SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 5226, 4 December 1879, Page 3

SHIPPING.

High Water. IVi-MOHROW. , m n in ' ' rrt. P m ! » in p in. 0 20 (5 it " 7 0 7.21 i 7 60 8..t *, ■ Port Chalotwr* A«tR?VED--l'KC'<M>'Bß ?. Fieotrader, Inrquo. 2')J tons, M Arthur, from Girden Maud (IVininia) Hcrmiono, ship. 1,120 tons It >berK from London fVii"iMtll) 1' 'ssenjrers : Salon—Mrs Mukison an.l tw /"children, Mrs K Merritt, Miss Start. Messrs bold, U«ale< Wllkio, Sturrock, C«rnock, Cox, Savage, Preston, ThWHOH, Second cab.n-l>r ami MriiOr*hftm, Mlwc* GrJiuu (■) Masters Graham (2), Mr Mil Mrs CiUtle, Misses Christie (0, Master. Christie O) Mr and Mrs Durkett, Masters burkeU(4), Mr and Mrs Blundell, Masters Hlundell ( ), Mr mid Mrs Laudells, Misses Undells (2), Mr and Mrs Heeson, Mrs Hod"e, Misses. Brazier Robsou, Aleejrfl JUobcrt*

son, Oakdcn (•!), Cousins, Mouatt, P.iter?on (2), M'H'ithV, Ellis, Ohein, Rev Mr Graves, and 140' in the steerage. Dkckjibkr 4. Alpha, kotch, 25 tons, Tyson, from Catliu's Uivcr. H*si»iHW'H tstar, Ha, i4i) HillH, Jones. Iron' TinwrU. Albert Victor, three-masted Arnmtrong, from the Mauritius (October 17) fttinti Hello, ketch, 42 Urns, Hi ewer, from Hivo'ton. Palace, barque, 339 tons, Home, from Ne«e.i9tle, November 7. ~ Joasio, ketch, 29 tons, Lyders, from Stewarts Island. ' , . Friendship, schooner, SO tons, WiUon, from a sellingl cruije.

SAILED- Drcrmbrr 3. Shajr, 8.5., 81 tons, Win*, for Catlin's River. Star of the South, 8.8., 17P *w»» Fraßor ' for Uv ' P!uff.

The steamers Slitf, f-'T River, and Star of the South, for the Bluff, sa> lcJ i' C3 . ts Ir(m>>, 1 r(m> >,. At ., oar .i en The bar'qno Freetrader, timber-laden flom "anion Islaritl, fasnifllilA, was towed up as far as i.r,iuiy Mill ( VosteH«,v evening, wb«r» » h^s" r , 1 ; ;.„ mvcr The kotch Alpha, limbOr-laden, from Lathi, hj liner, arrived early this morning Tlmnrn nrrivolat Tho steamer Beautiful Star, from llmani, a.mO. a 7 HO this morning, unci beamed alongside the ship Tiniaru to tranship The ketch Huon Belle arrive;! Ihu fwennw n Rivertonand anchored in tho f;™»f' h « p !'; having on board 87 kegs of powder She hit or ton oh Monday ; bad NK. win s milll the rm, nmg o the "nd when nhe got a '.vcstorly brco/e for a ie« hour; and rciched "tho Heads la.t night, ""hug up this forenoon.

ARRIVAL OF TUB AMWUT VICTOR.

Tho three-masted schoaner Albert Victor, ttltl! W tons of sugar from the Mauritius, was towed in. mm the Heads thi.-i forenoon Opt,m Armstrong reports leav . ' I'ort Louis on Oulohrr 18. with a moderate SK wind.whi-h continued until the 23.1.1, thou in latitude 37deg S , when she (rot a westerly wind, v Inch continued until the 2St,h ; on thisdayshe encountered a heavy "alt) from the H S.W , which eompellod her to hpave-to"for»weiitv hours; tills was followed by hgnt westerly winds until XovcnilMMr.,whenslieellcoimtere(l another .-ale from the W S \Y. with terril.c sea.tlunng which Hhe shipped l«rj,a> ouantitns of water, tlllinir her decks and lloodinif her cabin ; she was ajrain hove-to for lire hours, when (ho ffale slightly abated and she was kept on her course; luulSW. to N K winds until the Utb ult,, when it settled to the castward, and the riolaiulors were passed on the 29th ; cleared Foveaux Straits on the Ist mst, ; had fresh NK whulrt alnnsr the co.ist until yesterday morning, when i-he a S.W. breeze for n few hours, and made the Heads last nis'ht, towing up as above.

ARRIVAL OF THE HERMIONE.

