PORT OF AKAROA.

Press, Volume X, Issue 1170, 7 August 1866, Page 2

PORT OF AKAROA.

- - - August 4. JJJBIVBB. - Geelong, p. 8., 137 tone, Hart, from Dunedin via internjediate porta. , W&hmf, SB.; 8V 'tone; Crone, from Lyttelton. Foam*, ketch, Aechman, from Chrietchurch. Minnie,-ietch, I?arcie» fpQm-Chriatohurch. ___ Geelong,jj.s., 137 tons, Hartjjor lyttelton. The Panama, New Zealand, and Australian .Eojal Mail Company's steamship. Phoebe, 18 Wheeler, commancier, amved in Lyttelton harbor on Monday at thirty-five minutes past sine a.m. She left Port Chalmers at halfpast one pjn. on the sth. Experienced fine weather, with light southerly Winds throughout the passage. v The following extract of a letter from a pas-: eenger per the- Monarch will be read with; interest:—"JEtiq Janeiro, J3. America, April 24th, 1866.—-After a short delay in the Channel we reached the Bay of Biscay, which we crossed in safety. It, wae very .rough, but, not so bad as : 1 "had anticipated. I consider that we hate great cause to be thankful, for if we had had weather, like' that experienced by; the ill-fated believe we should have ; The teesel bad sprung a leak, and m rough weather they were obliged to pump her eterv ten minutes. The first, eecondj and Uiird-blasß passengers worked at the pumps ; but' after they,had labored for; several hours, the Captain told them he did -not-want-them- to-do it. When the-eaitoTS lounCthey had to wbrfc; day andjnightf they came forward dnd.wifased working,altogether . unless; Captain, would put into port. The Captain premised to put in at Bio Janeiro if, he could not stop the leak. We were: becalmed one .day, when a bost"wae lowered,; and tbtf CWptem , ' inspected the ship. When; he came on deck Be said he had etopped one plaoe. : :IhB carpenter eaid. that the ship was not seaworthy. The sailors still went on working, but said they would not do so much longer unless the Captain gave them fresh; meat. He aaid he could not; but the Bailors continued to work. I thought all was settled, when, on the 26th March, the sailors came aft in a body, and said they would not work any longer, not eren if the chip were going down. You may fanoy we were in a nice state; tkere were only a few appirentioee to work* with the mates, and a sailor or two. The day after tha sailors etruok, we had a squall; there was only a boy at tlie wheel; and not a mate on deck. Xho sailors were laughing, and of course would sot work; -but nevertheless we managed to get all enug. On the 30th March, we fell in with H.M.s. Stroinboli. The-Captain signalled to come on board, thinking no doubt he would get the best of it; but he was mistaken. The Captain of the man-of-war sent a doctor on board, not. knowing what was (he matter. Hβ afterwards sent the firet lieutenant, who came . and examined the men. It was a very excitable time, the men were all called on deck, and asked if they would work. They refused to do so unless the Captain would put in at th© first port. The lieutenant then sent for their carpenter, who examined the pumps, and said thafc one might be thrown overboard, ana that the others were not fit for use. The lieutenant then told the Captain that he must put into port, and also the sailor*, when they immediately went to work and made such a noise that it was quite a pleasure to them again. The ship , has been kept dirty, and we hare spoilt all em?

clothes. The Captain will not speak to us; he treats us so cool because we all agreed with the sailors; it was not natural that wo would wish to be drowned. The carpenter of the man-of-war said we should have gone down if we attempted the Cape —a very pleasant prospect really. Sunday, April 9th — It is very rough ; indeed one of the worst i days we have had since starting on our voyage. All night it was dreadful, and the water came into my cabin ao much that I had to take refuge with a friend, but we could not sleep, j the Bhip rolled so fearfully. Monday, 10th — jltis a fair wind for Rio; the Captain will not go ; he is seventy miles south of it; the sailors have found it out; they refuse to work (it is a stormy day) and say they will prevent any one else from doing so ; they have said they will take the ship ; the Captain came down and said they told him his services were no more required ; he says he hopes the ship will go to the bottom; I think the sailors took the ship, but the Captain keeps going up on deck, and I fancy has taken command again. April 11th—We have reached Rio at last, and it is a lovely day. The scenery outside of the harbor is magnificent, and the entrance to it is well defended, there being a fort on each side. April 17th —This morning we were awoke by the Captain calling the hands up, and saying the sailors were down amongst the cargo. He called the mates, and told them they must go to the man-of-war. They went, and brought back two officers and eighteen men. The Captain had been walking the deck all night with a sword and pistol, and said he would shoot the first man who came into the cabin. All the sailors are to be tried for mutiny. April 21st —The seamen were tried to-day on board of the man-of-war, found guilty, and imprisoned. None of the passengers were called on to give evidence. April 23rd—The ship is being painted, and will go out cleaner than she came in. We «,have| been here about a fortnight, and I do not know when we shall leave. We ought to have arrived at Wellington in June. We were only forty-two days getting to Rio, and ought to get to New Zealand in thirty-eight days." The Monarch arrived at Auckland on the 26th ult., all well. —"Wellington Independent." The barque Lord Raglan, 477 tons, James G Williams, commander, arrived in this port on Sunday last, from London. She left the Downs on the 3lst March, with light variable winds, which continued until off the Lizards, when she got a fair wind which carried her clear of the Channel. Crossed the Line on the Bth May; got the S.E. trade winds, fresh and squally. Rounded the Cape on Tuesday, the sth June; ran down to 46 8., carrying for the greater part northerly winds. When nearing the New Zealand coast experienced very heavy gales, which commenced on the 14th of July, but owing to an S.E. gale, was driven away for four days; afterwards had nothing but light winds until arrival here. A few days after leaving the English coast, one of the seamen was taken ill, and it was afterwards found to be an attack of small-pox, from which however, he soon recovered.—"Wellington Advertiser," August 1.