SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1036, 20 October 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF LYTTELTON. Weather Beport— October 20. 9 a.m.—Wind, calm; weather, overcast. Barometer, 29.62; thermometer, 53. High Water—To-morrow. Morning, 2.34; night, 2.5). Arrived— October 19. Sarah ami Mary, ketch, 40 tons, Feathers tone, from Amuri Bluff, hound to the Heathcote Kiver. Tongariro, p.s., 39 tons, Clarke, from Akaroa. Master, agent. Arrived— October 19. George Noble, barquentine, 253 tons, Melville, from Mauritius. Dalgety, Nichols and Co., agents, J. G. Coleson, schooner, 70 tons, RanslC} - , from Napier. Master, agent. October 20. Wanaka. s.s.. 273 tons, McGillivray. from Auckland, via East coast. Miles, Hassal, and Co., agents. Passengers—Messrs Waring, Armstrong, Williams, Maroto, Mr and Mrs Manning, Mr and Mrs Streeky, Mrs Hansen, Miss Waring. Falcon, barquentine, 159 tons, from Newcastle. C. W. Turner, agent. Flying Squirrel, ketch, 17 tons, Munro, from Akaroa. Master, agent. Torea, schooner, 78 tons, Grundy, from Picton. Master, agent. Antelope, cutter, 17 tons, Malcolmson, from Akaroa. Master, agent. E. U. Cameron, schooner, 41 tons. Aschman, from Be Boa’s Bay. Master, agent. Pot, barque, 268 tons. Maun, from Newcastle. W. H. Hargreaves, agent. Adelphoi. barque. 349 tons, Gregory, from Newcastle. C. W. Turner, agent. Cleared— October 19. Dragon, barque, 696 tons, McClemon, for Napier, in ballast. Miles. Hassal and Co., agents. Cleared— October 20. Clan Alpine, schooner, 40 tons, Smart, for Hokitika. Master, agent. Forest Queen, ketch, 51 tons, Watchlin, for Wellington. P. Cunningham and Co., agents. Onward, schooner, 69 tons, Bae, for Auckland. Cuff and Graham, agents. Sailed— October 19. Hu wen. s.s., 462 tons, Wheeler, for Northern ports. Miles, Hassal and Co., agents. Passengers—saloon t For Wellington, Mr and Mrs Morshead, Hon. K. and Mrs Campbell, Miss Schott, Mr T. Sherman: for Nelson, Mr and Mrs Teschemakertiud family; for Auckland, Mr and Mrs Trent, Mr Hutchinson; for Sydney, Eev. and Mrs Cooker, Mr J. M. Brown. Steerage: Mr and Mrs J. Sergeant, Mr and Mrs Martin and child, Messrs G. Chapman, D. Denning. For San Francisco—saloon : Mrs M. L. Holmes and Ann Mahar. Steerage ; Edward Scott, and J. T. Smith. And forty-one original. The Wanaka was signalled, but was still outside the Heads at 1 p.iu. to-day. The barque signalled last night proved to be the George Noble, after all. She is from the Mauritius, with a cargo of sugar for Messrs Dalgety, Nichols, and Co. Three barques from the North were signalled this morning, and their numbers were made before our express left port. They proved to be the Pet, Falcon, and Adelphoi, from Newcastle, from which port no less than nine vessels a re due. THE LOSS OF THE AVALANCHE. Some hopes were entertained by the many friends of the late Captain Williams that he might not Lave been iu command of the ill-fated Avalanche at the time of her loss ; hut, unfortunately, letters by the Sau Francisco mail appear to render it certain that he was in command, one letter having been received from himself announcing that he was on the point of departure, the Avalanche being a full ship. The Wellington “Post ” hears that Captain Grant’s sou was not on board, having been transferred to the Halcioue just before the Avalanche sailed. It appears that Mr Neil Pearce was a midshipman on board the doomed vessel, having won the reluctant consent of his parents to his embracing a nautical career, of which he had become enthusiastically enamoured during his homeward trip from Wellington. He therefore was making his first voyage when his bright and promising career was cut short by this most lamentable disaster.