LYTTELTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 564, 11 March 1870, Page 2

LYTTELTON.

ARRIVED. March II — Maori, s.s., 118 tons, Malcolm, from Dunedin, via other ports. SAILED. March 10— Zealandia, ship, 1115 tons, Rose, for London. March 10— Glenmark, ship, 1000 tons, Wrankmore, R.N.R, for London. VESBELS IN HARBOUR. Ccloeno, ship. Charlotte Gladstone, ship. Siberia, ship. Christian McAusland, ship. Caduceus, ship. Phillip Nelson, barque. Don Guillermo, barque. Adeline Burke, barque, Joliba, barque. Annie Brown, brigantine. Ualcyon, s.s. Amateur, three-masted schooner. Cleopatra, schooner. Defiance, schooner. Malcolm, schooner. Wellington, schooner. Streamlet, schooner. Annie, ketch.

The s.s. Rangitoto sailed for Wellington at 4.10 p.m. yesterday.

The schooner Ocean Wave sailed for Adelaide yesterday at 1 1 a.m.

The ship Glenmark, Wrankmore, cleared the Customs yesterday, and sailed last night for London.

The s.s. Maori, Capt. Malcolm, arrived in harbour at one o'clock, from Dunedin and other southern ports.

The barque John Knox was towed out into the fairway yesterday afternoon, and sailed last night for Sydney. The schooner Malcolm having completed the discharge of her cargo hauled in to the stream yesterday morning.

Thb ship Zealandia, Capt. H. Rose, got under weigh yesterday afternoon. The wind being light from the N.E. at the time, the captain decided on being towed out. The as. Phcebe went alongside [at 3.30 p.m., and at 4 p.m. the anchor was' tripped. As she passed down the harbour she was saluted by the other ships ; she is in splendid trim, and if she has good winds will, no doubt, make a fast passage. The Phoebe left her some miles outside the heads, and a light breeze springing up she was able to make a good offing.

Thb ship Caduceus left Port Philip Heads on Feb. 28, at 0.50 p.m., with a foul wind from S.E. Stood away to the westward and passed 8. of Tasmania. Had fine weather until March 4, and from that date strong W. winds till Sunday at 4 p.m., when the Snares were passed five miles to the N. Heavy gales from. W.S.W. then set in, and increased to a hurricane towards midnight, at which time the main topsail was blown away, and in consequence of the severity of the gale another could not be bent until the morning of the Bth insfc. In the interval had to scud the ship under close reefed fore topsail and fore-topmast staysail, when she ran from 9J to 10 knots, which was disheartening, as the ship was running away from her port. The squalls were of terrific violence, and as an instauce of their severity, the hen-coops on the forepart of the poop were blown round' and round like straws. On Tuesday, the Bth, at noon, after the gale had moderated a short time, it returned with increased violence. The ship was then fore reached under two close-reefed toj-sails. It moderated at 10 p.m., and she arrived at the heads at _.30 p.m., being nine days on the voyage. The vessel was built on the Thames by Messrs Fletcher Brothers, for their own use, designed from some of the fiuest models from H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich, and is a fine specimen of naval architecture. She comes here to load for London, and her agents are Messrs Dalgety and Co.