ARRIVAL OF THE AMELIE.

Otago Witness, Issue 1417, 18 January 1879, Page 13

ARRIVAL OF THE AMELIE.

The French barque Amelie, from Calcutta, arrived off the Head* on the afternoon of the 15th instant, and was towed up to the anchorage from the Cross Channel by the p.s. Koputai. She was quickly boarded and cleared in by the Customs authorities, and on the Pre-8 representatives boarding her they were received by Captain B^rtho with that courtesy which always distinguishes French gentlemen. She is a wholesome-looking barque of about fix years old, and was built near Genoa for her owners, who reside at Nantes. She has been trading to nil parts of the world, and we have rarely seen so perfect a bijou as Captain Bertho'a state-ca,hin and saloon. To say that it is a mu-eum in miniature barely describes it. Trophies of arms collected from all parts of the world, birds, musical instruments, bronzes, and idols from India, Java, and China, adorn the walls of the state-cabinß, while evidences of the captain's skill as auartist are every whereseen. Theb4rquebrings7ootoris of cargo, consisting of rice, castor oil, woolpacks, grainsacko, and gunnybaers, and is consigned to Messrs Henderson Law at d Co, of this city. Drawin? some 16ft of water, she will neceuarily discharge at the Port. We are indebted to Captain Bertho for the following report of the passage, taken from his private journal:— Left Calcutta on November 11; was towed down to Sanger Island, and cleared the Sand Heads on the following day ; thence bhe lwd very light N.E. wiudf, and on the 18th of November encountered a strong S W. gale, attended by a furious B a; passed the island of Nicobir on the 19ih of >ovember, and the gale having moderated, experienced lk'ht southerly w no's and calms down t the equator, which she crossed on December Ist in longitude 94.30 X., Paris meridian. After crossing the line rtie had light northerly and variable winds for a few hours. and thence off the island of Sumat-a encountered a terrific cyclone, during the continumco of wlvch severs! veiy large trees, together with a number of native sampans, were seen. She took the first of the S.E. trades on December 10th, in latitude 12 S , longitude east of Paris 101 The trades were true ai d strong, and carri< d her down to latitude 34 S., longitude 90 east of Paris on December 20th, when they gave cut, and were followed by light breezes and fine weather, which he'd for a week, and on December 27th merged into a strong SK. gale, attended by a furious aoi, through which the ran under reefed t< resails and lower tops lil* ; the gale abated on the 58th, and moderate weather followed until January Ist, when another heavy gale sprang up from the N.W. and < ontinutd, with more or leas violence, for a week. The meridian if Cape leuwin had been passed on January l*t, and it was not until nearing the Island of Tasmania, which was pas Fed on the Bth instant, that the weather moderated ; thence she had moderate westerly winds and very fine weather right acroesto the Snares, which were sighted at noon on the 12th instant. Light variable winds, with thick, fogjiy weather, marked her passage up the coast ; snd at 7 i.m. on t' c 14th mutant she made Cape Saunders ; met a strong S X gale, which hauled into the S. w., and drove htr to the northward, under ehoitened sail; thence she worked back again, made the Heads at 5 p.m. yesterday, sailed up as far as the Crots Chaunel, and towod up as above. ._ The following 1r tho value of the cargo of the ship Invercirgill, which left Port Chalmers for London on Saturday last :— 5137 bales wool .. . £102,750 0 0 1858 boga wheat .. .. 1,850 0 0 2SO cases me\ts .. .. 500 0 0 Total .. .. £105,100 0 0

ENGLISH SHIPPING. (From tho European Mail ) The Peter Stuart, 1446 ; Carmolo, 689 ; and Rialto, 1656, wera loading at London in November. Tho Fiji sailed on November sth, and the Renare* on November 19th. The Wellington, 1246, was loading at Glasgow at the end of October. The Fiji passed Deal on November 6th ; the Taranaki sailed from Greenock on November 7th, and the Western Monirch fr< m Plymouth ou October 30th. The Eaaterhill, of Gla=gnw (Evans), with a gono'al cargo and passengers, from London for Otago, weut as-hore on the ShiDg'es at Yarmouth ([.W ), at 3 p.m on Oc obor 24th, and floated off at 9p m without assistance. She proceeded for Cowes (I. VV.), and has since boen surveyed and examined by a diver, and is rcpirtcd to be perfectly tight and undamaged. She aailod Jroni Cowos(l.W.) on Novomber, for her destination. I'ABSENaERS I'Oll TOUT CU LMK S. Per Messrs Shaw, Sa.vill, and Co.'s Fiji (Captain Brown), from London, November 6h. Second cabin GJ Trotter, John 1 rotter, Thomas Kub 1 111 1 juu W A Johnston, John Gourk, Robert Tiemblc, John Isaac, jun , G Janett, Thomas Harrison, and C Youug-. steerage : Eliz ibeth Barmby, John Bai mby Jlary A Wilkinson, Jane Jamieson, David Gibson Morris Solomon, R M'Mullan, W M Williims, Margaret William j, S-muel Buhmws, lliclmd Chitson William Adam, William Aekland, Lucy Acklanri' Fredcri. k Weber, Malvinno Weber, Rudolph Weber, Bernard Weber, Krich Weber, Gertrude Weber, Arnold. Wabcr, Bronhilda Wcbor, Ch^rloa Weber ? Emily

Weber, Frederick Weber, Alma Weber, A Evauber, John Beyner, Mary Royner, George Reyner, Mary Reyner, *army Reyner, aad John Reyner. Per Messrs P Henderson and Co's Taranaki (Captiin Witcht). from Glasgow, November s'h : Mr W A Stout, Mi s Leith, Mr W G Robaon. Mr C F Boltm, Mr Wm Morton, Mr and Mrs Whyte, Mij» Whysc, Mrs Hirt and family, Key W Sut'.erluir), Mi k Deans ttitchie, Mr G H Smith, and Mr John Alackay.