PORT CHALMERS, DECEMBER 30. ARRIVALS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 323, 1 January 1863, Page 4

PORT CHALMERS, DECEMBER 30. ARRIVALS.

Santiago, ship, 431 tons, Hawson, from Melbourne Dec 20 ;• general cargo, 184 passengers. JJoy.se, Mudie and Co, agetit3. • / Duiiedin, barque, 208 tons, Dyson, from Melbourne Dee 20; gunciul cmsoj 01 passeugers. It-B. Martin and Co, agents. Tliatncs, cutter, Mossman, from Auckland; timber, ilasster, agent. Dbckmij:;u 31. Cecilia, bri-jr&ntine,.Blair, from Chatham Islands: live stock anil produce. .F. and D. Mr.ins, agents. Samuel ilpneltoii, ship, 7SI tons, Ctsttood, from Melbourne ; horses and cargo, 13 passengers. J. L. and C..Burke, agent*. Sarah M., ship. 1010 tons, Raisbeck, from London; general cargo, 140 passsngers. li. B. Martin and Co. agents. , | Gazelle, brig-, 260 tons. Tucker, from Wellington ; 134 head of cattle. Wright, Robertson, and Co, agents. . • Success, schooner, Sanders, from Stewarts Island. Bullock, agent, DEPARTURES. Torrent, ship, 674 tons, Carlton, for Newcastle. Remark, brifr, Duncan, for Wellington. Gitiiishee, barque, Birch, for Wellington. Deokmjjsk 81. Nor' Wester, ship, 1207 tons, Almy, for Melbourne; 10 passengers. A. 1.." Thomson and Co, agents. Gcelong, p.s., Boyd, for Oamaru ; goods and passengers. Cargill and Co, agents. . FASSENGEH LTST. Per Nor' Wester, for Melbourne—Mr Valiland; 9 in steerage. ■ . Per Samuel Appleton, from Melbourne—Messrs C. Garbia, J. Campbell, W. Weters, J. Williams, H. Plurastend, 12. Douce, 11. Boss, It. Douglass. Per Thames, from Auckland: Messrs J. Anderson. W. Sugarli"m, J. Pown, H. Howcroft, C. M'Dea, J, Caatello, W. ttradsbaw. EXI'KOTED ARRIVALS. From Loadou—Sir George Pol Jock, Empress of Ind.ii. i<rom Glasgow—Ben Lomond From Melbourne - Dublin, Willing Lass, Sebim, Olympia, Ellen Simpson, Sea -Breeze, From Fort Albert—Swordfish, H. S. Page From Sydney—Thnne < of Fife, Oregon, Harriet Armitage, Alfred,-Gratia, Acacia, Lion From Launceston —Creole, Lady Emma From Hobart Town—Bella Vista PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Aldingo, s.s., Melbourne, early. Witch of the Tees, for London, 15th inst. Chile, lor London, 20th inst. Alhambra, for Melbourne, early. Pride, for Invercargill, early. Courier, fur Riverton, early. Geelong. for Oamaru, on sth inst Jane Lockhart, for Sydney, 3rd inst. Prince Alfred, s.s., lor Bluff and Invercargill, 2nd inst. Princs Alfred, s.s., for Lyt'elton, Nelson .and Sydney, connecting with s.s. Airedale, for Wellington Picton, 'larauaki and Auckland, 7th inst. VESSELS IN PORT. Aboukir, ship, from Glasgow. ,> ; • Cincinnati, barque, from Newcastle. Chile, ship, from London. Scoresby, ship, from London. Prompt, schooner, from Stewart's Island. Stoim Cloud, ship, from Glasgow. ; Louisa, felucca, from Newcastle. Victoria, barque, from Geelong.' Yarrow, brig, from Wellington. Lombard, schooner, from Wellington. Pladda, ship, from Glasgow. Jane l.ockhart, schooner, from Sydney. Isabella, barque, from Hobart Town. Kwald, schooner, from Melbourne Union, brig, from Hobart Town. ilectra, barque, from Newcastle. Samuel Appleton, ship, from Melbourne. Santiago, ship, from Melbourne. Sanedio, barque, from Melbourno. ; Sarah M., ship, frou London. Gazelle, brig, from Wellington. Success, schooner, from Stewarts Island.

