Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 4052, 21 February 1876, Page 3

Shipping.

HIGH WATER.

PORT CHALMERS. 4BRIVKU. February 19.—Samson, p.a., 124 tons, Sinclair, from Oamaru. Passengers: Mrs Thomson, Mrs Butler, Mrs Hewatt, Messrs Walter, James, Hewatt (2), Barclay, Hay, Grant, Harding, King, Butler, Hutchinson, Johnson, Cromp, Charlton, Kay, Mason, Edwards, Bntterworth, Rev. Simpson, Rev. O’Leary, and twenty-one steerage. Taiaroa, s.s., 226 tons, Stewart, from Lyttelton, via Timaru. Passengers : Saloon Mesdames Stewart, Rayner, Hercus, Captain Logan, Messrs Black, Herons, and five iu the steerage. February 20.—Wanganui, s.s., 176 tons, Christian, from Lyttelton, via Timaru. Passengers: Messrs Hay, Snyder, May, Lewis, Cramond, and six steerage.

Hawea, s.s., 461 tons. Wheeler, from Lyttelton nnd the North. ; —Saloon —Uesdames Hnuter, Gair, Chapman, Palmer, Hessey, Bremen, Pritchard, Brent and family (3), Misses M'Greer, Chapman, Messrs Lnsk, Hay, M'Greer, Kilgour, Hunter, Matheson, Ferguson, Winter, Chisholm, C. A. Pritchard, Foldie, Jones, Hessey, Hombrook, Lawrie, Black, Rowlands, Pickering, Wilson’s Circus Troupe (14), and nine in the steerage. Sir Launcelot, ship, 886 tons, Hepburn, from Loudon. Passengers: Saloon—Mr and Mrs Bia#iwaite and child. Second cabin—Mr and Mrs Mann, Mr and Mrs Francis and child, Misses Conway, Paley, Messrs Redman, M'Qregor, Kerle, Johnson, Levy, Watson, Briscoe, and Meade. Camille, barque, 365 tons, Williams, from Newcastle.

Expreas, s.s., ]36 tons, Fraser, from Bluff Harbour. Passengers: Mrs Jacobs, servant and child, Mr and Mrs Mee, Misses Guest, Watt (2), Messrs Brown, Menzies, Walker, Reid, Bole, and sixteen steerage. February 21. Annie Lewis, barque, 671 tons, Morse, from New York. Lloyd’s Herald, ketch, 48 tons, Kerns, from Gatlin’s River. Pioneer, schooner, 22 tons, Matheson, from Waikava. Harriet Armitage, barque, 233 tons, Mailler, from Newcastle. SAILED. February 19.—Queen of the South, barque, 376 tons, Adair, for Lyttelton. Comerang, p.s., 156 tons. Best, for the Bluff. February 20.—Defiance, ketch, 22 tons, Burke, for Moeraki, Sir Isaac Newton, brigantine, 121 tons, Kenneth, for Lyttelton. Margaret Scollay, cutter, 16 tons, Crabh, for Stewart’s Island. Jane Anderson, schooner, 96 tons, Saunders, for Stewart’s Island. Lady Bird, s.s., 216 tons, Andrews, for Northern Ports. Passengers: Saloon—For Ly'telton : Mesda nes Smith, Coombes, Misses Wilson, Dick, M essra Schoutz, Elder, Johnson, For Wellington: Mesdamos Hall, Marks, Bland and two children, Miss Brown, Captain Williams, Messrs Johnston, Miller, Holds worth, Kane, Christianson, Rose. For Wanganui: Mrs Capstick, Captains Goldie, Pillaus, Morton, Sub-Lieutenant Wilson; Corporals Wil* locks, EicbarJson, Mann, Sergeants Buchanan, Dunlop, King, Volunteers Anderson, Mills, Blackie, Harding, Smith Adams, Hutcld ison, Caps lick, Frederick, Col.-Sergeants Hands, Kingswell. For Taranaki: Mr and Mrs Ne'son, Mr Christianie, and ten in the steerage. Beautiful Star, s.s,, 146 tons, Peterson, for Lyttelton and Tituaru. Anne, ketch, 22 tons, Ramsay, for Allday Bay. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Albion, for Sydney, February 24. Alhambra, for Melbourne. March 9. Expiess, for Bluff, February 26, Hawea, for Wellington, February 22. Otago, r for Melbourne, March 1. Eingarooma, for Melbourne, February 26. The steamers Taupo and JUAgttr69m4 iStt Lyttelton yesterday aftOrh&oh, the former—according to the telegram—at 3.30, or 3.45 by the purser’s report, the latter at 5 o’clock— occordiug to telegram—or oby the purser’s report. The latter gained ground, nnd the two steamers were signalled iu futrht at tho same time from the Heads, They rollhded Hals-well Point almost together, tbo Taupoaliltle iu advance, but the llingnrooma, by cleverly cutting off a corner, managed to reach the wharf first.— ’ Post,’ February 17, On Decomber 24th the New Zealand Shipping Co. A'ere to despatch from London the Denbighshire, aud on January 25th tho Loch Awe, both for Port Chalmers. The b rque Harriet Armitage, with a full cargo of coa> and coke, was towed up last night by the Geelong after a rattling passage of eight days from Newcastle, which port she left on the evening of the 12tb inst. Captain Mniller reports tho barque Prospector, for this port, being towed to sea when he left Newcastle. The barque Queen of the South, with part original cargo for Lyttelton, sailed on Saturday. The p.s. Comerang. for the BluftV;sailed on Saturday. The schooner Jane Anderson nnd cutter Margaret Scolly sailed yesterday for Stewart’s Island The p.s. Samson returned from Oamaru ou Saturday evemng, aud passed the port to Dimodin The Union Company’s steamer Beautiful Star sailed yesterday for L\ fteUvm via Timarn The brigantine Sir Issue Newton sailed with a fine S.W. wind for Lyttelton. It {?« sef5 ef l nao6 eail . otl Fester-day for Moeraki TheN.Z.S.S. Company hj sten.moj- Ladybird, win fifty-five passengers for the North, sailed shortly after noon yesterday. v JA‘ e iA lbio ? s.b. ’ l’-idaroa returned from Lyttelton via Tiroaru, on evening, and s,earned alongside the ship Canterbury to discharge «SSfSsjM? l “ w # ' m ' “*

