Maritime Record.

New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1719, 30 August 1862, Page 3

Maritime Record.

The ,jood ship African, Captain Gibson, which was signalled "'J »f'er 8 B.ra., arrived in harbour ot» Wednesday about 4 P*. «fier a remarkably pleasant passage of a hundred and w days fro, n the Downs, whence she look her departure on «Uh May; had fine weather down Channel, and landed her J~« Pljmouth, on the 15th; passed within sight of Madeira J o Dd ' 0n lhe29th » caught a moderate and fine N.E. 1 5 I! ;'' ,S 7-. N 'latitude, 20° 43' W. longitude, carrying It to ' K having passed inside, or to the eastward of the Cape «w "lands. Crossed the Equator on the 13th June (thirty inp«' fromthe Downs), in 23° 9' W. longitude; having, lid! ' POken lhe,hi P Ellenborough, 70 days from Calcutta, »»oop», bound to Falmouth for orders. Got the S.E. trade M( ' ""*• aft « a brief detention of two days, and carried it sttUfa! ** S ' lati,ude . 31 ° 14' W. longitude,. Passed the UielC/i" I *' 0 ' Good Hope * in ,a titude37°34' S»» on to the ' *'* ntin 8* »hip with main-topmast gone, standing of Jl«rf "a Ran dow " her lo,l ß llude between the parallels Br il«' 4! ° S '* w '" l fine steaa y westerly winds prevailing. 4 e t r , C "f , !f ,y 0f the Chi « f offlcer . »• have D**" enabled to kwoet la ß note,of thi * P art of ,he paMoge; and we »»*« " t0 do *° n*canu of the prevalence of easterly bmtlTc'*' notonl " °y » hi P« »" lveu " he ". hut In Mels}9w I f ydn<! y likewise. On the 3rd August, in latitude »«ker i K n ! ltUde " ol3 ' E " e *P erienced li * ht e«»e'ly ■fat »inH r "" nd ran K in B from s - t0 E - A"8U" 4lh— V° N,E ' AUBU,t Sth -P un *y. wUn rain"*Brst i,7 Auf[u,t 6th—wind from N.E. to N. during "titude 4i a'v- " : from N - ,0 N ' W - duri "K ' h *l a ' l twelve; *•* to w vt, S " lnn K itU( le 103 °38' E. August 7th—wind S pssi■" " hMy ' wi,n ,ain - Au * u,t "'n-" 1 " 0 W.N.W., 10 'he lathA* ~U' U , wi,h rain! ,im,lar winds and weather up Ulf H)lowi T"' Wh * n " oecame finer » wind at W. August •cto m ." g hard f '°m the S.W., with heavy passing squalls, ISPjj, p witl > h«il and snow; latitude 44 °3' S., longitude of Xaim,.': the ,6th August, sighted the south-west Cape 17th tuoi, / " noon ' di "«>t about eighieen miles. On the "•■'distant ?"""• hom Ta.si.n'l Head, bearing N.W. by from thence "f m ' lc,i ht<i * »P ,eodid ru " of nine **** the25 L h at' chin « Ca Pe Maria Van Diemen on Monday, C *P* Brett "tT 1 roun<lin 8 the North c *P e atß P" m '"' P"' ln S P.H.; c at ,'••»). of the 2Sth; the Hen and Chickens at 2 9'l3p. rn ," * P 01 " 1 "nd the rocks at 7-30 p.m.; Tiri Tlri at oft heAr'rican nCh<>re(l " rnid " i ß h '- Thi * '• tne lhlrd vo y a «e 8,,t t»te oider °<; hi ' P ° rt ' ** u,ual ,lie comM in, ° harbour in "lie him, and hj hl * had an a tT' ecable P a »«age, no sickness, bttdraj and fi ng ,n Edition to our population of some 1 ," )ni 'he ri M i u ' 5, Tw o seamen fell overboard, one """ (imtaofth "" ° lher from ' " tagß over lhc ,ide ' *' dif " "*«J un PWage; both, however, were providentially by the African are 103, of Bgi,a lilt of th • U Scotcn ' " nd M ,ri,n ' and the follow - P " lt, " l 1 drans T Q "' ng or P r ° rß «« il >n '•— M farmers, 5 car--1 ""older, J b 1 * 4labou te", 1 printer, 4 gardeners, 1 plumber, 1 kl «c«itßl'th \vT' 4femala lervants, 1 sawyer, 1 merchant, * "'hographic artist, 1 clerk, 6 bakers, 1 smith.