SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4818, 31 August 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. Hian Wathr.—l.lß a.m. ; 1.64 r.H, ARRIVED; August 29.—Tui, s.s,, 64 tons. Bonner, from Westport. Passengers Cabin : Messrs. Bowman, Hnngerford, and Smith; 3in the steerage. Bishop, schooner. 24 tons, Dalton, from Kalkoura. Bethune and Hunter, agents. ■ . . August 30,— Matau, s.s.. 104 tons, tfrquhart, from Foxton. Passengers—Cabin : Mr. and Miss Wee , Mrs. Beatty and two children, Mrs. Mcssrs.i Baker, Robinson, Weir, Noiiaon, 1 and Mcftwen. B Tan%! g s n s k ; 401 tons, Worsp, • tom the .South. Passengers—Saloon : Mosdames Carg 11 and three children, West, Knolly. Bovan'and cb' d. Christ.e, Gilbert, and Wason, Miss Gardner. Captata BeU, Messrs. Cargill, Burnes, Bastings, V cat, Knolley, Edson. Connell, Burne Grey, Suisted, Valentine, Shields, Cameron, Christie Gilbert, and Wason: 13 in the steerage. Le\mand s.s., 623 tons, McLean, from Kelson. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs Harford and three children, Mr Louisson ; 2in the steerage. Bishop, agent.

* SAILED. August 30.—Amaranth, schooner, 51 tons, Mason, forOnchunga. Master, agent. Ringarooma, a s., 623 tons, McLean, for Melbourne via the South. Passengers—Saloon: For CoastRevs. Messrs, Townsend and Anderson, Messrs. Wright, Bygone, Jones (2), and Bartleraan. For Melbourne —Messrs, Pucion, Brown (2), and Marsh. Bishop, agent. Stormbird, s.s,, 69 tons, Doilo, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin ; Mrs. Astley and family (5), Mr. and Mrs. Kyneosk, Mr. and Mrs. West. Turnbull j and Co., agents, _ Taupo, s.s., 461 tons, Worsp, for the North. Passengers—Saloon: Captain Baillie, Messrs.. Tuko, Stevenson, Holloway, Munro, Henderson (2), Burrett, Furlong, Seymour, Richardson, and one native. Xevin and Co., agents. • 1 Wressel Castle, barque, 316 tons, Irvine, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. ■ Waihopai, schooner, 43 tons, Reardon, forMotuelca. Master, agent. , Matau, s.s., 104 tons, Urquhart, for Kaikoura ana Lyttelton, Passengers Cabin: Mrs, and Miss Waters, Messrs. Muller, Yardin, Mcßae, and Thompson. Bishop, agent. CLEARED OUT. * August 30.—Anno Melhuish, barque; 314 tons, Chadwick, for Newcastle. Williams, agent.' Forest Queen, ketch, 51 tons,-Watchlin, for Pelorus Bound. Mclntyre and Co., agents. Dido, cutter, 37 tons, Shilling, for Blenheim. Turnbull and Co., agents. . Elizabeth, schooner, 33 tons, Johnson, for Pelorus Sound. Short, agent. IMPORTS. Ruby,' from Kaikoura; 137 sacks potatoes, 10 bells skins. 