SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 528, 26 February 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. Feb 26—Taupo, s.s, 461 tons, J. Macfarlane, from Northern Ports. Passengers— Mesdames Smith, Mcllrith, Russell, Kilgour, Reading, Mcßae, Browne, Oram, Steer and family, Misses Morey, Aldrett, Halfield, Walker, Steer (4), Huddlestone, Allen, Withers, Messrs Maughan, Oram, Caverhill, Sneddon, Cass, Bowne, Law, Chisholm, Carter, Graham, Reading, Crosley, Johnston, Anderson, Vincent, Hulbert, Lewis, Lake, Robinson, Willcox, Hull, Hopkins, Smith, Woolcott, Gittos, Rev Mr Lully; 12 in steerage, and 29 for Dunedin. Feb 26-Albion, s.s., 640 tons, J. W. Clarke, from Melbourne, via South, with Suez mail. Dalgety, Nichols and Co, agents. Passengers Saloon : From Melbourne— Miss Shadbolt, Mrs C. Porter, Miss E. Porter, Miss Bridgman, Messrs Porter, Shadbolt, W. Fry, Franhauff, Krakowski, J. K. Brown, Captain Anderson. From Dunedin—Bev J. Backhouse, Mr Little ; and 9 steerage. . Feb 26 Derwent, brig, 221 tons, Waite, from Newcastle. Feb. 26—Margaret, ketch, 26 tons, Nelson, from Port Levy. CLEARED. Feb 26»-Taupo, s.s., 461 tons, J. Macfarlane, for Dunedin. Feb 26—Albion, s.s., 640 tons, Clarke, for Sydney, via North. Feb. 26—Essy and Agnes, ketch, 8 tons, James, for Okain's Bay. Feb. 26—Columbia, schooner, 44 tons, Conway, for Napier. SAILED. Feb. 26-Garibaldi, schooner, 51 tons, Johnson, for Bluff Harbour. The steamer Albion, with the Suez mail, arrived at 11.45 to-day. The mail consisted of twenty bags -fourteen for Christchurch, and six for Lyttelton. The Christchurch portion was forwarded by the 1.5 p.m. train. The brig Derwent, Captain Waite, arrived at 3 a.m. this morning from Newcastle. The s.s. Taupo arrived from the Northern ports at 9.10 a.m. this morning, bhe sails for the South this afternoon. THE SUMNER. This vessel was signalled at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday night, and at 10 p m. came to an anchor off the breakwater. Her commander. Captain Suckling, late of the R.N.. gives the following account of her passage :—Left Glasgow on the 7th August and groceeded to Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, and via uez Canal to Aden. Off Socrota Island encountered tempestuous weather, and met with very serious damage. Put into Point de Gallc, where a survey was held, when it was found expedient for her to proceed to Singapore for tne purpose of going into dry dock, there being no means of repairing vessels at Point de Galle. Arrived at Singapore on the 2sth October, where the vessel was docked and thoroughly repaired, and permitted to proceed on ber voyage, via the inland seas and Torres Strait. which she did—not being allowed to come round the Lewin—touching en route at Somerset settlement, where she took in stone ballast, and proceeded again on the Ist January, touching at Cooktown and Brisbane. She returned again to the latter port (after being out ten days) through stress of weather, finally leaving Brisbane last Wednesday week (9th inst) ffor Lyttelton. Sighted Howe's Island, and passed a brig, supposed to be the Summer Cloud, standing to the eastward, bound for Lyttelton. Made Cape Farewell light at 1 a.m. on Sunday, and ran through the Strait with a gale from N.W. Passed Cape Campbell on Sunday evening, when she met with very heavy weather, attended with thunder and lightning, and the wind suddenly chopped round south, and not being able to keen the ship's head to sea, and every indication of a continuance of bad weather coming on, and the barometer standing at 29.36, hore up for Wellington, arriving there on the 2lst. Left for this port on Wednesday, and arrived as above. Prom Brisbane to Cape Farewell she had fine weather: from Wellington here had TS.W. wind to Kaikoras. thence strong S.W. to arrival. As the Sumner is an exact duplicate of the Heathcote, ihere is nothing new about her to describe. Her passage has been a tedious one, but she is in plenty of time for all practical purposes, as nothing can be done in the dredging way till, the Erskine arrives, and as this vessel only left Gibraltar on the 19th of last ■wnth, it will be some considerable time before she xesehes Lyttelton waters.