LYTTELTON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 714, 6 September 1870, Page 2

LYTTELTON.

CLEARED. Sept. o— William and Mary, 46 tons, Clark--son, for Wellington. exports. In the William and Mary, Master, agent : 258 sacks oats, IGO do flour, J. L. Wilson ; 72 sacks oat?, GO do barley, 150 do flour, C. 'W. Turner. The schooner William and Mary cleared 'the Customs tliis morning for Wellington. A brig, supposed to be the Fairy Rock, from Sydney, was signalled inside the Heads when our express left, having to work up against a strong S.W. brerze to an anchorage. The Monarch, from London, 1 03 days out, was signalled this morning at half-past twelve ■o'clock. The Monarch was outside the Heads when our express left. The three-masted schooner Rifleman, Capt. 'Griffith, arrived in harbour yesterday morn icg from Hokitika The schooner was towed out of that port by the p.s. Dispatch on the 30th ult., hadlight northerly winds until 7 p.m. when the wind veered to N.W. and W. ; on the 31st the wind came from S.S.E. and S E ; passed Cape Farewell at 6 p.m., wind veering to the westward ; on Sept. 1, at 2 a.m. passed Stephens Island, aud at 9 a.m., when off Queen Charlotte's Sound a strong southerly burster set in from the S.E. ; bore up for Guard Bay, and at 3 p.m. came to nn anchor; a three-masted brigantine was there also, supposed to be the Agnes Jessie; on Sept. 2 the wind being variable from North to East, got under weigh again on the 3rd, the wind veered to the North ; passed Cape Terawiti at 7 a.m., and sighted a barque on the wind, bound west ; at midnight passed the Kaikouras ; ou the 4th, at noon, was off Fiat Island, Motanau, when a breeze set in from the northward ; spoke the Spec, brig, and at midnight passed the Godley Head light. The vessels at Hokitika were the Fiery Gross schooner, and the Banshee. The Rifleman brings a cargo of timber consigned to Messrs Wood and Cunningham. The brig Spec, Captain Adams, arrived in harbour yesterday, from Newcastle, having sailed from that port on the evening of the 14th ult. ; experienced a heavy S W. gale aud high sea throughout the run across ; made Cape Farewell on the Sth day out ; on the morning of the 23rd of August, when off Stephens Island, experienced a heavy S.E. gale with much rain, which lasted for 16 hours ; thu wind then hauled round to the westward ; passed through the straits at daybreak on the morning of the 26th, when the wind shifted round suddenly into the S.W., aud it blew violently with thick dirty weather, ('ape Campbell light bearing N.W., distant 15 miles ; at 5 p.m. on 27th, the weather , cleared up a little ; saw Cape Palliser under the lee bow, and had to make saiV to clear it; in carrying sail to clear Capo Palliser lost the foresail, fore-topmast stay-sail ; on the 29th saw Capo Palliser, bearing W. by N., distant 25 miles, and experienced another S.W. gale which lasted :JG hours ; on the morning of the Ist iust. had another S.W. gale which lasted 48 hours; on the 4th the wind hauled rouad to the northward, aad was able to make the port. The brig briugs a cargo of coal. The brig Centaur, Captain Hilton, arrived in harbour yesterday from Newcastle, having left that port on tho 20th August, with a moderate breeze from the N.E., which lasted until the 23rd ; experienced a heavy gale from S.W., accompanied with heavy cross seas, and which lasted until the 25th; after a short lull, the gale increased, and on the 26th it blew a hurricane— wind S.W.,* and ship labouring fearfully; at G p.m., the same day, a, sea broke on deck, carrying away the bulwarks and stanchions, from the main rigging io the cat head, the ship head-reaching under close-reefed topsails, shipping seas fore and aft, one of which stove in the long boat ; on the 27th, the weather moderated, uutil the 29 th, when a heavy gale from the E. set in ; had to lay-to, with very heavy sea, raiu, and thick weather ; the gale continued until the Slst, blowing with great force from the eastward ; sighted Stewart's Island, bearing W.S.W., 20 miles distant ; at 3 p.m., same day, it blew a hurricane, shipped a sea which carried away the port quarter and bulwarks, topmast backstay, chain, and partly filling the cabin with water ; at 4 p.m., the ship laboured heavily, with heavy seas breaking over fore and aft, starting all.tbe stanchions aud straining the forecastle ; kept her asvay for Cape Stephens, and get uuder its lee; at 6 p.m., stood off and ou all night and next morning had fine weather ; passed through Cook Straits, with a northerly breeze. The Centaur brings a cargo of coal, consigned to Belcher and Fairweather. The placing of the Taranaki in the West Coast trade, has excited competition on the part of the Circular Saw Company's boats. The Phoebe, on her late trip to the South, instead of proceeding on to Dunedin, turned hack at Lyttelton, so as to get ahead of the Taranaki to Nelson and Manakau; and in order to secure passengers, advertised reduced fares ; the trip to Wellington, we arc informed, was free, and the passengers promised a champagne supper. If the service is contiuued on these terms, it must become highly popular. — Nelson Examiner, Aug. 20.