SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5554, 16 January 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POUT OF WELLINGTON ARRIVED.

January 15.—Endeavor, brigantine, 79 tons, Dick, from Oamara. Master, agent. Sarah Pile, brigantine, 116 tons, Hlghfield, from Kalpara; Waddell and Co, agents. Aratapu, brigantine, 122 tons. Smith, from Kalpara. Ellaby, agent. Wellington, s.s-, 279 tons, McGee, from Picton and Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Card (2), Morrison, Ross, DeCostro, Wolford, Barnes, Mrs. Stanson, Mr. and Mrs. Konny and child, Mr. and Mrs. Evans, Rev. Mr, DcCastro, Messrs. Wolford. Barnes, Trent, Stanton, Brogden, Brent, Patterson, Phillips, Stevens, Campbell, McAlister, and 1 native. Levin and Co, agents. Roso of Eden, schooner, 30 tons, Botham, from Pelorus Sound. Compton, agent. SAILED. January 15.—Storrabird, s.s., 69 tons, Doile, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin; Messrs. McDonald, Hutton, and Herberts. Martin, agent. Murray, s.s.. 68 tons, Conway, for Nelson and West Coast ports. Deacon, agent. IMPORTS. Endeavor, from Oamaru: 377 sacks flour, 190 half do, 340 qr do, 100 bags oats, 23 do oatmeal, 20 do wheat, SO do bran, 107 chaff, Order. Sarah Pile, from Kalpara: 79,210 ft Umber, Waddell and Co. ..... • Wellington, from Nelson: 1 pci, Ashcroft; 31 cases fruit and eggs, Brown; 7 half-cases fruit, Lang; 3 cases and 2 half-cases fruit, Mrs Gleeson; 14 cases fruit, Locke; 5 sacks lime, Hirst and Co; 2 cases eggs, 7pkg fruit, Innes; 1 pci, Hannah and Co; 4 half-cases fruit, Chisholm; 4 do, Rothonsburg ; 12 do, Curtis; 4do, Wilton; 5 do, Collins. From Picton: 1 horse, McAllister; 1 case cheese, Levin and Co, Rose of Eden, from Poloius Sound: 17,500 ft sawn timber, Order.

BY TRIjKOJIAPH. LYTTELTON, Wednesday. Arrived : 8;30a.m., Arawata, from Wellington ; Wakatipu, from Port Chalmers. Sailed: Wakatipu, for Wellington ; Arawata, for Port Chalmers; Gazelle, for Melbourne; Transit, for Auckland ; Omaha, for Chatham Islands: Gleaner, for Orcymouthr'Boe, for Bluff: Prince Alfred, forPeloms Sound; Maori, for West Coast.—Rangltikei, for Lon* don. Passengers—Mosdames Lorkington, Griffin, and Blake, Miss Blake, Messrs. Bills, Whitcomb, and St evens* Two barques are signalled from the South, which are supposed to bo the Helen Angler from Port Chalmers, with original cargo from Now York, and the Acacia from the same port, with carg j from Hobarton. The ship Xian gi tike I sails for London this afternoon. Fivo of the crew of the American barque Charles ©coring have deserted. The captian offers n reward for their arrest. The barque Antares has completed loadingto-day for London. She takes 200 tons wheat and about 3000 bales wool. Three locomotives, imported by the Government, were landed from the ship Mallowdalo this afternoon. PORT CHALMERS, Wednesday. Arrived*. Ladybird, from Lyttelton; Loweswakcr, from Calcutta; Boa Shell, from Hobarton, at tbo Hoads; Amelia, from Calcutta. The time-ball maybe used to-day for rating chrono. meters. A chronometer true on Greenwich lime Would show 12h. 30mln. when the ball drops. Any difference is error, plus or minus, of the chronometer. The ship St. Leonards is now all ready for sea, and will most likely get away day or to-morrow at the latest. The following is a summary of her cargo : 4154 bales of wool. 42 casks olein, 48 bags bones, 25 do horns, 3 bales basils, 2 cases sundries, 186caaks tallow. 7 bales skins, 2do merchandise; estimated value of cargo, £OO,OOO. The ship is In splendid trim, and we fully expect to hear of her making a fast .passage Home. The schooners Albatros and Comet have both nearly discharged their timber. The brigantine Ellen H. Holmes loaves to-day. She lias cleared for Guam. Tho schooner Ruby is now waiting for a change of wind, when she will return to tho wreck of the Southminster for more cargo. Tho ships Hermiono and Otaki are both busy taking their wool on board. Tho Pleiades and ForngTon have made a fair start In discharging their cargoes, which are being landed in flne order. Tho brigantine Aratapu, from Kaipara, with a load of timber, arrived yesterday forenoon. She left a few hours before tho Sarah File, and of course experienced the same weather. She will commence discharging today. The steamer Murray, for Nolson and West Coast ports, got away yesterday evening. Tho steamer Stormbird returned to Wanganui last evening. Tho steamer Wellington leaves to-day for the Manukau via Plcton. Nelson, and Taranaki. The Endeavor saw a brig in tho Strait deeply laden bound South. She was supposed to bo the Wave, from Newcastle, bound to Lyttelton. The steamer Wellington, from Nelson and Plcton, arrived at the wharf at C o’clock yesterday morning. She left fcljo former port at noon on Tuesday, and Plcton at midnight, arriving here as above. Tho schooner Rose of Eden, from Pelorua Sound, arrived in harbor yesterday morning, and will commence discharging to-day. Tho Ethel is loading timber at Kaipara for Wellington.

The night watchman of the wharf was yesterday sworn in as a special constable.

The steamer Wakatiuu, from the South, is duo here this morning. She sails during tho day for Sydney. The ship St. Leonards was shifted from the wharf yesterday morning. The schooner Ponoko sails to-day for another cargo of timber.

Tho barque Malay was taken off tho Slip yesterday morning. She had her copper repaired, in addition to being thoroughly cleaned. She dropped down close to Somes Island, and. now waits a fair wind, bound to Newcastle.

The brigantine Endeavor, with a cargo of breadstuffs, iVo.. arrived in harbor from Camara yesterday morning. She left the Onmaru roadstead on Friday evening, and experienced light variable winds as far as Kaikoura on Sunday, when the wind suddenly changed. Experienced a heavy gale off Stonehirst, after which she was favored with a S.W. breeze, which carried her into harbor. She at once came alongside Plimtner’a wharf, and commenced discharging. The brigantine Sarah Pile, with a full cargo of sawn timber from Kaipara, arrived in harbor early yesterday morning. She left on Sunday shortly after the Aratapu. She experienced for the first 48 hours fine weather with light variable winds, after which strong westerly and north-westerly winds to arrival off the Heads, when the wind changed to the southward, arriving as above.

There Is scarcely anything to bo seen of the barque Carlotta, which was wrecked under the lighthouse. Her hull is completely smashed up and washed sway. The schooner Aspasia brought up about fifty tons of her coal, which was lying on the beach, also some spars and rigging. Some time ago the wreck of the Carlotta, at the Heads, was bought by several gentleman for £6O or £7O, who engaged Mr. Moore with his schooner to go and save what was possible. Tiie spec did not look very bright, and they sold it to Mr. Moore for £25, and ho lias made the most of his bargain. He lias recovered and brought to Wellington an anchor, fifty fathoms of chain, and fifty tons of coal, and ha hopes to get another one hundred and fifty , tons. The original purchasers arerathoi sorry they did not stick to their bargain.