SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3049, 14 November 1871, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS.—November 13. Wind, N.E., light breeze. Weather, fine, cloudT High wfter on 14th November : At ?he Heads, L ; Port Chalmers, 4.34; Dunedin, 5.19. _______ POUT CHALMERS OBSERVATORY •Latitude, 45.48.55 south; longitude, Ilk. 22m. 36 sec. east. Time baU drops daily (Sundays exceptec^ at lpm., Port Chalmers mean time, or in. 37m. 23sec. a.m„ Greenwich mean time. CUSTOMS ENTRIES. inwards. Nov 13-James Paxton, 61 tons, Greig, from invercargill, with cargo. Master, agent IMPORTS. Per Alice, from Waikouaiti: 12 bales, Reid ; 50 bags, Anderson and Mouat. EXPORTS. Per Dagmar, for Greymouth : 8 pkgs, M'Leod; 4 do, Bradshaw. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. (from our own correspondents. ) Wellington, November 13th. Arrived ._ Maori, s.s., and Aburiri, s.s., from Lyttelton. The Maori sails for Napier to-morrow. jj ELgON> November 13th. Sailed —P. C. E., barque, for Newcastle ; Swordfish, brigantine, for WeUmgton. There were no arrivals or departures at or from the Port or Heads yesterday. The ship Carrick Castle having JgWereJ wa« yesterday placed alongside the hulk California to discharge the remainder of her coal cargo from Newcastle. The ps. Wallace is announced to resume her re^lar Oamaru trade on Friday. Wbile being laid up she has received a new boUer and undergone a thorough overhaul to . bull and machinery, and is now in first-rat> fettle for her arduous duties in the coming wool season. The s.s. Taranaki will also sail on Friday for Northern Ports. The s.s. Beautiful Star sails to-morrow foi the Bluff. WRECK OF THE BARQUE CORYPHEUS. The Rockhampton Bulletin of the 19tt ult., publishes the foUowing :— The barque Corypheus, of London, 29( tons register, Captain Rae, left .Foo-cho* (China)? on the Uth July last, bound ioi Melbourne. Her owners were Messrs Dal getv, Blackwood, and Co., of Melbourne anc tendon, who were also the owners of hei cargo, consisting of 400 tons of tea. Hei officers and crew consisted of Mr Davey, chief officer, Mr Thomson, second officer, and 11 seamen, named George Begg (carpenter), Richard Cole, Owen Hughes, Fetei Lewis, David Bowden, Otto Ersnhert, Thomas Dawson, Peter Lang, John Wiekeroi (an Austrian), and two Chinamen—l 4 all. Captain Rae tookhisvesselonthePacific rout* for Melbourne, and all went well until tht 23rd August, when, the vessel having beer steered her course from noon of the previous day, the second mate reported breakers oi the lee bow, at half-past 4 a.m. p The helm was immediately put down, in order t( get the ship on tho other tack, but it having fallen calminthemeantime, sherefused stays A'boat waslaunched, with a Hne from forward to try to bring the ship round, but thu proved of no avail. A second boat was thei £ot out, but the vessel drifted hopelessly oi to the reef which surrounds the island o Ailu, in Marshall's Archipelago. Captau Rae states that although he had made du< allowance for the supposed current in tha latitude, the ship had drifted thirty miles out of her course within the space of 1( hours She got on the reef on the easteri side of the island, in lat. 10 deg. 26 mm. N and long. 170 deg. 18 mm. E. On testing his recent observations Captain Rae fount them strictly correct, and the loss of th< vessel is therefore due to the previously un known force of the current in that part o the Pacific. After the ship struck the reef she rolled fearfully for a few minutes the captain being afraid she would cant ti the seaward; but the sail being set and the breeze freshening, she ultimatel; canted inshore. The mainmast was then cv away, and the captain and part of the crev got on to the reef, the first and second officer: having previously started with the two boat totrv and find a passage through the ree on the lee side of the island. The chic officer returned to the wreck with his boat after an absence of 24 hours. The secom mate was absent 36 hours. Both were a length successful in finding an entrance mt' the lagoon which lies between the reef am In the meantime the vessel had become i total wreck, and it became impossible to save even the stores, except such as suffice* to provision the two boats. When she firs went ashore it was calm, but ten minute afterwards it came away a strong N.E. trad wind, which continued to blow with fore for nine successive days, the sea at lengt] breaking clean over the ship. The provision were got out with much difficulty, the cre\ being only able to work about an hour o. each day, at dead low water, on account o the heavy sea. On leavinc the wreck, the captain and al hands went ashore on the island (Ailu) Here they were most hospitably received b; the islanders, who at once brought them supply of cocoanuts and fresh water. Durinj the succeeding nine days the crew were em ployed in getting provisions from the ship and in raising the boats a plank round, to fi them for sea. On the 3rd September, everything bemj ready for starting, five of the crew—Lewis Eianhert, Wiekeroi, and the two Chinamej elected to remain on the island, rathe than face the dangers of a long trip acros the ocean. Of the remainder, the captair second officer, and two seamen—Cole an Lang—took the ship's gig, the chief office and the remaining four seamen taking th jolly boat. The captain gave the mate th best of his charts, and started, himself with compass, chart, chronometer, a small suppl; of biscuits, a small quantity of Australia: tinned mutton, and two kegs each contamin 18 gaUons of fresh water. The mate s boa was similarly provisioned. They started i: company, arranging that in the event c their parting, each should endeavour t< make Pleasant Island—lat. 30 mm. S.— am there await the other's arrival; failing t< make that island, Rockhampton was to b the destination of both, it being whoUy im possible to make the New Hebrides, on ac count of the S.E. trade winds, and th Solomon Group to the westward being b, repute inhabited by cannibals. The boat kept in company four days, when the; parted. On account of a gale of wind, whic. lasted two days, when near Pleasant Island the captain's boat was driven 80 miles t leeward, and he determined to steer at one for Australia. For 45 long days the little boat pursue* her way without seeing a single vessel o touching land. The only islands sightei Were Stewart's and St. Christoval Islandsthe latter one of the Solomon. Group. Know ing the lengthened voyage before them--2,650 miles—the captain and crew eked ou their water and provisions by subsisting o: .three small ship biscuits, about half a poun of Australian tinned mutton, and a bottle c water each man per diem. Their stock c water was severaltime replenished by rave the sails being made use of to catch a supply The men suffered very much from exposure alternately to the soaking rain and the burr ing sun, and also from occasionally shippin saltwater, which not only made them uncom fortably wet, but also damaged their biscuit! Theheatwasoverpowering,andwhileforman weeks cooped up in the little boat their suffei ings are described at times as almost intole able. However, they persevered, and c the 44th day landed on one of the islam near Keppel Bay. Having remained ashoi a few hours, they again set sail, and were i fortunate as to arrive safely in the bay c Tuesday last, their provisions and strengl

all but exhausted. They boarded the Keppel Bay lightship the/same morning, and tliere were supplied with a good breakfast, and otherwise kindly treated. As soon as the sea breeze sprang up they proceeded up the Fitzroy, and reached the Upper Flats lightship at 1 a.m. next day. Here they remained a short time, and, having been refreshed with food, started for Rockhampton, reaching the wharf at half-past 10 on the morning of Wednesday, October 18.