Shipping News.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 563, 27 March 1858, Page 4

Shipping News.

ARRIVED. March 24, schooner James Daly, 45 tons; Nicol, from Otago. ' SAILED. March 24, brig Mary Clarke, 170 tons, Buchanan, for Sydney. . . ■ Same day, schooner Canterbury, 37 tons, Bowton, for Wellington. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Tetley and three children, Miss O'Connell, Miss Dodsworth, Miss Harrison, Rev. C. E. Wyvell, Rev. J. Buller, Mr. Suckling, Mr. R. Cameron, and six in the steerage. Same-day, brig Gertrude, 205 tons, Grange,: for Auckland. ;-■ March 26, steamer Planet, 45 tons, for Akaroa. • • r IMPORTS. . ■•,.'■ In the James Daly, Miles, Kington, and Co., agents; 13 pockets hops,.2 pkgs., A. J. Alport; 2 bales, Wilson and Co.; 22 cases, Hey wood- 2 cases, Poingdestre; 13 pkgs., 1 bale, G. H. Moore; 36 case 3 wine. Latter; 1 crate, 1 case, Watling; 198 cases wine, 3 casks bricks, 4 pkgs., Waitt and Co.; 1 box, Bishop of Christchurch; 1 case, ITerreday- 1 case, Dobson; 1 case,-'! truss,Bavison; lbox, Capt. Greaves; 1 do., Capt. Morgan; 1 do., S. Walker; 8 casks, 10 cages, 35 pkgs., 1 case straw hats, 1 case preserver?, order. '; ■■ ■ exports. : In the Canterbury, E. Genet, agent; 39 mats

coffee, 31 pkgs. boots and shoes, S^pkcTd^T I ton cheese, Dransfield; 14 casks chee^ ry ' son, Bowler, & Co.; 20 pkg«., Tetley Ook" In the Planet, J. M. Hey wood, arant> m Geneva, 1 qr.-cask gin, Miles, Kin|ton,' & <£*' ARRIVALS OF WOOL COASTWISE 18taS? 24 ' *" Emerald> fVOai Ch^tchurch, March 25, per Midlothian, from Christchnr i II bales. "*rcii,

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For London, ship Glentanner and w Oriental, with despatch. Darl«e

Loss op the Elizabeth, French Whalk» The American whaling ship Seine, 25 tons p«"~ tain Laundrey, of New Bedford, put fatJwT lington harbour yesterday morning (March k\ She has been out 53 months, has taken 1000 hrels oil, and is last from the Chatham IslamT She has brought on here the crew of the Pn.ni' whaling barque Elizabeth, Captain Painbkn of Havre, which was unfortunately wrecked the north-east side of the Chatham Islands °" the 15th February last. The following are th" particulars of the sad accident, so far as we ha been able to learn :—The French whalintr ah;« Elizabeth, Emanuel Esther Painblanc, master sailed from the port of Havre on the 14th Aul 1856, on a whaling voyage. On the 20th Decem ber, 1856, she put into Akaroa to refit; sailed from thence, and arrived at Honolulu on the sth March. Sailed from there on the 25th March on a whaling cruise. On the 21st October 1857 she anchored at an island, Tahania, one'of the Sandwich Islands. Left on the Bth November and arrived on the 6th December at Papaete' Tahiti. Left Tahiti on the 27th December and on the 12th February, 1858, sighted the Chatham Islands. Anchored on the N.E. side of the island in 12 fathoms water. From some information Captain Painblanc received from an European who came on board, he was induced to proceed about forty miles to the northward. He got under weigh, and in working the vessel up the bay, the ship struck suddenly on a suuken reef about three miles from the shore. Every exertion was made to get her off, but the wind and sea increasing rapidly, the ship almost immediately broke up. When she first struck, an anchor was taken out ahead, with the intention of heaving her off, but the windlass broke. Finding it was useless remaining by the vessel, they took to the ship's boats, and reached shore about midnight. Hearing from the natives that an American whaler was at anchor at the other side of the island, Captain. Painblanc walked across the island for the purpose of communicating with her, and succeeded in arranging with the: Captain of the American whaler for conveying the crew on to Wellington. Left the Chatham Islands on the 24th February, and arrived here.on the sth March. The Elizabeth is a total wreck, and no chance of saving any portion of the ship or cargo. — -Independent, March 6.

By the arrival of the Australian Maid, we learn that nearly half the oil had been landed from the Alexander, and if the weather continued favourable the whole would be saved in a few days. The Cheetah hence has arrived. Spectator, March 6. > -