SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3563, 7 July 1873, Page 2

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Wellington, July sth. Sailed.—Rangitoto, s.s., and Wanganui, s.s., for Lyttelton.

Lyttelton, July sth. The s.s. Rangitoto is to sail for Dunedia at 2 o'clock on Sunday aftemon.

The N.Z.S.S. Co.'s s.s. Lady Bird arrived from the North at 3 p.m. on Saturday, and berthed alongside the Railway Pier, her passengers and mails being conveyed to Dunedin by the 4 o'clock train. She left the Manukau at 1 p.m. on the 30th ulfc., reached Taranaki at 7 a.m. on the Ist inst; left again at 11 a.m., and arrived at Nelson at 3 a.m. next day; sailed at 1 p.m., arrived at Picfcon at 11 same evening; left at 6 on the following morning, and arrived at Wellington at 11 a.m. ; sailed at 5 p.m., and arrived at Ly ttelton at 2 p.m. on the 4th; sailed at 4 p.m., arriving as above, having had moderate average weather throughout her different trips. Purser Keeble, with his usual courtesy, handed us our files on arrival. The Lady Bird sails again for the North to-morrow afternoon, her passengers leaving town by the 2.30 p.m. train. The p.s. Samson arrived from Oamaru at 5 p.m. on Saturday, passed the Port, and came on at once to Duuedin.

The brig Derwent, for Kaipara, and threemasted schooner Elderslie, for Auckland, took their departures on Saturday with a light, fair wind.

M'Meckan, Blackwood, and Co,'s s.s. Alham-

bra arrived from Melbourne with the Suez mails at 7.30 a.m., and berthed at the Hail way Pier. A special train was in waiting for her mails, which, together with a few passengers, were at once despatched to Dunediu ; the. remainder of her passengers followed by the 10 a.m. train. The P. and O. Co.'s steamer China arrived in Melbourne on the 27th ult., four days before time, delivering her mails in a.little over 41J days. The Alhambra received, our portion, aud left Hobson's B:iy at 3.30 p.m. on the 28th, and passed the Swan at 4 p.m. next day. Experienced strong easterly gales on the passage across. Passed the Solander at 4 p.m. on the 4th inst., and arrived at the Bluff at 7 a.m. on the sth ; discharged mails and cargo, and sailed at 4 p.in , arriving as stated—having had fine weather on the coast. We thank Purser Jago for ouv usual files. The Alhambra leaves to-morrow for Melbourne, via the North and West Coast ports. The ships Michael Angelo and Naomi are expected to be removed from the Railway Pier to the stream this forenoon, weather permitting.

The Cospatrick, an East India frigate, built at Moulmein of teak, and employed in the transport service for some years, put in an appearance off the Heads early yesterday morning. She was observed by the s.s. Alhambia, which on arrival reported a "large ship iv the offing. This being known, the tug Geelong at once got up steam, aud proceeding outside, picked the vessel up at a distance of from five to six miles, and towed, her iv on the first of the ebb tide to a berth iv the quarantine ground, where, having powder on board, she was brought to an anchor until it shall be discharged, which is expected to be completed to-morrow, and the vessel moved higher up or to a berth at the Eailway Pier. The Cospatrick is 108 days on the passage, which has been characterised by anything but favourable weather, more especially from the Equator to the Cape, aud from thence to arrival having had heavy gales, high seas, varied by occasional calms and light weather, as will be seen by the following report culled from the Captain's log :—Left Gravesend on the 20th March; had moderate weather in the Channel, and parted with her pilot off the Bill of Portland on the 22nd. Experienced fine weather to the N.E. ') rades, which carried her to lat. 6. N. Light variables were then met with. The Equator was crossed on the 22nd of April in long. 22.30 W.; variables continued to 10 S., from thence a succession of calms and light airs were experienced for a fortnight, then only reaching 23 S. The meridian of Greenwich was crossed on the 20th of May, in lat. 39 S., and that of the Cape of Good Hope on the 25th, in lat. 43 S. Her troubles followed in running down her easting, between the parallels of 45 and 46. On the 27th May si terrific gale, of only 12 hours' duration, at due west, was encountered, during which she lost several new sails, the barometer being down to 28.G0. A succession of westerly gales, with high confused sea, prevailed to the 17th June. Then in lat. 45.30, long. 1.01 E, when a furious gale, commencing from W.N.W. veering to W.S.W. broke down on her, and while scudding under the lower maiutopsail aud foresail a heavy sea struck her stern, knocking in her dead lights, washing tons of water into the cuddy, destroying all the captain's clothing, books, and charts, and daniaging stores, the barometer down to 28.40. The weather afterwards became more moderate, and the meridian of Tasmania was crossed on the 25th June in lat. 48.20 S. Made the Snares on the 30th, from thence had E.S.E. light winds for two days, followed by strong northeasters and baffling airs to arrival off Otago Heads light, sighted at midnight on the sth. The vessel brings 45 passengers, all well, no sickness of an infectious nature having occurred on the passage. As deck cargo she brings two entire horses--one a Clydesdale, aud one a thoroughbred-—both in fine condition, speaking well for the care taken of them during a trying voyage. Au addition to the population occurred on the 24th June, when Mrs M'Millan gave birth to a male child-r-both of whom, under the care of the ship surgeon, have done well. Notwithstanding the heavy weather encountered, the vessel—a stauuch and strong one—seems to have battled it out well, and is brought into port in good order, reflecting credit on master and officers. She brings a large cargo of general merchandise, includng a large quantity of railway plant for Government.

The new rudder for the ship Yorkshire, being made under the sapervision of Mr Andrew M'Kinnon, at Port Chalmers, wDI be completed to-day, and, if weather permits, shipped to-mor-row. As giving an idea of its dimensions, we may state that it will take a ton of copper to copper it.

The following particulars of the wreck of the Fidelia are given in the European Mail:—" The steamer Fidelia, 714 tons, of London, Captain Swainston, sent from England for the mail service between New Zealand and Australia, but calling at Table Bay en route with a cargo of coal for the Union Company, was totally wrecked on the night of Monday, April 7, near Cape Recife. She discharged her coal at Table Bay, aud shipped'a large quantity of produce for the Australian market, Natal, and the Mauritius, with which she sailed on April 4, and after putting in at Mosael Bay proceeded towards Port Elizabeth. In making the harbour during the night she kept too close in uhoro, and ran upon a rocky bottom soon after passing the lighthouse. The passengers got ashore in safety, aud a good deal of cargo whs subsequently got out of the vessel, but most of it was in a more or less damaged condition."