Shipping PORT CHALMERS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1346, 15 September 1877, Page 11

Shipping PORT CHALMERS.

ARRIVALS. Sept. <J— Tar»ru», a.s., binclair, from Melbourne, Aurmt 29ib, vi* Hobart Town, September Ist, and Bluff. D*lgetr, Nichols, and Co., agents. Passengen; From Melbourne— Mr and Mrs Pattison, Captain Biahop, Mr Seccomb, and IS steerage. From Hobart Town— Mr and Mrs Tame. Mrs Oakden, Mrs Douglas, Mr Matthew*, From Bluff —Mrs 'fiew, Messra Raith. AAdea. • - Frederick Baasi), btrqne, 342 tons, Beit, from NewCMtie, August 21»L K. Ramsay, agent. Bountiful Star, s.« , 146 tont, Christian, from the BlulC -H. Houghton and Co., »gent*. Passengers: Meam Pinkart and Sheedy. Memento, barque, 4-14 tons, Benrald, from Newciatie. August 17tfa. J. Hodge, agotit. Clixa H'Pbee. ketch, 39 tons, M'Leod, from Riverton- Keith Ramsay, agent. JHnedin, schooner, 60 tons, Stewart, bom Haveloek. K. Ramsay, agent. - - Tn»ra, ship, 1806 tons, Taylor, from Glasgow, June 18th. •Cargills. Gibbs. and Co., agents. Pauengera : Mr mnd Mra M'Caw, Rev. «r and Mrs Spence, Mrs and Miv Forrester,. Mua M'Caw, Dr M'Caw. Metsn W. Mentis*. B. Menslrs, J. Uaw*on, J. Robertson. B:eerage— Mr and Mr* Donaldson. Mr and Mm Shearer and 6 children, Metdamea laulejohn, Munro, Misses Botertson. O»wson, Gedde*, Gnat, M'Kteack, Wat•on (^), MeMn Taylor, Davidson, Gibson, Lowry, Pordie, Crtjfhton, L»w»on. Ciunpbe J, Muucor, Porte, H»y, Thomas, Mil'lcan, SUple*. Montgomery, Alian, Harrey, M'Laren, Munro, Bowman, Somarville, and . Bfnrtnm. Seyt. I— Samson, p.t., Jones, from Oamaru. Union Company, atgente Taonuq^, achooner, 60 tons. Conn >r, from Havelook. K. Kanuay, agent. Owake Belle, ketch, 33 torn, Phi ip, from Catlin's Biver H. Guthrie. agent. Ghod Templar, ketch, 42 tons, Currie, from Citiiu's Blver. H. Guthrie, »«ent. Defiance, ketch, 22 tons, Burke, from Oamaru Keith ttomsmy, agent. Agnes Jessie, barquentine. 183 tons, Hawke, from Hotot Town, August 3L T. Paterson, agenW No pacsengera. - - Sept. B— Samson, p.*., Jones, from Oamaru. Union . Company, agents. Passenger* — Mesdam-s Bores BroomhUl, Mr and Hiss M'Oaul, Mi«ses M'Phersou, Boyea, Dodson, Campbell, Messrs Clark, Roulston, Voble, "Robertson, Cut- ing, Flexman. Lees. Kerdon, Plant Geddie, Carrington, Bankn, Bishop, G. H. Dod-ac-0, Golonga, Hooper. Maori, •.«., 118 tons, Bemech. from Timaru. Union Company, agents. Passengers: Mesdamei M'Doag*U and 3 children, Bain and child, Messrs Dungaa, Bwabury. and Jackoon. May Ellen, schooner, 29 tons, Smith, from Catlin's Blrer. Keith R-UDsay, agonc Anna, keen, 26 t«nt, Tyson, from Catia's River. H. Guthiie, agont. Jane, cutter, 25 tors, Keys, from Catlin's Biver. Martin and Watson, agents. Fanny, ketch, 25 tens, Williams, from O*tlin'a River H. Guthrie, agent. HajTiet, ketch, 40 tons, Dare, from Waikouaiti— put in. H. Guthne. sgeot. _Ta°PO. »•»•» 461 tons, Carey, from Akaic* and the *°T& Union Company, agents. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Seed, Mr and Mrs Waller, Mesdames FotherIntfhani, Stout, Bakewell, Bt*nley. Misses Valpy, tfigcuu, Messrs Macauey, Bell, Sutton, Dickson, • Fiuaimmons, Cooper, Green, M'Lennan, Stohr, Austin, Cameron, Bommergill, Johnson, SUckpole, Henry : and 7 steenure. Sept 9— Wangar.ui,s.s.,l79 tons, Fraser, from Bluff . H. Honghton *nd Co., agents. Passengers: Mra grove, Messrs Balleid, Lindsay, Suffleld. Knowles (2), WUion. Hatrb, Lee, Master Umbridge ; aud 2 steerage. % Huou ketch, 42 tone, Hanmng. frum Kakanui. J CHW>9 and Clayton, agent?. '

