ARRIVAL OF THE LUTTERWORTH.
Messrs Shaw, F&viUo, and Co.'a barque liUtterworth arrived from London this morntag after a passage of 105 days from the Downs. Tho Latter ivorth is a duo iron barque of 88.'! tonn and Is commando! by Captain Pearsen who. It, will be remembered, was hero with her anont five years aw. Mr John Morris, well-known in the New Zealand trade, occupies the position of chief officer. .Although there were about sixty passengers on board the vessel, not one serious ceo of Illness occurred Auxins the passage, and to tho tinremittlnK attention devoted by Ur. Kdgelow, tho medical Offlcor, to the sanitary arrangements and health Of the passengersmay be »sorlbtd theiminunlty from disease that has been experienced. The naseeneera ail appear uatit fled with tho treatment ttier received at the hands at the captain and offloers, and no complaints were mid© Health and Immigration Officers when they boarded the vessel. As will be seen by the appendod roport, the woather has been remarkaby fine, and thepassageont husbeenm»do without the loss of a single spar. Wo are indebted to tho coortsey of Mr Morris, chief officer, for too following information respecting the voyage :— Lett iasc India dooks on 7th "Jnly, 1580, and caraotoat UraTo-eud, Left on same day, and ou-theßlh'cam9 to in tho Downs wlrh a fresh S.W. wind. Left tho Downs On tht> 9th July with a moderate westerly wind a3 we beat down Channel. 15th July, off l-lymouth ; 17th July took onr departure from Usiiant, twenty miles distant, fcesring S. *. with wind at S.W., which lasted till 26th July, when wo hsd alteln N.B. wlnd-lat. 36-29 N., long. 11J8 W.-whlch carried na to tho N. if. trartea in lat 33 22N-, lon* 1538 W.. which Were vaiy 1/Kht, tho distance run each day not oxseedlnp lou mlto. Sighted M«leiraon2Bth July, and lost tho NX. trade wSdßlQlat W'l4 w- lor 8 2S-0S W. Then exn»sieiioed /rosh winds and heavy squallß from tho fl W.,! cwrjlng away our foreBall. inn« jib, and appcr nmm - topsail. Crossed tfo Kqoator on 18tu Angnat, making «irtT-tw"o days to the Line. '1 hen hsd stro^a a© toSes?*Tbich carried n B to lat 21-55 &, VaSa 31 W. Then expertcneed moderate broezea 2llhrough, and parsed the moridlanof Greenwichon 6& eepfember, in Jat. 37 23 S. Ran down ™• °»3U£gs in lat. « to 13 ? outh with moderate breaze». Pas?od the meridian of Cape iionwln on 30th September, in lat. 4isonth, moderate northerly-winds. Passed Tasmania on 6th Ootobor,,havjni! northerly aDd N.Kwinds, stroa* and wholly, all tn tto coast. Had a heavy N.B. gale off Cobkjs Strait* which lasted thirty-Jour houra with; a deep eel running. On the 18th October sighted THWo^Klngs ii w ifia at N.W. Mghtcd Great Barrier on ther 19th. with a deep tea from UrtMNiW. On the 20»h pweed between the lAttlo and Great Barriers with a S.W. wind, making 62 days from the Equator. Passengers: Saloon — Charles McLaqghton. Matilda M&trrogaton, i Charles - Meurtghton, Jane McLauKhton, John MoLatißhton, and Dr. S. H. Kdgulow. Second CbMd—Harrio Taylor, Charlotte Tajlor. Thomas Taylor, Barrio Taylor, Willie Taylor, uutan Taylor, Char lotte Taylor. Amy Ivans. William Curtte, Thomas Amery, Ml 8» M. OolUne, KradetlokFiizwilllam, 11188 Heaenßßrnß,MlsßKateKeU».Miß9Mar; B. Byrne, Mica Kate Satterr, Mrs M. Hampson Miss K. i. W. Yates, Archibald Noble™Mapn Kamson, Kllea Itamson, Joe Ramson, Qcorsa Kamson, Maynard Kamson. KUz* Kamson Jas. Ramßon. Florence Ramaon, Annie Rameon. Lillian RamMr, KUen Rsmson, Geor»o Much, Harriet March. Harriet Mnroh, Georga Muroh Dora Murofi^ Winifrad March, Robert Baker Kinily Baker, Bessfo Baker, Robert Baker, Agnes Baker, Audio Carton, and Ld,
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Auckland Star, Volume XI, Issue 3198, 21 October 1880, Page 2
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