Shipping News.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 684, 28 May 1859, Page 4

Shipping News.

ARRIVED. May 24, brig Dart, 154 tons, Jenkins, from Sydney. Passengers: Messrs. Pavit't and Smith. May 25, schoooner Sea Bird, 18 tons, Thomas, from Akaroa. May 26, s.s. Lord Worsley, 290 tons, Johnson, from Sydney via Nelson and Wellington. Passengers, cabin: Messrs. Ridings, J. C. Wilson, Dodds, Phelp, Higginson, Oldhain, Wigney, Wheldoa, Rogers, Nelson, Lieut. Lance, Mrs. Lance. Steerage: Mr. and Mrs. Streeter and 7 children, Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, Mr. Falconer, Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald, Mr. Burfoot. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Messrs. Shadbolt, Edds, Wilson, Mohua. SAILED. May 26, brig Araasis. 185 tons, Kriiger, for Hobart Town. Passengers: G. Baxter, Mr. and Miss Bettis, Mr. and Mrs. Flynn. cleared. May 27, brig Roscoe, 153 tons, Cameron, for Newcastle, N.S.W., in ballast. Same day, schooner Mary, 40 tons, Mac Lean, for Pelorus Sound, in ballast. ' ' Same day, schooner Sea Bird, 18 tons, Thomas, for Akaroa. IMPORTS. In the Dartr, Cookson, Bowler & Co., agents ; 4 chests, 5 half do. 1$ do. tea, 40 mats sugar, 3 cases drapery, J. G. Fyfe ; 20 half-chests tea, 20 bags coffee, 20 boxes soap, I cask, 2 cases, 34 pkgs. groceries, 2 kegs carbonate soda, 5 cases confectionery, 1 case starch, "20 boxes candles, 1 case sauce, 3 casks biscuit, 1 -case tinware, T. R. Fisher and Co.; 20 boxes soap, 3 drays, 8 chests, 16 half-chests tea, 12 tons sugar, 3 cases drays, Gould & Miles ; 5 tons sugar, 40 kegs white lead; 6 drums oil, 40 kegs paint 3 crates crockery, 1 case drapery, Black ; 20 cases : wme, 3 hhds. brandy, 5 cases manufactured tobacco 8 cases drapery, 100 bars, 37 bundles iron, J. Davis j

& C 0.,; 2 boxes stationery, 1 case ink, Willis ; 3 cases, 1 cask hardware, Burton ; 2 cases drapery, 2 cases hats, Clarkson ; 1 case drugs, Waitt; 1 case apparel, W. Cobb ; 1 case apparel, Ferguson ; 20 bags flour, 6 kegs dried apples, Latter ; 50 cases brandy, 20 cases cigars, 6 casks zinc, 1 iron bark log, J. T. Peacock and Co., : 10 hhds. rum, 1 halfchest tobacco, 8 bags, 1 case salt, 12 boxes candles, 100 bags flour, 56 kegs nails, 2 bags do. 13 cases, l cask, 2 bundles ironmongery, 80 mats sugar, 4 chests 8 half-chests tea, 2 cases drugs, 4 cases, 1 truss drapery, 17. cases, 7 casks, 1 pkg. cordials, 9 cases oranges, 4 cases clocks, 4 bundles matting, 3 knife cleaners, 4 stoves, 6 pkgs. saddlery, 5 pkgs. turnery, 2 cases hardware, 2 cedar cases, 20 tons coals, 4000 palings, 25,000 shingles, 123 cedar boards, 1 spring cart, 1 bar iron, 4 pkgs. sashes, 12 paper parcels, 5 pkgs. groceries, 1 case blacking, 2 pkgs. doors, 16 carts, order. In the Sea Bird, F. N. Campbell and Co.. agents ; 13,000 feet timber.

