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Evening Star, Issue 3989, 7 December 1875, Page 3

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HIG H WATER. TO-MORROW. HkaDS. jpr • :uALi«;r,a, | 10.33 p.m. j 11.13 p.m. I 11.58 p.m. PORT f'H AbMi-RS. ARRIVED. December 7. —May Queen, ship, 733 tons, Tatcbell, from London. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Stevens, Messrs Fessey, R. Wyles, H. Wyles. Second cabin : Messrs Brodrick, Randall, Wyburd, and nineteen in the steerage. Beautiful Star, s.s., 116 tons, Peterson, from Lyttelton via Timam. Passengers; Messrs Self, Duncan, Rowley, Hepburn, and one in the steerage. SAILEDDecember 7.—Alhambra, s.s., 690 tons, Bowden, for Melbourne via Northern and West CVast ports. Passengers ; For Lyttelton—Fire steerage. For Hokitika—One steerage. For Melbourne—Might steerage. Lady of the Lake, s.s., 60 tons, Urquhart, for the Molyneux. Shag, s.s., 31 tons, Wing, for Shag Point. Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Edie, for Oamarn,

PROJECTED DEPARTURES, Arawata, for Melbourne. December 17. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, December 8. Express, for Invercargill, December 8. Hawea, for Wellington, Decembers. Llewellyn, tor Levuka, December 10. Ringaroon a, for Melbourne, December 27. Wanganui, for Lyttelton, December 9. The three-masted schooner Agnes Jessie, having been sufficiently lightened, was towed to Dunedin by the tug Geelong. The s.s, Alhambra, for Melbourne via Kakanui, Northern and West Coast ports, sailed last evening. The Union Co.’s favorite s.s. Maori sailed this afternoon for her usual monthly trip to the West Coast via Northern ports. The steamers Lady of the Lake, for the Molyneux, and Shag, for Shag Point, sailed last evening. The Union Co.’s s.s. Beautiful Star arrived this morning from Lyttelton via Timam and steamed alongside the barque Elizabeth Graham to discharge wool. She left Lyttelton at 3 p.m. on the 4th, arrived at Timaru at 7 a.m. on the sth, left again at 0 p.m. on the 6th, and arrived at 6.30 this morning. The ship Carmarthenshire was towed from the quarantine ground and moored alongside the railway pier this morning to discharge.

ARRIVAL OF THE MAT QUEEN.

The handsome little ship May Queen, which we reported in our last issue as having arrived at the Heads, was towed up in the afternoon by the tug Geelong as far as the Quarantine ground, where she came to anchor, having on board 200 barrels of powder. Her long passage, ninety-seven days from port to port, is accounted for by her being deeply laden, she having over 1,000 tons of cargo, and the greater part of it dead weight. She had also adverse winds and met no N.E. trades. The May Queen brings five saloon, three second cabin, and|nineteeu steerage passengers. Amongst the passengers wo noticed the old familiar faces of Mr (late Captain) and Mrs Stevens. The May Queen is still under the command of Captain

Tatchell. She left Gravesend on the 31st of August had westerly winds down channel, and took her departure from off Gshant on the 4th of September; , light baffling winds continued until reaching 4.32 N., when the wind settled to the S.W., having met no N.E. trades; on the 10th of October, in lat. 1.37 N., she picked up the S.E. trades, and crossed the Equator on the 12th in long. 25.31 W,; the trades proved very indifferent, and were lost in 17 S. on the 18th of October; moderate winds continued until reaching long. 143 E., crossed the meridian of Greenwich on the Ist in lat. 43.44, and that of the Capo on the 4th, in lat. 4-4.33; on the Bth passed between Prince Edward and Marion Islands, and carried steady breezes until abreast of Kerguelen Land, where the breeze freshened; thence until the westerlies left her she experienced a succession of strong gales, with m ro or less sea running ; on the 17th of November, in lat. 48.02 S ,

