SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1431, 14 July 1865, Page 6

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. ARIUYBD. July 13—Annie, ketch, Whitby, from Kaiapoi. July 13—Florence, ketch, Warren, from Nelson, in ballast. No passenger*. CLBABBD. Nil. IMPORTS. In the Annie,: 10 bales wool, 59 hides, Dalgcty & Co.; 1 side bacon, NaNauzo. STBAMKRS GOtXO NORTH. July 17-Lady Darling, for Wellington, Nelson, R I«W7-Otago,for Wellington, Picton, Nelson, Taran'aki and Manukau. BTHAMEB GOIKG SOUTH. Julv 15-Albion, for Melbourne, "A Da™*"July 16-Auckland, mid Bluff. Ybsskls is Harbour. snirs. Canterbury, Fentie, from London. Greyhound, Wright, irom London. BAFQVRS. Countess of Seafield, Darners^ from London. Indus, from Newcastle, 2<S.«. BBIOS ASD SCUOOXKES. Shamrock. Hayes, from Fiji Islands. Stranger, from Newcastle. Koval Exchange, from Newcastle. Sheila Jackwn. J. King, from TV ellmgton. Florence, from Hokitika. Tns Matt..—From the terms used by our contemporaries in speaking of tho mail just arrived, it appears that the cause of its delay and the means bv which we have at last received it arc not genc'raliv unde -stood. The following explicit statement may therefore be satisfactory. The steamor Bombav. which left Melbourne for En* George's Sound and Point de Gallc on the 26th of April, ought to have reached the lastnamed port about the 14th of May, and then, after coaling, to have left Point do Galle with the mails of April for the colonies about the 20th of Mav. And there is no spare steamer kept at Galle for the purposes of the Australian services, because Sydney is the refitting port, where the one extra boat of the line lies for more than five weeks in each trip. On the present occas on the Bombav did not make her appearance in Gallc at the proper time in May. nor at all, so far as we yet know. Therefore, the homeward mails of April from all these colonics failed to be sent home by tho regular packet from Galle to Suez, and would certainly not T»ach England at their due time. But if the Bombay broke down and went to Mauritius, the mail would he sent on thence direct, probably without much delay. In the absence of the Bombay from Galle, there was no boat ready there by the 20th of Mav to bring on the English April mails toAustralia. And it appears that nofit steamer could be got for the purpose until the Salsette came in from China, on the 31st of that month. She was bound for Bombay, but her destination was at once altered, and her Isdian mails, cargo, and pas- ] sengers were transhipped to another boat. Two days were occupied in coaling, and the Salsette left Galleon the2ndof Jnne.and reached King George's Bound on the 19th, and Melbourne on the 26th. At that time there was no boat ready to come on to New Zealand, for the Albion had just arrived up with the homeward mail of June. This boat did not hurry, but waited on till the 4th of July, when she brought on the Southern New Zealand mails at las 1 -, and handed those for Conterbury over to the Lady Bird in Port Chalmers on the 10th inst., 19 days after they were due. The actual detention was, therefore, from the 20th of May to the 2nd of June, or 13 days in Galle, from an accident, and from the 26th of June to the 4th of July, or 8 days, in Melbourne, from the want of dovetailing in the services; or 21 days detention in all, reduced to 19 by quick transmission between Melbourne and this port. Areival of tiik snip Castkbbt/bt. from lon DOS.—On June 17 this ship was signalled from the southward, and, although rumour was busv that it was only a whaler knocking about the Peninsula, the knowing ones who had seen the Canterbury here before were convinced of her identitv, and the news was soon posted outside our otfice. "By nightfall a confirmatory statement r.-ached our reporter, direct from the ship, by the pilot boat. Owing to the wind falling off, she Mas brought up for the night about ten miles outside the Heads. Early on Sunday morning a quantity of fresh provisions were forwarded to her. Duringthedava large number of people visited the vessel, and at dusk she was anchored a short distance to the north of Godley Head. OnMonday luurning the ship was again on the way, and with the assistance of the ilood tide, and the wind .S.W.. Mr. Norris, the pilot officer in charge, was enabled to work her up as far as Camp Bay, where t-Ijp remains at present. She left Gravesendon the loth March, and landed pilot off the Start on the 17th. On crossing the Bay of Biscav, experienced a few days of heavy weather. Sigliled the Cape de Vcrds, crossing the line on April 9; tho meridian of the Cape of Good Hope on May 14; the Snares on the ].">th June, and made Banks Peninsula on the 17th, anchoring off the Heads on Saturday, nt 2 p.m. During the passage, spoke the ship Lizzie Southward, bound to Otago, 45 days out, ail wel!. The passeng speak well of Capt. Fentie and his officers. They describe the veyage out as a pleasant one. During the passage out there v i-i e but a few cases of sickness on board, and those only of a temporary nature. No deaths occurred, an.! only one birth, stillborn. The Canterbury is resigned to Messrs. Walton, Warner, and Co.; J;er cargo comprises every description of merchandise, and will exceed 2400 tons, in addition to over 70 passengers. The b.s. Moa.—Mr. Beece, the owner of this vo-el, returned by the Lord Ashley, from Wanp:mui yesterday morning. In addition to the parliC tilars already published in this journal, we are gind to learn that the efforts now being made, under the superintendence of Captain Christian, to iioat thb vessel, arc likely to be successful. It appears that at the time she was wrecked, it was owing to her rudder getting unshipped, and she c!: ill ed on to the rocks. On this occasion, she was on the service of the General Government, and, at the request of the authorities, Captain Christian undertook the difficult task, owing to the bad weather prevailing at the time, to catch tho steamer at Wanganui, with the outward bound English mail.

