Shipping News.

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 621, 20 October 1858, Page 4

Shipping News.

ARRIVED. Oct. 16, schooner Palinurus, 15 tons, Drummond, from Akaroa. Oct. 17, schoouer Mary Thomson, 52 tons, Muirhead, from Wellington. Passengers, Messrs. Jones, Kichards, Wilker, Smith, and Bond. Oct. 18, s.s. Lord Worsley, 290 tons, R, Johnson, from Otago. Passengers, cabin: Mr. and Mrs. Craig, Mr. and Mrs. Lawson and 3 children, Messrs. Scheif, Ledger, Town send, Hodge, Marshall, Phillips, and 21 in the steerage. Same day, brigantine Adolphus Yates, 109 tons, Bell from Wellington. CLEARED. Oct. 19, brig Dart, 154 tons, Jenkins, for Sydney. Passengers—Key. C. and Mrs. Mackie, Dr. and Mrs. Gundry, Miss Torlesse, and Messrs. Sprot, B. Collinson, J. Martin, and R. Pollard. SAILED. Oct. 18, schooner Sea Bird, 20 tons, Thomas, for Akaroa. Same day, schooner Sarah, 19 tons, Green, for Akaroa. IMPORTS. In the Palinurus, J. T. Peacock & Co., agents; 4 bags flour, 2 do. bran, Grubb; 45 cheeses, Campbell & Co.; 151 cheeses, Peacock & Co.; 2 cases luggage, Dalgety & Co.; 2 do. Thomson; 85£ bags flour, 55 do. bran, 1 ton sugar, Order. In the Mary Thomson, Cookson, Bowler and Co., agents; part original cargo of sundries from Melbourne, Dalgety & Co.; and cargo ex Oliver Lang, Order. * In the Lord Worsley, Master, agent; 329 pkgs. merchandise and passengers' luggage, Order. In the Adolphus Yates, Cookson, Bowler and Co., agents; 9 cases drapery, 2 cases sundries, Dransfield; 1 bale, 1 case, Willis; 1 bale leather, Clarkson • 6 casks sulphur, Banks; 78 bags sugar, Waitt; -80 mats sugar, 1 bale corn sacks, R. Latter; 7 pkgs., Gould & Miles; 5 casks soda, Macdonald; 199 pkgs. merchandise, J. Davis; 51 do. do., H. E. Alport; 238 do., Order. Ex Oliver Lang, 346 pkgs. sundries, Miles, Kington & Co. EXPORTS. In the Sarah, Hey wood, agent; sundry British goods, duty paid, Gundry; and 108 bush, wheat, Miles, Kington & Co. In the Sea Bird, 6 cwt. sugar, 1 box soap, Cookson & Co.; 1 ton flour, Pavitt. In the Dart, Cookson, Bowler, & Co., agents; 1 bale wool and 947 sheepskins, R. & G. Rhodes; 148 bushels wheat, E. A. Hargreaves; 8 tons potatoes and 35 cwt. cheese, J. T. Peacock and Co.; 4 tons potatoes, Order; 3 tons do., Jenkins; 25 balers wool, 239 bushels barley, 537 bushels wheat, Gould and Miles; 1 cwt. cheese, order.

THE LOSD WORSLEY.

The first of Messrs. Pearsou and Coleman's ships, the Lord Worsley, made her appearance in our harbour on Monday morning, having steamed up from Otago in twenty-four hours. She has some Ot:vgo coal on board. The following account of her passage out is from the 'Colonist' of Oct. 6.

The screw steamer Lord Worsley arrived at Port Chalmers on the 2nd instant, having left Greenhithe on the 2nd June. After clearing the English Channel she continued under steam to Madeira, which was sighted on the 11th, and the Canaries on the 13th. With light N.E. trades she ran down to the line, which was crossed on the 29th, steaming against a strong breeze from the southward. Trinidad was passed on the 10th July, and the S.E. trades were lost on the 13th. From this time to the 20th August, on which day the Cape was doubled, she experienced strong adverse gales, with calms, and occasional light fair breezes. On the 22nd passed a portion of a wreck, with figurehead (a helmet) attached. Westerly winds prevailed up to the first instant, when the land of New Zealand was sighted at 4 p.m., and Otago Heads were reached under steam the following morning. The voyage occupied 122 days, 107 of which were under canvas, and I*s * under steam. Two births occurred during the passage but no deaths. ,

The Lord .Worsley is 580 tons measurement, 90 nominated horse power, 190 feet long over all, and 24 feet beam. Her draught of water when laden is 12 feet. There is a poop, midship roundhouse, and top-gallant forecastle on the upper deck, and she has a ladies' cabin, poop cabin, and 30 berths for first-class passengers, and 60 berths in the fore cabin. She is barque-rigged, and has trunk engines, three-bladed fans, and is capable of going 10 knots under steam. There is a shifting steam winch for taking in and discharging cargb7 and a condensing apparatus, making 500 gallons of fresh water per day, on a consumption of 15 cwt. of coals. The delay of the Regina, which was to leave London for this port direct in the end of June, may be accounted for perhaps by the following paragraph which we copy from the London. ' Standard' of June 22 :—

Extraordinary Accident at Blackball An accident, involving the wreck of two ve«»^T and a serious loss of property, happened at th entrance of the East India Docks, Blackball !' the afternoon of June 21, and it'£ KeSw! cause great hindrance to the company's busing* all commumcations with the dock from ti,' Thames being stopped. The mishap took place between two and three o'clock. The vessels we™ the brig Ocean, with a cargo of copper ore, and the collier brig Lustre, laden with coals Th« Ocean had nearly got out of the lock, when t£ Lustre came m from the river, and in proin-ea. ing up the lock and passing the Ocean they became jammed. As the tide receded the posi tion of the ships became most critical. The collier, with her heavy cargo of coals, careened over on the starboard side of the Ocean, crush ing her bulwarks and beams. The work of discharge and dismantling the vessels went on during the night, but on the flowing of the tide it was discovered that both vessels had sustained such damage that they filled j indeed the Ocean appeared to have become a wreck. At the return of the flood the vessels were covered and every tide renders their position more hazardous, and it was expected that the collier would eventually have to be broken up before the lock could be got clear and the communication with the river reopened.