long, BC. 11 E , the wind, which was moderate from the N.E., shifted to the westward at 8 p.m., accompanied with rain and a falling glass; reduced sails to topsails and courses ; the gule freshened with heavy squalls and high sea. . At 2 a.m. on the 18th (the barometer being at 28,85) a heavy squall struck the ship and carried awav her crossjack yard; furled all after sail; there'being a fearfully high sea the ship labored heavily, but nothing could be done until the next day when the gale moderated; the yard was then sent down on deck. On the 27th of November, in lat. 100.33, she encountered another heavy gale from the N.W.; sail was reduced to reefed ripper main-topsails and lower ones, there being heavy squalls and tremendous high seas—barometer, 28.68. At 11 a.m she shipped ft tremendous sea that smashed her port bulwarks, stove in the door of the deck-house, and caused other damage; the gale moderated at 12 p.m. on the 28th, and the Snares were made at 9 a.m. on the 4th, having run down her easting between the parallels of 46 and 49, The May Queen fell in with frequent snow squalls, hut sighted no ice ; from the Snares had light variable winds, until arriving off the Heads yesterday morning. During the passage she spoke a number of ships, amongst them being the American ship Titan, on the 2nd of October, in lat. 8.28 N., long. 20.27 W., from Hilo hound for London. A boat was sent off to her with Home letters.

THE S.S, AEAWATA.

The following description of the above steamer is from the ‘Argus’:—Her engines are on the same principle ns those of the sister steamer—compound, vertical, direct acting, and the horse-power indicated is 1,500. Some improvements in the friction gear have been effected, and there is perhaps better ventilation in the stoke-hole, but in all other respects machinery and engine-room are fitted up the same. The saloon leaves little to be desired in the way of fitting up, patents of all sorts being in use for tho economising of space and labor. The appointments of the cabin, set apart for the separate use of the ladies are quite superb, and the entire apartment is richly furnished and decorated. The prevailing tint in the panelling of the main saloon is rather dark to suit some tastes, although it is greatly relieved by a beautiful cornice of gold and white. Marble baths abound, and everything is done to ensure entire cleanliness and efficient ventilation throughout the cabins. The fore-cabin is also well-lighted and ventilated. The ArawaA has come out under schooner - rig, with three yards across the foremast, and there will not be tho same necessity for reducing her masts was the case with the Ringarooma. With regard to the behaviour of the Aravrata under steam or canvas, or in foul or fair weather, Captain Hewat, who brought her out, expressed himself in terms ofjthe most unqualified praise, and

a better sea boat be avers there could not be. Hcr performance of making the passage in forty-nine

days’ steaming time, with the exertion of only twothirds of her indicated horse-power is not often equalled, and yet with this handicap the log shows that she could attain the speed of 288 miles. Tho engines are of 1,506 horse-power indicated, and at no time during the run out were they working above the rate of 600, the consumption of coal averaging about eleven and a half tons daily. But for this restriction, Captain Hewat feels confident that the Arawata would have made the passage in about forty days. The fast steaming of the Arawata was also illustrated on the trial trip at Home, where she went close on fifteen knots, and then was a good deal out of trim, being two feet and a-half or so by the stern. The engines worked beautifully on the passage, and were only stopped twice to screw up, once before making the Cape of Good Hope, and 8 < w The engine-room is under the control of Mr J. Waugh, who went home purnosely to superintend tho erection of the engines. The command of the Arawata has been given to Captain Underwood of the Albion.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

. Wellington, December 6.—Sailed; Taranaki, for the South. Passengers .■ Mrs and Miss Macfarla.no, Mrs and Miss Mnckay, Mr and Mrs Monk, Messrs Hayhurst, Imrie, Fenwick, Crowley, Dickson, Macalister, Johnson, Staite, Bowlin, and fourteen steerage. Easby, for Newcastle, at 3 p.m. Auckland, December o.—Passengers pei Phceho for Dunedin: Messrs N. Marker, Possidale, Alexander, and Irving. Per Taupo : Messrs Hodman, Snolds, Luke (three), Finlay, Cask, Waters, er, Aires, Haima, Pullar, Barlow, Cowgill, MHutyre, Mr and Mrs M'Leod and family. Lyttelton, December 6.—Arrived : Zealandin, trom Port Chalmers. Queen Bee, barque, from Loudon, 124 days out, is Coming up harbor. Arrived, at noon: Ladybird, from Port Chalmers. She sails this evening for Wellington.