Grace, ketch, 16 tons, Dixon, from Waikouaiti. Master, agent. Helen Denny, barque, 728 tons, Ruth, from London, June 10th. Carinlls, Gibbs, and Co., agents. Passengers: Mrs Ruth. Steerage — Mrs Walker, Messrs Beattie, Korrih (2), Robins, Gridley, Catkey, Restarrick, Richards.

Sept. 10— Franklin Belle, ketch, Bradshw, from AUday Bay. H. Guthrie, agent. Sept. 11— Maori, s.s., Bernech, from Timara. Union Company, agents. Passenger: Miss Morrison. St. Kilda, 8.8., 174 tons, Flowerday, from Timaru and the West. Keith Kamsay, agent. Passengers : Mr and Mrs Whit*head. Mrs Reid. Samson, p.a., 124 tons. Jones, fromKakanui. Union Company, agents. Passengers : Messw Cl»rk, Wilson, Row, Emslie, Callender, Young, Matterland, Fraser, Cottrell, Maitland, Dixon, «arl«, Reid, Naliy, Lindsay, Andersen, Smith, Fisher, Fulton : Mrs Reid, Mr Md Mre Gabites, and 4 steerage. Alpha, ketch, 24 tons, Welsh, from Catlin's River, H. Gutbrie, agent. Sept 12— Waitaki, k.s. Edie, from Oamaru. Union Company, agents. Passengers— Mr and Miss Headland, Misses Morrison. Wood. Messrs Biker, Scouilar and 3on, Austin, 'Marshall, Wilson, Quelch, Inglis, Bullied, Aiiken, Golduammer, Moliisou, lugUs G. Jones, Ofcilvie, Corkindale, Master Cumming ; and 8 steerage. Mirtin Scott, shp, 1338 tons, Kerr, from London June 10th New Zealand Shipping Comp tny, agents. PaMseng-rs : Mr and Mrt White, Mrs Levy, second Cibin— Muse-t Hamilton, M'»oney, Messrs Thomson, Binduiau, l'utter, iUrnard, Wc3S, Gra Idock, M'Endoe Dunn. DHPARTURBS Sept. G— Jano Scollay, schooner, M'Loan, for Moeraki. Keith Ramsay, ..gent. Sept. 7 — -Salmon, p.s., Jones, for Oamaru. Union Company, agent*. Sway, aihiwuer,7o :o s, Ifeyldon, for Oamai-u. G. Blyth, agent. Jane Anderson, schooner, Saunders, for Stewart's Island. Keith Kainsty, ajrent. Tararua, s.s , 503 tons. Sinclair, f.>r Melbourne, via the Coast Palnety, Mch .Is, and Co., agents. Passenger* : For Lytte.tun— Mr and Mra C. B. Shanks and child, aud 1 utecra«. For Wellington— Air, Miss, and Master Kobson. For AeUon -1 steerage. For Melbourne—Mr Keaat, ai.d 1 steerage. Wakatipu, 5.8., 115» tons, Cameron, for Sydney, via the Coast. Union Company, agents, fa&tengers : For Lyttelton — Mr and Mr< Ponre and 2 children,' Messrs Mackay, Stronach. For Wellington — Mr l.arnach, M.H.R., Mrs Lanach, 4° children, and servant, Misses AUejne, Cnmpbcl Messrs Flint, Hastings, Dowling, Burns, M.H. ti. For Sydney— Ms Webb ami 2 children, Miss Guytnour, Messrs Ualin, Caffey, Gilmour. For Newcastle — Mr J. Whyte. r'or Brisbane — Mr Stuart, and 12 steerage for all ports. Sept. B— Beautiful Star, s.s., Christian, for the Bluff. H. Hougbton and Co., agent*. Lady Ruthven, ship, 1591 tons, Welsh, for Calcutta. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. Harriet, ketch, 40 tins, Dare, for Catlin's River. H. Guthrie, agent. Pept. 9- Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Jones, for Oanuru. Union Company, agents. Maori, s.s., 118 tons, Bemech, for Timaru. Union Company, agents. Sept. 10— Shag, 5.8., Wing, for Shag Point. Martin and Watson, agents. Sept. 11— WaiUki, &«., Edif, for o»maru. Uni«n Company, agents. Taupo, a.8., 481 ton«, Carey, for Lyttelton and the North. Union Company, agents. Passengers -For Lyttelton : Mesdames Clark, Smile, Smyth, Forre»t • Misses Wat<on (2); Messrs Nichols (2), Higgins Dymock, Walker, Km Ing, Matter Hardy, if or Wellington : Mr» Barnes and child : Messrs