SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 345, 21 July 1875, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. THIS DAY. ARRIVED. j u ly 21—Atlantic, schooner, 60 tons, Spooner, from Auckland. July 21—Kestrel, ketch, 20 tons, Clarkson, from the Bays. CLEARED. July 21—Flirt, brigantine, 100 tons, McKenzie, for Auckland. July 21—Speedwell, barque, ~50 tons, Athan, for Newcastle, in ballast. July 21—Excelsior, schooner, 92 tons, Joiner, for Auckland. A ship was signalled outside the heads at nine a.m. this morning, and at one p-m. she was inside, and the latters N.R.D.B. were run up, but we can find no such number in the signal book, therefore we take it that there is a mistake in one of the let! ers. She appears from the look-out to be a large ship. YESTERDAY'S. • Julv 20-9 a,m., wind S,W. light; weather cloudy. Barometer, 29.74; thermometer, 53. High water —M.orning, 6.15 ; afternoon, 5.40. CLEARED. July 20—Reward, schooner, 41 tons, Westlake, for Napier. P. Cunningham and Co, agents. IMPORTS. Per Wellington—From Wellington, free: 1 pel. Consignee—B. Simpson. ~(> I • EXPOHTB. • ■ Per Wellington—For Dunedin, free. 4 cases bacon. "Shippers—Miller and Co. Per Reward—37s sks oats, 50 sks flour. Shippers —P. Cunningham and Co. Per Flying Squirrel—36 bags produce, 36 do posks flour, 40 bags chafT, 12 do wheat. Shippers—Munro, Dransfield and Roper, and H. Hawkins. -_-_ The RangitiM was visible from the Pilot station till 2 a.m. on Monday, when she bowled out of sight with a fresh westerly breeze, j- r • - k The schooners Onward and Julia Fryce, the former for Wellington, the latter for, Grahamstown, sailed at 9 a.m. yesterday^morning. The Mary Melville cleared from Auckland for Lyttelton yesterday, with the following cargo : 35 000 feet timber, 45 cases beer, 11 packages sashes, 204 doors, 3 glass do. She was to sail last night. The s.s. Taupo sailed from Onehunga at 11 a.m. yesterday morning for the South. , ' .., The next ship to leave Lyttelton for London will be the Aberdeen clipper ship Countess of Kintore. She is chartered by the New Zealand Shipping CompanV; and will be despatched for London in August. She is now daily expected from Napier. A. considerable portion of her cargo will be filled up at Napier, and she will therefore meet with The barque Queen of the South, three-masted schooner Fairlie, and ketch Clematis, a-rived at Auckland on July 16th, from Lyttelton. The two former vessels have made a lengthy passage of sixteen and nineteen days respectively. It is expected the barque Speedwell will proceed to sea to-day if the weather is favorable; her destinationH is .Newcastle. She goes in ballast. At Newcastle, the Speedwell will receive a thorough overhaul, and those damages sustained la the late gale will be repaired. She is chartered to return with another cargo of coals to Lyttelton, and on her arrival in'Lyttelton we expect,to see her in better trim. m ~, n * 4 The'N.Z.S. S. Company's s.s. Wellington, Captain Cafey, arrived in harbor yesterday at 9.45 a.m, from Northern ports, with the inward Sail Francisco mail. She left Onehunga wharf at. 7. p.m. on the 16th and proceeded down the harbor under easy steam, the weather-being thick and channel mtri : cate • crossed the bar at 9 p.m; arrived at Taranaki at 9 a.m. on the 17th; left again at 11.30 a.m; rassedthe's.B.iTaupOi bound North, at 1.30 p.m, and the s.s. SLKilda, from Wanganui to Manakau, running for shelter before a strong north-west gale; arrived at Nelson at 6.45 a.m. on the 18th; left at 830 a m • reached l'icton at 4 p.m; sailed at 4.30 pm Experienced a strong jnorth-west gale with heavy beam sea, i rom,Taranaki to Nelson, and again in-rossing the Strait'from Picfcon to Wellington, arrivino-.at thatpo.t at 10p.m. on the 18th instaut; leftHfeaih'at 4.15 p.m. on the 19th. Experienced fine weather to arrival as above. We have to thank Mr Wilcocks. the purser, forreports and tiles. She sailed for Dunediu at 1 p.m. yesterday.

ARRIVAL OP H.M.S. DIDO AT WELLINGTON. The man-o'-war Dido arrived in port on Saturday morning, after a very boisterous and protracted passage -of fourteen days from Auckland, via the East Cape. It will be seen by tiie report of her passage that she experienced a succession of gales from nearly every point of the compass, which were so severe that the- ship was hove-to the greater part of the voyage. We are indebted to .the courtesy of Navigating-Lieutenant Jones, for the following account of her passage. H.M.S. Dido, Captain Chafamap, left i Auckland on the 3rd, arrived off Tauranga on the 4th, but was obliged to put to sea In consequence of a strbng northerly gale • rounded the .East Cape on the sth; passed the barque Queen of the South same day. On the 7th fell in with a very heavy gale from the S.W; shortened sail to Storm trysails and forestaysail.. The gale continued during the Bth,- but abated on the 9th, and the 10th was fine. On the nth the wind, which had been" fresh from W.S.W., suddenly shifted to S S W.. and blew hard, increasing on the following evening to a perfect storm, with hail, rain, and vivid lightning, the barometer falling to 28 90 inches. The ship was under storm' trysails and storm staysails. During the night the forestaysail was blown to ribbons, and soon afterwards the trysails also. Cape Palliser then wad 230 miles distant to the southward an d westward. Furious squalls continued allnight and the following morning. Shipped some very heavy seas both to ■windward and leeward. One tremendous sea broke on board, washing away the waist and forecastle hammock nettings, starting .the sheet anohor block, and smashing in thejengine ;skylight. Some went down the funnel, running into the engine-room, and put out the lights, some fire being driven out of the furnace, but without doing any harm. The ship heeled over 25deg. The gale at length moderated to a strong breeze, still from S.S.W., until the 14th, •when it shifted to W.S.W, and then in a sudden and violent squall, to S.S.E. This .was followed by another furious gale from the S.S. W, force 10 to XI, with terrific seas, one of which stove in the third cutter. Cape Palliser then was 94 miles distanttothe SS.W. V 'Hove the ship*to under steftm and storm trysails." r Ort Friday the Bhip was off Cape Palliser and steamed to Pencarrow Head, where she encountered a heavy N.W. gale, with thick weather, and again haffftfl ;he hove-tb until Saturday morning, when steam was got tip, and the anchorage reached as above. The Dido visited this port some three years ago, since then there have been a few changes amongst her officers. The following is a correct list —Captain, William C. Chapman; lieutenants, Albert'M. Ducat; Vesey Knox, and J. Hartington Martin ; havigating : lieutenant, John A. Jones ; staff-surgeon (2nd class), Godfrey Goodman; paymaster, JJameSvN.-,Robinson; chief engineer, John W. Knott; sub-lieutenants, Hugh H. S. W. C. Massey arid James G. Bremor; surgeon, Wil-liam-H. Gbode, M. 8.; assistant-paymaster, Reginald O. Bray ; engineers, Alfred B. Gutteridge and Robert Roots; gunner (2nd class), George Tuck ; boatswain (let class), Daniel Frazer.—" New Zealand Times.'? ,