Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 243, 15 July 1876, Page 10

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVED. JuLY 7 —Ringarooma, s.s., 623 tons, McLean, from Nelson. Passengers Saloon: Messrs. Levy and Baker- 2in the steerage. Bishop, agent. . . Stormbird s.s., 69 tons, Doiie, from AVanganm. Passengers - Cabin : Miss Burke, Messrs. Harris, Campblll Nelson, Robinson, Cruickshank, Skelley, Wilson, Gibbons, and Page; 4in the steeiage. TurnbUiLtcy Ss.Soner, 35 tons. Callow, from Pelorus Sound. Passenger-Mr. Reardon. Young and Co., ag Edwin Bassett, barque, 307 tons, Foster, from Newcastle. AVilliams, agent. Anne Melhuish, barque, 374 tons, Chadwick, from Newcastle. AVilliams, agent. Pym barque, 558 tons, Stapleton, from London. Le D feinl C baiS fc 33B tons, Webster, from Melbourne. Turn bull and Co., agents Excelsior, schooner, 92 tons, Jouier, from Lyts.s., 104 tons, Drquhart, from Foxton. Passengers—Cabin : Mesdames Dickenson, Purcell, Steveiison, and Ackers, Messrs. Rockstrowe Linton, Seabury, Patterson, Armstrong, Bartlett, Williams, Porser, Roberts, and Bragge; 4 in the steerage. Bi Falcon, Se ket C h, 37 tons,' Fislc, from Blenheim. Turnbull and Co., agents. July B.—Taupo, s.s., 461 tons Worsp from the cimith Passengers— Saloon: Misses Harm and Adams, tSS&ISFSSZ and Sale, Mr. Mrs Peters and 4 children, Messrs. Lowe, Robson, Cope. Sharpe.Popmeworth Goodall, Cowles, Palmer, Sheene Windsor, GreenawayT Hall. Jones, Hood, Millar Anderson, 5 Prince Old Faloon, McArthur, Allnutt, Marchant James; 15 in the steerage; 21 for the North. Levin and Co., agents. - c ««+t, Easby, s.s., 969 tons, Kennedy, from the South. Turnbull and Co., agents. Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Harvey, from Wanganui. Passengers—Saloon: Miss Partridge. Mrs. Maule and child, Captain Maule, Messrs. Reid, Brown Jones, Bailey, Master Dawson, and 4in steerage. Ledger, s s 28G tons, Griffiths, from Napier. PasSaloon: Captain and Mrs. Willis, Mrs. Kelleher and child, Colonel Whitmore, Messrs. Billings, Potts, Montague, Millar, Meany, Simpson Zinman, Ulsman, Jesson, Fran, Kelleher, Crawford, falconer, and Thompson. Levin and Co , agents. - Napier s s 44 tons, Butt, from Rangitikeu P>isseno-er—Mr. McKenzie. Turnbull and Co., agents. Enterprise, brigantinc, 84 tons, Holmes, from Lyt--6 July 9 Camperdown, ship, 1487 tons, Paton, fromLondon via Nelson. Passengers—Saloon: Rev. Mr. and Mrs'. Simcox, Miss Struthers, and 11 immigrants. Turnbull and Co., agents. Pliosbe s s 416 tons, Andrews, from the North. Passengers—Saloon: Miss Kreeft, Messrs. Maudesley, Johnson, Neville, Mann, Harper, Blundell, Jobberns, Walters Rawson (2), Fergusson; 14 in the steerage; and 9S for South. Levin and Co., agents. Kiwi, s.s., 133 tons, Campbell, from the East Coast. Levin and Co., agents. July 11 —Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Lloyd, from the South. Passengers-Saloon : Hon. W Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Murray-Aynsley, Mesdames Stenholm, Hudson and three children, Johnston and three children, Berry Fisher, and Nash, Misses McNigh and Fisher, Messrs Ronaldson, E. Brown, Harding, Anderson, Croker Hansen, Pickett, Malcolm, Drewry, Trulock, Cox Hudson, Weir, Common, and Ross (2) ; eighteen steerage, and ten for the North. Levin and Co., agents. ' ~ , Tr Stormbird, s.s., 69 tons, Doile, from Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Misses Smith (3), Mesdames Smith and Macgregor, Messrs. .Easby, Mackay, Smith, Macgregor, Wright, Clark, Hicks, Worthington, Coe, Shaw AVilliams, Menzies, Bentley, Native, AValker, and Wallace. Turnbull and Co., agents. Hawea, s.s., 461 tons, AVheeler, from the North. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Smith, Elliot, and Andrew, Mesdames Grant, Bell, McNassar Beauchamp, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Master Pell, Rev. Mr. Andrew, Messrs. Duncan, Mitchell, Marten, Bentley. Adams, Turnbull, Hamilton, Currie, Adamson, Duncan, Gillespie, and Edwards ; eleven steerage, and twentythree for the South. Levin and Co., agents. . Jane Elkin, ketch, 25 tons, Leslie, from Kaiapoi. Master, agent. .' „ , Luna, p.s., 199 tons. Fairchild from Foxton. Sarah Bell, ship, 812 tons, Dixon, from London. N j Z clV C^- Manawatu, p.s , 103 tons, Harvey, from Wanganui. Passengers—Saloon: Messrs. Bennett and McDowell. Ledger, agent. ' Matau, s.s., 104 tons, Urquhart, from Lyttelton and Kaikoura. Passengers-Saloon.: Mes dames Knkpatrick, Griffiths, and McKenzie, Messrs. McKay. Fisher, Cummings, Shaw, and Kirkpatnck ; 5 m the steerage. Bishop, agent. #L,iJuly 13.—Colonist, schooner, 43 tons, Baily, from Lyttelton. Master, agent,

