Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 177, 21 November 1874, Page 10

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVED. November 13.—Stormbird, s.s., G 3 tons, Doile. from Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : His Honor Judge Johnston, Mrs. Young and son, Mrs. Brunner, Mrs. Rainford and family, Miss Mrs. Blythe, Messrs. Webb, Rahihi, Bull, Cox, Young, Wilmer, and Allan. Turnbull and Co., agents. Colleen Bawn, schooner, 29 tons, Games, front Pelorus Sound. November 14.—Hannah Barratt, schooner, 54 tons, Renner, from Pourere, East Coast. Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Gritiiths, from Wanganui. R. S. Ledger, agent. November 15. Napier, s.s., 44 tons, Butt, front Foxton. Passengers—cabin : Mrs. and Miss Reeves, Mrs, Howe, Mr and Mrs. Lily, Mr. Kemp. Turnbull and Co., agents. Stormbird, s.s., 68 tons, Doile, from Wanganui. Passengers cabin : Messrs. Johnston, "Wheeler, Pilcher, Finlater, Hogg, Manning, and 2 steerage. Turnbull and Co., agents. Otago, s.s., 406 tons, McLean, from Melbourne, Bluff, Port Chalmers, and Lyttelton. Passengers—• saloon : Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson, Miss Houlahau. Miss Pratt, Miss Yorke, Mr. and Mrs. Higginson, Miss Moon, Dr. and Mrs. Deck, and 2 children, Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, Messrs. Haldridge, R. D. Johnston, Pitt, Robt. Stout, E. A. Chapman, Pagan, Dale, Graham, Duiglian, Evans, James Maccassey, Hackworth, Margetts, James Smith, Geo. Cook, and 1(3 steerage. 78 passengers for forward ports. Wrn. "Bishop, agent. Star of the South, s.s., IGO tons, Farquhar, from Auckland and Napier. Passengers—cabin : Mrs. Jones and child, Messrs. Engel, Seamons, Hayward and family, Knight. Marmion, brigantine, SO tons, Bowden, from Kaipara. November 10.—" Wellington, s.s., 202 tons, Carer, from Port Chalmers and Lyttelton. Passengers—saloon : Mr. and Mrs. Liverton, Mr. and Mrs. Raisin, Mr. and Mrs. Cheshire, Mrs. Waten, Mrs. Waters, Mrs. Hollister, Mrs. Jewitt, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Farnham, Miss Hargreaves, Miss Cull, Miss Willcox, Miss Kinniburg, Rev. Mr. Lewis, Messrs. Moorliouse, Nicholson, McKenzie, Girdleston, Cotter, Williams, Campbell (2), Collins, Bennett, Drummond, Lowes. Willcox, Adair, Adams, Jagga (2), and 6 for North ; 4 steerage for Wellington, and 7 for North. R. S. Ledger, agent. November 17. —Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Wheeler, from Mauukau, Taranaki, Nelson, and Picton. Passengers—saloon : Miss Dodson, Misses Deck (2), Mrs. Bockett, Messrs. Holloway, Parris, Shannon, Dodson, Beattie, Deck, lieVicker, ’Salter. Steerage : 6. R S. Ledger, agent. Jane Elkin, schooner, 25 tons, Leslie, from Havelock. Hunter, ketch, 26 tons, Hart, returned to port. November IS.—Napier, s.s., 44 tons, Butt, from Foxton. Passenger T. U. Cook. Turnbull and Co., agents. Ruby, schooner, 24 tons, Dalton, from Kaikotira. Passengers: Messrs. Davidson, Buchanan, and Poulter. Stormbird, s.s., CS tons, Doile, from Wanganui. Passengers :—Saloon :" Messrs. Kelly, Butts, Millar, Croft, and North. 1 steerage. Turnbull and Co., agents. November 19.—Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Fisk, from Blenheim. Passengers : Mrs O’Shea, child, and servant, Mrs. O’Neill and two children, Miss Ballance, Miss Coxhead, and Mr. Stevenson, Turnbull and Co., agents. Ladybird, s.s., 256 tons, Andrew, from Port Chalmers and Lyttelton. Passengers—saloon : Mesdames Newlyn, F. Corbett, Buckridge, G. Tripp, Dunn, Swords, Misses Aitken and Duckworth, Messrs. Luston, Batehelar, Hill, Belcher, Yule, Drake, Matthews, Hobbs, Frost, Dank, Bowen, Fleming, Arnip, Johnston, Baker, Clark, Campbell, Crosskerry, and Gower. R. S. Ledger, agent. SAILED. November 13. —Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Fisk, for Wairau. Passengers—Mrs. Fisk and child, Mrs. Symons and child. Stormbird, s.s., CS tons, Doile, for Wanganui. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Pliarazyn. Turnbull and Co., agents. November 14.—Enterprise, brigantine, 84 tons, Campbell, for East Coast. November 15. —Unity, schooner, 44 tons, Urwin, for East Caast. November 1C. —Camille, barque, 317 tons, Stafford, for Newcastle. Robin Hood, brig, 297 tons, Campbell, for Newcastle. Alert, ketch, 43 tons, Lake, for Wanganui. Colleen Bawn, ketch, 29 tons, Games, for Pelorus Sound. Hunter, ketcli, Hart, for Rangitikei. Otago, s.s., 642 tons, McLean, for Nelson, West Coast ports, and Melbourne. Passengers—saloon : Miss Logan, Mrs. Gabbins, Messrs. Slowson, Schultze, Californian Minstrels (11), and 73 original passengers. AV. Bishop, agent. Star of the South, s.s., 175 tons, Farquhar, for Lyttelton, Oamaru, and Dunedin. Passengers—saloon : Mrs. and Mrs. Gurney, Captain Plummer. Messrs. Norris and Lawlor. W. Bishop, agent. Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Lloyd, for Castle Point and Napier. Passengers—saloon : Mr. and Mrs. Bond, Mrs. Rabone, Miss Ling, Messrs. Pritchard, Stone, and Hall ; 4 steerage. R. S. Ledger, agent. Napier, s.s., 44 tons, Butt, for Foxton, in ballast. Passengers: 40 immigrants. Turnbull and Co., agents. November 17. —Wellington, s.s., 262 tons, Carey, for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Mauukau. Passengers—saloon : Miss Martin, Messrs. Stanley, Pounceby, Engel. Steerage : 7. R. S. Ledger, agent. Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Wheeler, for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. Passengers—saloon : Misses Barraud, Madame Arabella Goddard and company', Dr. Kemp, Messrs. Anderson. Cavruthers, Lawson, Garrick, and Henderson. Steerage : 27. R. S. Ledger, agent. Reward, schooner, 44 tons, Webster, for Westport. November 18.—XXX, ketch, 21 tons, Campbell, for Wairau. Colleen Bawn, schooner, 29 tons, Games, for Wairau. Aspasia, schooner, 44 tons, Thompson, for East Coast. Napier, s.s., 44 tons, Butt, for Foxton. Passengers : —Mr. Ralph, 5 immigrants. Turnbull and Co., agents. ’ November 19.—Stormbird, s.s., CS tons, Doile, for Wanganui. Hunter, ketch, 24 tons, Hart, for Rangitikei. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Monday. Arrived : Mary King, from Oamaru. The Ryno, brigantine, has been purchased for a new enterprise in the South Seas. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. Sailed : Phoebe, for the South. AUCKLAND, Thursday. Sailed : Falcon and Pakeha for Dunedin, and Pretty Jane for Napier. NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday. Arrived : Phcebe from Manukau, and Wellington from South. Sailed : Phcebe, for the South. The Wellington sails at three o’clock p.m. for Manukau. NELSON, Thursday, 7 p.m. The Tararua has just anchored outside. HOKITIKA, Wednesday. The s.s. Tararua, from Melbourne, arrived off the" port this morning. LYTTELTON, Tuesday. The barque James Hannell arrived last night from Freemantle. The Coq du Village has sailed for Newcastle.

