SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5005, 9 April 1877, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. High Water,—l.2s a.m.; 1.50p.m ARRIVED. April 6. —Arawata, s.s, 622 tons, Underwood, from Nelson. Passengers —Cabin; Miss Duncan, Mrs. Gallop, Mrs. Payler and family (2), Mr. and Mrs. Tancred, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, Messrs. Hart, Proudfoot, Gordon (2), Darkens. Blackadder, Clayton, Crompton, Browne, and Litchfield, and 20 for other ports. Bishop, agent. . , . , April 7.—Neptune, brig, 290 tons, Chadwick, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. Rotorua, s.s.. 576 tons. Macfarlane. from the South. Passengers—Cabin; Misses Lee, Delahey, McMannaman, Lawson, Parham, Potts. Carlyon, Bowen (2), Mesdames McLean. 5 children and 4 servants, Lemon, Potts, Robinson, Buchanan, Messrs. Dawson, Carty, McLean. Cannon, Gray, Reeves, Spicer, Robinson, Buchanan, Clare, Wilson, Bowen, Ormond, and G steerage : 51 for other ports. Levin and Co., agents. Duke of Edinburgh, barque, 650 tons, Thompson, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. Aprils.—Herald, schooner, 66 tons, McKay, from Lyttelton. Thomas, agent. SAILED. , , April 7.—Arawata, s.s., 622 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne via the South. Passengers—Cabin : - or Melbourne—Messrs Eagar. Fitzgerald, Isaacs, Wuliams, Parker, and Hoiking. For Coast—Miss Martin, Mesdames Harriss and Stafford, Messrs. Rolleston, Dooney, Knowles, and Priest. Bishop, s.s., 570 tons, Macfarlane, for Napier, Auckland, and Sydney. Passengers- Saloon : Mrs. Eiffiiiford, Misses Eiddiford (2), Mr. and Mrs. Chase, Mrs Dibbcn, and Master Dibbeu. Levin and Co., “ SentS - IMPORTS. [A special charge is made for consignees' names insert'd in this column.] Arawata, from Nelson; 3 cases, 1 do butter, 1 do eggs, 20 cases fruit, 11 sacks petatoes, 6 cases fruit. EXPORTS. Arawata, for Melbourne; 77 bales flax. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London. —Northampton, early; Andrew Reid, early ; Benledi, early. p? South kun Pouts. — Hawea, 10th inst. ; Taranaki, 13th inst. NoitrntcitN Poiith.—Taupo, 10th inst- ; Wellington, 14th inst. Melbourne, via the South. —Ringarooma, 11th instant, Sydney.—Wakatipu, this day. Melbourne, via Nelson and the West Coast, — Albion, 24th inst. Melbourne and Hobarton, via the South. — Tararua, 22nd inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London.-Adamant, this month; Rakaia, this month. . . _ Nuuthkun Port*. —'Hawea, 10th inst. ; Taranaki, 13tb last. . , Soutiikhn Pouts. — Taupo, 10th inst. ; Wellington, 11th Inst. Melbourne via the South.—Ringarooma, 13th Instant. , Foxton. —Napier this day: Tin, this day. Wanganui. —Manawatu, this day; Storrabird, this Poverty Bay, TauraNqa, and,Auckland.—Wanaka. 18th inst. Lyttelton and Fort Chalmers. —Wakatipu, 11th Inst. Nelson. Westport, GrkYmoutii, andHokitika. Charles Edward, 10th inst. Melbourne and Hobarton, via the South. — Albion, 23th inst. Melbourne, via Nelson and the West Coast.— Tararua, 23rd inst. Blenheim.— Lyttelton, early. Nelson.— Ringarooma, 11th inst. Napier.— Rangatlra. 10th inst. BY TELEGRAPH. POET CHALMERS, Sunday. Arrived : India, barque. Sailed: Hawea, for the North. Passengers for Wellington—Miss Smith. Messrs. Fred Lewis, Lambert, and Simpson. For Taranaki—Mr. and Mrs. HitcheU, and 312 tons of cargo for all ports. The Taranaki sustained no damage. The Waitaki reports passing a ship off Moeraki, beating to the southward, which is probably the Baron Blantyre, from London. BLUFF, Sunday. Arrived ; Ringarooma, from Melbourne. She leit Sandridge Pier on the 3rd inst. at 2.30 p.m. ; cleared the Heads at 5.30 p.m., and passed Swan Island on the 4th, at 2.45 p.m. Experienced fresh westerly winds, with high sea, to within 300 miles of land. Since then fresh S.W. gale, with heavy squalls and high sea, until arrival here at 3.30 p.m. to-day. She brings 147 tons of cargo 14 saloon and 37 steerage