Shipping News.

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 593, 14 July 1858, Page 3

Shipping News.

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■'July 12, screw steamer White Swarij 198:td'!_3;: ' J. | McLean, 'from'Wellington,'on the- lOtlrinst- -i Passengersi^W."' Thomas;JjDimond, 3. Wilsony; William Bowler,; -Mr. 'and^lVlrs/ Ccx* Mrs. 'Foley; Mr. Bartr'aih. Mr. and Mrs.- Brown,'B.EvansjMrsl- Cook,::M.:i{pss;'Ji'- li. Wood, R. Wood,' J; ■'■ Abrahamsbn; S; Madden,-' 1). Grey; wife and four ' children,-' G.:; Hawkins/ W. Buttbii/W.'Dairy m^ . pie, -Miss Bowler, Mr/and' Mrs. -Smith' and two; childreh/Mr: and Mrs. Davidson and•2;ehildreri},; My. A. Gower, and 12 for Otago.: •■' '- • -';-.; -;

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; In- the -White' Sw„n;''DaTg_tty Si Co- agents:' i' parcel, Dalgetty; ' 1;- riask'-cumirits; PaekeVp3 cases drapery, Dransfield; 4.packages,:Wiiiia'ms;: 1 {do: Elsbee-: 9do. Alport;' 1 Case, D'eek; 1 do.. Latter- 18 packages, • Abrahamsdn; 1 casedfa :r pqry, Ntvthan y 1- bale-bags, Wilson &' Co.; ;1: paf^' - ; cel, >.Gibson-i.i: doi Miles; n bundle trfes/Diamond: ; 5 pkgs; plaritsjßow-Jer';^'parcel, Palmer; 4 'cases.';2oiir^nbedstead's/': 1' cask* 5 cases'gin, 1 | qr.cask brandy (in bond?), oi-deiv- -' - -■■'■■ >'■' '

- The Mary-Thomson arrived at WelMgtotibri " the--sth-instant. : ■ ■.■■;■■ •:.•■.-. . .';

We perceive from the Auckland papers that'--* the brigantme ' Spray,! which had been'antici=';'; pated to-come hither, and by many expected daily, cleared out for Ahuriri on the'24th ult. ■ ' » The steamer White Swan arrived on Monday"^ . morning "from Manukau- and New Plymouth/ ; She left Manukan on the previous Tuesday, but was detained at the-Heads by a. voilent■ gale until the following morning. She reached Taranaki: on: Thursday morning, and was detained ': by bad weather at that port until Sundayywhen she-leftfor-Nelson. The White Swan stayed at Manukau for eight days, charing which time she__ was visited-by seversi members of the Assembly, and others who are saidtohave expressed theinsalves well pleased with "her-accommodation.— Nelson. Examiner^nfy .7 ~

The most important intelligence, in reference' to steam communication, is, that, the contract : so; Tong spoken of as T.eihg; closed, bi-/about to 'be/. closed by Mr. Sewell, on behalf of _tew 'Zealand,- ": is no longer a myth, butia'tangiole reality. Ac-cording,-to advices received, the Go..vernmentj w^as, ready, to . enter into-an-i engage- ■' ment-.to pay .1.4,000 [per-annum for conveyance of":' .English .mails jto and ; from.Australia and! New Zealand;-the:lvew Zealand.;Governmeut:to-payi:: ;-.a|su'm ecraal to £10,000 a-year on theirpart :.ths:; : contract-to..be~»fbr-4;e_~years, hut terminable at- : rthe "expiration" of/seven years. r ..-To,these terms ' _Ir. Sewell has provisionally absented; the .con.-; tract '"being/-made- with out reference'to .'the Aus--iraliah colonies. • -The -contractors ,are "Messrs. Pearson,- Coleman; and-Go., of-Hull:' An advance of £25,000: is stated to -berenuherl by the contractors. '-; This -the- -Lords- Gomtiiissibners of the1 Treasury-are- willing--to-agree ;to" provided the money be'not immediately -required,1 and that .it be replaced'in--reasonable tiiuO by the Colonial Treasury.-: The •most-satisfactory references and ' answers have-been-furnished-w'iih respect to the . responsibility • of-the contractors,-who have at leas.t.:.two ships (nest ;to new.) of the stipulatedtbnnage and . horse-power; these-- are the Lord Ashley," ah iron screw, of 422 tons, 80 horse--ho'wer/built -at Hull in 185?. and • employed in . the Hull-ahd-Baltic-trade; and the"Lord Worsley, r also an-iron screwy of '414'tons,'80 horse-power, built at Hull:in 1857. and employed'in the Hull • and Hamburg -' trade; ■a; ship -of 800 tons, and' another of 300 tons not yet named. The arrangement has been.rendered conciusive and the . vessels were,to take their departure from England at an' early date. Two are to be placed on the inter-colonial, and two on the inter-provin-cial line,--for which List route "the' White Swan will, in the meantime, pave the way.— New. Zea~ la?ider, June 6.' ; ■••■■>■

