SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2602, 7 May 1869, Page 2

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. May 6—Blackwall, 26 tons, Munro, from Saltwater Creek, in ballast. May 6 —Mavis, schooner, 28 tons, Falmer, from Hokitika. May 6—Black Hawk, schooner, Swanson, from Ficton, en route for Timaru. May 6.—Cantero, barque, 380 tons, Davidaon, from Newcastle. May 6 —Moa, s.s., 50 tons, McClatchie, from Saltwater Creek.

May 6—Struggler, ketch, 27 tons, Sheppard, from Saltwater Creek. SAILED. May 6 —Cleopatra, schooner, for Auckland. May 6—Annie Brown, brigantine, for Auckland.

May 6—Airedale, s.s., 286 tons, Kennedy, lor Dunedin, via Akaroa. Passengers : Rev M. Stanley, Mr and Mrs March, Mr and Mrs Jones. CLEARED. May 6—Excelsior, schooner, 91 tons Smith, for Auckland. May 6 —Jupiter, ketch, 27 tons, Chapman, for Nelson. , _ , May 6—Celceno, ship, Renaut, for London Passengers—Saloon : Mr and Mrs Dayrell Beed, Mr and Mrs Burnell and family (5). Steerage : Messrs W. P. and C. J. Welch, Martin, Pearson, Reeve, Murray. IMPORTS. In the Mavis, Master,agent: 10 bdls empty kags, Kennedy Bros. In the Cantero, C. AY. Turner, agent : 465 tons coal, C. W. Turner. In the Struggler, Master, agent : 18 bales wool, 1 case, Miles and Co. ; 294 bags oats, Dalgety and Co. EXPORTS. In the Airedale, J. D. Macpherson, agent: 4 empty hhds, Julian ; I horse, Stanley ; 15 pigs, George. In the Excelsior, Master, agent: 1138 sacks wheat, 62 do oats, Cox and Baber. In the Jupiter, A. Cuff, agent; 250 bags flour, 210 do bran, C. B. Taylor and Co.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR, Halcyon, s.s. Matoaka, ship. Celceno, ship, Cantero, barque. Collingwood, barque John Knox, barque. Southern Cross, barque. Crishna, barque. Ben Nevis, brig. Rifleman, schooner. E. U. Cameron, schooner. Mount McLaren, schooner. Excelsior, schoonerj Jupiter, ketch. Margaret, ketch. Struggler, ketch.

The ship Celoeno cleared the Customs at Lyttelton late last night for London, and is expected to sail to-day. The schooner Excelsior and the ketch Jupiter have cleared the Customs with full cargoes of grain, the former for Auckland, and the latter for Nelson. The barque Collingwood will haul into the stream this morning, and ihe Southern Cross will take her place. The brig Ben Nevis, the barques Crishna, Tell, and Cantero are waiting for berths to discharge their cargoes. Thk schooner Black Hawk, Captain Swanson, arrived in harbour yesterday, from Picton, en route for Timaru ; left on Monday List; experienced strong westerly winds. The barque Cantero, Captain Davidson, arrived in harbour yesterday morning from Newcastle; left that port on the 22nd April; made the laud on the eighth day out, and passed through the Straits on April 30; was off Wellington on Sunday morning. Experienced strong south and south-west gales all the passage, with heavy head sea. The barque has a cargo of coal consigned to Mr C. W. Turner.

The schooner Mavis arrived on Wednesday night ; left Hokitika on the 29th April; had light S.W. breeze to Cape Farewell, which was passed at midnight on the 30th ; ight variable winds and calms for the next twelve hours ; strong westerly wind to abreast of the Brothers ; passed a brigantine •If Queen Charlotte Sound, supposed to be Hie Lady Don ; passed the brigantine Bravo, and brig Deva, off Wellington Heads ; had light northerly winds and calms from Cape Terawiti to the Kaikoras ; and encountered strong S.W. gale on the 3rd inst off the latter place ; sighted Port Cooper on (the morning of the sth; passed through the heads at 6 p.m., with a strong N.W. breeze.

THE TIDES. The following table, which, we trust, will be of special use to the seafaring portion of the public, gives the time of high water at Lyttehon for the month of May :

a.m. p.m. 7 00.50 8— Ul 1.32 9 1.64 2.15 10— 2.37 2.59 11— 3.32 3.45 12— 4.10 4.34 13— 5.01 5.25 14— 5.52 G. 19 15— 6.47 7.15 16— 7.43 8.11 17— 8.39 9.06 18— 9.33 10.00

a.m. p.m. 20— 11.46 21— 00.12 22 1.04 23 1.30 1.57 24 2.25 2.50 25 3.17 3.44 26 4.12 4.40 27 5.07 6.36 28— 6.04 6.28 29 6.54 7.20 30— 7.45 8.09 31— 8.33 8.56