ARRIVAL OF THE LANGSTONE.

Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 2890, 21 July 1879, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE LANGSTONE.

The ship signalled onSatu' day afternoon proved to be the Langstone' 107 days from London, and not the Minister of Marine aa was anticipated. The Langstone left several days at ter the other ship, aad has therefore made a much faster passage. Owinß to the strong ebb tide running out and head wind, she was compelled to anchor in the channel, but she came up with the flood tide yesterday afternoon, Cr.ptaln Fergusson, who has brou .ht the ves3el out on the present occasion, was here last yoir as skipper of the ship Golden Sea, which it will be remembered conveyed Messrs Cooper and Bailey's circtß and manngerie to America. The Lauaatone b-ings a large general cargo consigned to Messrs Owen and Graham, agents ot Messrs Shaw, Saville, and Co. and 23 seeond-closs and steerage passengers, all of whom speak in high terms of the attention to their comfort paid by the captain and his ofliccrs. Wo ere indebted to Captiin Fcrgnsson for a report of the voyaae, from which it appears that no event of any importance occurred since leaving London. The weather was moderate nearly the whole of the passage. The following 13 the report:—"L fc ICast India Decks on 2nd and Gravesend on the 3rd ; arrived off tho Downs on Friday, and experienced light westerly and aouth-wr sterly winds down-the channel. Arrived off Plymouth on April 7th. Discharge t the pilot, andstood away with lijht westerly winds. Experience' 4, fresh north-east trades at the commencement, but very light towards the end. fin -illy losing them in 8 deg. North. Crosscl file Equator in long. 23 deg. West, on May Bth. Light baffling aire and calms were excerieiced irom 6 deg. North to 5 deg. South. Very poor south-east trades, and, in fact, they were snr.ro toutheilv than south-east Sighted Fernando de Norohona on May 12th, and lost the treses in 32 deg. (■„nth. Paw.d the meridian of Greenwich in 40 deg. South Hnce then, principally southeast and north-east winds prevailed. Patsed tho south-west Cape of Tasmania at noon of Monday, July 7th. Strong soath-nest winds thence to the Three Kings, which were sighted at midnight on Monday last, the lith, Light nn«teady winds, nrincipally from the south to east-south-east until off the Poor Knights. Thence to arrival wines from south to southwest. The folio wing verse's have been s ooken: 20th Apni. barque' Statelier, from Liverpool to Freemantle, 15 days out, and Mallsgate, barque, from Liverpool ;o Adelaide, lat. 28.21 N., long. 20.38 W.; 22nd April, ship Brennen. from Liverpool to San Francisco, 11 days out lat. 21 N., long. 21 W ; 25th April, ship StMarnock. from Liverpool ts Calcutta, 25 aays out, lat. 22 N., lon_. 21 W.; Stb May. Sb p Nineveh, from Plymouth to Sydney.2B days out on the equat-r; 21st Mar, barque Edinburgh Csstle, from London to Singapore, 16 days out, lat. 26 S., long. 31 VY. The Langslona brought the following passengers:—Second cabin: ..Forth, J. Birch. 11. P, Dixon, \V. H. Hixon. Henry Wood, Mrs M. Whitshorne, Edith Whitchorne. George P. Anderson, Thomas Gilmorc and Mary Gllmore. Steerage : Wiliinm Elliott, J. F. Spencer, John M. Cudlipp. Edwin White, Sarah A. White, Jeasie White, Percy White, Mary E. White, Thomas Hirst, John Potter, Patrick V.. Bourke, Ales. Adamson, and Charles Cooper.

Inwards CoASTWisE.-Golden Isle, from Russell, with AS tonß icoal; Kriemhilda, from •Wangaroa, with VB.OCO feet timber; Fanny Kelly, from Wangaroa, with 31,200 feet timber ; Pirato, from Russell with 110 tons coal. Outwards Coastwise.—Magic, for Ngunguru. The s.s. AxKyle will leave for Whangarei and Mangapai to-morrow afternoon. The schooner Coronet is advertised to leave to-morrow for Samoa and other islands of the South Pacific. The sh'p Minister of Marine is now 111 days out from London, and she may therefore be expected daily. The barque Cabarfeidh sailed yesterday afternoon for Newcastle in ballast. The topsail schooner signalled on Saturday afternoon proved to be the Golden Isle from Russell, with coal. The s.s. Eowena arrived on Saturday night from Whangarei. Hor late arrival was due to the fact that she had grounded en a mudbank, and had remained fast for some time. She brought 30 socksgum. 7 boxes and 5 kegs butter, i casus tallow, 11 box _ eggs, and 3 tons sundries. Pa-engors:—Mro Holler. Miss Munro, Messrs Sbcra, Mclnnes, Mahoney, Lynch, Mahon, JvcLeod, Karle, Murray, Cottle, Peace, Phillips, Henderson, and McCulioch. Messrs Da-rach and Sod, of Mabnrangl, a-e r.t present engaged in tho construction of a briguntine of about 120 toss register, the is _fin_ built to the order of Captain Kenneth MoKcnzle, of Iho schooner Saxon, who w 11 ron on the Island trade. She will b> completed in the course of the next three or four months. Tho topsail schooner Gaol is loading up for Apia, Samoa. She is advertised to sail. The s.s. Ladybird sailel South at 1 p.m. yesterday. Passengers:—For Tauranga: Mrs Vcrrall, Mr Robinson. For Gisborne: Messrs nollott, Wattts, and Cohen. For Napier: Miss Tye. For AVWellington : Messrs AArm. Kowe. M.H.E., WMtaker, Ssranche, and Brooks. For Dunedin : English Comic Opera Troupe, Misses Leaf, Hunter. Hentb, i-andford. Duke' (2), Linco'n, and Phillips, Messrs Hiccardj, Cram, Hardin-;. Hodson, Love, Riley, Bell, Scott, Baehelder, and Klin^enfield. ■ A number of gentlemen mot on the s.s. lona on Saturday evening to witness the prcsenUtion to Captain AY. Farqubar, 'o-merly skipper of the s.s. lons, and Mr Coutts, engineer of the Barrio vessel, both these gentlemen having been removed to tho Glenelg. Tho cottiers of AVhang >roa decided to mnke somo acknowledgment of the esteem :n which both gentlemen wort) held. snd Mr Knee was appointed to come to Auckland for that purpos':. In making the presentation, he referred in glowing terms to ttie popularity of both gentlemen, and to tho many services which they had raDdced to the settlers. He then presented each with a handsome illuminated ndrireas and valuable tea and eoifce .services. Captain Farquhar briefly replica, and Mr Coutts al?o expressed his thanks. Hubsequontly the company were entertained at a sump'uous spread by Mr Malcolm McLeori, the well-known providoro of the Jona, whose ce_re tc assisi in the ceremony took this very practical and most acceptable form. A .very j;k_!_nt evening was spent, songs being rendered by a number of those present.