SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1092, 29 April 1863, Page 4

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LYTTELTON. ABBIVED. April 26, s. s. Lord Ashley, 296 tons, Randall, from Dunedin. Passengers: Rev. James Buller, Mrs. Jackson, Miss Eeeves, Mrs. Smith, Messrs. Johnston, Squires, Ladrue, Lumley, Sampson, Dalgetv, Davis, Bird, Hawkins, Smith, Ayers, Bateman; and eight saloon, and ten.second cabin passengers from Dunedin for the North. April 26, s.s. Storm Bird, 105 tons, Mundle, from Dunedin. April 27. schooner Choice, 162 tons, Place, from Melbourne. April 27, ship Margaretha Roesner, 429 tons, Eggers, from Wellington. SAILED. April 26, s.s. Storm Bird, 105 tons, Mundle, for Wellington. One passenger. April 26, s.s. Lord Ashley, 296 tons, Randall, for Wellington. Passengers—Messrs. Lovegrove and Everest, Mr. and Mrs. Houdin, Messrs. White, Sturge, Spray and Ingram; and original passengers from Dunedin. April 26, ship Avalanche, 607 tons, Stott, for Singapore, in ballast.

IMPORTS. In the Lord Ashley, Miles & Co., agents: 1 pkg. zinc, 1 bagatelle table, 13(3 kegs paint, 1 pair shafts, 4 bales, 12 eases, 8 casks, 1 trunk, 25 tins, Liunley & Martin ; 1 case, Simpson; 2 boxes, Davis: 60 cases fruit, 20 bags onions, Alport; 1 bale, 1 ease, Heslop; 1 parcel, Polhill; 1 pkg., Davidson; 1 pkg., Duncan; 1 box, 1 case, Brown; 20 bundles, Leatham. In the Margaretha Koesner, Dalgety, Buckley & Co., agents: 2000 sheep, Miles & Co. In the Choice, J. D. Macpherson, agent: 64 pkgs. merchandise, Louisson; 24 pkgs. ditto, Heywood & Co.; 80 bam sugar, 1 hhd. treacle, 25 cases, 1 qr.-cask, 1 bag, order; 12 cases pickles, 30 boxes candles, 4 qr.-casks, 25 cases whiskey, 6 bags nuts, 10 cases salad oil, 3 cases arrowroot. 6 cases salmon, 4 cases bloaters, 4 qr.-casks, 17. Macpherson; 1 case, 1 bale, Dann & Bishop; 2 hhds., Capt. Cain; 4 cases groceries, Beswick; 4 boxes, 2 bundles, Beverley; 4 boxes, Dickenson; 1 locomotive engine, 140 cases, 4 qr.-casks, 25 cases whiskey, 25 cases brandy, order; and 3000 pkgs. general merchandise for Dunedin. The Storm Bird called in here on Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, from Dunedin, to land a few steerage passengers, and left again at about half-past 8 for Wellington. The U.S. ship Volga got out to sea on Sunday morning about 8 o'clock, and was well clear of the land with a light breeze from the N.E. in the evening. The schooner Choice arrived on Monday from Melbourne, having left there on the sth April. She was originally intended to call at Dunedinr first, but owing to adverse weather met with in Foveaux Straits, she ran up the west coast and came on here through Cook's Strait. She will have to discharge about 25 tons of cargo here, besides the plant for the railway. The ship Margaretha Koesner put in here on Monday through stress of weather, being out from Wellington since Tuesday last, the 21st. She is under charter to Mr. Bird. Lost 700 sheep out of her freight. The schooner Jupiter left for Dunedin on Saturday last, the 2oth inst. HEATHCOTE EIVER. ARRIVED. April 27, schooner Southern Queen, 20 tons, Clarkson, from Wellington, with 20,000 feet timber, Millton & Co. April 27, ketch Julia, 30 tons, Toomey, from Wellington, with 17,000 feet timber, Hargreaves & Co. SAILED. April 23, schooner Rifleman, 82 tons, M'Clatchie, for Taranaki, with 223 bushels wheat, 1204 bushels oats, 1073 bushels barley, 2 tons bran, 1 case fruit trees, 1 case drapery, Aikman, Kniglit & Co. Passenger, Mr. W.Webster. AKAROA. On Thursday, the 23rd, the brig Valiant, of Melbourne, Brodie, sailed for Otago, having lost 13 head of cattle. In the afternoon she returned on account of the southerly gale which again sprung up, in company with the barque Glenshee, of Dundee, also from Wellington, bound to Otago, having lost seven of her original cargo of cattle. These vessels are purchasing hay, the stock having run short. The captain of the Glenshee reports that on Sunday he bore up, being to the southward of this port, and ran back to the nor'ard of Cape Campbell, but the wind shifting to N.W. he again squared away for this port. The cutter Antelope and the ketch Foam, bound to Timaru, and the ketch Margaret, bound to Otago, also put into this port on account of the severity of the gale. Wednesday and Thursday were both fine,'but the barometer never marked higher than 29-6, and began to fall early on-the last-named day; the specious appearance of the weather was only a long lull, the polar currents being still in the ascendant. The Isabella Jaekson is ready for sea. The steamer Storm Bird having run into Akaroa for shelter from the heavy gale of Sunday week, as reported in our last, did not ieave the Bay until an early hour on the Wednesday morning following, in company with the Maid of the Yarra and Geelong, and arrived at Port Chalmers in the forenoon of Friday last, after encountering another severe gale. ° Vesssels in Akaroa Harbour:— Illinois Winslow Glenshee Valiant Triumph Nymph of the Seas, refitting Antelope Emu Foam Isabella Jackson Margaret. The s. Great Britain arrived in Melbourne on the 3rd April. She left Liverpool on the 26th January, and, in consequence of heavy weather, had to put back to Holyhead. She made the passage from Holyhead in sixty-four days, experiencing very contrary weather on the voyage. The ship Silistria, from Glasgow, arrived at Port Chalmers on the 21st instant, with upwards of 200 passengers including 100 girls. The Chariot of Fame is expected to sail for London on the 2nd May next. The s.s Titania arrived from Invcrcargill and the Bluff on the 25th instant. Captain Jarvey reports the arrival at the Bluff of the ship Sir William Eyre, from Glasgow, which had been for some time overdue. The Sir William Eyre, it may be remembered, made a bad commencement of her voyage, having put back to Rothesay, and been i detained there through the prevalence of sickness on board. She has scarcely been less unfortunate throughout the rest of the passage. Among 400 passengers, 22 deaths had occurred—s adults and 17 children—and there were two cases of fever on board on her arrival. The Sir Wil-

