SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 68, 10 July 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

► PORT OF OAMARU. ♦ VESSEL IS PORT. Jptt 10. ' 8»l(f ~Wiv«. lIOW StltPS ARE LOSt. A fMWnftwrtyr the Skerryvore. to }f«w York. sends k' i ihj. exuhunge an interesting account of this voyage, t " he ship appenr» to hiwe been loaded chiefly with «s- ---' h Ibttiv tot the Centennial Exhibition. (\.fter leaving .yttelton, N. Z., the troubtes of the and j mmniiiiiinuail. The writer say*:—We tiiwl a *ery r 1 ood run (for such a vessel) to Cape Hum. which. we * or# in the longitude of wsWh February. t need not iji we had favorable winds alt the time, and 6h.it the : l iptain passed his time between eating anil «leeping nil tlißplaying his iunorance of everything. navigation 1 * lultuled,. for ho was dunce enough not to know that i - ou gain a day on the completion of Che eastern round L,,f the wortd', and that, cousenuoutly. he sh»«W have Kipped a day to put him right in his calculation of ur position. ffowever, he was pig-hearted enongh ti> i idlutdtt tho idea. and to so oiv keeping ths ships time ' ' ntil we reached ffew Voflc. when.of m«s«. we found i nat„ Instead ot its being Saturday._M.h Kay. as he ! ' lade l#,. t# was Friday. Sth Jtav. When the captain "• >tt Melbourne ho hint plunged the ship heavily in " «bt. which was only added to by his L.ytteltorv ev « loit. It soums ho had already lost a vassal some years •for#* and the penalty of losing another. except by iuw» beyond Ms control. would be the loss of his cer- * Iftiarte. whiuh with him woulil be beggary. We had < M wiur». to whom hj« H new he would have to jrlve up ' * lie vesMt when he reached Jfew York. In the course i Ithe voyage. the suspicions of the writer and the crew ■ itvtt aroused bv the wvptstvin not; mwmly painting the * uarette. but doing it himseif. Shortly afterwards the 4 ,mt» observed that the vessel was very deep in the lj /ater. and wnndinif revealed the unpleasant fact that i hum was over seveiv futjC of water in the fi°M. The I lionf'nuus: The captairt and chief nrn te wtsrs at ;'««(« futclleif nn Joule, when the former came up toolsnsf of a sick'y ifrwiv hue. and with a furt'vu s'lance at Chi- pump roil, and kept it idly dangling on , lift hand.- ""i.ylnif its was useiesw to fry t»* thy ■ '•WWlt.«»9l».' htttl too tnuch water in. "tiood " 1 aid t. "an on not s<nntf to try *> ptimp «ho water >w® other." " I know what to do," ho rt'piwd. and ulkily spiv I'rtlars for " all- hands as the pumps." Wt ' i.itwlrodi . 'he two mates, five seamen, and I. and the ! 'Aptain, ft. 'ury shame shaky, was obliged to Join In. 'ilhortly aft■;w!vrtl» the capfcvin paid a second visit I mdor the cabin door, and then the ship was easily i iceptdry. "She wvltur says: What is the conclusion? '. ' VUy, that when he was Hrst down in the liwarette. he • hole to sink her (two atusw* are missing. vhiulvare not to bu found, ami he was knowrv to have i ' hemj. touft tiio plijg out at a suitable time to himself. I%nd when ho found we were determined 6i> save the ijf'WSttt tf. possible, went below again and irv tile ! j. ilujf, and thns stopped the leak as suddenly ivs it broke J could give yuu more circumstantial evidence. >;j >u« it to too lonir" Prow tlTat time Jackson anil t 'jvMoltaS Mft night arntdiMt/tne we were afraidh« might 'lre her. Jailing sinking', .we are here. A , lew captain- has charge of her. anil Stoddsrt has cone i England, A considerable portion of the UMM daniage.d, but we cannot tell how much yet.