SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 890, 2 May 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POUT Of LYTTELTON. Weather Report. May 2 9 a.m., wind S.W., light; weather, overcast. Barometer, 30.12; thermometer, 48. Hiuh Water, To morrow —Morning, 8.32 ; night, 8 50. Arrtv ki — May 1. Clematis, ketch, McOonville, fromKaipara. Master, agent. V\ anaka, s.s., Met lillivray, from Uicklatul via l ast 0 ast. Miles, Hassal, and Co., agents. Passengers-saloon : Mrs Palmerston and family, Miss McDonald, Mrs Scott, Messrs Bellman, Kerr, Marshall, Palmerston, Smith, Mauson, Miller, and Jones, 2 in steerage, 10 for South. May 2. T<mpo., s.s., Carey, from Dunedin. Pas sengers —saloon : Miss Pullen. Steerage Mesdaracs Jackson and Collins, Masters Jackson and Collins. Maori, s.s., Berniche, from West Coast via Nelson. Passengers —saloon : Mesdames McCanlay, Penner and 2 children, King and 3 children, Finch, Martin and 4 children, Miss Wank el, Mr Ah Chung, (> in steerage, 5 for Dunedin, Wellington, Lloyd, from Northern ports. Cleared, —May 2. Wellington, Lloyd, for Dunedin. Taupo, s.s., Carey, for Northern ports. Sailed. —May 1. Southern Cross, s.s., for Baglan. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Burgess and 2 children, Arawata, s.s., Underwood, for Wellington

and Nelson. Passengers saloon; Mr Hooker; steerage —Mr Nelson, and 53 original. Wauaka, s.s., McOillivray, for Dunedin.

Elizabeth, schooner, for Auckland. Annie, ketch, for ffeathcote. May 2. Maori, s.s., Berniche, for Dunedin. Passengers —5 original Linnett, ketch, Molyneaux, for Pigeon Bay.

The Union Co.’s steamers Taupo, from Dunedin, at 9 a m., Maori, from 4 Vest Coast via Nelson, at 8.40 a.m., and Wellington, from Northern ports, at 1 p.m., arrived this day. The Maori sailed for Dunedin at II tins morning, and the Taupo and Wellington sail North and South respectively this afternoon.