The Stab op thk South.—The s.B. Star of the S'liith, Captain Borthwick, left Napier on the 25th June, with 87 head of cattle and 200 sheep on l»i:ard, for Tarauaki. Experienced strong gales 1: ota the N.W., with squally weather, and was compelled to take shelter in White Bock Bay, on the 26th; lay there until the afternoon of the 27th, when, the weather having moderated, got up steam, and proceeded to Wellington, where she arrived the same evening, at half past 9 o'clock. A iter filling up with coal and water, left on the a'.ternoon of the 28th for Taranaki, with the wind S.S.E., which was light and variable as i'iir as Kapiti. On the evening of the 29th, when abreast of Cape Egmont, it came on to Wow hard from the N.N.E., and from this time till Monday night, July 3rd, experienced nothing but terrific gales and a most tempestuous sen. The wind veering from N.N.E. to S., and the barometer fluctuating between 29.6 and 28.08. At 5.30 a.m. on Saturday, July 1, the vessel lying to on the port tack with fore-and-aft sails, heading to the westward, a very heavy sea struck her on the port side just before the mainmast, starting the combings of the deck-house, washing the sheep and liay from the weatherside of the deck overboard, knocking away the cattle and sheep fittings, splitting the mainsail, carrying away the life-boat from tho davits, and partially filling the main hold with water; so heavy was the body of water that came on board that the vessel seemed on the eve of foundering, and lay for upwards of an hour on her beam-i-:i-.ls, like a log on the water. Put on the batches to save the vessel. Threw the livestock overboard to lighten the ship. The holds were covered up for three days, and on opening them on Monday, the iii'ueh from the dead cattle was unbearable. Commenced clearing away by throwing the dead and dying beasts overboard. On Sunday, the 2nd JulVj'the engineer reported that the vessel was making water, on which the pumps were sounded fore and aft, and found that the ship was making 18 inches an hour. The leak was m the engine-room, so the. donkey engine was set working, which only just iept the leak under. Captain Borthwick thenput baek to this port, and arrived nr 5.30 a.m. on Wednesday last. He reports that ii the Star of the South had not been a most excellent sea boat she must have foundered, as the g ile she encountered was one of no ordinary severity. ' On Monday' he passed a large spar, apparently the mast of a 1000-ton ship, with a portion of the rigging attached to it. The Star of

the South left Imm last night for Nelson, for the purpose of being repaired.— Wellington Spectator, July 8. Tub B.s. Eomoht mt a Stobm.-Tlio P.N.Z. and A.B.M. Company's s.s. Egmont, loft Nelson and cloudy weather, arrived at Now; a 10 a.m. &tli, moderate weather: 2 p.m., iresn biwaps and actually, heavy son rising j 3 p.m., SXiXhain cabled let go port anchor and veered by 30 fathoms, received mails and pasJenirlrT, auAt 5 p.m. commenced to heavo in, heavy sea running, when 10 fathom shackle was fnlhe hawse pipe, the capstan in a heavy TnrL lifW ana bent spmd e, buoyed the end of 10 fathom length and slipped tho cable, proceeded to sea at 5.30 p.m., rtrW gale form N.N.W.; 30th at4p.m.,no signs of gaFabating, and heavy head sea, being with one light anchor only, and capstan out, of order, thought it advisable to bear up for Nelson; 8 p.m. wind hauled round to S.W. with violent squalls and heavy rain. July Ist, blew with terrible force from S.W., sea running very high; 9.80 p.m., made tho land, wind veered round to N.W., dark and threatening appearance; 2nd. at 2 p.m., made Stephens' Island, and arrived at Nelson at 9 a.m.; forwarded mails and passengers per Airedale; will leave again for Picton, Wellington, and North, on the 6th, her usual Aaic.—Colonist, July 4. Hokitika. Shipping Notbs.