Messrs Shaw, Seville's ship Hcrml"no, from London, was BiL'nalled at the Heads at 5,20 pill, yesterday, and the tide favorable, the til- Koputai pro» ccc'l'Hl down and took her in tow, hrinuimr her up to thtl alii'hnra.lfe oft |hn rr..ih.i.y pier at 7 30. She w.-.s immeJi-.telv hoarded by the <H'»t)ins and Health who, finding i sitit-factoiy, tliortly after cleared the ship The Hennioue is not a stranger to this port, her la*t visit beinjf gome two years since. She is still commanded by Capt.in Roberts, who brings with him bis old chief oth,er, Mr Salmor, She I rings a full cargo, seventeen saloon, forty-ci-bt s. (! »nd cab n, and IIG steerage passenges, under the charge or Dr M'Kinson who infcirm«.-d our rf present five fi it i u • ng the voyage there wan no infeeiions disease, and very little sickness. There were 231 soil's on bo-rd, equal to 190 statute adults, am', to uso the expression of some of the passengers, it was through his cons-taut attontion to the whole that no f i •kness broke out on tho voyage. All the passenger?, with tho exception of 5.1 statute adults, (who are nominated immigrants Short shipped by the Tiniaru), have paid their passage, and they seem a very highly-respectable class, the majority of them being farmers. Considering the large numbet who embarked on board it is remarkable that there were n ither births nor deaths during the 111 days of the passage, and the only casualty occurred yesterday forenoon, when a child named James Dickson fell on the dock in an epileptic fit and fractured his leg. The passengers and crew were exercised in fire and bo t drill when practicable, and the ship c >mes into port in splendid order, each compartment being remarkably clean. The whole of the passengers speak in glowing terms of.the treatment t'icy received from Captain Roberts, DrMakinson, the officers and crew who did everything in their power to promote their comfort The passage has occupied 111 days from port to port, ai d ninety-four days from land to land, but this is accounted for by the adverse weather she has experienced. We Under our thanks to Captain Roberts for the following report of the vessel's passage out : Left the Eist India Do. ks on the morning of the 13th August, adjusted compasses at Grecnlnthe, then dropped down t« Gravesend, whence she sailed in tow the following morning at daylight. She experienced v riablc winds and dense fogs in tho Channel, and on account of the latter was forced to anchor off Berry Head on the 21st idem When the fog lifted she was'found to be surrounded by fishing-boats, with some of which she mufct have collided lnd not this precaution been taken. A fre-h breeze having sprung up, the pilot was landed and the voyage resumed on the same day, but it was not till the 2Glh August that the Channel was finally cleared, on which day the Lizard and U»hant were both sighted. A stretch was then made down the Bay to htitude 45deg 30min N., longitude Cdeg Hmin W., which was reached on Aii"iist 30. On (ith September, .n latitude 32deg X , longitude 21deg W., the m rt •.-■ a'st trades were fallen in with, and carried down to lCdcg N;., longitude 27dcg W., on 13th idem. A series of calms end " light winds then followed, till in latitude 3d eg N., the Ilermione ran into the south-east trades, crossing tho line on 2!) th September, in longitude 20deg 3«miu W. ; the trades were lost in latitude 2. r )deg S, on 9th October, and were succeeded by sleadi south-west breezes, which carried her to the meridian of Greenwich on the 21st, in latitude 40deg S , and that ot the Cape ef Good Hope on 24th idem, in latitude 42deg S. From thence she ran along the parallel of 44deg S. until the Cimets and Kerguelen were passed, the wind blowing steadily from N.W. to S.W,; running thence before strong W.S.W. winds, the meridian of Cape Leeuwiu was crossed on 14th November, in 17degS., and that, of Hobart Town on 19th idem in 43deg S. At the meridian 155deg, latitude 4Sdeg S., south-east winds sot in, and ontinued without intermission to the entrance of Foveaux Strait, when variable winds were experienced ; Puytegur Point was made at 2 p.m. on the 29th November, and the ship anchored to the westward of the Bluff at 8 p m. on lßt December ; remained there until 1 a.m. on the 2nd, when she made another start with a moderate N E. breeze, and cleared Foveaux Strait at 4 30 am., and passed the three-masted schooner Albeit Victor, from the Mauritius for this port, and the New Zealand Company's ship Hurunni, from London for Lyttelton ; thence she had variable winds along the coast, and was off the Heads at 5 pm., towing up as above. No ice was seen, although its proximity on more than one occasion was considered probable, on account of the sudden fall in the temperature, a. record of which was strictly kept every two hours. On these occasions there was usually a h'i/e which seemed tj originate to the southward, i'n which direction it was more dense. Whilst becalmed north of the line experiments were made with Holm's patent life buoy lights, which were highly satisfactory, one light having burned brightly for ninety-seven "and another for forty-six minutes. Tho following vessels were spoken during the passage : August U, ship Futerpe, from London for Lyttelton, nnd Bannockburn, London for Calcutta; 27th August, Rosenberg, latitude 48 31 N., longitude 7.1S \V., New York for the continent; August 31, Xyanza, s.b , latitude 45 12 N., longitude 0 44 W. ; Sentember 10, Norham C stle, latitude 11 53 N., longitude 25 50 W., Glasgow to Honolulu ; September 23, Meral Strain, latitude 534 N , longitude 19 27 W; September 27, Lady Cairns, lat.itu J o 314 N , longitude K'M XV., Liverpool to Bombay ; October 30, Spirit of the South, latitude 43.24 S, longitude 40.54 E., Liverpool to Brisbane.

Shipping Telegrams.

Auckland, December 3.--Thc inquiry into the stranding of the barque Mary Mildred was conducted with closed doors. 'I he e\idence will be forwarded to Wellington. Nkw Plymoi'tii, December 3.—News fmm Mokau, dated November 24, states that all attempts to launch the Haunah Mokau proved ineffectual, owing to the shifting nature of tho sand. The steamer Had been lifted and placed in the launehing-way several times, but on the flowing in of the tide the sinks again into the sand, taking everything with her. Mr Holmes sent to Waitara yesterday for some more gear. Alii an v, December 3.—Arrived: The P. and O. Htcaincr Tunjon-..