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Evening Star, Issue 4018, 12 January 1876, Page 3

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HIGH WATER ___ TO-MOEIWW. H»ADh ?**? j Pi. I, H4X.H183, I OO.VSDIr. 4.17 p.ir, i 4.57 p.m. | 4.42 p,jn, POET CHALMERS. AT THE HEADS. ■Wiltshire, ship, from London, The following is her passenger list: Chief cabin— Mrs M. L. Strougitham, Miss F. D. Burbury. Mr W. Fenwick and family (5), Mr H. B. Cotton, Vlr Flint, Dr J. Mark, and Mr A. E, Esley. Second cabin—Mrs S. L. Mercer, Lilian Mercer, Mr Andrew Taylor, Mr E. B. Macnamara, Mr Shaw, Mr John Inglis, Annie Inglis, Mr and Mrs Fenton, Mrs Oliver, Rev. John Shceham, Mr G. A. Bird, Mr Thos. Ness, and Mr Hy. Davis. The Wiltshire left London on September 25. ABUTTED. January 11.—Good Templar, ketch, 42 tons, Gowau, from Port Molyneux. Hnou Belle, ketch, 43 tons, Currie, from Port Molyneux. Palmerston, ketch, 25 tons, Brcbncr, from Oaumru. Hawea, s.s., 461 tons, Wheeler, from Oamarn. Sir Isaac Newton, brigantine, 121 tons, Kenuclt, from Maryborough. January 12.—Shag, s.s., 31 tons, W.'ng, from Moeraki, via Shag Point. Spec, schooner, 32 tons, Toll, from Gatlin’s River. Bobycito, barque, 432 tons, White, from Newcastle. Hope, barge, 22 tons, Julien, from Wuikouaiti. Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Sinclair, from Lyttelton, ria Timaru. Passengers—Misses Bell, Osborne, Master Gillies, Mrs Robinson, Messrs Wood, 0. Driscoll, Cuttorford, and four steerage. Margaret Galbraith, ship, 811 tons, Pebbles, from London. Passengers Siloou : Messrs Milner, Jennings; Second class : Messrs Hamilton, Robertson, Marsdon, and Kirk. Emma, brig, 173 tons, Jcssolscu, from Mauritius. Dagmar, schooner, <lB tons, Connor, from Gatlin’s River. Isabella, ketch, 52 lons, [Purdie, from Gatlin’s River. | SMLED. January 11,—Wanganui, s.s., 17‘J ious, Christian, for i.y ttellon, via intermediate stations, Kuto M'Gregor, schooner, 65 tons, for Oaumru. Mary Ellen, schooner. v[i tons, Smith, forlfakanui. . Mabel Jane, 38 tons, Graham, for Cntliu’s River. Alhambra, 467 tons, Bawdcn, for Melbourne. Pnv Rougeis : For Melbourne—Mrs J. Mciklc, Miss Thomson. Masters Marsh and Burke, Messrs Gecldes, Edgar, E. B. Smith. W. P. Street, Speddiug, Gordon, aud fourteen steerage. For Bluff— Cap i a in, Mrs, ami Miss Kerr, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Chamberlain, Mr and Mrs M'Leau, Mr S. P. Symonds and two in the steerage. Hawea, 461 tons, Wheeler, for the North. Pnssenge’s : For Lyttelton—Mrs Andrews, child, and servant, Miss Ksqiiilaut, U<*v. Mr Dean, Messrs J. C. Gs! Jier, Kirby, Biiddicombe, Proggril Eos-', Proctor, Kerr, Parr, Fuller, Christie, Cur,mbes. Thorn I on, Carr, Kors, Gardner, and Silt.aid. For Wellington—Mrs Campbell', Miss Wright, Revs. Reid and Isitt, Captain (h,Wield; Messrs Dean, Campbell, Turnbull, Rich, Borric’, Coehiaoe, and Buckley. For Napier -Mr and Mrs Edgecombe. For Nelson- - Mr.: Do Peer, ,ddld. and servant; Messrs Eoyde, Ciutniugli.uti, and Scott. £oi’ Tfu-.iuati —Mr Hontywdl. I'or MnnulcnnMesdamcs Penny, Nevii e, und iluvslen, Mias M'Guire, Messrs WorthiugU n,M‘Giurc, und Penny, 17 in the steerage. PBOJEOTED I>ErAKrUR»h Arnwata, for Melbourne, January 10. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, Jan nary 14. Express, for Bluff, January 12. Ilawtjn, for Wellington, January 11. Mataura. for London, January 20. Otago, for Sydney, January 26. Omeo, tor Melbourne, February ■'!. The ketches Palmerston, from Oamarn, and the. Good Templar and Huou Belle, with cargoes of wool and produce, from Port Molyneux, and cut* or Jane arrived yesterday afternoon. riio schooner .Mary Ellen, for Kakanui. and Kato M Gregor , for Oamarn, sailed last evening. The s.s. Wanganui sailed yesterday afternoon for net usual trip to Lyttelton, via Ximaiu,

