SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LYTTELTON. AEBIVED. Dec. 19, Isabella Jackson, schooner, 50 tons, Buxton, from Akaroa. Passenger: Mr. T. Hughes, Dec. 19, Mary Ann Christina, schooner, 41 tons, Watson, from Tirnaru. Dec. 19, Bee, schooner, 30 tons, Croixcher, from Timaru. Dec. 19, Herald, schooner, 35 tons, Miller, from Timavu. Dec. 19, Daring, schooner, 31 tons, McKeznie. from Timaru. Dec. 21, Crest of the Wave, schooner, 58 tons, Brown, from Motanau. CLEARED. Dec. 19, Gazelle, brig, 260 tons, Tucker, for Wellington, in ballast. No passengers. Dec. 21, Dolphin, schooner, 40 tons, Sullivan, for Dunedin. Passenger: Mr. Potter.

J IMPORTS. In the Isabella Jackson, Peacock & Co., agents: 22,000 , feet timber, Order; 6000 ditto, Pavitt; 1 box, Shackleton; 1 box, 1 parcel, J.S.H. In the Mary Ann Christina, Master, agent: 37 bales ~ wool, Dalgety & Co.; 23 ditto, Miles & Co. a In the Bee, Master, agent: 64 bales wool, Miles & Co.; 6 ditto, Dalgety & Co. In the Herald, Dunsford, agent: 38 bales wool, Miles 3 and Co. a In the Daring, Master, agent: 40 bales wool, Miles and f Co. g In the Crest of the Wave, Miles & Co., agents: 131 8 bales wool, Miles and Co. 0 EXPORTS. r In the Dolphin, Hall, Ritchie & Co., agents: 525 bags f potatoes, Hall, Ritchie & Co. g Steamer City op Dcnedin.—The paddle steamer 1 City of Dunedin left Lyttelton, at 8.30 on Wednesday last , 10th instant, and anchored off the Jetty in Akaroa, at 1, performing the distance of 50 miles in exactly 4J- hours, ' the grater part against wind and tide. We believe this is the shortest passage ever made round the Peninsula,- but under the circumstances above-mentioned cannot be considered as as any more than an average passage of this fine boat. It is contemplated to perform a weekly service with the City of Dunedin and Geelong alternately, and Akaroa may anticipate a large increase in the number of t visitors to her beautiful scenery, with the increased facility of communication, aud, as we learn also, largely increased accomodation for visitors in the town itself. i AKAROA. ! ARRIVED. i Dec. 16, City of Dunedin, p.s., from Lyttelton, with : cargo and passengers. Dec. 18, Vixen, schooner, from Lyttelton, with general cargo. SAILED. Dec. 16, City of Dunedin, p.s., for Dunedin, via intermediate ports, with 7 casks and 6 cases cheese, 3 boxes fruit, 1 keg butter, .1 bag onions, J. D. Garwood; 1 bag green peas, Feltham; 1 case fruit, Watkins; 2 boxes, Gibbs; 1 box bacon, 12 cases cheese, 2 boxes fruit, 1 keg butter, Aylmer; 9 cases, 1 cask and 39 loose cheeses, E. C. Latter. Passengers: Mr. Bacon, Mrs. Gibbs and 3 children, and Master Hall. Dec. 17, Sea Bird, schooner, for Plea Bay, with 10,000 feet timber, 12,000 shingles, and sundry merchandise, Rhodes. , Dec. 18, Isabella Jackson, schooner, for Christchurch, with 30,000 feet timber, and 400 posts and rails, T. Hughes., TIMARU. ARRIVED. Dee. 10, City of Dunedin, p.s., Boyd, from Dunedin. Dec. 14), Bee, Bchooner, Croucher, from Wellington, with 2i,000 feet timber, LeCren & Co. Dec. 14, Mary Ann Christina, schooner, in ballast, from Lyttelton. Dec. 14, Daring, schooner, in ballast, from Lyttelton, Dec. 15, Herald, schooner, from Lyttelton, with general cargo. Passengers: Messrs. Gunn and Mclnnis. CLEARED. Dec. 10, City of Dunedin, p.s., Boyd, for Lyttelton. Passenger: Miss Tucker. Dec. 14, Mary Ann Christina, schooner, with 60 bales wool for Lyttelton. Dec. 14. Daring, schooner, for Lyttelton, with 42 bales wool. Dec. 15, Bee, schooner, for Lyttelton, with wool. Dec. 15, Herald, schooner, for Lyttelton, with 38 bales wool. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Prom Dunedin—Lord Ashley, s.s., with the English mail (hourly.) From Wellington—Storm Bird, s.s. (hourly.) City of Dunedin, p.s., from Dunedin, &c., on or about the 25th instant. Enterprise, s.s., from Dunedin. Lord Ashley, for Wellington, Napier, and Auckland, four hours after arrival. From London —Derwentwater, Sept. 12; Alpaca, Sept. 15; Canterbury, Sept. 22. From Melbourne—Frederick, barque. Prom Melbourne —Alexandra, schooner. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Storm Bird, for Dunedin. City of Dunedin, for Dunedin, on the 30th. Dolphin, schooner, cleared for Dunedin. Maid of the Yarra, for Otago, on or about the 23rd. Holyrood, ship, for Callao, in a few days. Camilla, for Hobart Town Dona Anita, for London in a few days. VESSELS IN PORT. SHIPS. White Star, 2340 tons, loading for London. Annie Wilson, 1116 tons, loading for London. Roman Emperor, 659 tons, from London, waiting orders. Bahia, 566 tons, from London. Brother's Pride, ship, from London, in quarantine. Zealandia, 1300 tons, from London. David G. Fleming, 1400 tons, from London. BARQUES. Dona Anita, 500 tons, loading for London. Holyrood, 552 tons, from London, discharging. Pekin, 400 tons, from London, discharging. Bessy, 320 tons, from Vancouver's Island via Sandwich Islands, discharging. BEIGtS AND SCHOONERS. Camilla, brigantine, 190 tons, from Hobarton. Heather Bell, 200 tons, from Sydney, discharging. Choice, schooner, from Melbourne, discharging. Susan, from Hobarton, discharging. Heron, 91 tons, from Auckland. Clutha, 110 tons, from Launceston, discharging. Union, 158 tons, from Hobarton, ready for sea. Dolphin, cleared for Dunedin. Wild Wave, 75 tons, from Kaipara. , Arrival of the Bombay.—This fine ship arrived at Auckland, from London, on the Bth instant, with a full cargo and 178 passengers. She sailed on the 26th Aug., and has therefore made a very good passage, beating the Green Jacket, which sailed before her. The Bombay comes into port in splendid order, for which Capt. Sellers deserves great credit, —the more so from the fact that the ( passengers speak highly of his attentiveness to their wants. The vessel is consigned to Messrs. Cruickshank, Smart, & j Co., and we may mention that she brings £4000 worth of clothing for the Volunteers in New Zealand, which has ' been forwarded to the General Government by Mr. Mor- j rison, agent for the colony in London. There has also arrived by her the second instalment of gas plant for the ! Auckland Gas Company, the remainder being in the Green 1 Jacket. —Southern Cross. 1 The Ocean Mail, a fourteen years' classed ship at Lloyd's, < 800 tons register, commanded by Captain Linklater, has been lost in the China seas. She was bound to England * from Shangai with a valuable cargo of teas and silk, roughly valued at £100,000, and appears to have foundered six miles off the entrance of the river Woosung. No < mention is made of the crew. The ship and cargo are stated to be insured in London and China. The rock in Hawke's Bay upon which Captain Gibson, of the Auckland, reported his vessel to have touched, but ' which many supposed to have been a floating spar or other ( part of the wreck of the Royal Bride, proves to be a reality —Mr. Murray, the pilot, having, when in Auckland, seen it laid down on an Admiralty chart, a copy of which he obtained. He hopes shortly to have the hidden danger discovered and buoyed.—Smoke's Bay Herald, ( Nov. 11, The Napier.—This fine vessel arrived on Tuesday last, 1 from London, after a voyage of only eighty-three days, the / quickest passage, we believe, that has ever been made to this port. The Napier is a new iron vessel, this being her ( first voyage, and is one of the finest ships that ever entered our harbour. Her cabin accommodation is equal to our ' best steamers, and commanded by so general a favourite r as our old acquaintance, Captain Petherbridge, formerly of * the Maori, the Napier cannot fail to become a favourite ( vessel for passengers. The Napier has brought out a large number of birds for the Provincial Government, and 6 some Cotswold sheep for C. B. Wither, Esq.—Nelson { jExaminer, December 10.