MISCELLANEOUS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2758, 28 May 1866, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Promotion — H.M. S. Eclipse. — Subaltern Scholefield, of this vessel, yesterday received his promotion to a lieutenancy, to hand by the last mail. Thb Schooner Hope. — The schooner Hope, Cap-tain-Black, arrived in harbour early yesterday morning from Tauranga, with a cargo of 7 tons kauri gum, 6 hhds. returned cargo, and three passengers. She left Tauranga at 5 o'clock on Friday evening, and had fine weather and a good wind to the X* wav, which was made in 24 hours after leaving. Reports the schooner Tauranga going past the Hole-in-th*-wall on Saturday morning for Tauranga, and the schooners Rapid and Helen diacharging timber at the latter place when she sailed. — T. Macky and Co., agents. Napier Shipping. — The following schooners connected with this port were lying at Napier, when the Beautiful Star left that place: — Rose Ann, Jonea, for Auckland ; Queen, Maori sfhooner, for the coast ; Betsy, cutter, Bushell, for Auckland ; Donald McLean, schooner, Patey, for Poverty Bay ; and Tawera, schooner, Baker, for Poverty Bay, the latter having been taken up by, the Government. The Alexandra. — The London sbip Alexandra, Captain Dalgarno, came up harbour from the heads on Saturday, and will take up a berth alongside the end of the wharf this morning to commence discharge. During the passage of this vessel from London, a seaman, named Henry Rawlin, accidentally fell overboard and was drowned in the Bay of Biscay. The night was very dark and the weather thick and foggy, and deceased missed his hold whilst stowing the mizen top. Every effort was put forth to recover the unfortunate seaman, but without success. Thb Kate Waters.— The cattle barque, Kate Waters, Captain Calder, went into the Tamaki, on Saturday <tfternopn, with a cargo of cattle, from Gladstone, Queensland, on account of Mr. Johnson. The Holmsdam.— The fine ship Holmsdale, was brought up from' the heads on Saturday afternoon, having been detained there awaiting the liberation of , a pilot from the other vessels to bring her up harbour. She was anchored on the east side of the wharf. The barque Kate discharged cargo alongside the end of the wharf on Saturday. 'The barque Free Trader hauled alongside the wharf, to commence diicharge, ou Saturday. The P., N.Z., and A.R.M. Co.'s s.8 1 . Auckland, Captain Hagley, is due here from the Southern provinces this morning. The schooner* Iranhoe will sail for Mongonui today. The brig Kita, Captain Robertson, will sail for Sydney on Wednesday. The Circnlar" 7 Saiibarqu« Kate, Captain Carter, has bean placed on the berth for San Francisco^ -on account of her owners, and will sail on Saturday next. The St. Kilda was lying at anchor in Poverty Bay when the Beautiful Star passed on her last downward 'trip, having taken his Honor the Superintendent'of'Napier tner^ on native business. The brig Rita, Captain Robertson, entered out- j wards at the Customs' on Saturday for Sydney. The cutter Heather Bell will leave for the Kaipara t»-day, and the Bonita on the 3rd June. ' 'The clipper-schooner Celt' is advertiaed for freight or charter ; and the schooner Thane of Fife, in the Ifanukau, for sale; freight, or charter. ' ''' ' " ]

Thb Commodore. — !he flue American schooner Commodore, Captain J. Robertson, will sal tins mi'miug for Iqnique, South America, in ballast, where sue will load s.*rgo on account of the Amuican Government. Tiik Soui'ukkn C toss.— The missiouaiy schooner Southern Cross, Captain Tilley, cleared outwards at the Custom-hon«u »u Saturday for the South Sea lil*ndB, in ballast, with th* Right Rev. Bishop Patttson, the Rev. Mr. Pulmer, Messrs. Brook, Atkiu, and Raymonds, and 50 natives of the South Sea Islands from |the Bishop's school at Rohimarama. The schooner will sail from the latter place this evening or early to-morrow morning. 1 The cutter Petrel, Niemann, master, arrived on Saturday morning from Coromandel, with passengers. The cutter Mahurangi, Queen, master, arrived in harbour on Saturday from Mahurangi, with a cargo of produce, &c., and several passtngers. 'Ihe cutter Stag, Jones, master, arrived on Saturday morning from Omaha, with a cargo of firewood. The cutter Wafcerlily and schooner Lily arrived yesterday morning from Waiheki, with cargoes of firewood. The cutter Four Sisters, Gomez, master, arrived yesterday from the Wade, with, timber and passengeri. The cutter Ware, Eagleton, master, arrived early on Saturday from the Thames, with general cargo. The cutter Sydney, Kasper, master, arrived on Saturday from Puhoi, with a cargo of shingles, laths, Sea. The cutter Shamrock, Stephens, master, arrived on Saturday from Tairua taw-mills, with a carge of timber. The cutter Miranda, Judd, master, arrived on Saturday from Mangawai, with a small cargo of settlers' produce and passengers. , The cutter Agnes, Joseph, master, arrived yesday from the Kawau, with a cargo of firewood. The cutter Three Sisters arrived yesterday from the Great