TELEGRAMS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2588, 24 October 1867, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

Lyttelton, October 23. Sailed.— 3 p.m., Lord Ashley, s.s., for Dunedin, Bluff, October 23. Sailed. — 4 a.m., Omeo, s.s., for Port Chalmers.

The steamers Tarauaki, Airedale, and Rangitoto have been detained pending the arrival of the Panama mail.

The Rakaia had not been signalled up to the hour of our eoing to press. The 8 s. Airedale, Captain Kennedy, arrived on Tuesday at 4 p.m. She took her departure from the Manukau on the 18th instant, at 1 p.m., arriving afc Taranaki the following day. Left the Borne evening, and arrived at Nelson on the 21st, at 8 a.m. ; loft at 1 p.m., and reached i'iction at 8 a.m. 22nd : left Picton at 10 a.m., and arrived as abovo.

The screw steamera Eangatira and Wanganui on Monday morning at 2.45 a.m., and steamed away in company until arriving off Kapiti, when the latter vessel took the the lead and came into harbor on Tuesday morning at 12.30 a.m , about half-an-hour before the Rangatira. I The s.s. Taranaki, Captain Francis, arrived alongside the Queen's Wharf at 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening. She leftthoßluffat 4p.m. on the 17th, and arrived at Otago at 9 a.m. @n the 18th. She look her departure at 6 a.m. on the 21st, with the English mail, and arrived at Ijyttelton at 2 a.m. on the 22nd j steamed out at 5 a.m., and arrived as above experienced fine weathor throughout. The ship Neptune, which left Newcastle, N.S.W., oh the 13th inst., got up to the anchorage at daylight on Tuesday morning. She brings a "cargo of 400 tons coals to order. The clipper ship Ida Zcigler, 875 tons, Captain Reynolds, arrived at Auckland from London on j the 16th inst., after a passage of 89 days from Land's End. She had on board 135 passengers. There were four deaths, all of children, nnd one birth during the voyage. The ship Electra will haul alongside the Queen's wharf this morning, and will at once commence discharging. H.M. s.s. Falcon anchored in Waterloo Bay, Port Phillip, on the 13th instant. The Dunediu papers report that the s.s. Taranabi while swinging at the Bluff wharf, she met with an accident, whereby her stern rail and wheel were smashed, as also her tiller head bent. A tiller was shipped with which she made the passage to Dunedin. The steamer Omeo, which was expected to arrive here on Monday, did not sail from the Bluff for Dunedin till 4 o'clock yesterday morning, so that she can scarcely be expected to reach Wellington till to-morrow. The apprehensions which have been entertained respecting the safety of the Charles Mitchells, now 228 days out from Cardiff, seems to be groundless, as advices from Antwerp, dated August sth, state that the Charles Mitchells, Casvsiers, from Cardiff to New Zealand, which put into Rio Janoiro on the 4th June, leaky, had discharged her cai'go, and it was presumed the vessel would bo condemned. The fine ship Electra, under tlio command of Captain Mowlem, which was signalled on Monday, got up to the anchorage on Tuesday morning having made a run of 85 days from land to land. She made Madeira on the 2nd August, when in latitude 32 ° 49' N., longitude 17 ° 15" W. ; rounded the Cape loth Sept., latitude 43 ° 9' S., longitude 19 ° 21' E. Very rough weather was experienced after passing the Cape. She wa9 off the Heads last Friday, but was blown off shoro by a strong Nor'-wester, with the loss of a whole suit of sails. During the voyage the majority of tho passengers signed a testimonial to tho captain, which, and a purse of 15 guineas, they presented him with on his birthday :— " We, tho undersigned, passengers in the Electra, wish, as we are now within a few days sail from our destination, on this your birthday, to mark our high appreciation of your kindness, consideration, and gentlemanly conduct to all on board, during a very rough passage, in the course of which you hare shewn yourself a skilful seaman, as well as a kind friend to us all. As a proof of which, we beg your acceptance of this email present." The Electra brings 36 passengers. She has on board some very fine rams, consigned to Messrs Moore and Gkithrie. Mr Scarth, a passenger, has brought out a fino draught entmj, which, considering the long voyage, is in capital condition. The harbor, which has for some time past presented a rather deserted appearance, i 3 now by the arrival of several large Teasels, beginning to look more animated. Yesterday there were anchored in tho stream or lying at the wharf, tho steamers Rangitoto, Airedale, Turanaki, Rangatira, and Wanganui ; the ships Electra, Asfceropo, and Neptune j the barques John Bunyan, Charlotte Andrews, Omega, Armistice, and Fanny Fisher ; the brig Gazelle and a number of small craft. Tho steamers Ahuriri, Sturt, and Lady Bird are also lying up in different parts of the

havbor. The s.s. Rangitoto, Captain Taverner, cleared Port Philip Heads at 5.30 p.m. on the 14th ; experienced westerly gales with heavy sea till within 30 hours, sail of the land, when a frightful sea, accompanied with heavy squalls and thick weather, necessitated the captain to lay the ship to for 18 hours, arriving at tho Bluff at 3.30 p.m. on tho 19th ; landed passengers, mails, and 85 tons of cargo, Bailing again at 5.45 a.m. on 20th ; had light-head winds with gloomy weather till arrival at Port Chalmers at 6.40 p.m.the same day. Landed mails, 35 passengers, and a large cargo ; sailing again at 6 p.m. on tho 21st, arriving at Lyttelton at 12.15 p.m. on the 22nd, landed 40 tons of cargo and 20 passengers ; sailed again at G. 15 p.m. same day ; experienced moderate head winds first part of passage, gradually freshening till arrival here at 1 o'clock on the 23rd inst. Sho bringß 20 passengers and a largo cargo for this port. "We are indebted to Mv Adams, tho purser, for Melbourne and other files.

The schooner J. B. Russell, Captain Ritchie, with a cargo of grain, arrived in havbor at 3 p.m. yesterday. She sailed from Christchurch at 4 p.m. on Monday, and got off the Straits at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, when it began to blow hard from the N.N.W., and continued to do so until her arrival.

The N.Z.S N. Company' steamei* Ahuriri, which has been on the slip at Evans' Bay for some time, was towed to the Queen's wharf on Tuesday by

the Rangatira, and nov? lies alongside the inner T, where her repairs will be completed. While at Evans' Bay she has had her bottom stripped, and the damages sustained by running aground at the Buller repaired ; sho has also been cleaned and painted, and her engines and boilers are now undergoing a thorough overhaul. . The work is being executed under the superintendence of Mr Seagor, and the vessel will be ready for sea in about a fortnight's time.