SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 737, 30 October 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. Weather Report : October 30—S a.m., wind, N.E., light, weather clear, blue sky. Barometer, 29.86 ; thermometer, 59, ARRIVED. Oct 30 —Catherine, ketch, 13 tons, Ware, from Okain’s Bay. CLEARED. October 30—Margaret, ketch, 21 tons, Neilson, for Le Bon’s Bay. A schooner from the N orth was signalled this morning. The Smiling Morn, from Newcastle, and Swordfish, from Hobart Town, are now over due. THE HAWEA. The favorite s.s. Hawea, Captain Wheeler, arrived yesterday at 4.20, after a splendid run of 16 hours 35 min. from wharf to wharf. Mr Dougherty, the purser, reports leaving the Manakau at 2p.m. on the 24th instant, and arrived at Taranaki at 5.30 ».m. on the 25th; sailed again two hours afterwards, and made Nelson at 1 o’clock the following morning ; was away for Picton at 2 p.m. same day, and arrived there after a seven hours passage; quitted that port at 4.16 next morning, and arrived at Wellington at 8.55 a.m ; experienced fine weather throughout. The Hawea was detained from going from Wellington till Sunday morning, so as to suit the convenience of members of Parliament. She left Wellington at 12.45 a.m. on Sunday morning, and arrived as above. A special train was waiting at the Gladstone pier on her arrival, by which members went to Christchurch. She sailed South last night. ARRIVAL OF THE SUNBEAM FROM CALCUTTA. The first barque from Calcutta direct that has ever arrived in Lyttelton was signalled on Saturday The Sunbeam, for such is her name, is owned in Lyttelton, and is one of Mr C, W. Turner’s fleet, and too well known here to require description further than that she has arrived here after her long passage in very excellent trim. Her cargo is of rice, ape, cornsacks, and castor oil, consigned to Eoyse, Stead and Co, and C. W. Turner, and a new trade may thus be said to have been fairly established, which will be kept up, as the Queen of the South, another vessel in the same fleet, is also expected from the same place shortly, having sailed on September 21st. The Sunbeam is under the command of Captain Robson Clayburn, who has kindly furnished us with the following report:— Left Calcutta August 14 th, discharged pilot off Sand Heads next day, and teat down the Bay of Bengal against the S. W. monsoon, which was strong and accompanied with very heavy squalls. The Bay •was cleared on the 26th of August, the Golden Mountain being sighted same day. Thence had light and variable airs until falling in with B.E. trades on September 3th, in lat 4deg 6min long 92.57 E, the line having been crossed on the 3rd ot the same month. The S.E. trades were very fresh, and lasted till the vessel was in lat 31 3, long 71E, on September 23rd. Strong N-W. winds then prevailed till the barque was off the south end of Tasmania on October 12th, in lat 45.20, long 145 E. Thence easterly winds to making the Solander on October 2lst. The easting was run down in about 44. Passed through Foveaux Straits on Sunday, October 22nd, and experienced light northerly airs and thick foggy weather all up the coast. Sighted Bank’s Peninsula at noon on Friday, made the Heads at 11 p.m, and and anchored in harbor at 3 a.m on Saturday, thus making the passage in 71 days. On September 28th, while running before a heavy westerly gale, the barque shipped a heavy sea over the quarter, which carried away part of her after bulwarks, but did not do any other material damage. ,She is berthed at Peacock b Wharf to discharge.