SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5186, 5 November 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. ARRIVED. „ NotbmberS. —Taupo, s.s., 461 tons, Caroy, from the Manakau, via intermediate ports. &loon; Messrs. Williams (3).Johns .On . Bennett. TTardinff Burnett, Wilcox, Harley, and IjUbic , » ateeraeo *• 37 for South. Levin and Co., agents. Manawatu. p.s., 105 tons, Barmy. fr ™^'''“ ng ■Passflntrera—Cabin: Mr. and Mrs. bumvan, xurs. Button and three children. Judge Richmond. Messrs. Allan Gully, S. Kellv, and Brown. Phmmer. agent. Tul* s.s. 04 tons, Wills, from South, lassenger Cabin: Rev. Father Yardin. Bishop, agent. Dunedin, schooner, 66 tons, Stewart, from KtuP mrm^^htfo 02 tons. Hart, from Kaipara. Pe jano ifongias, s.s.. 75 tons, Fraser, from Foxton. Pl Makfen "(fity, schooner, 27 tons. Allan, from Pelorus S °Novemeer —Alhambra, s.s., 501 tons Munro, from Melbourne and Hobarton, via the South. Passengers Saloon Mesdaraes Crawford and son, Steaden, and Jamieson, Miss Wilson ; 0 steerage. Bishop, agent. . November 3.— Aurora, schooner, 52 tons, Eomenl. for East Const. Pearce, agent. Hannah Broomfield, brigantine, 120 tons, Dawson, for Kaipara. Master, agent. . November 4.— Napier, s.s., 48 tons, I'iak, for Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin : Mr. Lean. Turnbull and Taupo, s.s., 481 tons. Carey, for South, Passengers —Saloon: Mesdaraes Coker, Sergeant, and Murphy, Messrs. Robinsou, Teschemaker, Richards, Bellamy, Hunter, Coker, Anderson, Sargeant, and Ashman ; C steerage. Levin and Co., agents. Stormbird, s.s., 69 tons, Doile, for Wanganui. PUramer, agent. . „ Wallace, p.s.. 64 tons, Dillon, for Picton, kelson, and West Coast. Passengers—Cabin: Messrs. Kelly, Gardiner, Kendal, and Mountfort. Deacon, agent. IMPORTS [A. sveciat charge is made for consignees names inserted in this column .] Taupo, from the North : 6S cases, 2 bales leather, 14 doors, 110 sacks oysters, 1 boat, 13 pkgs, 1 parcel, 1 Napier, from Blenheim: 72 bales wool, 212 sacks potatoes, 11 do malt. r ' EXPORTS. Stormbird, for Wanganui : 20 cases geneva, 50 boxes tea, 7 gunnies sugar, 9 cases, 1 parcel, 48 pxgs. Ruby, for Kaikoura : 40 mats sugar, 10 cases geneva, 5 half-chests tea, 30 boxes do, 60 sashweights. 6 casks ale. 1 do stout, 3 cases jam, 8 bags nee, 2 cases kerosene, 40 pkgs sundries. Napier from Blenheim: 6 bales packs, -0 barrels sulphur, 10 kegs arsenic, 71 coils wire, 3 sacks oatmeal, 2 rolls lead, 1 reaper, 50 sacks flour, 1 wool press, 10 pkgs sundries. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Lokdos.—St. Leonards and Crownthorpe, early. Hongkong asd Foochow.— May, daily. Southern Ports —Hawea. 7th; Taranaki, 1-th, Northern Ports.— Wanaka, this day. Melbourne, via West Coast.— Albion, 7th. Sydney, via Napier and Auckland.— Rotorua, 9tb PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London. —Schieballion, this month; Orari, this month. . Lyttelton. —Wanaka, this day. Picton. Nelson, and West Coast Ports.—Kennedy, early. Blenheim. —Napier, 6th, Wanoanui.— Manawatu, this day. Southern Ports.— Wanaka, this day. Napier, Poverty Bay, Tauranga, and Auckland.—Hawea, 7th. Westport and Gbeymouth, —Luna, 6th. BY telegraph:. AUCKLAND, Saturday. Sailed: Wanaka, at 7 a.m., with the San Francisco mail Passenger for Wellington : Mr. Winstanley.— The City of Sydney left Auckland for Sydney at 2 o’clock. Cooper and Bailey’s circus, with 68 performers, are aboard. Snnday. The Otakl has arrived from London with 200 iramimigrants. All well. BLUFF, Sunday. Arrived *- Albion Company’s ship Marlborough, 1100 tons, from Glasgow, 80 days out, with 183 immigrants. No deaths or births occurred on the voyage, ail well —Star of Mersey, brig, from Dunedin. LYTTELTON, Sunday. Arrived : Kate McGregor, from Auckland ; Italy, from Hobarton ; Prince Alfred, from Kaipara; Hawea, from Port Chalmers. Sailed : Hannah Barratt, for Foxton. POET CHALMERS, Sunday. Sailed : Hawea. Passengers for Wellington : Mrs, Rayson and Mr. Lawler. ENGLISH SHIPPING. Satled: From cravesend for Wellington, on September 8, the Hnrunui. The Tui, from the South, arrived in Port on Saturday morning, after a rough trip. She will leave for Foiton to-day. The s.s. Stormbird and p.s. Wallace got away yesterday, the latter for Picton and Nelson, the former for Wanganui. _ , ... , The s.s. Jane Douglas, from Foxton, arrived in port