following is a copy of the telegram received by Messrs. Turnbull and Co. from Captain Llnklater; —“Stranded on shingle beach close to'a high cliff, which tide reaches at high water. Nearest house eight miles, on a plain. For miles round no timber or appliances near to launch her, which would be a doubtful operation if tried, owing to the heavy surf on beach. Cannot say state of bottom. Went on shore Saturday night, low water. Hammered very heavy till after high water, but does not look much strained. None of the cargo was discharged. Left the mate and crew in charge till they hear from me. The nearest railway is eighteen miles, which goes to Lyttelton.” The place where the accident occurred is Wakanui, .about eight miles north of the Ashburton, and about forty miles from Christchurch. The insurances on her amount to £ISOO, which is about three-fourths of her value, £750 being in the South British aiid £750 in the New Zealand. She had on board a general cargo for various consignees-at.Timaru and Oamaru, shipped from this port by Messrs. Turnbull and Co. The cargo is insured for £460 in the South British and £250 In the National. As customary-in all cases relating to shipping matters, namely, wrecks, and collisions at sea, &c., an inquiry was held on Saturday, before the Deputy Collector of Customs, concerning the recent loss of the ketch William and Mary. Captain Stevens’s evidence was a recapitulation of -the facts already published iu these columns, with one notable exception, namely, that Captain Stevens affirms that during the three days ho ■was exposed to so much privation and suffering he felt not the slightest pangs of hunger or thirst, and it was not until he was rescued by Captain Benner that ho expressed a wish for a little water to assuage his thirst.

The N.Z.S. Co’s, ship Hannibal, Captain Campbell, arrived from London, via Nelson, on Friday, June 18, and anchored at the fairway, as she was unable to fetch the wharf, owing to the strong southerly breeze which blow until sundown yesterday. She left Nelson on Sunday last, but she did not get out off Cloudy Bay until 'Wednesday morning. Had strong northwest and south winds up to arrival as above The report of her passage from London to Nelson has appeared in the Nelson Tress, but we may remark that she made a very quick run of S 3 days, and had she not been becalmed at tho Equator for 10 days, the passage would have been made in a much shorter time. Tho Hannibal is a fine iron vessel of HS7 tons register, and was launched at Glasgow In 1802. She has very fine lines, and has the look of being a fast sailer. Her accommodation for immigrants is very good, the ’tween decks being about nine feet high, and admirablylighted and ventilated. The saloon is fitted up with every comfort and convenience, and presents quite an elegant appearance. The Hannibal brought several flrst and second cabin passengers from London for Wellington and Napier, and ICDO tons of general cargo for this port. She comes consigned to Messrs. Johnston and Co.

Capt. Linklater arrived from Lyttelton on Thursday morning by the Wellington. He brought with him a flue photographic view of the Elibank Castle as she now lies high and dry on tho Ninety-Mile Beach. MTienthe Elibank Castle was running ashore during the late southerly gale her captain and crew battened themselves down in the cabin Instead of taking to the rigging, tire reason for so doing was that the schooner was of such light draught that at high water sh,e was. carried high and dry to where she is at presen Hying. They were thus enabled to make their exit out of the vessel without any danger. The Elibank Castle does not appear to be much injured, judging from the picture Her cargo was all sold, and was, we believe, little damaged by salt water. She was fully covered by insurance, and has been sold by the insurance offices for £OSO. There is not much likelihood of her being floated this season, os the experiment would Ire a very hazardous one, on account of the heavy surf that sets In on the Ninety-Mile Beach. If she is ever to bo floated, it will have to be accomplished during the prevalence of the N.W. winds. Captain Johnson, of tho Marine Department, was a passenger by the Ino, which arrived on June 25, from Ticton and Tory Channel. Captain Johnson carefully examined the channel, with a view of determining the most suitable spot for placing leading lights.for theguidance of mariners. He placed two beacons in the channel as an experiment, before deciding upon a ■permanent spot for a lighthouse, as he is desirous of learning from captains of steamers their opinion as to the suitableness of the positions ho has at present fixed upon. WRECK OF THE SCHOONEE WILLIAM AND MARY. We have been favored with tho following extract of a letter from Captain Eenncr, of tho schooner Hannah Barrett, relative to the late S.E. gale, and the discovery by him of tho wreck of tho schooner William and Mary“ I loft Queen Charlotte Sound on Saturday evening, the 6th Inst., with a light favorable Wind, and got within 20 miles of the Manawatu Bar when tho gale burnt upon me in full fury, and as I could not carry much sail, I deemed it prudent to put her head off shore and lay her to. It blow tremendously hard, with a very heavy sea, all day on Sunday, the day on which the unfortunate WUUam cud Mary capsized ; but the little Hannah Barrett rode it out like a seagull, and we lay quite snug although drifting to leeward very fast. Next may, Monday, at noon, seeing very little prospect any good. I boro up, ran under Cape Egmont, anchored, and lay quite snug all night■ ing tho wind came in light from the uerthTOril, so l got under way. but had not miles when it came round to the S E. seeing the steamer WelUngton coming along. I waylaid her, and asked Captain Carey to send a telegram for me, which I perceive by the papers he did. I then thought of anchoring again, but. as the weather promised fine I decided otherwise, and glad I am now that I did, or else, I am sure, poor Stevens would not bo alu e now. I {cent boating to windward all that night, and next forenoon, when standing in for the land, about ten o’clock, I was just going to give the order