passengers for all ports, and sails at 5 p.m. for Dunedin. Saloon for Lyttelton—Miss Porter, Mr. LeCren, Mr. Anson, 11 steerage, and 24 tons cargo. For Wellington—Mr. Warrell, 3 steerage, and 32 tons cargo. For Nelson— Miss Koalstone, 3 steerage, and 10 tons cargo. AUCKLAND, Saturday. Sailed : Courser, barque, for New York, with 400 tons kauri gum. ENGLISH SHIPPING. Sailed: Ben Wldie(?), for Wellington, January 29; Hoigley, for Otago, 13th; Lombardian, for Auckland, 2oth ; Utago, lot Port Chalmers, February 1; Piako, for Canterbury, sth : Alastar, Auckland, Ist; Hermione, for Otago, 12th. Loading at London, for Auckland, New Zealand— Spirit of the Dawn, Delpussund, Yosmit, Hudson. For Canterbury, New Zealand—Premier, Merope, Wanganui, William Davie, Waikato For utago. New Zealand— Kokewood, Isle of Anglesea, Zeaiandia, Waitangi, Forfarshire. For Wellington, New Zealand—Wennington, Queen of the West, Warlock, G. Broughton, Halcione. At Glasgow, for Lyttelton— Lurline; and for Port Chalmers, Dunneroy|(?). A heavy .gale from the south came up on Saturday evening about 7 o’clock, accompanied with very heavy rain, which continued without intermission till daylight. The wind went down somewhat about G a. m. yesterday; but at the same hour in the evening it commenced to increase in violence again, and by 9 o’clock it was blowing a whole gale, AH the vessels at the wharf are safely moored and holding on well, ■warps being stretched across it in every conceivable direction. .There axe a few vessels in the stream, comprising the Sapphire, Ncuveau St, Michel, Duke of Edinburgh, Camille, Herald, Luna, Clio, and Neptune, who are riding out the gale safely. , The s.s. fitormbird is expected to sail for Wanganui to-day. The Napier was unable to leave at her advertised hour on Saturday for Foxton, and is still a prisoner in port. The s.s. Arawata sailed for Melbourne via the South at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The Rangatlra will go on the Patent Slip to-day. There was no appearance of the Wolverine up to the time of our going to press. The Wanaka, which left Napier for this port on Saturday at 1 p.m., had not shown up this morning when we went to press. She is no doubt anchored in some snug quarter from the southerly gale, and may be looked for when the wind lulls. The schooner Herald, from Lyttelton, witli a cargo of colonial produce, arrived in harbor yesterday afternoon. She had a rather heavy run up here before the S.W. gale. The p.s, Manawatu left Wanganui at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday, but at 2 o’clock this morning had not put in an appearance. She is no doubt safely at an anchorage under Kapiti or Mana. A rumor was current in port yesterday that the Manawatu was ashore at Kapiti, but from inquiries made we find it to be unfounded. The barque Duke of Edinburgh, from Newcastle, with a cargo of coal for Captain Williams, came into port on Saturday evening, but owing to the heavy 5. gale had to bring up in the outer anchorage, and as no communication could be held with her from the shore, we are unable to give any particulars regarding her passage. The s.s. Tui will come Off Messrs. Coffey and Dixon's slip to day, and sail for Foxton in the afternoon. The Union Company's s.s. Rotorua, Captain Macfarlane, arrived in harbor at 2 o’clock on Saturday afternoon. She left Port Chalmers at 4 p.m. on the sth, and arrived at Lyttelton at 9 a.m. on the 6th ; left at 8 o’clock fame night, and arrived here as above. Had fine Weather throughout. She proceeded to Sy ney via Napier and Auckland at 5 p.m, on Saturday, taking the outward San Francisco mail, to be transhipped to the s.s. Zeaiandia at Auckland. The brig Neptune, Captain Chadwick, arrived from Newcastle on Saturday forenoon. