SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4406, 3 April 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POUT CHALMERS.

April I.—Wind, S.W., light. Weather, cloudy, dull. Ba.m.— Barometer, 29.92; thermometer, 62. 1 p.m.— Barometer, 28-C2; thermometer, CO. 5 p.ai.—Barometer, 29.00; thermometer, 58. April 2.—Wind, N.E., fresh. Weather, fine, cloudy. 8 a.in.—Barometer, 30 (H ; tlicrtnome'er, 06. 1 p.m. —Barometer, 30.02; thermometer, 04. 5 p.m.—Barometer, 20.88; thermometer, 00. High water on the 3rd April:—At the Heads, 9.49; at Port Chalmers, 10.29; at Duncdin, 10.0. POET CHALMERS OBSERVATORY. Jjitituae, 45.W.55 south ; longitude, llh. 22m. S7s, cast. Time ball irops daily (Sundays exempted) nt 1 p.m. Pprt Chalmers wean time, or lh. 37m. 235. a.m. Greenwich mean time. ARRIVALS. Phoebe s.s., 410 tons, Andrew, from Lyttcltonand the North. 11. B. M.mkhian agent. PftsscngcrsMr and Mrs Giahaffl and family (5), Mttses Ulhe, Wadmain Messrs Alexander, .ttowe, Evans, Jtfooru, lernandez, Adams, Reardon, and 7 steerage. » Samson, p.st., 124 tons, Edto, from Oftmaru.. J. Mills agent. Passengers—MesdamesW.tkins, Double, Messrs Alger, Mitchell, Cairncross, Thompson, Cooper, Patterson, T»ylor, Prydall, Stock, Br&ido, Walkom, Constable Prendlvelle and prisoner; 17 steerage. Matau, 5.8,107 tons, Urquhart, from Port Moiyneux. 3, Reid, agent. . • - ■ ■ ■■■ ' Lizzie, schooner, 223 tons, Hellon, from Boston, October3lst. Bates, Sise, and Co., agents. ■ ■■■ ' jFranklyn Belie, ketch, 30 tons, Foreman,1 from Waikanafti. B. Outline, agent. April 2nd.—Arawata, 8.8., 623 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne, March 27th, .via Bluff. Balgety, Nichols, andCo.,agonta. Passengers: From Melbourne —-Mesdames C. Campbell, Doig and family (4), Rev: Bodkin, M'Mahon,. Healy, Dunn, Messrs StevMrti Boutcher A. Smith, Skinner, Finn, Master Maish, and 32 steerage. .From Bluff—Mr and Mrs Ritchie,.Miss M'Kay, Slew* Masey, Duthie, Meare, Anderson, and' 6steerage. . ■ ':'.■_:''■ _ j_ Express, s.s., 136 tons, Frascr, from the Bluff. ■ H. Houghton and Co., agents, ' :■ Hawea, s.s., 461 tons, Wheeler, from Lyttelton and the North. Union Company, agents. Passengers'Rev. Mr and Mrs Keall and child, Mr and Mrs Brawn and child, Mr and Mrs , Kare, Mesdames Allen and 2 children, Cameron, Coumbes, Downes, Miss Taylor, Messerg Prosser, Taylor, WillUmsi Fultoh.'auMrtiis, Bownes, Williams, Kelly, G. O. Williams, Dudney; M'Kay, Dufrcck, Skeoch, and 8 