SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4782, 20 July 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF WELLINGTON. Hum Water. —2.27 a.m. , 2.68 r.M. ARRIVED. July 19.—Napier, s.s,, 44 tons, Butt, from Foxton. Passengers—Cabin : Misses Howe (2), Mr, Norman. Tumbnli and Co., agents. ■ ■ ~ Robin Hood, brig, 297 tons, Baton, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. „ ' Neptune, brig, 299 tons. Yule, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. _ , ~ Luna, p.s., 199 tons, Fairchild, from Cook strait.

IMPORTS. , Canterbury, from Pelorus Sound : 21,000 ft. timber, Day Dawn, from Pelorus Sound: 18,000 ft. timber, Compton. ' „ , , Napier, from Foxton ; 1 box, Humphreys; 7 empty casks, Mace and Arkell; 6 cases, Dixon. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.- Dunbritton, ship, early: Midlothian, ship, early. Hamburg.—Fits Reuter, ship, daily. Southern Ports.—Hawea, s.s.. this day; Taupo, 3.3, 20th Inst.; City of New York, s.s., 28th inst. Northern Ports.—Taranaki, s.s,, this day; Wellington, s.s.,26thinst. _ Port Chalmers.— Argosy, barque, early; Horsa, ship, early. ~, ~ Hobarton. —Britain's Pride, brig, daily; Young Dick, schooner, early. Melbourne. —Wollomai, early. Wanganui —Manawatu, p.s., this day ; Stormbird, s.s.. this day. Melbourne via the South.—Alhambra, s.s., 22nd inst. Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika.— Tui, s.s., 29th inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Northern Ports,—Hawea, s.s., 21st inst.; Taupo, s.s., 20th inst. Southern Ports.—Taranaki, s.s., 21st inst.; Wellinoton, s.s., 27th inst. Melbourne, via the South.—Alhambra, s.s., 22nd inst. Napier, Auoklasd, Kandavau. Honolulu, and San Francisco.—City of New York, s.s., 28th inst. Foxton.—Matau, s.s., this day.' Ranoitikei.—Napier, s.s., this day. Waipapa and Kaikouea.— Ruby, schooner, this day. Wanganui.— Manawatu, p.s., 21st inst. WEATHER AT 5 p.m. YESTERDAY. Barometer corrected for height only. Auckland.—29’Bs—N.E., light: overcast. Napier.—2979—N.E., light: threatening. Ear good, Castle Point.— 29 77—N.E., light; threatening. Heavy swell. Wellington.—29*73—Calm ; rain. Hokitika.—29 63—5. E., moderate ; rain. Bar rough. Westport.—29's6—E.N.E, fresh ; gloomy. Bar rough. Timaku.—29 91—S.W., light; rain. Sea smooth. ■ Oamaru.— 29'B7—Calm ; rain. Sea smooth. Bluet.'—29;B4 —Calm; gloomy. • Barometer falling. BY TELEGRAPH LYTTELTON, Wednesday. Arrived: 7 a.m., Taupo, from Wellington ; 7.30 a.in., City of New York, from Wellington ; Hawea, from Dunedin. Sailed: 9.15 Am., City of New York, for Port Chalmers : Taupo, for Port Chalmers, at 3.30 p.m. ; Hawea, for Northern ports, at 4.30 p.m. Passengers for Wellington; Messrs. King, Ackland, Simmons, and Clayton. PORT CHALMERS, Wednesday. Sailed : Albion, for Melbourne, via Bluff. NEW PLYMOUTH. Wednesday. The Taranaki, with the English mails, has arrived. She left for Nelson at 10 o'clock this morning. , WESTPORT, Wednesday. Arrived :7a.m.. Tui, from Wellington. The Tui left for Greymouth at 10.30 this morning.

The p.s. Luna returned to port last night after an unsuccessful search for the supposed rook on which it is thought the Heversham was wrecked. Captain Fairchild states that on arriving in the vicinity of Tom’s Rock on Monday evening some little work was done. On Tuesday the weather was beautifully fine, and'although the sea was ploughed roundwhere • the shoal was supposed to exist, and innumerable soundings taken, no other danger could be discovered but Tom’s Kock. The greater part of yesterday was employed in again surveying and sounding, bnt the weather being thick a difficulty was experienced in getting angles. However, no rocks were discovered, and the Luna had to return to port. The p.s. Luna took the brig Neptune from Newcastle in tow, and brought her up to the outer anchorage last night. Our telegrams recently informed us that the Neptune left Newcastle on the 27th June. If so, she has made a rather long passage of twenty-one days, which will probably be accounted for by her having experienced the recent heavy weather which appears to have raged in the Southern Ocean this month. : xho s.s. Napier, Captain Butt, left Foxton, at 5 . p.m. on Tuesday, and arrived here at 5 a.m. yesterday. Had fine weather all the way. She will sail for Rangitikei at noon to-day. The s.s. Hawea, from Southern ports, will arrive here to-day. She is advertised to sail for Picton, Nelson, New Plymouth and Manukau, at noon tomorrow. ‘ ' The steamers Stormbird and Manawatu should arrive here from Wanganui this morning. They are ■.both advertised to sail for the same port this afterB °The 3.3. Matau will sail for Foxton this afternoon. The ship Midlothian, 1085 tons, under the command of Captain Murray, and bound for this port, . passed Deal on May 20, and was off Torbay on the 23rd of the same month. ■ ■ . _ , ~ The tonnage loading on the berth at London, May E, for India, China, and the Cape of Good Hope, amounted to 60,523 tons, and for Australia and New Zealand to 74,176 tons. ~ ; , „ ’ The Taupo beat the City of. New York in the run down from here to Lyttelton by one hour. The City of Cashmere. 978 tons, cleared outwards at the Customhouse, Glasgow, for Dunedin and Wellington, on April 8. . . ■ The New Zealand Examiner, published,in London, - writing under date Slay 6, says There is no improvement in long-voyage freights outwards or homewards, and business is much restricted. The I/ondon berths for the Australian and New Zealand colonies are well ' supplied with tonnage, also , with steamers for India and China. Rates are low at the Rice Ports and Singapore, but a trifle firmer at Bombay and Calcutta. The brig Robin Hood arrived in our harbor about 10 p.m. last night. Advices state that she left Newcastle on the Ist inst. . . . ■ ;• ■. . Two sailing vessels came into our harbor last night about 10 p.m., but as they anchored a long "way down the stream we were unable to obtain their names. i We learn from a Home paper that four guns of the same size as the stupendous piece of ordinance of 81 - tons, which haa been making such a noise at Woolwich lately, are being rapidly constructed ior arming the Inflexible, and if we can only find a captain and crew who do not mind going on board arid living at close qnarters with such monsters, the ship will be a very terrible craft. Of the thirty-nine others vessels building, five are also ironclads, but of much smaller capacity than many we now possess; while all the rest are unarmoured vessels of various kinds. There are two swift despatch vessels, twelve fine corvettes to act as cruisers, and some smaller sloops and gnnboats. The despatch vessels, to be called the Isis and Mercury, will be a novelty in their way; they are to be built of steel, with wonderfully powerful engines and strongly armed. It is estimated that they will be so swift as to run nearly 20 miles an hour, while their size being considerable—upwards of. 3000 tons—they will be handy for transporting large bodies of • troops from one colony to another in case of urgent necessity. Each will be armed with ten heavy guns, so that while endowed with great speed they will still be formidable vessels of war.