Shipping News.

Otago Witness, Issue 324, 13 February 1858, Page 4

Shipping News.

ARRIVED. February 9, Robert Henderson, 550 tons, Cubitt, from Greenock. Passengers— Mr. and Mrs. T. Andrew, and 3 children ; Mr. and Mrs. D. Bruce, James, Emily, and Jane Bruce, and 3 children; Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce ; Mr. and Mrs. P. Bryce, and 3 children ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Crawford and 2 children ; Mr. and Mrs. Chapman ; Mr. and Mrs. A. Chalmers, Robert Chalmers, and 6 children; Mr. and Mrs. R. Chalmers, Robert, David, Thomas, and EUpeth Chalmers, and 3 children; 'Mr. and. Mrs. M. Campbell ; Mr. and Mrs. A. Caliander, J. and W. Caliander, and 2 children ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Dow, and 2 children ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Stewart, and 1 child ; Mr. and Mrs. A. Ford, and 4 children ; Mr. and Mrs. G. Ford, and 4 children ; Mr. and Mra. D. Hagart, Isabel, Janet, Jean, and Peter Hagart, and 4 children ; Mr. and Mrs. S. Heriot ; Mr. and Mrs. J. King, and 4 children ; Mr. and Mrs. D. Kay ; Mr. and Mrs. R. Lamb, and 1 child ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Lamond, Charles, Janet, Elspelh, and John Lamond, and 1 child ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Masser ; Mr. and Mrs A. Miller ; Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell, and 5 children ; Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell, and 1 child ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Muirhead, and 2 children ; Mr. and Mrs. T. M'Cormack, and 4 children ; Mr. and Mrs. P. M'Gregor, and 3 children ; Mr. and Mrs. F. M'lvor, and 2 children ; Mr. and Mrs. D. M'Kenzie, and 5 children ; Mr. and Mrs. A. M'Swan, and 2 children ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Petrie ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Petrie, and 1 child ; Mr. and Mrs. P. Robertson, Margaret Robertson, and 4 children ; Mr. and Mrs. A Russel, Margaret, Jane, John, Alexander, and Ann Russel, and 2 children ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Steel, and 1 child ; Mr. and Mrs. P. Weatherstone, Helen, David, and John AVeatherstone, and 1 child ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Weatherstone ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Younger; Mr. and Mrs. W. Reid, and 1 child; Mr. and Mrs. P. M'Liren, Margaret, Peter, and Jessie M'Laren ; Mr. and | Mrs. A. G. Allan, and 1 child; Mis>. Keith, Mrs. ; Gerrard, Mrs. M'Gower, Mrs. Miller, and Mrs. Strachan ; Misses Margaret and Elizabeth (2) Adam, Betty and Hel^n Dow, M. Ellice, J. Gray, E. Kelley, J. Leiteh, G. Lamond, S. Miller, J. Taylor, M. Murray, Isabella and M. C. Parkinson, J. Ross, A. Shiel, J. and B. Stewart, Henderson, C. M'Gower, M, Young; Messrs. W. Adam, J. Crawford, George, John, v Archibald, and Donald Cameron, John, James, Peter, and Alexander Dowe, C. R. Fell, J. Hunter, J. Keith, A. Kennedy, J. and D. Kelley, and 4 children, P. Leiteh, W. Hepburn, J. Lee, John (2), James, Robert, and Andrew Miller, A. M'Kenzir, W. Munro, Robert and John Murray, D. M'Callum, C. M'Donald, D. M'Gregor i R. Mitchell, D. Mackay, D. M'Niel, It. Parkinson, T. Reid, A. Robertson, W. Sanderson, D. Smith, J. Somerville, J. Stewart, J. Hood, A. M'lntyre, A. M'lntyre, jun., G. Mackay, F. Henderson, A. Byars, J r Inglis, G. Brown, J. M'lntosh, D. M'Gown, R. Melville, and A. Gerrard. The above includes 36 labourers, 23 servants, 22 ploughmen, 4 carpenters, 14 shepherds, 2 gardeners, 3 farm servants, 1 wheelwright. 1 butcher, 1 shoemaker, 1 blacksmith, 1 sawyer, 2 farmers, 1 teacher, 1 veterinary surgeon. February 11, Spec, 14 tons, Simpson, from Clutha i River, with 15 bales wool. CLEARED OUT. February 5, Swan, 149 tons, Anderson, for Port Cooper, with 9 cases drapery, 11 mats sugar, 2 chests and 4 half-chests tea, 82 tons coals. Passengers—Mr, and Mrs. Dunsford, 2 children, and servant, Mrs. Skelton and 4' children. February 11, Spec, 40 tons, Simpson, for Oamaru. with 1 boat. The Robert Henderson.— The handsome new Aberdeen clipper ship Robert Henderson, of 612 tons, has arrived at this port, and her model has excited much admiration among nautical men. On her passage to Clyde she displayed extraordinary sailing powers, and stiffness under canvas. She left Stromness on Wednesday the 7th inst. at 5 p.m., with' a strong easterly gale, and at 3 a.m. of next day, being unable to make out Scalpa Light, was hove to In the Minch Passage. The light was discovered at 4 a.m., the distance having thus been run at the rate of more than fourteen knots an hour. Notwithstanding the terrific weather she subsequently experienced, she made over fourteen knots an hour on diffeient occasions, and accomplished the passage from Stromness to Clyde in 48 hours. Her poop accommodation is exceedingly spacious for & vessel of her tonnage— the saloon being 50 feet long and 7 feet high— and is tastefully decorated and fitted for 20 passengers. She is furnished with Cunningham's patent reefing topsails, which have given her experienced commander great satisfaction, who was by their means enabled to carry on a next vessel with confidence. Her steering gpar, which is on the principle of a reverse screw, is a novelty in this quarter, and is at once efficient, simple, and economicdl. The Robert Henderson is commanded and partly owned by Captain W. J. Cubitt, well known at this port, and is intended for the ChiDa trade. She is about to go into the Graving Dock to be coppered, after which she will load for Dunedin, New Zealand, whence she will proceed to China.— Greenock Advertiser, Oct. 16. The fine new ship Robert Henderson, Captain Cubitt, with immigrants from the Clyde; arrived at Port Chalmers on the 9th inst., afier performing one of the quickest passages as yet upon record" having made it in 79 days from land to land. She took her final departure Nov. 12, and got the S.E. trades in lat, 32° north, which continued steady to B°. The S.E. trade winds were caught in 4° south and carried up to 25°, calms and variable winds intervening. Passed the long, of the Cape on the sth January, and had a continuance of strong and steady breezes until her arrival at the Snares,"which were reached on the 3rd February. Fogs and li^ht easteily winds prevented her from making the Harbour, and Captain Cubitt found it necessary to anchor at the entrance to the Waitaki on Sunday night ; but the weather clearing, he was enabled to enter the Heads at daylight on Tuesday morning. The passage altogether was a very successful one, and proved the qualities of the Robert Henderson as a good sailer and a quiet steady going ship. Built

upon the most approved plan, and fitted out with every convenience that could be suggested by her spirited owners, they have now the satisfaction of knowing that they possess a valuable ship, which has fully sustained the reputation of Aberdeen building ; and that she is commanded by a captain •whose steadiness and perseverance as a seaman, i and his urbanity as a gentieman, could noc be surIpassed, and have obtained for him the best wishes lof those who have been fortunate enough to sail •witjh him.— Colonist.