2 cases do, 3 hides, 7 casks (.tallow, 4 bales sheepskins. Levin and Co.; 9 hides, 34 hams, 39 sides baoon, Turnbull and Co. Tui, from Greymouth : 50 tons coal, Order. Taupo, from Dunedin: 2 boxes, Pamaker; 1 do, Turnbull; lease, Thompson; 19 cases, 14 hhds, 33 pkgs, 1 bale, Order; 4 hhds, Eddie and Jack; 1 case, Llsty; 1 bale, 1 truss, Poulson: 2 cases, Denton; 7 cases, Shaw; 20 do, Wiltshire; 2 trunks. Lindsay ; 1 case, Williams; 1 do, Franklin; 2 bales, Mclntosh; 1. pel, Moore; 2 cases, Hasford; 4 cases, S crates, Order; 3 cases,-Stuart; 1 pci. Baker. From Lyttelton : 1 case, Knowles; Ido, Blythe and Co.; 2 do, McLandy; 9 do, Thompson; 1 do, Jameson Brothers; 1 qr-cask wine, Lockes; 1 do do. Order; 2 cases, 1 bale, xaham and Co. Matau, from Foxton : 30.000 ft. Umber, Brogden; 1 box, Goodwin; 11 hides;s bales skins, 5 casks tallow, Tyer; 7 empties. Order. Herald, from Timam: 132 bags potatoes, 11 do bran, 102 do sharps, SO do oats, Thomas ; 331 sacks flour, Order. EXPORTS. Taupo. for Picton : 1 bag, 1 case, 1 pkg. Bishop: 1 box, 1 pci. Mills ; 15 bags, 1 case, Turnbull and Co. For Nelson; 20 cases, 1 pci, Turnbull and Co.; 5 pkgs, N.Z.S.S. Co.; 6 casks, KrullandCo.; 20 boxes, O’Shea. For Taranaki; 1 bdl trees, Bishop; 2 casks, 2 kegs, 1 bale, N.Z.S. Co.; 1 case, Pllmmer; 5 pkgs, Levin; 7kegs, Turnbull and Co.; 1 pci, Thompson, Shannon, and Co. For Auckland :12 cases, 3 pels, 1 truss. Bishop; 100 boxes, O’Shea ; 4 pkgs, Bethune and Hunter; 1 truss, Williams; 1 cask beer, Broz; 1 case. Stationery Store; 1 pci, A.M.P. Society. Matau, for Kaikoura; 10 cases gin, Pilcher; 3 pkgs, Bowden and Sons; J. box, Turnbull: 1 pci; Dawson; 5 cases stout, Mace and Arkell. For Lyttelton : 2 bags seed, Murray, Common, and Co.; 1 bag, Griffiths; 1 pkg. Bishop; 1 case, Mills; 66casks tallow, 46 bales N.Z.S. Co. Stormbird, for Wanganui: 10 cases claret, Samuel, Ladd, and Co.; 1 qr-cask wine, Joseph and Co.; 2 casks biscuits, Griffiths, 11 cases, 1 truss, Thompson Shannon, and Co.; 2 hf-chests tea, Stevenson and Stuart; 1 box, Johnston and Co.; 2 pkgs saddlery, Evans; 1 case, 1 cask, 43 pkgs iron. Mills ; 66 pkgs. Levin and Co.; 1 piano, Duncan; 8 pkgs groceries, 1 cask ale, 1 box tobacco, 1 case, Krull and Co.; 1 case, Barber; 56 cases ammunition, 1 qr-barrel caps, Col. Reader; 1 cask. 1 case, 3 kegs, 1 medicine chest, 2 pkga groceries, Turnbull and Co. BXPKCTET) ARRIVALS Loudon.- Waikato, ship, early; Waimea, ship, early; Zealandia, ship, early. Lyttelton.—Star Queen, barque, early. Newcastle.—Madura, barque, early. Northern Ports.—Wellington, s.s., this day. Melbourne and Hobarton via tee South. — Albion, s.s.. 6th Sept, Port Chalmers. —Ada Wiswell, barque, early. Melbourne.—Sarah Pile, brigantine, early; Albert the Good, early. Wanganui —Manawatu, p.s.,this day; Stormbird, s.s., Sept. 1. Napier £and Poverty Bay.—Rangatira, s.s., Sept. 3. Napier*.- Kiwi, s.s., this day. ] . PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Southern Ports.—Wellington, s.s., this day.* Foxton and Rangitikei.—Tui, s.s., this day. Melbourne via the South.—Alhambra, s.s.. Sept. 15. Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika. —Tui, 3,B.,Sept. 4. Castlepoint and Napier.—Kiwi, s.s., Ist Sept. Wanganui.—Manawatu, p.s.. Sept. 1. Melbourne and Hobarton via the South.— Albion, s.s., Bth Sept. Foxton.— Matau, s.s., Sept. 4. Sydney, via West Coast. —Otago, s.s., Sept. 11.

BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTELTON, Wednesday. Sailed : The Unity for Wellington. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. The ship Sam Mendel has arrived from London in 91 days. She brings a few passengers. The Hero took a large shipment of gold for Australia to-day. NELSON, Wednesday. Sailed: Wellington, at 2.15 p.m., for Picton, Wellington, and the South. Passengers from Nelson : Mrs. Cock and four children, Mrs. Sheppard, Messrs. Blackett, Mackay, Ansell, Wood, Hall, Doolan, Ryan, Collins, Evans. Brent, Eeay, Carter, Haycock, Bishop, and Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Baokhan. WEATHER AT 5 P.M. YESTERDAY. Barometer corrected for height only. Auckland. —29*85—S.W., fresh; fine. Napibb.—29*s9—W.S.W., fresh. Bar smooth. Castle Poiht.—29 55—W.N.W., fresh; threatening. Much swell. Wellington*. —29*s6 —N.W., light; threatening. Hokitika.—29*46—N.E., light; rain. Bar good. Webtpobt.—29*so—N.. light; rain. Ear good. Timabu.— 29*4B—N.E., light; gloomy, ConslderS.E. swell. Oamabu.—29*44—N.E. light; threatening. ModeS.E. sweU. 81cw.—29*32—E.5.E., light; threatening. Barometer falling in South.

The steamer Tui arrived here late on "Wednesday night from the West Coast Reports the p.a. Luna at anchor in Port Hardy. The Tui will sail for Poxton and RangUikel this evening. The barque Wressel Castle, Captain Irvine, sailed yesterday forenoon for Newcastle in ballast. The schooner Ruby from Kaikoura arrived here on Tuesday night late. The s.s. Stormbird left here for Wanganui at 3 p.m. yesterday. The s.s. Wellington will sail for Southern ports at 3 o’clock this afternoon. The s.s. Matau from Poitou arrived hero at 1 a.m. yesterday. She left Foxton at 1.30 p.m. the previous day. but was unable to cross the bar till 8 p.m.. On the way down called in at Kapitl. She sailed for Kaikoura and Lyttelton last evening. The Union Company’s steamer Taupo, Captain Worsp, arrived here from Southern ports at 10 o’clock yesterday morning. She left Port Chalmers at 2 p.m. on Monday, and arrived at Lyttelton at 7 o'clock next morning; left same evening at 6.30, and arrived here as above. She Sailed for Picton, Nelson, New Plymouth and Manukau at 1.15 p.m. yesterday. The schooner Walhopal and Amaranth sailed yesterday morning. The former for Motueka and -the latter for Onehunga, . The topsail schooner Endeavor, Captain Dick, ran into Worser Bay yesterday morning .at 1. o’clock through stress of weather. She is from Mercury Bay So Oamaru with a cargo of about 60,000 feet sawn kauri timber. She left Mercury Bay on the 22nd, and had fair wind till off Napier, thence strong S.S.E. breeze, which drove her into Cook Strait. Seeing I’ort Nicholson close at hand, she was brought in, arriving as above. It was Captain Dick’s intentlen to resume the voyage last night. Captain Worsp, of the steamer Taupo, which arrived here yesterday morning, reports passing a wrecked vessel of about 60 tons burthen at 8.50 p.m. on Tuesday. The wreck was 25 miles N.N.E. j E., by compass, from Godley Head, Lyttelton. Messrs. McMeckau. Blackwood, and Co.’s fine steamer Ringarooma, Captain John McLean, left Nelson at 1.30 p m. on Tuesday. Experienced light northerly wind, with fine weather, and arrived here at 5 30 yesterday morning. She took her departure for Melbourne via Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and Bluff at 3.15 p.m. yesterday. Relative to the slight accident which happened to the steamer Hawea, the Nelson Colonist of the 20th inst. has the following The Hawea, Captain Wheeler, arrived here at 1 p.m. on Sunday from Southern ports. Whilst on her passage between Picton and Nelson, on Saturday evening last, and when off Jackson Head, she struck on a sunken rock, but fortunately she sustained no Injury. At the Customhouse here, the captain, engineer, chief officer, and carpenter made a declaration, we understand, to the effect that the vessel had sustained no injury, consequently it may be‘ assumed that some of the rumors which were floated greatly exaggerated what must have been an Incident of no very great consequence. She left for Northern ports yesterday, and on her return to Port Chalmers she will bo docked for her periodical overhaul, 1 An Otago paper takes from a Homo Journal the following;—Messrs. Thomas Wingate and Co. launched a handsome new steamer on the sth July named the Wanaka of Ui tons b.m., compound surface-con-densing engines of 120 h.p. nominal, and built to the order of Mr, John Darling for the Union Steamship