Tim barque Mary Ann Annison, Captain Hughes, arrived at Adelaide yesterday, all well. The City of Santiago, a new steamer in _ the Australian trade, has arrived at Melbourne from Liverpool, the passage having been accomplished within sixty-two days from dock to anchorage. She is commanded by Captain J. W. B. Darke, formerly of the P. and'N.Z. Company’s service. Whilst the retirement of Captain Melnnis from the command of the Opawa through illhealth is to bo regretted, it is satisfactory to see that the office thus made vacant has been tilled by an officer of the Company, whose past services lullly entitle him to the position. Captain Mclvclvic went home as chief officer of the Waipa last year, and through the illness of his commander really had charge of the ship, and proved himself quite equal to the occasion. Both in the Waipa and other vessels trading to this port Captain McKelvie gained the respect of his shipmates, and has well merited promotion. The recent homeward voyage of the St. Osyth is thus noticed by a correspondent of the Engineer : —“ The St. Osyth reached London on 30th January, after her fifth and most successful run to Melbourne and Sydney and back, the total time occupied being only four months and live days between the time of her departure from Plymouth and her arrival hack in the Downs. The outward run was accomplished in some hours within 45 days. Throughout the whole voyage the engines were only stopped for throe hours, owing to three boiler tubes giving out, which had been damaged when they were cleaned before leaving Plymouth. The homeward run from Melbourne to the Downs occupied 51 days, including time for coaling at Cape Verd; steaming time, under 49 days. ‘This,’ our correspondent adds, ‘ I need hardly say is splendid work. What is most remarkable is the fact that the engines ran from Melbourne to Cape Vcrcl without any stoppage whatever, and had it not been for the necessity of coaling and sweeping uptake, might have run home. The run to Cape "Verd recorded over 40 days’ uninterrupted steaming. Her consumption has been 324 tons per 24 hours on the outward passage, and 34 tons Australian jßulli coal home. The heavy sea which had been rolling into the Timam roadstead all last week and part of the preceding one, showed signs of going down on Sunday, and hopes were entertained that the beginning of the end was at last approaching. On Monday morning however matters instead of mending took a turn for the bad again, and the vessels at the anchorage were very soon tumbling about as bad as ever.' Shortly after nine o’clock the unlucky Hosannah Eosc signalled to the shore that she had parted her anchor, and she began to drift rapidly into the bight. She had a second anchor on board, and this she let go, and it brought her up for the time being. The wind at this time was fresh from the south. About noon the Annie Bow also began to drag, and the Harbor-master then made the signal for all the vessels to clear out to sea. The hint was promptly taken by one and all, the cables being slipped.— Herald, THE BRIGANTINE KATE BRAIN. The JS'nv Zealand Times says the name of the wreck in Palliser Bay is still a mystery, and has every probability of remaining so, as those whose duty it is to ascertain the name of the unfortunate vessel appear to evince total indifference in the matter. Besides the schooner Edward, the brigantine Kate Brain is supposed to be lost, and regarding her the New Zealand Herald says : The continued absence of the brigantine Kate Brain, 118 tons. Captain George Gay, which left Timam on the night of the 6th instant, or on the morning of the 7th, for this port, is creating serious misapprehensions as to the vessel’s safety. The arrival in harbor on Saturday of the brig Moa, which left seven days later than the Kate Brain, tends to strengthen the conviction that the vessel was Mown ashore during the frightful gale experienced on the /th, 8tl), and Dili hy the brigantine Seagull and the s.s. Manuka. The weather on those days was such as the masters of the vessels named never before witnessed, and il is just possible that the missing craft was caught in the gale, and being close in shore was unahlto weather Capo Palliser. The description of th ■ vessel mentioned corresponds so closely with th Kate Brain that we are led to conclude tha tfi e vessel in question is none other. Who the Kate Brain was hero last she was colored green, but we have ascertained tha* before she left Dunedin for Timam she wie painted black, which corresponds exactly wit! the particulars published. The Kate Brain was thoroughly staunch vessel, well found in every respect, and being somewhat of a clipper, would have made this port long ago had no accident befallen her. Site was consigned to Mr D. H McKenzie. Captain Gay, her master, is one-hall proprietor, and the remainder is owned ii Dunedin. The Kate Brain was built at Wangaroa by Messrs Brain and Bishop about three years and a half'ago.”

A correspondent writes the following': —•“ The captain had his wife and child, in arms, on board when they left Dunedin. They went ashore in the first surf boat at Timaru; hut I have not been able to ascertain whether they wont on hoard again. There were on hoard the captain, the mate (a foreigner called Bill), the cook (a colored man, named Henry Lewis), four men before the mast —1, James Dempsey; 2, an elderly_ man called Charley, who has a wife and family in Dunedin: a young man, called Jemmy, who had left the whaling barque Matilda Sears, and joined the Kate Brain at Ivaipara the last trip; X. a young man, called Fred : 5, a boy ot about fourteen, named Robert Slraehan, who was on his first voyage, and whs belonged to Dunedin. The (women Dempsey and Bill had been some years in the vessel.”

INTERCOLONIAL SHIPPING

The Soniard from this port arrived at Brisbane on April Kith, and the Star of the Mersey reached Newcastle same day. The three-masted schooner Alma, Captain Watters, arrived at Melbourne on the 17th, after a sixteen days’ passage. The Mary Miller sailed from Newcastle for this port on tin l 17th, and the Emily on the 19th. The schooner Anthons arrived at Melbourne from Lyttelton on (ho 22nd, after a tedious passage of twenty-one days.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS

Port Chalmers, May 1. Sailed —1.30 p.m., Taupo, for Lyttelton. Auckland, May 1 Arrived—Nellie, schooner, from Lyttelton. Sailed —Marian, for Lyttelton via Wangaroa.