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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 166, 5 July 1876, Page 2

The Albion leaves Sydney for Hokitika today. The Camper^own will sail for Wellington to-m,orrow. Ihe Otago was advertised to leive Melbourne for the Blufi to-lay. The schooner Australian Mail sailed for Marahau last evening for a careo of stoae. Tlie Ring'trooma will arrive from We'lington to.tmorrow, and return hy the aime tide. The schooner Uno arrived from Adele Islaril th;s morning with a cargo of stone for the harbor works The Kennedy only got away from Wangsnui this morning, having been detained th.re by the state of the I ar. The Murray arrived at Hokitika from Greymouth this mnrninjr, an 1 will leave for Nelson, via intermediate ports, to-morrow morning, The Lyttelton has been engaged to-day in landing; immigrants from the C'-mperdjwn. She will sail (or Blenheim with about 100 of them at 9 a.m. to-morrow. While the Hawea was at We lington on Monday last, the vhole of the pennon left in consequence ot ther<durtion of wage 3, and a new crew had to be shipped. 'i he Wallace arrive! at Greymouth today, and will leave to-night for Nelson 'iirect She will.-procrei to Blenheim, Bhortly after arrival, with immigrants ex Camperdown. The Phoibe left Onehunga for the South this.morning, but was report*d as being b*r)icua>i at Manukau at 10 a.ni, so that it ia impossible io say when she will nrrive here. We are glad to hear that tha damage dc ne to the cutter Three Brothers by the kt? gale ia not co serious as was exnected. She is now on a mud b ink at the Moutere getting caulked, and in another two or three cays it is expected that ahe will be g)t afloat. The barque Wanlock arrived at Auck'and last Friday after a long passage of 137 days from Glasgow She was very deeply laden — much too deeply, says the Star —with ir«n pipes for the Auck'and waterworks, whiuh pr^ventel her making htadw*y against the high se«fl she- met with. The following i* the retjort af her pa*-a?e : —'^liotly hfer having experienced a gale from the S.W ; which l-.-te.i tixieen days, the ship making no headway, but ro ling and laboring very badly, avA the crev? were uonst inth at v/^k in ihe lr>ld securing the pipe*, winch were continually breaking adritt. Tha time occupied Hi reachirv the Eq-.ntor waa 44 d:iy«. Little or no N.E. or S.iC. trades were met with. Slow pr:-gr.S9 was thus niado t:> llio meridian of the i ';ioe, which v/us crowed on ths 10th May, 80 «,! ay 3 cue. During the whuie of the lenniatierot tha pifsa^o a tuetesston of giles tvnm N.W. so S ?7. were eiicouiiterei, which t'ie<{ the ship to tb^ utmost, anJ if s^e had uot, been of excep'.ion.»lly ttton;; build and goar Ble vamt have sustained very sever <;aniagp t-> both hal &'■•(! rsgjjin}?. Ou the 2Hh Vlay a hurricane of wind was met through which the ship ran under two lower t;;p-B.*ila Rnd reffVd upper t'-.p-suil. Her decks were at this time constantly fl oded, anl there was imminent dnnger of the vessel lounderitig. The southeri point of Tasmania was passed en the 10th June. The heavy weather accompanied the vessel across the arm of the Pacific bitw en Australia and Kew Zealand, the "• hree Kings being made on the 26tii insrant From thence a 5.E, breeze Wtt3 eaparienced to yesterday when it worktd round to the N E , and brought the ve«sel to port Captain Tilly, who has made over a dozen passages to the Sou'hern ports of the colony, reports that he has never bad such a tempestuous passage, aud was never so th^nklul to reach port.