The s.s. Express, from the Bluff, and Wanganui, from Lyttelton via Timaru, arrived yesterday and steamed past the Port to Dunedin, Some time|ago the managers of the different steam ship companies in New Zealand gave warning to the firemen on their vessels that the wages paid to them would be reduced from L!2 to LlO per month. This was carried into effect to-day on beard the Union Company’s s.s. Hawea. A few vacancies, caused by the refusal of some of the men to accept the reduction, were immediately applied for and filled up. The barque Camille, with a full cargo of coal and coke, was towed up yesterday afternoon by the Geelong, She left Newcastle on the Bth inst. with an easterly wind, which continued until the 11th, when it shifted to the S.W. and increased to a gale, during which she was hove-to for twenty-four hours, when it moderated and shifted to the W. with rain, and made S.W. Cape on the 15th. Passed the Solanders next day, had light N. winds to the Nuggets, thence light baffling winds until 5 a.m. yesterday, when it shifted to the S.W. and continued to arrival.

Tlae Union Company’s s.s, Hawea, with the southern portion of the San Francisco mails and fifty-four passengers, arrived at the railway pier from the Northern ports nt 10.30 a.m. yesterday, her mails being immediately landed and conveyed to Dunedin by special train at 11 a.m. She left Onehunga at 1.35 p.m. on the 15th, called at New Plymouth, Nelson, Picton, Wellington, and Lyttelton, which latter port she left for Port Chalmers at ■I p.m. on the 19th, arriving as above. Experienced fine weather f-om Onehunga to Lyttelton, thence fresh southerly winds. We thank Mr Newman, purser, for report and exchanges. ARRIVAL OF THE ANNIE LEWIS. The barque Annie Lewis, from New York, was signalled at the Hoads yesterday afternoon and towed up last night by the Geelong. She is a very handsome vessel, fitted up with au the latest improyements, and was built nt Portland, State of Maine, in 1875, to the order of her present owners, R. Lewis and Co., of Portland. She brings a full cargo, two-thirds of which is for this port and the remainder for Wellington and Auckland. She left New York on the 19th of November; had northerly and easterly winds until the 3rd of December in lat. 30 N., when she met the N.E. frades, wliich were light, and were carried to 10 N. on the 13th December; thence until the 18th had had winds with rain, and picked up - the S.E. trades

