Shipping News.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 645, 12 January 1859, Page 4

Shipping News.

ARRIVED. Jan. 8, brig Susanne, 188 tons, Moller, ironi fori Esperance, . .

Jan. 10, brig Gil Bias, 175 tons, Wedgwood, *r°u Auckland. Passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Smith. 8!U child, and Captain Nicol. Jan. 11, schooner Mary Louisa, SO tons, Tool"? from Wellington, Passengers, Messrs llolbonie Kells, Hamilton, Brewer, and Huntley.

" IMPORTS. In the Susanne, Miles Kington, ana Co., ajpnts 89,9G5 feet sawn timber, 25,000 laths, 38,700 shingle 16,830 palings, Miles, Kington & Co. In the Gil Bias, Dalgety, Buckley & Co., ngents 1 seron Panama hats, 8 coils rope, 50 ash oars, : seats, 122,000 feet timber, order. In the Mary Louisa, Master, agent; 1 bf»le cor' sacks, 15,000 feet timber, 10.000 shingles, & J Joues.

The brig Susanne is the first foreign vessel vliid has arrived in our harbour for several years. b" hails from Hamburg, and is owned and manned fro" that port.- She is a smart looking and capncioU!

, "- ™.i well found in every respect. The Susan no brig, ftWV » i oa d of timber from Port EspeYanco in brinS n«ia which port she left on the 25th ult. She , ; . » Sffi left Auckland on the Ist inst.,full of 1 -%hnW ofwhiph she brings 122,000 feet, we klf n S^so of the Public Works Department. S Tnsbccabsent fromthis port just * month; A ?-° Unroof timber has arrived from Wellington •i"Se MM7 Louisa, which schooner has been ten days coming down. : ' THE CLOSfTAtttf. v The passengers by this vessel have presented a in inhnous testimonial of gratitude and respect to C ;S AHan, among whose many voyages the one 2 finished must.it appears, rank as one of the n f ncrrceable. Wo arc sure that, accustomed as SSonsof gratitude from large numbers of SSlc he must be pleased to find Ins passengers tt him with good humour at the close ot a tcdi- ™ vovaso- Ifc wiU be no less gra^flc^lolllo thos? So sign the memorial to be able,, thus to record their satisfaction. « To Captain Allan : , «We the undersigned passengers on board the rinntarf from London to New Zealand, beg to^connatulato you on. the successful termination of our Ere- and with unbounded gratitude to Almighty find for the safe passage of ourselves and families, aollre to express to you our heartfelt and sincere thanks for your uniformly kind, considerate, and aoitlcmanly demeanour throughout the voyage. ' »Wo sincerely hope that by God's blessing you ! mw live many years in the enjoyment of the fruits !. ™f your labours, and of social and domestic happiDe«We also beg through you to thank the officers and crew of the ship for their general kindness and C 1 "We are, sir, yours, &c. (Storied by names representing 339 persons.) « Onboard the Clontarf, Dec. 1858." The surgeon superintendent of the ship, Dr. Vicarv on his part, received no less than three * similar testimonials,: one from each of the various sections of the passengers. We publish one of these documents,—that emanating from the •families,'in the steerage: — , "To George T. Vicary, Esq., Surgeon: " We, the undersigned, passengers on board the Clontarf from London to New Zealand, beg to convey to you our most sincere thanks for the successful exercise of your professional skill, and for the uniformly kind, attentive, and gentlemanly feeling you have displayed to ourselves and families throughout the voyage. "We are further desirous of thanking you for your exertions in conducting the religious services on board, and for the care you have manifested for the general moral as well as physical well-being of the passengers. " That it may please God to bless you with health and prosperty is the sincere wish of, sir, "Tours faithfully, (Signed by 91 heads of families, representing 309 souls.) ■" " On board the ship Clontarf, Dec, 1858."