ARRIVAL OF THE WESTERN MONARCH.

Southland Times, Issue 3302, 20 January 1879, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE WESTERN MONARCH.

The fine clipper ship Western Monarch, with onr ..old friend Captain Watson on board in command, arrived at iihe lower anchorage _t the Bluff yesterday. morning, from London. .; She has on board 369 immigrants and 9 saloon passengers, besides a crew- of 46 men all told. As soon' as she came to an anchor Captain 5 Thokison, 'Harbor Master^ proceeflea to the pilot station, accompanied by the representatives of the press,-and went '6n':board as health officer, arid after receiving the rSport from the doctor -\ gaye =: the /{pressj.representetiyes'j- permission to board. "Captain . Watson ..courteously, intimated his Svillirigness to : respecting the voyage and ship, and after -.detailing the passage-out,, assisted' by- the doctor, he . accompanied the health officer and your oAvn - and.- went oyer -the whole-- of the': immigrants' quarters. The Western Monarch left Plymouth . on the 30th October, after having: embarked "all her passena-ers ;on the previous -;day.' : Pifteeh.; minutes after leaving-,.. port ■; the A first death occurred on infant^hich had been , brought bn%dard; giving — andal-; though thw at the time mayhave; been con- •■;"■" sidered; an ill omen, X yet :m: tins instance it "proved riot: tobe so, as the^passage ofthe Wes-V tern Monarch throughout has-been one of the finest. Here we may state -also, that during the whole passage there were brily three deaths, one being the infant named; above; another an infant dry nursed, and another a single -man- named -Arthur O'Keefe, aged 28 years, ; from consump- . tiorip whojiad come on board almost in the last : stage of that- disease with a faint hope that;the , sea voyage* ;might fprpye beneficial. • Three;, births alsoiook . place and all" are' doing well. : >Wlrilst'- examining the 'tween decks/the 'rajm. 'graritSjboth rnatried and single, expressed their'heartfelt satisfaction at the 'treatment accorded them by; Captain Watson i'arid. his officers, and especially: ;by- Dr. James; W- .P. Hosking, who :: was •; i rinwearying; in,'^.attending "to; their ■ medicinal' .requirements.;^ There' was no;trace.of A-: contagious disease on the: passage,. arid all. on ; board arrived in a^^fine'sfate-'oflhealthexcepth-g one poor fellOAV^Jbhri ßaldAvih, aged ? 3o,Vof Waterford," who is ;COnnned ; ito bed suffering ; . f rorri conßuinptiori; ; .The immigrants -themselves appear, to. be a firie class^PJE; people, arid: what renders thehV a. greater acq^itipnis^. the fact that several' bring^the 'whereAvitK^ to;.give ■;.' , them a good footing ashore-rrorie. haying given A : f A the doctor charge of if £150^ another „50, -and X others possessed of sumsjumcierittb give them .. a- start. A The arrangemeht-^Sfpr corrifortin- the j 'tween dicks were of Vthe best, .the :orily; part, which would, admit of improvement ibeing/the ; ; ; ivisioi'S/betAveeri; the berths of ;thk; married -couples;' wbich has been r^ several ' timesfto : :tHe^ .the Western Moriafcli has-been /better fitted in this respect than, the ; gerierality of/eriiigrarit; vesseh*, •yet: "there is still robmfpr improvement.: The state of- cleanliness "'and; order - throughout fthe ; : X immigraritSiquartersnbt f otthfe passengers themselves hut redounds to th£ credit of Captain' Watsbh andDr Hoskirig, , . the .usual disinfectaritS which so aimoy yisitors X ■ vA --' emigrant -vessels beings apparently; -quite unnecessary on the Western /Monarchy and only .'■'•. rioticeable^by :their absence, /iTher;s_^f herself ;ls particular iwell;^ j Vessel, being:, over •l^^ohs^regiet^-wiffia '■-■'. spacipris -'tween devjkSjWhicrigayeth^^assengers A an abi_id_rice"bf room and ■.corisequentl^'added tb their coriif o^rtcb^siderabijr l X She ; wasbu'ui in " ; BarrPw^-Fi^ ' : 'ahd> is alriios^a^nSw^ vessel^ She registers I3lsXt6ris/arid;i_^Avried;!by the Royal ExcTiarige^Shippirig Company. She is fitted ,' inth'aU hi every way, ' living steam^ pliances for .working the yards and anchors; also fir*^ appraise, ; alspf- possessed; QJT; a

marked improTCmeht oh ordinaryjiy^isefe,; in- -y that her __feboat_ fpiwsurdi vrhichJare \ canryhjig 160 passengers, are always siting ' wdavita, ready to lowetat a moment's aid t-ia an the event b_^colUdihg<would immense advantage'^: the usual .custom ■'■ Cbeing toe have aU^oate';3*cepti_g; one or t**o and^eu-ecuredionthe "s-ids, which' necefflitatesfeicbnsiderable . loss of before. theyica_be lowered; :S^ie with -patent anchors with im* vpfovea detatching-^ea^^ which' dpes away with [the usual "billhookmig at the catheads, the anchors being slipped off the f oreca_tle-head, at a moment's notice. : After sailing; from, Ply-^ r i_o_th;*tlie Westef_£:M6riarcl-.: r g6t moderate, ■winds until sighting the Island of Maderia; on the 6th Nov-V where she was becalmed for four dayfl|aU*'the time in sight^pf the.Tsland ; ; get away again oh the 10th November and had a complete change in the^ weather, a severe thnnder-torm overtaking^ herewith vivid flashes of lightning. This settled mto a BteadyN.W. gale, which necessitated her" running under close-reefedtppsails for threedays. On the 16th of _J<rvember, ; got- the : N.E; trades in '20} N. They, however, proved very limited and of little ;use and were lost in 7.N. on the^th November. Goi'the S.E; trades in 4 _T;, which proved far more serviceable, they being well /easterly, which "enabled her to make two. ippints feasting the whole time, and did not run; out of them till the 9th December. -Sighted Nightingale: and Inaccessible oi the; 14th December and (Gulf Island on the loth; with; fine weather. On the 22hd passed the' meridian of. the Cape to the north Of the Crozets. Run-the easting down on meridian 47; with good steady westerly winds, , and: averaged 270 Tndes'daUy-untU within ,200 miles of New Zealand, when she run into a. thick fog'which^prevehted her making the land. Got good observations, howevery before getting into the , fog and dodged along under easy can- : vass for three days, a strong N.E. to S. breeze blpwihguntil the morning of /the 18th inst.j when the fog lifted and SolanderiTsland was sighted. "o_a/tw yatds; squared for the Straits. The s.s. Arawata was passed off the Splanders, also a barque beating to the westward. At 6 p.m. on the 18t__ ove_to;.under_SteAvarts : Islahd and at daylight yesterday- mornmg ' run : . across the Straits, but a thick fog hanging over the Bluff hill Captain Watson deemed it prudent to rim •back-to Stewarts Island; but the fog lifting soon afterwards he stood across . the Straits and receiving the signal from the Flagstaff to run.in to .the pilot boat he ran in under Look-out Pbhit; where; received the Pilot oh: board, who broughther up to the loAver anchorage: As soon as the passengers. are; cleared:- Captain-Watson wiR land, them either .in boats at the Pilot ■Station or by Bteamer;ai.the;'vyhaTf.. ; ;and' proceed on his voyage" to Dunedin, ; where he will discharge his " cargo, none of ft .".being for Southland. :: ; ;v ; ;/. ; 'V -,-_ ■X'i'.XXX' :A