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Evening Star, Issue 3553, 13 July 1874, Page 2

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HIGH water. To-morrow. HriCb t Port Chalmers j Doaedih 3.14 p,m. I 3.54 p,m. J 4.39 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. July 12.—Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Fraser, from the Bluff. Passengers : Mrs Henderson and two children, Messrs M'Neil, Towsey, Houghton, Hunter, Thomson, Newman, Smith, Mattheson, Kerter, C. W. Tewson, Bell, J, Watt, Lancaster, Jewifct, Campbell, O’Brien, and Wilson. India, barque, 202 tons, Samson, from Hobart Town. Passengers : Richard Simmonds, Robert Simmonds, and two in the steerage. Caroline, ship, 984 tons, Clyma, from London. Passengers : 300J statute adult immigrants. Easby, s.s., 969 tons, Shand, from Newcastle. Passengers : Miss Fulton, Mademoiselle Nisderhauser, Messrs Brown and Fulton. AT THE HEADS. July 12,- Hindustan, ship, from London. Cartabum, ship, from Glasgow. Derana, snip, from London. SAILED. July 12.—Taranaki, s.s., 286 tons, Wheeler, for Northern Ports. Passengers; For Lyttelton —Mr Vickery. For Wellington—Mr and Mrs Haggitt, His Honor the Superintendent, Messrs Meuzies, M.H.R., Pike, M.H.R., Tolmie, M.H.R., and D. Reid, M.H.R. For Manukau—Mr Henderson. For Napier—Mr Stephenson, and two in the steerage. Thomas and Henry, brig, 253 tons, Bishop, for Auckland. Janet Ramsey, schooner, 42 tons, Lang, for Catlin's River. James Paxton, 61 tons, Gray, for Riverton. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, early. Claud Hamilton, for Bluff, July 21. Dunedin, for London, August 15, Ladybird, for Northern Ports, July 17. • Lizzie Guy, for Hokitika, early. Macgregor, for San Francisco, July 28. Maori, for Lyttelton, July 14 Otago, for Northern Ports, July 18. Roahn Castle, for London, August 1. Samson, for Oamaru, July 14. Wanganui, for Bluff, early. W allabi, for Bluff, July 14,

The schooner Janet .Ramsay sailed for Gatlin’s River. The schooner James Paxton sailed on Saturday, for Riverton. The brig Thomas and Henry sailed for Auckland on Saturday evening. The barque India commenced to discharge her horses at the old jetty this morning. The s.s. Easby removed from the lower anchorage, and steamed up to the railway pier. The 5.3, Wallabi arrived from the Molyneux on Saturday afternoon, and passed on to Dunedin.

The ship Janet Court, for Newcastle, was Unmoored this morning, and towed to sea by the tug Geelong. The steamers Wellington, for the North, Comerang, for Oamaru, Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton and' intermediate ports, sailed last night. The schooner Jane Anderson came down from Dunedin, and went alongside the Buckinghamshire for transhipments of railway iron for Oamaru.

Last evening there were three Horae ships at the Heads—the Hindustan and the Devana, from London, and the Cartsburn, from Glasgow— but un account of its being ebb tide during the greater part of the forenoon, the tug Geelong did not proceed down until she had taken in tow the ship Janet Court, for Newcastle. Messrs Houghton and Co.’s s.s. Wanganui arrived from her southern trip, with the barque India in tow, at 9.30 a.m. yesierday, and steamed alongside the old jetty. Her passen gers were conveyed to Dunedin by the 10 a.m. train. She left Port Chalmers at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, arrived at the Bluff at noon on Thursday, discharged and took in cargo, and left again for Port Chalmers at 5.30 p.m. on the 11th, arriving as above. We thank Mr Herbert for Southland papers. Early yesterday mo ruing the barque India was signalled at the Heads, and shortly afterwards she was taken in tow by the s.s. Wanganui, which was returning from her southern trip, and towed her up under the charge of Pilot Kelly, and moored alongside the old jetty, where she will discharge her horses. Captain Samson reports leaving Launceston on the

27th of June with an easterly wind, which lasted for twenty-four hours; the wind then shifted to the westward, and carried her through the Straits on the 30th; the wind then coming again from the eastward, with thick weather. Then had strong E.S.B. winds for four days, the vessel being under close-reefed topsails; then N.W. wind with heavy rain and thick weather for twenty-four hours; then E. winds for two days, shifting to the N. W., and continuing until sighting the S.W. Cape of Stewart Island on the 9fch. She rounded the South Trap at 5 p.m. on the 10th; then had light S. and S.W. winds until making the Heads early yesterday morning, when she was towed up as above. Besides other cargo she brings twenty-nine horses in good condition, one having died on the voyage. We thank Captain Samson for Launceston papers. The s.s. Easbjr arrived at the Heads yesterday afternoon, immediately crossed the bar under the charge of Pilot Kelly, and steamed up as far as Hobart Town Point, when the tide caught her on the starboard bow. The steamer would not answer her helm, and her engines were immediately reversed; but on account of

