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Evening Star, Issue 3475, 13 April 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WATER. To-morrow. Heads I Port Chalmers | Dunedin 1.15 p.m. | 1.48 p.m. | 2.33 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. April 13.—Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Edie, from Oamaro. Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Fraser, from the Bluff. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Ross and two children, Mr and Mrs Atkinson, Mr and Mrs Strang and child, Mrs Jones, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Russell, Misses Powell and Morton, Mrs Findlay and child, Messrs Buckley, Paxton, J. Reid, J. Webb, Davis, Kelly, and three in the steerage. Jane, cutter, 25 tons, Divers, from Shag Point. Coraerang, p.s., 125 tons, Hughes, from Timaru. Passengers: Mr Powell and one Maori. Wellington, 5.«., 288 tons, Wheeler, from Northern Ports. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Mr Williams, Messrs Matthews, Walker, Fair, Lush, Harris, Allen, Saunders, Stedbrook, Cameron, and 13 in the steerage. Himalaya, ship, 1,008 tons, A Friston, from London. Passengers :Mr and Mrs Murphy, Mrs and Miss King, Messrs J. W. Minty, A. Osborne, Charles Lawson, W. A. Peach, E. Parker, (Charles May died on the voyage), and ten in the steerage. Otago, s.s., 800 tons, M‘Lean, from Melbourne, via the Bluff. Passengers : Mrs DeCarle, Mrs Bannerman, Mrs Burfield, Misses DeCarle (2), Smith, Burfield, Masters DeCarle (2), Rev. Robertson, Dr. M'Naughton, Messrs Souter, Messrs Souter, Mong Long, G. Munroe, C. Begg, Ibbotson, Fairclough, Proudfoot, 21 in the steerage, and 46 passengers for the Northern Ports.

Hopeful, barque, 332 tons, Wm. Luly, from the Mauritius. Passenger; Mrs Millie. Eliza M‘Phee, Paterson, from Timaru. Tokatca, 1,075 tons, M‘Kennon, from Hong Eong, with 350 Chinamen. BAILED. April 13.—-Defiance, 22 tons, Burke, for Oamaru. Hope, 25 tons, Gay, for Moeraki. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Alhambra, for Bluff, April 14. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, April 15, Comerang, for Lyttelton, April 14. Dunfillan, for London, early. Helen Burns, for London, April 25. Margaret Galbraith, for London, April 25, Mikado, for San Francisco, May 5. Otago, for Northern Ports, April 14. Rose M, for Auckland, early. Samson, for Oamaru, April 14. Tauranga, for Wanganui, early. Warwick, for London, April 15. Wanganui, for Bluff, April 15. Wellington, for Northern ports, April 14. The brigantine Excelsior was towed to Dunedin this morning by the s.s. Jane. The p.s. Samson arrived at 10 p.m. on Saturday from Oamaru, and steamed up to Dunedin. The p.s, Comerang arrived from Timaru yesterday with a cargo of grain for the ship Warwick. Messrs Houghton and Co.’s s.s. Wanganui arrived at 9.30 a.m. yesterday. We thank her steward for Southland files. The Harbor Company’s s.s. Maori sailed at 1 p.m. yesterday for Lyttelton and intermediate ports with a number of passengers, including the Opera Troupe. While the Golden Age was towing the Galliot and another lighter at the Port to-day, Ssome means the Galliot got athwart the wgaret Galbraith, and before getting clear the masts of the Galliot were carried Sway. Messrs M‘Meckan, Blackwood, and Co.’s s.B. Otago, bringing the Suez mail, arrived this morning, after a splendid run of five days eleven hours from Melbourne. She left Sandridge at 4,30 p.m. on the 7th ; passed the Solanders at 6.30 a*ra. on the 12th; arrived at ' the Bluff at noon same day; and was off Otago Heads at four o’clock this morning. We thank her purser (Mr Heaton) for report and Melbourne files. She leaves again for the North to. morrow afternoon, A barque was sighted''from the Heads to the northward this morning, and on being brought by the Geelong to the lower anchorage she tamed out to be the barque Tokatea, from Hong Kong, with 350 Chinamen on board. She left on the 26th of January, came through the China Seas with light N.E. wind to the Straits of Sunda, which were passed on the 10th February, with light S. winds; in lat. 25 S met with a cyclone, which was very severe, commencing first from the S.E.and veering round from S.E., toN.W. No damage was done, the flhip being hove-to on the starboard tack for 14 hours; fell in with the westerlies oh the 30th March; on the 4th April, in lat. 47 S. long. 140 E. had a very severe gale, veering irora the S.W. to N.W., which lasted for three daysduring which the ship was hove-to, the baro’. meter standing at 27.60; sighted the Nuggets on the morning of the 11th; was off the Heads _i. J L* li ... il. . imi « . .* • .

