SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1665, 18 April 1866, Page 2

SHIPPING.

—♦ — w IYTTELTON. BAILBD. April 17—Phoebe, s.s., 417 tons, J. Gardyne, for Wellington. Passengers-cabin: Miss 'Nieholls, Mis. Igglesden, Mrs. Burb, Miss Aitkonj Mrs. Dash, Messrs. Reel and Graham; steorago, Mrs, Custcan, Miss Hughos, Messrs. Houlston and Logan. CLEARED. April 17—Norge, ship, 673 tons, 0. Jetmundson, for Callao, in ballast. Passonger—steerage i Mr. J. T, Smith. , ' , . April 17—Himalaya, shipj' 1018 'tons',' Cow,' master,, for London. Passengers—cabin.: Mr.and Mrs, M. P. Stoddart and 2 children, Messrs. J. and H. Munro, Mrs. Wilcox and 6 children, Messrs, fineyd, Inman, Marchint (2), F, Clays. Second ~cabin: Mrs. Webb and 2 children, Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds and 2 children, Mr. and Mrs. Barton, Mr. and Mrs. Gibson and 5 children, Mrs, Gapes and 2 children, Messrs. Robinson, Grogory, A. Bnwn, J, Brown, F. Lewis, D. Brouard. April 17--Windhovor, brig, 207 tons, Hodgo, for Newcastle, in ballast. BXFORTB. InthePhoobo, Miles and Co., agents: 4pkgs, 2 bags, 1 trunk, A. Louisson; 10 cases pickles, D.Davis; 8 cases, Peacock and Co.; fl casks, 1 case, A. W. Ward; 1 case, 2 trunks, J. J. Brown; 1 box, Miles and Co. JSxPKOIM) Abmvam. April 20—One of the N.Z, Company's steamers, from Wellington, Nelson, Pioton, Taranaki, and Manukau. April 21—Lord Ashley, from Dunedin. Fbojbotbd Dbfabtdbbb, Ship Norge, for Callao, this day, April 17. . April 21—One of the N.Z. Company's vessols for Dunedin, April 22—Lord Ashley, for Wellington, Napier, and Auckland. April 24—Auckland, for Wellington, Nelson, Hokitika, and Sydnoy. April 25—Tararua, for Melbourne, via Otago and Bluff. Vissns in Habbouk. ships. Victory, from London. Cissy, from London. Himalaya, cleared for London. Norge, cleared for Callao. BASQUES, BBIGS AKD SOHOOKBBB. Sifieman, from Amuri. Windhover, cleared for Newcastle. Paria, from Dunedin. J. B. Russell, from Hokitika. Royal Eichange, from N.S.W. Rons, from Timaru. Wild Wave, from Sydney, via Wollington. Owihg to the lateness of the hour at which the Himalaya cleared the Customs yesterday, we are unable to give the particulars of her cargo. The total number of bales of wool which she has on board is 3038. Shipweeck.—We regret to report the loss of the ketch Caledonia, about 3 p.m. last Monday; ■ she was laden with blue gum, er Windhover, for delivery at the Railway Wharf; although sailing under a reefed mainsail only, it became necessary when some distance off Whitewash Head, to throw the deck load overboard; the anchor was also let ■ go to bring her head to the sea, but a heavy sea '. ..threw her on her beam ends, and whilst in the act : of paying out chain she went downstem first, the master and his mate (the only men on board) having barely time to cling to the mizen mast, which providentially was not totally submerged, and to which, by great perseverance, they clung until picked up in about half-an-hour in an almost insensible state by the Randolph's boat; too much praise cannot be awarded to the Randolph's crew who rescued them in a very heavy sea, and (trange to say their boat was soon after swamped. HEATHCOTE. Abbived.-April 17 —At Railway Wharf, Gazelle, s.s., with general cargo, ex Cissy and Victory; Emerald, ketch, with timber, ex Windhover. Sailbd.—April 17—Gazelle, s.s.; Thetis, ketch, for Port; Nora, schooner; Courier, ketch, for Pigeon Bay. KAIAPOL SAILED. April 16—The Bee, schooner, Croucher, for Nelson, with 768 bushels wheat, 786 do barley, • and 92 do oats, ex Birch and Co. ABBIVED. April 17-Maid of the Mill, ketch, Hobbs, from Lyttelton. IH BIVEB. Maid of the Mill, Florence, and Isabella Jackson. ESCAPE OF THE JOHN WILLIAMS FROM SHIPWRECK. The Daily Telegraph of the 10th January thus relateß the escape of the mission ship during the late gales:—The missionary ship John Williams, commanded by a captain of the same name, having on board five missionaries, named Alexander Mickie, S. H. Davis, A. T. Saville, J. Chalmers, and J. Watson, and their wives, put , into Portland Roads, on Friday morning, owing to injuries received in the late gale. She left London on Thursday week, bound for Adelaide • and other parts of Australia, and Tasmania, and from thence to the islands of the South Pacific. She