steerage,1 *» ' Express, s.s., 186 tons, Fraser, from Bluff Harbour. H. Houghton and Co., Agents. Passengers—Mies Koss, Messrs Forrester, Adamson, and Cross. • DBPABTCRKB. ' Comerang, p.n., 162 tons, Best, for the Bluff/ G. S. Brodrick, agent. i ''April 2— Phoebe, s.s., 416 tons, Andrew, for. lAttelton and the North, tf. B. Monkmati, agent. Passengers : For Lrtteitor—Mrs Rccs, Misses Mnnro, Bskell, Messrs O'Brien, Derritt, Murphy, Gill, Monaghan, Lean. DaWßon, Money, Buller, Hart, Plank. For Wellington-Mrs Beattie,'Messrs Wilson, Millar, Ward. For Picton—Mr Girling. For Nelson—Mr and Mrs Wymond. For Greyraonth- Mr and Mrs Hcssey arfd cnild, Mr Espitt, and 16 steerage for all ports. Jane Hannah, schooner, 62 tons, Shields, for Catlln's River. H. Guthrie, agent. * EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Fp.gm London.—Denbighshire, Dec. 29 ; Loch Awe, January; Caitloch, Zuleika. Fjbom Glasgow.—Pomona. ;From Mew York.—Stillman B. Allen, January 2Srd; Argosy, March. PROJKCTBD DBPARTHRSa. For London. — Nolson, this day; May Queen, early. For Melbourne.—Alhambra, sth inst.; Alma, early. •Foit-SyDNrT.—Albion, early. For Northern Portb.—Arawata, this day; Hawea, 4th tatt. For IiTrrKLTOK, &c. —Wanganui, 7th inst.; Sophie, early. For Tnunv. -Taiaroa, 4th inst.; Beautiful Star, 4th inst. Vor Southern Ports.—Express, early; Cornernag,- early. For Port Molvnbux.—Matau, early. Fob Suau Point.—Shag, early. For OamaßU.—Samson, 4th inst. ; Jessie Niccol, «arlv ; Matau, this day. For Auckland.—Hincmta, early; Albion, 4th inst.; Transit, early. Fob Moeraki.— Defiance, early. For West Coast.—Maori, this day. For Grbyuol'ih.—Crest of the Wave, 4th inst. CUSTOMS ENTRIES. INWARDS. Phoebe, 416 toris, Andrew, from Lyttleton, with cargo. H. B. Monknian, agent. OUTWARDS. Coraerang, 162 tons,' Best, for Bluff Harbour, with cargo; G. §. Brodrick, agent. Phoebe, 416 tons, Andrew, for Lyttelton, with cargo. H. B. Monkman, agent. IMPORTS. Per Phoebe, from the North : C packages, Russell, Ritchie, and Co; 10 do, order; 6 do, Mason ; 2 do, Murray; 1 do, H Driver.; 16 do, National Bank ;11 do, Tupper and Co; 1 do, Stewart; 1 do, Coombss; 2 do, Monkman: 1 do, Kalph; Ido, Hutton; 7do, A Briscbe and Co; 1 do, Blackett; 1 do, Hayman *nd Co;1 8 do, Marshall and Co; 6 do, Luks; 2 do, Spencer; 1 do, Smith. -! ■' " Ber ffranklyn Belle, from, Waikoualti: 100 bales, Wright, Stephenson, and Co; 4 do, Cargills, Gibbs, and Co. ■' ■•i■•■ :"' ■' " " :- ■■■■■■''■■■■■