We are happy to learn that the Australianstation is about to be strengthened by two or three small class sloops; and that the brig sloop Sappho, a Symondite of 12 guns, and 428 tons, built' at Woolwich hi 1833. is under orders for service in jSTew Zealand. Thankful as we must be for small mercies, we' would have had much more satisfaction in welcoming a Satellite, a Seyila," or a Scout.— lbid, J"dne' 23. -

We are exceedingly sorry to learn that the' hopes so recently entertained of the sneeessml-re-iauneh of-the ill-fated William Denny, havebeen entirely dissipated by the heavy gale ot the 7th and'Bth Instant: All the necessary repairs had .been accomplished, the" launching ways were laid, her sails were bent, and but for this . unforeseen misfortune, the old ship would have been in her proper element; but on Tuesday, the B.th, it blew a perfect hurricane, and the ship, was lifted bodily from the blocks; her-'steni was- >'■•' stove, her .counter plates ;aud poop deck, - started,; >\. aiid'the.ship.was surged thirty.feet further sea- . - ward, where she ultimately settled down and began to break up. Mr. Scott, who has displayed so much skill and perseverene'e in hisafteinpt' to save,.was then compelled finally to abandon her, and along with Captain,, Wedgwood, came to Auckland1 in the ship's boats, .six days having; been occupied in this coastihgfpassage.-^— Ibid;

i Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Cordelia, of 150 horse-power and 11 guns, Commander Vernon, may be shortly; expected? in these waters, having been ordered jto, .be.'detached from the Otiiua fleet. She is said tb.be a/fine,"powerful,' lieavily-armed /vessel; one. whose presence will carry ■ due, weight and > influence here.— Auckland Register, June:2B;-u-. ■■■ .-.-; v .

;Tlie Netv Zeahmdar., o£ June. 26 says - r — The- ; event of the week has been the resumption of our' lbng-suspeiided' steanr 'coinmunicatioh, by means of thearrivaUof /the- White Swan from J Celbou t-ne and j. the j southern, settlements. : The White.Swan is. a very-fine vessel, fully adequateto: the inter-provincial traffic in which it.i 3 determined she shall be cmployed./'ind to which sheis' calculated j-. to:--im_iart' a- powerful influence/ uniting all the settlements/in; a ready and continuous chain. ;■ She has entered upon bar careeihii a /host, auspicious .m'urmer, inasmuch ...as her, energetic and- practical owner; casting xi-side idle .'prejudices;'h.fs .gone" to work" to;- : develop birr:-; 'mineral resource*;-not by experimenungupon a'< few hundreds-weight .of .Kelson, coal,, hut ; by.; 'ehsirgiiig his bunkers "-with that ftiej, ami;em-;.. ploying1 iVon a scale sut^ieht to lietp -'-xsp.'^oii- ' thiuous and ample s.eani to propel his vessel i-baar

sport to port. This is a matter of the most "important consequence, not oidy to the trade and ■communications of New Zealand, biit'to the inheres ts of every Australian -colony. If Mr. Kirk ■wood's impressions of the value of an old and -Inferior sample of Nelson coals be supported-and -enhanced by the .further and scientific workings of the Nelson-jniiies, well-may New Zealand hail =the arrival of the White Swan—especially when -we consider how soon she is to be followed by a -squadron of steamers-^as a white day in the annals •of the colony. With such a stimulus as that given by the White Swan, encouragement will held• out-to.ji'eet,an a practical mariner, various • other coal seams, asserted *o exist in the Coro-•-uandel, the Waikato, and other districts. A Tale of Siiipwkeck.—Prom King George's -Sound, under date 31st ultimo, the Government Resident at Albany incloses to the Colonial Secre- • tary's office the following account of the disco--very of a life-boat by Captain Hamblin, of the rship Congress £ American whaler, we presume, *there being one of that name on the coast) who t-put into the Sound on the 26th ultimo :—"T picked up a new coppers-fastened lifeboat: in latitude 36 degrees 50 seconds south, longitude 101 ->east, on the 21st March, 1858. She had the -appearance of having been afloat from four to six months, and had .been bottom up for most of the time, for the sea-clams were as large in the inside as they were out, which was about two 'Inches. There: was the stump of an oar lashed to the mast. I thought that had been used for a mast.; she had never been fitted for sail. Her were Norway pine, with beech keel and rowlocks,: elm gunwales and timbers. She was r25 feet long, and 6 feet 2 inches broad amidships. .She had probably drifted from the Gape of Good Hope, as she was in a Une with the easterly flow. Beneath the lashing that secured the oar to the thwart was a lady's shawl, and beneath the ceiling there was some long hair of the colour generally called auburn. There was no name about the boat that I could make out, but a few pencil ■marks in the stern, which were nearly erased.—■ j Perth Enquirer, April, 1858. j