at daylight on the 12th; but there being a calm was unable to come in. and anchored at the Heads last night. . The fine iron barque Hopeful, from the Mauritius, -was signalled early yesterday morning and managed to get inside the Heads at noon yesterday. Pilot Kelly brought her up this morning, and moored her off Carey’s Bay Captain Luly reports leaving Port Louis on the 4th of March with a N.W, wind; was abreast of Cape Brabant on the sth with a strong gale from the southward; the S.E. trades were caught ou the 7th in lat. 24 T9* long. 47'40, and were lost in lat. 35'22 loner’ 58-30, thence had N.E, winds for two days then E. S.E. winds till the 18th, when she encountered a strong gale with a heavy sea, the vessel shipping a great deal of water and labormg heavily; the wind then shifted to the N.E with rain and increased to a gale with tremen’dous high seas. At 6 p,m. on the 20th, the a*? 8 un -? er j* l ® two lower topsails and «w^° r6 w’^ d 10 P- m - a terrific squall s truck her, but did no damage, the windthen suddenlyshifted to thewestwardwithahigh confused sea; the gale continued for a whole week, and moderated on the 27th, the wind shifting to the northward, the barometer standing at 29.72; on the 29th the wind came from the westward with drizzling ram, till the Ist of April, when ll ag xr w ncr<^ e< J’ the "“d then coming from the N.W. with frequent squalls, and causing the vessel to ship a great deal of water; on the 4th she gotiigaie from the westward,, with a falhng barometer, which continued until the /th, when the wind came from the N.N W and stood in that quarter until the 10th, when she encountered another gale from the w.S. W with heavy squalls -and high seas; and made the Snares at noon on the 11th; was off Capo Saunders at 6 p.m., and arrived at the Heads at 8 p.m. She brings 12,650 bags of sugar for Dunedm, and 6,195 bags for Lyttelton, conMe 8 " 8 , Dalgety, Nichols, and Go. The N. Z. Co. s s,s. Wellington arrived from the North at 3 p.m. yesterday. After landing her mails and {passengers at the railway pier she steamed alongside the head of the Graving Hock to land telegraph posts. She left Hanaro? at 0 45 p.m. on the 7th, called at Taranaki, Nelson, Picton, Wellington, and Lyttelton, and Mtived m above. We thank her purser (Mr Wilcox) for report and Northern files. She leaves agam for the North to-morrow afternoon. Early yesterday morning the long-expected ship Himalaya was signalled at the Heads after a passage of 113 days from Leodon. Her long passage is owing to her being heavily laden and havmg a contmuation of heavy and advert winds. The tug Geelong immediately proceeded down and towed her up as far as the quarantine ground, she having powder on board As soon as she was anchored she was boarded and cleared by the Custom and Health Officers. She brings no immigrants and only eleven saloon and ten second cabin passengers. One of the saloon passengers, named Charles May, died on Hie voyage of consumption. We t.bniiV Capt. Friaton for the following extracts from the “lip’s log Left Gravesend on the 20th of December ; discharged the pilot off Deal at 6 p.m. on the 21at; on the 22nd had a heavy gale from the S.W., during which was compelled to «an everything moveable on deck; took her departure from the Start at noon on the 27th ; fro “ tWo to the 29th had strong N.E. winds ; on the 30th the wind again shifted to the S. W.. htt J? Cfea, ®d a £ a^e 0Q the 31st, with very d } lring , whictl the shi P strained Beamy; the gale moderated again at mid-day

on the Ist of January, the wind coming more from the westward and continued thus until the 10 th, after which she had light easterly weather until reaching lat. 20.14 N., long. 27.4 W.; the N.E. trades were caught on the 16th, and were lost in lat. 7 N.; the S.E. trades were caught in 5 N. on the 21st, and the equator was crossed on the 25th in long. 27.30 W. ; on the 27th passed the barque Jane Lowe, from London Auckland, twenty-threedaysout; theS.E. trades were carried until reaching lat. 26 S., on sth of . ebruary, on which day she passed the British ship Fifeshire, from Adelaide to Queenstown; variables were then experienced. The meridian of Greenwhich was passed on the 27th, with variable winds, which continued until the 6th of March, when she again encountered heavy weather, the ship rolling heavily and shipping heavy seas; the gale moderated on the Bth, the wind coming from the westward, and continued in that quarter until the 13th, on which day another _ gale sprang up from the N.W., the vessel shipping a great deal of water. On the 16th, at noon, the ship then running under the three lower topsails and storm staysail, a heavy sea struck the ship, heaving her on her beam ends, with her lee rails under water, the barometer still falling; the wind shifting from the N.N.W. to the E.N.E., and at 2 a.m. on the 17th the gale was blowing at the greatest fury, but doing no damage; at midday it moderated, then had N. winds and variables for five days ; then got westerly winds until the 26th of March; her easting was run down in lat. 48S. ; passed the Leuwin on the 30th, with S.E. winds, which continued until passing the Snares on the 10th inst. Stewart’s Island was passed on the 11th, with a heavy gale from the 8.W., during which she shipped a great deal of water; passed the Nuggets at noon, reached the Heads early yesterday morning, and came to an anchorage as above. SHIPPING TELEGRAM. Wellington, April 13.—The barque Serene arrived from Dunedin yesterday.