SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1361, 18 February 1865, Page 4

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LYTTELTON. ABBIVBD. Feb. 16, Geelong,p.s,, 237 tons, Turnbull, fromDunedin, via intermediate ports. Passengers—Mrs. Death, Mrs. Crosbie Ward, Miss Dicken, Mrs. Elmsly and three children, Mrs. Euxton and two children, Mrs. Chapman and child, Miss Moore, Rev. Mr. Grant, Mr. Bell. Feb. 16, Phoebe, s.s., 410 tons, Wheeler, from Port Chalmers. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, Messrs. H. P. Murray-Aynsley, Peacock, J. T. Peacock, Solomon, Jenkins, Holmes, Whitley, and Lane. Feb. 16, Wild Wave, schooner, 66 tons, Smith, from West Coast. Feb. 16, Mary Ann Christina, schooner, 48 tons, Jonas, from Akaroa, in ballast. Feb. 17, Esther, ketch, 67 tons, J. King, from Timaru. No passengers. . Feb. 17, Annie, ketch, 15 tons, Whitby, from Kaiapoi. CX.BABED. Feb. 16, Dart, brig, 154 tons, G. Carphin, for Sydney, in ballast. Passengers —Mrs. Carphin, and Mrs. Duncan. Feb. 16, Maid of the Yarra, s.s., 97 tons, Elmsly, for Motenau, with general cargo. Miles and Co., agents. Feb. 16, Challenge, ketch, 20 tons, for Kaiapoi, with general cargo. Master, agent. Feb. 17, Geelong, p.s., 137 tons, Turnbull, for Dunedin and intermediate ports. Passengers —Capt. and Mrs. Danvers, Mrs. Ginders and servant, Mr. Cass, and 11 in St666r&£6« Feb. 17, Phoebe, s.s., 416 tons, Whee'er, for Manakau and intermediate ports. Passengers —Mr. R. S. Sutton, and 12 in steerage. IMPOSTS. In the Geelong, Miles and Co., agents: 4 qr-casks brandy, 1 case, Renshaw; 1 ci>«e, 2 coils lead piping, Capt. Turnbull; 2 pgs, Julian; 2 b.ues, 1 box, Angus; 1 parcel, Kirby; 2 boxes fruit, Hawkins; 1 do do Heron; 2 do do, Montpelier; 1 do do, Death; 1 dodo, Hester; 1 case, 1 box, Kissling. In the Phoebe, Miles and Co., agents: 615 bdls telegraph wire, Sheath; 1 parcel, Brownell and Co; 1 do, Doyne and Co; 1 do, B.N.S.W. In the Esther, Peacock and Co., agents: 170 bales wool, Taylor and Co. In the Annie, Master, agent*. 41 bales wool, Miles and Co. EXPORTS. In the Phoebe, Miles and Co., agents: 1 chest, 1 portmanteau, Miles and Co; 40 cheese, Johnson and Jenkins; 1 parcel, Louisson; 1 bag, 1 parcel, 1 case, Miles and Co; 10 sacks oats, 4 casks cheese, Hall, Ritchie, and Co. In the Geelong, Miles and Co., agents: 4 hhds ale, 4 cases drapery, 14 qr-casks port wine, Woledge and Co; 25 cases bottled stout, 5 casks spirits, 2 cases, 25 half-barrels, 1 case spirits, 2 cases, 1 portmanteau, 100 bdls standards, 60 casks ale and porter, Miles and Co; 1 case, Louisson; 1 case, J. D. Macpherson; 4 bags sugar, 2 boxes candles, Hargreaves and Co. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

STEAM EES GOING SOUTH. Feb. 21—Queen and Hero, for Otago. STEAMEBS GOING NOETfi. Feb. 16—For Wellington and Northern Ports, City Of Dunedin, overdue. Feb. 22—Lord Ashley. Betsy Douglas, p.s., for Pigeon Bay, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. British Empire, ship, loading with wool and passengers, for London early. Dona Anita, barque, loading with wool and passengers, for London, early. Glenmark, ship, loading with wool and passengers, for London, early. W. H. Haselden, ship, for Madras, (cleared). Lyttelton, ship, loading wool for Boston, U.S. Mermaid, ship, loading wool and passengers, for London. Dart for Sydney, cleared. VESSELS IN HARBOUB. SHIPS. British Empire, from London. Eastern Empire, „ W. H. Haselden, „ Lyttelton, from Boston, U.S. Zealandia, from London. Glenmark, „ ! Mermaid, „ BASQUES. Dona Anita, from London. Countess of Seafield, „ Camille, from Newcastle, N.S.W. Constantine, from Drammens, Norway. BBIGB AND SCHOONEBB. Dart, from Sydney via Napier. Wild Wave, from West Coast. CUTTEEB. Antelope, from Akaroa. Midge, from Kaiapoi. HEATHCOTE. CLEAKED. Feb. 17, Star of Tasmania, 31 tons, C. E. Melander, for Akaroa, in ballast. Feb. 17, Prince Consort, 35 tons, D. Bitchie, for Kaiapoi, in ballast. KAIAPOI. BAILED. Feb. 16, Annie, ketch, Whitby, for Lyttelton. Feb. 16, The Sisters, ketch, for Lyttelton, in ballast. Feb. 17, Julia, ketch, for Lyttelton. EXFOBTB. In the Annie: 41 bales wool, Beswick and Birch. In the Julia: 25 bales wool, Beswick and Birch; 27 do do, J. D. Macpherson.

IN THE KIVEB. Maid of tho Mill, ketch, Hobbs, loading with wool, for Lyttelton. Beswick and Birch, agents. M. Poucel, chief engineer of the Mseris steamer, belonging to the Messageries Imperiales, informs the Semaphore, of Marseilles, that a singular incident occurred during her voyage from Alexandria. When entering the Straits of Messina, on the evening of the 12th October, a strong shock was felt by all on board, and a most unusual agitation was noticed in the water, near the screw. The engines having been stopped, and a boat lowered, it was found that a whale had got entangled with the screw, which had inflicted a deep and mortal wound just behind the head. With some difficulty the dead monster was extricated and hoisted on deck, when it was found to measure 21 ft. 4 in. in length, with a maximum girth of 13 ft. 9 in. The Basque Pbospectob, of Dunedin, arrived in the morning, from Valparaiso, bringing an addition of 340 tons to the local stock of Chilian flour. The Prospector, on being purchased by Captain Duncan, sailed from this port for Valparaiso on the 2nd of November last, and made an unusually speedy passage across the South Pacific, arriving at her destination on the 30th of the same month. Having loaded a full cargo of flour, she sailed again on the 11th December, and hashada return passage protracted by light and baffling winds. We learn from Captain Duncan, of the barque Prospector, an attempt has been made to establish a line or steam communication between Liverpool and Valparaiso. Previous to the Prospector's visit to Valparaiso, two steamers had arrived, one making the passage in thirty-six days, and the other in thirty-five days, both having called at Madeira, Cape Verot, and Monte Video, proceedmg thence through Magellan Straits. Previous to the Prospector's departnre from Valparaiso, news had been received of the burning of a Spanish frigate at the Chincha Islands, said to be accidentally, though there were suspicions that it was an act of retaliation on the part of the Peruvians. Active war operations between Spain and Peru seem to be becoming daily more certain.—Otago Daily Times, Feb. 15.