Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 23 July 1870, page 6


SHIPS' MAILS.' ?"','

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Ion Nrvr CALKUOMA - Bl I I It b Gardens, this day. it some i at

111 BnisnAM -By the Lady Young (s), this day, at 2 p.m., You Mr I1I01.UM -By the Hero (s), this day at 3 pm

FOR ROC Mr AMI! On, the BRISBANE., Gi AUSTON K, At. IS MARYlion or a little Blackbird (s 1, this day, at 3 p in

on Gurrah -By the Agnes Irving (s), and Helen Macgregor [s ), this day, at 7,30 p m.

I CUSTOM Hot ST- Entered Outwards July 22, Meteor, barque, -280 tons, Captain Browning, for Fiji, Hero (s), 765 tons, Captain Hall again, for Melbourne, Hen J sui, b Brodie, 254 tons, Captain M'lunhit, for Launceston via Newcastle, I smcruUia, barque, 384 tons, Captain Garron for Batavia via Newcastle, Fruiter, Wrquc, 355 tons, -Captain Stevens for New Caledonia, Blackbird (s ),^31 tons, Captain Rouse, for Melbourne, Constance, barque, 351 tons, Captain Gibbon, for Auckland

I The ship ConiinisRirt, Captain Wagstaff, left Portsmouth on

the 14th April, passed the telegraph Ship on the 11th, wind I

and h 1 On the coast of Sp m and tin and twice round to the south aid, and indifferent NI tunics and ending on the line, tUmli was crossed on the thirtieth day out, in longitude 23 51 V 'J he S E trades were lost in 10 south , calms and head winds pi ed filed in the band of Capricorn, driving ships to the S. W. In latitude 39 S the wind proved most favourable, and gave the ship a fair run-the only steady wind the whole of the i is age The Cape of Good Hope was rounded on the 13th June, in liiti(udc42 8 and been long run down in 44 and II s , where courts calicoes N E winds and thick stops detained the ship considerably After this a success son of very bad weather set in When in the longitude of St Paul s a (en ful cyclone was experienced, the wind commencing at Is 1 and t coming to N" W M and S S M blotting with hurricane force and lasted three days the Iraiomckr fell to 28 4 the sea in a perfect drift

the tlicinioniiter rose 15 at twelve hours, with an oppressive atmosphere, and fill just as suddenly, with cold and li in squalls The ship behaved uncommonly well during the whole of it, with the exception of one fact which broke on board and state in a portion of the bulwarks Passed the meridian of Cape Leeuwin on the 7th instant Made a fine run to longitude 138 1., when NI windscreen and lasted four days Boat the ship to windward, and made Cape Otway) on the 17th instant, had a good run through Buss s Straits, then had light winds for three day is the Rev F Smith incumbent of St Burn it is, together with Mrs Smith and mails, have returned to the colony by the

Conimiseni j, all in good he Util

The clipper ship Centurion formed last night from London after a cupit a passage of 79 days from pilot to pilot The follow - ing is Captain Mitchell s report of his passage -I anded pilot and lift the Start on May 4 , light N J mild northerly winds pret filled till the 22nd in (i It where the N 1 tr ties were lost, t m able winds and calms from thence to the Pqu item, which wn.. cros ed on the the longitude 21 M , 22 days from the Start, the ST (radon were found (bodies later in 2 3 and were lost 11.22 S , very light wind lora week about the southern tropic

Tristan d'Acunha was passed on the 13th June, and the Cape of Good Hope on the 14th, in latitude 11 i, TO days from the pilot, It W winds and fine we then to longitude rose , where a great change took place, them gales and high seas, accomp lined w ill snow and li he succeeded the pa at four fine weather, had Every heavy gale on the 30th June from the south attended with terrific hail showers longitude of ship 72 L the bl cometic fell to 28 68, was obliged to let the ship to for 0 hours to At the heaviest pass on the 4th July, in longitude 91 I , ut li li p m, strong breeze from the R M and he it j It M sen Mululu Mobster, apprentice, fell overboard from the poop and was drowned , the ship was under all sail going 16 knots in hour and although the helm was immediately put down he must have been half a mile astern before the ship stopped with , had a bout all ready for going out, but considered it of no use, as a ho it could not have lived long in such a sum, and the night being dark, (he was not the slightest chance of finding him At 9 15 a m, kept the ship was on her course again On the night of the 5th instant had a heart t gale, accompanied with wind squalls, thunder, lightning and hail h promoter of 11 again to a very low point On all my former passages in running down the ousting, I do not remember our having had so much bad tunable weather 1 Passed the meridian of Cape J ensue on the 8th, 55 du) soul, the barometer began to rise a little higher and the w either finer, after passing the 1 crew m P passed the meridian of Cape Otway is at noon on the 13th 70 dit s from the pilot, weather fine wind light from the N 1 On the Hill

passed Cape Pillar from thence to the Howe the winds were blowing from the N 1 and drink rum) weather

The Lady Young (s ) left Brisbane, on M wednesday 20th instant at 6 15 pm, rounded Cape Moreton, at 9 1 j p in passed (in Cluencollcids at 3 n m on Thursday South Sold in at 150

p m , Smoky Cape at 1.30 p m Crowdy Heads at midnight, I founded Soul Rock Point at 4 li union Friday, and lost Stcphciibiil 7 15s m , passed Newcastle at 15 a m , entered the Heads at 4 lap in , and made fast to Company s wharf at 2 p m first part of the passive she had light tumble wind with passing showers of run, Inter pail strong M and S Vt wind

the Blackbird (s ) left Melbourne at 3 30 p m on (he 19th in-stant cleared Port Phillip Heads at 9 pm passed Cape Schanck at 10.30 p m passed a Wilson's Promontory it 8 i m on the 20th, rounded Cape Howe at 4.45 a.m. on the 21st and at tired in Sydney it 10 ii in on the 22nd She i report having passed the City of Adelaide (s ) off Montague Island Evpouenced model and west winds to the Howe, from thence to St George's Head thick mint weather with head winds, then moderate

westerly winds till arrival at the Heads

The City of Hobart (6 ) left Hobart Town at 4 pm. on Tuesday, passed Twofold Bay at noon on 1 horse is entered Sydney He is at 10 15 a m on 1 early and berthed alongside the Grafton At hurt at 11 30th in 1 Experienced light S M w inch] across the Straits, union Thursday night encountered a strong It L gah Passed the City of Adelaide (s ) off Twofold Bay

the schooner Scotia i proceeds to Elizabeth Reef to-day, for the purpose of assisting the ketch Comet, which has aire add a died in endeavouring to recover the cargo of the wrecked schooner

Colonist

The Vt often Star, from Colombo via Melbourne, and bound to this port, was in company with the ship Commissary on Thursday

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1 bel Hen, schooner, for Sydney, sailed from Twofold Bay on the 22nd instant, but put back to port again during the day

A full rigged ship passed the port j yesterday, bound north A barque, name unknown, put into Jervis Bay yesterday)