SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 997, 5 September 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. Weather Report—September 5. 9 am- Wind, S.W., light ; weather clear and bine sky. Barometer. 29.60 : thermometer, 14. High Water—To-morrow. Morning, 3.26; night, 3.55. Cleared —September 4. Blackwell, ketch, 36 tons. Green, fur Chain’s Bay. Master, agent. . Advance, schooner, 59 tons, Dcmpsie, tor Greymonth. Cuff and Graham, agents. Courier, ketch, 31 tons, Sinclair, for Pigeon Bay. Master, agent. Arrived— September o. Emerald, ketch, 40 tons, Whitby, from Wellington. Master, agent. Maud Graham, schooner, 80 tons, Ueorgeusen, fromPicton. Cuff and Graham, agents. , Margaret, ketch, 21 tons, Butter, from Decanter s Bay. Master, agent. Nelson, schooner, 56 tons,. Robinson, from Pelorus Sound. Cuff and Graham, agents. Sailed— September 4. Amateur, ketch, Neilsou, for Akaroa. Master, agent. ' , , . Sailed—September o. Advance, schooner, Dempsie, for Greymouth. Cuff and Graham, agents. Courier, ketch, Sinclair, for Pigeon Bay. Master, agent. J The Maud Graham and Nelson, from the Sound with timber, and the Emerald from "Wellington, arrived since last issue. REPORT TO THE ADMIRALTY UN A SEA SERPENT. This monster will always have an interest for the curious. Commander Hugo L. Pearson, of the Osborne, Royal yacht, which arrived at Portsmouth from the Mediterranean on June 11th, has forwarded to the Admiralty, through Admiral Sir George Elliot, the commander-in-chief, a report respecting a sea monster the yacht encountered during her homeward voyage. The report states that on June 2nd, while the yacht was proceeding round the north coast of Sicily, towards Cape Vito, the officer on watch observed a long ridge of fins, each about 6ft. long, moving slowly along, the sea being very calm at the time. He called for a telescope, and was at once joined by other officers. The Osborne was steaming westward at a speed of about ten and a half knots an hour, and the fins were progressing in an easterly direction. As the yacht met the fins those on board noticed the foremost part of a gigantic sea monster. Its skin was apparently devoid of scales, and was almost as sleek as that of a seal. The head was bullet-shaped, with an elongated termination, being somewhat like that of a seal, and about 6ft. in diameter. Its features were only seen by one officer, who described them as like those of an alligator. The neck appeared to be narrow, and the body was somewhat like that of a turtle, ii fin about 15ft. long extending from either side. The appearance of the monster is accounted for by a submarine volcano which occurred north of Galita, in the Gulf of Suffice, about the middle of May. The spot in question is about 100 miles distant from where the monster is reported to have been seen. The “Graphic” contains a picture of the serpent from the observations of an eye-witness. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Wellington, September 1. Arrived—Dido, from Lyttelton.