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Evening Star, Issue 3379, 18 December 1873, Page 2

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HIGH WATER To-morkow. Hraos I Port Chalmers I Dunedin 2.17 p.m. I 2.57 p.m. 1 3.42 p.m. PORT CHALMERS, ARRIVED. December 18.—Horatio Sprague, 507 tons, Atkins, from Newcastle. United livothes’s, 50 ton*, Wilson, fioin Oamani. (Putin.) Wallabi. s.s., 101 tons, Leys, from the Muff. Passengers: Mrs Wilson, Messrs Williams, Surtherii, Logie, Robinson ; and three m „he Caller Ou. ship, Rea, from Loudon. Passenger : Mr Stare. SAILED. December 18. —■Eleanor, o9b tons, Coleman, for Newcastle. Kate, schooner, for Patea. Oreti, C 6 tons, Blaney, for Wellington. Jane, 25 tons, Hughes, for.Shag Point. Defiance, 22 tons, Burke, for Kakamn. Flying .Squirrel, 10 tons, Main, f»r Shag Rcdcliffe, 22 tons, Arnold, for Kakamii. projected departures. Alhambra, for Bluff, Lee 10. Albion, for Northern Ports, Dec. JO Had da., for Hong Kon" J anuarv 3 Lady Jocelyn, for Melbourne, Doc. ‘A Lady Bird, for Northern Ports, Dec, 2h Samson, for Onmaru, Doc. 19 TstrsiruAj for Northern I orts, Dec. - I Wanganui, for Bluff, early Wellington, for Akaroa, Dec. 30 Wallabi, for Bluff, Dec. 20 Vessels in Port Chalmers Bay-Shim : Lady Jocelyn, Otago, Peter Denny, Caller Oil. Barones : Columbus, Crlimpße, Bobycito, Jewefia, Woodville. At the Railway Fier-Ships : Christian M‘Ausland, Zealandia, Jessie Leadroan, The s.s. Pretty Jane sailed last night for the Molyneux. , i 7. - The barque Eleanor sailed this morning tor The*schooner United Brothers, from Oamani for Gatlin’s River, pat in this morning. The Bam*on arrived from Oauiavu last evening, discharged wool into the Columbus, ami then steamed to Dunedin. . , . The s.s. Wallabi arrived at 10.30 o clock this morning, and steamed alongside the barque Bobycito to coal. She left the Bluff at 6p m. yesterday. We thank her steward for Southland files. She leaves for the Bluff on Satur%lC coasters Kate, for Patea, Jane, for Shag Point, Oreti, for Wellington. Flying Squirrel, for Oamani, Pioneer, for Shag Point, Annie, Defiance, and RedclilFe, for Kakamn, sailed this morning. , Early this morning the American barque Horatio Sprague, from Newcastle, was sig nailed, and the Geelong immediately got up steam and proceeded down And towed her up to her anchorage off Deborah Bay, under the charge of Pilot Kelly. Captain Atkins reports leaving Newcastle on the 6th inst., with moderate easterly weather, which continued till off t ape Howe ; from thence north-easterly winds, till making the West Capo on Sunday; passed Stewart Island on Monday ; on Tuesday morn ing met with a strong N.N.E. wind, which shifted to the westward, and blew a regular gale, accompanied by a heavy sea ; shipped a great deal of water, and hove to for five hours under close-reefed main-topsailmade the Nuggets at 9 a, in. yesterday, with a strong south-west wind, which carried away two jibs and the gaff-topsail; passed a barque supposed to be the William Ackers yesterday afternoon, and made the Heads at daylight this morning. The Horatio Sprague brings 700 tons of coal for Mr G. R. Brodrick. The long-expected ship Caller On was signalled early this morning. The Geelong after towing up the Horatio Sprague proceeded down and towed her up to an anchorage off the railway pier. Captain Rea reports leaving Gravesend on the 2Sth August; experienced head winds to the Downs, in consequence of which had to put back ; made another start from the Downs on the 2nd September, but did not get clear of the Channel until the 6th; W.S.W. •winds prevailed until reaching the meridian of Madeira on the 14th September, then N. and N.W. winds; caught the N.E. trades, which were only moderate, on the 15th Septemboi, in lat 32 yf., long. 19W., and lost them on the 20th September, in lat. UN., long. 2GW.; from thence to the Equator variables; crossed the Line on the sth October in long. 22 »V. ; the S.E. trades were only middling, and were carried to lat. 17S. ; variables were encountered to reaching the meridian of Greenwich, which was crossed on the 29th October, and that of the Capo on the 2nd November; sighted the French barque Valentine on the 6th Nov., and on comparing chronometers with her found the ships to be 65 miles out of her reckoning ; made her easting between the parallels of 44 S. and 48 S. ; on the 16th November encountered a severe gale, and_ hove-to under close-reefed maiutopsail and on the 20th met with a hurricane from the N.W. by N., and was compelled to heave-to for ten hours, the barometer falling to 2Sdeg. ; made sail again, and sighted Capo Saunders yesterday afternoon, when the ship’s chronometer was found to be considerably out; hut the captain s private chronometer was correct. Made the Heads at 6 o’clock this morning, and arrived as above. The Caller Ou has thus made a rather lengthy passage of 112 days from her start from Gravesend; but this may be easily accounted for when we take into consideration the very adverse weather experienced.