LYTTELTON, Wednesday. Arrived, 12.15 p.m. : Taranaki, from Wellington. Waitara, ship, in 91 days from Gravesend, with fiftysix passengers and some valuable stock, PORT CHALMERS, Friday. The ship May Queen, from London, is at the PORT CHALMERS, Monday. Arrived : Mataura, ship, from London, SC days, all well. She has had very rough weather from the meridian of the Cape. The barometer on the 23t'n October was 27.90. A man was washed from the wheel on the main deck and had his leg broken. PORT CHALMERS Tuesday. The barque Hodda, from Riverton to Lyttelton, passed the Heads at noon. The brig Alexander has sailed for Kaipara. Till'. BLUFF, Thursday, The ship Auckland, from Glasgow to Dunedin, is how passing, She reiiorts all well. The barque Adamant and ship Jessie Roadman (now at Port Chalmers) will load for London. The brigantine Esther is loading rails from The Douglas, for Westport. The barque Pasithea, now at Nelson, has been chartered to load at Auckland for New York. The Governor’s yacht Blanche got under way on Tuesday evening for Auckland. His Excellency proC6 The Hannah Barrett, Captain Renner, has been engaged to carry the bridge material ex Cordelia to Wanganui, . ■ The ship Halciorie has finished bending sails and ether preparations indicative of an early departure, and She will probably get away for London early next week. The steamer Ladybird, Captain Andrew, arrived at 1 p.m. on Thursday from Port Chalmers and Lyttelton, after a passage of twenty-three hours. She sailed North yesterday with the southern portion of the English mail via San Francisco. The barque Cordelia, from Liverpool via Dunedin, may be looked for at any moment, having left Port Chalmers last week. Besides her original cargo, she brings eighty tons of flour from Dunedin. The Cordelia is consigned to W. and G. Turnbull and Co. The barque Chocola, expected from San Francisco for some days past, arrived in harbor early this morning, after having been anchored outside the reef since nine o’clock last night. Her passage lias occupied fifty-nine days. She brings it cargo of barley which, If no market can be found for it here, w'ill lid taken to another port. Captain Shepherds Wild will be I‘ecolleetdd &s n&ving brought the Hokulele here in July last, reports of his passage as follows Left San Francisco on September 10. Had fresh breeze from W.N.W. for two days, then light N.E. winds until sighting Oahu, fourteen days from San Francisco. Left Honolulu same day witii light trade winds, and sontinued with them until reaching lat. 9° N. The Chocola is a French-built vessel, five years old, classed A 1 for twelve years at Lloyds. She now carries the Hawaiian flag, being owned by Mr. P. C. Jones, of Honolulu. It is not unlikely that she may be sold here with her cargo, as was the case, with the Hokulele. - Auckland Star, November 10. The Kennf.dv. — The s.s. Kennedy went ashore at the Grey on Thursday last, while entering the river. She now lies about 100 feet north of the flagstaff on the north beach and will requite to be launched some considerable distance. Messrs. N. Edwards and Co. ftre making every Preparation for doing so, and their Superintendent Engineer, Mr. A. Brown, proceeds to tile Grey by the Wallace; in order to undertake the launch. —Nelson Colonist, November 11. The Return of the Gooden Crown.— Mr. AY. Lodder manager to the A.S.P. Co., lias furnished us with a most satisfactory explanation of the above vessel’s return to Auckland. The largo quantity of coal on board the Crown had the effect of sinking her aft, about twenty inches deeper than she has ever been before. Tiie rudder case appears to have shrunk away from the sternpost in the part that has not been before submerged, the consequence being that the water forced itself into the rudder case and thence into the after part of the Vessel, which at no time Was making more than two inches of water per hour. That portion of the coal which is stowed aft is now being removed, in order to get at the leak, and as soon as it is stopped the vessel will again proceed to sea. It is expected that she will be quite ready by Saturday next.— Southern Cross, November 13. The Accident to the Steamer Easby.