Barrier Island, with a cargo of firewood. The cutter Rob Roy, McLeod, master, arrived yesterday morning from Kennedy's Bay, with 4t cargo of firewood. Toe cutter Hero, Joiner, master, sailed last evening for Mercury Bay, with sundries. The schooner General Cameron, Bolger, master, -sailed on Saturday evening for Russell, Bay of Islands, with general cargo and passengers. The schooner Boyd, Major, master, sailed lust night for Mercury Bay, with a general cargo. The ketch Folly, Downes, master, sailed on Saturday evening for Waiheki, in ballast. The cutter Agnes, Ngaru, master, left harbour on Saturday for Ohora, North Cape, with sundries. The cutter Comet, Cross, master, left the harbour last evening for Puhoi, with sundries. The p. a. Gundagai, which has now been ahout six weeks undergoing repairs alongside the wharf, was towed orer to the .New Zealand Steam Navigation Company's slip on Monday by the s.s. Wanganui. During her stay here she has been thoroughly overhauled by Mr. E. W. Mills, who has put in a, new bottom to th« boilers, as well a« new backs and sides io the furnaces, and a new set of fire bars; and several defective tubes have been replaced by' new one : in fact the boilers and furnaces will, when completed, be tqual to new. The engines have also had a thorough overhaul, the pistons having been turned and faced up, slide valves faced, truncheons of cylinders turned up; and a new set of brasses have been fitted throughout. The paddle wheels have' been taken off aud repaired, and a new set of floats fitted. While on the slip, where she was put yesterday morning, her bottom is to be overhauled, and any defects made good. We understand she will be ready for sea in about ten days. — Wellington Advertiser, May 23. On Tuesday last a vessel of novel design was launched from the yard of Messrs. J. Wigham Richardson and Co., at Low Walker, for the goods traffic on the Tyne. Site was named the Bulldog, and is a twi»screw barge adapted to carry 150 tons of cargo, with a steam crane amidships arranged to work hatches fore and aft. Her engines are from the designs of Mr. Clarke (of the firm of Benning, Clarke, and Co., engineers, Gateshead) on the original plan of bis own ; and as the little steamer was launched with her steam up, she immediately proceeded on her trial trip, which passed off very satisfactorily. — MitchdVs Register, March 17: Thb Chevy Chase Steamer. — Another effort will be made in the course of the ensuing spring to raise the wreck of the steamer Chevy Chase, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company, sunk in the Elbe. Sheis valued at upwards of £48,000; and lies in three fathoms water. Some £12,000 or £14,000 were expended about two years since in an -attempt to raise her, by constructing a dam of piles around her ; but as there was but one row instead of two, the water flowed under the piles as fast as it was pumped out of the dam, and the whole affair proved a failure. It is skated that the proposed plan now to ba parried out is the sinking of a dam round the ship with iron caissons, similar to those employed in the construction of the Thames Embankment. Thb London (s.)— The body of the female picked up on the coast of the island fo Hoedix, near Brest, her linen, bearing the name of " Emily Debenham,'' has been ascertained to be that of a lady of that name who, with her husband, perished by the loss of the London (s. ). They weie related to Mr. Debenham, silk mercer, of Wigmore-street. It is stated that two brothers of the deceased lady have been over to the French coast and have identified the remains. The Americau ship Panama, James Hansen, master, of and from New York, bound to Galveston (Texas), with a general cargo, was totally wrecked on the 24th of October on the Great Bahama. The Master, his wife, and crew having been obliged to deaert the wrecked vessel, which was fast breaking up, committed themselves to what means of safety seemed the most reliable. They launched the deck-house, which the crew had cut away, and embarked on an uncertain journey. They hoped to reach a cay to leeward of them, but a change wf vrind took them towards the Gulf. They passed the Great Isaacs, saw persons at the lighthouse, and were seen by them ; but the light-keepers could nob assist them. Onwards they were blown and drifted, when the watchfulness and boldness of Capt. W*tlcin»,-a licensed wrecker at, the Biminis, which was being passed by the hapless persous, saved them from an uncertain fate. In a whaleboat, with a good crew, he pulled to their rescue, and toned in the deckhouse, with 17 souls, who arrived at Nassau safe on the morning of the 2nd November. The British schooner Dreadnought, William Sweeting, master, belonging to Nassau, left. Nue vitas, in the Island of Cuba, on October 4, bound to Nassau, and was wrecked on the 6th on a reef of rocks extending along the Island of Andres. The crew, supercargo, and passengers clung to the vessel's rigging, seeing no hope of relief, and in a day or two afterwards reached the island on the raft. «. .—. —