SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2039, 6 September 1880, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PO3T OF LYTTELTON. Weathbb Report—September 6. 9 a.m. Weather, foggyy ; wind, *>.%., licht. B«omat a r. 30. : 6 ; thermoinoter, 44.00. Hi«h Water—To-morrow. Morning, 5.51 j evening, 6.19. Arbited—September 4. Aratapu, briifstntine, 121 tons, Bower, from K"aipara. J. B. "■'ay, agent. gga Bird, brigantine, 155 tons, Smxth, from Hokianga. Masier, agent. SAiL^r. —i-eptember 4. Tai&roa, a.s., 226 tou3, Malcolm, for Wellington Piston, and Nelson. K. Puflett, .agent. Passengers For Wellington : Mrs McLean, Messrs McLean and Austin. For Nelson : Mr .KBtusrford. Go ahoad, a s., 125 tons, Dicker, for Wellington and Napier. Cuff and Graham. agent 3.

The German barque Hieronymous, 431 tons, ] cleared -.it Ne* "?0.-k on June 11th for Ounedin and Lytteltcn, and the brig Ned White was loading arid expected to clear about July 21st. Mr C. W. 'tumor's taigautine Cleopatra, is oo Messrs Miller and Co.'a slip, to be stripped, eaulkcd, and coppered. The vowels lying at the wharves last nigHt ■were, at No. I—Aberajte, Loch Awe, Halcione, Helen Denny: No. 2—Akaroa (a.) ; No. 3 Sdith Keid, Florindo; No. 4—Camperdown, Fiji; No. s—Sissy, Silver Eaglo; No. 7—A.ratspu. In tfco stream—s'arah and Mary, Canoma, Korald, Sum".rkiicd, ?ca Bird. The brigantine Sea Bird, Captain Smith, arrived on Saturday aftsrnooa from Hokiasga, witb a i'ull Cirgo of timber, also the brigantaine Arafcapn, from Kaipara, Captain Bower. The latter vossel was in Port Underwood for two days, and reports the brigantine Byno and a schooner, both bound to this port, being in Cuptiin Potter, of the a a. Benarty, from Foo Choo to Sydney and Melbourne, with a cargo oi tea, reports that on July 28th ho passed Squally Island, oS the coast of New Ireland, and that its position as shown on the Admiralty chart is ten miles too far west. The barquo Cinoma, Messrs Dalgoty and Co., agents, was towed to the stream on Saturday, and will go to sea to-day.

H.M.S. DANAE. Tiis arrival of this vessel from Wellington may bs looked for ta-morrow. She is a corvette of 1755 tons, 650 horse-power nominal, and carries twelve mnzzle-loading rifled 64-pounder guns. Her comploinent consists of twenty officers and one hundred and eighty Beamon and marines, and sho is commanded by Captain John Child Purvis, aha is built of oak and is about thirteen years eld, though her long easy lines, shapely hull and clean appearance give her an air of not always poisessed by Her Majesty's cruisers oom'-iiisaioned to serve on the Australian station. Originally she was commissioned for the East India station, whare she was to have bean employed in the suppression of the slave trade, but hsr destination was altered at the last moment to the West Coast of Africa, where she relieved tho Biriuain May, 1877. Shortly after her arrival on the African coast her officers and crew ware employed on an expedition up the river Niger for tho purpose of punishing some piratical vilfage.i for attacks on British steamers. Upon returning from this service the majorityof the party were stricken with fever, necessitating itumediste remov vl to a healthier latitude. In aplte, however, of this precaution, nearly a third of the cases had to be sent homo to save their lives. After this the Danae was employed on tho Cape Button during the Kaffir war, being despatched s'nsrtly after her arrival to the Portttgus;e settlement at Delagoa Cay, the increasing disquietude among the Zulus causing great anxioty to the Natal colonists, especially on ac count of tho large quantity of firearms then passing through Dekgoa Bay, the suppression of the trafiij being the object of the ltonae s mission. Captain Purvis was well received by itie Portuguese authorities, who promptly stopped the auppiy. This work accomplished, the ship retarnod to the West African station, where she romaiaed till the beginning of October, 1878, when she was ordered to Australia via the Cipe of Gold Hope. The Danae arrived at Freetaantlo, Western Australia, on the 4th of January, and after visiting Adelaide, Melbourne, and Hobart Town, jained the Commodore at Sydney in April la3b year. Hero the vessel's low timbers were fouad to be ia a bad state of decay, which necessitated her being docked, the repairs occupying over three months. After this she was sent to the Solomon and Admiralty Islands to investigate several cases of murders of British 3ub]3ct3 by the natives and punish the aggressors. This occupied noarly three months, during which the Danae visited mo3t of tho islands in tho group, discovering a fine unknown karbor and adding a qaantity of valuable hydrogrtphical information to the hitherto rather soanty accounts of the islands. Having accomplished this she went on to the Samoan 13l nds, and for several months was active in upholding the claims of King Malietoa. The constant quarrels among ttie rival parties have frequently called for her interference, and. only a few days before she left, an ontrage by the people of Lnfi La& on the royal party, necessitated the destruction of that town. The seamen and marines, in His face of an army of 3000 men who were assembled in the neighborhood, landed and destroyed tha whole settlement. From Apia she oame on to New Zealand, and made her first stay in the colony at Auckland, coming thence to Wellington to meet tha commodore and receive a froshcrew from H.M.S. Raleigh. Her officers are—Lieutenants J S. Hallifax, W. Hawthorn, Bower, Maitland. Dr Mair, Paymaster Kiddle, CSiief Engineer W. Fedarb, Dr Smith, surgeon; Assistant Paymaster Sloan, Sub-lieutenants A. T. Stuart and J. Johnson.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Bluff, September 6. Tho To Anau arrived at 7 a.m. this morning. She left Melbourne on the 31st nit.; cleared the Heads at 7 p.m.; arrived at Hobart Town at 10 a.m. of the Ist inst., aad left at 3.30 p.m. She experienced fine weather. She sails at 5 p.m, for Dunedin. Salcon passengers—For Bluff : Master Murcfiold. Mr Blyth, and six steerage. For Dunedin: Messrs Beushaw, Austin, Miss Thompson, Mrs and Master McGregor, and nine steerage. For Lyftelton: Mr Quillau. For Wellington: Mr Christie and one steerage. ITroM Hobart Town to Dnnedin :—Mrs Bridger and two children. Mr and Mrs Lees.