Company of New Zealand. She is classed AKW at Lloyds has elegant passenger accommodation, with all the'West improvements in each department, and a high rate of speed 1s expected. The cereniony of naming the vessel was performed by Miss Mary Christie. This is the third vessel launched by th e< Messrs. Wingate for Mr. Darling within the last throe m The*Wsltakl, another of the Union Company's now steamers’, was at the Tail of the Bank, and was to sail for Dunedin on the Oth July. Her appearance may be looked for there about the end of October: The tonnage loading on the berth at London July Gth for India, China, and the Capo,of Good Hope, amounted to 46,902 tons ; and for Australia and Now Zealand, 09,344 tons. THE BRITAIN'S PRIDE.* The brig Britain’s Bride may now be given up as lost. It is to day 75 days since she left Hobarton, under the* command of Captain John Linklater, a gentleman whose untimely end will bo regretted by all who knew him. Ho had, by his generous manly conduct while sailing on the New Zealand coast, established for himself a name which will not bo easily forgotten. Mr. David Clark was the chief officer of the brig, and had the reputation of being a careful and skilful seaman. Prior to shipping on the Britain s Prido he held the position of chief officer on the barque Malay. The second officer was one of three brothers, sons of Mr. Llttler, a fruiterer, of Hobarton, all of whom: were on board the brig. They were named respectively James, John, and Henry. There was also on board a lad named Blowfleld, an apprentice, whoso parents live in Bathurst-street, Hobarton. The names of the rest of the crew wo have been unable to ascertain. As to how the vessel was lost Is. of course, all mere conjecture, but the probability is that she has foundered. According to a Hobarton paper the Britain's Pride left on the 17th June, and several days after most tempestuous weather was reported to have raged between here and Tasmania. is most likely that while being hove-to or running before the wind she was caught In a heavy sea, and being unable to recover herself went to the bottom with all hands. There was also a likelihood of her being dismasted; but if so there was another fierce storm for her to weather, about the 20th ult, according to the report of the barque Glencee, which arrived at Dunedin on' the 25th inst. from Hobarton, after an extremely tempestuous passage of 32 days. Relative to the voyage of the latter to Otago the'Tunes has the following “ She sailed from Hobarton, July 2oth, with light southerly winds, and next day, when clear , of the land, encountered the first of her troubles in a very severe S.S.E. gale, and hovo-to to it under lower main topsail. The. gale hold • with unabated force till the 29th, and then moderating, she made sail, and stood on her course. But it was only a short break in the tempest: for on the 30th the wind veered to S.S.W., and then to S.W., freshened up, and came down next day in a furious tempest, the barometer falling to 29*60. Sail was reduced to scudding canvas, the two lower topsails and foresails, and before the galb the barque drove, laboring and straining exceedingly in the tremendous sea, taking much water on board and over all, and what was worse, commenced leaking. She was kept on her course as long as possible, but the foresail and foretopmast staysail splitting in a fierce squall, whilst the pumps had to be kept going to keep the leak under, it was found expedient to keep her dead before the sea. This was done at noon on the Ist inst. At midnight an awful body of water broke on board over her stern, and completely smothered her, filling her decks rail high. The shock was something terrific, and, reeling under the superincumbent mass of water, the Glencoe seemed unable to recover herself, and her crow thought that their last hour had come. But the game old craft struggled bravely, and at last shook herself clear, and again drove on before the gale and sea until 3 • a.m. on the 2nd. Then another fearful sea pooped her, not only filling the decks, but tore the deckload of timber adrift. Again she threatened to settle down under it, and again struggled free, all hands working like tigers to secure the and keep the pumps going, for the leak was gaining at an ominous rate. At noon, the gale culminated in furious squalls, whilst the sea was mountainous, threatening every moment to engulf the barque, and to save her Captain Jasper very reluctantly decided to jettison the deckload, and overboard it went as quickly as the men could dispose of it. This relieved her a little, and she made better weather, but was pooped twice during the afternoon. At midnight the gale broke, and as the wind and sea went down she was hauled up on her course for the land. On working down our coast she was assailed by several very heavy southerly gales.” If the Britain Pride met with the same weather as the Glencoe did, and was in a disabled condition, it would be almost impossible for her to survive it. The following is a correct list of the Britain’s Pride’s passengers—Misses Fairbairn and Beck (2), and Master Her cargo consisted of 17,000ffc. timber, 12,000 pailings, 180,000 shingles, 700 posts and rails. 15 tons onions, 1600 cases fruits, 1556 cases jam, besides a quantity of oats, telegraphic material, &c., &c. Mostly all of the cargo was for Messrs. Beck and Tonks. She was insured, but wo are unable at present to give the amount.