Per Arawftta, from Melbourne: 2 packages, Park and Curie: 6 (Jo, Matbeson Brothers; 63 do, Kum Goon Lee; ldo, Wm Jones; 1 do,1 jlev E vli Stanford ; 1 do, Mackay, Fenwick, and 00;,.2 do, Haig Brothers; 3 do, Ros3 and Glendinhig; 3 do, A and T Inglis.; 10do,: Lane, Campbell, and Co; 65 do, W' Gregg and Co; 7 do, Bing, Harris, and Co ; 42 do, Kincaid, M'Queen, and Co; 1 do, E'Pritchard ; 811 do, Dunning Brothers; 6 do, Otago Guardian; 2 do, Collector Customs; 10 do, Oliver, Ulph, and Co; 39 do, Kempthorns, Prosser, end Co; 287 do, Lange and Thoneman; 3 do, Evening 'News; ldo, National Insurance'Co ; 810 do, order; 4 do, H Wise and Co; 7 do, W Melville; 12 do, Boss, Pole* and Patetson; 40 io, Paterson and M'Lood; 10 do, Pritchard; 1 do, W Melville ; 2 do, Ferguss.m and Mitchell; 1 do, J T Gregory; 1 do, D Beadenan; 4 do, fT Allen; 1 do, Matthew, Baxter, ■' andCo; 2 do, Otago'Daily Times ; 1 do, A X Living/Btotf"; 08 do, A and T Burt; 4 do, Boleberg"ahd'Sons: 2do,iLeWM:and Beid; 3do,"HDriver; 16do, Forsyth and M'Neill; 50 do, A Briscoe and Co; 8 ; do, Baidsley ; 8 do, G M Aldrich ; 1 do, Haig and Bramwell ; 4 do, James Prior; 3 do, Brascb and Co: 28 -do, Rattray and Co; 1 do, North and ScoulJ9fci.ldfl..J.W,»lls.;.l,da, Gibbs-andjClayton.; A. do, Mr Simmons; 35 do, E T Sparrow and Co; 56 do, Sargood, Son, and Ewcn ; 138 do, J.B Luks; 128 do, j Prjyjr; 45 dp, Duggant and Co; ldo.Jtfr.A Smith,; 23 io, Macquaid; -l(i do, Bull and Svvinerd.;-48 do,DaggtMSarid Williams; 112 do, A Eimbell; Bdo, Findlay andOo.;luo,J Camwell ;.l do, It T Kennedy; 1 do. D C Cameron; 1 do, A Moody; 1 do, C Fox; 1 do, H White: 1 do,P Hayman; 2-do, C Beag; 1 do,-Soleberg and Sonjjl do, Quarrell; 1 do, Keith and Wilkie; 1 do, W Cairn : 1 do,' City Surveyor; 1 do, Burn ; 3 do, Craig and Gillies; 1 do, A B, Uvfngstou,; 2 dp*, Beu- , jamln; 1 SO, O MatthiiWa; ldo, Jones; 1 do, E M'Keish; 1 do, T J Edwards; Ida, J ttobinson; 1 do, LawrerieiiFire Brigade; 1 do, G H Heath; 2.d0,: Hunter-t-tdorlseveson; 8 do; Whaeler and"Co r ldo," Provincial Government: 11&y EosetttM; 7 do, Wansbrough; 2 do, J T Smith;" 1 do, Oauuru Town Council; sdo, K. Grave; 12 do, Oamarii Gas 0o ; ldo, Union Bank, i ■<'\ s'. • ■"> >••>■■* i■■ '■ [ ■'- ' " ■'•-: •■■ ■• P«rH^w«ft, from the North: 1 packaee, Marrysrtt fend Itoqrei; 1 do.Eccles j.3 do. White and Co; 2 doj Dr Hoadley; 20 do. Preston; 1 do, Kempthorne, Prosa»r, and Co; 1 do, Ji Kelly ( ;' lido, Boy.L Moore1; SI do, MMshall and Co; 2 do,,SumpUsr; 1 do, JasL Smith; 1 do, Hoymarison," Law, and Co; ldo, Seward snd'Co;" i'ud,~ McCarthy; 1 do, Kroon ; 5 do, Dun-; ning.( 4^io,.Wllßon; l<loj Bright Bros | ldoißattonr I do; Beritbri; 1 do, Stewart; 2 do, .Loan and Mercantile Agency ;11 do, M'Landrcsa, Hepburn, and Co; 14 do, Lunge and Thciieman; l do, Brough; 1 do, Grant; II do,JisMills. / f::: .r- ; :..,--S. , PerMaUu, from Port Molyn»ux: 15 packages, J Beid; 2 do, 11'Landrass, Hepburu, and Co. Per Samson, from Oamaru: 2 packages, Houghtoa, and Co; ISO do, order; 2:do, Milllchamp; 58 do, Wright, Stephenson, and Co; 50 do, Esther and Low ; S6 co, Martin and Watson; 30 do,Meenan; 80 do, Cable; 2 do, Beid and Gray ; 200 do, Anderson; 38 do, M'Landress, Hepburn, and Oo; 2 do; Minims ; 5 do, Neill and Boyd./^ : : j. EXPOKTS.

