NEW RIVER HEADS.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 44, 10 September 1864, Page 2

NEW RIVER HEADS.

(By Semaphore). Thttesday Bth Sbptembbb. 10 a.m. — Wind at sea, W. ; strong breeze. Steamer passing to the westward. The Caroline, schooner, ha 9 arrived inside the Heads. Peidat, 9th Septeh^-.w. 8 a.m.— Arrived— The Wiib -ska:. Wind ■ea.W.S.W. ; stro^^ ; ug l:,i sight. pO"i"-: I Sept«~ b '&•'. '~%~; . ■.■■'■■ i ■■-v. ■■ - . ■ .■■ . fish ■ . : ■ /' fair ."■ . ■"■•-■■ ' : . ..." -. ,• /d.ihb ■'- ;■..•■■: ■'--■.'-"'■,- ' ' ' > ■..■■ Sji&of '■<

rain. Kept the " ship under easy st«un till daylight. On Tuesday at 6 a.m. passed a brig under *all sail steering to the eastward, but too far off to make out her number. The Hero returns to Melbourne via Cook's Straits, and is running on the "line inVonjunction with the Albion. - The Albion left Port Chalmers at 5 p.m. on the 7th inst., experiencing strong S.W. winds on the passage to the Bluff. Arrived here at 9 a.m.. -By the ik Albion; Captain Robertson, Mr. Balfour marine engineer, and Captain, r , ; ■■■..- . are .on a visit of inspection to the .lighthouse, .on Dog Island. I ■■■■■■ 'Wheoh:' op thtt Fanny Mebkiman/ • Laden witb. FiOiTE.—iV7e haxe received intelligence by the.Bessie,.from Sandwich. Islands, of the total loss of the clipper ship .Fanny Merriman, from San Francisco to' Sydney. ' Tliree of the sliip--wreckcd men xbelongiug to this vessel have arrived by the Bessie, and have given us the following account of the wreck: — "The ship Fanny Merriman, 450 tons, Captain Webb, sailed from San Francisco on the 26th May, bound to Sydney, with a cargo of wheat, and flour. ,We had fine ■weather, arid fair wind. At 4 o'clock on the morning of the 17th June, when in lat. 1.40 N. long. 157.30 W., we were running with a fair wind, and suddenly the ship struck upon- the rocks "at Christmas' Island.' The boats were lowered immediately, and. all .hands .were taken ashore safely. Th,e whole of the cargo was lost, but a few personal effects belonging to the captain and passengerß were saved. Eight days after the disaster occurred, seeing there was no chance of saving anything, as the vessel's bottom was out, and the wheat and flour floating about, we sailed, in company of the captain and another of the crew, for Apia^-Kavigator's Island ; and after being 18 days at sea, in the longboat belonging to the ship, arrived safely at our destination. We took with us some provisions and fresh water, and during the passage we caught several fish, which we cooked in the boat, and which helped to appease our hunger. When we arrived at Apia, Captain Webb chartered a small schooner, and returned immediately to the scene of the wreck to bring the remainder of the crew and the passengers over. We remained at Apia, and afterwards came on by the Bessie, hoping to get back to Sydney. There is no chance whatever of the ship being" saved, as she was going to pieces when we left her. Captain Webb intended to take the passengers and crew to Sydney in the schooner. The hull of a ship from Paget's Sound and another large ship, names unknown, were lying on the rocks when we left, both of which * had been recently wrecked. — Southern Cross." &EOKGTH the Fottoth's Yacht. — Amongst the numerous colliers visiting this port was an old vessel that attracted considerable attention. The old Prince Regent barque, about 60 years ago, was the yacht of King George IV. Site was afterwards pVesented to the King of Delhi, was sold afterwards to a merchant in India, and eventually was in the Colonial trade for some years, and now brings a cargo of 320 tons coals to this port from Newcastle. Her passage was a very rough one, and it was as much as she could stand up against. Her cabin still retains carvings and ornaments of her former time. — Olago Mail. The Gipps Land Lakes Navigation Company's steamer Charles Edward ran her trial trip yesterday, in Hobson's Bay. A number of gentlemen interested in the Q-ipps Laud trade were on board, and expressed themselves highly satisfied witli the vessel's speed and suitability for the trade to the lakes. The Charles Edward is a new vessel, imported by the Otago Steamship Company, and was intended to proceed to New Zealand, but put in for supplies, and was taken up by the Gipps Land Lakes Company. She was" constructed by Mr. Archibald Denny, of Dumbarton; registers 146 tons, carrying, besides her coal for seven days, 120 ton 3on oft. 6in. of water. Her eugines (by Rankin and Blackmore, of Greenock) are on tbe most approved principle, sixty h.-p. nominal (grasshopper), working up to 110. The run down the bay against a strong southerly wind and a heavy sen, showed a speed of nine knots, and on the return fully eleven knots were made, a rate that appeared to astonish all on board. Notwithstanding the motion of the vessel, the guests managed to do ample justice to a first-rate luncheon, provided by Mr. Finley. After the cloth was removed, and the usual loyal toasts given, the success of the company and the vessol was toasted, and enthusiastically recieved. Mr. Hall, in replying on behalf of the company, stated that he had been several weeks at the lakes' entrance ; but his own opinion, confirmed by that of practical men, was that the entrance was always safe for a vessel | such as the Charles Edward. The company, he stated, intended to carry on the trade on a liberal basis, and required only the support of North Gipps Land people to enable them to bring that splendid district— rich in gold, pastoral, and agricultural resources — into direct and speedy communication with the metropolis. " The Trading aneb Pastoral Interests," '• The Ladies," and other toasts, were given and responded to, when the announcement of the vessel's arrival at the Queen's Wharf brought the proceedings to a close. — Argus In the week ending the 10th ult., twenty-two vessels of an aggregate burden of 6,433 tons, entered the Port of Melbourne. The whole of these vessels belonged to the colonies, with the exception of the mail steamship Madras, a Dutch ship, and a French barque. Twenty of the twenty -two were from colonial ports. — Ibid.