ARRIVED.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 116, 18 May 1877, Page 2

ARRIVED.

May 17, cutter Dauntless, 12, Brett, from Ttta Islands. — ketch Lily of the Wave, 10, Emms, from Para Para. — keich Standard, 10, Williams, fro n Moutere. — steamer Lady Barkly, 30, Walker, from Golden Bay. 18, steamer Wellington, 262, Lloyd, from laranaki and Manukau — Passengers : Capt. Malcolm and Mr Holder. — steamer Wallace, 64, Dillon, from Opunake. — cutter Planet, 15, Thome, from Motueka. SAILED. May 18, steamer Wellington, 262, Lloyd, for Picton and South — Passengers : Misses Dixon (2) and Thomas, Mrs Andrew and 2 children, Messrs Fake, ltobinson, Douglas, Armstrong, Hale, Bethel, and Williams. — cutter Goldseeker, 12, Watts, for Havelock. — cutter Three Brothers, 10, Westrupp, for Moutere. — steamer Kennedy, 138, Palmer, for West Coast — Passengers: Dr. Knight, Messrs Wildon, Vipond, Litchfield, Ellis, Greig, Ulricn, Burns, Carvin, Stobo, Greenwood, Clerk, Johnson, and 4 Chinamen.

Captain Edwin reports :— " Indications of farther fall of glass, and strong winds from any direction between east and north and north-west." The Kennedy left for West Coast ports this afternoon. The Lyttelton leaves Wellington to-night for Nelson via Blenheim. The Taranaki left Wellington to-day, will arrive to-morrow, and sail for the North on Sunday. The Charles Edward left Greymouth this afternoon for Westport. She will arrive here on Sunday, and sail for Wellington on Monday. m The City of New York, with the San Francisco mail, will be due at Auckland to-mor-row. The cutter Goldseeker sailed for Havelock this afternoon. The Lady Barkly returned from her periodical trip to Golden Bay last evening. The Maori arrived at Lyttelton at 3-20 yesterday afternooD, thus making a passage of over 27 hours. She is advertised to sail for West Coast ports on Tuesday next at 2 p.m. The ketch Lily of the Wave arrived from Para Para last evening with a cargo of hematite ore for Mr T. B. Louisson. The cutter Dauntless arrived las., evening from Tata Islands with a load of limestone. Our telegrams mention the safe arrival of the barque Lochnagar, Captain Kelly, at London.^. She has made a good passage of something like 96 days. The cargo of the Ocean Mail, which was valued at £78,000, consisted of 4920 bales and 584 qr-bales and pockets of wool, 134 cases preserved meat, 15 bales skins, 200 casks tallow, 30 cases glue, aud 10 packages sundries. She had only three passengers, namely, Miss Harrison, and Messrs Wright and Cottew, the latter being from Nelson. The Union Company's s.s. Wellington, Captain Lloyd, came into harbor this morning at 12-15. She left Onehunga at 9-30 a.m. on Tuesday, but owing to the impracticable state of -the Manukau bar she was unable to cross it, and returned to port in the afternoon. Next morning at 9-30 the Wellington got under way again, and proceeded under easy steam to Taranaki, arriving off that port at daylight yesterday morning; disembarked and embarked passengers and landed cargo, sailing for Nelson at 9 30, and arriving here as above. After landing a number of kegs of butter and a few sheepskins, and shipping a small quantity of cargo, she sailed again for Picton and South at 1250, as being one day. behind time. Captain Lloyd was determined to make the most of the fine weather. The Wellington arrived at Picton at 10 a.m. The Murray on her last trip to the West Coast was subjected to a severe buffeting, and her sea-going qualities put to a practical test. When off Cape Farewell a heavy gale with high sea was encountered, against which the little steamer hammered, and slowly forced her way along the coast until West Wanganui was reached, when the Rale increased, and the Murray being unable to contend against overwhelming odds, bad to run back to Totaranui. As she had run short of water by this time a boat was sent to the shore to procure some. After remaining there 24 hours the anchor was hove up, and the ; Murray made another start, but as the gale had not terminated she was unable to weather the Spit, and came to an anchor in company with the steamer Maori. The latter, being the more powerful of the two, was the first to round- the Cape, followed by the Murray, which arrived at Westport some hours after the Dunedin boat, but notwithstanding, this was the first of the two to arrive at Greymouth. The gale is reported by those on board the Murray to have been exceptionally heavy, and although the steamer danced about a good deal she otherwise behaved herself admirably, the quantity of water shipped being merely nominal. She sails for Wellington this evening at 5 o'clock. The p s. Wallace, Captain Dillon, returned to harbor at 7 o'clock this morning. She left Nelson at 2-30 p.m. on the lOlh instant, and encountered a heavy sou-wester in the Straits. About 9-30 on the following morning a toppling sea unhooked the starboard boat, which was afterwards got on board, but not without considerable difficulty. Arrived off Wanganui bar too late for the morning's tide, and had to dodge about until 5-30 p.m., when she entered the river, and steamed alongside the Corporation Wharf; sailed at 8 p.m. on the 13th, but on nearing the Heads the sky became overclouded, indicating a coming storm, and Captain Dillon deemed it advisable to anchor for the night; got under ■weigh at 7-30 next morning, with wind off the land, which afterwards came dead ahead, blowing hard; came to anchor off Opunake at 4-30 p.m,; at 10-30 the wind began to blow stiff from the S.E., increasing in violence about midnight with very heavy rain squalls end a high sea, which compelled a hasty departure with loss of an anchor and a portion of the chain. The steamer was put Under easy steam, and a course shaped for Taranaki, when she anchored about 1 p.m. on the 15th. The weather on the 16th haviug improved she made another start at 1240 p.m., arriving off Opuuake at 4-.SO p.m. At daylight yesterday steamed into the Bay and discharged cargo, shipped 105 pigs, 12 kegs butter, a lot of sails and ship's gear, sailing at 3-30 p.m., and, after a line weather passage, arrived here wi above. The Wallace sails for Wanganui to-morrow at 6 p.m. On the 15th of February, a fishing boat picked up at sea, four miles south of Boulogne, a bottle containing a letter from the Agent-General of New Zealand, addressed to Alfred Scribben, Bristol, on the back of which was written in pencil, " Waipa lost with all 1 hands, 30th October, 1876." The publication of the discovery elicited an immediate response from the manager of the New Zealand Shipping Co. to the effect that the Waipa arrived at Lyttelton, all well, on 24th January. The supposed message from he sea must, therefore, have been another of those senseless and criminal hoaxes which are so shamefully common.