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Evening Star, Issue 3593, 28 August 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WATER, To-mobrow. Hbads [ Port Chalmers | Duhedib 3.50 p.m. | 4.30 p.m. | 5.15 p.nu PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. August 28.—Bruce, s.s. 4 204 tons, M'Farlane, from Glasgow. Corona, ship, from London. SAILED. August 28.—'Victorine, barque, 310 tons, Le Maistre, for Lyttelton. Albion, 800 tons, Underwood. Passengers : For Lytteltdn—Messrs Pollock and Keogh; one in the steerage. For W ollington—Mr Farquhar; one steerage. For Hokitika —Mr Willburg. For Melbourne Three steerage. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Alhambra, for Bluff, September 11. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, August 30. Dunedin, for London, September 7. HarrietJfArmitage, for Auckland, early. The ketch Isabella sailed last night for Gatlin’s River. The s.a. Albion sailed this afternoon for Melbourne, via Northern and. West Coast Forts. The barque Victorine sailed this morning with part cargo of sugar from the Mauritius, Ist Lyttelton. The barque Harnett Arraitage was towed down from Dunedin yesterday, and came to anchor off Deborah Bay. i Early this morning a large ship was seen off the Heads, and shortly afterwards signals announced her to be the Corona, from London, all well., As soon as the tug Geelong towed op the s.a. Bruce, she again proceeded down And towed the Corona up to her anchorage. ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. BRUCE. . Early this morning the signals at the Heads Announced the arrival of the long-expected steamer Bruce, belonging to the Harbor Steam Company. The tug Geelong immediately proceeded down and towed her up close to the railway pier. She is a fine vessel of 204 tons register and sailed out. She is barque-rigged, and her dimensions are 170 ft on the keel, 180 ft over all, with a beam of 32ft, and depth of hold 10ft 6in. She is fitted with all the newest appliances; her engines are compound, of ninety horse-power, nominal, made by Alexander Stevens and Son, of Glasgow. The diameter of the largest cylinder is 3ft lin, and of the other lit llin; the diameter of the shaft being Bin. Her saloon is handsomely decorated with birds•ye maple and gold, the cushions being of crimson velvet. She has twenty-seven sleeping berths, and the ladies’ cabin is handsomely decorated and fitted with every convenience for the comfort of passengers. She has also a very comfortable fore cabin, and a fine galley, with every convenience for cooking for a number of passengers. Her officers’ quarters are situated on dock, in very comfortable side-houses. We are indebted to Mr Johnson, her chief officer, for the following report :—The Bruce left GlasSow oh the 12th April, with westerly winds own channel, and took her final departure from the Tuscar on the 14th; on the 15th a heavy gale came from the N.E., which lasted for twenty-four hours ; then had light baffling winds until sighting Maderia on the Ist of May. The N.E. trades were caught on the 4th in lat. 28.43 N., long. 19.57, were very light, aud were lost on the 14tn, in 10'63. Doldrums and moderate easterly winds were then met until crossing the Equator on the 24th, in long. 26.9 W. ; the S.B. trades were caught en 28th May, in 4.47 S., which were very squally, and were lost on the 10th June, in lat. 27.28. Light winds from the N. and N.E, were then experienced until catching the westerlies on the 16th; the meridian of Greenwich was crossed on the 27th, in 43.2, and that'Of the Cape on the Ist of July, with strong winds, which continued to the meridian of Cape Leuwin, on the 29th; thence had baffling and light winds and rain till making the Snares, on the 21st August. On the 24th bad a heavy gale from the N.E., and continued along the coast. Her easting was run down on a general parallel of 44 S., and she made the Heads early this morning. As soon as she has discharged her cargo, she will be taken into dock for the purpose of cleaning and painting. THE WRECK OF THE WARRIOR QUEEN. [By Telegraph.] (f rom a Correspondent.) Nelson, August 27. American papers are just to hand. The San FranciscO' ‘ Bulletin ’ of July 23, reports that the Warrior Queen went ashore four miles from Point Reyes, on July 18. She had a pleasant voyage up to the time of the disaster, when she encountered dense fogs, which prevented the ascertaining the whereabouts of the vessel Before the disaster she spoke the ship Sydney Dacres, the captain of which informed the captain of the Warrior Queen that they were in twenty-five fathoms of water. This was misunderstood twenty-five being taken for sixty-live fathoms, and, not seeing land or breakers, Captain Wilson kept on bis course until the vtssel struck. The crew proceeded to San Francisco in the boats. When Captain Wilson left the Warrior Queen she was lying •asy, within thirty yards of the beach, with three feet of water in her hold. As the suif was running very strong, it was expected she would be totally wrecked. On July 23 the vessel was lying en the beach, and was sold to Messrs Charles Haney and Co., ®f San Francisco, for 770 dollars. SHIPPING TELEGRAM. Port Chalmers, August 28.— The Corona has been towed up to the Quarantine Ground. The ship Otago, from London, June 6, is at the Heads.