—The steamer Easby was docked yesterday, but owing to the difficulty experienced in steadying her on the blocks, it was late last evening before the water was all pumped out of the dock. The damage she lias sustained was more serious than first anticipated. She evidently took the ground fore-and-aft on AYaipxpapa Point. Close to her fore-foot the plates are slightly started from the keel, and just forwards of her midship section the keel for about six feet along is forced upwards out of the right lino by some six inches. A butt there is slightly started. Her bottom plates are dented in many places, but not so as to affect her stability in the slightest degree. Her worst damage is aft, between the stern-post and rudderpost, and there the keel— a massive piece of iron nine Inches by seven inches—is broken right through at about the centre of the screw aperture, and again close to the stern-post it is broken nearly through. This breakage can, however, be made sound enough for all practical purposes by the application of a substantial shoe. The other damaged plates can he very easily repaired. "Whilst the Easby is in dock this time her rudder is to be unshipped for the purpose of being made larger—a very necessary alteration indeed, as it is much too small to, as is needful, readily affect the movements of the Easby’s huge hull. It is somewhat surprising that the break in the Easby’s keel aft should have escaped the notice of the diver when her bottom was examined last trip.— Ibid Shir Ocean Mail.— The fire iron clipper ship Ocean Mail,under command of Captain Janies Watson, arrived off the Lighthouse on Saturday afternoon last, after a splendid run of 7S days from Gravesend, being the quickest run oh record. She brings about 400 immigrants 240 of whom are for Nelson, and the remainder for Westland and Marlborough. She brings only 20 tons of cargo for Nelson, tlie remainder being for the Bluff whither she will proceed about Thursday or Friday The steamer Murray tendered her yesterday morning at six o’clock, bringing about two-thirds of the immigrants ashore, going off in the afternoon and bringing the remainder ashore. We are indebted to the chief officer for the following extract from the logbook ■ Left Gravesend on Tuesday, August IS, lauding tlie pilot on the 20tli, passing Start Point at G p.m. same day, and taking final leave of tlie land at midnight. Had fine weather with southerly' winds the first part of the voyage ; got the N.E. trades off the Island of Madeira, on August 28, which continued until September 5, when lost wind in lat. 14° 10' N , long °s° 3(l' W : then had baffling winds, crossing the Equator on the afternoon of Wednesday. September 16 in long 26° 56' AY. On Tuesday, September IS, was ten miles off the town of Pernambuco, passing several fishing boats : tacked ship to tlie eastward ; next day was off the town of Maceio ; got S.E. trades same day, losing them on September 24 in lat. 25° 32' S. long. 35° AY. Passed Gough’s Island on Tuesday, October 1 thirteen miles off ; crossed the meridian of Greenwich in lat. 40° IS' S„ long. 0° 58' AY.: had fine weather to Cape of Good Hope, which was passed on October 7 ; ran the easting down between 42 and 48 , the wind prevailing from N. to AY., first part fine, latter part stormy. Passed Cape ueuwin on October 28 in lat. 47° 46' S.. long. 122° 40' E. ; sighted Cape Pc’dro Blanca on November 1, in lat. 43° 5'S., long. 147° 45' E From thence had terrific weather, and on November 2nd experienced a terrific gale from the north Vt la. 111. on November 3rd a heavy squall struck the ship, breaking the cargo adrift in lower hold, and springing the lieel of tlie maintopmast; a heavy cross sea running, causing the vessel to ship large quantities of water. Sighted Cajie Farewell at 4 a m on November 7. arriving off the Boulder Bank at 2 p.m. same day. The longest distance logged m one day was 301 miles, the whole distance sailed being 14 SOO miles ’ The Ocean Mail is undoubtedly tlie finest specimen of naval architecture that lias ever visited Nelson. This is tlie second time she has paid a visit to New Zealand, her previous voyage having been to AVellington. which was accomplished in i i davs.— Nelson Mail, November IQ,