Per "kelson, for Xohdon: 1202 balei of wool, 401 bags wheat, 37 caskß tallow, Buasell, Bitchie, and Co ; 1692 bales wool, 14 casks tallow, Cargills, Gibbs, and Co; 662 bales wool, 19 casks tallow, Murray, Roberts, and t Co; 62 bales wool, Maclson Bros; 9 do, F Fulton; 4 do, Neill and Op,;, 107 do, R Thomson ; 6 do, A Cowgill ; 20ti do, Clarke; 3iU do, Wright, StepheDson, and Co; 29 do, 8 casks taUow, Turnbull and Co; 55T bales wool, Rattrav and Co ; 914 bags wheat, Cuhninghun and Co; 3 boxes gold (43000z5), Bank of New Sonth Wales:; ;,',,:,■:., - - ■■. ■.-■' ..-. •- .;■•■

Per 'Phoebe: For Lyttelton—2 - pkges, Haltentrtein Bros; 1 do, H&maim; 3 do, Butterworth; 2 do, P Eaymari; 1 do,' JJoole'; 8 do", KemptUorne,. Prosser,, and Co ; i do, Nixon; 6 do. Boss and Olehdining; 1 do, Victoria Insurance Company; 1* do, FerguKipn and Mitchell; Vfi3o'pTuomson and NiViaif horses, O'Brien; 2anohors, OUverandUlph. s"or Wellington —S hhds, Marshall and CopeUnd ; 100 pkges, Gregg and Co; 2do/.Slesinger; 12; do, Hayman siudCo; 4' du.Kempthorue, I'rosser, and Co; 3 do, Jlatlieson Eros; 1 doTHuyroaßW. Low.wd Co; 2 do, Walden; 6 do, A and T Burt; 1 do, Hallenstein ; 4 do, Sargood, Son, and £won. .For Picton—l do, Beaver Bros; 5 do, (Hawortli; 22 do, Gregg and Co ; 2 do, Bing, Harris,land Co; 2 do/Mathesoii Bros and Co; 8 do,-Sargood, Son, and Ewen. For Napier—l do, Vernon- 1 dp. Heymanspn, Lowland Co;; 1 do, Ross and wendhung;'l dp, TjVias and Co ;,1 do, Butterworth Bros. For Wan^ahul — 8 packages. Butterworth Bros: 7 do-;*K«uipthorno; 8 d«| Heymanson, Law, aodt Co rl2 do,, Sargood. Son, and Ewefi. For Nelßon—l package Murray; 5 do, StarijhaH and Co; i do, Sempt&rne, ProsssrVandjCo ; ido, Bmg, Harris; 23 do, Sargood, Son, and fcwen: 4;dp.* Haworth; 80 do, Anderson aud Go; 2 do, •HaHenstmn Bros; 1 do, Bosa and Glendinlng ; 1 do, -Mossiel Co. For Greymou&f.l3 jMokajje^Eoss and Glendlning:,, y,For Taranaki—l package, Kdiß.Gopn Lee;-80 do, Anderson and Co ; 1 do, Butterworth1 Bros: For' Manukau— 2 packages, A aud T Burt; 1 do, Heymanson, Haw, and Co; 6do,Kcmpthome, Proeser,and Co; 7 do, ilayman; 1 do, KumGoon i*o. •;.,-.., / .; ;.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

. <■■■ , . / Auuk^-vxd, April Ist. Arrived: H.M.3. Pe&rl, Commodore Hoskins. The Pearl has scarlet fever on board. @ae uoaa died on the passage. She goes into quarantine at Motiki. The Southern Cross, mission schooner, hs^ sailed on a cruiae. Sydney passengers: Revs. Still, Palmer, and Woadrahet.

Welusotos, Aprillst. Arrived : At 1 p.m.. Colima, four days from' Auckland direct. Detained by heavy weather. She sailed at 4?p.m. Waipi, from London, 103 days out; 18S immigrants; all wull; Quo passaga Uiroughout. Ocean Beauty, irom London, 120 dajrß from Gravesend, 116 days from laud to laud. She experienced baffling winds throughout tha voyage. She brings 1000 tons cargo ooUHijcnc & to Messrs Turnbull and Co. Sailad: "At 10 a.ni., Alhambra. Passengers for Coast —Mr BaviHe and three steerage.

AKEIVAL OF THE LIZZIE.

The loug-expucted Lisslc, from Barton, put In an apwaniice on fcatiinlay afternoon, and,having «. leading wind sailed up harbour, and anchored off Grisiy Point She i-s a new vu-acl on her nwlden trip ; was built'at ita-tvi under lire superintendence of her master, Captain Hclion, snd appears to be a substantial veasel of her class. A fiature of her construction is that her bulwarks oro built nithout stanchions, for the ouroose of obviating the possibility of water tlndInS Us way below in the event of tho bulwarks bomj; LUzte i/aTthiee-uuisted schooner, ot 22J tons register, and the following dimensions ■r^l)/ th ? v"l Sf 107 ft.; beam, Z6» ; daplh of hold, I2ft. AIM diiyb' passage would have bcwi average time for a xtL lofl>cr*lEC,fnUorc»ißo, and with a duck load besiJes, and tlut slie exceeded it is to be attributed to

