TELEGRAMS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 488, 9 December 1869, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Bloff. — Dec. 9, 8.55 a.m., Rangitoto, from Bunedin. Port Chalmers.— Dec. 9, 9.15 a.m., Lord Ashley, from Bluff. Hokitika,— Dec. 9, 11.30 a.m., Kennedy, from Westport ; John Perm, from Westport. Greymouth. — Dec. 9, 2 a.m., Murray, for Westport ; 3 a.m., Lyttelton, for Hokitika. • Wkstport.— Dec. 9, 12,30 p.m., Murray, from Greymouth ; 2 a.m., Kennedy, for HoJsitika ; John Perm, for Hokitika ; Wallaby, 'for Greymouth. Wellington. - Dec. 9, 6.30 a.m., Rosario, irom Tauranga. Wanganui. — Dec. 9, 12.30 p.m., Ahuriri, from Nelson ; 12.45 p.m., Beautiful Star, from Nelson ; 2 a.m., Charles Edward, for Manakau. The Celceno, with 146 passengers, sailed ftom Gravesend for Canterbury on Oct. 1. Her passengers consisted of 50 single women, ilie same number of single men, and 15 married couples, having with them 17 children. The whole number, when mustered, seemed as likely a lot of settlers as could be selected and the arrangements made by Mr Ottyw'ell, ihe agent for the province, for their comfort on the voyage, everything that could be desired. The Celceno was taken up in consequence of the non-arrival of the Matoaka. The "predicted tide" on Oct. 6 did not rise above the level of very high springs. Its actual height was Ift. 9in. above Trinity high water mark. Only rises of upwards of 2ft. above the datum are considered extraordinary. The strong south-easterly winds Wowing off the French coast from Biarritz to Brest, and off our own shores from Penzance to Liverpool, acting adversely to the flow of the Atlantic tidal wave up the British Channel, rendered any very unusual phenomenon either at London or along the southern coast improbable, and the highest rise took j-jlace, as might have been anticipated, in the Bristol Channel, the rise at Cardiff being 35ft. 3in., as against 36ft. 6in. during the High spring tide of last March. Undoubtedly, ; if strong Atlantic winds had set in for the period over which the tidal phenomenon extends, the effects would have been serious. But astronomically the calculations gave no reason whatever for alarm -, and the present atate of meteorological knowledge did not warrant a definite prediction. — Ho -c News. y^ Much anxiety is felt regarding the safety cii! the passenger ship Matoaka 149 days out ftom New Zealand, having sailed on the 12th of May, and not been spoken with. She belongs to tbe London and New Zealand Packet Company, of which Messrs Shaw, Saville, and Co., in Leadenhall-street, are the agents. Eighty guineas premium per cent, were on Sept. 30 asked to effect insurances on the ship and cargo. Most of the specie, £50,000, is covered by policies effected by the Union Bank. The ship is registered as A I for seven years, being built in 1853 at New Brunswick. Most of the cargo is wool. Although 149 days is a very long passage, other ships have taken a much longer time, arising from stress of weather and getting disabled, and it is possible she may have run into the Falkland Islands. — Home News. jC^ A ' large quantity of . wreck has been washed ashore on the coast near Exmouth. Am ">nj;st the wreck were th«- quarter-board

of a ship with the letters "Red Jacket" painted on it, and also a portion of the poop of a large ship. This fact, taken in connection with the circumstance that a life-buoy had been previously picked up, and that a large vessel had been seen to founder very suddenly when off Brest, leaves little doubt of the truth of the supposed loss. The Red Jacket sailed from Cardiff on Sept. 11, with a cargo of coals for Bombay, and would consequently experience the full force of the heavy gales which swept the English Channel about the middle of the last month, and created such havoc both with the outward and homeward shipping. The Red Jacket was a very fine ship of nearly 2400 tons, and at one time was the crack ship of the celebrated White Star line of Australian clippers. — Home News.