In the Lord Worsley, Miles, Kington, & Co., agents; 61 cases merchandise, 2 bales leather, 20 cases port wine, 1 qr.-cask sherry, 10 cases champagne, 2 cases salad oil, 6 cases, 2 bales drapery, J. Dransfield; 1 truss drapery, 4 cases merchandise, 14 cases iron tiles, 1 cask spikes, 2 kegs nails, 8 qr.-casks wine, J. T. Peacock & Co.; 1 keg preserves, C. Brown & Co.; 1 box, C. Parsons; 2 paper parcels, Provincial Secretary; 32 sash weights, J. Aldred; 29 horses, McClymont; 33 cases and pkgs., J. C. Wilson; 1 octave rum, 18 horses, 1 pony, Nelson; 10 pkgs. merchandise, S. Lock; 11 trees, 1 crate, Wilson; 1 case saddlery, Cass; 1 crate trees, Hall; 2 pkgs. trees, and 2 pkgs., Dodds; 1 parcel, Bealey; 5 pkgs. 7 rolls felt, 1 dog cart, Oldham; 1 parcel, Horncastle; 2 pkgs., Allan; 2 cases boots, 1 horse, Allan; 9 trusses hay, order.EXPORTS. In the Amasis, Miles, Kington & Co., agents; 502 bags barley, 175 bags oats, 14 cheeses, G. Buxton. In the Sea Bird, F. N. Campbell & Co., agents; in bond, 2 qr. casks wine, I (jr. cask rum, Gibbs; and sundry duty paid goods.

: The Dart left Sydney on the 4th inst., and had a long and unfavourable passage of 20 days to this port. Captain Jenkins chose the southern route, which at this time of year is often preferable; at the entrance of Foveaux Straits, however, he fell in with a fierce easterly gale which drove the brig back, and on repeating the attempt the same result was experienced. Captain Jenkins then stood southward to get round Stewart's Island, but still met strong unfavourable winds, and it was not until the latitude of 50 was reached that he could make any northing. During the passage a good deal of canvas was lost. The Dart followed the example of the Louis and Miriam, and came alongside the public jetty to discharge, on Thursday, where she has met with the usual expeditious discharge. The Sydney papers received by the Dart and Lord Worsley announce the departure of the schooner Eagle, M'Phee.from Newcastle, N.S.W., on the 29th April, for this port, with 160 tons coal and 500 dozen oranges. The steamship Columbian, one of the old line of steamers between Sydney and Suez, but said to be purchased for the P. and 0. Company, was selected as the boat to carry the homeward mail of May, and left Sydney on the 14th by the usual route. The screw steamship Armenian arrived in Sydney on the 29th April, after a passage of nine days from this port. She sailed for Calcutta on the 13th May with a cargo of mares for the Indian army. The barque Bonnie Doon from this port arrived in Sydney on the 28th ult. The barque Lion from this port reached Newcastle on the 23rd ult. A supplementary mail, the last opportunity for despatch of letters from Sydney for London, would leave Sydney on the 15th. At that time the Prince Alfred had not arrived from Nelson, nor was she sighted by the Lord Worsley coming out. There is little doubt, therefore, that the New Zealand mails for last month were late. The Melbourne papers report a melancholy accident which happened to the brig Gil Bias well known on this coast. On the Bth May she was passing through the rip at the entrance into Port Phillip Heads, when she was pooped by a heavy seaV which swept her decks, carrying overboard her commander, Captain H. Wedgwood, two passsengers, Messrs. Brooke and Bell, and the man at the'wheel, Simpson. Mrs. Wedgwood was on board, and the wife of one of the passengers is left with six children to lament his loss. The Gil Bias was on her way from Auckland to Melbourne. The Panama Line.—The following intelligence on the subject is given in the ' S. M. Herald,' being the substance of a telegraphic message addressed to Mr. Champion Wetton, the Manager of the Royal Mail Company in Sydney:—"Panama line said to be certain, and for Royal Mail Company."

ENGLISH SHIPPING. The Traveller sailed for Auckland at the end of January. The Caduceus on the 3rd February. The Airedaile (s.s.) left for this port direct on the 20th February. The Margpretha Roesner sailed from Gravesend on Feb. 8, with a full cargo of goods and a party of chief cabin passengers for Wellington and Canterbury. As an instance of the attention which the New Zealand colonists are now paying to the introduction of good stock, we may mention that the Margeretha Roesner carries out for Canterbury the two valuable thorough-bred horses Incledon and the Peer.— Home News. The Reullura sailed for Wellington on the 14th of February. The Minerva, Merriman, sailed from the Downs for Wellington and Canterbury on the 9th March. On the same day, the Cameo, Pole, sailed for Canterbury direct; subsequently the Cameo is reported as being wind-bound at Portland. The following vessels are reported as loading at London :— For Auckland: British Queen, Whirlwind, Joseph .Fletcher. For Canterbury ; Vallisneria, Captain Fowler. For Nelson ; Queen of the Avon, and Cresswell. For Otago ; Henbury and Avonvale. For Wellington (with Hawke's Bay or New Plymouth); Eaglet, Snaresbrook, and Countess of Fife. The Qashmere is also advertised by Mesrs. Willis, Gann, & Co. to sail for this port in April.