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Evening Star, Issue 3747, 25 February 1875, Page 2

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HIGH WATER. To-mobrow. FT rads T Port Chalmers I Ddredin 6.11 p.m, 1 6.46 p.m. I 7.31 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. AT THE HEADS. February 25. —Comet, barque. ARRIVED. February 24.—Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Edie, from Oamaru. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Black worth, Mrs Smith, Messrs Esther, Holmes, Desmond, M'Qregor; and five in the Steerage. Comerang, p.a., 125 tons, Beat, from Oamaru. February 25.—Express, s.s., 136 tons, Christian, from the Bluff. Passengers : Misa Hargreaves, Messrs Ward, M'Kellar, Cameron, Campbell, Anderson, White, Ramsay, M'Laggum, Daley, Boyce, Smart, Dickson, Kendall, Carden ; and four in the steerage. Jane Hannah, schooner, 52 tons, Tall, from Gatlin’s River. Wellington, ship, 1,250 tons, Cowan, from Plymouth. Passengers : Mr and Mrs Newsham and family (4), Mr and Mrs Waiting, Misses Green (2), Messrs Homborsley, Ogilvie, Hepburn, Yosper, Strikes ; and 201 immigrants. Ladybird, 286 tons, Andrew, from the North, Passengers ; Mr and Mrs Riley and child, Mrs R. Chalker, Mrs Downes, Misses Broughton and Ginlett (2), Messrs J. W. Hall, Henderson, Pell, R. Dagleish, Evans, Strange, Uphan; and thirteen in tie Steerage. SAILED. February 25. —Spec, schooner, 32 tons, Madison, for Foxton. Lloyd’s Herald, ketch, 50 tons, Marks, for Gatlin’s River. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Alhambra, for Bluff, March 2. Beautiful Star, for Timani, early. Bruce, for Timaru, March 1. Comerang, for Bluff, early. Easby, for Newcastle, February 27. Express, for Bluff, February 28. Florence, for Newcastle, early. Harriet Armitage, for Auckland, early. Maori, for West Coast, March 13. Mafcaura, for London, early. Osseo, for New York, early Otago, for Lyttelton, March 3. Owake, for Wanganui, February 28. Samson, for Oamaru, February 26. Star of the South, for Levoka, February 28. Wallabi, for Bluff, early. . The p.s. Comerang arrived from Oamaru last night. The schooner Jane Hannah with a full cargo of timber arrived this morning from Gatlin’s River. The p.s. Samson arrived yesterday from Oamaru, and steamed alongside the Mataura to discharge wool. The Express arrived from the Bluff early this morning, having left at 5 p.m. yesterday. Experienced fine weather on the trip. Sighted a large vessel standing towards the Heads. We thank the steward for our usual files. The Ladybird arrived at 2.50 p.m. She left Manakau wharf at 9.30 a.m. on the 19th; on arriving at the Heads was signalled “ bar dangerous,” &c., came to anchor inside until the ] next morning. Called at intermediate ports, and arrived at Lyttelton at 11 a.m. on the 24th, ! , • and left for Port Chalmers at 4 p.m. yesterday; experienced fine weather throughout the pas- I fiacre. I