same day in lat. 1 N., crossing the equator next day in long. 31. The S.E. trades were moderate, and were corried to 22 S. on the 26th: then light southerly winds for two days were followed by a westerly breeze; crossed the meridian of Greenwich on the 9th of January in lat. 40 S.. and that of the Cape on the 15th in lat. 44 S. ou which day she picked up the steady westerlies, which continued until reaching Stewart’s Island; passed the meridian of the Leuwin on the 6th iuat.. au .d th it of Tasmania on the 13th, when she sighted the Sir Launcelot, and was in company with her until the 15th; made Stewart's Island on the 18th, having run down her easting between the parallels of 45 and 47; had N.E. and variable winds along the coast as far as the Nuggets at 5 a.m. yesterday, when she got a fine S.W. wind and arrived off the Heads nt noon. Sighted no land or ice during the passage. AEEIVAL 0F THE SIR LAUNCELOT. The wind having shifted from the N.E. to the S.W. on Saturday evening enabled four vessels to reach the Heads yesterday. The first to make her appearance was the ship Sir Launcelot, from London, tuid she was followed by the barques Camille from Newcastle, Annie Lewis from New York, and the Harriet Armitage from Newcastle. The Sir L auncelot has made a splendid passage of eightytwo days from port to port, and seventy-nine from land to land, thus coming in advance of her advices. She is a fine, composite-built ship of 886 tons register, and was built in 1865 by Robert Steele and Co., of Greenock, for her present owners—Messrs James M't.unn and Co., of Greenock, and, with the exception of one voyage to Sydney, has been employed in the China trade, and was chartered in London for the present voyage by the New Zealand Shipping Company. She brings a full cargo of 1,400 tons, 300 of which is dead weight, and nineteen passengers, one of whom, named Mrs Francis, was confined of a daughter just as the vessel entered the Headj. As soon as the vessel arrived in harbor. Dr Dryad ale was sent for, and now mother and child are doing well. Captain Hepburn kindly supplied us with the following report of the vessel’s passage:— Left Gravesend on the 28th of November, and anchored in the Downsluext day, owing to a heavy Easterly gale which continued for three days. Left again on the Ist of December with a N.E. wind, discharged her pilot and took her departure from the Needles on the 3rd, with an E, wind, which shifted next day to the S. Had S. and S.W. winds until the 14th, when she got the N.E. trades in lat. 21N., which were moderate and carried to lat. 5 N. on the 21st; thence to lat. 2 N. on the 25th had calms and variable winds, when she got the S.E. trades and crossed the equator in 24 W. on the 26th; the S.E. trades proved light, and were lost on the sth of January in lat. 23 S.; thence until the Bth had variable winds, which were followed by N. and S.W., and crossed the meridian of Greenwich on the 18th in 45 S., and that of the Cape on the 21st; steady westerlies continued and passed the meridian of Lentfiu on the 7th of February and Tasmania on t>Ue ISlli, and made the Snares on the 18th, having ran down her easting, between the parallels of 44 and 45 ; had N.E. winds along the coast to Cape Saunders, when it shifted to the S.W., and made the Heads at 8 a.m. yesterday, having sighted no land or ice daring the passage. On the 23rd December in lat 4 N.' 22W. spoke the ship Barton from Liverpool to Bombay, and on the 13th inst. the barque Annie Lewis, from New York, for this port, THE RANGITIKEI. This fine vessel, which is noted for her quick passaged, has ou the present ran oat eclipsed all her previous performances. She is now commanded by Captain Scotland, who visited Port Chalmers in the Jung Frau. The Bangitikei has occupied exactly six months and twenty-seven days in her double voyage—Lyttelton to London and back again. Of the run out, which has occupied seventy-three days L orn anchorage to anchorage, or sixty-seven from land to land, the * Lyttelton Times ’ reports Left London Docks on November 29, and Plymouth ou the evening of December 4, with light easterly winds. Sighted Madeira on December 10, and San Antonio on December 17. Crossed the Equator on Christmas Day; passed Gough Island on January 15, and the meridian of the Cape on Januory2l, with moderate westerly winds and fine weather; ran down her easting between parallels 52deg. and 53deg. An immense iceberg was sighted on January 22, about 500 ft above the water, and 1,500 yards long,' having a circumference of about 2i miles: it was sighted at 4 a.m., and passed abreast of the ship within a quarter of a mile at five minutes to 8 a.m., the vessel then going 11 knots, and being in 46 deg. South and 26 deg. East, The main skysail was not taken off the ship from leaving Plymouth till off the coast of Tasmania ; off Cape Leuwin on Feb. 5, had strong westerly gales and dirty weather—the flist during the passage—to the Snares, which were sighted on Saturday last, February 12, at 10 p.m.; from the Snares to Port Chalmers had strong westerly winds, and. thence to arrival.at Lyttelton Heads, light North-East. Some splendid runs were made during the passage. From Gough Island to Cape Saunders the average running was 268 miles per day, or from January 29 to February, 3,738 miles were run in thirteen days, the vessel being South of 50deg. when the run Was commenced. One day no less than 345 miles were travelled. Another run was from the Snares, which were left at 10 p.m., February 12, and Nugget Point was abreast of the ship at 10 a.m. on the 13th—182 miles in twelve hours.

The ‘Post’ awards the Eaugiteksi the merit of having made the quickest run from port to port ever made by a sailing ship trading to the Colony fro il London. It ifcteM to the Sam Woudel and Scimitar's voyage of Seventy days, and mentions the trip having been done several times in seventy-one, seventy-two. and seVenty-three days ( biit no case,so far as it .is .aware, has the run from land to land beeh mide in IfeSs than Siity-eight days. We, however, have a taint recollection of some ship under Captain Currie's command—either the Lady Egidia or May Queen —doing the run in about sixty-four or sixty-five days. Perhaps some of our nautical reaiferfi Will rdltiettlbblri

Heads. TO-MORROW. 1 Px. Chalmers, 1 Ddnedik, 1.19 p.m. | 169 p.m. 1 2.44 p.m.