SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 880, 20 April 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF LYTTELTON. Weather Eeport. April 20-9 a.m., wind, N.E., light; weather, clear. Barometer, 30,22; thermometer, 45. High Water. To-morrow— Morning, 10.36; night, 11,04. arrived. April 19-Elizabeth Conway, schooner, 45 tons; Ware, from Pdorus Sound. April 19-Easby, s.s., 969 tons, Anderson, from Sydney, via North. Passengers : Saloon —Mr and Mrs Loveday, Hon vV. Gisborne, Messrs Packard, Willcox, Cuddiford. Steerage-Miss Coleman, Messrs Cashman, Gallaway, Hedgeland, and 3 tor S °April 20-Spray, schoomer, 50 tons, Buxton, from Picton. April 20 —Unity, ketch, 43 tons, Thompson, from Terawhiti. April 20-Wild Wave, schooner, 39 tons, Morland, from Napier. April 20-T. B. Taylor, 54 tons, Smith, from Picton. . April 20—Hawea, s.s., 463 tons, Wheeler, from Northern Ports. Passengers—saloon : Mr and Mrs Smith, Mr and Mrs Moore and family, Mr and Mrs Buchanan, Mr and Mrs Tudhope, Mesdamcs Goodman, Potts, Higgins, Zohurst, Dr McDonald, Misses Potts (3), Hargreaves, Craig, Messrs Laughan, Davis, Joint, Galloway, Lawson, H. Mahlen, Coibett, Carter, Wilson, Lindsay, I bilhps, Callcott, McClusky, Ebodes, Hawke, Dtmcan, Evans, Ivey, Forsye, Findlay, Stepton, Lems, McCulloch, Ingerwerson, and eleven in steerage. CLEARED. - April 20—Hawea, s.s., 462 tons, Wheeler, for Dunedin, SAILED. April 20—Easby, s.s., 969 tons, Anderson, for Dunedin. Passengers—Three original. April 20—Bee, schooner, 31 tons, Green, from Amuri Bluff. imports. Per Easby—Under bond, from Sydney--2000 spokes, 61 knaves, 1000 felloes, 1 qr-cask brandy, 30 pairs shafts, 1 case, 1 case paints, 1 parcel. Free, from Wellington —2 cases pianos, 1 do drapery. Consignees—Hiilbert, Spensley, Eev Agbnan, J. T. Peacock, Whitcombe, "Temperton and Co, Mrs Page, T. and E. Pavitt. , Per Elizabeth Conway—4o,sß7ft timbei. Consignees —Hollis and Williams. The s.s. Hawea arrived at 11.30 a.m. She sails South this afternoon. The s.s. Easby sailed for Port Chalmers this morning. As will be seen by our list of arrivals, quite a fleet of small craft arrived tins morning. The schooner Elizabeth Conway left Havelock on Friday, the 13th instant, and, clearing the Sounds on Sunday following, experienced a northerly wind till making the Kaikouras, on Tuesday—Cape Campbell having! .I’ 1 * passed on Sunday. Thence, to arrival, light southerly winds were experienced, the vessel arriving in harbour on Thursday, at 7 p.m. SUPPOSED LOSS OF THE SCHOONER EDWARD. There is very great cause to fear that the wreckage spoken of in yesterday’s issue as having been found in Palliser Bay is a portion of the schooner Edward, so well known here as a regular trader between Lyttelton and some of the Bays. It is true that the planks found arc described as being probably those ol a schooner ot from 80 to 100 tons, whereas the Edward was onlv 32 tons, but the Edward’s planking was unusually vide, and in speaking of the fragments the Standard says: The vessel had been painted black over green,” and the Edward had once been painted green and latterly black. The Edvard left hero last on the 4th April, and lay in Little Port Cooper till Saturday 6th, when a B.W. breeze sprang up and she for her destination. which that trip was Lcßon s Bay. She was flyinglight, having only tons ot ballast aboard,and was seen that afternoon off the Long Look Out trying to work in under the land under short canvass, bv Captain Clarkson, of the Lady Don. This was iust before the gale began to blow furiously, and since that time nothing has been seen of her. In all probability, finding it impossible in such a light vessel to beat against the wind, her head was put before it and she drifted across into Palisser Bay. No other vessel is reported missing, which of course renders it still more likely that the frag* ments arc those of the illfated Edward. She v as commanded by Captain Dalmor, who has a wite and several children resident in Lyttelton, and carried, besides the master, two seaman named George Williamson and Benjamin Johnson, who were both unmanned. It is to be hoped the Government will send some vessel to Palliser Bay to see if anything further can be ascertained. WRECK OF A BARQUE AT TIMARU. (From a correspondent of the Frees ) Timaeu, April 19. _ ' After a freedom from shipping disasters at this