Napier s.s., 44 tons, Butt, from Foxton. Passen-gers-Cabin: Messrs. Jennes, Johnson, Thompson, Sanderson, Shultzer, and Southerby. lurnbull and Co., agents. ■ , „ . Marmion schooner, 03 tons, Eawton, from Kaipara. Pearce, agent. July 7 —Ringarooina, s.s., 623 tons, McLean, for Melbourne via the South. Passengers—Saloon: For Melbourne: Mrs. South, Messrs. Finlayson, Burk, McGrath Marks, Parker, Kassenar, Colebrooke, and Tee. For Coast: Mrs. Plyston, Messrs. Simpson, Willis, Canri. Pym, Dommett, and Dobson; 6 in the steerage. Bishop, agent. July B.—Easby, s.s., 969 tons, Kennedy, for Newcastle. Passengers—Cabin: Mr. and Mrs. Kwitkoffe and 3 children, Mrs. Massey and 4 children, Mr. Thompson. Turnbull and Co., agents. ■ Stormbird, s.s., 69 tons, Doile, for Wanganui. Turnbull and Co., agents. Taupo, s.s., 461 tons, VVorsp, for the North. Passengers—Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Travers, Miss Nixon, Messrs. Hanson, Christerson, Dorsett, Conway, Pees. Black, Prichard, Grant, AVilliams, and Baker; 5 in the steerage. Levin and Co., agents. Endeavor, schooner, 79 tons, Dick, for Oamaru. Master, agent. Ruby, schooner, 24 tons, Dalton, for Kaikoura. Bethune and Hunter, agents. July 9.—Matau, s.s., 104 tons, Urqixhart, for Lyttelton and Kaikoura. Bishop, agent. July 10.— Phcebe, s.s., 416 tons, Andrew, for the South. Passengers-Saloon : Mrs. Izard, Messrs. Forest Baker. Braithwaite, Smith and family, Buller and two children, Robertson, Claridge, Izard, and Henry. Levin and Co., agents. Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Harvey, for Wanganui. Passengers— Cabin : Messrs. McLean, Conway, and Fitzmaurice. Ledger, agent. Napier, s.s., 44 tons. Butt, for Foxton. Passengers —Cabin : Miss Best, Mr. and Mrs. Summerhayes and child, Messrs. Robson and Nichols. Turnbull and Co., agents. __ . Jane Douglas, 5.5.,, 75 tons, Fraser, for Napier and Poverty Bay. Levin and Co., agents. July 11.—Kiwi, s.s., 133 tons, Campbell, for the East Coast. Passengers—Cabin : Mesdames Pollick and Jones, Misses Ross (3), Messrs. Fraser, Watson, Cook, Monro, Pickett, and Hammon. Levm and Co., ag Hawea s.s., 462 tons, Wheeler, for the South. Passengers—Saloon : Messrs. Hedges, Barratt, Smith, Baillie, Parker, and four in the steerage. Levin and Co., agents. „ „ , TT , July 12.—Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Harvey, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Mesdames Berry, Johnson and 2 children, Hudson and 2 children, Messrs. Duncan. Hudson, Trulock, Drewery Johnson, Berry, Malcolm, Rylward, and O'Neil. Ledger, ag Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Lloyd, for the North. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs. Fitehett, Messrs. Lakeman, Baker, Lillie. Jakes, Fitchett, Boons, Davis, Jones, and Bell. Levin and Co., agents. Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Evans, for the East Coast. Passengers—Saloon : Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Sincox 2 children and servant, Messrs. Coe, Izard, and Mackay. Ledger, agent. Ladybird, s.s., 287 tons, Griffiths, for Lyttelton, Akaroa, Timaru, and Port Chalmers. PassengersSaloon : Hibernicon Troupe (10). Levin and Co., agents. . _. . _, Stormbird, s.s., 69 tons, Doile, for Wanganui. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs. Prosser, Messrs. Curne and Charles. Turnbull and Co., agents. Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Fisk, for Blenheim. Turnbull and Co., agents. CLEARED OUT. July 13.—Enterprise, brigantine, 63 tons, Holmes, for Kaipara. Excelsior, schooner, 92 tons, Joiner, for Picton. EXPECTICD A Ilttl V A L.S. London. —Dunbritton, ship, early. Southern Ports. —Wellington, s.s., ICth mst.; Hawea, s.s., 21st inst. . Northern Pouts.—Taupo, s.s, 18th mst.; Taranaki, s.s., 21st inst. _ Newcastle. —Neptune, brig, daily ; and Room Hood, brig, early. Port Chalmers. —Argosy, barque, early; Horsa, ship, early. ~„.,., Hobarton.—Britain's Pride, brig, daily. Melbourne, via the South.—Otago, s.s., 15tn inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Northern Ports. —Wellington, s.s., 17th inst.; Hawea, s s., 21st inst. . Southern Ports.—Taupo, s.s., 18th mst.: Taranaki, s.s., 21st inst. Melbourne, via the South.—Albion, s.s., 15th inst - r T m • Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika. —lui, s s., 15th inst. Sydney, via "West Coast. —Otago, s.s., 1/tn inst. - „,, , , Castle Point and Napier.—Kiwi, s.s., lfthmst. Wanganui —Stormbird, s.s., 10th inst. