SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1241, 26 May 1864, Page 3

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. . May 2£ Titania, «8 90 ton v Garvey, from Picton, in ballast. Passengers-Messrs. Millington, Pascall, Clayton Storoy, and 43 in steerage. J ■ 2 5 Qottcnhurg, as, 459 tons, Mackie.-fiom Picton m ballast. Passengers—Messrs. Marshall, ITodn-c Grav O'Hara, Amoxe. Mclßtoeh, Balfiour, Dr. Hewlett'and 70 ia steerage for Lyttelton. May 24,'Waipara, bs; 47 tons, Bothwick, from Picton; Passengers—6o in the steerage. • May 25, Omeo, ss, 605 tons, Edwards, from Picton, in ballast. Passengers—Mr. Bailoy, and 66 m. the steerage for Southern ports., , . IMPOSTS. Wpai-a, Hall, Eitchie & Co, agents: 3 tons flodr; \6ldfer.' ' ' - EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London.—Countess of Se&field, ship, sailed Jan15th; Golden Sunset, ship, sailed from Portsmouth Feb. 19th Ivanhoe, ship, sailed from the Downs February 21st.; Aitabori ship, sailed from London April Ist,. The follow-ing-ships are advertised to sail for Canterbury:—Cossipore ship, British Empire,*ship, in April; William Miles, in May, and the W. H. Haselden, and the Hartfield to follow. From Glasgow.—Christian Rankin, ship, sailed February 8 th. May Queen. From Hobart Town.—Lady Denison, brig, daily. From Melbourne,—Choiciß,l)rigantine; Willing T. BMg schooner. From Pelorus Sound.—Sylph, schooner; %mph of the Seiss, and Dancing Wave; City of Dunedin, p.si Fiom Otago—Airedale, s.a., this day. s n PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Point de Galle—Parisian, ship, cleared. For Wellington, Napier, and Picton—Airedale, s.s., on the 27th inst. - For Akairoa, Timaru,. Oamaru,and Dunedin.—Geelong, p.s., this day. For Dunedin;—Lady Bird, s.s., and Omeo, ss, this day.

The steamship Omeo, Captain Edwards, arrived at halfpast eleven o'clock on Monday niglit, after a rough pas•agepffiyedays from Eictoii..; The Omeo left Otago with 300'jmssengera for Picton,-ori orabout the 14th inst, and a quantity of cargo; after discharging, she left on Thursday- momms with about 90 passengers bound for Dunedin. On tie Friday evening met with heavy gales from the S.E., which continued to increase till the vessel was off the Kkoras, and continued to blow till Monday evening, when the weather moderated, and the wind shifted more to the westward. Captain Edwards was obliged to call at Lyttelton for coals. The Omeo will sail for Otago this day at noon. Captain Edwards visited this port 13 years ago in the ship Canterbury. The Alhambra, Captain Mackio, called in : on 1 Tuesday morning, on her returnfrom Pietou, -to land about 70 passengers. She left Pieton on -Monday morning at seven o'clock, but by some unaccountable errorj our usual files of the Marlborough Press were not put on board. Captain Mackic reports that a messenger and-a few passengers had arrived at Picton, overland, with the intelligence that an accident had occurred to the machinery of the little steato Mr. Reece, of Christchurch. Full particulars had not. been supplied, but the vessel was run into one of tie hays south of Pdrfc Underwood. The "Waipara returned yesterday moming from her trip j to the gold fields in the Marlborough Province; she left' Picton on Monday at noon, making the passage in little over 18 jhoiirs-; during her stay she was profitably employed taking passengers and goods to Havelock from the larger steamers. Mr. Hamilton,- :Government Surveyor of ■teamen is now in Port; we believe some trifling alterations are neqessaryto be made before the proper certificate is granted.' • In the Picton Magistrates' Court, on the 19th inst., a case which created more than usual interest came on for hearing. It was brought by Dr. Sinclair, who is a medical practitioner, residing in Dunedin> against the Captain of the steamer William Miskin, for breach of contract, arising under the following circumstances:—The complainant had taken his passage in the above steamer from Dlined in to Havelock'on Saturday, the 14th of the present month. On the Tuesday evening following, the William Miskin arrived at the wove, where Captain Godfrey demanded Dr. Sinclair's ticket, as well as those of the other passengers, remarking that - that was'the nearest point to Hillock." The passengers refused to gire up their tickets on the ground that they had not arrived at their proper destination. The steamer cast anchor at the Grove that night, and on the next morning, a number of the passengewleft the steamer upon the captain defraying all expetuesjrttendanfc on boat hire. In a short time afterwards the .vessel proceeded to Picton, and here the 'captain asked; thp complainant if he would be satisfied to accept six shil: lings, and take a schooner over to. Havelock.. As com-, plainant had a great deal of luggage on board, he refused to accede to this proposition, whereupon-the defendant said he would give two hours' to the passengers to leave, and in case ot their refusal, threatened to give them m charge. . Complainant obeyed the order, and in consequence was put to great inconvenience and expense. Sevfefal witnesses having been examined in corroboration of'this statement, the Court gave, judgment for the plaintiff fcir and costs. A number of cases of a similar nature, and against the -master of the William Miskin, were 'adjourned till next day. — Marlborough Press, May 21. Accident to the Jetty.—On Monday afternoon, as the Omeo, steam-ship, was steaming to the jetty, by a mistake of the man at the helm, the vessel, instead of coming alongside, as was of course intended, ran with overwhelming;force.into that portion ot the jetty which j forms the upper part of the letter Y. In a second a number ©f-pileß, with the massive framework anfl. timbCTß" attached, wfire battered in and broken into splinters, ine steamer, which registers nearly a thousand tons, had coniiderable way on her at the time. The large crane which is used for discharging cargo was also destroyed. We may mention that the.portion of the jetty has long been an eyesore to the people of Picton. It would, under any circumstances, have had to be removed at an early day, in order .to an. extension ,of our wharf accommodation, so urgently and immediately required. Probably the method which has been used to remove the objectionable portion is- about aa economical as could have been devised.— flfarlhnrough Press, May 18. •Pom :0? Ehtet. —It appears that, in consequence ot Havelocknot being a port of entry, vessels cannot legally discharge their cargoes without clearing mat Picton. Vessels leaving Dunedin can only obtain a clearance tor this port; as Havelock is not gazetted as a place at which freight can be discharged. How far this may be the case wa have not been able to ascertain, but it was a part ot the defence set up by Captain Godfrey, when summoned toanswer a charge at the Police Court on Thursday last, for breach of contract.—Marlborough Press, May £1. Mr.; John Morrison, the Now Zealand Government Agent; has just: dispatched to Auckland, per the Avalanche,-. a twenty-eight feet lifeboat, built by Mr. John White, of Cdwes, on Lamb and White's prmciple, for the private use of his Excellency the Governor ot New Zealand. The boat is built of mahogany, to secure lightness, so that it may be easily hoisted into or carried on the quarter of the man-of-war on the station, and_ thus foeilitate the passage of the Governor in his visits td. the harbdttre and: rivers on the coast, where the ordinary boats would , nob be serviceable. It was much admired while lying ia the East India Docks prior to its departure. —rJfew Zealdtul Examiner, May 15.