at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday. She will sail for Foiton and Eangitikei this afternoon, , The s.s. Rangatira came off the Patent Slip on Saturday. Her departure for Napier has been postponed till to-day, owing to the boisterous weather. The Marmion came into port on Saturday, from Kaipara. She was batbound there for several weeks. The s.s. Wanaka. with the San Francisco mail on board, will arrive here to-day. The s.s Alhambra arrived in port from Melbourne and’Hobarton.via the South, at4.3op.m. yesterday. She left the Sandridge Railway Pier at 3 p. m. on the 24th nit., and reached Hobarton at 4 p.m. on the 26th; left again on the 27th at 3 p m., experienced fine weather, and arrived at the Bluff at 2.30 p.m. on the 31st ult,; left again at 6.30 p.m same day, and arrived at Port Chalmers at 7 a.nd. on the Ist inst. Sailed ’at 3.40 pan. on the 2nd for Lyttelton, and reached there next day at 12.30 p.m.; left six hours afterwards, and arrived here as above stated. Experienced fine weather to Lyttelton, thence strong head winds. She will leave for Melbourne, via the West Coast, to-day. The schooner Dunedin, Captain Stewart, from Kaipara, arrived in this harbor on Saturday afternoon, after a passage of three and a-half days. She left Kaipara on Tuesday morning last, and experienced a boisterous north-wester on Friday night. She brings 50,000 ft sawn timber, consigned to Messrs. Greenfield and Stewart. The Wanganui Steam Navigation Company (says a contemporary) is being actively floated. The capital is to be £30,000, with which it is intended to purchase the St. Kilda, Wallabi. and Clyde, and also to procure a new boat especially for the Wanganui trade. From a Dunedin firm an offer has been received to furnish a boat of the description specified for the sum of £9OOO. The new vessel is to be a screw boat of 150 tons register, draught 6ft Bin., and guaranteed to steam 13 knots. ~ , , The brigantine Hannah Broomfield sailed for Kaipara on Saturday, and the Aurora, for East Coast, got away same day. The Manawatu arrived at 7.30 a.m. on Saturday from Wanganui. She will leave again for the same place to-day. THE GALE. A slight cessation of the heavy weather experienced in port during the past week occurred on Saturday; but as the evening advanced the wind increased, accompanied with showers of rain, till at midnight it was blowing a perfect gale. Shortly after 2 o’clock yesterday morning a severe thunderstorm set in. The first clap of thunder was terrific: it fairly shook the earth, while the lightning which accompanied it was intensely vivid, and deprived a number of people who were in the open air at the time of their eyesight for a while. The rain poured down in torrents. The wind at this time was sweeping across the harbor with hurricane force, and ns it had taken well into the northward it caused a heavy sea, which made the vessels in port have a lively time of it. About 2.30 a.m. the Rangatira carried away the chock forward through which the rope passes, and this caused her head to pay off, which came in contact with the Wairoa’s stern, and damaged a part of the moulding thereon, while the steamer’s own bows were injured. The Xariffa, yacht, which generally whenever we have a blow breaks adrift from her moorings, this time made no exception to the rule, for at 3 a.m, those on board the Tni, lying at the wharf, were aroused by a shock caused by the yacht colliding with her bows, She was secured alongside the Tui by the crew, but not before her bowsprit was carried away. It was her chain that parted, and when she was brought up some seven fathoms of it were over her bows. The Taupo also parted some of her lines, but she was secured before any damage could be done. Some other accidents to the shipping occurred, which are referred to elsewhere. The gale moderat' d greatly yesterday, but up to the time of our going to press this morning it was blowing hard. