SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5252, 23 January 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OP WELLINGTON. ARRIVED. Januuiy 22.—Lyttelton, ns., SC tons, Scott, from Blenheim. Pa«wnKo:*—Cabin ; Miss Baisolt, Messrs. Walmaley. Ewart, Davis, Gregory, Barker, iownseml, Bassett, Hooper. Adams, Oramuer, Robinson, and Allan : -1 steerage. Deacon, agent. Edwin Bassett, barque, 317 tons, hosier, from .M-w----castle. Williams, agent. , Emerald, ketch, 45 tons,"Whitty, from Lyttelton. Master, agent. „ , Wellington, s.s., 279 tons, McOcc, from Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Mesdames Bnclianan, d arrcn, and Buchanan and child, Misses Clouster and l.ieenwood, Messrs. Herrick, Heylioc, 1 arker. Warren Scott, Dement, Wilson, Staite, Steele, Bright, and Bates; GO excursionists. Levin and Co, agents. Clematis, ketch, 05 tons, Bonner, from Wanganui, blaster, R?ent. Araby Maid barque, Cromarty. 83i tons, from London. Passengers—Saloon: Messrs. Mowbray, Robinson, and 11. C. Jackson. Second cabin: Messrs. J. W. Bushby, Daniel Donnelly, W. Byrne, and F. Hooke. Steerage: Edward Valentine, Mrs. M. A, West, 11. J. Bates, W. Johnston, Mrs. Smith, and J. Bcllerby. Levin and Co., agents. Rialto, barque, 11G5 tons, from London. Passengers—S saloon, and 12 second cabin and steerage. Turnbull and Co., agents. _ Aurora, schooner, 5G tons, Komeril, from the East Coast. Pearce, agent. SAILED. Janu.vut 22.—Wanaka, s.s., 27S tons, McCdllivray, for South. Passengets— Saloon: Uev. Mr. Beatty, Messrs. Knowles and Marshall. Levin and Co., agents. Stormbird, s.s., (59 tons, Doile, for Wanianui. Passengers—Cabin: Sir. and Mrs. Thorpe, Mrs. Leslie, Messrs. Brough and Reid, Master Paul, i Innmer, ag*»nt. ■ EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Renfrewshire, Cainsborongh, Bcnvemie, and Margaret Galbraith, early. Mrlbouknb.'—Malay, early. Claiibncs River.—Mary Grant and Darcy Pratt, early. . lt . , . Soutfikun Fonts —Taupo, tins da). Mbuioi’Wlß. via rni« Wiwr Coast.-Alhambra. York via Lyttelton.—Lorinda Borstel, tia Natier. and Auckland. — Rotorua, 25th ‘ PROJECTED departures. London. —St. Leonard. and Mataura, in February. Nelson, ASH Wi:sr Coast Forts.-Kennedy. Poverty Bay, Taubanua, and Auckland.—Tanpo, 24th. , ' Northern Ports.—Taranaki, 2ath. Napier and Poverty Bay.—Rangatlra, early. Wanganui.—ManawaVn, this day. Foxton.—Jane Douglas, this day. Blenheim.— Napier, this day. ... Melbourne, via the West Coast.—Alhambra, 36th. Sydney.—Wakatlpu, 26th. Cash epoint and Napier,—Kiwi, this day. Fioton and Nelson.—Wellington, this da/. BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTELTON, Tuesday. Sailed : Rlngarooma. for the South, at 3.45 p.m.; Tanpo, for the North, at Gp.m. Passengers for Wellington—Mr. and Mrs. Harris, Mesdames Leopold and Sorenes, Mi ses Irwin, White Dawson, Wilson, Smith, Messrs. Smith, Holt, Hogan. Cameron, Dawson, Blackwell, Wright, and Hold gate. BLUFF. Tuesday. Arrived: Alhambra, s.s., from Melbourne. She left Sandridge Pier on January 16 at 4 p.m.'; cleared the Heads at S p.m., passed Swan Island at S p.m. on the 17th, and made the Solanders on the 21s!. at 7 p.m.; arrived at the Bluff at 4 a.m. on the 22nd. Had fine weather and light winds during the passage. She sails tor Dunedin at 4 p.m. Passengers for Wellington—Saloon : Messrs. Currie, Robinson, Rawlinson, Brown, Mrs. Araesbury, Miss Amestmry, Mrs. Carrie, Miss "Buttons ; 3 steerage ; 75 tons cargo. AUCKLAND, Tuesday. Arrived; Barque California, from San-Francisco, with six passengers. The Zealandia has arrived. In com ng alongside she carried away a portion of the wharf. She is four days and three hours ahead of contract time. New Zealand passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Chapman and two children, MBs Maher, Messrs. Fraser and Holmes; 9 steerage. Sydney passengers—Rev. Jlr. McCarthy and nephew, Mr. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Hillman, Messrs, Manning, Leon, Butcher, Kelly, - Delverd, Cartwright, Surridge, Lester, Read, Frederick, Blakeney, Bull, Thompson and family. Homier Biscaccanti; 37 steerage. ENGLISH SHIPPING. A London telegram received from the Bluff yesterday states that the Minnie Don arrived in London on the Sth rinstant.’ She left Sydney on the 22nd September. ■■ ~ , The Anna Armitage, barque, from the Lacepede Islands to the United Kingdom, put into Cape Town leaky, and will have to discharge her cargo and wait for repairs. - - The Assyrian, ship, from the Lacepede Island* to the United Kingdom, put into Algoa Bay in distress. She has been condemned, and sold. The Haddington, barque, from London to Sydney, was towed back after, the collision with the Falcon, and has sailed again. ' ' Sailed from Gravesend for Wellington : Lanarkshire, December 10 ; Lord of the Isles, December 13. The Shipping Company*were to despatch the Craigmallen for ‘Wellington on January 5. THE ARABY M UD, FROM LONDON. The change of wind to the south-west brought the above barque into port yesterday morning, and she anchoredatSa.m. She is one of Shaw, Sarill’s chartered vessels, and has made a good passage out. She left the Downs on the 2Gth October, landed the pilot on the 31st, and had head winds down the Channel. Experienced no N.E. trades, and crossed the Equator on the 27th November. Met-the S-E. trades in sdeg. N., which proved fresh, and .after losing them encountered easterly ani N.E. wind till meeting with the steady westerly winds. The meridian of the Cape of jGood Hope was passe don the 20th December, and the casting ran down between the pnrallcls of 45deg. and 4Cdeg. Strong westerly winds favored the barque on the easterly passage, and she made some capital travelling, averaging 220 miles per day, from the meridian of Greenwich to makin' New Zealand. Cape Farewell was made at 8 o'clock on Saturday night last, and on Monday morning she arrived off Wellington Heads, and anchored as above stated. The Araby M»iid comes consigned to Messrs. Levin and Co. ; ' ARRIVAL OF THE RIALTO FROM LONDON. The barque Kialto from London arrived la port yesterday .morning. She has made a long passage ©ut of 102 days, caused by encountering very unfavorable weather at the outset. She left the East India Docks on the sth of October, and had a favorable passage down Channel, landing the pilot off Dartmouth on the Bth at neon, and at 10 p.m. same day dipped the Lizard light. Experienced light westerly wind with fine weather to the 14th, when a heavy pale was encountered, commencing at S.W. and shifting to N.W., fiom which quarter it blew .with hurricane force. Three of the topsails with the maintopsnil yard were carried away. For fourteen hours the barque lay hove-to under n small piece of tarpaulin lashed te the mizzen rigging, tho sea all the time runn ng frightfully high and swift, and washing the decks frequently, carrying with it all the stock pens and live stock they contained, a so several cases of acid which were stowed on the deck. In fact so great were the spray and j rain driving over tho vessel that the glass in the cabin skylight was broken. The gale moderated at noon on the 15th, when the (damages wrought by lowers repaired and now sails bent. I'rorn this experienced moderate ,S.\V. winds as far as Madeira, which island was sighted and passed on October 25, when tho N.E. trade wind commenced, and blew with very light and mod rate force throughout, and also well from the eastward; ran out of these winds in Bdeg. N. lat. and 2-')sdeg. \V. long, on November 7. Frem this to the 12th November had light variable airs and showery weather. On the latter date got tho first of theS.E. trade wind; crossed the Equator in long. 31deg. W. on the 13th November; carried the trade wind moderate in force and nearly due east after crossing the Line into lat. 23deg. S., long. 31deg. W., and there had N. E winds for three days. The wind then set in strong from the southward, and afterwards to the E. and N. K., accompanied with fresh and moderate breezes, with fine weather and occasionally rain and fog. Passed to the northward of Tristan d'Acunba on oth December; carried fresh winds and cloudy weather to the meridian of the Cape, passing it on December 14, encountering there the usual gale and heavy west sea. From this had favorably winds from N. to N.W. and S. W., with generally fine weather; passed the meridian of Gape Leuwin on sth January, off which had a smart gale at north, during which a heavy sea was shipped which stove in the cabin windows. Then had fresh northerly and westerly winds and tine weather, passing the meridian of Tasmania on Jan. 12; carried freidi and moderate west winds and fine weather up to the .Snares, which were aighied on the morning of tho 17th January. At noon of the 18th was oif Otagc, and next day was off Banks Peninsula, with a moderate east wind and clear weather, which fetched her to port, arriving here as above stated. She is one of Shaw, Savill, and Co.'s chartered vessels, and brings 1800 tons general cargo. She comes consigned to Turnbull and Co. The s.s, Wellington arrived from her Nelson trip atG.3oa.rn. yesterday. She left hereat 830 a.m. on the Utth : steamed across the Strait against a strong N.'V. gale, and arrived at Nelson at 9.15 a m. on the 30th ; sailed again at 8 30 p.m. on the 21st, and arrived here as above stated. The Wellington will leave for I'icton and Nelson to-day. 'Hie Edwin Bassett, from Newcastle, arrived in jiort yesterday. ' The Lyttelton, from Blenheim, arrived here at 1.30 a.m. yesterday. She brought a cargo of wool. The schooners Aurora, from tho i-'ast Coast, and Clematis, from Wangauni, arrived here yesterday. The Emerald, from Lyttelton, arrived in port yesterday.