Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 3911, 6 September 1875, Page 3

Shipping.

HIGH WATER. T G-Lf OREO W.

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PORT CHALMERS. AUP-] VED.

September s—Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Fraser, from the Blaff. Passengers: Mesdames Benjamin, Bray, Wise; Captain Logan; Messrs Colin Allan, Wise, Richardson, Holmes, Gardner, Sheen, Davidson, Spence, Tayler, Barton ; and three steerage. British Empire, ship, 483 tons, Rowe, from London.

Woodville, barque, 46.0 tons, Condy, from Newcastle. SAU.K n. September 6—Jane, cutter, 25 tons, Grabam, fer Shag Point. September 4—Cclestia, barque, 320 tons, Joel, for Moernki. Kohinoor, barque, 2SI tons. Scott, for Newcastle. Fanny, ketch, 25 tons, Williams, for Gatlin’s Eiver.

PSOJKOTCD DKI’ACTUIIKS. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, September 13. Bruce, for Lyttelton, September 8. E:isby, for Sydney, September 22. Hawea, for Wellington, September 7. Maori, for Blutl and Nelson, September 7. Otago, for Melbourne, September 20, Samson, for Oamaru, September 7. Taupo, for Wellington, September 14, Wanganui, for Bluff, September 8.

The cutter Jane sailed this morning for Shag Point.

The barque British Empire will be removed from the stream to the railway pier to discharge. The barque Hope an I ketch Grace arrived from Waikoniiiti on Saturday, and sailed up to Dunedin, The schooner Mabel Jane and ketch Fanny sailed for Gatlin’s .River yesterday. The s.s. Wanganui arrived from the Bluff at 6.80 a.m. yesterday, vnef after landing a few passengers at the Port steamea np to Dunedin. The Union Co.'s p.s. Samson returned from her usual trip to Oamaru on Saturday afternoon, and passed the Port to Dimedin. The barques Coiostia, forMocraki; and Kohinoor, ior Newcastle, were towed to soa„ on Saturday evening. The brigantine Hosanna Bose, with a full cargo of timber from Havelock, arrived on Saturday afternoon, and continued her course to Duuediu with a fmc N.E. wind. She left Havelock on the 28th of August with a N.W. wind as far as the Kaikouras ; thence had N. and N.E. to arrival. The barque Woodville, with a cargo of coal from Newcastle, was towed up yesterday afternoon by the tug' Geelong. She left Newcastle on the 24th of August with n light S.W. wind, whh-h continued until the 26th, when it hauled fo the southward with high cross sea until the 29th ; thenco until within 150 miles of the Solnnders hod light N.W. winds; it then increased to a heavy gale, and the vessel was hove-tofor twenty-four hours, when the gale moderated, and she made the Solanders on the 3rd instant ; had light N. winds through the Straits, and passed Dog Island on the morning of tho 4th, when it came round from the S.W.

ARRIVAL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Yesterday forenoon the signals at the Heads annonneed the arrival of the British Empire, after a passage of ninety-eight days from London. The tug Geelong shortly after proceeded down and towed her up to her anchorage off Carey’s Bay. The British Empire is a fine iron barque of 483 tons register, chartered by the New Zealand Shipping Company, and owned hy Messrs Robert Brews and Co., of Hartlepool. She brings a full cargo of about 750 tons, 150 of which is dead weight. She left London on the 29th of May, and took her departure from the Lizard on the Ist of June ; picked up the N.E. trades on the 10th of June; thence had light southerly winds to the equator, which was crossed on the 24th, in long. 30; passed Tristan D’Acnnha on the 19th, lifty-one days’ from Gravesend • the meridian of Greenwich on the 23rd’ and that of the Cape on the 27th in 42 S.; encountered a succession of heavy gales from the W. and S.W., accompanied with high seas until passing the meridian of the Leuwin on the 20th August; ran dowu her easting between the parallels of 43 and 45 ; passed the Snares on the 31st, with a heavy northerly gale; was hove-to for eight hours under reefed mizen staysail, and was driven some distance to the southward; it then moderated and had variable winds until making the south-east part of Stewart’s Island at daylight on the 4th; thence had strong N.W. wind with rain until arriving at the Heads at 10 a.m. yesterday.