TELEGRAMS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 157, 12 November 1868, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Pout Chalmers. -Nov. 12, 9 a.m., Airedale, from Lyttelton; 11, 7.10 p.m., Wellington, far Lyttelton. Tics Wild Wave, Captain O'Brien, from Lyttelton, made the roadstead on Wednesday . afternoon, and was brought in by the p.s. Dispatch on Thursday forenoon. She has infl.de a very Ion*; passage, owing to the contfimance of heavy gales. She left Lyttslton - ol£ihe 20th e f tember, aud experienced fine wither to the 30th, when she had only got * n&'iac as off Cape Campbell. From thence •contrary winds were experienced as far as the Farewell Spit, ofr which she met a heavy giio from the west, and was laid-to; and ajtetwards got as far back as Stevens' Inland, and anchored in Pelorus Sound, wliere «ke lay for three days. Then another altempt was made, Cape Furewell was rounded, and the Wave pot as far down as o^s the Bui lor, when she had to be again horc-to for four days, during wliich time all© drifted kick as far as Cape Farewell, au<l bore up for Astrolabe anchorage, which sha entered iv company with the Spray on tile evening of the 13th ult The two sohoouera left on the 20th, and have been beating about ia company down the coast, except whtn the Spray tay under Cape JJmilwrind, and arrived in this roadstead Ttjtbin a few hours of each other. — Gri>y Jtltwr Argus, Nov. 7. Theschoonnr Sprny, Captain lluxton, from Ivaiapoi, arrived off the b;ir on Wednesday, . aad was brought to the wharf by the p.s. JJispatch on Thursday about midday. Owing to. the heavy weather encountered during the fcnj?, ft has been a long one, the Spray having leTfc Kaiapoi ou the 4th October, with S.W. - "wand*. On the 6th she rounded Farewell .Sfrjpifc, and on the 7th, when off Cape Farewell, sajr the unfortunate schooner Fancy, which \ri\M afterward* lost on the South Head, QjreyiUe Harbour. On the 9th, when off the Heaphy River, a strong gale was met from the S.W., anvl the Spray bore ur> for Totarfinui, where she anchored the following day. (a^t under weigh again on the 12th, with a frtsh breeze, and on the 13th another heavy gj#e was encountered from the N.W., and as the Spray could not weather Farewell Spit, she bore up for Astrolabe Harbour, and ftirchored there at 5 p.m., in company with flic Wild Wave, where she lay till the 20th, wjfch both anchors down, a strong westerly g)Re blowing. While lying there on the morning o[ Sunday, the 19fch, several severe .shocks of earthquake were experienced. The first was at tun minutes past 12 o'clock, v/sitm the vessel shook violently, and two hofivy reports were heard, as if the rocks on Shore had been rent, and in the morning huge pieces of granite rock were found which had been rolled down from the rocks on the main~'litad. Other shocks were experienced ati 'dS% 0.45, and 1. 10 am. The Spray was oacc more got under weigh on the morning ojf the 2uth, but was compelled to run back the- same evening before a strong westerly jjale. A_notficr start was made on the fol'owing morning, with an easterly breeze, and 'Sttuo Farewell was rounded on the 24th, with variable winds, and off Hock's Point Mvas reached on the 2'Jth. On the .'JOth, off ?»fohikiniii, she spoke the schooner Jane Andersrm, from Oaniaru to Hokitika, with the only stur ivor of the crew of the Fancy onboard. Another strong S.W. gale was met on the - •list, when she ran for shelter under. Cape F-bulwind and came to an anchor there uutil the. weather moderated on the 3rd instant, when way was once more got ou the vessel, - aod the following day she dropped anchor iii! this roadstead, and was brought in as r above. — Grey Itiver Ar<jus. Nov. 7. *^£" Tkk Gukat Ookan DtiiuY. — The receipt /"~bf mv- files of English papers furnishes us - with full particulars of the result of this ■ race, and although the fact of the Ariel hay- ' in^'wou the race remains unaltered, the winning only consists of her having been the first to arrive in London, but the victory in point of speed rests with the Sir Lancelot. Tile Times thus announces the arrival of the

leading vessels at Deal: — September 3, 9 a.m., passed, Ariel, from Foo Chow; noon, Sir Lancelot, from Foo Chow; 2 p.m., Spendrift, from Foo chow. . The Taeping passed Plymouth on 3rd September, and. arrived; at Gravesend on the 6th. The Lahlooat Gravesend on the 7th, Belted Will oir the Bth, from Canton. Ariel and Sir Lancelot having left Fob Chow on May 28th, and Spendrift on the 29fch, nearly 24 hours afterwards, arrived \ home within 5 hours of the Ariel entitles her to the blue ribbon in point of time. The result of the race stands thus: — Spendrift 96 ! days; Ariel and Sir, Lancelot 97 days; Taeping 101 days; thetahloo 100 days; Belted Will 104 days. The Spendrift is a new ship of 900 tons built last year by Connell, of Glasgow, for Mr Finlay, of Kilburnie, a gentleman well known in yachting circles. In the Ariel's report we find that she spoke the Taeping On August 13, so that up to that point the Taeping would have appeared to have out-sailed her competitors, and to have lost her chance north of the Equator.