SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 874, 13 April 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

I'OiiT (>.- LYTTELTON

Weather Report,

April 13—9 a.m., calm ; weather, clear. Barometer, 30.20; thermometer, 42. CLEARED. April 13 —Southern Cross, s.s., 139 tons, Holmes, for Raglan. April 13—Jane Hannah, schooner, 52 tons, Petersen, for Gatlin's i iver. April 13 Emerald, ketch, 40 tons, Whitby, for Hokitika. April 13—Waipa, ship, 1017 tons, Brown, for London. Passengers—Saloon :Mr and Mrs Brook, Mr and Mrs Andrew Smith and infant. Miss Julia Smith, Masters Donald, John, Geo'ge, Hen y, and Alexander Smith, Rev Robert Pai tiger, Mrs A. M. Partiger, Misses Rosalie, Blanch, and Winifred Partiger, Masters Herbert, Theodore, and Arthur Partiger, Miss Steadman, riss Edith Paul. Second Cabin : Mr and Mrs John West and infant, Rev and Mrs Benill. Third Glass —Dr Santon, Mr Paul Ohlson. SAILED. April 13—Good Templar, ketch 42 tons, Curran, for Gatlin’s Diver. A barque from the North was signalled when our express left. It will probably prove to be the Malay, from Wellington. THE SHIP AUCKLAND. The ship Auckland, Captain MeDougal, was signalled yesterday morning. During the afternoon a north-east breeze sprang up, and she ran in before it, anchoring off the Breakwater at 4.20 p.m. Tho Auckland is a handsome iron ship, belonging to the Albion Company, and comes here from Port Chalmers to load grain for London. She is a sister ship to the Canterbury, and is as like her as the Ringarooma is to the Arawata. She left Port Chalmers on the 4th, at 4 p.m., with a light north-east breeze, and beat up the coast, being off Akai’oa at noon on Saturday, when a south-west gale sprang up, and drove her away to (he eastward. The gale lasted sixty hours, and was followed by a strong north-east breeze, which held for 8 hours, and then fell light, and continued so all that day. Made the land again on Wednesday morning, and that afternoon another fresh south-wester sprung up; anchored about eight miles off the land, getting imdenvcigh and arriving as above. ;TLIE LATE CAPTAIN FERRIES. Regarding the death of Captain Ferries, of the P.M.S.S. mail steamer Zealandia, the Hawaiian Gazette gives the following particulars:—James S. Ferries, the late popular commander of the Pacific Mail Steamer Zealandia, died suddenly at ten minutes past 8 o’clock on the evening of Thursday, the Bth instant, a little more than two days before reaching Honolulu. He was a native of Morayshire, Scotland, and was the second son of the Rev. Mr Ferries, late parish minister of Edinkillio. At the time of his decease he was about thirty-seven years of age, but although so young lie possessed the fullest confidence of tue company in whose service he was. He formerly commanded the steamship Tartar, in Hall’s line, but joined the Zealandia previous to her launch in 1875, and has been in command of her ever since, j Soon after arriving in San Francisco, on his last trip over, he took a severe cold, and was confined | to the house for several days previous to the sailing of the steamer. His death is supposed to have resulted from heart disease, aggravated by the cold. The funeral procession formed on tho wharf at two o’clock on Sunday afternoon, and proceeded to the English Church, where Bishop Willis read the burial service, and the body was then followed to the cemetery in Niuuinu Valley by the greater part of the Zealandia’s passengers and crow, and by large numbers of citizens. Captain Ferries leaves a wife and three children, who arc residing in Forres, Morayshire. THE STEAMER WANAKA. Tho Union Co.’s s.s. Wanaka, Captain Malcolm, has had a stormy trip down the coast. She left Auckland, with the East Coast portion of the Suez mail, on tho 4th inst., at 5 p.m.; arrived at Tauranga at 9 a.m. next day; left at 12.45 p.m., and got into Poverty Bay at 9 a.m. on the 6th; landed cargo and mails, and sailed at 11.35 a.m.; making Napier at 7.30 same evening. Hud fresh E. wind to Gisborne, with head sea: thence to Napier fresh N.W. She got away from Napier at 1 p.m. on Sunday last, with the barometer standing as low as 29dcg, and the wind blowing from the north. When the Kidnappers were rounded at 2.30 p.m., the barometer had fallen lower, and the wind settled in to the N.W. and the weather had every appearance of being tempestuous. At 11 p.m. the wind veered round to the S.S.W., and commenced to blow in hard squalls, with extremely thick weather. The vessel was then abreast of Castlepoint, and soon a gale was raging, with a heavy sea, and Captain Malcolm had to put his steamer under easy steam —just keeping her moving through the water. At,4 a.m. on Sunday a high topping sea had got up, but the M auaka was behaving admirably, and showing herself to he a first-rate scaboat, taking comparatively speaking scarcely any water on board. At 0 a.m. the first sea broke on board. It was a heavy one, and came over her amidships, shifting both the quarter boats out of the chocks, tearing tho tarpaulin off the fore and main hatches, and doing some other trifling damage. Monday morning the gale was blowing as fierce as ever, with a high confused sea, and at 10 a.m. another heavy sea found its way on board, smashing in one of the cabin doors, damaging the skylight, and doing sundry other damage on board. At 11 a.m. Cape Palliser bore W.S.W., eight miles off, where tho wind was blowing terrific, with a tremendous high sen, and it was impossible to round the cape. Therefore the steamer was put under close-reefed mainsail and mainstaysail, and commenced to head-reach south of east. In this way she drifted twenty-six miles, till at midnight the wind had abated, and she was again put on her course. She rounded Cape Palliser at 1.30 p.m. on Tuesday, and arrived at Wellington at 5 p.m. same day. During the trip an accident happened to Mr McGillivray, the chief oflicer. If appears that on Sunday* afternoon when he was attempting to shut tiic sliding iron alleyway door the vessel gave a heavy lurch, and tho door shot across with great force, jamming his side, and bruising it severely. Left Wellington at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, arriving here at 2 p.m. yesterday. A strong S.W. gale was met with after leaving Wellington, but it only lasted a few hours. The Wanaka was berthed at the Screw-pile Jetty, and after discharging 60 and loading 24 tons of cargo, sailed lor Port Chalmers last night at 6.30. We thank Mr Scott, the purser, for files and report. THE ANN GAMBLES. The Ann Gambles is a barque of 424 tonregister. belonging to Workington, and owned h;> Captain Gambles, of Harrington. She has bee) to these colonies several times, and is a hand little iron barque of the old stamp, with plates < a decent thiel . ss, and well found and iitti•< throu'diout. T. Ann Gambles is consigned i Messrs Dalgeri . Nichols, and Co., and has übearabout 25 tons of .dynamite. Site looks rat hi weather beat-u, as well she may after her tediou trip of 12 cl -s Vom Gravesend, but, has ea *;e away nothin; ■ ring the voyage, in spite o tb had weather encountered.

