SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5179, 27 October 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. ARRIVED. October 20.— Edwin Bassett, barque, 307 tons, Foster, from Newcastle. Passenger-Mr. Johnson. Williams, agent. Zcalandia, ship, 1116 tons, Sellars, from London. Passengers—Saloon: Miss Clarkson, Mr. W. Young and family (3), Mr. 0. Batraud and family (5), Messrs. Empaon, Hutchison, Braddick, Southwell, ami Dewes. Second Cabin : Miss Best. Mrs. Turley, Mr. McCutchan and family (10). Messrs. Davis Sproule, Grent, Rogers, French. McCutchan, and Blake 131 Steerage: Mr. and Mrs. Fraser, Mr, Mason and family (7), Mrs. Smaller, Messrs. Smaller (3), Brown, Deacon, and Brise. Levin and Co., agents. Elizabeth, barque, 215 tons, Mcl’haeden, from Melbourne, Turnbull and Co., agents. Stella, Government s.s., 176 tons, Fairchild, from Mana and The Brothers. Herald, schooner, 56 tons, McKay, from Lyttelton. Thomas, agent. SAILED. Ootcder 26.—Wakatipu, s s., 1153 tons, Cameron, for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. Passengers Saloon : Messrs. Eastwood and Harper and family. Levin and Co., agems. CLEARED OUT. October 26.—Star of the Sea, schooner, 3S tons. Turner, for Havelock. Master, agent. Forest Queen, ketch, 51 tons, Watcblin, for Pelorus Sound. Mclntyre and Co., agents. IMPORTS. Elizabeth, from Melbourne; 350 casks cement, 3 bales paper, 2 cases twine, 10 do acid, 20 do oil, 400 bags rice, 5 tanks rosin, 50 casks fruit, 21 cases sauce, 1 tank fruit, 250 bags flour. 13 eases sundries, 30 cases iron, 16 pipes, 14 casks oil, 20 drums soda, 210 boxes candles, 1 case labels, 1 do effects, 6 do timber, 10 hhds treacle. Edwin Bassett, from Newcastle; 650 tons coal, i bole pulu. EXPORTS. Wakatipu, for Lyttelton: 20 cases sauce, 2 trusses. 4 cases, 1 pel. For Dunedin: 1 case watches, 60 boxes, 19 pkgs. , . _ , Star of the Sea, for Havelock : 5 cases brandy, 5 do geneva, 20 bags flour. 51 cases and pkgs sundries, 10 bags salt, 5 do oats. 5 do flour, 7 gunnies sugar, 41 pkgs and cases, 5 cases drapery. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.— St. Leonards and Crownthorpe, early. Hongkong and Foocuow.—May, early. Southern Ports —Wanaka, tins day. Northern Ports. —Hawea, 30th. _ Melbourne, via West Coast. — Albion, ith November. Melbourne and Hobarton, via the bourn.— Alhambra, 4th November. ‘ PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Northern Ports. —Wanaka, this day Picton, Nelson and West Coast Ports.-Wal-lace, 2Sth. „ Melbourne, via South.— Rmearoomn, 2bth. Blenheim.— Napier, this day. Wanganui.—Stormbird, this day Southern Poms.—Hawea, 30th. Castletoint and Napier.— Kiwi, 29th. Napier, Poverty Bap, Tauranqa. ano Aucky.Awn.—Wanaka, this day; Hawea. 7th November. Blenheim and Nelson.—Lyttelton, this day, TCaikouju. and Lyttelton.—Tui, tins day. Westport and Greymouth.—Luna, 30bn. BY TELEQRAVH. LYTTELTON, Friday. Sailed : Emily, Emperor, and Fawn, for Newcastle.

Tlie schooner llevfiltl arrived in port with a cargo of produce from Lyttelton yesterday. The cutter Dido has been chartered to convey a quantity of machinery to Colllngwosd, Nelson. The Kingarooma was to have loft Nelson at 10 o’clock last night, and will therefore be hero about 6 o’clock this morning. She will leave for Melbourne, via the South, to-morrow. . The barque Edwin Bassett, Captain Foster, with coals from Newcastle, arrived In port yesterday at noon; She left there on the 15th inst., and carried fresh westerly winds across, making a good run to Cape Farewell, which was sighted on the 22nd inst. Thence had two days’ southerly weather, when the nor’-wester caught her and fetched her down off the Heads on Thursday morning, and she anchored there same day. Yesterday morning got under way, and arrived here as above slated. _ The s.s, Wakatipu, for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers, sailed yesterday at 1.30 p.m. , . . The Wanaka, from the South, will be here to-day. She will sail amn in the evening for the Manukau, via intermediate ports. The brigantine Hannah Broomfield came off Messrs. Coffey and Dixon's slip yesterday. In addition to receiving a thorough overhaul, her deckhouse has been removed and the cabin placed below She has also been fitted with a new stem and caulked throughout. The schooner Clio will go on the sup with the first favorable opportunity. She will also eceive a thorough overhaul. . . The Elizabeth, a smart-lookmg barque, arrived in port yesterday from Melbourne, bringing a full general cargo. She is a Yankee-built vessel of 215 tons having been constituted at Nova Scotia some nine years ago. Her passage down has occupied something over nine days. She left Williarastown at sam on the 17th inst., and made a capital run to Wilson Promontory, which was passed at 7 o’clock same evening, thus averaging 10 knots coming down. Thence had a two days’ calm, which was followed by brisk breezes from the westward, lasting throughout the remainder of the passage. Cape Farewell was made on Thursday last, and running before a heavy N W pale. c »me through the Strait. Same night she went into Cloudy Bay, so as not to be driven to leeward and at daylight, the wind taking into the W S \y. she stood across the Str >it, and arrived here as above stated. She is consigned to Messrs. W. and O. Turnbull, and will commence discharging on of the Napier for Blenheim has been postponed till to-day. , The Rangatira leaves at noon to-day for Napier and Poverty Bay. . ‘ ... . The Government steamer Stella arrived in port yesterday afternoon. She left here on Wednesday morning early, and at daylight arrived at Mana. Communicated with the shore, and proceeded to The Brothers but found too much sea there to land, and bad to go up Tory Channel and anchor. Yesterday succeeded in landing 20 bags coal, and left at 12.30 p m arriving here at 4.30 p.m. Reports sighting the barque Herbert Black off The Brothers.

