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Evening Star, Issue 3611, 18 September 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WATER, To-morrow. Heads I Port Chalmers I Dursdin 7.69 p.m. 1 8.39 p.m. | 9.24 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. SAILED* September 18.— Hadden Hall, ship, 1,516 tons, ITaithful, from London. Passengers: Mn Hooper and three children, Messrs C. H. Gossett, Mellick, Hooper, Delamaine, and thirty-six in the steerage. Otago, s.s., 800 tons, MLean, from Melbourne, via the Bluff. Passengers : From Melbourne—Mr and Mrs Salvage, Mr and Mrs Fraser, Messrs Lewison, Berghoff, Blair, Clea▼erdon, Coomb, Orr, M’Arthur, and thirty-two steerage. From the Bluff—Mr and Mrs M‘Do nald, Mr and Mrs Topair and two children. Mrs and Miss Dick, Messrs Millson, M'Kellor, Calder, Rogers, Pithe, Bews, Fraser, Gibbs, Horsey, Warren, and three in the steerage. Easby,s.s., I,6ootons, Stand,from Newcastle. Passengers: Misses Alleyne and O’Meagher, Messrs Watkins, Perriman, and three in the steerage. projected departures. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, September 21. Bruce, for Lyttelton, early. Easby, for Newcastle, September 21. Ladj bird, for Northern Ports, September 2L Maori, for Lyttelton, early. Ramson, for Oamaru, September 22. Star of the South, for Fiji, October 4. Tararua, for Bluff, September 30. Vf anganui, for Bluff; early. Wallabi, for Bluff, September 21, The brig Syren sailed up to Dunedin this morning. The ketch Grace arrived yesterday, with stone, for transhipment to tbe s.s. Otago. Owing to the heavy N.E. wind, the ship Caroline came to an anchor yesterday inside the Heads, and will sail the first slant. The tug Geelong being laid up for repairs, the p.s. Samson will take her place in the meantime ; the s.s. Maori sailed this morning, in room of the Samson, for Oamaru. The s.B. Easby, fiom Newcastle, arrived this morning, with 1,650 tons of coal She left Newcastle at 9 a.m. on the 9th; had strong winds during the passage, and arrived off the Bluff at 8 p.m. on the 16th; anchored off the Heads at 7 p.m. last night. Messrs M‘Meckan, Blackwood, and Co.’s s.s. Otago arrived alongside the railway pier at 6 oclock this morning.- She left Melbourne at 3 p.m. on the 10th, and cleared the Straits at 6 p.m. on the 11th ; had light easterly weather across, and arrived off the Bluff at midnight on the 15th, eased steam, and ran into the Bluff at daylight on the 16th; discharged ninetyseven tons of cargo and thirty horses, and attempted to leave at 7 p.m., but there being a heavy S.E. wind, and the ship Conflict, which arrived there the same day and anchorea off the end of the pier being in the way, the Otago was moored again for the night, and left at 7 a.m. yesterday; had strong S.E. wind with heavy sea, arriving at the Heads at midnight and steamed up as above. She brings 190 tons of cargo, thirty-four horses, and three ponies for this port. We thank her purser (Mr Heaton) for report and files.

ARRIVAL OF THE HADD ON HALL. Yesterday afternoon the signals at the Heads announced the arrival of the ship HaddonWWal t from London, which was rather unexpected, as nearly all the Home ships make the Heads with a S. W. wind, the wind being strong from the N.E. She soon came over the bar and sailed up to her anchorage in the quarantine Krand, in consequence of having powder on ard. The p.s. Peninsula took the Custom Health Officers, and the representatives of the Press down to the vessel. Upon going alongside, in answer to the usual questions. Captain Faithful stated there had been measles among the children, but none had been fatal The last case occurred six weeks age. The appearance of the ship betokened she had seen rough weather during her passage; the foretopgallantmast and head of the foretopmast, with foretopmast cross trees, were gone, also the main royalmast. She brings forty-one passengers and a full cargo, besides eleven sheep out of seventeen, six having died on the voyage, the property of Mr Delamain, of Christ“HJK*- The Haddon, Hall is a fine iron ship Of 1,516 tons register, and is owned by Messrs Lister, Young, and Co., of London, but under Ohartw to Messrs Shaw, Saville, and commanded by Captain Faithful, whose |Mt visit to Otago was in 1812, in one cf the late Mr John Jones’s whaling ships. The passengers express themselves perfectly satisfied with the treatment they have received on board, and presented Captain Faithful with a testimonial during her passage. As will be seen from the following report, she had nearly one month s terrific weather, accompanied with heavy squalls of hail and rain, Capt. Faithful stated that during the whole time he had been •t sea he had never experienced worse weather. The Haddon Hall left the East India Docks and took in her powder at Greenhithe. and •ailed on the 13th June, at 2 p.m.; proceeded down the Channel with an easterly wind • landed the pilot at the Start on the 15th, anci there toother final departure. Passed Madeira on the 22nd, and the Equator on the 9th July twenty-seve* days out, in long, 24.26 W. The N.E. trades were lost in lat. 11 N., and lomr 2o W. Fell m with the N.E. trades in lat. 5.30 IN., having had 6£deg. of dreary doldrums. -Lliese trades were strong and squally—one stiff wind especially occurred in lat. 15 SC, when she was m long. 32 W.; and again on reaching lat. 18 o. the weather became stormy, and drove her welltothesonthwardwithheavyrains. The-ship 7“ M far on the coast of Brazil as long. 32.30 W., and to save weather she had to come about and stand to the eastward for about twenty-four hours; and then again came about, and stood on her southing. She lost the trades “ lat. 25 S., long. 33 W., having carried the trades an uncommonly long distance Passed to the W. of Gough Island, with a md aU j £ lck rainy rather, on the 30th, and passed the meridian of GreenV lc h.., at ' midnight the same day. From the 4th to the 30th August had an almost uninterrupted succession of easterly winds, with thick rainy weather. On the 13th, however, the wind chopped round from S. to E., and thence to S.W., and blew furiously for fourteen hwuo. On the 19th, during a severe S. W. gale Wwh heavy sea, she lost her maintopmast foretop and top-gallant masts, and had the crosstrees smashed to pieces in the falls, springing the foretopsail yard, and sustained other serious damages. This was followed, on the 28th by a most terrific S.W. gale, the approach of which had been indicated by the signal fallA* of the barometer, which fell gradually from thl Zstb, and the weather was overcast in a forbid dmg manner. The gale commenced on the to low canvas, even under which she shinned large quantities of water. On the 28th gale hauled round to the S.W..Waring’ l hurricane. The shi ? was buried right dW to her rails while running before it. At 7 p.m the foresails was Wown away out of the boUrom>s, the clew-shackle, of the maiutopsaU earned away, and several sails split, Th« eale however,; moderated on the 30th, and she had weather then until making the. Snares on tne : 12th instant, after which she bad fine weather for four days, and caught the N.E breeze yesterday morning, arriving off the Heads .at. 4 ; pm., and sailed up as above.