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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 25, 4 January 1864, Page 2

The s-crew-sleamer Aldinga- left. Port Chalmers . * v "at six p.m.- on the 1 8th iiu)'tarir> and th^'Tßluff at ' . ten a.ro. on the 19th. . Had .fine weather until 1 reaching; Banks'^ Straits, when the weather vrasso _;. foggy, the vessel had to. lay -to for three hours; '' '■'• "- einee -ther* fine weather until "feachins* Hobsoo's Bay. at two o^clock this roornina:.. .On Monday, the SHst,* at eight a.m.-pnssed steamer Alhambra,, lat dOdes^seCj.long Is7de^ ssec <*a¥t... .Same day' eleven' p.m ./passed a .steamer' supposed to be the Souchays, lnt42de^4oscc, long 153;1eg.345ec east. ■ — Argus, December 24: ' ' '"' '"' ■■:■•■■'.- -y The steamer Omeo. 1000 totis, T. MjLachlan, eomnrmder, left Otago Hf-ads "on -Wednesday, :l6th instant, at eight p.m-J B:uff Har.hqr, Thursday, "17th, at four p.m.: same day^off'Cenlre-Island, . Fovcaus Straits, saw a steamer, suppose :. to be the Qiieen, standing to the eiistwßrd. On Friday,: 18th at ten a.m., sovehtv-ono miles west of Solandi-r. passed City of Hobnrt. On S-inday, the 20th, five "" p*m., 42de{r 48*hiinS. loide? 22min W, spoke jteamsliip Alhambra. On Monday, 21st, passed a steamer, supposed to be the Souchays. She entered the Heads at six a.m. yesterday, having made the passage from Port Chalmers in sis days ten hours, equ'alfing that of the fastest Of our steamers. She . has experienced strong S E. winds during the passage. The order in which this vassel always arrives in port reflects great credit on her commander and officers — Argus; December 24.7 A very henvy gale has been experienced by the shipping in TTobson's Bay. The Argus of the'loth reports .— "** At an early hour yestc-rday morning a very heavy jrnle sprung np:froin the westward, accompanied by frequent squalls and rain ; it in- -.-: creased-short-y- after daylight,. and -blew a c->rnplete hurricane, the, barometer being down to 28.80 at 6 a.r0, ..-which is many degrees-lower than it has been in the bay for some time. The: gale shifted to S-W. and " then to S.S -.TV., b!o\ving furiously, a ft.emendcus sea getting up. Tho wharves at Willinhotown mostly flooded, the-.tidebeingcin-sideraMy higher than it has been known for years. TLerailsv ay steamer Kangaroo, after running the : trip;. was w,itl;drawn, and. went up the "Yai-ra to Melbourne. - work was suspended itf the bay. The vessels ob the weather side of the several piers were obliged .to Siatt. 1 off, the roll of the sea causing th^m- to ! pitch -.eonsiaftrably. 'The gnle- was still raging up to sundown yesterday, although the barometer had risen «casK'Serably. H. AM., cutter Lcelia returned to HobS'jn^Sa^j^stfirdAf^H^r*^ n»on, havirig parted^bpJJj^gT^Dchors whiln lying --^Svv^nJ^^-nej,; tLe s^s. , The French barque Uaspard/ CaptainDespa«rit fc » P u^ b . ack t0 Hobsou's Biyyesterday affcprnowi,- ™ d p M .. now safely moored alongside the 'Governiaen v * -««'• way Pier, WilHamsto>«i. She left on m O /"," '■■ ing last,- -with a number of tiorses on boar, *- J an<l brought up at Port Phillip Heads. aSurjn* X on f day night'she parted both anbhorg, antisff »> 8 obliged to run back for shelter. Her stocKtapasoi. appear to have suffered by the gale. The£a«<*. continued fcbroughout'Monday night and yesterday ■. b?owing with great fury. AtWilliamstown, a por- : tion of the earthwork, u>t the breakwnter and bat- ; tery at G«*\librand-s Point was washed away, and the ship Kingfisher carried away a very heavy chain cablej by .which she was moored to the breakwater,-' several time.