—The steamer Nelson, it is expected, will bo in the nvor m tho course of tho present week. Tho contractors for launching her did not touch tho vessel until all tho ways, &c, were ready for uso, and many persons thereforo thought that the contractors would bo a long time in completing their contract; now, however.itisgenerally believed that the Nelson will be in the water some time before the Bruce. In one day tho Nelson was lifted two feet six inches, and was shunted a distance of thirty feet towards the river; she appears to have suffered very little injury; one sponson is damaged on tho seaward side, but no material injury appears to have been sustained. The Minnie and another vessel from Otago, both with cargo and unable to land it at Hokitika, aro ordered to Nelson. The Bifleman had been seen off the port, but put to sea agmn, and had not since been soen at Hokitika. In the present state of tho bar, and with tho vessels lying ashore, it is an impossiblity for sailing vessels to enter, because the only wind that is favourable for them blows across where tho Nelson and others lie ashore; so soon, therefore, as small craft have reached where these vessels are, the wind, in consequence of the screen formed by the stranded vessels, fails them, and they drift ashore. Captain Watts, of the Oak (lost ut Hokitiki), recently visited several of the vessels lying outside, and learned that many of their crews were living on their cargoes, and were short of fresh water. The Semaphore, for piloting vessels over the bar, is worked so admirably, that no difficulty is experienced in following its directions. The Maid of theYarra'is said to have made £250 in one trip, in lightering vessels lying outside the bar.— lbid. Aruivai of tub 8.3. St. Kilda.—The s.s. St. Kilda, Captain Deck, arrived in this harbour from Nanier, at 8 o'clock on Thursday morning. She left Napier on Tuesday, the 27th ult., with natives for Poverty Bay, and arms and ammunition for East Cape. Arrived at Poverty Bay next day, at 8 a.m., and landed the natives. Founi everything quiet there. Left at 4 p.m. same day, and arrived off Waipu at daylight next morning. Mr. Deighton and Morgan came off, and took the arms ashore. The latter reported having lost one of the pahs he had previmsly taken from the Hau-haus, together with the women and children of ris tribe and four kegs of ammunition, but seemed in excellent spirits. The St. Kilda left at 6 pan. on Wednesday, experienced at sea thick rainy weather, with strong variable westerly winds. Dropped anchor in Poverty Bay at 10 am. on Friday. Left the same day at 4 p.m., and entered the Iron Pot next day (Saturday) at noon. Left Napier at noon on the 4th inst., and arrived, after a fine passage, as above.— lbid. Capsizb of thb Cutteb Pomca at Onehtjitga, AMD Loss op Two Lives.—The fearful westerly gale which has prevailed more or less violently during the last few days has not been unattended with fatal accident. On Friday afternoon the cutter Polka, belonging to Mr. Kilgoitt, was going down the harbour with a load of hay, and seven persons on board, when a terrific| squall struck her off Cape Horn, and capsized her, there being at the time three persons below. One of them, however, on seeing the vessel going over, managed to get out before she filled, and climbed on to her bottom, and he and the remainder of the crew were afterwards picked up by a passing cutter. The cnes of one of the unfortunate men inside could be heard for a few minutes, butafterwards all was silent. On Friday night boats were dispatched to the scene of the disaster, and on Saturday morning the bodies of the two men were got out. and the vessel was righted, and brought up to Onehungn. The bodies, on landing, were identified as those of Thomas<|Sinith and Williarnßrown, and were conveyed to tho dead-house to await an inquest which willlbe held to-day. Thomas Smith was well known, and has left a large family ; but William Brown, it is said, was a single man. The former had just obtained a bush license, and was going down to his place near the Huia, for the purpose of opening his house. One of the conditions on which his license was granted was, we hear, that he should exhibit a light at night in a certain spot for the guidance of shipping.—l 6 id, July 3.