liam Eyre left the Clyde on the 21st of December last, but had put into the Cape of Good Hope and had a passage of fifty-five days thence. She sighted the s.s. Aldinga on the evening of Monday last, 200 miles due west of the Solander. Both the Aldinga and the Alhambra had called in at the Bluff on Sunday last, and the Alhambra had also proceeded on her passage.—Daily Times. Auckland Clippers—Two of Mr. Thomas Henderson's noble squadron of Auckland clippers—Novelty, Captain Philip Jones, and Constance, Captain Brett—are at present in port. They are remarkably fine ships: the former, Auckland built, of 376 tons register, having just achieved her first voyage, and with a good many of her fittings still incomplete; the latter, British built (Bristol), of 351 tons register, with an establish#* reputation for speed in the San Francisco trade. * Between these two fine vessels there has just occurred a trial of skill which, as it affects the merits of ship-building in Auckland, possesses no small degree of interest in so far as the question of maritime progression is involved. The Novelty and Constance have made trial of their respective powers of sailing. We do not say that the trial has been a conclusive one; but so far as it goes it has been in favor of the colonial-built craft; and, as such, a matter of congratulation to owner, builder, and master, who placed reliance in the power of colonial science. Both vessels took their departure from Sydney on the 4th of March, the Constance sailing a few hours in advance. She was overhauled and passed on the sth, from which date the distance would appear to have been increased, the Novelty anchoring on the 16th, at 6-30 a.m., the Constance arriving in the course of the night of the 18th. This is a fact which deserves something more than the wonted formality of a mere shipping report, because it demonstrates the ability of the Province of Auckland to build, to equip, and to navigate ships competent to compete with and outstrip picked ships of British construction. _ As we have previously stated, the Novelty left this port in an incomplete state, on her maiden trip. Internally, though her accommodations are of the first class, she is yet unfinished, and above board, there is much with respect to trim, &c., yet to be ascertained. On her passage from Auckland to Sydney, owing to the great buoyancy of the kauri timber of which she is built, she was found to be insufficiently ballasted. She stayed and worked however, like a boat; and, although then too tender to press, with the first spurt of wind she started on end like a racer, reeling off her twelve and thirteen knots. She proved to be remarkably easy and very dry, accomplishing eleven knots on a wind, and from fourteen to fifteen knots going free. In Sydney she was very much admired, particularly aloft, in the fitting of spars, gear, and rigging; and her saloon, even in its imperfect state, was pronounced to be no whit inferior to the steam-packet accommodations of the day. Having watched the progress of the Novelty from the laying of her keel to the completion of this her first voyage, it affords us the most heartfelt satisfaction to find that even in the mighty port of London she would be recognised as a worthy representative of a colonial clipper. We have ever entertained an unbounded confidence in the superior character of our Auckland ships. On her maritime superiority Auckland is destined to take her stand. The Novelty is the third ship of considerable tonnage she has built for foreign trade—all have won their laurels—and we are proud to think that each, as she appeared, has proved a sterling improvement on her precursor.—New Zeal and cr.