Shipping News.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 484, 24 June 1857, Page 6

Shipping News.

ARBIVKD. Jnne 20th, Ship Heroes of Alma, 660 tons, Silk, from Wellington. Passenger, Mr. Ogilvey. Same day, s.s. Wonga Wonga, 150 tons, Bowden, from Wellington and Auckland. Passengers, LieutenantColonel Mould, Capt. Daldy, and 2 in the steerage. Same day, Schooner Emerald Isle, 32 tons, Oakes, from Wellington. Same day, Lady Grey, 68 tons, Kennedy, from Wei. lington, put in on her way to Stoueyhurst, with sawn timber and flour. Jnne 23rd, schooner Palinurus, 15 tons, Johnston, from Akaroa. SAILED. June 23rd, s.s. ' Wonga Wonga, for Wellington and the North. Passengers, Col. Mould, Messrs. Daldy, Curtis, and Master Brandon. IMPORTS. In the Heroes of Alma, Cookson Bowler & Co. agents ; 192 cases, 15 qr. casks, 2 hhds., 25 cases gin, 13 qr. casks do., 2 hhds. brandy, 25 cases do.* 50 half chests tea, 10 casks herrings, 12 bundles., 30 bales, 149 kegs, 10 bdles. rope, 3 pkgs., Cookson, Bowler & Co.; 10 packets hops, 48 boxes soap, 2 bags cotton, 5 cases, 27 bales, 2 casks, 1 bundle, 1 trunk, 5 chests, 4 matted cases, 17 packages, 10 kegs, 90 waggons, R. Latter; 20 hhds. beer, 10 qr. casks gin, 150 cases do., 1 cawe, 1 qr. cask sherry, 2 cages, J. M Hey wood; 1 bale, ] case, G. C. Black ; 6 pockets hops, 27 cases, 21 qr. casks, 1 hhd., Kenneway; 180 casks bottled beer, W. Wilson: 53 cases, Wilton & Co.; 2 cases, 1 chest, 4 pkgs., A. Moore ; 9 casks, 57 cases, 4ibags, 1 crate, A. Liffelton; 1 case, Rev. J. Raven; 2 cases, W. H. Jave; 1 pkg., J. T. Brown; 6 cases wine, Rev. J. Wilson; 1 case apparel, Blakiston; 1 do. Thompson; 2 boxns, Gordon; 2 cases, Hodgson ; 1 case, Smilh ; 1 cask seeds, Fleming '• 1 case, Chapman ; 1 cask, Bayfeild; 1 case Riekman- 2* cases, Vigers; 1 do., W. P. Welch ; 1 do., Lowther; 1 do Archdeacon Mathias ; 1 do., Knapman; 1 plough 2 wheels, 1 axle, 1 case, Wornal; 26 qr. casks wtne, 1 chest, 4 pkgs., 3 casks, Order. In the Wonga Wonga, R. Waitt & Co. agents; 7 casks sweetened gin, 4 casks brandy, and cargo of sundries, order. In the Emerald Isle, E. Genet agent; 300 wheat sacks and ballast. In the Palinurns, E. Genet agent; full cargo of bran and flour. .

The W,.nqa Woxga.—This smart little steamer, which has now p»id us her first visit, left Auckland at Noon on June 8, but owing to violent gales did not get clear away from Iryphena Harbour (Groat Barrier), till Noon on Friday the 12th. She passed the East Cape on the following noon, and in twenty-four hours more anchored off the Anurm bar. The same afternoon steamed in against a strong enb tide, and moored inside the harbour. Left Ahurm on Tuesday morning, and steaming against light head wiuas and a heavy swell, reached Wellington at half-past lenon Wednesday evening, where she staid till Friday afternoon. Then started for Lyttelton, and at 7 p.m., a few miles outside the heads passed something like a wreck or a tlead whale, the sea breaking over it slightly. The night «as Ko dark as to prevent the object being clearly distin!»>"l.ea. Anchored in Port Vicloria at 520 p m., on

performances are extremely creditable to a vessel of her size, and mast stimulate the traders of all the provinces to find employment for her, that so valuable a coasting Bt ea° mer may not be lost to onr shores. 8