Shipping News.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 721, 5 October 1859, Page 4

Shipping News.

AURIVJ3I). 'October 1, schooner Elizabeth, Tisher, from Aka^ 'iroa to KaLapoi. ' October 3, schooner fOcean Queen, Simmons, from -Akaroa. •'CfcEAItKD. ■ October^, brig Spray, 'Uß tons, Scott, for Nelson :-in ballast. Same, day, "schooner "Traveller's Bride, 35 tons,' '• EichaMs, forJV.ucklan'd.in ballast. '.' -SAILED. schooner Juno, 47 tons, Green for Akaroa. ISirORTS. In ithe/EHzabeth, Piaster,, agent; *40 \ patkajres Kesteven. ~* v.««, Hca In the Ocean ;Queen, rF. N.'Campbell and Co - agents;Tis,2oo feet timber; 8-bagg flour, 135 bushels " bran. _, , _ ' •EXPORTS. • In the Jund,F.N. Campbell and Co., agents; 8' •• trusses drapery; 1 keg salt-, 1-t.in wlute leadV 1 cask ■ ale, I case geneva, t>box tobacco,-Peacock -and Co.-

The Steamer ;Enu.—This 'long-expected little 1 vessel reached Nelson on Saturday last, after a passage of iwenty-three days from Sydney,- under can: vas, and' now lies on the beach opposite Gaidar's where-her copper is being scraped, and she 'is beine ■put in-trim- for her work, f Tho» Emu is a vessel of - 42 tonslmrden, and-is propelled by a high-pressure * engine of 20 horse power. , She is eighty feet long, and has a breadth of -beam,of* fourteen * feet. -Her floor is. flat, and she draws, less'than' three -feet of water,.^ith fourteen tons/bf cargo, coal,'&c, on • wTH Bayew, to whom conslderatle credit is due for navigating^ small a vessel from Srdnev 7 s!H^"*> t? 00f weather« estimates herded at an average of-mne knots an hour. 'Theexterhal appeamnce^ortheEmuis at present not at aU prepossessing, but we'find on inspection that the is 2™? ta"a"§ements been* made-with a eSs Thf° Ti onsl deraW^^fort to passed gers, . l \ie cabin -is, comparatively - sneakine • roomy, and weighted and vehtilatld. 7 ' TheS tZlf^^^^y^^nd;,^ been en^ ■ &Sllfe-n- the paSsenger between MclW X ™ W'Jl'amstown. She carries a certificate MSI-^ISr? S- eaii Navi^tion BoardCdated March 3 1859) declaring her to be a safe boat and • licensmg her to carry eighty passengers, and to work 'L^ a nX eSS fU^e<l f• 501b9• Tl>e boilers are stated td be capable of working up to a pressure of. 75 lbs •" but we find that it has been the custom for the Ration-Board at Melbourne to place Sealed can '23 rt? 6- TsT e ' So». that {t was im Possible to add tS weight;,: without breaking the seal which Z,W subject thetaptain to £100 penalty. TheEmuwU be ready foHeaon Friday or Satirday neS and •■St£r;B^S!- and adjacent places-^» - & T^T n"aii^Hertr^theflrst vessel bringing ' 4rivK^ t0 this poJf - arnved from the Mauritius on; Sunday. She left ; Otago on theast of March last, and arrived at the ; on the 22nd May. S xty days wLo£. gedm loadmg,and she left port on S ££ JnW ■ SS5 sS about3fl0°bags of SUB-~ ; Igk^to^onsider the cour etob^doptedief :p«sSSr£S recovered iS; fT.Ut ° th^ average statement and