ARRIVAL OF THE PANAMA COMPANY’S S.S. LORD ASHLEY.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 23, 24 June 1867, Page 146

ARRIVAL OF THE PANAMA COMPANY’S S.S. LORD ASHLEY.

The Panama Company's sis';' Lord ’Ashley, Capt. Worsp,;left;Napier at *12,30 on Monday, tile 3rd instant, with a gale of: wind, and heavy sea. On tile 4th, liad strong .easterly ‘gales, with high sea and thick weather ; taking rwater on board continually.Hove-tq ; in the ;JBay for twenty hours. On the 5 th, experienced light, breeze and cloudy weiither.' Arrived OfFTauraiigu at 7 pin.: at. 10 p.m; landed' one passenger and the mail Got under weigh at; midnight, and'. steamed for Auckland; had moderate breeze with fine weather, and arrived off Queen-street* Wharf'at, 2-30 p.m. On.the 12th,; was ready for sea 'agaip-; bufrrei ceived notice fro.m. Government,to postpone sailing until 2 p.m. next day, to receive the mails exfj'ectei^per Airedale. On the 13fch ; *(thc Afredale iaving. arrived), Jelffit Auckland, ■ mid Tauranga at 6.- a.m. on the, 14th; landed 24 passengers and moilsleft again at 10 a.m., and arrived ;off the ‘Eist* Gape at' 10*30 p.m. 1 ; encounter,ed strong southerly and soa’-ivest winds, with heavy head sea,. At 9, ami. on .the .15tli, arrived off' Guble' End Toreland. Experienced strong gales and heavy head sen-throughout the day-r-the; ship making, scarcely anyway against :it, and shipping' seas continually. At 5:30 p.m., fetched in ! under Tablfe Cape, and andhored/fmdihg.lt.'impossible to get round Portland Island; or make .apy,way. against tlie violent wiiid i and'.sfca. At B’a,in. on the 16th weighed anchor, and made an attempt'to get round Portland 1 'lsland;' but found tjie sea.too heavy for. the ship* to, make * any head»wrty—at timea-she would not ateer; i so l ,Capt:. YTorsp was compelled to piitrback’ and anchor'dnder-i Table Cape. l - after anchoring, the. jwind iherpsped ,to a heavy gale;tand duri ring'tfie’night blew with j ship Wpfiiivw mi inw awhotoddm" jhi« Hhmi as# c.\ or-*

weather continued until qbnnt WaMijfo the 18th (Tuesday last), whmtpdhbnbr. : dnsagain weighed, and steam made fox Nadi^h—tdoftiag to the anchorage at 12-30 pkn.'/affera tSinpestnpus passage of five days. K J \ The Lord Ashley steamed fqr/SjntheroJPro: ARRTVAL OI'TIHE Wralil The schoo'neflEteriildiiCapt./Munro, left DuniJune 19, at 6 a.m;', with- of flour, fencing wire, &c. Arrived'off_oape Ihirnagain on the; 21st,. in the q^-themblbing. of SittfircKy last, June the Iron Pot yesterday forenoon. jCaptain Monro reports hav 1 - ing experienced strong S/and S.E. winds all the, ‘The principal.partperformed under the foresail—-even tliat at,times, having to be reefed.' Tlie run from Oamaru to CapA Turhagain (a-, distkbee '(jf : abont 440 miles), was made in 48- vessel- .averaging -nine; knots an hour the Whole way up. ~ 1 Thie Herald is? built at'Wangareij'in the Auckland province, by - Captain' MuilHo, and/laitnched-.in March of this;year.: Tins only her Secbiid voyage, hut she has already proved herself ayery superior .’craft.' To loo'k at; the -’flerkld is-a picture-.--She is.a:fine roomji Vessel!,andlhilre are-few .vessels we have, seen of: her toupee wjtli better accommodation for passengers. Tlie Herald ia tlie property bf Captain' Munro," 'and' believe, for sdle-.,.y-.r/ 1 jjfif.cj-.-:

ARRIVAL' OF THE SCILLONIAN; ] ‘ ■The schooner SeiildftiaA,* Ciip’K Thbrhorn, from Brighton,:bound to Christchurch', ’airived- in port on niorning lnst, short pf -provisions, .52 days r dht. She left Brighton in.balkist on the Ist of- ran' through Cook’s' Straits with ‘a N.W. wind; theSth 1 . 'Od'tlie lOth met with strong southerly gale, w.liicli lasted till the loth •' then had light'-N.YV. for two.days. On the:2oth sighted''Batiks’-Peninsula, -'when'a heavy gale bet in from the-S.-W. iOn the-26th ran for Port Underwood. Wind veered to , the S.E;, aud'contihued frdin. ; tliat Quarter uhtil tlie 1 Iptli of Jnue, on which-'day tlib Seilloaiah-left: witli'a ligh northerly wind.,, On the ,12th sighted Banks’:Pejiihsula (15 miles distant) vvhen.the wind came, on again' irdhtHlie ,! s6uth\vdrd‘/ blowing hard, with very heavy;hail squals.. On the 17th had a'light breeze from N.W., whjch only lasted afew;hours —coming on again from the S., blowing harder than-ever; Oii the 1 21st’kept the vessel off and bore up for Port . Napier in order to get provisions, &c- Carae-to under Cape .Kidnapper, at 5 p.m. on the 21st. Nextday’ran for Napier, and arrived at the: anchorage' tlie same : day/—entering the'lron pot yesterday, forenoon; fAfter'procuring.provisions, &c., the Scillonian will make another start for ‘Christclnfrch—ive 'hope .with better'success. We may state that the Scillonian is which ;fact will in a measurs account for her almost unprecedent passage.

-The cutter' Dolphin and ketch Hero are both loaded, and willileaye for : Wairoa •as soon Us their respective masters think-their will be a chance of entering the river when they arrive at their destination. •- ‘ : l ; ; i" •’ >'>' •» -■'•

The following is taken from the Daily Southern Cross, June 11-:—A.neat addition to,our coasting fleet arrived'in; harbor ait 1 11 ; b’cloclc last ’evening, from tlie builder’s 'yards-at Omaha; -'The new schooner Coquette is recently launched ifrom Mr .MathesonV yard, aiid is a sister vessel tp the. favorite schooner-Saucy Lass. -Her dimensions are •y—sß-'feet length ,of. keel; 18 feet breadth of'beam, 7 feet 8 inches of hold,, and .(per builders! measurement) 80 tons. She is fore-and-aft rig, and supplied' with alhth'e Htest improvements. 1 Tlie model is. noway many coast-built clippers; and will fully maintain .the:-.reputation of , our building yards wlte'rever she inay be'calle'd.. ‘The schooner: is intended for tlieicoasting trade, 1 and is the.property of her builder and Captain vD. ‘H. 51‘Kenzie, of the schooner Saucy Lass. , She: was brought to port in balkist, in charge of the builder. -Tlie ship^Elizabeth Fleming, from Glasgow, arriced at p ort Chalmers on tlie 12th, inst; . ■ ■ ■ Tne' c'ufter Agnes sailed for Poverty, Bay on Tuesday evening-’last." i,! ' 1 The new schooner -Annie, .as will 1 be seem by advertisement, is -on tlie berth' for .Porangihau' and Black Head—to ‘sail bn Tuesday next, should ininduoement offer! • : »m'' - • -- • 1 >•'

The cutters Hero and Betsy/; and ischooner Success,. had all left Auckland -.for this port.- Tlje formbr was seen'oiff Mercury Bay oii the Bth inst., wind-bound; this two lattef were toload'tiiiibervt Wangapoa. We can scarcely expect* to isee .these vessels before a change of wind. , . , t l The-little Auckland'-b.nilt steamer. Tauranga,the property of the of! Plenty Steam‘Nstvigjitidn Company, made her. official, trip at .Auckbmd'on the 18th l inst.' f ‘-‘ It was at- first intended- fb'proceed, tb'Kawau, but the sea-was too rough'. up and down the harbor, and, we understand; had a trial of speed'-for a‘short distance down, the Wuitemata with'tlie Lard Ashley asthat .was. teaming for-Napier,in which' the “ littlefcun'behaved admi| , ably-r-just keeping up jwitji Jier. focmidable riVajV Tlie Tdiirahga was t to cpmmp.nce loading immediately 'mi her refuriiHo <s&eiUtr6ei Wharf, and, whonrreddy ; for seajtiwibuld steam' for Tauranga. We wish her a long and {prosperous, career ;' aild, liefHfops, we 1 m’ay some day ba gratified by awisit fromUhe little vessel,' i! ; 1 --Z - i-; i Th: brig Susan arrived.at.Auckland.on:the;l2th iist., from Newcastle., The brig Hebe arrived at Auckland on'the i‘3tb’ i.ist./'from. Sydney; having* left that port' 6n : the 29th May;.,, , . -,. v . - . - ~-; V ., fJI