New Schooner.- —Messrs. Sims and Brown have received from Air. G. AA r . Binney, on account of Messrs. Andersop and MoWatt, millers, of Dunedin, an order to build a double topsail schooner of aboiit eighty tons register for the coast trade. The. Vessel is to be ready for launching by the middle of Febriiaiv. Her dimensions are to be as follow Length. 80ft. ; beam, 20ft. ; depth of hold, Sft. Messrs. Sims and Brown have already laid tlie keel at their yard, at the North Shore.—Auckland Star, November 10. Ship Burned at Sea. —The Cape Argus of September 10 contains the following:—“ Considerable excitement was caused shortly before sundown yesterday, when a communication was made down from the signal-hill that a ship’s boat full of passengers was standing into the bay. About six o’clock the steamer Gnu put off with the view of rendering assistance, and it was learnt that the Oliver Cromwell, with coals, from Newcastle to Aden, had been destroyed by fire on Sunday, the 30th ult. The lire seems to have broken out in some unaccountable way, and battled all attempts at extinction. The only hope. was to escape in one of the ship’s boats, and, after a nine days perilous voyage, Table Bay was made; It is satisfac* tory to learn that no lives were lost.” _ Launch at Tologa Bay. —lt gives us unfeigned pleasure to record a most successful launch of Captain Ttimmer’s schooner Advance, at Tologa Bay, on Thursday last. She now rides at anchor in the river, and will be ready for sea in about a fortnight. No damage was done to her through the recent accident, which was caused from no fault whatever of the builder, Air. Thompson, whose unwearied efforts have been a theme of general comment ; and we congratulate both him and tlie spirited owner on tlie success which has so far attended their efforts. The Advance is 00 tons measurement, with an overall length of 72ft. ; keel, 65ft. ; beam, 20ft. ; depth of hcild, (Sft. Gin. ; w'ith a carrying capacity of 110 tons, drawing only Oft. Gill; its 1 it full ship. She lias a flushed, roomy deck, with a fletU, comfortable cabin, although not intended to carry passengers ; is Copperfastened throughout, and most faithfully built with heart of kauri, rimu, and kowhai. The Advance is' built on the “ centreboard” principle, and will be rigged as a topsail schooner. She is a fine handylooking craft, with good “lines,” according to the opinions of those who have seen her in the water, and, altogether, a great credit to all concerned in her building and fitting. AVe wish her success in the trade in which she will shortly be engaged.— Poverty Bay Standard, Nov. 7. The Brigantine Helena. —The Helena, a handsome brigantine, not inaptly named, her appearance being decidedly prepossessing, came in from AYangapoa yesterday afternoon, with a cargo of kauri timber consigned to order. She is an Auckland built vessel, hails from that port, and carries a great spread of canvas. That she is anything but a sluggard . whilst undef wily has received sufficient demonstration by her time —seven days from AA'angapoa, of which she lost twenty-four hours in a heavy N.AV. gale in the neck of Cook Strait. She left the above port on the 4th instant, experienced variable winds until well up with Cape Palliser, when the wind went into N.AA r . and settled down to a hard blow. As she opened the Strait it increased to a furious gale, obliging her to come to the wind and lay there under storm canvas for twenty-four hours. As the gale moderated she squared away, passed Cape Campbell on Tuesday last, and from there to Banks Peninsula was hindered by light variable weather Off Banks she fell in with a light-nor’-easter, which brought her into port yesterday afternoon, and wind and tide being with her she passed on to Dunedin. —Daily Times, Nov. 14. The Torres Strait Mail Route. —AVe learn that, the E. find A. Co.'s R AI.S. Jeddah, which sailed from Moreton Bay for Singapore on September 19, experienced a heavy north-iVesterly gale for several days after leaving Cape Aloreton, against which she was at times only enabled to steam about six knots an hour during the passage to Cleveland Bay, and made the run from Townsville to Somerset in sixtynine hours, averaging over ten knots through the navigation of Torres Strait. It was, therefore, fully anticipated that tlie Jeddah would arrive at Singapore in due time to connect witii the homeward mail steamer, which may be chiefly attributed to the speedy passage of the strait, and affords another instance of the advantages which the E. and A. Co. possess in having a staff of pilots thoroughly conversant- with tlie navigation and intricacies of tlie several channels. Captain Peake, on this occasion, was the pilot in charge, and lie, on his return trip, has brought tlie Somerset down; but unfortunately the continued heavy weather experienced militated against a fast run through the strait being made.