THE 'ZEALANDIA. _ A change of wind to the W.S.W. brought the Zealandia into port yesterday shortly before noon. As the Health Officers were required on board, Pilot Holmes did not anchor her, but awaited their arrival. The medical officers were soon alongside, and as there was sickness—supposed to be small-pox—-amongst the crew, she was at once ordered to the quarantine ground, where she anchored at 1 p.m. In the afternoon the Health Officers again went down to her, and it was ascertained that there had been three cases of eruptive fever which showed every symptoms of small-pox during her passage from Kio Janiero. The disease first broke out on the 20th August, when one of the crew was attacked, and on the 20th September two more cases occurred. One of the latter two died eight days afterwards ; but the others gradually recovered, and are now m a state of convalescence, being able to walk about. On the first appearance of the sickness the patient was kept strictly isolated, and all other measures were employed to prevent the spread of the disease, which only prevailed amongst the crew. Otherwise the health of those on board during the trip has been excellent. "We have boon favored with a few particulars from the ship, from which we learn that she left London on sth July, Gravesend same day, and the Downs on the Cth. Experienced westerly winds, light at times, with foggy weather, for two days, and then had a slant from the eastward for 24 hours, when the wind again backed into the westward, with dense fogs, lasting till the ICtb. Landed the Channel pilot on the Bth. On the 22nd sighted Madeira,-, the weather up to there being light from the westward. Passed Palma on the 22nd, then beirg in the N.E. trades, which proved brisk. Spoke the Oran on the Ist of August, and kept company with her for four days. The trades had left the Zealandia by this time, and Bhe had to tack occasionally with light variable winds. About 10 45 p.m. on the 7th, she was standing on the starboard tack, when she collided with a barque, which sank in three minutes under her bows. The Zealandia had all her head gear carried away, the masts, spars, &c., greatly shaken, and a large hole knocked in her port bow. While the vessels were locked together ten of the barque’s crew climbed on board the Zealandia, one was hauled from alongside, and another was picked up by the Zealandia's lifeboat, which Captain Sellars had promptly lowered immediately the collision occurred. The master of the barque, Captain Chambers, and two of his seamen, however, were drowned. As soon as possible the wreck on the Zealandia was cleared away, the masts secured, a temporary jibboom and jibs rigged up, and then her head-was tarried towards the nearest port, which happened to be Rio Janiero. The cause of the unfortunate accident attributed to the Ellen Lamb—such being the name of the vessel which was sunk—as, being on the opposite tack, she should have given way to the Zealandia. whereas she tried to cross her bows, and thus caused the collision. The Ellen Lamb was from Liverpool, bound to Callao with coals. Fine weather favored-the Zealandia to'Rio Janiero, and she made a good trip, although she had to proceed under easy canvas, owing to her crippled condition. The hole in her bows was covered over with a kind of shield, made of canvas, tar. &c., and : the water which filled the watertight compartment was kept well under by the donkey-engine. She arrived at Klo on the 25th. and after having the necessary repairs effected, sailed on the 29th August. From there to the meridian of the Cape, which was passed on the 17th September, had tolerably favorable weather. After that she fell, in with some heavy gales, which left very high confused seas, causing the vessel to. labor greatly. Tasmania 1 was passed on the 17th instant, and Cape Farewell was sighted on the 23rd at 11 p.m. Came through the Strait as far as Mana with a N. W. wind, when a S.E, buster came on. and lasted for a few hours, when it again came out from the N.W. and brought.hcr off the Heads at 2 a.m. on the 25th. Five hours afte wards took Pilot Holmes on board, but owing to the very heavy gale blowing had to stand off and on outside tilt yesterday morning, when it moderated, and she managed to get into part as above stated. The Zealandia will stay In quarantine till all traces of the disease are gone ; and in the meantime »U the passengers and crews' effects, beds, &c., will bo thoroughly fumigated.