SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Issue 12, 22 December 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

POUT i >F AHA. Anuv.u.-. lVc.ml.or 1.".. Alarm, cutter, 30 tons, Gilliam, from Fiji. Paaaenger,—Hasan. U. A. Woods, 11. Day, und 0. Stanley. December Hi. John Williams, barque, 200 tons, Turpi.', from a cruise among the northern island, ' December 17. 11.H.M.5. S :vi „.., ~.7 ~„„, ~ x 5. r. Dtgby, commander, from Kiji. ..^'■"t I "'' ""hooner, 36 tons, Robbie, from Fiji. Passengers—lira. I.owes and three children, Miss Haricot, Consul Liardct, < apt. Anderson. Messrs. Swaustoii. Lowes, DeCerf. and Sullivan. Upolu, schooner, 125 tons, Schmidt, from a trading cruise. December 18. Yuvau. schooner, 7.) tons, Wolf, from a trailing cruise, < esar ( todeifroy, ship, 700 tons, Decker, from Jaiuit or H-mhiiin Island. Docenihor 19. Matautu, 1.i.-.oaine. loti tons, Hascnbcrg, from a trading cruise. nKIWHTCRES. December 16. Louisa Ryder, 20 tuns, Westphalen, for lie- Line. Elizabeth, schooner, -17 tons, Johnny Upolu, for Tutuila. December 20. H.B.M.S. Sappho, 727 tons, -I gun"". Digby, commander, lor Fiji. Expected Arbivals. Tcter Godelfi-oy, uarque, from Australia, early. Johai! Cesar, barque, from New Britain, -Norval, s< hoouer, froniJAuckland, curly. Vessels i.n Harbour. H.1.G.M.& 'Augusta i esar Uodeffroy, ship ' 'asihla, barque. Neptun, barque Ariadne, barque Uernliurd Uurl, barr|iie. John Williams, baniuu Matautu, brigantiuu. Canterbury, schooner Uiosegu, schooner Upolu, schooner Vnvuu, schooner Nymph, schooner Alarm, cutter On Saturday morning last, the nutter Alarm arrived iu (tort, from Fiji, which port she left on the oth instant; she brought three/passengers. ICorly on Monday morning, smoke was observed u very short distance from tho ■oatrunuotta our port, which was at once set .tlownii.s .coming from the British warship »S'ippho. Uipon her dropping her anchor, about seven■•."•elock. lit was discovered that she had called ut Fiji on her way down from Wellington, to receive instructions from the Governor. Early on Thursday morning she look her departure again for Fiji, it is not certain whether, when she arrives in Fiji, she will return hero or proceed to the colonies ; the latter is tho most probable. Tho Mission Isanpio. John Williams left Apia on the 6th September lost, with supplies and reinforcements for the outstations of the Sunioau Mission, and has visit.si the islands of the Union and Ellice groups, and the islands of the Gilbert group which arc occupied by the LM.Society, landing ample stores und necessaries for the efficient working of the Mission at each island. The Iti'v. T. Powell who. as visiting missionary, sailed in tho ship, has also, as usual, examined the schools und advised end encouraged tho teachers; solving for them questions which now and again embarrass t ie teachers, and show the necessity for the annual visitations made to these infant churches. The captain reports that most unusual weather and currents hnvo been met with from about II- south to the Equator. Where, on former voyages, a westerly current of twenty-five or thirty miles per day, sometimes even of forty-eight miles has lioeu encountered, a current was now running easterly and northerly, of equal force to that'which formerly prevailed.. The trade winds too seem to have left that part ot the Pacific, and have I n replaced.] by calms and baffling winds rendering tho navigation difficult and dangerous. Tho John Williams, though a smart working vessel found great difficulty in getting west•■•ard. Moreover the stations being all oil the western side, made landing dangerous, ami compelled the boats iu most cases to work ou the eastern shores involving for all concerned much work and anxiety. Night duty with tho hoots too, at no time pleasant!, was more difficult on account of the frequent squalls of wind And rain. Having uniiplo led the visitation, tho John Williams lefl N'ui on the. it'th Nov., and had vary ?traau • unsettled weather up to within 900 milt s north-west of this port south-oast aud SOUt] - south-east winds then set in, giving a dei.il boat for every mil". On tho 7th Doc a full-rigged ship, ovi.bully hound for Samoa, was sighted, and on tho 12th Doe. a fore-and-aft schooner, making for tho same port. 0)1 the 15th the John Williams put iu her appearance oil tho port, hut did not tot iu till the next morning. Tho captain stutes that during the ontiro cruise since March last, und through all tho stations, luid unsettled woollier has prevailed, and easterly winds likvo boon few Indeed ; trade winds have been t.'i" exception, and an occasional blow, which varied tho experience, would have been nolle 1 gales anywhere else than in the tropical NUtl of tho Pacific. Electric storms tisi have been frequent, oc cnsjnniilly ilhnmuatim; tho mast heads aud yanlarma. The ketch Pattene* and schooner lack llnwk wore met with in tin Gilbert Group, hut no communication was luul with thorn. Tho islands of that group lire now rejoicing in abundance of ruin and ooaMH quenlly »r» promising nlemdanco i.f food | to the lately starving Inhabitant*. Tim c'ocoiiotit ami pundnniis wear a green hue such as has uvt becu seen for many years.

