Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 3497, 8 May 1874, Page 2

Shipping.

. V ■ *• v / \,, v Heads I Port Chalmers J Ddnediu 8.31 p.m. 1 9.6 ttE I 9.61 p.m. POET CHALMBRS. - r.ARRIVED. _ May »•—CyphreneT,'S.s.,'l279~ tons," WSS(L from Handayfti vi*-.North,em r Ports. Passengers ;—Messrs C. Spencer; "‘Ff-Nelson, M-‘Een-P* -Avkell, fe'S. Williams, PGgginson, ands|ve in the steerage. ' i ’ 7raranald r ,9.s. t ; 299: tons, Whewar^, from the; North CiV^rasMngers':; — ; Mi‘ 1 Crawfordj and child, Mr and Mrs Mitchell, Mrs Joyce,j Mi«a Power, Col/ Messrs) Milford,' Hunter, Dignan,n Burn.es,. I Palmei-i ; .Amyes,; Monejf'jvHutchinSon, Thomson, Spence; and ten in tHe[steioi»g!e; J-')/; ■ ' - , BAILSp. . , v | * May B.—Wellington,.,B.B., .266. tcms, CareyJ for the North. -Passengers :—For Lyttelton-4 Messrs M'Krfy andKxrk. • For ■ Wellington— r , Jfcfiss Dr Davidson," Messrs Wood word,' <CleWd, Coates. OPor Westport—Messrs Cub len, M'Leod. For Manukau—Mr Ord and seven in the steerage. Samsod,fp.s. r ,l24 ton9 r Pdie,;for o|maiu | Benclenon, ■ schooner, 66 tons, Francis, for the Molyneux. Cyphrenesj s,s., 1,279 tons, Hall, for San Francisco, Via ’Northerd Ports' and Kandavu, Passengers : For Wellington— Bishop Neville; ~Mra,. Seville, Rev. Mr Edwards, Messrs Wit • c ßamson; slid -Belmont For /Auckland—Mrs Ferguson and three children, Miss Taylor, Mr • and Mrs Clarkson and two children. For Sah Francisco (in the. second cabin)— Messrs J; Richie and Ross. For Liverpool—Mr Nainsoni For/Napier—Mr. Stewart, and four in th 4 steerage. Albio&ifor Northern, Ports,; May 11. j Alhambra, for Bbiff,jVlay 11. \r Dunfillan,.forrLendon, early. i DSUaba Towel, for early. I Excelsipr, for Auckland, early. Helen Bum’s, 1 for ,? f&e. Hokitika, early. : : Galhiaitb,' for London, May 11. Lyttelten, May 10. ) I Omeo, for Blu&May 9.,. ; Paterson, for’ Northern’Ports, May 12. Samson, -forOataaru, May 12, . ’■ Sea Cull; for.Bluff, May 9., - Taranaki, for Northern Ports, May 12. , '■•■Tauranga, foi 1 Wanganni, r early. , r i Tokatea, for Sydney, early. W^llabi, for Blpfi, May 9, . . | jTli'e ‘schooner Bencleuch has sailed for the v .' V v ' ■■”■■■' 1 ■' ; The barqhe paaarewitch 'was'hauled into th'O '’/Graving Dockthia morning; •. | 'The ship Wild* Deer was 1 'removed from th'e i j railway pier-into the stream this morning. < The pss; Samson sailed for her usual .trip to Oamarn shortly after the arrival of the 7.30 ' train; --- —-' ‘

