Shipping News.

Otago Witness, Issue 376, 12 February 1859, Page 4

Shipping News.

EXTEUED INWARDS. Feb. 4— Spec, 20 tons, Simpson, from Taieri River, with 28 bales wool, and 2 K) bushels oats. Feb. 7— Oberon, M tons, Smith, from Oamaru, with 12 bales wool, and 1 keg butter. Feb. 9—Robertina, 213 tons, Davis, from Sydney, with 10 casks, 10 cases bottled beer, 1 case grindery, l^kcgs nails, 3 pkgs. glassware, 1 cask and 1 case ironmongery, 3 cases coft'ee, 1 case hams I do. raisins, 50 bags and 30 casks flour, 1 | bale tweeds-, I bundle zinc, 1 cask and 2 cases axes, 2 parcels and 1 cask hardware, 1 bundle wire, 2 boxes tin plates, 10 boxes candles, 100 bars and 10 bundles iron, 130 tons coal, 40 cases Geneva, 1G qr.-casks wine, 20 chests, 40 half-chests, and SO boxes tea, 930 bigs raw sugar, 22 do. lefined do. Passengers — Messrs. Thompson and Putello. Feb. 10 — Queen, s. s., 132 tons, Wilson, from Melbourne via Invereargill, with I ease and 1 truss (I i apery, 47 bags and 292 pkgs. flour, 1 dray, 1 spring cart, 101 rolls felt, 1 plough, 4 bales woolpacks, 50 bags salt, 810 feet wiie rope, 100 kegs nails, 80 do. white lead, 1 brick machine, I case drugs, 2 sets huness, 9 cases coflee, 1002 feet ridging, I lihd. oil, 1 pkg. soap, 50 cases beer, 6" bafes sacks, 2 cases habeidashery, I do. isinglass, 80 ps. ridging, I package nails. Passengers— Cabin : G, Heppel, A. Evans, E. Evans and child, J. Gleson, F. Greer, Mrs. Barrington. Steerage: IL Bloomer, N. M'Gee, J. Robinson, J. Law.son, and J. Wilson. Feb. 10— Oriental, Macey, from London, with 8 puncheons whisKy, 8 cases Biitish manufactures, ! pkg. furniture, besides a full eaigo for Canteiburv. Passengers— John and Duncan Maines, F.Golding, Harriett, Mary, Jticha-d, and Edwaid Bell. Feb. 10 — Comet, 92 tons, Cork, from Newcastle, with 790 sheep, 40 tons coals, 4 pkgs. saddlery, 1 horse. \ CT,E VRLD OUT. Feb. s—Armin, 6'2le tons, Sommer, for Sydney, with 29 cases brandy, 2 boxes tea, 250 bushels oats, 1 box. Passengeis— Messrs. Fry and Wills. Feb. s— Pirate, s. s., 280 tons, Robertson, for Melbourne, via Invercargill, with 253 bags wheat, 310 bales wool, 51 bags grass seed, 51 bags oats, .37 bullock hides, 3 bigs horns, I ca-:e drapery. For Invercaigill— 7 pkgs. app.nel, I saddle, 1 crate crockeiy, a boxes candles, 2 cases bottled fiuits, ] crate hardwaie, 10 bags flour. Passengeis for Melbourne— Cabin .- Messis. A. Lyle, Stewart, T. Ringston, Learmomh, and Fenwick ; Mr. and Mrs. G. Duncan ; Captains Robertson and J.unieson. Steerage: 11. Smail and T. flinigan. For Invercargill — D. M'Donald, A. M'Naughton, D. Marshall, W. Pateison. Cabin : Mr. Harvey, S. Haivey. Feb. 4— Cosmopolite, 143 tons, Lewis, for Hobart Town, with 2 cases boots. Feb. 9— Ann Jane, 38 tons, Thompson, for Waikouaiti and Moeraki, with stores for settlers. VKSSKLS IN PORT, Gloucester, ship, 591, Hiatt, loading with wool for Londoiu Thomas and Henry, brig, 234, Paton, bound for the Mamitiiis. Robertina, brig, 213, Davis, bound for Sydney. Comet, schooner, 92, Cork, from Newcastle. Queen, s. s., IS2, Wilson, bound for Lyttelton and Wellington. Oriental, ship, Macey, fiom London. William Hyde, baique, 600, Galbraith, (hull;). James Daly, schooner, 45, (hulk). The " Queen " steamer sailed from the Bluff on ( the 12th January, and ai rived at Melbourne after a boisterous passage of seven'dajs. During a heavy j gale she washed in her bulwaiks forwaid; but' neveitheless pioved heisoH, as usual, a perfect seaboat. The " Queen " lelt Melbourne on the 27th January, and anived at New Jtiver on the 2nd February, after a good passage of six days with fine weathei ; but she tvas detained in the New River until Wednesday morning last, in consequence of the continued heavy gale fiom the south nest, making 'the bar impassable. Captain Wilson leporfs having seen two whale ships in company, causing 00 miles off West Cape. Left the " Star" schooner in the New River; also the "North; Stai," stranded at the Maori pah, having dragged both anchors during tbe heavy gale of Tuesday night. The "Geelong" was lying at the Ululf '