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Thursday. The barque Lady Franklin was floated off the bank in Kaipara, but got aground again. It is expected to successfully float her. ONEHUNGA, Saturday. The Isabella, Wellington whaling schooner, secured a humpback cow and calf off Bay of Islands. LYTTELTON, Tuesday. A erived : Matau. —Prince Alfred, barque, from Mauritius ; left on May 19. HOKITIKA, Thursday. The Dispatch steam tug has been safely launched, and berthed alongside the wharf. She received no damage whatever. The AVaipara is ashore. PORT CHALMERS, Friday. Mauritius. PORT CHALMERS, Monday. Arrived : Kingdom of Sweden, barque, 88 days out, from London. PORT CHALMERS, Tuesday. Arrived : Corlic, ship, from Glasgow, with twentyone passengers and 1150 tons of cargo. She made the passage out in ninety-four days. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. The Wollomai is advertised to leave Melbourne for Wellington early. The Ealcon cleared for Napier on July 4. The Natal Queen arrived at Newcastle from Auckland on July 4. The Amateur sailed from Newcastle for Timaru on July 4. Sydney.—Sailed : Flora, for Auckland, July Ist. Newcastle. —Sailed : Glimpse, for Auckland, July Ist; Robin Hood, for AVellington, July 4th. Adelaide. —Sailed : AVaverley, for Auckland, July Ist. On Friday morning the yardarm of the flagstaff at Mount Victoria presented a rather lively sight, two barques from the North and two smaller vessels from the South being signalled at the one time. However, as there was very little wind at the time, it was thought that they would not be able to get in before night. At 3 p.m. the wind died away to a calm, and about half-an-hour after it began to freshen from the south, and afterwards increased to a fresh breeze. At about 4.30 p.m. the little ketch Falcon showed round Halswell Point, followed by the schooner Excelsior. Then came the barque Anne Melhuish, closely behind her came the three barques, Pym, Delmi ra, and Edwin Bassett; the schooner Shepherdess broug'i t up the rear. By this time the wind had increased to a brisk breeze, and as the seven vessels came up the harbor they presented a splendid sight. Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull and Co.'s fine chartered barque Delmira arrived in our harbor on Friday, after a rather protracted passage of 18 days. Her lengthy voyage is due to her having encountered some very severe gales on the run across. The Delmira is a very neat little barque of 338 tons register, and is under the command of Captain AVebster, who reports leaving Melbourne on the 18tb June, with a N.AV. wind • cleared Bass Strait next day. On the 21st a very lieavy southerly gale came on suddenly, accompanied with very violent squalls, the force of which was such that on one occasion the vessel was thrown over with the lee side under water. The vessel had to be hove-to till the 23rd under the lower topsails, and the f oretopgallantmast had to be sent down. On the 28th

ult. had another heavy gale, accompanied with thick rainy weather and heavy squalls. At noon next day it shifted round to the S.AV. and moderated! Again, on the lsb, another gale was encountered, this time from the eastward, accompanied with a very heavy sea from the N.N.E. Made Cape Farewell on the 2nd, since which time she has been stuck in the Strait by a southerly gale, which obliged her again to heave-to under lower topsails during the 3rd and 4th inst. AVas off the Heads at 11 o'clock on Thursday night, and had light baffling winds till a southerly breeze sprang up and brought her into port at 4.35 p.m. yesterday. The Delmira is under charter to Messrs. AV. and G. Turnbull and Co., and is one of the AVellington and Melbourne clipper line of sailing vessels. Her cargo is of general merchandise. Messrs. Ayer and Roberts, of Lyttelton, have recently imported a steam yacht. Speaking of her the Canterbury Press says : —Messrs. Yarrow and Co., of Poplar, London, were entrusted with its construction, and completed the work last September ; but a difficulty then arose, as, owing to the great bulk of the launch and the class of vessels trading here, no means of transit could be procured for twenty-three weeks At the expiration of that time it was shipped on board the Desdemona, and arrived here in excellent order. The launch is of iron, 50ft. long, with lift, beam, and a depth of 6ft. 4in., and only draws 2ft. 9in., and is therefore capable of visiting any part of the harbor. She has accommodation for between fifty and sixty persons, and there