SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 61, 1 July 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

TORT OF OAMARU. * .frr.v t. Snnwon. p.»., 121 tons. Edie. for Owned: n. H. AltlMn, agent. VESSELS tN PORT. Jrr.r t. 81% -Wave. Brl(f!mtii\«»— Rhoderick Dhu. Endeavour. Sk:h<»>nors- '£i"t. Cutter—Hope. EX FORTH. Jrr.v t. Per Summon, for Dnm-din t bale. J- Emslie :.'' '*malt knits, W. Aitken ; b> Hiwf» barley. J. Reid; i 7 tes potlurti, Pratt and t'n. ; 2 nws, Aif.lten; ■* hax» seeds. J.

Main; ;ia:i bogs wheat. Anderson and ♦J". ; I" hairs barley, A. It. Jtaudu. fc'or transhipment tu C'hrist-ehvWUh—-l demijohn. Little. TEtEORAPtt NOTICE F,oAßt>. Aimrv *r-s. • -ftity t. BHiIT, 7.50 it.in. ; Uinifimoiiui, !wm Mel bourne, with Sue« Mail. * The tTnion Company's steamer Samson. Captain Edie, took her departure for Dnncilin tin.-, mornins'at t0..1f1. The following in tin- passen-e.r list: -Inspector At'einskey. Jlw«. Smith. Jlcnlove. Macdonald, tiray. R. G. Lindsay,. Shaldei's. VVrnum, Master Es<xuilanO ; Dunstable Stewart, two prisoners, and fifteen in the Steerage. , ~ ~ . Tho kutch- Patlin- took her departure «'* tathns River this morniny at curbr. o'clock,, where- she wilt take itt » cnr;{" of timbor I'm' Kakanui. Th« bvigtvntints Rhoderick t>hu has almost completed hut toiwUntf, and will most probably sail tor her destination early to-morrow. , ~ ~ The cutter Hope,, from Pnnnlin, iimveil in port this jnorninif an six o'clonk. Sho hrinc* » I'ar.*'"- "* i-i-ment. consitfn«a to thw Harbour fcioartt;. anil on the flcparturo ot th« Samson, »IU; ht-rthud alonu-si'it- the Urtakwatsr, antt at onto commonci-d to ilisrharu'B. Tho »esM«t »i{fhteil o« ehu t»>re yestrniay iillcmnm ha» Darned out, a» »vb anticipated., to he JCcssrs. r. Cunningham, ami £«.'.« britf Wave, from Owinjr to th« litfht winds she was unable to make tho port till 1.1."> this afternoon. «, C.UrjtC-'KtNU OE TtCE t.VEC..E..tfC'.r.E. At Portsmouth,, on tho 'Ji*tli ot April, the Princess touiNu, on beliaU of the and amid the entlmda»ti«! dumonstrations ot an immense crowd, launched mu.l uhristtmed the most tremendous instrument of offensive and defensive warfare yet created. The tuttuxiblo wilt carry in turrets four »t-ton i-uus : her turrets wilt bu protected by I* inch armour. She is deSlltnwtto bu iv ttoatina- cu.stlc. the rest "f tlo ship besides the citadel hence mainly useful foe the-purpose ot (rivinyr buoyancy to the central stronghold. She w!U bu fittßd.. however, with a spur which can he taken off at pfeastire., and her enormous bulk will yive her terrible power as a ram. ftcr displacement, when- alt ht»r woij/hts are on board, will be no |-;s thantl.to* tons k uxueHiiinif that ot any ship yet cuustcueteit. Nevertheless., unless the intention. o£ her designer are unexpeutßilly trustrateil, this huu'e vessel, and the tremendous armament she carries, will be more manageable than many a ErtLfate ot old days. Twin screws, worked by the most perfect fi>rm ot engines known. will control he* movement.* with the utmost delicacy. The vessel appears to he practically invulnerable. Vntess hercitailel can bo pierced and her engines stopped. it ie'dittlcult to miiwiiu; how the innumerable water* 6i(fh6 compartments., successive skins, and various beams and bulkheads can ever be so-shattered as to disable her. Jfo part <if the ship, it would seem, is vitally connected with any other part, and as loiiu' as hur engines can propel her she must be a mitfhty tloatin(f proiuutile. Hut her suns furnish, ot course, her chief (iyhtinir force, and"" machinery would appear brought Do perfection in their management. p.y the vumplute application of hydraulic power, the .•'[-ton jruns ot Dho Inflexible will be more easily worked than tllo UK-ton- iruns of Dim T'hnnderer. 'Che turrets, by the aid of Dhe samu wonderful agency, will eith.er make a conipletu revolution in one minute, or wilt revolve as slowly and uniformly as tho minute hand of a clock. They will thus turn a iruiv instantly to bear upon an enemy, or will enable its aim to be ifroduaUy and »{Bi«Hl'y fivstened upon a distant and moving object. fewer men will: be rtipiired to work these suns than nave hitherto been required for suns of half the sUe. and Dhe now would seem to be, not how many men are reil.uisife to work the ship, but how few men it is prudent to carry on board. In. short,, alike in construction- and In armament, the vessel represents a prodijxiou» concentration of strength, skill, and mechanism ". and if we consider her only as tho last produut ot mechanical ironius, she is well worthy which has* been paiil her by the t^ueen.