The American ship Santiago and the barque Dunediu arrived together to-day from Melbourne, having left Port Phillip on the 20th instant, liiey bring an aggregate of 278 passengers, the majority of ■whom are diggers from tbe up-country districts of Victoria." In addition they have boih some quantity of general cargo, which, in the case of the Dunediu, will be discharged at Dunedin Bay, where shs at once proceeded. - When-Jbey sailed, the steamer Golden Ace was at mfrlleads, bound for Port Otago. The harque Robert Passesaer sailed for this port on the 17tr>, and the >amuel Apnleton entered out on thesnmeday. The* Bruce.St. C»«ir. Aldwaliach,and Maori were on the berth, in add ition to those already noted ; and the arrai pements for the steamers were— Al.iinga, Dec -J. 3-, Allmrnbra. Dtc. tl; botlKnbui-g, D.c. 31; Gothenburg, J in. J. \^ The cutter Thames, irom Aucklanil, passed up ti». town in the forenoon. By licp we have copits>of the ocal papers^up to the 20tU iust. i

. The ship Sjmuol Applaton, trUli a freight of horsrs and other cjiw ar ived in port thi/ forenoon. TowcJdown from Melbourne on the 2Jth, and left the Heads on the 22nd. • Up to that time the City of Hoburt'and Aldingu haJ not arrivod. f Uxperieuceil very tine weather, and had no loss amnn,; her horses, which are now bsiug discharged. Uy tier we have Melbourne pappri up to the 2Jtb.

The ship Sarah M., fr-'m London, with 14-j pnsBengeiS ami 71 of the number sinyrle te.uilu<, tirnye ■ in the foronuuu. C.iptaiu iiuiobeoli r-jpovt-i having left London on th« 2ltli September, Gravesend on the 26th, aud the Downs on the 23th. Had contrary winds in the Channel, and left the Start on the 3rd of October. To the Liuu had favorable weather, crossing it on the Ist of November. Passed the meridian of Greenwich on the 21st Nov, and of the Cape.- Thence had strong westerly winds tiiL reaching the New Zealand coast, when light and baffling winds were experienced. Vessels spoken on the passage : —Switzerland, from Cnllno to Cork, in Lit. 5-5 N.find 27*23 \V. on the 29th November; Hallerman, from Cadiz to Rio; Harwich, from London to Adelaide, in 2'i S-, and 2987 \V.; Ualston, from London to Melbourne, in 43-16 S., aud_ 112T2 JJ. During the passage various sources of enjoynieut for the passengers were iastituted, and all arrived well and in good spirits. JVeither births nor deaths occurred during the passage, and the only chronic ca?e of sickness \v;i3 that of a young woman who suffered from mental affliction. The majority ot the number were conveyed to town in the afternoon by the Lady Barkly. The Gazelle brought to-day, from Wellington, 131 head of cattle, with the loss of only one. She left on the 27th, at 4 a in, on the same day the Indu9 Milled for Lyttclton, with stojk, and was seen by the Gsizjlle oh the following morning. By tli-s courtesy of Captain Tucker, we have complete Wellington "lilts up to the 27th.- '

The Cecilia from Chathnm Islands, arrived ouTucs day evening,bringing anuinberotpigs, fowls, and other produce of the IsianUs. Captain Ulair reportr having made good passages to and i'ro. .Reports no whalers. The schooner Success, from Stewart's Island, made a very quick run. Both discharge in town. The ship, Nor'-Wester, was towed out to-day by the Samson. Though ona>f the most popular passenger vessels between Melbourne and Otago, she only carries on this occasion 10 passengers. The ship Excellent; saile 1 from Melbourne on the 19th, for the Bluff, and the Time and Truth was entered out for the same destination on the same day.