will be none of the dirt flying about as usual in vessels of her class, as the engines in the centre of the boat are bulkheaded from the fore and after compartments where the passengers are accommodated. She has a half deck, with a lOin. combing fore and aft, and has twin screws worked by double engines of nine-horse power. On Monday, June 26th, the launch took place, and the vessel was christened the Lyttelton. On her trial trip she averaged a speed of nine knots an hour. 5T ARRIVAL OF THE PYM. The long-expected barque Pym, from London, arrived here about 4.30 p.m. on Friday, and anchored at the powder ground. The Pym is a fine barque of 558 tons, commanded by Captain Stapleton. It is rare to see such a vessel as she is make so long a passage. A fine wooden ship the Pym is, excellent sailing qualities we understand she possesses, but there was one thing wanting to make a good run, the greal essential to all good runs, namely, favorable winds. 111-luck as regards fair winds attended the Pym from the first to the last of her voyage. First, in the Channel she was kept a prisoner for very nearly a fortnight by fierce westerly gales, which raged throughout the month of March amongst the British Isles. Her trades were not of much account, the N.E. being light, while the S.E. only lasted for a few days. Then, when she expected to meet with the westerlies, she encountered a series of gales from N. to S.AV. An accident to one of the men occurred on the voyage. It appears that during a gale a heavy sea broke on board, knocked down one of the men, and washed him along the deck, his head coming in contact with the birdhouse which made a nasty gash in it. The captain bandaged the man's head up, and the sufferer progressed favorably under his treatment. The Pym has a large general cargo on board; also a large quantity of birds, brought out by the Acclimatisation Society, consisting of starlings, robins, chaffinches, thrushes, and blackbirds. We regret to have to state that the greater portion of them were either drowned or killed on the vo3'age. A large house had been erected on deck, in which the birds were kept, and a man was specially shipped to take care of them, but during a heavy gale a sea broke on board and stove in the house, killing or drowning something like 300 of them. Those left alive of them, and they consisted of 30 starlings, IS robins, 10 chaffinches, 4 thrushes, and 9 blackbirds, were then taken and put into the cabin, where they remained for the rest of the voyage. Touching her voyage out, it appears that she left London on Monday, March 6 ; stopped at Gravesend and took in about in about 18 tons powder. AVas unable to leave the Downs till the 19th, owing to strong westerly gales; passed the Lizards on the 21st same month; a few days afterwards picked up the N.E. trades; crossed the Equator on April 16; had fine variable winds till the 21st April, when the S.E. trades were met with, but they turned out light and shortlived, and died out on the 27th of the same month. Had fresh northerly and westerly winds till the sth May, when a strong gale commenced from the N.E., with heavy cross sea; next day the wind shifted to the south and blew very hard, and a heavy sea was shipped which killed a large quantity of the birds. Passed the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope on May 21st, AVhile running down her easting had very heavy gales, chiefly from N. and S.AV. She came across the Southern Ocean on the 41st parallel of latitude. Sighted the coast of New Zealand on the 27th ult. Had fair fresh winds up the coast until arrival in the Strait on Monday last, when she experienced a heavy southerly gale. AVas off Pencarrow Head yesterday morning, and came up the harbor as above. She anchored at the powder ground, as she has on board a quantity of powder. After discharging it she will take up a berth at the wharf. Messrs. Levin and Co. are her agents. ARRIVAL OF THE SARAH BELL. AVe have again to chronicle the arrival ot another of the Home vessels in the shape of the ship Sarah Bell. It is rare to see a vessel after a long and bad tveather voyage come into port with so clean a deck and internal arrangements as the Sarah Bell has. Her deckhouses and the inside of the hull work appear as clean and fresh as if they were only just painted. She herself appears to be a staunch and well constructed vessel, and is built on a principle so that speed and good carrying capacity are combined. She has made the run out from port to port in about 100 days, and from land to land in 88 days. The Sarah