Shipping News.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 518, 21 October 1857, Page 4

Shipping News.

t)ct. 19, ketch ."EEm,:34 tons, McClutchie, from Timaru. Passengers, Mr. and Mrs. March, Messrs. John .Deans, Abraham Highbourn, Xiane and Jones. Oct. 17, brigantine Kate Kearney, So tons, ..Dixon.for Otago. -Passengers, Cabin: Sheddin, .Burgh, and-James Henderson. Steerage: John - Gr? nt'^ and two children, Andrew Hyness -and child, William Pringie, wife, and two chil.dren, John Pringle, Agues Pringle, W. Harold .Lawrence Robertson, Malcolm Tomsin, C EL T£T-' }' G4 ieVe,'V WA p£Try ' Mary Marwick, and Christina Harold: Government Imnn°rantß -imports. tln the" Emu, .Genet, agent; 24 bundles sheepskins, 2 cases, Rhodes; 1 package, Le Cren. ..'.', EXPORTS. In the Kate Kearney, R. Waitt & Co., agents: :i case Geneva,, 1 case fcottled beer, 13 cases /packages, 28 boxes, 3 casks^ barrels, 20 bids .1 chest i 1 parcel, 1 .packagespecie, £100, order.original cargoof ship Glentanner, for Otago. .The Robert.and Betsy, hence Auonst 19 ™fiy^ Melboi^ne on :the 6th September' ■^Vr«.- rt fr?m this Port .August 18, and from Wellington August 27, and the, Louis and Miriam f«om JSTelson August. 21, arrived in .Sydney/on the 12th September. The' Empire' M tlie l4th September, contains an account of

the voyage of these two vessels, which we give below;

Captain J. K. Hays, a passenger by the Louis and Miriam, has furnished the following report: Friday, September 4, commenced with fresh breeze from northward and clear weather, all sail set to the westward. At four p.m., increasing breezes; in two reefs of topsails, wind hauling to the westward; barometer tailing. S p.m., strong gales with heavy squalls and confused sea; in mainsail and jib, and close reefed the topsails. 9 p.m., handed the foresail; wore ship to the W.IST.W. Midnight, increasing gales; split main and foretopsail, and hove ship to under close reefed maintopsail; pumps constantly attended. 5 a.m., a heavy sea struck her over the port bow, carrying the galley overboard, starting part of the bulwarks, and staving the long boat. 6 a.m., with the violent lurching of the vessel, shifted the boats, spare anchors, spars, studding-sails, &c, to leeward, causing her to list very much, when it was deemed advisable for the safety of the vessel to throw all overboard, which was done; but the ship, still labouring heavily, commenced throwing cargo overboard, about ten tons of which made her easier, but still labouring and straining violently. 8 a.m., heavy squalls from S.W., with a tremendous heavy cross sea. Saturday, September 5, commences with heavy gales and terrific squalls to S.W., with a confused sea; battened down fore scuttle and cabin skylights; barometer very low; ship hove to under close reefed maintopsail. 3 a.m., a heavy sea broke on board, throwing the ship on her beam ends, carrying away all the stanchions, bulwarks, &c, and covering board, from the cathead on the port side-aft to main lagging, and washing overboard fore scuttle, two casks water, and everything moveable on deck. Large quantities of water poured down the forecastle and cabin, which, settling to leeward, with great difficulty the ship righted. All hands to the pumps; four feet water in the well; carpenter employed nailing canvas over covering board, to prevent water from pouring into the hold. 7 a.m., the pumps sucked, and having succeeded in stopping the leak on deck with canvas and oakum, kept the ship away before the wind, in order to open the fore hatchway, and commenced throwing cargo overboard off the starboard side; to trim her upright threw over about ten tons. Noon, heavy gales, with a tremendous sea running; all hands employed securing sprit-sail, yard, and jib-boom, while the ship is before the wind; pumps constantly attended; barometer still very low. On the 2nd September spoke the Lady Leigh, of Hobart Town, five months out clean; desired to be reported.

The Dart passed the Mary Thomson on the 3rd instant, in latitude 37 degrees 25 minutes south, and longitude 161 degrees east. Light easterly winds have been experienced from Ifew Zealand until the 3rd instant, when the Dart fell in -with, strong north ■winds which lasted twelve hours, then veered to the S.S.W., and blew very hard until the 6th instant. The Dart has been off the Heads since last Monday, with hard gales from the Southward, during which she lost a portion of her sails and bulwarks.