the ebb tide she drove against the black buoy. The P-s. Peninsula, which had been engaged by the Board of Health to meet the ship Hindostan, being close to the steamer at the time, went to her assistance, and by her help the buoy was soon removed. This gave the propeller room to work her engines astern, and the Peninsula helping, the Easby was got otf and steamed to the lower anchorage. She is a ecrew collier, owned by Mr E. C. Fulton, of 969 tons register, but of much larger carryin°' capacity, having now on board 1,680 tons of coal. She is 257 ft long, 32ft beam, and 21ft depth of hold, and has compound engines of 140 horsepower, made by Mr 0. Holmes, of Hull Her propeller is one of Herche’s patent, having four blades. She was built in February, 1873* hy Richards, Duck, and Co., of Liverpool consumes ten tons of coal per day at full speed’ has four water-tight compartments from the deck to the keel, and carries three winches and i ?? 3 i? rarie ‘ le to °k a cargo from London to Melbourne, and left Melbourne on the 27th ot June, anchoring at Port Phillip Heads the same mght. Left the next morning, and arnved at Newcastle on the Ist; was loaded, and left on the 4th, coming by way of Cook Strait, and arriving as above.

ARRIVAL OF THE CAROLINE,

Yesterday morning two full-rigged ships were seen off the Heads, and the tug Geelong immediately proceeded down and towed up the Caroline, under the charge of Pilot Stevens She came to an anchor off the railway pier, and the Customs, Health, and Immigration Officers proceeded on board by the p.s. Peninsula. Ihe Caroline is a fine iron ship of 984 tons register, and was formerly one of the African mail steamers. She has had her machinery taken ont, and been thoroughly overhauled being re-classed for twenty years. She is owned by Mr Henry Ellis, of London, and brings to our shores 348 souls, equal to 3004 statute adults—there thing no less than 120 females. The voyage has been remarkably free from sickness, there being only five deaths. These were of children under the age of three years. Upon inspecting the different compartments we found them remarkably clean, especially the single females’, in the after part of the tween-decks. The married couples were amidships, and their compartment, although clean, was very dark. The single men were forward. The single women were nder *he Charge of Mrs Thompson, matron, and they -speak highly of the care and attention shown to them by her during the v yage, and likewise by Captain Ciyma, Dr Fitzgerald, and the officers. .Captain Clypaa states that the passengers have been vh'ry ttbiiblcsbrne during the voyage, partly On qdco'Unt of thbne being so mk uy single women, and their compartment being down the

after-hatch. They wore informed also before leaving Home that they would be allowed wine, beer, &c,, on the voyage, which of course they did not get. Amongst the married couples there are twelve pensioners—old soldiers. Captain Clyma reports leaving London on the 25th of March ; had heavy gales from the westward, and kept under close-reefed topsails down the Channel, arriving at Queenstown on the lUth of April. Embarked passengers, amongst them being forty from the Cork Workhouse, and sailed thence on the 14th of April; had light, moderate, baffling winds until catching the N.E. trades on the 4th of May, in lat. 23.28. On account of the condensing engine breaking down, put into St. Vincent on the 7th ; took in 5,000 gallons of water, coals, and materials for repairing the condenser, and left again on the evening of the Bth. Crossed the Line on the loth in W. long, the shortest run down the variables being 145 miles. The S.E. trades were immediately caught, and lasted until the 26th, in 245.; doldrums were then experienced, getting no westerlies until close to the meridian of the Cape, whiih was crossed on the Bth of June in Heavy gales and high seas were then experienced, principally from the N. W. to S.W., and on the 19th June, in lat. long. 77E., the barometer being down to 28.45, and the sea running very high, one broke on board, which carried away poop ladders, closets, and everything moveable on deck, likewise the after-hatch, and a great deal of water went down the single females’ compartment. The hatches were afterwards secured and battened down. Her easting was run down on a general parallel of 465. The wind still continued good, and she signted the Snares, under two closereefed topsails, at 4 p.m. on the 9th of July; had moderate winds along the coast, and was off Cape Saunders on Saturday night, made the Heads at daylight yesterday morning, and was towed up as above. During the voyage there was one birth ; on the Bth of June Mrs Morrosey giving birth to a son. The names of those who died were : Maggie Morrosey, on May 12, aged three years; Margaret Canty, on May 19, aged one year ; Thomas Mullings, infant, on Juno 1; William Connoley, infant, on June 8; and Ellen Dinceen, infant, on July 5.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Wellington, July 11.- The Waikato has arrived. She left London on March 24. She is the first of a new line of immigrant shins, and was built for the New Zealand Shipping Company. She has 400 souls on board; all well. Auckland, July 11.— Arrived: The barque Hokitika, from Puget Sound, with a cargo of 195,227 ft. timber and 39,600. The vessel comes here for sale.