Bell was built in Cumberland, especially for the Sydney trade, in the year 1870, and is therefore six years old. She is under the command of Captain J. C. Dixon, and comes consigned to the N.Z.S. Co. Her cargo consists of general merchandise and powder. She has, like the barque Pym, which arrived here the other day, in running down her easting experienced very heavy gales, veering from the north to south. She was detained in the English Channel for over a week, having left London on March 30th, and came to an anchor same day at Gravesend, where she took on board 250 qr-casks and 30 cases of powder. Left Gravesend on April 2 at 7.15 a.m., and come to an anchor in Margate Roads at 7.30 p.m. same day ; sailed again next day, and had very thick nasty weather down the Channel. The Start Point was cleared on the 11th of same month. Thence had variable winds till picking up the N.E. trades on the 19th April, which turned out brisk and lasting. The Equator was crossed on the 29th April, in 25deg. 30m. west ; had variable winds till the S.E. trades were met with on May 5, in lat. 13deg. 10m.,{long. 32deg., but they proved very light and fickle, and the vessel ran out of them in five days. The first of the westerlies was met with on the 13th May. They proved very strong, gale after gale being encountered. The meridian of the Cape of Good Hope was passed on the 31st May, 59 days out. Had very heavy gales, varying from north to south, and on the 15th June a very heavy hurricane was encountered. The vessel appeared to be in the middle of it, for the sea was running in all directions. She was all the while hove-to under bare poles. Gales more or less violent were experienced till the first land fall was made on Saturday, July 8. It turned out to be Cape Farewell. Thence had light southerly winds, with calms ; was off the Heads at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, and about 4 p.m. the steamer Kiwi came alongside, and towed her to an anchorage at the powder ground at 6.30 p.m. On the voyage out not a single vessel was spoken. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMPERDOAVN. Early on Sunday morning the numbers of the ship Camperdown, from London via Nelson, were run up at the flagstaff, Mount Victoria, and immediately afterwards the signals for a tug were hoisted. Steam was got up in the Matau, and at about noon she left the wharf for the purpose of towing the ship in. The little steamer was soon outside the Heads, and shortly afterwards the Camperdown was made fast. At 4 p.m. the Gamperdown was brought into the harbor, where she came to an anchor off the wharf. The Camperdown is a splendid vessel of 1487 tons, and is, we say without the least hesitation, one of the finest ships of her class that has ever anchored in Port Nicholson. She is quite a new vessel, having been built at Glasgow about two years ago, this being only h e r second voyage. Her maiden voyage was to Calcutta,

where she loaded and went Home. She was then laid on the berth for New Zealand. Her class is A 1 100 at Lloyds. The first thing that strikes the visitor on boarding her is the large and spacious decks, and next the order and tidiness which prevail every where. She has first-class saloon accommodation, the inside being tastefully and appropriately decorated. The sleeping berths are very conveniently arranged round each side, each berth of course being a separate, room. Right aft there are two large cabins, but as there were only a few saloon passengers one of the rooms was turned into an hospital for single girls, i and answered the purpose admirably. Fortunately, however, there was not much occasion for its use, as the health of the immigrants on the voyage was excellent. The vessel is fitted up with all the latest improvements. Her windlass is one of AValker's patent, and. can be worked by steam by the condenser's donkey. The condenser worked well all the way out. The crews' quarters are forward, On deck there is a large house, which contains the condensing-room, ship's and immigrants' galley, and petty officers' quarters. The lower portions of the masts are constructed of iron, as are also the lower yards. The 'tween decks were occupied by the immigrants, and the arrangements made for them were pretty similar to those in all other immigrant ships which have arrived here. However, the lofty decks and good ventilation which are to be found in every compartment, together with the extreme cleanliness of everything, easily accounts for the excellent health of the immigrants. As our readers are aware, the Camperdown