Shipping News.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 661, 9 March 1859, Page 6

Shipping News.

ARRIVED. March 6, schooner Canterbury, 37 tons, Coombs, from Wellington. Passengers: Messrs. Smith, Baldwin (3) and Grant. Same day, schooner Seagull, 61 tons. Fai*nie, from Wanganui. Passengers: Mr. and Mrs. .Cor--bett and 4 children, Captain Taylor, and Mr. Cairnes. Same day, brig Dart, 154 tons, Jenkins, from Sydney, Passengers: Messrs. James, Williams, Wheeler, Glover, Packer, Kernel, Allison, "Davis, and Jones. March 7, schooner Matilda Hays, 25 tons, Carman, from Wellington. Same day, brigantine Corsair, 134 tons, Gay, from Ofcago via Tiraarn. Same day, schooner Wairoa, 20 tons, Sone, from Poverty Bay. Same day, schooner Sarah, 12 tons, Jenkins, from Wellington, for the river. March 8, s.s. Queen, 132 tons, Wilson, from Otago, with 20 passengers. CLEARED. March 6, schooner Mary Jane, 32 tons, Ardley, for Wellington, in ballast. Same day, schooner Caledonia, 15 tons, Davys, for Akaroa. IMPORT 3. In the Canterbury, Craig,.agent; 4 octaves, 10 cases wine, 3 qr.-casks gin, 25 bags sugar, 3 cases merchandise* Campbell & Co.; 1 bale merchandise, 39 boxes glass, 45 kegs nails, 8 cases perfumery, 11 cases, 1 bundle,. Dransh'eld; 6 pieces furniture, Banks; 6 boxes,~2 cases, 4 pkgs., 1 boiler, 1 jar, 1 case, 1 parcel, 9 cwfc. tow, Baldwin; 1 chestj Hare; 20 boxes soap, Latter; 2 hhds. ale, Caton ; 2 do., Heaphy : 1 case apples, Bayfeild; 6 boxes, 6 cases, 5 casks, 40 mattrasses, order. In the Seagull, Cookson, Bowler and Co., agents--40,000 feet sawn timber. Order.

In the Dart, Cookson, Bowler and Co., agents • 1G pieces boiler, 30 casks bottled beer, l°trunk clothing, 2 cases, 24 doors, Willmer; 112 bags sugar, 3 barrels treacle, 8 half chests tea, 1 box drays, 50 boxes candles, R. Latter; 256 bags sugar, 1 bag, Gould and Miles; 1 bale leather, 2 trunks', 1 case, 1 box boots, 1 case bonnets, Clarkson ; 23 kegs nails, 4 cases axes and handles, Campbell and Co.; 32 mats sugar, 19 packages groceries, 1 cask molasses, 1 box pipes, 6 bags coffee, 3 packages drapery, J. G. Fyfe; 42 kegs nails, Alport; 1 buoy 1 cable. 2 shackles, 1 bag flags, Provincial Secretary ; 20 bags, 40 mats sugar, 1 bale calico, Black • 1 case chocolate, 40 mats, 32 bags sugar,. White; 10 half chests tea, 18 cases, 3 boxes, 13 packages', 12 kegs, 10' drays, Jenkins; 5 boxes soap, 10 half chests tea, 2 bugs coffee, 1 cask ginger, 1 jar, 1 case groceries, Fisher and Co.; 160 mats " sugar, 2 horses, .Cookson and Co.; 42 'boxes- soap (50 do candles, 11. Waitt; 2 parcels drapery, Skillicorn • 6 boxes, 3 packages personal effects, Wheeler- 9 packages, 1 case, Allison ; 6 package*, Mulhallan ; 80 mats sugar. 30 do. coffee, 6 parcels, 2 cases, Lee • «, bales, 2 cases drapery,. Drahsfield; 6 boxes' iarker; 3 cases hardware, 60 yokes, 120 bows'

Milos, Kingfcon and Co.; 1 clock, Wonmild-j 1 box, Dunafoid; 1 box, Hargreavea; and sundry mercluwdize, Order. , In the Matilda Hays, Master, agent; 2 bundles Hacks, Gould and Miles; 180 pieces timber, Webb ; 1 house, Carman; 2 canes brandy, 1 do. wine, 32 packages furniture, 2 cases paintings, Wornley. In the Corsair, MilcH, Kington and Co., agents ; 26 bales wool, Cookson Bowler and Co.; 12 do. do., Gould and Miles; 122 do. do., Miles, Kington and Co. In tho Wairoa, Master agent; 200 boxes applea, 80 cases onions, 2000 feet sawn timber. Order. In the Sarah, Master, agent; 52000 feet timber, 6100 shingles, Jenkins.

The Queen sailed again for Wellington last night. The Timaiiu Moorikgs.—The Corsair arrived on Monday morning from Timaru, having called twice at that place and once at Otago since her departure three weeks before. She reports that the heavy moorings sent from England by the Strathallan have been successfully laid down, and the lighter moorings put in good working order. Captain Williamson, of the Strathallan, which ship had taken the contract for the undertaking, transhipped the anchor, chains, buoys, &c, into the Corsair, and went himself in that schooner to superintend the work. Leaving this port on the Sunday, Timaru was reached and the work commenced on the Wednesday following, and only a couple of hours on the following day was required to complete operations. The two anchors, each of which weighs about two tons fifteen cwt., were dropped in G£ fathoms water, about a mile and a quarter from the landing-place on the beach; they are 80 fathoms a-part and connected with a chain of 100 fathoms, from the middle of which a bridle chain leads up through the large buoy, working on a swivel and having a ring on the top. This buoy is of great,size and can be seen from a distance of three miles "in the offing. The outfit was completed with two small anchor-buoys, but these it has not been considered necessary to lay down. From the weight of all parts of the moorings, considerable difficulty was experienced in performing the job satisfactorily, and no vessel the size of the Corsair and but few much larger could have been used with such success, her whaling fittings offering peculiar facility for hoisting and lowering great weights. After this operation was performed, the Corsair proceeded to Otago, where she landed a quantity of cargo (ex Strathallan) for that port, and returned again to Timaru. Here she landed her cargo for that place, and took on board 170 bales of wool. While doing this Capt. Gay took up the small moorings which were laid down last year, and over-hauled them and laid them down again in good condition and properly placed, buoying them temporarily with one of the anchor-buoys supplied for the large moorings. These lie a quarter of a mile from shore, in five fathom water. The brig Spray, arriving after the operation was complete, at once made fast to the inner moorings, a manoeuvre which Capt. Scott had always declined to practise on previous occasions. We observe that the Dart brings down some further supplies of this description for the Provincial Government.

The Thomas and Henry brig, belonging to Messrs. Jones and Cargill; of Otago, sailed from Port Chalmers, on the 28th ult., for Mauritius, for a cargo of sugar for the owners.

The master of the Matilda Hays reports that he left Wellington on the evening of Saturday la3t, on which day about noon the White Swan arrived. The, same day the Robert Small (wool ship) sailed for London direct, loaded with produce, and full of passengers. The same day, a barque, said to be the Maori, from England, arrived in Port Nicholson.