SHIPPING NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 77, 26 June 1852, Page 6

SHIPPING NEWS.

ARRIVED. June 25, schooner Twins, 50 tons, Sharp, from Otago. CLEARED OUT. June 25, cutter Catherine Ann, 12 tons, Hooper, for Wellington. Passengers, Messrs. W. Bannister, Jun., Taylor, Wakefield, Woolgrove, Wilson, Edwards, Jones, Williams and Hughes. IMPORTS. In the Twins, —12 tons potatoes, Sharp. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Port Otago. New Zealand.—A signal staff is fixed on the Light House on the summit of Tai,roas Head. The code in use is— 1. Blue Peter—Keep to sea, the bar is not fit to take. 2. Red—Take the bar, there is no danger. _ 3. Blue, with a White St. Andrew's Cross—Ebb tide and bar not fit to take. 4. White—First quarter flood. N.B. A fixed light is kept burning from sunset to sunrise. Wileiam H. Reynolds, Agent to Lloyds. Dunedin, Jan. 16,1852.

[From recent Indian Papers.] The English barque " Victory," Captain Mullens, left Cumsing-moon, December 6th, bound to Callao, with 350 Chinese emigrants for that place. Four days after leaving, and when near Pulo Supatu, whilst the Captain was walking on the poop-deck he was seized by some of the Chinese and seriously wounded; he managed to 'escape to the mizen top but was pursued by armed men and brutally murdered. The second mate, the cook, and 'one of the crew endeavoured to assist the Captain, and they were also butchered. The Chinese were now complete masters of the vessel, and were armed with cutlasses. The chief mate was aloft, looking out for land ; be was ordered to descend on deck and commanded to sail for the land, and he and the rest of the crew were compelled to navigate the vessel; they proceeded near Pulo Obi, at the entrance of "the Gulf of Sunn, where a portion of the Chinese landed. Several fights took place on board among the mutineers themselves, some of them were killed, and others were thrown overboard alive, After being obliged to sail the vessel along the coast of Cambodia, where other Chinese landed, the remainder left the vessel in boats at an island in the Gulf of Siam called Kamao.

The "Victory" lnidTr7bST =T ==r cargo for South America, the W L f ble was plundered by the Chinese before *llicl> the ship. The vessel belongs to M ess nW* and Cook, of London. Sev eral ? a / 0n ship are marked with blood. On o» P 1 -the some of the Chinese attempted to^e & ship. Ihe tragical occurrence of the mn„] « Captain Mullens and the other C° f took place between two and three o'clock?T' afternoon. Ahmang the ringleader of th* tiny was nmrdered by his comrades t chief officer Mr. Vagg, brought the vessel it Singapore January 27th. There h e i„l , steamer at Singapore,information has been Z on to China, as also parties to identify J Chinese, some of whom will probably be n! tured. • . v" The particulars of another dreadful affiir though perpetrated some months a«r o , hav P » cently come to light : _ ° ' eie" " The English barque « Herald," Canhin Lawson, left Shanghai, August 26, bound to Leith,with a cargo of teas, & c . The "Herald' passed Anjer at the latter part of October and when about 100 miles from Anjer, during the night, the crew (Manila men)'killed thediief mate, second mate, and carpenter; they then proceeded below and with a hatchet butchered the captain. Mrs. Lawson was then much illused, robbed of her jewels, and confined to her cabin, where she became deranged. The mutineers scuttled the ship, and she foundered near a rock, Mrs. Lawson being alive at the time the vessel went down. The crew then reached the coast of Bantam in the boats, hut their statement of the loss of the vessel exciting the suspicions of the Dutch Resident, they were captured. One of their number confessed the whole affair—he is said to be an European born Portuguese. The guilty parties have been brought on to Singapore by the Dutch steamer, from whom the preceding information has been obtained. Lyttelton* Markets, Retail picesfJunt 26th.—New Zealand flour, 255. per 100 lbs.; New South Wales do. 28s. per do.; Bread, per 2 lb. loaf, B^.; Beef, 7d. to Bd. per lb.; Mutton, 6|dL to 7d. per lb.; Pork, 7d. to Bd. per lb.; Fresh butter, Is. lOd.; Salt butter, Is. 6d. per lb.; Potatoes, 51. per ton ; "Eggs, 3s. per doz,; Cheese, New Zealand, Is. 3d. per lb.; Ham and Bacon, 9d. per lb.; Maize, 6s. per bushel; Firewood, 245. per cord ; Sawn Timber, lis.) to 12s. per 100 feet; Tea, 3s. to 4s. per lb.; Loaf Sugar, 10d., Moist do., 4d. to 6d.peril).; Rice, 3d. per lb,; Candles, mould, 9d. to lOd. per lb. Auction Sales. — Mr. Alport — Monday, June 21 :• —Sales of' Clothing and Personal Effects realized excellent prices. Wednesday 23.—Flour, Sydney, £26 per ton, do. in barrels, 365. per barrel, China Sugar, 4jd. per lb., Pampanga do., 3*d. per lb., Rice, 2&d. per lb., Bottled Ale lis. 3d. per dozen. Mr. Longden— Thursday,June24.—Surplus Stores per Stag—lrish Beef, per tierce, M 45.; Irish Pork, per barrel, £4 155.; Cabin Bread, per barrel, £l 135.; Second do., £\ 25.; American Flour, per barrel, (196 lbs.), 395. 6U; Kice, per lb., 3d. ; Raisins, per lb., 6)4 d. to 7d-j Currants, per lb., 6d.; Sugar, W. India, per 1b.,43*fd.; Tea, per .lb.,' 2s. ; Oatmeal, P» lb., 4Xd. ; Pearl Barley, ■ per lh., 4Jd.; tornposite Candles, per lb., Is. Bd. to Is. U".