Shipping News.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 656, 19 February 1859, Page 4

Shipping News.

ATIKIVED.

'16, schooner Randolph, 22: tons, Kerap- ' thorne, from Wellington.

Februarys 17, barque Oriental, 500 tons,-3". Macey, from London, via'Otago. Passengers—*Mr;- an^ Mrs. ilollet, Messrs. Barker (2), Saunders, =West, *Pool, Punwell, Tippits, Heywood, Pope,^Lane (3), Mr. and ]Mrs. Ford, Mr. Ford, Miss '^Ford^K. Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. Smith and 2 children, "Mx,-A. -Pickering, -A. •Hargrave, Mr. and Mrs. Cooling and % children, iPreston, J. 0. Foster, Mrs Tane, R. Vile, Mr. and :Mrs. Hicks and 4 children. Total, 41 soulb.

Same day, s. s. Queen, 132 tons, Wilson, ;from Otago. Passengers—Messrs. Happle, Morris, :Macandrcw,'Gibson,;end 5 in "the steerage.

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February 17, schocmCT.^phyr, 46 tons, Kensett, 'for Wellington. Passengers—:Mr. ;and Mrs. White rand family, iliss.'HTimbqtt and Mjr, 3Bateman. February 18, 37 tons, *Combes, for Wellington. ."..'" Same day; s.s. Queen, 132' tons, Wilson,for Wellington. Pa6sengere—Messrs.-Happle, Morris, Mae*--andrew, and-tliree:in theisteeitige^." . ; -IMPORTS. :■ In the Randolph. ,E. A. liargreayes, agent; 6; ,lihds. beer, Miles, Kington ajrid Co:; VI feet timber. ♦Order. ' ; ' In the •Oriental, Cobksoh, Bowler and Co., agents; 231 packages, EL Recce; 624 do., Gould and Miles,; 231 cas'eSj 20 casks, Dalgety,. Buckley andpo. 36 cases, JCeokeon, Bowler.and Cd*i-100 cases old torn, Bishop.; 107 packages,' 70.box.es, I/atter • .36 cases* Heywood % 29' packages, Fisher .32 "cases. Smith!; 20d0., Mollett; 2 easeis,.Alport; 5 casks, Wilson ; ! box, Peacock ; 2 trunks. 1 package,'Dunsford j 1 bundle, Reeve; 2 qr.-casks* Wilson; 1 case.Kitson; 1 do., Baker; 2 cir.-casks, Thompson} 1 case, Dobson-,

3 do.,.Goodman,; ,7 do., .Burrell;; 2 do.,Pcrcival; 3 do., Creyke.; .2 do., Koberts.; 1 do., Sansom.; 1 do., Wyatt;; 1 do.,.Hodgson ; 1 do.,Jßridge.; .1 do., Fendall; I do. Rooke.; 1 do., Gooke, 1 do., Harris ; 1 do. Wilson :;?1.^d0., Wilkinson; ;l box, Westenra ; 1 barrel, Youngs 1 barrel, Sissors ; 2 cases, Stoddart; 1 do. Neive : ; 1 do. Wyatt; 8 do., Ward ; I ', do, Mountfort.; 5 do., Ellis; 2 do., Thouipson ; 1 do., Keeves-; 1 do., 'Goward ; 1 do., Lean-.; 1 ►d 0.,, Martin:; 1 do., Pickering ; 1 do., Jeffrey; 1 do.' Lee ; 1 do., Ellis 4 1 do., Cameron ; 2 do., Palmer ; 1 do., Wy ide*; * do.,'Littlecot; 1 do., Longden.4 84; tons coals, 450 cases old torn, 21 cases, 63 bundles,;. 36 casks, .10 gr.-casks, 1 bale, 2 packages. Order. Jh the' Queen, E. A. Hargreaves, agent; 35 bags oats, 52 do. rye grass. Order. ; kxpohts. , In the Zephyr, Miles, Kington and Co., .agents ; Part of original cargo from Melbourne:; also,; shipped at Lyttelton, 6 qr.-casks, 9 cases brandy, 80 lbs. cheese, and sundry merchandise, E. A. Hargreaves. ;

In the Canterbury, Craig, agent..; 30 .cheeses, Cook.

The Oriental arrived on Thursday from London with a full cargo and a large complement of passengers. She called at. Otago on her way, where she landed seven passengers and stayed' four days; from that port to'thls >she rhas had a tedious run up. Our old friend Captain Macey, with <whom every one made acquaintance while his ship was loading last February and March, is still in command, and we notice among his passengers one or two original colonists of tins settlement. The Oriental brings a few Cotswold rams and ewes, the property of a passenger. ....

The steamer Queen arrivedammediately after the Oriental, on her way to Wellington, whence she will return in time to catch the Pirate on her return from Dunedin^to Melbourne. Mr. Macandrew, the owner, ris on'*boafd, arid is, we understand, anxious to come to an amicable understanding -with the various Provincial Governments and'steamboat proprietors in this part of thexolonyf*s?toithe arrangement of routes, &c; ' AEAROA. Our correspondent, under date 14th, reports that on that day-the : U. S. whaling ship, Benjamin Tucker, of New Bedford, arrived in Akaroa Harbor, last from Sandwich Islands, with 1600 barrels; was ■recently in company with the United States whaling -ship <Mito, Captain Sowle, well known in these waters. Another American Whaler arrived the same day in Akaroa. Name not mown when our advices left. : !

.The brig.Drover was advertised in the ' Argus' of 27th to sail from Melbourne for .Nelson, Wellington, and Lyttelton on the 31st,ult, A schooner named the TRivier is announced in the Melbourne papers as having sailed from Sydney for .Port Cooper onthe 20th ult. . The Great Britain steamship arrived in Melbourne on the 26ttt ult., 65 days out.

The steamer Geelong, 108 tons, intended for the • coasting trade of Otago, arrived at Dunedin via In- j vercargill from, Melbourne in safety on the 31st'j xlanuary. | A life-boat, intended to be stationed at Macakau, the western harbour of Auckland, and which has been much admired by all the nautical authorities who have seen her, has been taken out for the . Auckland Government "by the John Scott. She is built of the best mahogany, copper fastened, is 30 feet long by 6 J broad, and bears the same decorations as the Mary White, the life-boat which gained ; such celebrity the-winter before last at Brpadstairs. Sbeiias'Tseen constructed under the superintendence of J. Blackett, Esq.., one of the earliest and one of the most respected of the New Zealand colonists, now in England.— Home News. ■ "The Airedale is to sail for Canterbury in a few ■weeks. She is the fourth steamer for the New Zealand postal service. She has just arrived from the Mediterranean, where she had been engaged as a yacht by Lord Cardigan. She is represented as : having great speed and power, and will be a fitting companion to her three predecessors.— lbid. ..'■•'

The Eclipse for"Nelson-lelt.theDowns on the 7th November. The Lochnagar arid tlie'Excelsior were loading for Auckland, the Mystery for Canterbury, the Acasta and Mariner for Nelson, the Tamora fb? Otago, and the Alfred the, Great for Wellington; ell «t the port of London. >