SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 5591, 8 February 1881, Page 2

SHIPPING.

3 Higla Water. s To-morrow.—Talaroa Heads ; 11.10 a.m, 11.34 p.m. , Port Chalmers: 12 a.m., 1214 p.m. Dunedin: 12.35 am., 12.59 p.m. ' » Port Cfeafoierft i ARRIVED— February 8 Rotonialiana, B.a, 893 tons, Underwood, from : Melbourne via Hobait and the Bluff. Passengers : Mr and Mrs Arthur, Mr and Mra Whitelaw, 1 Mr and Mrs H. S. Fish, Mesdames West, Gouriey, i Holmes, and Wakefield, Misfca Graham (2>, Martin, J. Martin, E. GilHes, J. L. Gillies, ar.d Johnstone, Master Graham, Messrs Sultert, R. Macdermot, Singleton, J. 1 C. Tregear, J. C. Rllev. J. Donoghy, 8. J. Gill, J. A. Cook, G. H Heath, Kerr, B,urnside, D. R id, Caldwell, Simpson, C. Dobson, Peny, Proctor. W. A. Gollibrand, and E. Kingston. From tho Bluff —Miss Knox, Master Stock, Mr Young; and twentyeight in the steerage from all ports. February 8. Beautiful Star, 8.8., 146 tons, Bernoch, from West Coast ports. Passengers: Messrs J. Fenwick and W. W&thergpoon. SAlLED—February 7.1 Catlin, ketoh, 42 tons, Matheson, for Catlin RiveF. Ino, 8.8., 88 tons, Scoones. for Oamaru. Taiaroa, 8.8., 228 tons, M'Gee, for Timaru, The Rotomahana, from Melbourne via Hobart, Milford Sound, and the Bluff, ai rived at five this morning. We thank Mr Parser Miller for report and exchanges. The ship Piako completed her loading to-day. Sinco her arrival In port on January 4 she has discharged 1,600 tons of cargo and taken on board some 5,000 bales of wool and fkins, 431 sacks of grain, and 12 casks of tallow. She will leave for London on Thursday, and we wish Captain Boyd and hia officers a speedy and pleasant passage. The ship Auckland is rapidly filling up. She has already ou board over 8,000 bales of wool and aklns, 120 cisks of tallow, 40 bales of leather, and 18 casks of pelts. She is expected to leave for London ou the 15th inst. The ship British Sceptre, which is loadingfor London under tho flag of the htw Zeals nd Company, has already on board 6,833 saoks of grain and 148 bales of wool. The fhip Canterbury, which fo'lows the Auckland ou the loading berth, has taken on board 363 sacks of grain. Toe barque Mahel has discharged about one-half of her cargo tor this port. Th>i lightship stationed on the edge of the bank off theMiori Kaik requiring overhaul, was towed up by tht; Peninsu'a and hauled on Fletcher's slip this afternoon. Th) lighter Hope was tdwed down and moored in her p'ace . Tiio Bo .utifuiStar, coal iaden frooalWestport, arrived at 1215 pm. to-day, and stoamed the Rotoirshißa to She left WestpoV* at 2 p m. on the, ith mst.; had light SJU'ru-rly winds and clear weather until passing Cape Rirewoll ut 5 a.m. on tho sth ; thence-flfrht K. and S.E. winds to Cape Campbell, whwli wns pissed at 5 am, on the Cth; passed the Kaikourai at 8 p.ni ; had lifht variable wiuos; passed Akaros at 9 a m. in tho 7th. The bnrrjUe-Otago, on her passage from Mauritius to Melbourne, a quantity of sugar Vags, and what Rppoarea to be the crosbtrcee of & ship's topmast, in 4'.deg S , and between S3deg and SOdeg E. They hid the appeiranco of not having ben long in the water. The vessel at the timo was running before a very severe galo. or it wcu'd have m.ide a mmute exjminaticn round about to ascertain if there was more wreckage.—'Age.' BURNING OF A GLASGOW SHIP. On December 3 Her Mnjeety's sh : p Raleigh arrived at Plymouth, having on board twenty-two of the crow of the David Law, a Glasgow ship of 1,489 tons, wh ch was burnt on the voyage to San Francisco with coal The Divid L-'.w left Leitn in Juue*wit,h a oirgo of 2,300 tonj of coil and All went well until the beirinning of August, when tho vessel was w'thin 3GO mi'.o* of the Falkland I 4anap. It then ca.-3ae on to blow v*ry strouffly fr< m the mittvw st, and the David Law,- being very hj iavi y b«gan to roll. This must have had the effect of stirring up the curgo, for on Sunday, the 29th, when Uio ship hove -to in conaeq 'ence of the f jg, n strung gascou3 smell w s detected, and, eoou aftc, a thin wreath of snn ke w* seen ieeuing fom the fore ventilator. Immcd ately the eapttin gtivo orders to close batten down e/erything, and in a short timo the ventilators and hj itches had been p'uggtd up. The escape, however, c ntinued, diiving the crew from the forecastle into th- k-h;r- ■ Wh---. ;if.yMg.-t b'nks 'lie captain

vrkh ireiuejjdous force, out a,'] e* aptd iujuiy. Ti.e Ckotain then directed the four boats to be got ready fir lowering, and every prepu-atlon v>a3 made f>r abanduiinq ths vessel, the boats being: B*">red with a fortniclit'* provisions At noon the islands were sighted. Meanwhile the thin gaseous atmosphere nad developed into volumes

of thick black smoke, which prevented the crow having aft The ship slipped past the eastern island, and the captain, seeing no signs of human habitation, at first thought of tak'ng her round to Port Stanley. During the night she lay-to, but the voyage was relumed at daybrvhk. Soon, however, thore was another explosion, and this was succeeded by flames. It was then decided to run the ship broadside on to EUphant Keys. This feat was successfully a*com-, pllshed, and the crew were speedily landed. They had not beon. aehoro thirty minutes when there, was another tremendous explosion, and flro broke through the middle ventilators. By the evening the foremast felL The Are burnt fiercely through the nig ht, illuminatinff tho islands, Durin? the nteht the main and mizzen masts fell, demolishing the after part of the vessel. When daylight came naught but a few floating spars marked the scone of the wreck and conflagration. The next day, two shepherds, the solo occupant* of Speedwell, distant three miloa, signalled them by lighting a tire, and the crow accordingly ptdJed off there, TheyVemalnod, living in their boats, for nearly a fortnight, when tho Governor of Port Stanley despatched a schooner to bring them thlthe?. Within a few hours of their arrival tho Raleigh touched, and took them on board—'The Times.' * Stripping Telcgratt a Wbeli oton, Eebruary 7.—Tho ship Euterpe and barque Cororaandel, from Landon, this -afternoon, after uneventful passages.— Te Anau, from Auckland via the East Coast-kanaka, for Plcton «nd Nelson. —Te Anau, (or Melbourne via the Southj in the afternoon. Ltitblton, February B.—Oretl, from Oamaru.— Hawea, from Poxt Chalmers.—Te Amu, from Wellington. Rdsssle, February B.—The Ringarooraa left Sydney at 4.80Vm l on the 3rd, and'arrived he:o at OSOa m. to-day. ijaviiur experienced fine weather throughout. Passengers : Mls3 Coath, Mr Phillips, Mr and Mrs Palmer, Messrs Sheppard, Roskrugo, Whltaon, Secular, L'nd, Jtobertson. Good, Hawkins, Pierce, N-uhpefy, Gray, M'Lean, % Roberts, Pope, Bowdeu, Tieae, and O'lHlloran. i 'i. . ' ■ ■»■■■■»■«■.