the poor winds ehe experienced north of >the Line and about the Cape, and the very heavy weather that assailed her on several occasions. She If ft Boston on October 31st, with a strong N.W. breeze, which, on the 2nd of November freshened to a heavy gale-the first of her troubles. She ran through it, but laboured heavily, and shipped* great deal of water, one sea smashing her skylight and fillinsr the cabin. The gale moderated on the Jird, and the wind went round to S.W., and increased to another gale on the 6th. She weathered it, head reaching un.ler' balanced reefed mainsail and fore topmast stay sail, and afjain took a irreat real of water on board ; the starboard main dcA p >rt was worked out. The gale took off qjx the 7th, and thence, until ehe met the S.E. trades, in lat. 3.16 N. on December llth, variable winds all round the compass prevailed. The first of the 1 rude was very light, calns predominating, bo that it was not until the 21st that she crossed the Equator, long. 31.42. The Trade then freshened up, but w-is very southerly, netting her over upon the Brazil coast in company with a whole fleet of vessels also bound south. On the 26th fslie Mghted lite island of Fernando Cc Noronha, and on January 10th, lat. 23 S., lost the Trade. On the 12th she spoke the barque Marlborough, from -London bound to Algoa Bay, and.obtained some bis-i i cuits and flour from her, and on the 14th she spoke the chip Scalcote, from Liven>ool to Calcutta, 56 days out. i Thence variable wind* all round the compass, withone ' sharp blow from N.N.W., wurecxpetiinced until Janyir ; aryioth, when the first of the westerlies found her in lat. 40.44 S , long-. 10.02 W. They blew 6teadily. and moderate for a few days,1 taking her across the meridian of Greenwich on February Ist, and that of the Cape on i I the 7th, her latitude then-being 41. Off the pitch of Itho Cape she fell in with a great deal of light, baffling j weather, and on the 16th again got the westerlies and jran along with them to the 27th, wh^n they hauled to jN.N.E. and blew up a tremendous gale—barometer "downfto 28.92. The schooner was hove-to, "but la-1 ■ bowed heavily, was boarded again and again by seas, 'one of which carried away her only.,quarterI bo*t. It 'was hanging in the Starb'batd davits, jand davits, boat, tackling, and all went. The I same sea split the covering board and flooded the i cabin. The gale gave out on the 24th, and the wind ;again veered to the westward, and held there, blowing shard at times, until Maroh; 12th, when sho was two or three degrees cast of the meridian of the Leuwin. 'There another hurricane assailed her, again from IN.N.JB. The barometer fell to 2&40, and the gale was jattended bytorrentsof rain and severe thunder and llightning. Once more she was hove-to, and- lay with {her lee rail under water and the sea breaking over her. One heivy bodyof water fell upon the forecastle and •washed the starboard anchor overboard. The chain jwas fast to it, and hadto be slipped 'at the fifteen ifathom shackle, anchor!and go' much chain of course ■being lost.' The gale moderated on the 14thj and Irrom ihat date she had good winds to the 21st, when !the spell of bad weather that then set in ,on the New Zealand coast found her.' Shebattled thrbugh'it until the 28th, hove-to the greater part Of the time, and on that day was within sight'ol the Snares; had southerly and variable winds afterwards, and arrived on the lßt inst. She brings 420 tons ef general cargo — Yankee notions—and has a deck load of timber. The Lizzie h*ila from Adelaide, and te to be kept in the Colonial trade. She goes up to Dunediu to discharge her cargo. * ■" -\[\'[ ,;

