Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 3884, 5 August 1875, Page 3

Shipping.

HIQHFWATEE. To-morrow. Heads. | Pt. Chalmers. I Dunedin. 3.47 p.m. I 6.27 p.m. | 7.12 p.m. POET CHALMERS. ARRIVE^. Angus'; s.—Palmerston, ketch, 25 tons, Brebner, from Oamaru. James Nicol-Fleming, ship, 992 tons, Grille, from London. Passengers : Saloon—Mr and Mrs Gibbs, Mr and Mrs Sanders and family (5), Mrs Wilkinson, Messrs Houston, Elliott. Cooper (2), Bailey; and 279 immigrants, equal to 253J statute adults. Ph«bc, 5.8., 516 tons, Worsp, from Northern Ports. Passengers: Saloon —Mr and Mrs Durce, Messrs Combs, Mendelsohn, Kohn, Benjamin, Mill, Lcpper, Tauranga, schooner, Cl tons, Dirers, from Timaru. sailkd. August 5. Star of the South, s.s.. W5 tons, Palmer, for Levnka via Northern Ports. Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Prater, for the Bluff, Mable Jane, schooner, 29 tons, ■ Ramsay, for Gatlin’s Eiver.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Bruce, for Lyttelton, August 6. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, August 11. Dunedin, for London, early. Express, for Invercargill, August 7. Easby, for Newcastle, August 9. Lady of the Lake, for Balclutha, August 6, Maori, for Lyttelton, August . Taupo, for Wellington, August 13 Taranaki, for Wellington, August 11. Omeo, for Melbourne, August 7.

The ketch Palmerston arrived this morning from Oamaru. The Union Company’s p.s. Samson was taken into Murray’s floating does to be cleaned and have her bottom re-coated. The steamer Wanganui, for the Bluff, and Star of , the South, for Levnka via Northern Ports, sailed last evening. rhe ship Dunedin was taken out of the Graving Dock and anchored in the stream yesterday afternoon. The N.Z.S.S. Co.’s s.s. Phoebe arrived from the Northern ports at 8.36 this mornlhg. She left the Manukau at 4 p.m. on the 29th, and called at Taranaki, Pieton, Nelson, Wellington and Lyttelton. We thank Mr Barbor (purser) for report amd exchanges.

The a.s, Albion once more has maintained he reputation for extraordinary speed In her trip from Wellington to Lyttelton on the 30th, making the run from Heads to Heads in 13 hours 5 minutes, and the total passage from wharf to wharf in 14 hours 10 minutes. The favorable} northerly gale only lasted to Knikoura ; thence she had it;calm with heavy .swell. The Wellington passed her in the Strait, the Allfton flying along at the rate of about fifteen knots an hour under full steam, with foresail, foretopsail, and maintrysail get, the sea washing her decks meanwhile.—Northern paper, AEEIVAL OF THE SHIP JAMES NICOL FLEMING. Yesterday afternoon the signals at the flagstaff announced the arrival of a ship to the southward. These being shortly after repeated, led us to believe there were two vessels at the Heads. Tarious conjectures were made as to who the strangers wore, and it was not until shortly before 5 p.m. that the signals announced the arrival of Messrs Patrick Henderson and Co.’s fine composite ship James Nicol Fleming, from Loudon. The tug Geelong, having steam up, at ooce proceeded down, and towed her up to her anchorage last night, hut, owing to the late hour, and her having Government immigrants on board, she was not cleared. This morning the Customs, Health, and ImmigratfWi Officers proceeded alongside, and, having made the necessary inquiries as to tho health of all on board, were satisfied with the report. They then proceeded on board, and, after the usual inspection of the immigrants quarters, cleared fbe ship. The Fleming has made the passage from London in 87 days, and brings, in addition to 15 cabin passengers, 312 immigrants under the charge of Dr Hannon, who was hare last year in the ship Otago. The whole of the passengers appear to be of a very respectable class; and after the official visit the reporters of the Press were courteously escorted round the vessel by Captain Gall. The first part inspected was the single females* compartment, which was situated in thejafter port of the ’tween decks, and was found to be very clean, and under the charge of Miss Partridge, matron, who spoke in high terms of the conduct of those under her care; during the voyage. :The Jmarried couples wore berthed amidships, while the single men .were forward, each compartment being remarkably elean. During the voyage the education of the children had not been neglected, there being a school each day when weather permitted. The general health •f the passengers throughout the voyage has been good, and no contagious diseases have been experienced, there only having been throe deaths of young children and three births, the following being the names of those who died:—June 29, James Snclling, aged one year; July 23, Gertrude Herbert, aged one year; July 26, Albert Gardner, three and a-half years. Births:—On June 20, Mrs Barnard, of a daughter; June 29, Mrs Page, of a son; July 26, Mrs Turner, of a premature son. The James Nicol Fleming is under tho command of Captain Gale, who has with him as chief officer Mr Moffatt, from which gentleman we are indebted for the following report of the ship’s passage :—Left East India Docks on May 1, and took on board her passengers at Gravesend same afternoon. Left Gravesend on the 4th, and anchored in the Downs on the sth, owing to heavy fog. The ship Eoyal Charter, while getting under way, fouled her and carried away a portion of her head gear, hut doing no other damage. At 7 p.m. op. the Bth discharged her pilot off Beachy Head, with a light southerly breeze, which continued until tho 13th, on which day she took her final departure from Start Point with light N.E. and N.W. winds, which continued until the 23rd, ou which day she picked up the N.E, trades in 31 N., which were light, and were carried until the 2nd of June in 8 N. From thence experienced light southerly winds to the 10th, when she got the S.E. trades in 1 N., and crossed the Equator same day in 21 W. The trades proved moderate, and were lost in hit. 25 S., long. 31W. Then light northerly and westerly winds prevailed, and crossed the meridian of Greenwich on the 30th of Juno and that of the Capeonthe 4th of July, and ran downher easting in 43 S.; passed the meridian of the Leuwin om the 23rd July and sighted the Snares on the 2nd inst. with strong, squally S.W. winds, which contin aed until noon next day, when she was off the Nuggets, from thence light winds to arrival. Tho only land sighted was the Island of Antonio. The following ships were spoken .—May 30th.—Dunatraer Castle, from ILondon to Melbourne; and .spoke her; again on the 17th June; on the Ist June—s.s, Aconcaqua, from Liverpool to Yalparasio ; on the 14th June— Italian brig Geovanni, bound for Queenstown, by which vessel letters were sent Home, We had almost forgot to mention that on board the ship there are seventeen live partridges out of fifty-four originally shipped, consigned to Mr Cargill.