ARRIVAL OF THE COLUMBUS.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1748, 21 September 1875, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE COLUMBUS.

The Columbus, a fine little barque in command of Captain Atkin. anchored off'lie wharf last evening afte- a fair passage of 93 days from the Lizard. !-h? bring? sbnut 30 sale n and intermediate passengers in capital ho»lth. Nnthi- gof iaterest occurred during the voyage, which ai pe»rs t) have been marked by a continuance cf liuht wind 3 and calms Capia'n Atkin furnishfS ihe following report of lhe passage :—left Gravesend on the Bth June, a' noon ; passed through the T>nwns on the 9th, and left the lizard on the 19th. H..u veiy tiuii^y weather in the Channel, and head winds from the Channel to 10- N, and 25* W., aid very light breezes and floe weather, when the usual variable wind began on the sth July. Crossed the Tquator on the 13th, in 27-30 W; had nothing but strong S S. W and S». winds with strong iqnall- from S.S.E, and very unsettled weather until the 27th, when cut. of the tropics. Passed the meridian on tbe 9th August, having had very variable vinds. Passed lhe Cape of Good Hope on the 13th August, with moderate breezes. The 15th August commenced with easterly winds and revolving storms, having bad the wind nine times round the compass in 16 days, with from two to eight hours calm on each occasion, and very cross seas, whfch stove two brats and two deck-houses. Passed Caps Lewin on the sth September, and Tfwmania on the 11th ; had favourable breezes frcm thenre to the Thn-e Kings. Got our eastings down in latitude from 37* to 43-, the greatest distance made in one d*y being 299 miles. Arrived off tte Poor Knights on the 19th, and had light breezes and calms until off the Little Barrier. Only saw two ships from lhe Cape of Good Hope, one lyine-to off CapeLtwin, in a gale from N.W. Passkhgebs: Saloon—Mrs Alfred King and two children. Inteimediate—Mrs C. Bainey. Mrs G. F. Kainey. Mcsrs A. Mansfield. F. >icholls, W. Jordon, Owen Williams, James Williams. J. W. Rochliff. G. Pooley, O. Schmidt, A, CharJesworth, Mrs Digby, Mi?s »-erdie Digb.v. Me«srs J-hn * arrinpton, John Best Albert Collier, Mis» Lruisa Langltis. Mast«r Arthur L&nglois, Mr W. W. Kinsman, Mr W. Witcox, Mr James Brennan, and Misses Mary and Ann Brennan.

Prom our telegrams it will be seen the Glimpse, which left here for Newrastle_ on the same day as the Stag, arrived at her destination on the 9th, beating the Stag by two days. The brig Moa left here several days before the Glimpse, and arrived only on the 9th The barque Southern Cross has entered out for Lyttelton. The Agnes Donald frrm the Fast Coast brings 452 bags maize. 130 pigs, 24 bags grain, 100 skins, 11 hides, and a quantity of sundries. The schooner Boyd from Tairua brings 240 bushels maize, 4 tons gum, and 8 pigs The following vessels have cleared to-day :—Golden Isle, for Hussell; Atalanta, for Tairua; and Elizabeth, for M apier. Tne barque Afhburton. which arrived from Wellington this morning, has teen chartered to load cattle for New Caledonia. She came up from Wellington in ballast. The barque Lady Franklin, formerly announced as loading at Melbourne for this port, has been withdrawn from the berth, and the barque Frances FeUy ig advertised to take her r lace, loading for Wellington and Auckland. Her Majesty's s.s. Sappho is under orders to sail for Wellington this afternoon. The ship Helen Denny. Captain Peters, arrived at Napier yesterday with immigrants. Our old friend Captain Sherlock has made another good run <rom Newcastle of ten days to this port. The Union lelt Newcastle on the 11th instant, hsd moderate weather across, and dropped anchor off the wharf at an early h r,ur this morning. She brings a full cargo of coals consigned to Messrs Henderson and Macfarlane. Captaio Sherlock reports the Glimpse to sail for Auckland on the 12th instant. By the Hobart Tovrn, Mercury, of the 4th instant, for a copy of which we are obliged to Captain MeArthur, of the Bella Mary, we find two or three little items of interest to Auckland sMpjers. We notice that Mr John McGregor, Queen's Domain, builder of the well known London trading b&Tque Harriet McGregor and the scbooner Hally Bayley, has commenced to build another ve-sel for the intercolonial trade. It will measure 120 feet on the keel (one piece of blue gum), 25 feet beam, and 12 feet 6 inches In depth. Th? vesi"l, -which will be barque-rigired, will register about 280 tons and carry not far short of 400. ahis vessel will supply the place of the Bella Mary in the Auckland trade. A new ketch, the Lillie Hawkins, built by Hawkins Brothers, and measuring 84 tons register, was to leave Hobart Town on the 4th. for Ount-din, to na offered for sale.