is laden principally with articles required for the various mission etations, such as books, "' stationery, &c., and also with articles for bartering . : in such places where money was not much valued. The day after the good ship left London was very . fine, but soon after the weather became threatening, and dispelled the hope that the first Sunday at sea would be a joyful one, the weather on that and the following day being very rough. On ■'' Sunday night there appeared to be overy indication of a storm, as the barometer fell lower than Captain Williams had ever known it before. He did all in his power to put the ship in proper order, and although the weather was very rough for two or three days, it was not until nine o'clock on Thursday morning, when the full force of the gale which has caused so much "" destruction amongst shipping on the west part of the coast caught her, striking the s,hip uu her aide, tearing away the whale boat from the davits, —a circumstance much regretted by the captain, as it was specially built to stem the heavy surf which surrounds the islands in the South Pacific. The gale also blew away the foretopsail, causing one of the spars to break. The fury of the gale Was such that every stitch of canvas was compelled to be taken off, with the exception of her foremast staysail and close-reefed mizen, The ship then drove before tho wind for several hours, it was feared to the leeward, which would ■ bring her on the French coast, or somewhere near : the Caskets. The ship, however, answered her . helm so beautifully that this dire calamity, was .:, averted, making better way than was anticipated, reaching two knots an hour, causing her to keep to ;■; windward more than was expected. At one time <. the ship was in such a dangerous position that the .: captain and passengers gave themselves up for . lost, such was the violence of the sea, andovcry probability of drifting on a rugged coast. Under these trying circumstances, prayer and praises were offered up, when, as" if in response to it, towards tho afternoon the fury of the elements was abated, and the hearts of the passengers ' and crew made glad by sighting the English coast, St. Alban's Head. After much troublo, the John Williams succeeded in reaching Portland Road?, '•'' and anchored in safety beneath the protection ' afforded by the magnificent harbour of refuge, with the breakwater there constructed. One of :■:' the lady passengers, Mrs. Mickie, was thrown . from her bed, and received some injury. The pilot was also injured during the storm, being thrown on his head and rendered insensible for a ._ . short time. The missionaries came on shoro at „-. Weymouth, whore they were most hospitably ; i entertained by several of the members of the reli- ■ gious denominations to which they belonged, .Mrs. Mickie was attended by Dr. Tizard, and it :' is anticipate i she will be able to resume her 'voyage. On Sunday, two of the missionaries ■ ' preached in two chapels at Weymouth, where, in 'the course of (heir sermons, tbey described the ' perils to which they had already been exposed. Intelligence of tae safe arrival at Portland of the • John William* was speedily dispatched to London and soon after one of the secretaries, Mr. Robinson, who had not heard anything of the vessel since she had been seen off Broadslairs, left London for Weymouth, and the joytul intelligence . was thon dimeniinated to other parts, of bur safe ; ; arrival in Portland roads. A line schooner, the Ocean i)i itle, of Belfast, bound from Water- \ ford to |jmiri»n, with oats, went ashore on ■ Sunday evening, in the West Bay, near to '•> 'theLanglon Herring Coastguard Station. The 1; master, mute, and boy, were saved by the Coast' r ~~ guard; one man was drowned. Before she struck '.' she was swii by the guardians of our coast, who '"• did all they cmild to save life, and wore fori unato enough to rescue three of those on board. Wlieu • ■'<■ our informant left, at seven o'clock on Monday .■; morning, the musts were still standing, but it was . feared she would become a total wreck. The • :Malvina (not the Minerva as previously reported), .of Aberyßtwith, which was ashore in Weymouth Ray, having thrown overboard a portion of her cargo (pipe thy), was brought into Weymouth Harbour on Sunday morning,