The steamers .Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton and intermediate- ports, and Wellington, for the NorfK; sailed hist night. ■' It -is mmcflnsditKat-the. Pacific Steam Navirgatipn Company-have: sold two--of f theirncw steamers to MesaraGibbs, Bright', and’Col, Liverpool, who intend placing them at once oh ; the Australian station.", , . if. * lo * f TffibJfbllowuiSf'riß : the j pasifetfger list, of Shaw, C "-Sa Vill, 'and d3o’sßuokiilghaflishire, wbichleft -iiiiion'donJOffioMaroh L' -'PoriOtago siOabin—Mr /-iWm. I'Hf.Eristdnyi Dr ’Xmhan-Welsh, and 415 Government i , t ; , The N, 7j_, Co.’s 5.,8., Taranaki arrived at 7 o’clock this toothing.’ f After landing her mails and passengers' at the'’railway pier, she steamejd ■ j alongside the." Helen ’ Bums to discharge cargo. She left the Mahukau at 10 a.m. on the 2nd. Mr 0., J. Edminston, for report and files.. ... ' j The Mikadoleft Kandavu with a large number of passengers fobSan-Franciscb op .the same day as left, and’the Maogregbr was to leave for Sydney on L the-29th. Captain Grainger had {nUr-confidence in his ability to" fell the vessel thireWrife; a cofferdam havirjg eea built over thei fore compartment, which has bpfeifißgd'jrith cocoa imts.' T-- j v The [ Atrato,, . Captain Husband/ put into Plymouth. Sound on' March 6, disa %b.fOj£tjL,sndfln.op Pebruary 16,. with - f eringraits, the and all °a Pebraary'lo, in lat. 25;22,N.; ’ lohg. ’ ’ 19.29 ! W., per ! loweripressure ■ piston l broke-, 'aid the 1 cylinder cracked,- and she'J'hadj.; to> make her way back to a port By . " meanff of one- engine and her sails;- The chief engineer discovered-the defect just in time, or a serious accident would have occurred. All .?ljfeE^^®B a letter'of thanks to Captain Husband for, his taking them safely back.England. " , v j The following is the report bf' Joha Corbett, i Eogo, .from Liverpool for • > Otago l (general- cargo). -'Oh February' 11, ship ’ was struck by a heavy 'sea, which' completely filled the decks, carrying away jibboom and all .''-headgear, jib, .and' flyingicjib,; stove boats, • ifiWftshed casks, -and two barrels of j pn deck r at the time. On February 12, sighted, the'Fastnet Lighthouse bow, the weathtr ’ threatening for another heavy gale, thought advisable to run for Long'- Island Channel, , where we arrived same day. On February 11 three men were disabled by a sei striking them whilst trying -to secure jibboom, also lost fore-, ,0L addistarbqardjside light.' L ;) j ; . Considorablo yitere^t/ig,manifested ih/wbat is regarded as an ocean race to Melbourne “bev ff*,'cUpper ships—^the : John. - ] Ard, 1,806 l ’tonfl and 1,600 ■ both beihg ; on their' maiden w ' - Tfie/LocH Ardleft theDlyde on Jan. 27> and Wte spoken off Tuskar bn the 29fch by steam tiig which-had just previously left jHtfuhxt Kern after-towing- her fftom Liver- ; wasLtherefore.a .Yery- good start, arid Was well matched. The John Keir ™GliipMfflaj John Eeid and Co,, k « l Loch Ard by Messrs n K®M ii coinm^iCo M of Glasgow, . Tue -i. who lately Captain Scobie, • ..- Loch by Captain EoKsJmoneU, and the ul-fated Loch Earn, owned by of the LdburnandCo. ‘ • ■ Ihe New Zealand Shipping Co., _ will despatch the undermentioned J ' Zealaad Gove^ * '• about following 1.300, from London for .'Oirffi 6, ¥K cll A 9 .’' Wishart, 1,550, from - for Auckland, March 10 ; Queen S * from Liverpool and Belfast for • i Auckland, ' March 16 ;- Waikato, 2,050 f roai if nd o^? r^® lli r rißtl s n> 17; Northamp--q.-ton, trom LondouforGanterbuty, -March ;17 , - London! for Otago. - 5 from, Loudon a for i 27 ; J. ,A. Thompeoh 3,700 . , frojfa Liverpool f or ; Wellington, &c.V Aprii 10 • la^ e ■ irori siiiin s shi p t*. 1 '?, N.N.M., classed 100 AI at .. wJjioyd s, and named the Eastern Monarch, This -CiJS the fourth vessel that has been built" by the ; firm to the order of Messrs John Patton, jurt Co. Londoo.,; bhe is chartered to the Me ’ Zealand shipping Company, to take emigrant and cargo from London to New Zealand. ' O . March 3 Messrs Eobert Dnncrih and Cri laohched froiri their at Port-Gla.i ■* gow 'a* clipper ship 1,300 tons register; uam.-.i the'Dunedin, belonging to the Albion Sbipph,Company, Glasgow, and intended to form onT of Messrs P. Henderson ahd Co.’s new line o! packet ships,between London and Otago, New i ; Zpaland, Shehas.a poop eighty feet long, with accommodation far twenty-four first and,thirtj .cabin passengers,.; whilst her spacious tween decks, 230 feet in length, thoroughly ventilated and lighted, can be fitted up for 40U steerage passengers!, ’~" THd and' American Eoyal mfjiJ steamship■ GypifrSnes'arftired wag, having on board the San Francisco mail. «i!; e j Gwden Age went alongside and trac snipped her mail and passengers to the railwu, they^ere conveyed toDunedin by tbV vSLI 97o^ e “ a line iron sere JhkTKWi** and was built fov tea trade byMessrs Stephens andSom, ■ - er '~a nd as sto was fnthrough th. Suez Canal,'^iU