Wo append a report of the passage: —The Ann Gambles loft Gravesend on the Bth, landed pilot off the Downs next day, and had southerly and westerly winds down Channel, taking her iinal departure from the land at the Start on the loth. Across the Day of Biscay encountered a succession of westerly gales, which rendered it impossible for the barque to make much progress. On January 12th in 17dcg. N. caught the N.E. trade winds, which were pretty strong, leaving I lie barque on January 115th in odeg. A.; I lien had light variable winds till January 20th, the B.K. trades being met with just before crossing the Equator on that day. They were moderately strong, and lasted till February Bth in 23deg south : thence to meridian of Capo variable winds, some being rather strong, this point being passed on February 16th: sighted the Invisible Islands on February 17th in 1)7.115 S., 12.52 W., 20 miles distant. Han down easting between the 461 h and 48th parallels, having strong westerly winds throughout, (he weather being rainy and unpleasant : were off the Snares on the the 5 th, and made (he Feu insula on Wednesday morning and yesterday at 8 a.m. were taken in tow by the p.s. Titan and brought to an anchorage oil'Rhodes Day at 11.60 a.m. The following vessels were spoken during the trip—On February 7th, Den Voirloch from Alelbourne to London, in latitude 20.31 S. On 9th January in latitude 26th north, brigantine Hendry Edmund, thirty days out from Liverpool bound to Brazils. SHIPPIN G TELE GRAMS. Port Chalmers, April 12. Arrived—Taupo, from Lyttelton. Wellington, April 12. Arrived Julius Vogel and Saucy Lass, schooners. Sailed, early—Ringarooma, for Nelson (with Suez mail.) At 4 p.m., Wakatipu, for the South. Passengers from Wellington Messrs James, Jones, and Desmond. Auckland, April 12. Arrived—lliuemoa, with supplementary mails. Sailed —Zealandia, for San Francisco.