— The Queenslander. Trade in Hobson’s Bay. —There lias been a busy time of it in port during tlie past week, with British and foreign arrivals, and the question of pier accommodation could not have been mooted more opportunely. Not only are vessels doublebanked, to the detriment of rapid loading and discharging, but some have had to haul off into the stream, without completing their loading, to make room for fresh arrivals, the cargoes of which are urgently ivanted by impatient consignees, and even at present there are six ships waiting for berths, three of them with full cargoes, and three ready to take in cargo. A relief to this overcrowded state of the piers may be looked for when some of the wool ships which are at present loading have taken their departure, and of these the first to be ready w-ill be tlie Collingwood, Aliltiades, Loch Ard, Ilolmsdale, and Macduff. The completion of the new jetty at the Alfred Graving Dock has released the berth hitherto occupied by the mail steamers, and for the future the departure of the mail steamer will be from this pier, a line of rails having been laid down lirougli tlie dockyard for tlie conveyance of passengers and cargo. But wliat is one berth when there are so many claimants for it? tlie arrivals which have added so materially to the tonnage of the port during the past week were the Blackwall liner Tlie Lord AVarden, tlie Norna, the City of Aladrid, and the Peter borough (the latter a large new clipper), from London; and the Hippolyta and Eurynome from Liverpool. From New York there were the S. D. Carleton and Jas. S. Stone ; and from the Baltic there was the barque Uranos. Of sugar-laden vessels there were the Otago, from Mauritius ; the Star of the Alersey from 110 110 ; and tlie City cf Halifax and Solid, from Java; and of tea ships there are tlie James AA'ilson, which was telegraphed yesterday, from Foochow ; and the new Torres Strait mail steamer Somerset, which discharged over 7,000 packages. Two guano vessels, tlie Speedy and Delmira, arrived from Alalden Island, and tlie latter is transhipping her cargo into the Rodney. —The Argus, Oct. 26. Arrival of tiie Alay Queen. —This handsome little clipper ship put in her fifth appearance in these waters yesterday morning, after a fair passage of eightyfour days from London, and eiglitv-two days from land to land. This good time was made under adverse circumstances, so far as winds were concerned, exceedingly light weather being experienced from the Downs to the Line, whilst a spell of easterly weather was met with to tlie eastward of the Cape, and mate rially helped to retard the ship’s progress. In other respects the passage was favorably ordered, no bad weather worth mentioning having been met with. Tlie May Queen is still commanded by Capt. Tachell, and as she brought seventy-two passengers, a medical man, in the person of Dr. AA'ilkins, was appointed to guard them in a sanitary sense. They arrived in good health. Tlie ship is freighted on her own account by Alessrs. Shaw, Savill and Co., and is loaded to the combings with general merchandise. Tlie May Queen left Gravesend at 4, p.m. on the 19th August, passed the Downs next morning, and ran down Channeßwith light easterly winds, clearing the land on the 22nrl. Tlie meridian of the Cape was crossed on the 14th, in latitude 42. From the 26tli to the 4th inst., tlie May Queen was humbugged by singularly variable weather. The wind went round arid round the compass, and a very nasty cross sea ran. Indeed, the sea had been more or less cross from the time she passed the Cape, and kept so until she gained the lee of the New Zealand coast. On the 4th inst. she crossed the meridian of the Leuwin. and then fell in with a steady current of westerly winds which, blowing strongly, fetched her to within "sight of Stewart’s Island by 7 a. m. on Thursday. The wind still holding good, she ran the coast down that day, and shortly after darkness set in, hoveto for the night off Cape Saunders. On the 21st September, the "May Queen then being under tlie line, a large four-masted ship standing to tlie southward, was sighted. Her name was not ascertained. Death appeared on board on tlie 2Stlv when one of the saloon passengers, named Henry Chase Edmunds, aged thirty-four, died of acute mania and debility. A ‘ few days’ ilness only led up to his death.— Otago Daily Times, Sept. 14.