-*, bit^ with the exception i of^alittle chafing, /the vessels moored there and at the Government Pier have rode out' the sale remarkably ■well. As on Monday, all the small piers were inundated. The small craft moored off, have not sustained any damage. The barque Dunedin drifted on shore near the sugar works, S -ndridge, during the late gale. She doesnot appear" to have sustained much damage. .. . Thescrew-steanur Alhambra, which arrived at Port Chalmers at sis a.n-.. leftiWilliamsown Pier oh the 'evening of the T7rt>T communic ition by railway from Melbourne to Sandridge being completely stopped in consequence of the extraordinary flood in the Yarra and over all ihe flat land lying between the city and Hohson's Bay. Previous to starting, during a heavy- gile which prevailed in the Bay, the ship Essex drove down upon the Alhambra. carrying . away . the steamer's bowsprit and'jib-hoom, and doing other damage. 4 From Port Phillip fhe Alhambra had strong; easterly winds for the first two days, and duriqgthe latter part of the passage light easterly winds. On December'the 20tb,^she spoke" the s.s. Omeo, in ! 42deg 48min.S, and 154' leg 22 nin E. and on the 21st she passed the Aldinga in 43de^ 48min S, and 163.1eg.7min E- Arrived .at the Bluff at 3 p.m., landed mails and_passengers, and sailed at 4 p.m. .the vessel, steaming well throughout the whole ".^passage.— Otago Times, Dec, 28. :> ' # . -• We have received news by tbe steamship Reiver, from China and tbe Straits, of the. total loss of ihe- ship Undaunted, ,of London, commanded by. Captaiii*Clare. and bound from' Sydney to Cajcutfa. She struck upon a coral reef about five miles from Cockbiirn "Islands, in Torres Straits, on the 4th' --September last. The passengers and crew were - taken off the wreck just as they wera about to " abandon her, on.tbe_6th of September, by the .barque- Cornwallis, Captain. Btick, bound" from : /Queensland to Java. The .pa^erigers' for Calcutta * were Mr "and Mrs Theodore Dickens,' Captain' M-Dougall, of the late 19ih N. L, and Mrs Camp-. '-. be 11.7 '.Theywere, forjewded on ; by the -British '"■ Con'ul'at'Sour'abayfl, and the, thre;e, fifst- ; named passengers reached -Calcutta ".vest- r'day in the Reiver,- with dnlythe loss of much of their bag-- . gage.— Calcutta Englishman, sth November. ' The'ieteh7Pnde, Captain Saunders, which was : - '■"'*: : chartered'by- tK^6vin^rGsvefii'mEffiEffi!_sn vey stores^to /'Martin's -Bay,^ sailed on Wednesday" evenmg, having' "put bacft'-fora short time in cori- : .Sequence Of a blow-fi-om the S*.W. We understand .: .that^Captain..Saunder37has .taken; withrhim /the hands, andL lhe appliances for obtaining a freight of timber from the ihithertp /untpuched forests .of - the Wes> Oqc^i.-^O^zgofl^elegraph., •„_,■_ .--,-.... -„,. ; .'- The 7Pemn'sulai;/and^ Oriental, Uotnpway's, mail st^mflhipj^vthe/^Bombay,^ in -Hpb'son'^ Bay at half-past seven vo'clbck on the 7/nibrning of/the ;l^,lef!-7Galle 7on, : the 25th ult., ; at^ seven -fi.ni'^ beihgifour : /6aysr(after/lier. f time t ;the .'; /'detention being /occ anon edby7the overflow, of : the 77 Nile, the maiU " 7yeye^ to Cairdl)y7steam« by ///whidh twbdajsjwere -'.* steamehip.breaking dbw-n between Aden and .Galle. '. On'the 2Bd7ihst,'.tw6 men were /washed, overboard 77 from,. the^forecastle, ! the ship /going "twelve knots. A life .buoy/aiid /grating^^^ iy'ere.ihrpwn„ove^hoard. 7/ ,The7MC^rid^^g,.in-/cba"rge7bf^^^ / ; /Ibfficeiy rand -both .Sen yi-ere picked /upV;7one7^cl almost/I . gotrinfe t^lwatjliisileg/havihg/b^cnlirb and-: '*-:, /jnjorieis' Havmg /beea/iSiiiiainedY'the; other was, ZAAlitiie&e^eacae for \the duekihg.' She was hove to ' J "^wtim^t«rfcmflM^ novetoimtiLthree/p7m>ori.tne Isth inst., when a glimpse b^ing 7cai^bt"of the-; land, and "the storm . in6deratin^"va lirtle,- sh^ bbre/^awaydfor the Heads,; ; J •wh'ch shefteaehed at six : p'm'r ' The pilot schooner having b|e'n ! !(iriyen in by the severity of J the weather; could "not get^^ bat through the-- Rip to ■ ;=iplac"ea pilot "on ■:b^^o^'hrA/?si^'al.;*M'?:th^fefore :'-'■■■ hoistedvfm; i the Bbnib^ , to j bear up, and Ithe. • steamer came hi.: A pilot then went on board, and- . in .consequence of the thickness: of tb.e/ weather, - /anchored the YeSseloff Queense'iff-fbr the : nights She" anchored off^^, Sandridge, whence .the -re ails, /were. takenjin the ;steam -tug to WiUuim^owh- for' : despatch u \tyA ten o'clock : :,traui,'.to,.M£lbburne.-—- - A&--'-£fsu~ss i :.t i }y r ' : A