Shipping News.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 584, 9 June 1858, Page 4

Shipping News.

ARRIVED. j June 7, schooner Henry, 42 tons, "Wallace j from Otago, 4th inst. T \ June 7, schooner Mary Louisa, 18 tons, Underwood, from Akaroa. June 7, brigantine Elizabeth, 127 tons, Ramage, from Melbourne, May 16. Passenger, Mr. Guiness. sailed. j June 8, brigantine Acis, 94 tons, Thompson for George Town, V. D. L. IMPORTS. In the Dart, Cookson, Bowler & Co,, agents; 89 pkgs., Fyfe; 4 bales leather, 2 trunks grind- ! cry, 2 cases, Clarkson; 1 case, 10 bales bags, Waitt & Co.; 14 mats, 4 qr. chests tea, Black j ! 58 mats sugar, 20 boxes candles, 5 do. soap, lo ! half chests tea, 2 bags coffee, Fisher & Co.; 12 ! pkgs. drapery, 13 cases boots, 5 pieces matting, I ] case stationery, 1 do. saddlery, 20 brls. raisons^ I 5 boxes maccaroni, 4 cases, Dransfieldj 40 mats ■' sugar, 5 chests, 10 half chests, 20 boxes, 1 cart, 2 drays, 1 cask harness, 4 qr. casks wine, Gould & Miles j 2 'pkgs. merchandise, Willis; 102 pkgs. I oilmen's stores, 10 casks horsehair, 3 cases paper I hangings, 20 rolls matting, 7 pks. drapery, 1 bale i sacks, 125 cases glass, Davis; 4 pkgs. drapery, ! 22 bags sugar, 6 cases, 2 bales, 1 iron safe, 2 I boxes almonds, and sundry packages, Order. I In the Mary Louisa, Master, agent; 1 bundle harpoons, 5 pkgs, apparel, 10,283 ft. timber, 96 bundles shingles, 102 piles, Jones; 4£ tons wood ; pavings, 1 case walnuts, Le Fleming. i In the Henry, Miles, Kington & Co., agents; \ 5 cases, 2 bales drapery, for the agents. | In the Elizabeth, Waitt & Co., agents; 100 i boxes soap, 50 boxes candles, 5 hhds. brandy, 5 j do. whiskey, 380 bags sugar, 10 chests, 20 half chests tea, 25 bales sacks, Waitt & Co.; 12 pkgs. stoves, 2 cases pickles, and millinery, P. Noble | Campbell & Co. exports. j In the Acis, Waitt & Co., agents; 1 bag boots, I 3 bags coffee, 135 tons potatoes, 40 cheeses.

Tn Christchurch, however/ the case is Jy different. That no church has yet Sen consecrated in the capital town of is felfc to be inconsistent with c aspirations of Canterbury ;-and the JSdinff used heretofore as a temporary rhurch has long been quite too small for Ji" population. People are unanimous as :. I e immediate want of increased accommodation. But a difference of opinion exists as to the best site for the proposed This question was debated at a meeting on the 28th ult., at which it was agreed by a majority. that for the present the temporary building- should be enlarged and repaired, and that a new Church should be built on the other side of the river near the Papanui road. This course was strongly advocated by the Bishop of Ohristchurch, who urged the necessity of meeting- the wants of separate districts, and the insufficiency of one Church for the purpose. His Lordship has issued an earnest appeal for. assistance towards this object in the shape of a pastoral letter addressed to members of the Church.

On the other side it was argued that one central place of worship should be first erected, —that money spent on the present building1 was comparatively wasted, — that more people would subscribe towards iriat might be a portion of the future cathedral than would support the erection of a distant church, —and that Christchurch could not support two churches. There is of course a great deal to be said on both sides of this as of most questions. But still it had to be decided before any thing was done; and it was decided as satisfactorily as it well could be at the meeting above alluded to. The voice of the majority of Churchmen present was enough without the strongly expressed opinion of the Bishop, which ought certainly to carry great weight in such a question. Some time ago, when Churchmen found a difficulty in agreeing upon any course of action, a wish was often expressed for the presence of a Bishop, or some authority whose weight might help to decide the point in dispute. In the present case it seems to us that the more deference is due to his Lordship's opinion as he appears io have taken every means of consulting the views and wishes of the inhabitants of the town.

It is hoped that the minority will in this case heartily co-operate in the work of building" the proposed Church and of improving the present building-, whatever their opinion may have been, as to the point in dispute. To make a difference such as this an excuse for not giving would he to establish a precedent which would effectually cramp all future exertion. If all who can will contribute cheerfully to the present object, there will be the more hope ere long- of seeing a fund contributed for the erection of a cathedral. If Christchurch shows a disposition to help itself, without cavilling- in the matter of District Churches, perhaps the Churchmen of the province at- large may not be disinclined to take the Cathedral in hand as an undertaking of general interest.

We cannot think that the Churchmen of Christchnrch will allow private feelings and private differences to narrow their perception of the common good.