Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 3816, 18 May 1875, Page 3

Shipping.

HIGH WATER. To-mokrow. 2 ftft I ( Dunedin 2.08 p.m. 1 2.48 p.m. ( 3.33 p.m

AT THE HEADS. Frederick Bassett, from Melbourne.

POET CHAJ.MEBS, ABBIVEU.

May 17.—Grace, ketch, 19 tons, Brady, from Wni. kouaiti.

May 18.—Wennington, ship, from London, with immigrants. ’

Leucadia, 1,896 tons, Mearns, from London Passengers: Saloon—Messrs Dohald, Wade, and’Jackson, and fifteen in the second and third cabins.

BAILED. Bfey 17. Phoabe, s.s„ 417 tons, Worsp, f or Northern ports Passengers: For LytteltonMills, Messrs Wilson and Glendiiiing. Fov Wol hngton—Messrs Story, Hill, Smythies, an* o'Sbm ForManakau—Mr Seymour. For

May 18.— Crr jof the Wave,"schooner, 53 tons, M'Lean, for Timm. Wanganui, schooner, 82 tone. Bhney.' for Timam. Isabella Pratt, schcener, x tir?, Cross,,;for Tin??*, a. Mary Ogilvie, schooner, 72 tons. Falconer, for Tnr c ra. Zior, schooner, 67 tons-, Bell, for Timam Isabella, ketch, 52 ions, |Purdie, .for Gatin’s Eir &!. Jane Hannah, schooner, 52 lons, Tall 'for Gatlin's Eiver. _ Gatlin, ketch, 42 tons, TTn.Tvnn.li, for the Bluff. . Omeo, 8.8., 600 tons, Colder, for the'Noi ih. Passengers ; For Lyttelton—Mr and VTrs Sti.mg i, Mrs stamper. Miss Cox; and two in the steerage. After towing up the ship Lencadia as far as the Powder Ground, the tog Geelong returned outside nna towed up to her anohoiage .this a f iertoon the ship Wennington, The following coasters, which put in forJshelter dniang the late heavy gales along the coast, took them departure this morning, the weather having mode\at dThe schooners Crest of the Wave. Wanganui, Isabella Pratt, Mary Ogilvie, all being bound for Timam; the schooner Jane Hannah and the ketch Isabella, for Gatlin's Eiverand the ketch Gatlin, for the Bluff. ’ . The ship Frederick Bassett, from Melbourne, was signalled at the Heads- this morning, and will he Geelon^ er anc^lola 8 e thia r Evening' (by the Messrs M’Meckan and Blackwood’s fine a.a. Omeo mu u de P arture this afternoon for Lyttelton. Tne heavy S.W, wind which prevailed yesterday moderated at midnight, and enabled two Home ships, which had been anxiously looked for, to TnnVn them appearance at the Heads. Early this morning the signals at the Flagstaff announced the arrival of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s ship Wenmngton with immigrants on board, and this was soon followed by the signals of the Lencadia. The tug Geelong shortly after went down and towed up the Lencadia as far as the Quarantine Ground, where she came to anchor, having a quantity of powder on board. The Custom and Health Officers, Mr Monson and Dr Drysdalo, proceeded alongside, and the(replies to the usual questions being satisfactory they went on hoard, and she was soon afterwards cleared.

AEEIVAL OF THE WENNINGTON.

The fine ship Wennington, with 137 iSssengers, equal to 116 statute adults, arrived at the Heads this morning, and was towed up in the afternoon. During the voyage there were two deaths—one of an adult, and the other of an infant—and two Durths. The whole of the passengers are in good health. The Wennington, though new to Otago waters, is an old trader to New Zealand. Her last voyage was to Wellington in August last: and about ten years ago she brought out the Cook’s Strait cable.

AEEIVAL OP THE LEUGADIA.

The Leucadia left Gravesend on the 16th Febrnaiy, had N. winds down the Channel, and took her final departure from Dartmouth on the 16th; had light N.W. winds until getting the N.E. trades on the Ist of March, in 22$ N.» which were light • crossed the equator on the 11th, and lost theN.E. trades the same day, when she picked up the S.E. trades in 1 S„ which were variable, and lost on the 22nd in 23 S.; crossed the meridian of Greenwich on the 23rd, and that of the Cape on the 10th of April • then northerly winds for a few days, and ran down her easting in 44, with moderate north-east winds, and passed the meridian of the Lenwin on the Ist day of May, her first land-fall being Saddle Hill, six miles distant, at 8 a.m. yesterday, with a strong B.W. wind and thick weather. On the 15th inst. spoke the ship Cicero, from London to Canterbury, 103. days out. t e&s&a