ARRIVAL OR THE WELLINGTON. Early this morning the signals at the Heads announced the arrival of Messrs Patrick Henderson’s fine new ship Wellington, from Plymouth. The tug Geelong at once proceeded down and towed her up to her anchorage off Deborah Bay, when Mr Monson (clearance officer) and Dr Drysdale went alongside, and in answer to the usual quest!.ms Dr O’Brien informed them that there had been no infectious disease during the voyage, that the passengers were all in good health, and that there had been no births; but there were nine deaths (seven being young children, one adult, and one a seaman, the last case the result of an accident). The Wellington is a vessel similar to the Auckland, Invercargill, and Nelson, a description _of which has already been published, bhe is commanded by Captain Cowan, a gentleman well known here, having commanded the ships Wild Deer and Margaret Galbraith. She brings, besides seventeen saloon passengers, 201 souls, classed as follows 27 married couples, 26 single females, 60 single men, 25 females and 23 males between the ages of cue and twelve years, and 13 under the age of one year. The ship arrives in harbor in excellent condition. The single females were in the after part ©f the’tween decks, under the charge of Mrs Jane Smith (matron), the married couples amidships, and the single men forward. The whole of the compartments are remarkable clean and well ventilated, the berths in the married couples’ compartment being fitted up in block. There was plenty of spare room in each compartment, on account of her being fitted up for 100 more immigrants, who were short shipped at Plymouth. The whole of the Eassengers speak highly of the treatment tluw ave received from Dr James O’Brien, CaptaM Cowan, and his officers during the voyage. A fatal accident occurred to one of the crew* named Peter EUentrop, while in the Bay of • ~ l ® ca y> during a heavy gale. He was engaged furling the upper mizen-topsail, .when he fell on to the poop, and died ten hours afterwards from concussion of the brain. The other deaths were—On the 22nd of December, William Johnson, eleven months, from acute bronchitis; December 24, William Barcal, eleven months, from mesenteric disease; December 31, Blanche Hammond, eleven months, from diarrhoea; January 11, William J. Creamer, nfteen months, from mesenteric disease; January 22, Hannah Harvey, forty years, sudfr2S P eritonitis j January 23, John Tibbett, thirteen months, from mesenteric disease; February 10, Emily Coombes, four years, from limbnci disease; February 21, Hettie Coombes, two years, from limbrici disease. The following is a report of her passage furnished by Captain Cowan Left Plymouth on the 4th of December, and cleared the Channel same night with a N.W. _ wind, which increased to a heavy I* ® ay , of Biscay ; was ho veto tor three days, when it moderated. Then had westerly winds to the 14th, when she caught the N.E trades and sighted Madeira the same day. Tne trades were light and were lost on the 24th in 4 N., then had doldrums uatil catching the S.E. tracks north of the i Tlft a l 1(l crossed the equator on the. ieth, tn longitude 30.30. Ti'o trades prow-d very light. On the 26th spoke the ship a trt Liverpool in 3 N. f .1 ;•-> day;! On!•, aof. Supplied her with pro- ; -‘-’a the next day the ship Western iJnifci came cmsc alongside under lower topsails lior chronometers h-.ving rundown. Captain oowan then gave th<- V/escetn Chief’s captain his position, she being bound from Singapore to . oston. Lost the S.E. trades in 24 on the sth ot January, then had light winds and calms to 35 S, on the 15th, next day got the westerlies. Wh Vl h S v / )r ? light unti * crossing the Cape on the 26th of January in 42 S., where she got strong winds, and averaged 295 miles per day - f^\ teen 4? yß ’ her best day’s work being 310 miles. Passed the meridian of Cape Leuwm on the 13th of February, and ran down her easting between the parallels of 42 to 44 and passed the Snares on the 20th, being twenty.four days’ from the Cape; had thick and fcr ther 7 lth lig i hfc winds aluug was , nhout ten miles off the Heads when the ship Auckland was bein'* towed out yesterday afternoon, °

NARROW ESCAPE FROM WRECK. The barque Queensland, Captain Gray from Lyttelton to Newcastle, hacl a very Harrow escape of being wrecked on Monday last, nearly in the same place where the Wellington and rl£l U H WOr i e lo^~bet ' v ’een Island Bay and SinJ Q u ® enslanti was caught in a \ S,E I T 1 " 11 when off Cape Campbell thr d o.,ftf?n d «s er - course northwards to pass ever the cn^i^^ 9 - of doing this, ho wIWntaLi rn 4 carned her close in to land. * 0,1 discovering his pwftioa, rounded to with the veußel’s head to

the eastward, and giving her the mainsail aha just managed to clear the rocks. .Had she rounded to the other way, nothing could have saved her from the fate of the Cyrus and Wellington. Indeed, as it was, Captain Gray at one time was seriously considering whether he should not beach his vessel, so as to give those board a chance for their lives. The escape was a very narrow one indeed, as a terrific sea was rolling in at the time. —‘ Post.’

NEW GOVERNMENT STEAMERS. TLe Colonial Government are sending Home for two powerful steamers, to be furnished with the latest improvements. The larger is estimated to cost L 20.000, and will be of the following dimensions ;—Length between perpendiculars, 188 f t; length over all, 210 ft j beam, 24ft 6in; depth of hold, 15ft Cin; draught when in commission, 10ft 6in ; tonnage, about 300 register; engines on the compound principle of 110 horse-power (nominal), and capable of indicating on trial 600 ; rig barqttentine, and rate of steaming eleven knots, on a daily consumption of twelve tons of coal, with fourteen or fifteen knots at full-pressure speed. The bunkers to be large enough to take fuel for a journey of 500 miles. The saloon to be amidships, 40ft long and 20ft wide ; and the vessel divided into five water-tight compartments. She will be propelled by a screw —Hirsch’s patent. The smaller steamer will be 120 tons register, and be built en the same model as the other. She will be employed principally on light-house and harbor works, for which purpose she will be furnished with a crane capable of lifting forty tons. The larger boat will carry his Excellency or Ministers, and run the Suez and San Francisco mails between the Northern and Southern ports of the Colony. Both steamers are expected out by Christmas. The boats together will cost 1132,000.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS, Lyttelton, February 24.—The ship Grace Darling parted her cable, and went ashore in Rhodes’ Bay on the mud last evening. No dajaaagewas sustained. Wellington, February 23. —Sailed : Fairlie, fer Dunedin, with original cargo from Auck* land and 100 casks of cement from here.