Fitzntnmous Sim», Caskey, Barrett (2), Gridley, Robins, Angus. For Nelson : Mr and Mrs Risk and family. Miss Fosberry, Messim Ea«ton, B.mon, Watson (2), M'Brid", Gt>ddard. For N«pi« : Mr henny. For Aucklaiu : Rev. Mr and Mrs Spence, Mr Lusk, and 8 steerage for ailporta. Maori, 8.5., 118 tons, Bernech, for Timaru. Union Company, agent*. Sept. 12-Grac-, ketch, Dixon, for Waikouaiti. Master, agent. Owake Belle, 83 tons, Phillips, for Catlin's River H. Guthrie, agent. Nonpareil, tuique, 399 tons, Leddra, for Newcastle. J. Mills, agent. St. Kilda. b.s., 174 tons, Flowerday, for Oamaru. Keith Ramsay, agent, - Pioneer, scnooner, 25 tons, Mathflson, for Invercargill. Keith Ramsay, agent. Cre«t of the Wave, schooner, 58 tons, M'Lean, for Greymouch. Keith Ramsay, agent. F*nny, ketch, 25 tons, Owens, for Catlin's River H. Guthrie, agent. Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Jones, for Oamaru. Union Company, agents. ARRIVAL OF THE TIMARU. Weather and sea favouring the Timaru, she worked in to the land ayxin on the 6th, was picked uu by the Kopuiai withiu a mile or two of the Heads, audbruugbt up to tlie Port by 4 p.m. An hour er so later saw her a»fely moorea nt the Railway Pier, where she is to discharge. As regards one or two wo ither particulars the I imam's report coincides wuh th >se rf vessel which have recently arrived at .Melbourne and traversed the great southern Ocean wuh her. She encountered tremendously heavy weather between the 56th and the 110 th meridians, aud received a dressing that his left its marks upon her. The 'lima) a shows a fine side, and therefore thit she wjs so boarded by ecus speaks voluirc-; for the fearful weather encountered. Mill the ship >eh&ved well through it all ; indeed she was put upon her mettle, and only her excellent qualities, combined with clever handling, carried her thnugh the ordeal safely. Con*iderin{r all things, she has coiue iuto putu t in g«.od onier — weather-stained outside certainly, but clean an i anus within, i aut in Taylor i< still in command, and reports living Gnwii»ck t.n Ju ie 13th ano, wiih the wind at S E., to >k the northern pass*™ for it. Dropped the tug off Rathlin I-tlaud, »nd thince V» the parallel of 43 N. experienced only iiyht southerly weather — one day making but 10 uulc .>n her course. Shu parsed Uape C.tar <m th» seventh day out. '•Rom the above parallel a northerly wiud to»k her into the N.E. Trade, lat. 30 N long. 23 W. Tie Trade proved light, avrragi ing only 6J knots, and gave out in 8 N. and 28 west. Light southerly winds followed and headed her until the S.E. Trade *as met, «hea she ch-cked her yards in ti a m< ders-tely liberal Trtde-an eight-knot breeze on tho average. But before that the Equator was crossed on July Itith— thn 23ra day out. The Trade died aw»y in 25 south, long. 35 west, and from that position she edged a*aytothe southward and outward, with the winds fr..m N.B. to S. W., and on tha fortieth day oat ciossed the merid ; an of Greenwich. A rattling weaUily br^rze was then behind her, and three dnys later uhe eroded the meridian of the Capo in lat. 42. Keeping below that i<ara'lel and 44, tho stood on her eastward course, exper.encing very heavy rains and high cross sea, whilst the wind fluctuated between N.K. by the N to W. A -gust the 14th found her on tho 57th meridian, and then she fell in with a very heavy »»u h gale, which, meeting a northerly swell, raised » tremendous sea that broke on board frequently, but did