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Press, Volume XXVI, Issue 3379, 3 July 1876, Page 2

The ship Wairoa was towed Into a berth at the Gladstone Whirl to discharge on Saturday. Tbe Hiuc Moi, schooner, arrived on Saturday morning from Picton, having left that port on Wednesday last. Brings a cargo of sawn timber. The brigantine Cleopatra lilt IMcton for tins port with a fair wind on Wednesday night last, clearing Queen Charlotte Sound at midnight, ar.d passing Cape Campbell at noon next day. a strong northerly wind breeze then Mowing. When off Kaikouras the wind veered round to the southward, lasting to arrival at the Heads. Beat up harbor, anchoring Inside tho breakwater at 10."0 am. on Saturday. The fore and alt schooner Acadia, Captain McKenzie, Hit Waikato on Tuesday evening, with light easterly wind*; parsed Stephen's Island on the following evening, and Cape Campbell on Thursday at i a.m. When off Kaikoura on Thursday evening a S.W wind sprang up, lasting to arrival iv harbor "at 9im yesterday. Messrs McMeak*u Blackwood's splendid 8.8 Arawats, Capt Underwood, arrived in harbor from JCor'li »ts a.m on Saturday. Mr Miller, the purser, j! : vtn* us that after leavlDcr this at 6 p.m on the - -:tt of June, she arrived st Wellington at 9 30 p.m on vtje29th; left again for South at33o p.m on the experiencing strong head winds to arrival as above The Aarawata had on board on arrival a?-out 130 tons of cargo, and after loading 30 more, u::a taking on board outward Suez mail and passeCßir.-. sailed for Melbourne, via South, at t> p in. The Union Co* splendid 8.8 Hawea, Captain Wheeler, arrived in Lyttelton, and was _oorcdatthe Screw File Jetty at lti So a m. on Saturday, lleports leaving Port Chalmers at 5 p m on Friday, clearing the heads at 5.30 p.m. ar.d having light westerly weather np the coast, with a little rain, arriving as above. We thank Sir Newman, the purser, for files and report. The Hawea had 150 tons of e.-.rgo on board on arrival at this port. 40 of which were discharged here. After taking in a quantity of cargo frtr North, the Hawea sailed at 10 p.m on Saturday night, _be regular trading brig Fawn. Captain Brownen, arrivt-d in harbor at 1 a.m- on Saturday morning-, after experiencing som? of the heaviest weather that her master during a loag experience has ever encountered. He reports leßvi:u: Xewc*-tle On .lure 12th, and bavins uusettb-'d I -qua'.ly weather, with much rain, till Etakin-j Cape r_'cwellon tbe2lst; that tine iriglit the irlass. which had previously stoo<l»sliighss3o.Bo,f_l to 28 so. and a furious easterly gale set in, v hich lasted for 36 hours-, the wind then veered to N.W, and blew hird from thatquarter for another 36 hours, a terrific sea rntmls.g, the vessel hove-to. the gale then vrreit i vund t»« the S. W, sad for a similar period ol time I k w with Increased lury, the sea beiug the wivst Orptniu Brownell has overseen. When the r -'o nioiii-rau>d, light j-a-teily weather prevailed : ThussJav la-t; when the brig was off Cape mj.bi'l! a" northe-ly breeze fpraug up, and : o'giit the vessel to within IS milt-s of t!i<' Heeds. ;-.eu U changed to S W. agaiust which the vessel i oftt-if. eschortng at the Heads on Friday at ln.tn, j eating up the harbor on. Saturday, acchorir.g at S j.vß*. Spoke the brig Sea Spray ii\ the Strait*, and also sighted five barques bound wcst.-ily. The barque Especnlitdor, Csj.t_i n Ponell. arrfvtd iahaibor at laMti _ht on • riday, and ancnotvd at tbe;-Heads, it being too title* to proceed up the harbor ; on Saturday got uuderweigh and beat up the harbof against the S.W. brctze, coining to an aflehowge off the Breakwater at 2 p.m. that day. Captain Powell reports particulars of an unusually stormy passage the aneroid barometer falling in one instance as low a* 25.25. The Tispt-culador iett Newcastle at 5 p.m.-On the ISth. with moderate westerly winds on the I7:h the wind veered to the "W.N.W, and Mow a heavy gale; rounded the ship to under iaain-tcp*ail and mizen staysail at n p.m.

ship filling her decks; on the l*ih there was a moderate S.W. wind, lasting till the 2ist. after which dull cJondv Weather "set in, wind varying from N. to N.N.E. barometer falling very fast; on the 22nd hard squalls came on from the northward, and the harome'ers. of which there were two on bo:irJ. st.x>d at i!Meg; at 8 p.m. stowed foresail, and brought ship to the wind under lower topsails ; at 10 p.m. (he barometers were nt 2j.3<). and continued falling, standing at midnight at 28.. e O ;at 2 a.m. on the'23rd the barometer registered lower than Captain Powell, during a long experience at sea. hss ever seen before, standing steadily at 2S 25; terrific squalls from the northward continually struck the vessel as she lay-to under her mizen staysail. cau.-fins her to labor verr heavily : at 2.30 a.m. it fell calm, and at 2 -15 am. there w»< a sudden shi of wind to the west, when the gin-sea began to ri«e rapidly. registering at 4 a.m. v.-s 50, aud continuing to steadily ; at s a.m. there was a strong's.W. gale blowing, and Cnpttin Powell put the lower topsails and fore-ail on her. and kept her on her course before it, the weather being clear; at 6p.m. that nisrht.'in consequence ot the heavy sea, had to lav-to.'butthc weather moderating, kept the ship on her course at 4 a.m.; nwlc Cape I arewell on Sunday, 25th, and since tint had light easterly and S E. winds, with tine weather and smooth water till Thursday last, when a northerly wind sprang up, and the ve-*-el being then off Kapiti ran betbre it, arriving as above.