j The leading; lights at the Heads wore brought into use oo Saturday evening—being April Ist, the ap pointed day—for the- firtt time. The Peninsula conveyed to the Heads Captain Thomson and Mr Stephens, Harbour Board Inspector. The lights having been lit, the Peninsula, with Captain Thomson on board, went outside the Heads to observe the pflect. They are very brilliant lights, the bright light especially ao. The green light, Which is the higher situated of the two, is riot so strong owing to its Colouring. We understand that both would have been bright lights had not the GerierarGovernment Insisted upon one being coloured: Further, it is considered it Would have made no-difference for the worse tohav« both lights bright, whereas by making the highest light, which should be seen" at the" greatest distance, a coloured one, its strength is impaired. The tfed light inside the bar was also lighted for the first ttme on Saturday eveHng. '■"",' ■ i The New Zealand Company's steamer Phoebe, Captain Andrews, arrived in Port at 8 a.to. oil Saturday. That she did not put in ah appearance on the previous Evening is sufficiently Accounted for by her detention tinder Banks Poninsula'after leaving• iyttelton. As she opened out the peninsula the full force of a southerly gale met her, and, ris with that in her teeth, Captain Andrews was sure she Would not fetch the Heads s in time to save her daylight on Friday evening, lie bore up for Long Look-out Point, and anchored for the night. The Phoebe couies from the North, as usual, arid we may observe appears here for the first time in command of Captain »ndrews, lite of the Lady Bird. His step upwards is consequent upon the removal; of his'predecessor, Captain Worsp, to the Taupo.,' Yfe ifongratulate him upori'his appointment to so well-reput«d and staunch a boat as the Phoebe, and, hop;) that in his Hands her future Career will be as successful, as her past. We have to thank Mr Barbonr, the purser, for the dolivery'of our, Northern exchanges and the report. Auckland files have reached us for the first time for several weeks. We have no doubt about our contemporaries having forwarded them, and attribute their non-arrival to their having gone astray upon that marvellous specimen of Colonial administration, the Auckland and Ocehunga railway. The files very likely mtesed one of the two trains per diem, and may then have been "shunted" into the lumber room and forgotten. The Phoebe left the Manukau at 10 a.m. on the 25th ult, arrived off Taranaki at 6.30 a.m. next day, left again at 1030 a.m., and fetched Nelson at 8 a.m. on the 27th, made a short stay of two hours, and pushed ahead for Picton ; arrived there at 6.30 p.m., left at midnight,andgiined Wellington wharf at .6 am.? on the 28th; made another start at 4' p mi, arrived at Lyttelton at 7,p.im. on ihe 29th,'left at6,:p.n>. ba thft 30th, anchored for the night under Lookout Point, was under weigh again at G a m. next day, and arrived as above. Moderate flue weather favoured her to Wellington, and thence she steamed along against strong southerly winds and heavy head sea. .,-, , ! Tlie ship Nelson was hauled away from the new pier on Saturday more ing, and moored in the stream off the railway pier, whence she will tow to sea to-day,, weather permitting. ,We wish her a safe and quick passage to London. ','. : , ■~'. ~~ , : .:;. ; The ship Margaret Galbraith was taken into the Graving Dock on Saturday morning, to, have.her bottom. cleanecUand ietcoated. ,j .; -it l, li. Owing to the intense darkness of the night and thickness of the weather, the steamer Taiaroa did not sail on Friday night. She came down from the Upper Harbour en Saturday morning, discharged and took in some cargo, and left for Timavu.last evening. . The steamer Comerang left,for Southern ports on Saturday evening.. She brought the schooner; James P&xton from Dunedin. ■~,-. , , : ... ..