is under the command of Captain R. Paton, who, by his kind and genial manner, has won the good wishes of all on board, and the immigrants, to testify their appreciation of his conduct towards them, have presented him with a very flattering testimonial. Great credit is due also to the surgeon-superintendent. Dr. Booth, for the healthy manner in which he has kept the immigrants under his charge. Mr. AVoods is the chief officer. The Camperdown brought out 181 statute adults, the greater portion of whom were for Nelson, there being only 11 for AVellington. There were one deat. nd two births on the voyage. Touching the run out we learn that she has made the voyage in the excellent time of 79 days. Such a run as that speaks for itself of the sailing powers of the Camperdown. A vessel that can reel off 380 miles a day must possess all the requisites of a clipper ship, and this the Camperdown can do. She has, it is true, been favored with good leading winds, but they were nothing out of the ordinary run. Her trades were light, but her westerlies were good and lasting. It was on the 14th April when the Camperdown left London ; landed the pilot at St. Catherine's Point next day, and, with a fresh breeze from the eastward, cleared the Channel on the ISth ; thence had moderate breezes from south and north until picking up the north-east trades, which were got in lat. 2525, long. 22 - 41. The trades proved moderate, and were lost in lat. 331, long. 23"36; crossed the Equator on the 7th May, and had light variable winds until the S.E. trades were picked up in lat. 1"18, long. 25'43, and turned out good, lasting till lat. 22 - 5, long. 33"11 was l-eached. After losing the S.E. trades, had variable winds from the north until the westerlies were met in lat. 43'16, long. 11'49. Passed the meridian of Greenwich on the 2Sth May; rounded the Cape of Good Hope on the Ist June. The westerlies proved fresh, and for eleven days an average speed of 314 miles a day was maintained. Ran down her easting on the 41st parallel of latitude. The westerlies stuck to her as far as Tasmania, where they died away, and light variable winds took their place till Bligh Sound. New Zealand was sighted on June 25, after a splendid run from the Cape of 25 days. AVhen off the coast encountered a very heavy gale from the N.E., which lasted for 12 hours and then moderated. This was the only gale she experienced on the voyage. Afterwards till arrival had light airs and calms. Cape Foulwind wis made on the Ist inst. ; was off Cape Farewell next day, and arrived at Nelson on Tuesday, the 4th inst. Landed her pas--sengei'S and left again on Friday afternoon, and had light winds across until taken in tow, and brought to an anchorage in our harbor as above. Messrs AV. and G. Turnbull are her agents. ARRIA r AL OF THE ARGOSY. (Otago Daily Times, June 29.) The some time expected Argosy, from New York, arrived yesterday, and proved to be a substantial three-masted schooner, of British build, and on her first voyage. She looks a good wholesome craft, moulded for moderate spread and good carrying capacity, and also for good sea-going qualities. She was put together at Salcombe, near Plymouth, and hails out of that port ; was launched in June last year, and made her first sea passage from Cardiff with coal to Rio Janiero. Thence she took a cargo of coffee to New York ; delivered it, and found freight for New Zealand. She loaded for this port, Lyttelton, AVellington, and Auckland, rather better than half her cargo being for Dunedin, and the balance to the others. The Argosy has made a rather long passage of 110 days, but this was not absolute sailing time, as she lay weatherbound over a week in Mason Bay, Stewart's Island. That she got in there at all was the result of a serious ei-ror in her chronometer, placing her very far (between 4 and 5 degrees) behind her true position. This was a serious error indeed, inducing, as it did, a feeling of false security, and, therefore, might have resulted in the loss of the vessel and all hands. It supplies a suggestion of how vessels may possibly go amissing. The Argosy left New York on March Bth, and had fresh favorable westerly winds to 30 North, and then, when she expected the N.E. trades, was humbugged with light variables instead. She had, in fact, no trades at all, either north or south of the equator ; crossed the latter on April 2, long. 27"30 AV., and had nothing like a good steady breeze until April 23, when the westerlies found her in latitude 33'24 S. On May 2 she crossed the meridian of Greenwich, and