SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1051, 9 November 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OP LYTTELTON. A rhivkd— November 8. Awaroa, schooner, 48 tons, Watt, from Invercargill. Master, agent. Sailkd— November 8. Adclphoi, harqne, 349 tons, Gregory, for Newcastle, in ballast. C. W. Turner, agent. The Adelphoi, barque, was towed out from the wharf by the p.s. Titan last evening, and sailed for Newcastle. . , , - , Messrs Kincaid and M'Qneen have launched ana christened their new iron steamer, erected at Pelichet Bay. The vessel has been built to the order of Messrs Honehton and Co., and is intended to ply between Dunedin and the Bluff, in lieu of the lute ill-fated Express. A fine ship called the Niigata Marn, Captain Walker, has arrived in the Thames from Japan. This is the first vessel hearing the Japanese flag which lias entered the port of London. The crew consisted of thirty-four men, all of whom, with three or four exceptions, are Japanese. Captain Walker reports that the Japanese sailors behaved admirably, and in any emergency wore always ready to do their part. ARRIVAL OF THE EANGATIKEI. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s Rangatikei arrived in harbor, from London, this forenoon. Passengers all well. ■ BDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE, Eddystouo Lighthouse is to be pulled down. At a meeting of the British Association at Bristol, Mr Issac Douglas, of the Trinity House surprised his hearers by announcing that Smeatou’s great work was not destined to exist much longer. Owing to very considerable tremoar which occurred with each wave-stroke during heavy storms from the westward, fears had been entertain d for the safety of the structure, particularly as sea water had frequently been driven through the 1 joints of the masonry. The upper part was strengthened in 1839 and 1866 with internal wronght-irou ties extending from the lantern floor downwards to the solid portion of the tower. On the last occasion he found that the chief mischief arose from the upward stroke of the sea at the cornice, but repairs were effected, and further leakage prevented. The tower was still sound, but unfortunately the gneiss rook on which the lighthouse was built had been seriously undermined and weakened by the sea. This appeared to bo chiefly duo to the incessant straining of the laminated rock by the heavy seastrokes on the tower. It had, therefore, been determined to erect another lighthouse of larger dimensions, for which a good foundation had been discovered about 120 ft. off. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Port Ch a lucks, November 8. Arrived—The Albion Company’s ship Marlborough, from the Bluff. She left that port at 2 p.m. yesterday, and hove-to off Cape Saunders at il p.m. ________