SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 114, 12 October 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. Oct 11—Natal Queen, 230 tons, Gourlay, from Hobort Town. Passengers—Mr Jas. Johnson, wife, and child; Mr H. Johnson, wife, and 5 children ; Mr and Mrs Sheppard and 6 children ; Mrs and Miss Jones ; Messrs Greaves, H. Clark, J. Gourlay. Oct 11—Alert, schooner, 44 tons, Hays, from Hokitika. Oct 11—Spray, schooner, 50 tons, Clarkson, from Hokitika. Oot 11 —Linnet, ketch, 17 tons, Smith, from Pigeon Bay, with cargo of timber. Oct 11—Nile, schooner, 24 tons, Dempsey, from Akaroa, with timber. Oct 12—Luna, p.s., from Wellington. SAILED. Oct 12—Gothenburg, s.s., 501 tons, Pearce, for Melbourne via West Coast ports. Oct 11 Mallard, barque, 612 tons, Duncan, for Newcastle, N.S.W., in ballast. Oct 12—Luna, p.s., for Dunedin. ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP RODNEY AT MELBOURNE. The ship Rodney, says the “ Age,” which arrived at Melbourne on September 26th from London, is one of the finest ana handsomest looking clippers that has ever visited these waters, and it is no exaggeration to state that her passenger accommodation is unsurpassed by any ship or steamer afloat, and its equal has never been seen in these waters. The saloon is a very highly decorated apartment, and extends the whole length of the poop, which is a very long one. and the state rooms are fitted up regardless of expense, even to their having in each a handsome chest of drawers, together with all other furniture requisite for even the most fastiuious. While so much has been done to please the first-class passengers, the second and third cabins were not forgotten, and everything that could tend to make those places healthy and comfortable is perceptible at a glance. The ship herself is also a magnificent specimen of naval architecture. She was launched only a few months ago from the buildtug yard of Mr W. Pile, of Sunderland, and received a classification of the very highest. Her length is 235 feet 6 inches, by a beam of 38 feet 6 inches, and depth of hold of 22 feet 6 inches, which gives her register tonnage as 1509; the hull, lower masts, and yards are of the best iron, and her dicks are replete with evervthing for facilitating work, and finished in the very best style; lor instance, there is a splendid little engine, by one of the best and most approved makers, which does nearly all the work of the ship. Conspicuous on the decks, too, are four gipsy winches, two on the main deck and two on the poop, fitted with double and single purchases. The Rodney has brought out several passengers, who speak in the highest terms of the ship and her commander. Captain Louttit.