no great harm. During the ensuiug ten days, gale after gale, betwesn S W. aud S3. X., *s3»iled her. On the 15th, ehe vt as scudding under lower-topsails before a. hswling sou'-weater, attended by bitter squals of snow and haiL Ou the ISth and 19th, sho fell in with another gale from nearly due south, topping seas finding their way over the bulwarks. The btarboard lifeboat was smashed, and part Of top-galiant bulwarks stovo in ; ih« booby | hatch was abo wrenched off. Through all this the ship raa.excepting when ihe wind took casting, aod then she wasedg-d awyto the northnard under l^wer-top-sails. Such seas and weather, of coume, mule her labour heavily. August 25th s»w her across the meridian of the lie 'Win, and, on the 30th, she passed Tasmania, the wind meantime hanging much to «he northward, and *o held until the Snares were pased. but not iv fijht, atmidn-tfht on ,h e 2n< j inst The weather was very hazy at i he time. From the Snares, the winds were from >.N.E. to north and variable, and it was not until 11 a.m. on Wednesday that she m ide her Und fail at Sa --die Hill. No ice or land was sigbte I during the passage, and only th 6 following vesiiel* were spok.n:— July 7th, lat. 7.16 north. lon*. 24 20 west, ship Bengal from Li«re> pool to Calcutta, 26 d»ys ou- July 24th, lai. 331 N., long. 18 22 W., «hip Brambletze, from Amsterdam to Sir Edward Pe ! !o»'s Island, 28 days out. The 'limaru brings 59 passengers and 160!) tvns of cargo, of which 900 ton-- coiuist of coal. Her passengers speak in the highest terms of Captain Taj lor, and the entertainment accurdei them on board. ARRIVAL OF THE HELEN DENNY. Itisfeveral year» since the Helen Deunypaid her last visit to this P'»rt, and ihsn she was a ship sailing under the well known colours of Messrs Patrick Henderson and Co. Ssincj then she has changed fcands, and now flies Sbax, Savill, and Co 's co'.oun at the main, has dispense;! with her after yards, and presents herself in barque rijr— xind one, too, that becomes her well enough. Altkou^h she was reu'oved from the Otago trade, the Helen Denny's focus of attraction was

still Now Zeatand, and Napier her chief place of call. During the last four or five seasons she h is traded I there, and is again bound there, lor of the 1200 tons or so of cargo she haa on board about one-third is for delivery at Napier. Her cat go is made up of between savcn and eight hundred tons of mixed goods and four j or five hundred of cement, coal, and iron. The Helen Denny comes here in command of Captain Ruth, who, touching her passage out, reports that she left London June 10th, and after dropping the tug worked down Channel against moderate .S.W. winds, with thick dirty weather. On the evening of the llth, when the barque was a little past the Ness, a terriSc thunder-storm came on, and lasted during the greater part of the night. On the 15th the barque cleared the Channel, taking her departure from the Lizard, wind ttill S.W., and continued so with singular per.-istency, jamming her away ti the eastward inside he Canary Islands. She pissed between them and the main, sighted Lancerota on the 29th, and at noon was abreast of the Bocaguo Channel. There the N.E. Trade found her, and blew a strong oteady breezi to the Cap* de Verde islands, and gave out altoge her in 14 north on July 4th The equatorial S.W. monsoon then met her, and held nnt'l clear of the indraught upon the heated deserts of Africa. Toe barque met the S E Trade on the 12th in 5 north, and on the 15th, crossed the Equator, long. 23. 