SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 4621, 20 December 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

Pen Chalmers.

AOKTVIO. December 19.—Alpha, ketch, 25 tons, Welch, from Qxm&ra.

Waltaki, s.s„ 228 tons. Edie, from Oamun. Passengers s Mesdames Gledhill, Fleming, Orr and family. Miss M‘Ph«rson, Hon. Captain Fraser, •Messrs West, Richardson. Cameron, Grace, SenHowden, Jong, Thomson, Sheen, Conns ok. Wilkinson; and two in the steerage. Hugretbe, brigantine, 174 tons, Neilaos, from Mauritius (October SO). December 20 _H»wea, 8.5., 461 tons, Wheeler, from the North. Passengers: Ur and Mrs Martin and family, Mr and Mrs Richie, family, and servantj Meedames May, Williams, Qeddes, M’Laren Sr Coates. Beal, Darwent, M'Kenzie (8), Caldwell, Kirby. Cook, Plucks, Griffin, Loneb, Memrs Spires, Marks, Carey, Maoqoarrie, Joffe, Barker. Jackman, Mason, Hearn, Martin. A. Hill Jack, iJodds, Cannon, Walters, Master Walters) and two in the steerage.

iuup, December 19.—'W&ng&mii, s.s., 179 tons, Fraser, for the Bluff.

Samson, p.a., 124 tens, Jones, for Oamaru. ARRIVAL OP THB MAEGEETHE. . Yesterday evening a brigantine standing in from the northward showing Danish colors was signalled from tbe Heads. There being a fine breeze from the N.E. she shortly afterwards crossed the bar and sailed up to the anchorage off Deborah Bay, when she proved to be the Margrethe from tbe Mauritius, which was reported by the master of the Marie on hia arrival on the ISth met. She left Port Lonis on October 30 with the usual trade winds which were shy and gave out on November 6 in latitude 86deg. 43mm. S. longitude 61 deg. BOmin. E.; then she bad an N.E. breeze for twenty-four hours; got the passage winds on the Bth of November ; daring her ran across the Southern Ocean she experienced a succession of heavy gales with high sea, oae of which broke on board filling the decks and flooding the cabin, and on one occasion she was hove-to for twelve hours; her first landfall (Stewart’s Island) was made on the 17th fast., and ahe cleared Foveanx Straits at noon next day; had a moderate S.W. breeze until 7 p.m. on the 18th when it died away to a calm; at 10 p.m. she got a light easterly wind which freshened, and brought her up as above. Tbe Uaigrethe. which brings 6,799 pockets of sugar, will discharge at Rattray street wharf.

Shipping Telegrams. LirmxOH, December 19.—Arrived: Barque, Cnenlora, from London* She left on September 18* anobnngs thirty.ninepassengers. all well. Wkixikoxok, December 19.—Sailed: Wakitapu. tor the South, at 6 p.m. Passengers—Messrs Robinsra, Lowlier, Gibbs, CampbelLTewßley, Sohot, Hon. Mr. Larnach and family, Hon. John Johnston, Messrs Sohwabe, Goss, Chapman. Dougherty, Crease. Howorth, Mr and Mrs Paterson.

Avcxiato, December 19.-The mail steamer City of Sydney sailed at noon today for San Francisco. There were only fire passengers from Auckland and three from WeUjngtoa. The Eo torus, sailed for Sydney and tbe Taranaki for the South. The s.s. Ladybird having been cleaned and repunted was lu6Q out of the Hosting dock jester* day afternoon. She sails on Monday for Northern ports.

The s.B. Waitaki arrived from Oamarn yesterday bales wool to the ship Timara, bales for the Fleming 403 Baokß gUin tOX tba JiUaeß Niool . Hawea, from Northern ports, arrived at «.30 thjßmoiTiing. She left Auckland at 5.10 p.m. *j? rwched Tanranga at 7 aim. on the 14th, left again at 11.40 a.m. and arrived at Poverty Bay at 7.30 a.m. on the 15th: remained then nntxl 11a.m., when she pushed on for Napier, at which port she arrived at 8 p.m.; left «g»<n a t ”° ( iu Xl ?s?v da ? , i ndarriTe<i Bt Wellington at 9 a!m. on the 17th ; left again at 1,30 p.m. on the 18th, and arrived at Lyttelton at 7 a.m. on the 19th: left again at 2 p.m.. arriving as above, having experiemoed fine weather throughout the passage. ■ We thank Mr Newman (purser) for report and ex. changes. The Hawea sails on Monday on her excursion tnp to the Sounds.