carry a large caqgo on a light draught of water. Her length over all is 310 ft; beam, 33 ft; depth of i hurricane deck, 32 ft; gross tonnage. 2,200 tons. She is rigged as afore and-aft 'schooner,- Her. engines, which are of 250 horsepower, were Elder and Co, of Glasgow ; the cylinders are 40 inches in diameter, with a 3 feet 3 inch stroke. Her consumption of . ; iel is about 22, tons -per day for a spec.i of ten knots per bout. She has .four boilers, each with four furnaces. Her saloon has a very comfortable appearance, and she has good accommodation for secondclass passengers. The captain’s room is situated over the saloon compartment aft, and there is a large house amidships, which is used for toe officers quarters, donkey-engine house, and gal- : ley. There is another smaller house forward, 1 where, the crew are berthed, and in front of ■ which' is the wheel-house. Round' the deck there is a light iron rail and staunchions, with opeu wjre netting. She is well provided with boats,' and there’ is also on board a steam ' The Cyphrenes left Sydney on the 11th of • April with a,bout sixty saloon and sixty second cabin passengers, and arrived at Kandavu after a fine passage of seven days. ’ The Mikado arrived three days afterwards, and, after coaling the Macgregor, both vessels were detaifaed for four days coaling, the Mongol and putting oh board 600 tons of cargo. During her stay at Kandavu the steam launch was got but for the use of - the passengers.- L who, went about; different parts of the island. After transhipping mails and passengers, she left Kandavu: on the 27th, had strong, head winds until arriving at Auckland on the 2nd, at 5 p.m’; left at 6 a.m. on the 3rd' arrived at Napier at 6 a.m. on the sth, having had'a strong southerly gale, with heavy sea: .after two hours stay, sailed for Wellington, and arrived there at 9.25 a. in. on the 6th; left at 11 a.m.,'arrived at Lyttelton at 6 a.m. on the 7th ; left at 10 a.m., arrived off Otago Heads at 3 a.m.; was boarded by Pilot Kelly shortly afterwards, and arrived as above. Her outward mails and- passengers having. been conveyed • down by the 7.30 train, they were transhipped on board, .by. the p.s. Golden Age, and shortly , after the Cyphrenes got under way again, and bleared the Heads for Lyttelton at 10 a.m.

SHIPPING TELEGEAM. "Wellington, May B.— The Alhambra leaves for the South at about one o’clock.