Shipping Intelligent.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1635, 8 December 1874, Page 454

Shipping Intelligent.

PORT AHURIRI. ARRIVALS. DECEMBER. 3—Sir Donald, s.s., 27 tons, Watson, from Whakaki 6—Helen Denny, ship, 728 tons, Ruth, from Wellington s—William Cundall, brig, 267 tons, Macfarlane, fiom Dunedin 7—Fairy, s.s,, 32 tons, Campbell, from Wairoa DEPARTURES. DECEMBER. 4—Fairy, s.s., 32 tons, Campbell, for Wairoa 4—Euphrosyne, schooner, 76 tons, Spence, for Pelorus Sound s—Opotiki, schooner, 33 tons, Harria, for Poverty Bay 6—Albatross, schooner, 60 tons, Wells, for Wangapoa 7—Julius Vogel, ketch, 66 tons,'Doughty, for Wellington , ... . PASSENGER LIST. INWARDS. In the Fairy—Mr and Mrs J. W. Witty, Mrs Sargent, Mrs Taylor, Mrs Parr, Messrs Drummond, M'Donnell, and three others EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Albatross, schooner, from Wangapoa Annie Lisle, barque, from Dunedin Celestial Queen, ship, from London Clarence, ship, from London Clematis, ketch, from Cabbage Bay Fiery Cross, schooner, from Tairua Florinda, brigantine, from Melbourne Helen, brigantine, from Newcastle Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Opotiki, schooner, from Poverty Bay Pretty Jane, s,s., from Poverty Bay aud Auckland Queen Bee, ship, from Poverty Bay Queen, schooner, from Auckland Rangatira, s.s,, from Wellngton Result, s.s., from Auckland . Saucy Lass, schooner, from Mercury Bay Southern Cross, s.s., from Auckland Swordfish, brigantine, from Hobart Town Waratah, barque, from Hobart Town VESSELS IN HARBOR. Amherst, brigantine, from Newcastle Bebington, ship, from London Fairy, s.s., from Wairoa Kate M'Gregor, schooner, from Mercury Bay Helen Denny, ship, from Wellington Mary Melville, schooner, from Meicury Say Sir Donald, s.s., from the coast Three Brothers, ketch, from Moeangiangi William Cundall, brig, from Dunedin Why Not, ketch, from Auckland Una, s.s., (lightering) Bella, s.s., (lightering) PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For the Bluff—Bebington, early The s.s. Sir Donald, Capt. Watson, arrived from Whakaki on Thursday night, with 80 bales wool. The ship Helen Denny, Capt. Ruth arrived from Wellington early on Saturday morning. The brig William Cundall, Capt. Macfarlane, from Dunedin, arrived on Saturday afternoon. She is now lying at the Western Spit, taking in wool. The s.s. Fairy, Capt. Campbell, arrived from Wairoa yesterday morning, with 34 bales wool, and a number of passengers. A ship or barque, from the North-east, was standing up the Bay last evening. The schooner Opotiki sailed for Poverty Bay on Friday last. This regular trader will return in a day or two with a cargo of timber. The schooner Julius Vogel sailed for Wellington yesterday. Newcastle Shipping.—November 2lst. —Arrived: s.s. Easby, and Duke of Edinburgh, from Dunedin ; Gothenburg, from Lyttelton ; Dervvent, from Kaipara ; Edwiu Basßett, from Wellington; Wave, from the Bluff. Sydney Shipping.—November 21st. — Arrived : Towtou, from Wellington.

A person named Meredith has < sked Mr John Bright to present a petition to the House of Commons in favor of Arthur Orton's liberation. In his reply, Mr Bright says:—"l have not been in London since some time before the close of the last session, and could not take charge of the petition you refer to. I may further say I could not support its prayer, for I think sympathy like yours was never expended on a more unworthy object." The Otago Daily Times gives the following amusing account of a surprise J—A gentleman having occasion to go to his office the other evening, noticed, just as he was about to unlock the door, a sack lying accross the doorstep. He laid his hand on the sack, and feeling something within it move, exclaimed, "A baby!" The sudden discovery took his breath away, and recovering himself, he with beating heart rushed off for a policeman. " Policeman," he said to the officer he met," somebody has left a baby on my doorstep!" The gentleman's tone was very excited, and not from compunctious visitings of conscience regarding paternity. The policeman, who was not of an excitable disposition, accompanied the gentleman to the office, and as he was about to open the sack, which was tied at the mouth, the gentleman said; "Do not open it till I get a witness!" The man in blue, seeing that the gentleman feared all manner of dreadful things against him in prospective, did not open the sack until the gentleman went to an office in the window of which he saw a light, and returned with a third person, who proved to be an overworked clerk. The gentleman was then satisfied that he had testimony in his favor should the police attempt to bring him up on any dreadful charge. The bag was now opened, and lo and behold, there jumped out a big black cat, Who showed himself fleet of limb on regaining his freedom. We do not know if the gentleman was amused at the climax, but Uis witness and the constable were. It is said that he has had a lively time of it explaining to his wife how he got excited,