SHIPPING NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 287, 1 August 1855, Page 4

SHIPPING NEWS.

ARRIVED,

July 30, ship New Era, 820 tons, Bhind, master, from Wellinsrton. Passengers, Captain, Mrs., and Misses-(3) Morgan, Mr. G. T. ijirch, Win. and Caroline Hill, Win. Fleming, Mrs. Deighton, servant, and children.

SAILED

July 28, steamer Zingari, 148 tons, Millton, for Wellington. Passengers, Messrs. Sevvell, Templar, Francis, G. Han, Waitinan, Strong & Son, Marriott, Naylor, Johnson, Ehvin, March, Branch, and Bvimi.

imports.

For Canterbury cargo in the New Era see Lyttelton Times of July 11th. By the above vessel the postmaster has received a portion of the mail forwarded from here on the 25th June by the schooner Witness^ and which has been recovered from the wreck. The portion returned is almost one mass of pulp.

The Netv Era from England, via Wellington, arrived in Port Lyttelton on Monday last, bringing the remainder of her passengers for th?s Province (several of whom had previously arrived in the Mountain Maid), and a large cargo of general Merchandise. Xhe New Era brings an Australian mail. By this vessel we have also received the English mail brought by the Marco Polo, forwarded to this port via Wellington, instead of being sent from Sydney by the William Denny steamer to Auckland. We understand that .this arrangement has been, made

by the post-office authorities in Australia in compliance with a memorial addressed to them from Wellington, requesting that the mails for Wellington .might be sent on by vessels sailing direct to that province. The result of such an arrangement is, that the English mails for the southern provinces forwarded by the Australian packets are invariably detained either in Australia or at Wellington. The Australian mails for the south are of course equally delayed.

The master of the Abbey, from New Zealand, reports that on the 20th inst.,~in. latitude 38 degrees 36 minutes south, longitude 149 degrees 10 minutes, he passed over a shoal running S.W. half W., and N.E. half E, The shoal appeared to he about half a mile in length. There was a strong tide ripple on it, and the water was of a liffht sandy colour. The shoal was cleared by altering the vessel's course from S.W. half W. to S.S.W. fur three minutes, when the vessel was again put into her course when she was again on the tail of the shoal, where she continued for one minute. The vessel was clear by the time the lead was hove, so that no soundings were obtained. The night was clean She was running about seven and a-half knots, and the vessel was expected every moment to strike. Argus, June 25.