The Union Company's s.s. Hawca returned hast evening from her special trip to Camara, with 531 bales of wool for transhipment to the ship Matauro. The brignntine Sir Isaac Newton arrived last evening after a passage of thirty clays from Mary - lioi ongh. The s.s. Shag, with a cargo of wool and coals from Moeraki and Shag Point, arrived at one o’clock this morning. The barque Bobycito, with a cargo of coals and spokes from Newcastle, arrived at the Heads last evening and was towed up alongside the hulk Esk this morning by the tug Geelong. She left Newcastle on the 23rd nit.; had liget N.E. winds for the first two days; then W.N.W. breeze till making the S. W. Cape on the 31st. From thence strong variable winds and thick weather, and sighted the Snares on the morning of the 9th inst. Passed the Nuggets same day ; thence to arrival S.W. winds, with thick weather. The schooner Spec, which lately wont ashore at Gatlin’s River and was successfully launched by Mr Muson, arrived this morning in tow of the s.s. Jane. Capt. Tall reports leaving the river at 2.30 a.in. yestesddj. ARRIVAL OP TH2? SHIP EAIKAIA, FROM LONDON, The Raikaia, which arrived ou Monday, is a handsome vessel of 1,022 tons register, ic now on her third voyage, and is under the command of Capt. Fristou, whose last visit to this port was in command of Messrs Shaw, Saville’s ship Himalaya. The Rakaia has a splendid saloon, fitted up with every convenience, including a piano. During the passage there were a number of concerts on board, and the passengers, of whom there are forty-six, havepreseuted Captain Friston and Mr Stewart, chief officer, with very handsome testimonials. She brings, in addition to 1,200 tons of cargo, one shorthorn bull, and 81 Leicester sheep, out of 90 originally shipped, nine having died shortly after leaving the channel. We thank Captain Friston for the following report of her passage:—Left Gravesend on tho 30th of September. Had heavy westerly winds down channel, and took her departure from the Liza: ds on the 9th of October; thence to passing Cape Finistorre had strong N. \V. winds; thence moderate variable winds until picking up the N. E. trades in 22.37 N. on the 24th. The trade proved very light, and were lost on the3oth in 8.22 N. Doldrums, with rain, thunder, and lightning, were cxpcrienC'duntil reaching 3 N on the 7th of November when she me 1 ' the S.E. trades and crossed tho equator on the Bth. Tho trades wore good and carried to 25 S.ou the 19th. On the 20th sighted a barque with signals of distress Hying ; bore down upon her, and she pioved to be the French barque Jeanne Postal, Captain C. Uourge, from Chincha Islands, bound to Martinique, 57 days out, who reported the death of the captain’s son, and eight of tho crew laid up with scurvy. Captain Friston supplied them with potatoes and beef. Ou the 25th sighted Tristan d’ Acnuha, and got the steady westerlies next day ; passed the iner.dian of Greenwich on the 29th and that of the Capo on the 2nd of December, with fine N.W. wind; sighted the Crozets ou the Bth, and carried good westerlies as far as the Leuwin ou tho 20th, having run down her longitude in 47, when the wind sh.ited to the eastward with thick weather, which drove her'down to 57 S; thence light variable winds with thick weather until sighting Preservation Inlet ou the 3rd inst., on which day she spoke the s.s. Albion, bound to Melbourne, ott the Solanders; sighted the Snares on the sth, since whioh she lias been beating along tbo coast with head winds and thick weather until making the Heads. ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP MARGARET GAL. BRAII'H FROM LONDON. • Messrs Patrick, Henderson’s fine ship Margaret Galbraith, which we reported as having arrived at tho Heads yesterday afternoon, after a passage of 104 days from Loudon, was towed up this forenoon by the tug Geelong, and anchored off Deborah Bay. She birngs 900 tons of cargo and six passengex-s. We thank Captain Peebles for the following report of ber passage She loft Gravesend on the 29th of September ; had strong westerly winds down Channel, and took her departure from Start Point on the 9th of October with a fair northerly breeze, but owing to an accident was compelled to heave to foxsix hours to repair steering gear. On the following day tho wind went round to the S. W., which kept her dodging about the channel till the 13th when she encountered a heavy S.W. gale; hove-to for six hours. Thence experienced northerly winds to Madeira, winch was sighted ou the 18th ; fell in with the N.E. trades on the 24th in 28 N., and carried thexn|to 8 N.; on the 3rd of November got the S.E. trades in 3 N.. and crossed the Equator on the 9th, in long. 30.27 W. Tho S E. trades were good, and wex-e carried to 16 S., thence had variable winds and weather until crossing the meridian of Greenwich on November 30th, in lat. 39 S., and that of the Cape on the 4th of December, in lat. 42 S., when she got: the steady westerlies, which carried Lor to 43 S., when she got easterly winds for two days ; then it again shiftedto the westward, with thick weather, which continued until sighting the Snares at 6 a.m. ou the 9th January. The fol'owiug ships were spoken and sighted during the passageSt. Osyth, s.s., froxLondon to Melbourne, full of passengers, in long. 127 E., on the 29th of December; sighted a ship supposed to he the Carnatic, in long. 110 E. The only land sighied during the passage was the island of Madiera land St, Paul's Reek on the 9th of Becomber. Passed a large iee-borg in lat. 43 S„ long. 39.45. THE WELLINGTON REGATTA. There is every probability of the regatta meeting, on the 22nd and 24th inst., being the most interest•iug one ever held in New Zealand, if the proposed entries are to be taken us a criterion. In the Champion Race, outriggers, there will he represented Kaipoi, Christchurch, Thames, Wellington (both clubs), Hokitika, Dunedin (probably), and Westland. In tho outrigger race, the same, with the addition of Napier. In the whaleboat race, Nelson, Wellington (two clubs), and very likely Lyttelton Club. Pair-oared Outriggers— Wellington (two clubs), Napier and Christchurch. Pair-oared Inriggcrs—Wellington (two clubs), Napier, Thames, Christchurch, and perhaps Nelson. Scullers' Race—Wellington (two representatives), Nelsou, Hokitika, and Westland. Hearn, the champion, will represent the latter, The first class yacht race is likely to lie a very lively affair, when such crafts as the following will xneet tor tho first time in tho harbor of Port Nicholson, to contest for Messrs SJiaw, S.aville, and Co.’s eup and Lso—Xarifa, Wellington ; Annie Ogle, Christ-chux-ch; Fleetwing, Christchurch; Red Jacket, Wellington; Minuiehaha, Nelson; and another from Queen Charlotte’s Sound. The Coaster’s Race for Shaw, Savxlle’s cup, and Lso—the following will likely bo the entries: Cynthia, Greenfield and Stewart; Saucy Lass, Callow; Aurora, Pierce; Hex-aid, Thomas; Falcon, Foil; Planet (cutter), of Nelson, and the Fraukhu Bell, of Dunedin, winner of the champion race at the Lyttedou Regatta on New Year’s Day.—‘ Argus.’ SHIPPING TELEGRAM. London, January 2. — Arrived : Invorauld, Rohina, Dutton, General Schenek.