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Evening Star, Volume 4246, Issue 4246, 5 October 1876, Page 3

Shipping.

Hir,v. WATER. To-morrow, Us-ads. I Ft. Chalmers. J Dunedin, 417 p.m. I 4 67 p.m. ! 5 42 >.m, POET CHALMERSarrived. October 4.—Anna, ketch, 29 tons, Stout, from the Cocst. Franklin Belle, ketch, 33 tons, Forman, from Waikouaiti. Sams' >n, p.s., 124 tons, Edie, from Oamaru. October s.—Beautiful Star, s.s., 148 tons, Stewart —put back. Express, s.s., 136 tons, Christian, from tho Bluff. Passengers : Mr and Mrs Scofield and child, Mr and Miss Galloway, Messrs Trotter, Dey, T. Sutton, and nine in the steerage. Taiar >a, s.s., 228 tons, Paterson, from Timaiu. SAILED. October 4.—Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Stewart, for Kakanui. Palmerston, ketch, 25 tans, Brebner, for Invereargill. Pioneer, schooner, 26 tons, Mathesau, for Invercargill. Jane Hannah, schooner, 48 tons, Holloway, for Cat! n’s River. October s.—Shag, s.s., 31 tons, Wing, for Shag Point. e Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Frasc-, for the Bluff. The s.s. Shag sailed this morning for Shag Point. The s.s. Wanganui sailed this afternoon for her usual trip to the Bluff. The p.s. Samson arrived from Oamaru last ovenmg and continued her course to Dunedin. The ketches Franklin Belle and Anna, from the Coast, armed yesterday afternoon and passed up to Dunedin. The Union Company’s s.s. Taiaroa, from Timnru. .arrived “ariy this morning end si earned past tho Port to Dunedin. The s.s. Express returned Lorn the Bluff at 11 45 this morning. She left the Bluff at 6.30 p.m. yesterday, a d had light northery winds along the coast to arrival. Tnes.s. Waitaki was towed down from Dunedin yesterday evening by the p.s Geelong, and taken into the Graving Dock this morning to be cleaned and her bottom repainted, _ TI-e A.S.N. Company received a telegram from England, advising them of the launching of the Wotonga and Eilermang, two new steamers of large size, for the company’s intercolonial tmde. Captain Grainger, late of tho Mocgregor, who is now in England for the purpose, will take charge of one of the steamers. They are expected to leave for Australia about the end of October. AEEIVAL OP THE SHIP MATAUEA FEOM LONDON, The New Zealand Shipping Company’s ship Mataura was tow d up the harbor yesterday afternoon, and anchored off the railway pier. The Mataura is still under the command of Captain Gorn, who brings with him as chief officer Mr Barnes, late of the Company’s ship Waikato. She bmps forty-six pass >n?ers and 1,500 tons of cargo, about 300 of which is dead weight. Captain Gorn reports leaving Gravesend on the evening of tho 30th Juno, nnd cast off the tug 1 off at 5 a.m on the Ist of July. Had W. and S.W. winds down tbe English Channel, and landed Eddystone Lightiiouso on the evening sth; took her depart ur *frojn the Lizard on the 6th, and experienced li bt and variable winds until reaching hit. SO N. on the 17th, when she pot tho A.E. trades, which were light nnd variable, and were lost again in 16 N ; on tho 20th July lowered a boat and boarded the barque Britonmrt, from Adelaide to Queenstown, by which vessel letters were forwarded Homo; on tho 80th she overhauled an” spoke the company's ship Waimea, with emigrants. Ivound to Wellington; after losing the N.E. trades ligat variables, with sultry topical weather, were experienced until reaching lat. 3.46 N. oh the 4th of Ausn-t, when she got tho first of the 8 E. trades, waich were very poor, and gave out in 21 S.; onl8 ! h August spoke tbe ship Trevelyan, with emigrants, from London lor Adelaide; after losing tbe S.E. trades bad variables and calms; passed Tristan d Acimha on the 24th A ugnat, and on tbe 26th passed tha meridian of Greenwich in latitude 36 S. • three days later she encountered a heavy r de from the N.W., which suddenly shifted to the S°\V. blowing furiously with a heavy cross sea; passed the Cape of Good Hope on the 31st in latitude 43 S., and was off the Crozets on September 7:U • passed Kerguelen land on the 11th, ami on tho 13t,btxperienced a heavy blow from the S.E., which veered to east thence round to N.N.W., and thence suddenly shifting to tho W., blow with hurricine force for eight hours, the vessel being under lower topsails. After the gale had moderated there was a veiy heavy sea, which caused tho vessel to labor heavily, shipping great quantities of water; experienced heavy S.W. to N.W. winds across the South era Ocean, and ran down her easting in tho forty-gixth pruailel of S. lalituic; crossotl the meridian of the Leu win on the 20th September nn-1 Tasmania on tae 26th ; righted tho Snares on :bo 30th and the Augusts on the evening of the 2nd inst, and was off the Heads at 10 p.m. on the 3rd. having had li>dit and variable winds alovg the coast. During the voyage p. number of vessels w re spoken, the only riups amonsst them bound to the Ctdouks being the Waunea end Trevo’yan. ACCIDENT TO THE r..S. BEAUTIFUL STAR. The Union Co’s s.s. Be.-utiful Slur, which left tho port yesterday afternoon (or n special ts ip to Kukauui, returned to pert at one o’clock this morning with he- mi idle compartm-ofc full of water, aud was benched alongside the old j -i ty. It a. r,cars the Star was close to Shagli- tfat 9 o’clock lasA-vouing atil shortly after shn struck leiviiy. ’ihc v . s a ! at the time was under tho enniga of her pmcf i officer, Captain Stow.i.t bring then l eiov/. A* yr, '.sot lt ‘. : IPs-. sc was item - d: d ;.y li -;!■ cl b:.oa ut Z' r; } Chalmers. Si! cam was »v. once get up u, the donkey.engine to free Koras much ns i tvs-iblc. i.nt on htv larrtvK, 1 at tha Port it was found necessary to 1,-cach her without delay. Captain M'Cullum, pier-master, was boob an board the ateuuir Bad despatched a