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE TARANAKI. Port Chalmers, Saturday. The steamer Taranaki made the Heads at 5 p m. The weather during the trip was intensely thick; and seeing nothing of the land, Capt. Andrew thought tlie vessel too far to the southward, and, patting helm up,-stood away to the northward. When off Shag Point, which be mistook for Capo Saunders, till getting a sight of Southern Rock, on starboard beam of Shag Reef, the engines were at once reversed, but the vessel bumped, her screw touching the reef. The helm was put a starboard and she went ahead all clear. After landing mails and passengers she returned to Port Chalmers graving dock. All that could be seen was a small ynece broken off from the propeller. THE NORTHAMPTON. From the Nelson Daily Times of the 4th instant we extract the following particulars regarding this immigrant ship, which arrived at Nelson on Tuesday last; —The Northampton is a fine ship of 1101 tons register, and is under the command of Commander John C. Clare, E.N.K. She was built at Glasgow in 18CC, and although she has made a long passage of 104 days this voyage, she has done some remarkably fast ones in her time. She lias come into port in a very clean condition, the appearance of the passengers reflecting,great credit upon the captain and officers. The following is a report of the passage ;—Leit Gravesend on Sunday, December 17, at 7 a m., with 283 J statute adult Government emigrants—334 souls —namely, 149 adult males, 07 adult females, 75 children (35 hoys and 40 gills), and 13 Infants; a crew of 41, and three cabin passengers. The Channel pilot left the ship off Barry Head at noon on the 20lh. Took her departure from Start Point on the 21st at 4 a.m., with N.W. wind, and at G p.m. on 22nd was off Defiant. The N. W. wind lasted two days, after which experienced a succession of gales and strong winds from S. and W„ the strongest being S.W. These continued until the 10th January, when the ship was in lat. 45Jdeg. N., long. 13Jdeg. W. On the 11th got northerly winds, which led into the trades on nearing Madeira, which was passed at G p.m. on the 12th. Lost N.H. trades on the 25th, and passed inside Cape do Verde; on the 28th got S.E. trades; and on the 29th crossed the Line; lost the S.E. trades on February 5, and afterwards got N.E. winds. On the 6th passed between the Island of Trinidad and Martin Vas Rucks; and on the 10th passed Tristan d’Acunha; or. ssed the meridian of Greenwich on the 19th, and the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope on the 22nd; was abreast of Kerguelen island on March 6. On the 25th passed meridian of the South Capo of Tasmania. Experienced unusually lino weather after leaving Madeira, and never had occasion to reef once. find very light N.B. trades; the S.E, trades were of

the usual strength, bui of short duration. She was very fortunate in getting speedily through the calm region between the trades, with but few calms, and nothing like the usual rainfall. The weather was never excessively hot, the highest range of the thermometer in the cabin being S2deg. In running down easting, leaving S.E. trades, had very moderate fair winds, except when, north-east of Kergulen Island, was bothered two days with east winds, and the same again south of Tasmania. Between those places had much foggy damp weather. Saw no ship since the 21st January, when a homeward bound vessel was passed From Tasmania experienced fine weather, with moderate winds ; made Cape Farewell on the 2nd instant, and came to anchor at 4 a.m. on the 3rd. Tiie winds have been so moderate during the voyage that no good runs have been made ; the best week’s work was 1604 miles, the best two days being 2SI and 253 miles, and only for seven days during the passage has the distance exceeded 250 miles. While there has been very little really calm weather, the whole passage (since leaving 35dcg. N.) has been too fine, and the seventeen days of S.W. winds early in the voyage prolonged it very much. Four births occurred, and two deaths (children aged five years and three months respectively). The general health of the passengers has been good.