43. The S. E. T. ade proved fresh , steady, and free, and held to the 27th July, leaving her in 31 south'. It was repUced almost immediately by the northerly and westerly winds, which ran her right into -the belt of the true pisjage winds, and past Nightingale Island in sight on the 30th. August 2nd saw her across the Meridian of Greenwich, lat. 41.36, aed roiling along with the winds strong behind her, si c crossed tho Meridian of the Cape four days later. Thence tho wind became very unsteady, sometimes traver.-ing the half circle from north t > south Ly the west in twenty - four hours. Still the barque made good running, and on the 13th Aujfudt sighted ttoy and Pengjin Islands, of the Crozet group— Penguin bearing 3.W., eight miles at n-ion. On the 18 h August, she touched the 77th meridian, and the*e the first of a succession of heavy westerly gales caught her. It ws & terrific blow from S.W., and raised a haavy sea, andaftjr running as long as prudent, the barque was hove-to for 14 hours under lower tops*ilß During ihegaie she shpped laige quantifies of w»ter, and 10-it part of her top-g-iliant bulwarks. As the gale moderated she bore .away, and on the 23-d was ns>s»ilrd by another severe blow from th-J same quarter, a id hive-to a/am under lower maintop-ail nousewlng, lower fnretopn-'il, and the mizen. Whilst the hands were preparing to round her to thei- had their comi softened by a coupe of big ~e.is, which tumbled on board first over one rail and then over the other, as »he rolled to it The men were literally washed about the dec* by the water. That time she was hove to 20 hours, and again on the 27ch she had come to the wind for a few hours during the height of a, severe N.W. gale. On the 28th she croMed the meridian of Cape Leuwm, racing away with strong gales behind her : but on the 30tli nerve to was again the .word, when another very he<vy N.W. eale assailed her. She l»y to for 18 hours, and then made another stretch to the eastward ; passed Tasmania on the 2nd inst., and whs ahreaj-t of the Snares on the 6th, but not within sight of them, the weather being thick. There ' she fell in with tho last of the gales— a sneezer from S.W. with terrific se», and weathered it, hove co, for '24 hours. A landfall was not made until Saturday, when Quoin Point loomed up on the rort hand. Westerly »nd variable winds broucht her thence, the Heads being sighted early on the 9th inst., and by noon the Koputai had brought her to the anchorage off the Port. The Helen Denny made her easting in about the 47th p irailel, and sighted no ice south It was a trying passage from the Cape, and the barque's decks were never dry, and frequently hvf-rail high wiih water, she behaved well through it all, and has come into port looking but little the worse from tb> ordeal she wai submitted to. An aecideut, unattended by fatal results almost by a miracle, occurred to one of the ordinary seamen named .Richard Doy. He fell from the mizen topmast he:td, struck the cross-trees, and thence felt sheer to the deck. Singular to say, the man's injuries were confined to a few severe bruises and a shaking, and he is now about the decks again, albeit not able to perform a full day's work. The following vessels were communic *ted with by the Helen Denny: July 7— Latitude 10 sN, longitude 26 \V\, ship Candidate, from Cardiff to Hong Kong 25 daj'B out. July 12-L*titude 25 N., longitude 20 W., ship Newman Hall, from Cardiff to J^p^n ; and on the same diy ttia ship Martin Sett,c >tt, ir-un London bound to this port ; and a four-matted ship, bound from London to Calcutta, that exhibited the sigual letters QNTS July 27th- Latitude 31 south, loiititude 25 vV., ship Nimrod, from Cardiff to liarcldiah. 