THE LADY JOCELYN.

Press, Volume XXXVI, Issue 5074, 12 December 1881, Page 2

THE LADY JOCELYN.

The prediction that the ship reported off Otago beads, bound North, on Thursday morn* ing wonld be the Lady Jocelyn proved correct, as that well-known visitor to Lyttelton put in an Appearance cm Friday night off the Heads and ■was towed in to an anchorage in the fairway. It is something like eight months and a half once the vessel left this port full of prodace for the old country, and oot of that tine between two and three months was spent in the docks at Some, the chip leaving there on her present ■royage on September Ist. After a remarkably fiae weather passage of ninety-nine daye from pert to port, or ninety-two days from land to land, she has returned bringing a large cargo and sixty-fire passengers, fifteen saloon, eleven second cabin, and thirty-nine steerage. Her old master and very popular commander, Captain G. was met by a launch load of his friends epos his arrival, who congratulated him upon iia safe return to Canterbury. As might with certainty be foretold, everybody on board had something good to tell or say ef his kindly acts and little attentions shown them from time to time daring the passage. One sad event occurred about six weeks after the vessel left Home in the death of Mr E. Beid, cf the firm of Eeid and Gray, Dunedin. He embarked at London in a far advanced stage of consumption, and Ms survival of the passage was regarded then as improbable unless the first month on fee ocean rallied hia system, as is eeme instances of pulmonary disease it has been known to do. That favorable change did not take place, however, in hi 3 case, and though the most unremitting attention aad tender care ■were bestowed npon him by the captain and his officers, sot forgetting iha kindly, active syai. pafiuamg services of the Lady Jocelyn's exemplary chief steward, Mr Mowatt, he ?•*/■ ™*»1 some fear or fire days a consciousness thathe could not last many days longer, and, as above, he expired on October lStiTand was haned »t sea. One birth, a girCta* gaeedarmg the voyage, to a Mrs Edward.tbe

accident to the boatswain of the ship, which took pliice while the vessel was being towed into por:, and the result of which was a broken j leg, theie is nothing further to note. The eMp) has returned in a condition which fully sustains ; all that has been said of ber on: previous j voyagea, and a credit to her officers. On the present: voyaee Mr Bonnan is chief, Mr Boas ' secoi«l,!Mr MePherson third and Mr Ramsay fonrih .officer. Ihe following are the prominent sjiilinar particulars of the peesaee : — Left Lundan Ist September, and was eff the Lizard at noon of the sth, from which we took our depirture. Passed Scilly at noon next day with a favourable breeze, but toon met with strong icutheriy winds, which retarded our progress, so that we did not reach Aladeua ti>l the 20th Soptember, where got the N.E. trades, which were very light, and lost them in 10 deg. N. Crossed the Equator 10th October in 20 deg. W. Had moderate S.E. trades, and 10-rt them in 21 deg. 8. Passed the meridian of Tristan d'Aeuuhi 27th October. Bounded the Cape of Good Hope 6th November, in 41 &eg. 30min. 8. Passed the meridian of St. Paul's 17th November, and that of Cape Leuwin 23rd November. Was off the South Cape of Tasmania Ist December. From thence to the Snares had light variable winds ; passed t. em at 10 p.m. of the 6th, and had light westerly winds up the coast. The vessel will be berthed to-day to discharge, due notice of which is elsewhere given to consignees by her agents, Messrs Edwai'ds, Bennett and Co.