messenger to tho Unioi Comp any's ships’ husband, i.’aptiuuJjFergusou. On hi? arrival, it being flooiltule, theyessel was ngiin afloat, and arrangements were made to lake her in Hie floating do-J: ns soon ns possible, in order to a-ccrtniu tiu full amount of damagv sustained. She was taken in at four this raonrng. It’s s.ated that the vessel's course wai altered by tho mat o. Whether this is a fast or not will transpire at the inquiry, which will le held in duo course. THE BRITAIN'S PRIDE. The Luna’s nnsucceamm search along the const of this island leaves no roc m for doubt that the brie Bn ! pen’s Pride, from Hobart Town to Wellington, where she was owned, foundered at sea with all hands. Tho following particulars of tho vessel are from the Hobart Town ‘ Mercury —Captain fobn Linklater, who was in command, was au tspeii-itceb navigator, a native of Scotland, and was abou; forty-n no years of age. About tea years ago he was commissioned by the Wanganui Steam Navigation Company to proceed to Great Britain (Duudot-h and superintend the building of the a.s. Wanganui, which vessel he subsequently brought out. Ho leaves a widow. Tho ch'ef officer, Mr David Clark, was a native of Tasmania, and was arc,l thirty-seven yc-:rs. He leaves a widow with one child. His brother was drowned about tw.years ago from the big Pjah io, whilst that vessel wa“ engaged in a search for guano deposits in Torres Sfraits. Tho boo'-awaiu of the ship, James Little'-, wis a -cd twenty two, and a native of Tasmania. Ho was married tho day before tho vess d left for Wei limrion. Tho remainder of the crew wore—Steward, Androse Bass -o, a native of Bueucs Ayres, aged rhudy-six; A 8., John Littler, aged Iwouty-one, uaii.-o of Tasmania j ordinary sea-eon—Autou o Rose, aged twenty, annt'vo of the Azores; nnd Jose Lopez, ag. d twe ty, al-»o of the Azores. The apprentices wcr-.- William Henry Littler, aged sixteen. and James Thomas Dixey, aged fifteen, both natives of Hobart Town. Tho passengers were— Misses Beck (2), Miss Fairhurn, and Muster Hatton. Miss Hannah and Ada Beck, aged respectively eleven and thirteen years, were on their way to j du their mother in Wellington. The Britain’s Pride was a Jersey built vessel of 179 tons register. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Westport, October 4.— Efforts to haul off tho Malau by tho Luna this morning were unsuccessful. She was only moved ten feet. The Matan is still high and dry at low water. Melbourne, October 4.—Arrived: Arawata.