Shipping News.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 657, 23 February 1859, Page 4

Shipping News.

EXTORTS.

ARRIVED,

3?eb. 22—s.s. White Swan, 198 tons, McLean, from Wellington. Passengers, Captain and Mrs. Inverarity and servant, Mrs. McLean and servant, Miss Mudie, Mr. and Mrs. Glavin, Mr. and Mrs. Bowler, Mr. and Miss Lewis and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Russell, Masters Russell, (2) Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton, Mr. and Mrs. Suisted, Messrs. Houghton, Lewis McKellar, Kirkwood, Frazer, (2), Butler, Vicary, Hunt, Cameron, Lazarus, Dransfield, Wakefield, Captains Cellura and Allan, and 24 in the steerage. SAILED. Feb. 19. brigantine Ariel, 138 tons, Gunn, for Guam. In ballast. , Same day, schooner Francis, 102 tons, Cooney, for Sydney. Passenger, Mr. W. S^mith. Feb. 22, brig Susannp, 188 tons, Moller, for Sydney. Passengers, Mr. and Mrs. Willrner and family. IMPORTS. In the White Swan, Dalgety, Buckley & Co., agents ; 10,000 sovereigns, 1 case stationery, Union Bunk of Australia ;■ 5 casks beer, C cases, Dalgety, Buckley & Co.; 2 cases, Latter ; 5 chests, 20 halfchests tea, 104 bags sugar, 5 boxes soap, 1 bale drapery, 3 cases sardines, 14 bundles spades, 1: case onions, 8 horses, order.

In the Francis, Cookson, Bowler, & Co., agonta; 37 bundles sheepskins, Cookson, Bowler, & Co.; 30 cwt. tallow, 9 cases, 3 bales, A. 3. Alport. In the Susanno. Miles, Kington, * Co., agents; 2.3 cwt. cheese, It. Latter.

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In giving the list of passengers by this vessel in our last, the names of the cabin passengers were accidentally omitted. They are a« follows:—Mr. J. G. Swayne, Surgeon, Mrs. and Miss Swayne, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ford and daughter, and Mr. J. McEwen. The passengers before leaving the vessel presented Captain Macey with the following ADDItESS. To Captain Maecy, Commander of the barque Oriental, sailing from London to Otago and Canterbury, New Zealand. , Dear Sir,—We the undersigned, first arid second cabin passengers on board the Oriental, are desirous of expressing the sincere gratitude which we all feel for the care with which you have provided for otir safety throughout the voyage. We have observed you ever on the alert on occasions which appeared to demand particular watchfulness and skill on the part of the captain, and ever ready to look into the minutest details connected with the. management of the ship. And in parting, we beg to state that we have such' entire confidence in your skill as a aeaman, that there is no one to whom we would more readily entrust ourselves, should we again undertake a similar voyage. We beg to remain; dear sir, Yours e.ver faithfully, (Signed by 30. passengers.) Barque Oriental, 15th February, 1859. The Emeu with the December mail arrived in Melbourne on the 7th. The Boomerang left on the 10th in the evening, and arrived in Wellington on the morning of the. 18th, in 7 days 16.hours. She had 14 cabin and 28 steerage passengers. The White Swan left Onehunga on the 11th but did not cross Manukau bar till the evening of the 13th. She called at all the ports oh her way down and brought us the December English mail on the 67th day from its departure via Marseilles. The White Swan is to be maintained on the coast, but is to run from Otago up to Auckland by. the East Coast, calling at all ports, including Nelson. The White Swan will sail for Otago at five o'clock this afternoon. ' ; * v' The Queen and Lord Ashley may be expected today. ' '

AKAEOA SHIPPING. .

Monday, Feb. 14.—Arrived the U.S. whaling ship Benjamin Tucker, of New Bedford, 350 tons, A. B. Barber, commander (Charles E. Tucker and Co., agents). Sailed from Honolulu 4th Nov.," 1858, since then has taken 200 barrels sperm and 100 whale: 200 barrels sperm, 1500 barrels whale oil, 17,000 lbs. b one, all told. Has sent home SOO barrels whale oiL Crew all welL Cruizing for home. _ Same day.—Arrived the U.S. whaling ship Milo, of New Bedford, 401 tons, George H. Soule, commander (E.C. Jones, agent). Sailed from Honolulu on the 17th Nov., 1858, since then has taken 170 barrels whale oil: 950 barrels sperm, 1750/wliale, and 1300 Bs. bone, all told. Crew all welL Cruizing for liome. ' , ' '' We have received the following communication from the owners of the Sea Bird schooner; which was capsized last week in this harbour r-1 — To the Editorxtfihe'Lyttelton Times.' Sir,—Will you obligingly favour «s,with space in your useful paper, publicly to thank the boatmen of Lyttelton, also the master of the schooner Emu, for the prompt and valuable assistance rendered by them in recovering our craft the Sea Bird from her perilous position. Their unanimous aid at such a time proves they possess the generous feeling of true sailors and a. spirit worthy of their port. Yours obediently, Pavitt, Bros. Akaroa, Feb. 16, 1859. ENGLISH SHIPPING. . The Westminster arrived at Gravesend on November 29. , ; , The following. vessels sailed for New Zealand:-—' John Scott, for Auckland, Nov. 20; Excelsior, for Auckland, Nov. 21; Lochnagar, for Auckland, Dec 5; Alfred the Great, for Wellington, Dec. 9$ Mystery, for Canterbury, Dec.. 15. '•■■■• • ■:' \; • The following vessels had entered outwards:— Acasta, Mariner, Cadeuceus, Traveller, Margaret, Rosner.

The Bishop of Nelson came by the Emeu to Sydney- ■...:• The Great Eastern.—The forms which had to be gone through by the Eastern Steam Company having been completed, the "Great Ship Company" is now organised; and the prospectus published today will be found to contain the particulars previously published in the ' Times;' It-is understood that the ship, with her engines complete, costing the old company £640,000, is to cost the new company. £ 160,000; and £140,000 is the estimate for finishing and equipping her for sea, leaving a margin of £30,000 for working capital. More than three-fourths of the shares of the Eastern Steam Company will be converted into shares of the new company, wholly or in part paid up, £210s. of the new stock being exchanged for £20 of the old. The shares not converted will receive their proportion of the divitible assets, but, as the old company is cumbered with heavy debts, this will probably not exceed £2 per share. It is four months since the plan of the new company was matured by Mr. Campbell and Mr. Mangus, and, as its further progress is now dependent on its own directors, it is to be hoped they will not allow delays such as those which occurred when the matter was not wholly in their own control still to impede the completion of their work.—Times, Nov.. 19. „ .;