LYTTELTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 514, 12 January 1870, Page 2

LYTTELTON.

ARRIVED. Jan. 12 — Phoebe, s.s., 416 tons, Worsp, from Wellington. IMPORTS. In the Phoebe, J. D. Macpherson, agent: From Auckland, under bond, from Sydney : 1 case, Westmacott. From Manukau: 1 prcl, Simpson; 1 pkge, R. Black; 25 bags potatoes, Order. From Nelson: 11 cases drapery, 8 cases matches, 40 pkgs luggage, 2 cases glass, Morrison, Sclanders, and Co; 1 horse, Bright. From Wellington: 1 case drapery, *4 bags pepper, J. D. Macpherson; 3 trusses leather, E. White and Co; 2 cases, 1 bale drapery, H. Moss; 5 pkgs, Telegraph Department.

The Circular Saw Co.'s s.s. Phoebe, Capt H. Worsp, arrived in Lyttelton to-day, at 0 a.m. She left Mauukau Wharf at noon 011 Jau. 5; cleared the Heads at noon on Jan. 6 (detention caused by the vessel taking the ground and losing the tide, when in charge of the pilot, coming down harbour). Arrived at New Plymouth on Jan. 7, at 7 a.m ; sailed iv the afternoon for Nelson, arriving off the lighthouse eai'ly on the following morning ; left again at 1 a.m. on Jan. 9, for Picton, arriving and leaving there the same day, and reached Wellington at 4 p.m. ; sailed for Lyttelton on Jan. 11 at 4 p.m. ; experienced moderate northerly winds and fine weather during this passage, making the run in 17 hours. We are indebted to Mr Wheeler, the purser, for full files. The Phoebe brings 60 passengers for this port and Olago, also Mr Stafford's horse Magenta from Auckland for here. The Phoebe sails to-morrow at 11 a.m. for Dunedin. C'A paragraph appeared in our shipp'ng ews recently, in which it was stated that the Thermopylae had won the great China race. From the following, which we extract from a Melbourne paper, it would appear that she is not the winner after all : — The Clyde-built dippers Ariel and Lahloo were both reported in the Channel from Foo-Ghow-Foo on Oct. 9 — the one being off Plymouth, and the other off the E Idystone. The Ariel (Courtney) was first to leave China this season, as she started on the 30th June with "98,4001bs of tea. The Leander left on the following day, and the Lahloo (Smith) 2nd July. It is believed that the above ships came home by what is known as the " outside passage," neither of them having been reported as having passed through the Straits. The Ariel and Lahloo were both built by Messrs Robert Steel aud Co., Greenock. "• he former is owned in London by Messrs Shaw, Lowther, and Maxton, and the latter by Mr A. Rogers, Glasgow. The Ariel, until this year, has occupied a most prominent position in connection with the race homo. The clipper ship Leandcr, 883 tons (Peterwich), from Foo-Chow-Foo for London, was reported off Scilly on October .7. The Leander left Foo-Chow Foo 30th cf« June, three days before the Thermopyla, which arrived on 4th October, after a remarkable passage of 88 days. The Leander is a composite ship, built by Mr J G. Lawrie, Glasgow, in 1867, and is owned in London by the Merchant Shipping Company. The Sir Lancelot arrived in the Downs 14th Oct., at 2 p.m., from Foo-Chow-Foo, after a passage of 88 days, the fastest ou record. The Sir Lancelot left China at noon on 17th July, and reached St. Helena ou llth Sept., 50 days out. The new Aberdeen clipper Thermopylae, which arrived 4th Oct., reached the Lizard from Foo-Chow-Foo in 88 days, but the sailing distance from the Lizard to London docks occupied upwards of two days; while the time occupied from the Downs to the docks Being only one day, the Sir Laucelot thus beats the Thermopylae by fully twenty-four hours. The latter ship was to days from Foo-Chow-Foo to London docks. Under these circumstances the " blue riband " of this justly-celebrated Tace is yet retained by a Clyde-built ship, aud that after the performance of the most remarkable voyage that has ever taken place in the history of the China clippers.