that of the Cape on May 6, lat. 42-26. Thence she made good running on about the 45th parallel until the meridian of 134 E. was reached on June 2, strong gales from N.W. to S.AV. prevailing to the 90th meridian, and then strong squally breezes. On the 2nd the wind flew into the N.E., and during the ensuing week she was hindered by light variable winds all round the compass. On the 10th she was in long. 165 - 53, and got the westerlies again strong and increasing to a gale that obliged her next day to come to the wind and head-reach under small sail. This was her salvation, for, on the following day, when she was heading to the northward, land was sighted broad on her starboard bow, and proved no less unexpected than dangerous as a land fall. There being too much sea on to stay the schooner, she was wore round on the other tack, and, after standing south a short time, land was sighted on the port bow. This proved to be Guide Rock, off one of the two islands that help to form Mason Bay, on the west coast of Stewart's Island, and as there was no weathering it in the teeth of such a gale and sea, the schooner was kept away, and brought up safely in the bay. She lay there one week, and then on the 21st essayed to put to sea ; but the sea being very heavy outside, she ran back and again anchored. Made a better start next day with a S.E. wind, which increased to a gale when she was off the Traps, and kept her head-reaching a couple of days, then the breeze veered to S.AV., and with it she fetched within sight of Otago Heads on Tuesday, and was towed in by the Jane yesterday. NAUTICAL ITEMS. It may not be generally known that a harbor of refuge has been established at St. Michael's, one of the Azores, and in connection with it a commodious floating dock has been constructed. Mitchell's lieyister, alluding to the harbor and dock, states that the steamer Luso. 1000 tons, was painted and cleaned in the dock in March last, making the fourth vessel accommodated by it. The trade of the island has vastly increased of late, as is evidenced by the fact of no fewer than 364 vessels, either traders or in need of provisions, coal, or Srepairs, called at St. Michael's during 1875. The seamen (?) alluded to below were indeed ordinary. The reports, says the Register, received at Portsmouth of the cruise of the training brigs Marten and Seaflower are not entirely satisfactory. During a gale encountered on the homeward passage, considerable difficulty attended the reefing of the Marten's topsails. Out of 90 ordinary seamen she had on board, only 10 could be induced to venture aloft. The instructors of these things—misnamed seamen—had to do the work. The very powerful foghorn designed by Professor Tyndall, and which we described in a former issue

has, says the Register of March 24th, been on trial for some time past at Trinity House AVharf, Blackwall, and can be distinctly heard for several miles round. A plan for shipping and unshipping rudders at sea, based upon a principle patented some years ago. has been introduced by Captain Henley. The Register' thus describes it. An aperture just large enough to allow the rudder to slip through easily, is cut in the counter, and instead of pintles an iron tube, the length of the sternport, is fixed to it; with its after end open, so as to admit of the ritdderpost working easily up and down. The rudder is in the shape of the ordinary rudder, only that in lieu of the usual rudderpost an iron post is substituted, which fills the hollow tube in the' sternpost in the same manner as the gudgeons fit the pintles. The keel of the iron post fits into a socket in the lower end of the tube, while the upper part works in a bearing on deck. The rudder is lowered down from the deck through the aperture the tiller is then fixed, and the aperture closed in the same manner as the trunk of a centre-board yacht; By means of a screw working in the bearings upon deck the rudder can be locked in case of the tillerropes carrying away. The death of Captain John Oliver, at the age of 102 years, is reported by the secretary of the Liverpool Mercantile Marine Service Association, the deceased having been a pensioner on the aged seamen's fund in connection with that body. He fought at Trafalgar under Nelson, and had been seventy years at sea. A boy named John Lane, aged 13, one of a number confined on board the industrial ship Havannah at Cardiff, was charged with having attempted to set her on fire. He pleaded guilty, and said that he thought if he had succeeded in burning her all the other boys would be free.