Messrs Mncmeckan and Blackwood's steamer ArajWata, Captain Underwood, arrived'at the Fort Chalmeis Railway Pier at 7 a.m. yesterday, haying-mode the passage from Melbourne, including ten hours'stoppage at the Bluff, in five days twelve and a half hours. .She left Saudridge at .4 30 p.m. on the 27th, cleared Port Phillip Heads at 7 p.m., and passed Wilson's Promontory at 4 a m. next day, and the steamer Ringarooma, _bound in, at the same time..; Fresh :N.E. winds and fine weather prevailed'across, and at 7 a.m. on the Ist instant she arrived at the Bluff, bavin? made the run .in tour days ten hours. :, Discharged 70 tons of cargo, and left at 5 p.m., came along ander easy .steam, and arrived as above. Thick.easterly weather, prevailed .onithe coast. We thank Mr Miller, the purser, for the 'report and dnlivery of our Melbourne exchanges. At -10 p.m. on Friday last the Arawata passed aud spoke ■ the whaling b vrque Cnance, to the westward: of the Solander. .JMiater reported that there were,plenty of whales about, but that" tbe barque had had no luck; • Hereafter the name of the Arawata will be associated with what we trust will prove the successful acclimatisation of that king of fish, the salmon. The "Arawata transhipped from the Durham watt Melbourne, the portion of ova brought out by that Ssteumer for New Zealand, and landed it at the Bluff. There was one large case centaining about 100 boxes of the ova, carefully picked in ice. ; The Arawata. has one-box of ova on board, for delivery at Lytteltou. I The ketch Franklyn Belle, having on board 100 bales of twool for the May Queen, and four for the Oamaru, 'came in frow Waikouaiti on Saturday afternoon, and jmoorcd at.ihe,New pier, to discharge. ..■"-,■,,.., ; , , Messrs H. Houghi^n-and1 Co.'s> steamer Express /arrived from the Bluff yesteiday forenoon, and the tide serving, passed on to Bunedin. She is to leave again for tha South on Wednesday.' • c The schooner James Paxton, bound to Riyerton, went ashore on the spit ,yesterday;mornin|r, between th 6 wreck of the Kevival and the Lighthouse. The mishap was brought about through -her missing stays whilst attempting to work to sea. She >was bound to .Riyerton, and providing an easterly sea doesno't come inj'is in no darger. At the game time, as she went ..ashore nearly'at the,top of high, water, s»me difficulty maybe experienced in getting her off again.,, Our Port representative' sent us" 'the following special last evening:—The Harbour Department's launch Vire, and the Customs launch; 'have • gone ' down to the stranded schooner James Paxton;1 The wither is threatening from the eastward; wind rising. If it blows hard and a sea cornea in the schooner will be in great peril. At preseut she is nearly high and dry on the Spit. ■ ■ ' ■••• - '■ ■ ■■■■ ' - * The Union Company's steamer Hawea, Captain Wheeier, arrived at the New Pier, Port Chalmers, at ,11.15 a.m. yesterday. She has had a very rough weather nassage from the North to as far as Wellington, gales from S.E. prevailing. The weather in the Strait wb,on she was crossing from, Picton .Jo. Wellington was exceptionally heavy—the most'sever*'■that the Hawea has faced since she has been on the coast. She left Unehunga with the TaranakT, Nelson, and Picton portion of the New Zealand mail, via 'Frisco, onithe 28th, at noon;" arriv<)d. off Tariiuaki at 8 a.m. next day, landed mails, passengers, and cargo, aud went on to Nelson afc'OiSOami' A strong' 8. E. gale anil heavy rain marked the paasage from the Hanukau, anif continued until she was well south of Cape Egtnont, then moderated a little, and the se>, which had heen exceedingly heavy, went down.' 'She arrived off the Boulder Bank at 3 a in. 011 the 30th, and when the*tide served run inside at' 9 a.m. •■ Remained two hours only At Nelson, and then left for Picton ; heavy 8 E. weather attended her, and hen. c it was not until 7 p.m. that the arrived. Liy thare all night, and made another start at 5 a.m. on the 31st. Was seven hours atearnitig across, the gale and sea being so heavy, and at neon arrived at Wellington. Left again at 4 p.nl., arrived at Lyttelton at 1,30 p.m. oa the Ist, made another move at 4.45 p.m., and arrived,as above. Fine moderate weather and; variable winds were experienced up from Wellington; We' thank Mr Newman, her'purser, for the report and our files. The Hawea leaves again to-morrow,on her return North. The steamer Phoabeleft yesterday afternoon on her return North, with 40 passengers and 72 tons of cargo. , The ne>v s^.-Matau arrived from her, maiden trip on Saturday evening1.' filie" !<lt Dunedih' bit Thursday evening, called at Port Chalmers for a few minutes, and left for Port Molyncux at 7.15 p.m:, arfiying off the bar at daylight. A fresh breeze was blowing, with a high cross sea; -^rhteh' "teifed tl^e seagoing qualities of the steamer.2: She, faoTfevery came out of the ordeal with great credit, proving herself an adoiirable sea boat, as veil as smart under steam. A short stay was made at Port Mulyneux, and'then a start was made for Kaitangata. She remained there the whole of the. afternoon, ■ aild was .visaed that time by a large number <>f the residents; who had notj anticipated seeing so fine a boat. Steaming dqwn the river.Port Molyaeiix Was again reached, and the steamer moored for the night. On Saturday morning, at 7.50, she crossedtho bar, andsteatiedup coast against a lijchtJiortherly'breeze. Cape Saunders' was breasted in six -hours and a' half from the time of departure, which Showed an average ol nearly nine knots an hour.' At Port Chalmers she oo.Jcd, and then steamed up to Dunedik Tho Jlatau will sail tWis afternoon for Oamaru. We understand she will make one trip a week each to Port Xolyneux and Oamaru.

