SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5189, 8 November 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. ARRIVED. November 7.—May. schooner, 237 tons, Flamley, Irom Hongkong and Foochow. Turnbull and Co., agents, , Reliance, ketch, 65 tons. Swede, from Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. . ; November B.—Napier, s.s., 48 tons, Fisk, from Blenheim. Turnbull and Co., agents. SAILED. November 7. Elizabeth, barque, 245 tons, McPhaedon; for Kaipara. Turnbull and Co., agentsllawea, s.s., 462 tons, Wheeler, for Auckland via East Coast. Passengers—Saloon: Mcsdames Dori and-family (4), Reece, and i.ohmet. Misses Ngatm and Raiha, Messrs. Waterhouse, Chrystall, Rhodes, and Lewis, Dr. Wallis. Levin and Co., agents. " Kiwi, s.s., 133 tons, Campbell, for Castlepoint and Uriti. Levin and Co., agents. Maiden City, schooner, 27 tons, Allen, for Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. Lyttelton, p. 5.,. 86 tons, Scott, for Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Richmoond, Winstanley, and Morton. Deacon, agent. IMPORTS [A special charge is made for consignees ’ names inserted in this column.) Lyttelton, from Kckerangu : IGI bales wool, 30 do skins. 9 cases tallow. Reliance, from Pelorus Sound: 45,000 ft. sawn timber. May. from Hongkong and Foochow: 11,500 pkgs tea, 308 bags rice, 378 rolls matting, 70 cases preserves, Cl pkgs merchandise, 45 cases limejuico, G bags sugar, 4 pels granite, 12 bricks, G tiles, 2 pieces marble, 10 cases sundries. St. Leonards, from London: 200 barrels nails, 10 rolls lead, 50 bags salt, 30 kegs staples. 10 cases vestas, 21 casks zinc, SO do soda, 55 cases sardines, GO do galvanised lion, 10 bdls buckets, G cases pianos, 5 cases almonds. 1# hhds oil, 4 bales woolsacks, 10 cases show cards, 2GG cases brandy, 4a do wine, 50 hf-hhds vinegar. 24 cases galvanised iron, 100 cases old tom, 150 drums oil, 10 bdls wir*, 0 machines, 4 bdls handles, 1 clod-crusher, 1 bdl shafts, 4 do wheels, 1 case guncaps, 3 cases empty cartridges, 7 do loaded do, 200 casks cement, 62 bdls steel, 6 bars do, 158 bdls tubes, 25 do galvanised iron, 160 bdls hoop do, 1433 bars iron. 5 casks seed. 275 cases beer, 30 barrels oil, 40 drums do, |75 hhds wine, 12.000 slates, 2 cases weighing scales, 1 case cigars, 1 pci ‘effects, 50 cases stout, 20 hf-hhds. 5 borrels sulphur, 50 cases brandy, 8 trunks boots, 6 kegs arsenic, 630 bdls iron, 16 castings, 2 poles, 16 grindstones, 60 bdls wire, 21 cases furniture, 20 octaves, 1352 sashweights, 4 pkgs samples, 108 bdls hoop iron, C 96 bars do. CO bdls wire, 56 cases galvanised iron, 15 cases glass, 25 frames, 50 kegs uaih*, l ease blacking, 10,casks wine, 5S cases do, 200 do brandy, 2 qr-casks do, 2 casks do, 24 grindstones, 140 bdls wire, 150 casks beer, 1 hf-tank, 27 casks paint, 1 truss samples, 170 bdls hoops, 680 bars iron, 20 pockets hops, 2220 cases (contents not specified), 520 casks (do do do). 1000 bags (do do do). 50 qr-cask’s (do do do), 420 drums (do do do), 2420 pkgs (do do do). 43 hhds (do do do) 19 bdls (do do do). SSO kegs (do do do). 48 bales \do do do), 500 brls (do do do), 15 trunks (do do do), 45 octaves (do do do), 4 tanks, 1 boiler. EXPORTS. Herald, for East , Coast: 20 sacks flour, 1 ton wire, 4 bales woolpacks. 1 pkg twine, 607 standards. Hawea, for Auckland: 1 gnnny sugar, 2'qr-casks wine, 48 cases merchandise, 22 sacks oats;4S pkgs. Kiwi, for Castlepoint and Uriti : 1 bale, 10 cases, 2 tanks, 104 pkgs stores. i Lyttelton, for Blenheim: 1 pkg washboards, 2 pels, 44 boxes soap, 2 cases. 2 trusses, ■ * EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London. —Crownthorpe, Hurunui, and Hereford, early. Southern Ports —Taranaki, 12th. Melbourne, via West Coast.—Albion, this clay. SvDNicsr, via Napier and Auckland.—Rotorua, 9th. Lyttelton.—Wanaka, this day. Melbourne. —Youug Dick, early. PROJECTED-DEPARTURES. London. —Schiehallion, this month: Orari, this month. Picton, Nelson, and West. Coast Ports.—Kennedy, this day. Blenheim. —Napier, this day. Wanganui.— Stormbird, this day. Napier, Poverty Bay, Tauranga, and Auckland.—Taupo. 22nd Westport and Greymouth.—Luna, early. Southern Ports.—Rotorua, 9th. Melbourne and Hobarton, via the South.— Albion, 9th. Northern Ports.—Wanaka, this day. BY TELEGRAPH. NELSON, Wednesday.. Arrived ; Albion. She left Sandridgo Pier on 30th October; experienced northerly winds, arriving off Hokitika at noon on Sunday ; waited for tender till yesterday morning ; seeing no chance of communicating, sailed for Nelson, calling at Westport, but was not tendered, and arrived this morning. She sails fop Wellington to-morrow morning. By some mistake she was sent avay without a purser, and brings no telegrams or files; LYTTELTON, Wednesday. Arrived : Carkan, brigantine, from the Mauritius, September 23. The Queen of the South was.to leave for Dunedin and Lyttelton about September 27th. Sailed : Wanaka, for the North, at 4 p.ra.; Unity, ketch, for Wellington ; J. G. Coleson, for Hokitika. The Daydawn, schooner which left Wellington for Pelorus Sound on Friday, put into harbor this morning. Off Wellington Heads she encountered a fearful N.W. gale, when most of her sails were split and both anchors and chains lost. The schooner Maiden City sailed for Pelorus Sound yesterday. The s.s. Hawea, for Auckland via the East Coast, sailed at noon yesterday. The s.s. Albion arrived at Nelson from Melbourne yesterday, having been unable to communicate with the West Coast ports owing to the heavy westerly gales which have prevailed there for some time. She is expected here this evening, and will sail for South to-morrow afternoon. The barque Elizabeth sailed