the schooner Nymph, mi bout or two after, aUi entered from F'iji. after u tedious t» -■—i•-.. ..f thirteen days, bringing mm t. n ptlsaniiflen I 'l'll.- schooner I'poln returned than a trading cruise, nl).ml BOOH mi Monday hi-:. i with a lull cargo of island produce. Tin' schooner Yavau arrived on Tue-lay ' in.irninj; last, from a trading voyage, vrnii n full cargo df produce. On Tuesday but, about midday, the ship Craar Godaffroy entered on* harbour, after a rather long absence ut Iho Line soil- ling isLjii.l produce, of which aha brings a large quunti...

Tin- brignntiiio Matautu arrived here mi Wednesday morning but, from Funafuti, with a good cargo of Island produce. We notice by the Now Zealand papers that tho aehooner Norval arrived in Auckland on tho 6th of November, and the tehooner Energy on the 16th.] Wo notice that Dunlop'a cutter, the Yineent, bus arrivis! in Fiji, where sho in oll'erod tor sale or charter.

Buga, Hodemann, ami Oo.'s lmri|iie. ('arl and August.', which left here a few weeks since by way of Togu, arrived in Fiji en the Bth inst. Captain alcGowun, of the schooner Mona, which returned to port from a cruise t. Windward, reports Boeing on the 27th < t November, ut the island of Simonoif, in lut 21.10 e , lons 178.45 = W, the wreck of a v.ssd of about 80 or 100 tons, lying afloat, bottom up, 100 yards from the reef on N.K. side, and held iu position there by her cables, which am hanging from the deck and have pit entangled amongst the coral, the two anchors beini: still fast in the bows. The vessel has a clipper how and round stern ; evidently of schooner rig hut both masts are gone three feet from the deck, and bowsprit completely so. The steering wl'.eel remains, as also the rudder, which is still iu the trunk way, hut is unshipped out of tho gudgeons; cabin and forecastle fastened down, but main hatch open. Her keel is 78 feet long; 20 to 22 feet beam, 8 to 10 iocl hold ; sue has drifted to her present position during the lust three or tour weeks, and appears to have been under water for a con.sidera.blo line-, as he < Id not toll what colour sho was painted, owing to the grass and slime. By scrubbing the st.ni, he found ••Auckland" painted in white letters m a ribbon scroll, hut no uthei name could be seen. Captain McGowan thinks this description answers to th- May Queen, lost early in the year.—" Fiji Tim. s."

of long iniy they live and MKI many a happy Christmas. The total of abent friends will be drank 11 n< Mi iju| in win I at tins season, and it would be nothing but right that wo should return the compliment. To spend a merry Christmas it is n )t necessary that we should have a

.jolly big feast, and make ourselves feci uncomtortaUe, but a couiented ami amiable turn :' mind i< all that is necessary. Let us get up on Christina wrn determined to make sonie'no ! nappy, and we are bound to minister to jur own feelings. One of the wise-, men on record has said, "a contented mind is a continual feast." Then we must lie content with the means we have of making ourselves happy, instead of looking back upon the luxuries wo have enjoyed at this season of the year at home, or fretting because we know our friends are better off than we are. There is one thing, however, that we will save, that our friends will probably nave to think about, and probably make the delicious pudding stick in their throats. In our merry-making here we need not alarm ourselves that we will have endless dressmakers, milliners, or tailors bills to Is' presented to us at the end of the year. Here wo can have our feast and make merry without going in for extra toggery to adorn our persons with in order that we may look as well as our neighbor. In conclusion, we wish our readers, a merry (Ihristmas. In a hearty manner the Samoa TIMES wishes every foreigner in Samoa, and all their friends wherever they may be situated a happy, merry jolly Christmas ! And may tlicy live long to enjoy many of them is our Christmas greeting.