Shipping News.

Colonist, Issue II, 8 December 1857, Page 2

Shipping News.

' ARRIVALS. Dec. 4th.>-^Nicr6mancer ) 20 tons, Cribb, from the Waitap. ; v ' Dec. 4.~^Supply, 26 tons, Walker, from Collingwood. ;"'.■■■ Dec, s.—Elizabeth, 12 toils, Fraizer, from Collingwood iii ballast. ' Dei! 5.^-Australian Maid, It tons, Hooper, from Massacro 13ay,'with 1 passenger and 20 tons coals, December s.—Tasmanian Maid, steamer, 92* Whitwell, from Collingwood and Motueka. 37 passengers. Dec. 7.—Mary, 20 tons, Keewan, from Queen Charlotte Sound, in ballast—l 6 passengers. Dec. 7-.—Ariel, schooner, 139 tons, Eves-, from Melbourne the 27th ulfc. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. Francis, Mr. and Mrs. Cox, Miss Seymour, Messrs, Bertram, James, Fawcett, and 35 in the steerage. DEPARTURES. Doc. s.—General Wool, barque, 171 tons, Tonner, for Melbourne. Passengers: Miss Beatson, Dr. Rule, Miss Rule, Messrs. Crombee, Murray, Cornwall, Marks, Fitzgerald, and 30 hi the steerage. Dec. 7.—Cheetah, schooner, 131 tons, Joyce, for Wellington. Passenger—Master Joyce. Dec. 7.—Tasmanian Maid, Bteamer, 92 tons, Whitwell, for Collingwood. IMPORTS. : Per Necromancer, from the Waitap: 5 casks oil, 10 empty 'casks, 1 keg butter, 30 ounces gold, 400 bricks, N. Z.produce. . ■ ... Per Supply, from Collingwood: 4 cases brandy,.2 casks ale, 6 empty casks,, 165 ounces of gold, also the Auckland and Sydney mail. Per Ariel, from Melbourne: 3 cases and 1 trunk boots and shoes, 40 cases bottled beer, oi'der; 2 cases vestas, 4 fire annihilators, 1 cask do., J. E. Nathan. 2 cases, A Barnes. EXPORTS. Per Cheetah, for Wellington: 10 bags coffee, 10 chests, 26 half chests Congou China, 1 parcel, 4 cases, 3 packages drapery, 2 bales leather, 1 case machinery, 1 case machine brushes, 7 bags pepper, 1' case jewellery, 50 bags, 200 ditto flour, 4 boxes picks, 1 parcel books, 166 cedar boards, 2 packages ironmongery, 56 tons coals, 100 bags flour, 1 do. pepper, 1 bale leather, -2 cases haberdashery, 1 do. apparel, 2 cases sundries, 1 tickets,' 6 cases ironmongery, 1 case mer- ■ chandise, 5 packages fire annihilators, 1 case containing 2 pea fewls. .Per General Wool, for Melbourne: 78 bundles Bhovels, 1 case ironmongery, 28.bags flour, 3 bells, 12 cases picks, 1 case tinware, original cargo from Melbourne: 17 kegs butter. 2 boxes gold (823^ ozs.), 1 bale blankets, 1 ditto drill, 40 cases Geneva, shipped at Nelson; 1 case shovels, 1 case axehandles, 2 ditto pick ditto, 1 ditto sluicing forks, 1 ditto adzes and handles, 1 hdd., camp kettles, 24 bundles shovels, 4 ditto pails, 2 cases nails, 1 bale senna leaves, 1 bundle adzehandles.

[advertisement.] SCHOONER'ARIEL.' Dear Sir,—We the undersigned cabin passengers by the schooner Ariel from Melbourne to Nelson, beg on this the conclusion of our voyage to tender you outmost cordial thanks for the great kindness we have experienced at your hands on our passage from Melbourne to Nelson. We feel it to be due to you to express our appreciation of the gentlemanly conduct, the sound nautical knowledge, and also the desire to minister to the comfort of those brought'into contact with you, manifested during the whole of the voyhge from Melbourne to this port. In taking our final leave of you, we beg to offer you our sincere wishes for your future happiness, and for your success in the vocation you seem so well fitted for. J. E. Nathan Mrs. Nathan Francis Lee Mrs. Lee R. H. Cox Mrs. Cox To Captain Thos. Evans.

Four other vessels are expected in a few days from Melbourne with passengers. . ■*. , The Ariel arrived in port yesterday morning, after a splendid run from Melbourne in ten days. She brings nearly 50 passengers.