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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 146, 22 June 1877, Page 2

The Wellington bas been ordered .to proceed direct to Dunedin for repairs. ' She will leave Onehunga to-morrow or Sunday. The Hawea will leave Onehunga to-morr row, and arrive here on Sunday, might or Monday morning. She will bring down thfe Wellington's passengers and cargo I . ' • The Charles Edward only left Greymouth this morning, which will prevent her arriving here before to-morrow night. She, will sail for West Coast ports on Monday evening. ' . , The signal for a sail in sight was flying as we went to press. It will probably turn out to be the barque Vixen, from Newcastle. The Murray will leave Greymouth for Nelson direct to-morrow niorning. She will sail for Wellington on Monday. The.. Tararua will arrive from Wellington to-morrow morning, and sail for Melbourne via West Coa3t by the same tide. The schooner Waitohai arrived from Havelock this morning. The Colonial Government steamer Hinemoa arrived at the outer "anchorage early this morningj and came to an anchor. She came into harbor this afternoon, and anchored in the , stream. The Government yacht is from Wellington, which port She left yester- I day. " " j The— Maid- -of Italy sailed for Riwaka last evening. V » . The -schooner Arthur Wakefield leaves Lyttelton for Nelson to-day with a cargo of ; hreadstuffs for Mr Griffin. The schooner Waihopai has arrived at Wanganui after a rather long passage from j Pelorus Sound; I The 'Awaroa arrived at Wanganui yesterday doming after a fair run across. • Thfr barque Tasso is expected shortly from Newcastle with a cargo of coal for Mr J. S. Cross, junior.' The schooner Reward hauled alongside the Commercial Wharf this morning, and comrn. -."ced discharging her cargo of produce. The brig Star of the Mersey, which was picked up by the Luna, and towed, into Wellington, was passed by several vessels, the crews of which imagined that the brig was lying at anchor, with her crew on board. The cutter Dido was one of the vessels which passed her, and as Captain Shilling could see. no one on board he imagined that they had all turned in. An attempt was made here on Monday morniug to organise a party to search for her, but while some believed that she had not foundered, others had their doubts, and the concern fell through. It was their intention to charter the Lady Barkly, and had they done so there is no doubt they would have found the vessel, as the Luna did not pick her up until Tuesday evening, and the proposed party intended to leave here on Monday afternoon. Messrs M'M.eckan, Blackwood, and Co.'s s.s. Albion, Captain J. W. Clarke, arrived off the Lighthouse at B*3o last evening, and came into harbor early this morning. She left the Queen's Wharf at 1*45 p.m. on the 13th -instant, cleared the Heads at 7*15 p.m., and passed the Sisters at noon on the 14th. Experienced strong winds, varying from N.W. to S. W., for the first two days, which afterwards increased to heavy gales, accompanied with a tumultuous sea.. The Albion scudded before the gale under the foresail and topsail, the engines first going halfr.speed then full speed, according to the weather, the sea running behind her mountains high, and threatening every moment tb overwhelm the steamer. At 3*40 a.m. on the 16th on? tremendous big fellow broke on board, carrying away the port after boat and davit, part of pqrtrrail, and hen-coop, in which several geese (Were confined, and whose cries when they found themselves in the water were , heard all over the vessel. The engines were at once: eased, and as the boat was still dandling by the side an attempt was made to secure it, but the davits being very light, one bf them carried away, and of course the boat; went with it. Two firemen who 'were ! hoisting ashes up from below when the sea struck the vessel had a narrow escape from being washed overboard. After clearing away the wreck, the engines were started asain at 5*15 a.m., and the Albion sped ou her course at the rate of knots, one or two seas finding their way down the engine-room' but doing no damage. The gale lasted till 4 I p.m. on the 18th, when it moderated, and the steamer arrived off Hokitika at 6 30 p.m. the same day, but as there was a heavy sea running on the bar the Waipara was unable to cross it, and the Albion had to dodge off and on until 4-30 p.m. on the 20th, when the tug came alongside and transhipped cargo and passengers. The Albion left at 8-30 p.m., and arrived here as above. The passage' from Melbourne was on the whole one of the worst the Albion has ever had, and the weather is described as frightful. She brings 85 tons of cargo for this port, which was landed to-day. A survey was held this morning on the cargo, wheu it was found that some of it had been damaged by salt water, which apparently had fouud its way down the after hold. The Albion sails for South and Melbonrne this afternoon.