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF SYDNEY AT AUCKLAND. The City of Sydney, with the San Francisco mail, arrived at Auckland at 9 o’clock on Friday night. The following is the report of her voyage She left Auckland on the 29th August, and arrived at Honolulu on the lith September: left same afternoon, and arrived at San Francisco on the morning of the 20th September. She left San Francisco on the 10th October, and arrived at Honolulu on the 19th, where she was quarantined for measles. Left an hour after, having received 302 bags for New Zealand, ami arrived at Auckland at 9 o’clock on Friday. All the mails for Wellington and the South left the Manukau by the Wanaka via the West Coast at 7.30 on Saturday morning, and arc expected to reach Wellington to-day. Those for Napier will bo forwarded by the Southern Cross to-day, NARROW ESCAPE OF THE BRIGANTINE EXONIA. The brigantine Exonia arrived off tho Heads yesterday morning, but owing to the fierce gale blowing had to come to an anchorage under tho lighthouse. She was not there very long when one of her cables parted, and she commenced to drag on to the rocks. As much as possible of the other cable was then paid oat, but to no avail, and she continued to drift slowly In towards the shore. The captain of the Exonia seeing that his vessel was in imminent danger, ran up the signal ol distress ; but no assistance came till she was within ten yards of tho rocks. Fortunately at this moment the Stella was returning to port from her search for the Clan Alpine, and Captain Fairchild seeing the position of the Exonia, at once went to her assistance. She just arrived in the nick of time, for in another few moments tho brigantine would have been on tlier"cksa wreck. A rope was quickly passed on (board the Exonia, and she was towed ont of all danger to an anchorage at tho Pilot Station. There was a very hfnry sea running, and tho brigantine was taking the water clean oyer her bows, while the towropo at one time was carried away. When the .Exonia’s anchor was lifted H was found that it was foul with the chain, and this no doubt caused it not to hold the vessel. The Exonia is, we believe, from Kaipara, with timber. Captain

Fairchild informs ns that the brigantine D’Arcy Pratt was also anchored at the Heads. She likewise had parted one of her cables; but if she lost the other one, although she lay in a somewhat dangerous position, aho could put to sea. ARRIVAL OF THE MAY FROM FOOCHOW. Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull’s three-masted schooner May arrived off the Heads from Foochow ana Hongkong on Saturday morning, but owing to tho fierce north-west gale was unable to naafce the port. She was blown off the Heads same evening, but showed up there yesterday afternoon, and was again driven away. She would probably stand into Cloudy Bay, and await a favorable change in tho weather. Tho May left Foochow on the Ist August, and although her passago has been somewhat lengthy—94 days—still it must be taken as a good performance considering tho unfavoraoie season of the year in which she sailed, biie has beaten two vessels on tho trip; one, tue L/an Ludwig, which sailed a month before her for Dunedin, and has not yet arrived. The other vessel is also bound to Dunedin, and sailed same day as the May. The May brings a full general cargo, including 1500 pkgs of tea.' THE SEARCH FOR THE CLAN ALPINE. The s.s. Stella arrived in port from a fruitless search for the Clan Alpine yesterday afternoon She left here on Thursday morning at 4 o dock, and a little below Camp Campbell fell in with the brig Fawn. On enquiry it was ascertained that she had seen nothing of the capsized schooner, although she had beaten the whole way up frnm Lyttelton. The brig Emperor was spoken shortly afterwards, and she likewise had como from Lyttelton, and had seen nothing of tho thornier Captain Fairchild then went to Kaiko nra to ascertain what kind of weather they had experienced, so as to be able to get some idea in w&t direction the Clan Alpine would drift, and also to telegraph to Lyttelton to know if anything had been heard of her. He received an answer to the latter to the effect that the Titan went out in search of her but bad not returned. (As already known the Titan found no traces of the schooner.) Tho Stella next proceeded South to the spot where the derelict vessel was last seen, and although a bright look-out was kept, nothing was seen. The schooner Marmion and s s Tui were each spoken, but neither of them bad fallen across the schooner. The Stella then went to Lyttelton, and from there commenced her return trio arriving here as before stated. The general opinion is that the Clan Alpine has gone to the bottom. She had amongst her cargo some oats and bran, which would float till the water got to them, and no donbt these, together with the confined air, would keep the schooner afloat for a day or so.