MESSES SPARROW AND HENDEBSON'S NEW STEAMEB. '

The now iron steamer which, under thd clever manipulation of Messrs Sparrow and Henderson, has grown up from keel to bulwarks during the last few weeks, supplies further evidence, if that is needed, of the capabilities of our Dunedin firms to turn out vessels of her description. We liavo watched the progress of her construction with some interest, and may gay, without the all^htest taint of hyperbole, that she is an exceedingly niccly-moJclled and aubstantirilly-built vessel, and will -or we shail tx: very much msitaken— prove no less useful and profitable to Messrs Alacandrew, IK'nsciii, ami Co., for whom she is being built, than ci editable to the Imiltlen. Slio H very far advanced toward.-! eompluliui, htr frames :iiid plates lwinj; together, sponnuii a<id)>adJlc-'ivhcei b»x n partly frain.d. and decks in pt'yr«-a oi laying. (loud tubstaiit;nl irun had beei iiseJ iv her c'liisirnctio'i. H<sr boltuiu plate1; ana bhuar sLrukuj are ol j;ii. iron, and

the intermudiate plates of 3-16 th iron. Her frames are of angle iron 21in. by 5-10 th of an inch; the beamSj of angle iron 3-Bths of an inch thick, and 3in. by 3in. She is strengthened with transverse stringers of 5-lCths of an inch iron, 12-in. wide, and has lonmtudinal stringerß,9in. wide, of the sanie description of iron, Her kelson is made up of 5 double 2in.' by 2in. angle irons, Bccurely riveted to a lOiu. wash plate between the frames. She is also extra strengthened at the gunwale by angle irons between the frames, rlvetted to the Btrinsriir p.ate or covering board inside, and the shear st rake outside. Her paddle-wheel beams are Of iron a quarter of an inch thfek. by Gin. wide, surmounted by two 2iu. an^ie irons, strongly rivetted. Her deck plankintr will be of 4in. by 2Jin. timber. The new steamer bids fair to be an extra I strong vessel, and as sightly. as strong, for as we have before remarked she is a very pretty model, entrance fine, de ivery clean, with good bearings a'l along, and plenty of spring. Her dimensions are :— Leugth on the keel, 90ft.; over all, 96ft. Oin; beam, 15ft.; hepth of hold, 7ft. She is to be a paddle-wheel boat) and will be driven by a surface-condensinsr compound engine of SO h.p., the building of which has been entrusted to Messrs Davidson and Co., of Dunediu. The boiler, a m irine multitubular, is one that .formerly belonged to the steamer Waipara; and as the :power of the new steamer Is'less than that of the ;Waipara,,whilst the boiler is in good condition and has been tested by the Government Inspector up to [2101b., we have no doubt but that it will answer well The new boat is being put together on the inner side of the Railway line, a short distance below 'Stuart street jetty, and will be ready for launching in 'the course of a week or so. We believe sho will supiply ajldpg-felt want in this harbour of a hanny vessel to do light towing, to attend to the Portobello trade, and last, but not least, to open up a steam trade with iWaikouaitl.' For these. purpo«es she will be admirably Buited, and in the hands of an energetic master 'like Captain Densem, can scarcely fail, in proving a feource'of profit to her owners.

INTERPROVINCIAIi SHIPPING

! Tlie Auckland Herald of the 22nd reports the arrival of the ship Merwanjee Framgee, from London, after a ba<nage of 77 days from port to port, and 72 days from land to land. This is remarkably smart travelling, amongst the quickest on record in the Colony, for in the case of a, vessel goiug to Auckland the !Three Kings is, as a rale, the first landfall made, a place very much more distant than the Snares, the usual landfall made by vessels bound to this Port from the old country. We have on record equally smart, and even.^martpr, passages to this Port,, but. then, the difference of distance to Auckland has to be allowed for. The ship Maulesden was 77 days from port to port, and the ship Oxford 76,' but neither of their performances quite come up to that of the Merwanjee Framjee. The latter bad good leading winds to the Equator, crossing it on the 17th day out, and thence to the Cape had iitfht winds, crossing its meridian on the 44th day out, Feb. 17th. Between the meridians 33 E. md 43 E. several icebergs were passed. Nothing was said in the report about the winds across the Southern Ocean, but they must have been favourable, as, on March 19th, the ship wns in sight of the Three Kings. < Another arrival of note is reported by our contem r po'rary." The ship Brodick Castlo. a new vessel of 1775 tons register, arrived at Auckland on the 23rd tilt, with 273 immigrants and 2200 tons of cargo. She made a 99 days' passage/and belongs to Messrs T. Skinner and Co.'s Castle Line of Packets of Glasgow, the Brsdick Castle will be remembered to have met with heavy weather in the Bay of Biscay, after leaving the first time, on October 7th. She was partly dismasted in the Bay,'and was towed back to Falmoiith, and thence went round to Plymouth to refit, and took a second departure on December 14th. She had average winds and weather to the Cape, and was there becalmed a whole week, rather an unusual occurrence in these latitudes. Fair westerlies cirried her across the Southern Ocean. The passage was not wanting in incident. On December 25, a vessel lying oti-her beam ends was sighted, and proved to be the ship Sparkenhoe, of Dublin, abandoned, and all her masts standing. ;'■. On, the same day the crew discovered a very mutinous spirit, refusing to send up the topgallant yards, which, In i compliance with a request from the Plymouth Emigration Officer, had not been sent aloft when the snip left Plymouth., The officers of the bhip had to do the work-, arid as seveial of the crew—the ringleaders -i-were very insubordinate during the rest of the passage—they were given into custody at Auckland. That the topgallant yards were not sent aloft before the ship left is, to say the least, singular and suggestive. Why, if the ship was iv proper condition, should she have been despatched ,to sea withnothing above her topsails 1 Wenever before heard of 'such a case. The immigrants enjoyed good health on the, wiiy; only three deaths occurred—two infants, and an adult female of rheumatic fever and heart disease.