to go about, when somehow I decided not to, but stood on, as we were a good way off the land still. About this time a passenger I had on board came on deck for a stroll, and in a few minutes came to me and reported a boat to windward. I got my glass, and discovered it to be a vessel bottom up, and a man standing on it waving something.' lat once ran up the ensign, got the boat out. and in about half-an-hour had the poor fellow on board, nearly exhausted and trembling like a leaf. Gave him some dry clothes, a little weak brandy and water, put his feet in warm water, got him under the blankets and properly warmed him up. By five o’clock he was ready to take some mutton broth, after which he had a thorough good night’s sleep, and now, I am glad to say, is quite well and strong again. His name is James Stevens. He was master and half owner of the ‘William and 'Mary. His tale is as follows: —‘ Was bound from Motueka to Patea, with a full bargo. Had been lying v.nder Kapiti for shelter for nearly a week. Made a start again for Patea, but was running back again for Kapiti, when, *on Sunday morning, he met the late gale. Made all snug and hove-to. About six o’clock the close-reefed mainsail blew completely out of the bolt-ropes during a furious squall. Got up a span Jib, and set it instead ; but it was not sufficient to keep her head to sea, for soon afte. eight o’clock a very heavy sea caught her on her broadside, and in an instant turned her completely bottom up,* (This is in a great measure attribut ed to her being quite fiat-bottomed like a barge.) His mate and he were in the cabin at the time. They immediately pulled off the lazaret scuttle and crawled into it, as the lazaret was now above the cabin floor. There was barely enough room for the two to lie side by side in this small place, and thera they remained, without food or water, till Tuesday afternoon, when, finding the water gradually but surely increasing, until* it nearly reached their mouths, they were compelled to crawl put through the hole, dive through the water in the cabin, up its companion, across the deck and rail, and so up to the surface. The mate—a young man—went first, and in a short while Stevens followed ; but when he reached the surface and got hold of a spar, he could npt see anything of the mate nor any of the crew, nor ever did afterwards. After a while Stevens swam to the stump of the foremast, which was-float-ing near the vessel, perched, and lashed himself on it, and remained there during the whole of the night, up to his waist in water, and drenched with spray, bitterly cold, and almost exhausted for want of sleep. Next morning, after the sun rose, he swam away to the vessel, as it was now much smoother, and after some desperate snuggling succeeded at last in getting on to the bottom of the vessel, where he w T as. comparatively dry, and remained there until we took him off, thus having been about ninety hours without food or . water and hardly any sleep. He has lost all, as, unfortunately, the vessel is not insured for even a penny. I have started a subscription list for him here, and by the kind assistance of a Mr. Collins, hope to get about £2O or more for him, to procure him some -clothing and to take him back to his wife and family neat Lyttelton.’’