port for about two years, a vessel came ashore here to-day. The sea commenced to roll in heavily early in the morning, increasing in violence as the day advanced. The weather Was very fine, the sky very clear, and a light easterly wind was blowing. The disturbed state of the water is supposed to have been the result ot a Storm some distance to the southward, as we had no rough weather near here lately. In the roadstead were lying the barque Isabella Ridley (the doomed one), the French barque Yvonne, the three-masted schooner Annie Bow, the topsail schooners Rosannah, Rose, and Young Dick, and the brigantine Mary King. The Isabella Ridley and the" Hosannah Rose began to drift early in the day and all the other vessels were straining a good deal, one now and then shifting its position slio-htlv By 3 p.m. the barque and schooner had drifted"’from opposite the Government landing service for several cable lengths, both being in close company, and forging shorevards sloivlj at about the same pace. By this time the seas were heavier than they had been all daj, and notwithstanding that the baique had two anchors down she parted both cables. Sail was set as quickly as possible, but the wind was so light and so dead in shore that the vessel could not make headway against the heavy seas. She therefore drifted beam on to the rocks just to the south of the Government landing service channel, and soon forged to within fifty yards of the shore. Captain Mills, the harbourmaster, was at hand with the rocket apparatus, and very shortly after the vessel grounded a rope was fired into her rigging. The rocket caught in the topsail, setting the canvas on lire, but the flames went out of themselves. The crew, numbering ton men including the captain, were soon brought to shore by the life-saving apparatus, each one landing safely. Largo numbers ..! people assembled on the beach, and the excitement was considerable for a lime. 11 js understood that the captain did nil he could jo 'save the vessel, The Isabella Ridley is

233 tons register, and commanded by Captain McKinnon. Blie is an English vessel, about twenty years of age, and she was bought in England about three years ago by Messrs Guthrie and Larnach, of Dunedin, since which time she has been trading between this colony and Newcastle. She now belongs to Messrs Gibson and Clayton, of Dunedin, into whose hands she passed a short while back. The vessel is reported to be covered by a policy of over £2OOO in the New Zealand Company, and the cargo she has now on board, consisting of about 1200 bags of grain, is insured in the South British. She arrived at this port on March the 28th, with coals, from Newcastle, and had she been fortunate enough to receive the despatch which some other vessels had she would have been away with her outward load before this. The press of work, owing to the heavy shipments of grain, has kept her here longer than'she would otherwise have been. The vessel is said to have several holes in her, and very slight hopes are entertained of getting her off. The sea moderated a good deal after the barque’s disaster, but it is still very rough. The vessels, however, were all holding safely up till 8 p.m. (Per Press Agency.) The captain made all sail, and tried to beat out, but had no wind. He then showed his after canvas, and headed for the beach, flying a signal of distress. The rocket crew had been summoned by a gun from the harbor master’s station, and as soon as the barque beached they threw a rocket. The barque crushed her lower timbers on the rocks, and threatened to capsize when she first struck. She is now standing stiffly, and the seas do not seem to do her much harm. About two thousand people witnessed the whole affair. It was a lovely calm sunny day with a tremendous sea. The topsail schooner Hosannah Hose has drifted in Caroline Bay, and is in great danger. The French barque Yvonne is in trim for a beat out, and is laboring heavily. The sea is increasing, and lulling at intervals, the wind dying away altogether. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Wellington, April 19. Sailed —Hawea, south, at 5 p.m. Passengers— Mesdamcs Higgins (4), Smith, Messrs H. Williams, Bay, Evans, Duncan, Worry, Hawk, Smith, Every. Wanaka, for Lyttelton, at 9.30 a.m. Oneiiunga, April 19 Sailed —Taranaki. Passengers for Lyttelton— Messrs Hewlings and Wrigg.