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Evening Star, Issue 3992, 10 December 1875, Page 3

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HIGH WATER, TO-MOEROW. P *>ADS. JPt. Chalk* m, J DUHBDIE, 0.57 p.m. I 1.37 p.m. | 2.22 p.m. POET CHALMERS. ARRIVED. December 9.—Celestial Queen, ship, 843 tons, Watt, from London. December 10.—Shag, s.s., 31 tons, Wing, from Shag Point. Nautilus, witter, 20 tons, Baker, from Moernki. SAILED. December 9.—Wanganui, s.s., Christian, for Lyttelton, via Timaru. Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Peterson, for Timaru. Trelevan Family, brigantine, 199 tons, Jennings, for Auckland. December 10.—Samson, p.a., 124 tons, Edie, for Oaraaru. Lady of the Lake, s.s., 60 tons, Urquhart, for the Molyneux. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Arawata, for Melbourne, December 17. Albion, for Melbourne, December 22. Comerang, for Riverton, December 11. Cyphreues, for San Francisco, December 15. Express, for Invercargill, December 15. Elizabeth Graham, for London, December 20. Lady of the Luke, for Balclutha, December 9. Eingarooma, for Melbourne, December 27, Timaru, for London, December 15. Taupo, for Wellington, December 14,

The s.s. Shag, from Shag Point, passed the Port to Dunedin at 9 p.m. yesterday. The outter Nautilus, with grain from Moeraki, arrived this morning, and hauled alongside the barque Hero of the Nile to discharge. The barque Woodville, for Newcastle, was towed to sea last evening by the tug Geelong; and the brigantine Trelevan Family, for Auckland, was towed to sea in the afternoon by the s.s. Jane, The schooner Spec, which was stranded near the entrance to Gatlin’s River, has been got safely off by Mr Mason, the lucky purchaser of the wreck, who is having her refitted at Manuka Point in readiness to proceed to sea. THE STRATHMORE. We have received from the Press Agency the following telegram.—ln connection with the loss of the Strathmore there appears in the * Manchester Guardian ’ an extract from a letter written by Mr Thomas Henderson, son of Mr Henderson, of Messrs Brogden and Sons, which indicates the probable cause of the loss of that vessel. The letter is dated on board the Strathmore, May 21,1875, lat. 4 deg. 20min. north. The letter says— ‘ We got out "of the Channel beautifully, but directly after we managed that a head wind came on, and continued for a fortnight, driving ns right across to America. After that finished we had a fair wind, but unluckily it has been so slight the whole .time that on some occasions we have not b ring more than a quarter of a mile an ho’ur. The vessel seems a capital one, and the captain and officers are very agreeable, but the crev. T are a nasty, ill-conditioned lot. When we had been .about ten- days out they broached the cargo, taking two or throe cases of gin out of the hold, and were consequently all drunk the next day, and besides that, the day following they were in a state of insubordination, and refused to turn to work; but it got settled in the course of time, and nothing further has been said about the matter, •though I should hardly expect it will be allowed to drop altogether. The last few days we have been having broiling hot weather, and yesterday evening we had a thunder-storm which was so terrific that Maggie (Miss Henderson) was terrified, and is ill to-day. We are now only going from two to three knots an hour, and so steadily that one can’t perceive the motion of the vessel at all.’ ’’

ABBITAL OF THE CELESTIAL QUEEN FEOM LONDON.

The ship Celestial Queen hove in sigM at the Heads with her main topgallantmast gor^shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday. The tug Geelong having taken out the barque Wood villa to sea, made fast to the Queen and towed her up as fpr as the quarantine ground, where she came to anchor (having a quantity of powder on board) shortly after 8 p.m. The Celestial Queen has made a rather long passage of .105 days from Gravesend, which is attributed to head winds in the channel, light and variable winds' to the N.E. trades, and very indifferent S.E. trades. She brings a large cargo of about 1,050 tons, 600 of which is principally dead weight, being for this port. The Celestial Queen is still Sunder the command of Captain Watt, who kindly supplied us with the following report Left Gravesend on the 26th of August, had westerly winds down i channel, and cleared the laud on the Ist of Sept., | taking her departure from the E Idystone; westerly \ winds, with thick rainy weather, continued until tue 4th ; thence light northerly and variable winds until reaching lat. 25 N. on the 15th, when she picked up the N.E. trades, which continued until Ihe 22nd in lat. 11.43; had light variable winds isn.til the 27th iu lat. 4.36 N., when she met the S.E. trades,, and crossed the equator on the Ist of October iu long. 81.36. The trades were very indifferent, a nd hung well to the southward, and on the 9th had to tack to keep clear of the Brazil coast; stood off .the land for twenty-four hours, and then stood to the eastward, and lost the trades on the 15th in lat, 20.20, long. 28,19 ; then light N. and N.W. winds, with heavy d.W. sea until the 21st, when she got westerly winds until the 26th, then variable winds working round and round the comSass until tL’.o sth of November ; crossed the meriian ef Gree uwich on the 29th October in lat. 28.40, u_ad that of tiro Cape on the 2nd of November in lat. 3t'.31. On the Bth she got the westerlies. The heavy S.W. sea prevailed all along. While running down her easting she encountered several heavy gales; on the 15th, it then blowing heavy from the N.N.W., and the ship rolling heavily, carried away two of the chain plates of her main topmast back stay--one on each side, aiid one chain plate of the main rigging on the port side. To relieve the strain upon the mast, tha yards and main-top-gallant mast were struck. Crossed the meridian of the Leu win on the 26th In 42.42, and that of Tasmania on the 2nd of December, with strong winds, which continued until making the Snares on the afternoon of the 7th; had light variable winds along the coast to arrival. No vessel was spoken during the passage, and no ice seen; while the only land sighted was the' island of Amsterdam on the 17th November. After discharging her cargo at this port she will proceed with the remainder to Nelson, at which port she will pfobably load for London.

SHIPPING TSIiEGBAMS,

WBiunraroN, December 9.—flailed—Taupe, i.s., South, at 6 p.m., with English mail. Passengers: Mrs Blair and children, Messrs Deane, Hathaway, and B. H. Solomon. Lrmvtov, Decern 10.~11.10 a.m S.e. Taupo, from Wellistffipii.