| when the "Queen" landed her pilot ; she passed the •' Pirate l ' steamer off the Mataura at 9 am on Wednesday, arriving at Otago Heads at 1 i p in , wheie she anchored, and came up the Harbour yesterday morning. Captain Wilson reports that he was in time to save the homewaid mail, and the || Boomerang" having left before the arrival of the "Oneida," he had an interview with Dr. Evans postmaster-general of Victoria, and requested him j to send on the English mails per " Queen," and I up to the last moment expected them on board ; | but having called at the post office a second time I without effect, he thought it useless to wait any j longer. — Colonist. j Steamer " Queen."— We understand that the steamer " Queen " is to proceed to Canterbury and Wellington on Wednesday next, on a kind of excursion trip, a considerable reduction being made in the fare upon taking a return ticket. The stay I at Wellington is to be short, the " Queen" returning in the couise of the week— affording an opportunity to those who are disposed to Visit the neighbouring Provinces, of doing so with little loss of time. The " Oriental " arrived at the Heads on Wednesday morning, having left the Downs on the Ist JNovember. The greater portion of her cargo and passengeis are for Canterbury. We regret to learn that one of the apprentices fell from the royal yard into the sea, and was drowned. The " Robertina" arrived in this port on Wednesday, from Syney via Wellington ; and the " Comet," from Sydney via Newcastle, with sheep, arrived on Thursday morning. The "Eclipse" left the Dowm for Nelson on the 7th November. The "Lochnagar" and the "Excelsior" were loading for Auckland, the "Mystery" for Canteibury, the " Acasta" and " Mariner" for Nelson, the " Tamora" for Otafro and the "Alfred the Great" for Wellington ; all at the poit of London. The Airedale is to sail for Canterbury in a few weeks. She is the fourth steamer for the NewZealand postal service. She has just arrived from the Mediterranean, where she has been engaged as a yacht by Lord Cardigan. She is represented as having great speed and power, and will be a fitting companion to the three pioneers— Lord Ashley, Loid Worsiey, and Prince Allied, which have already sailed for the same service. Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. will despatch their steam clipper Great Britain from Liverpool for Melbourne on the 20th of November; to be followed by the Eagle, which will sail from Liverpool on the Uth of December. The Palmyra, Capt. Tierney, from Sydney July 13,-with a full cargo of wool, tallow, and hides, anived on Nov. I off Plymouth, for London. She rounded Cape Horn August '2S, and crossed the line, September 15. On Nov. 2, she was obliged to put back to the Sound, damaged in her bows, having been in collision late on previous evening off Portland. She was under single-ieefcd topsails, fore-course, main-course, with a reef, spanker jib, and maintopsail, steering north by east, the wind blowing stron« from east, by north. At the same' moment the barque Ellen Morrison, Captain Irving, 373 tons register, was under double-reefed topsails, with whole courses, fore and main jib, foretopmast staysail, and main staysail, lying to the east by south. It was the Captain's waich, and the light on the bowsprit end having been blown out by the wind the lantern was taken in, trimmed, and then exhibited over the bows by the lookout man, who saw a strange sail and called to the captain who went forward and said it was all right. The, first stroke carried away the barque's bowsprit, and the second time the Palmyra's stem ran into the barque's starboard bow. Captain Irving ordered all hands on board the ship. While calling for the carpenter the vessels sepaiated, and he hailed for a boat, but the weather was too boisterous and the night too dark to risk it.