47 days out. ARRIVAL OF THE MARTIN SCOTT. Prom what is to be seen of her above water, the Martin Scott, which arrived on Wednesday night from L-ndon, is a grand ship at all points, with apparently full Hue* and good sheer. Her lines, however, only suggest themselves, for she is deep in th* water, and her mould beneath it can only be surmi-ed. But that she is one. f the latter-day ocean uoing liners is pttent enough, and with respecUo equipments has not been surpassed by any ship of her class that has visited this port, she U a compar*tively new vestel, launched three years ago from the yard of Mr J. U. Scott, of Greenock, and ii owned by Mr J. Jamieson of that port. She is constructed of iron throughout in accordance with the highest class a« Lloyd's, and his iron lower masts, and lower yards and lower topsail yards. Libour siving appliances enter largely into her • quipmen's. Thero are two powerful "steim winches on neck nna at the fore, the othur at the. nuin hatch, and am nr-angeel 111 1 drive thn pumps (llills's patent) and the windlass (one of Hidfield's) H;r dec* space is exceedingly ample, and her poop, something over 60ft. | lone contains excellent passenirer accommodat : on cunprsine a ro my salle a mang r and commodious well furi'ishe • siie cibina. wi-h all neees^aiy ..fflcei The dimensions »f thU fine ship are :— Length overall, 3!ft. ; i cam 38ft.; and depth of holi, 21ft. Thi« i» h«*r third voyage, and of the others one wag mule to Calcutta au.l one to Melbui-ne. Sh* comes umie<- charter to the New Z-:a'and Shpping Company nod h,»s bro'ic'it <• large and heavy cirero, comprising 14'iO tons nt mevuirement vooiis and lOi'O tons of dead weight, much of it ralway iron and cement. She has alsolOOkegsof powder stowed in a m»g»zine. The Martin Sc »tt hai made the passage out in 93 days from port to port, and 89 days from her point of departure the Start, to her landfall, the Nuggets. Cons-aering the quantity of freight stowed iv her, the time she made was good ; and the >. ag»in, she was not highly favour -d by winds, the N E. Trade* beiag iight, with southerly winds from its souther* limit to the Equator and nc oss it ; whilst, in-tead of the roaring westerlies' reported by the vessels which preceded her, she had only moderate winds whilst running down her longitude, and once had a spell of four days cam. or next to it. during which the barometer ranged remirkably high, registering from 30.40 to 30.74. Certainly the shin did not touch a high latitude in search of winds, for in accordance with the expressed desire of her charterer the Company she was kept on the lower Bide of the 43rd parallel whilst crossing the Southern Ocean. Very lWely the Ute circular issued by the Admiralty relative to the danger mcl lenUl to searching for winds in a high s luthern latitude, may have influencei the Company in the matter. Although not over and above well favoured by wind*, the sh p was attended by beautiful weather. It was in fact a fine weather passage, and throughout not a gale worthy the name beinir experienced, and at the wor-t, the ship could always show whole topsails to it, with reefed topgallant sails over them