for Kaipara yesterday forenoon. The s s. Kiwi sailed for Castlepoint and Uriti yesterday afternoon for the purpose of collecting wool. The brigantine Darcy Pratt commenced to discharge her heavy cargo of timber yesterday. The St. has been entered at the Customs. She will commence to discharge to-day. The ketch Reliance left Pelorus Sound on Monday last, and experienced fresh westerly winds across, which carried her to the Heads, where, owing to the baffling nature of the wind, she came to an anchorage on Tuesday night. Got under way yesterday morning with a S. W. wind, and arrived here at 9 a.m. THE MAY. SHE ENCOUNTERS A TYPHOON, This favorite trader from China, taking advantage of a change of wind to the S. W., managed to get into port yester ay morning, and no time was lost in getting her alongside the wharf, for at 31 am. she had hauled into her usual berth. The May’s passage has been characterised, with one exception, by fine weather and light winds, and she comes into port in really excellent condition, being as clean as could well be imagined after so long a voyage. She left Foochow on - the Ist August full o! carg*. Shortly afterwards had a brisk gale for the N.E., with cloudy weather and heavy rain squalls, and in the meanwhile the state of the atmosphere told plainly that some very heavy weather was approaching. On the fourth day out at noon a dark misty bank of clouds appeared on the horizon in a S.W. direction, and perceiving that a typhoon was approaching. Captain Plnmley at once set to work to make all things snug. Sails were reduced, and those which were left set were close-reefed, and extra gaskets were passed on them, while everything both aloft and on deck was doubly secured. But not a minute too soon, for at 4.30 p.m. the sky was completely overcast with dark masses of clouds,- and at the same time a terrible typhoon burst out. The moment it struck the schooner she was almost buried by sheer atmospheric force, and at the same time the close-reefed mainsail and maintoprnast-staysail were rent to atoms. The little vessel now tore madly with the gale, but even under the small press of canvas it was found that the schooner was almost burying herself, consequently the two sails which she carried were hauled down, viz., the lower topsail and the foretopmask-staysail; but before the former could be secured it was split. Nothing now remained but to bring the vessel to the wind, and this was done under bare poles. A new mainsail of extra strong canvas was now bent, bat it had scarcely been set when it went to atoms. To show canvas to such a gale was now considered impossible, and she had to lay-to, as before mentioned, underbare poles. The night setininten ely dark and the typhoon if anything increased in violence, while the sea ran mountains high ; but bravely did the little vessel contend with the elements, till at 30 o’clock that night a tremendous sea came thundering on board, making a clean sweep of the decks, and also carrying away a portion of the bul* warks. All next day the gale raged with unabated fury, and the barometer continued to go up and down 2 or 3-tenths without the weather showing any visible change. Same day another mighty sea found its way on board, bursting in the forward cabin door, filling that place, and also making a clean wash of poor Jack's quarters forward. The same sea also washed away the man from the wheel, and landed him high on the deckhotwe, but not dry. Another dreadful night was passed, all hands remaining on deck, sleep being out of the question. From 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. the wind blew with hurricane force, and it was impossible for those on board to hear one another apeak, even at the top of their voices, while all had to hold on to something, it bring dangerous to let go for fear of being blown overboa d. so great was the force of the wind.. During all this time the stout little schooner behaved gallantly, and although she lay almost on her beam ends, with the sjveodrift flying over'in clouds, she shipped, comparatively speaking, not , much water. No observations had been taken for three days, but by dead reckoning the May’s position was thought to be about twenty miles to windward of the Island of Formosa ; but no reliance could bo placed on that, as in the China Soa 'currents are greatly influenced by the winds. Consequently all that day a most anxious watch was kept to leeward, in which direction the vessel was fast drifting, for land ; but although it was expected to appear eery moment, none was scon, and at 9 a rn, a most decided change took place in the weather. Sails were then repaired, and in the afternoon, the wind hauling into the southward, she headed off the land, ami thence shaped a course to this port If anyone wishes to have a vivid account of the typhoon which thu May experienced.'we are sore that her chief officer, Mr. B. B. CreHgh, to whom we are indebted for particulars of the above report, will gladly afford them one. Light;easterly and northerly winds followed the typhoon until the Marianne Group was sighted, and afterwards light southwest winds and calms. The Equator was passed on the 4th of October, in longitude 172 ,Jv, and from thence light southerly winds were had until passing to leeward of New Caledonia. Lost the trades to the south end of that Island, and from tbence > to.‘New Zealand experienced light variable winds until Friday last.. when she encountered a strong gale from the N.W,, w th which she knocked about the Strait till a favorable breeze war, found, which took her into port, arriving as above stated. A list of the May’*cargo will be found above.