Another Steamer for the South. —AA'e are glad to hear that another handy steamer is about to be placed in the Southern trade by the enterprising firm of Messrs. Houghton and Co. Mr. E. Houghton is at present absent in AJctoria negotiating for tlie purchase of a suitable vessel, and we have heard that it is not improbable that tiie well-known Express, a smart boat running between Melbourne and Geelong, will be the one selected. She was to have been docked for inspection on tlie Ist of the month. —Otago Daily Times, Nov. 6. The AA'haling Barque Chance. —Captain Thomson, Government Marine Surveyor, examined the barque Chance on Thursday afternoon, and has reported concerning her to the Collector of Customs that tlie whole of the repairs ordered by the surveyors have been faithfully performed, and the barque supplied with two new full-length chain cables and anchors A certificate of seaworthiness for whaling purposes has been granted to her, but tlie certificate only alludes to herself and not to the number of hands she has on board, whether fully manned or otherwise. —Otago Daily Times, Nov. 7. The Malay barque ran into port with a favorable breeze, and anchored off the Long Pier shortly after seven o’clock yesterday morning. Captain Hill reports that he left AA'ellington on the 14tli instant, with a N.AA r . ivind, which continued for the first twenty-four hours. Had a S.E. wind on the night of the loth instant, which lasted to the 17th instant, and afterwards S.AA r . up to 20tli, when it veered to the N.AA r ., and blew from that quarter for twenty-four hours. It chopped round to the westward and blew a gale, which continued to the 23rd. S.AAL wind was then experienced. Captain Hill reports that he saw whales twice, once about 100 miles off Cape Farewell, and once off the Tasmanian coast, on the 27th. The Malay will load here for AA'ellington, New Zealand. — Iloharton Tribune, October 30. Messrs. MoMeckan, Blackwood, and Co.’s steamer Otago, Captain John McLean, arrived on Monday, at 2 p.m., from Melbourne, Bluff, Port Chalmers, and Lyttelton, After waiting twenty-four hours beyond her advertised time of sailing, in order that the result of the race for the Melbourne Cup might be ascertained and conveyed to New Zealand, tlie Otago left the Sandridge Railway Pier at 8 p.m. on the sth instant, cleared Port Phillip Heads at 11 p.m., and passed Swan Island at S p.m. next day. Fresh westerly winds and fine weather prevailed until the Otago drew up towards the New Zealand Coast, when the wind hauled into S.E., and held there until she made the land at tlie Solander at S p.m. on the 10th. As what was deemed to be a signal fire was seen burning on the island, steam was eased, and a to ascertain the cause of the unwonted appearance. An explanation soon followed. A party of four sealers had been living on the island for four months, and had succeeded in taking no fewer than 500 seals. They were, however, running short of supplies, and desired that intimation of their whereabouts might be given at the Bluff, together with a request for early assistance. Tlie men were assured that their request should be complied with ; and having whipped her boat up, the Otago stood away on her course through the Strait, and arrived at the Bluff at daybreak on the 11th. Discharged a large cargo there, and left at 4 p.m.; had fresli westerly weather along the coast, and arrived at the Heads and stopped the engines at 3.30 a. m., and entered Port Chalmers at 6 a.m. on the 12th ; landed large cargo and 5S horses ; left at 4 p.m. on tlie 13th, arrived at Lyttelton at 11 a.m. on the 14tli, and left same night at S o’clock ; had beautiful weather and arrived here as above. The Otago lias a large number of passengers for AVellington. AV'e have to thank Mr. Eaton, purser, for favors.