SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Colonist, Volume XVII, Issue 1865, 21 January 1875, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

High Wateb at Nelson. a.m p.m. ; Thursday, January 21 ... 8P34 9*lo " Friday, „ 22 ... 9-50 10*26 . Saturday, „ 23 ... 10-50 11-10 WISHED INWABDB. January 19—Planet, cutter, 12, Thorne, from Motueka. . 19—1 iady Barkly, ps, 30, Walker, from Motueka. 20—Wellington, ss> 262, Carey, from Picton and South. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Allen, Miss Hartmatin, Mr and Mrs M'Gill and family, Mr and Mrs Bettany, Mrs Richards, Misses; Haynes,(2), Miss Holinden, M.iss Gibbs, Mrs Gorrie and child, Mr Smith an.d family, Messrs Say well, Blundell, Yates Bettany, and Mustor tScaife. ' 20 —Albion, as, 591, Undevwood, from South and Melbourne. Passengers — Mrs Bake well and 3 children, Mrs Costello, Msssrs Fletcher, Jackson, and Grant. , 20—Charles Edward, pB, 89, Whitwell, from Westport,',&c. OLEABED OUTWABm January 19—Planet, cutter, 12, Thorne, foj Motueka. " 19—Midge, cutter, 16, Eure, for Waitapu. 19—Lady Barkly, ps, 30, Walker, for Motueka. 20—Murray, ss, 78, Palmer, for Westnort, &c. 20—Albion, ss, 591, Underwood, for West Coast and Melbourne. VESSELS IN POET. Charles Edward, from West-Coast Kennedy, from West Coast, repairing W. E. Gladstone, barque, from London EXPECTED ABBITALS. Lady Barkly, from Collingwood, &c, to-day Phoabe, from Taranaki and Manukau, Jan. 23 Alhambra, from West Coast and Melbourne, January 23 Wallace, from West Coast, January 24 Ladybird, from South, January 24 Murray, from West Coast, January 26 Wellington, sb., from Taranaki and Manukau, January 28. Lyttelton, ps, from Blenheim Michael Angelo, ship, from London PBOJEOTED DBPABTTTBES. Phoebe, for South, January 23 Charles Edward, for West Coast, January 23 Alhambra, for South and Melbourne, Jan. 23 Ladybird, ss., for Taranaki and Manukau January 25 Wellington, for South, January 28 Lyttelton, ps, for Blenheim, early IMPOSTS. Ex Wellington, from Picton and South: 11 boxeß, N. Edwards &Co ; 52 pkgs, Buxton & Co; 11 pkgs, Levien; 5 pkgs, Akersten ; 1- pkg, Darby; 1 pkg, West; 5 pkgs, Sclanders & Co; 1 pkg, Cross; 2j" pkgs, Bonnington ; 1 pkg, Goulstone; 1 pkg, Scott f 1 pkg, Moss; 2 pkgs, Myers; 2 pkgs, Hounsellj Im, bale, Colonist Office ; 5 pkgs, Lightband ; f|Jpkgs, Telegraph Department ; 1 pkg, Nationals" Bank; 1 pkg, Nicholson; 1 pkg, Smith; lOpkgs,;Daly ; and 41 pkgs for transhipment to West Coast, | Ex Albion, from South and Melbourne ; 64 bags, g Sedgwick j 2 pkge, H. Hounsell; 1 pkg, J. Hounsell; 1 pkg, Jaokson ; 5 cases, Sclanders & Co. EXPOBTS. Per Albion, for Melbourne : 36 cases hides, Sedgwick & Gowland. Per Murray, for Westport, &c : 395 pkgs, Edwards &Co ; 1 pkg, Wilkins; 74 pkgs, Buchholz; 54 pkgs, Burrell; 12 pkgs, Langford ; 9 pkgs, Mikkelson; 6 pkgs, Augarde; 5 pkgs, Lightband; 2 pkgs, Sedgwick ; 2 pkgs, Sharp & Co ; 2000 bricks, 15 sacks lime, Lukins ; 12 pkgs, Jones ; 37 pkgs, Pickard j fi pkgs, Drane; 16 pkga, Patterson ; 6 pkgs, Jones; 1 pkg, Cooksey; 19 pkgs, Cawthron ; 12 pkgs/ Madigan ; 20 pkgs, Anchor Foundry ; 1 pkg, Ferrers; 8 pkgs, Chant; 1 pkg, Jaokson; 1 pkg, White; 1 pkg, Vicars ; 21 pkgs, Myers ; 28 pkgs, Alexander j 1 pkg, Bliok ; 3 pkgs, Buxton & Co.

The Alhambra..ftom'JVtoU>o«rnejs/)*">-«<r-JSbkitllc to-night, and here to-morrow night or early oi Saturday. • She is announced to leave on Saturda; for Southern Ports, and after leaving the Bluff sh will call at Milford Sound, where she will remai a sufficient length of time to enable her passengeri t view the beautiful scenery of that locality.

The Albion arrived in harbor at 530 a.m jeßtei day, from Melbourne and South* Sfe l«ffc by tl same tide for West Coast and Melbourne.

The Wallace leaves JETok'itika this morning, fc Greymouth, Weotgort, and Nelson, and will be di here on Sunday morning.

The's.s Wellington, from Southern Porte, bringS ing the English mail, transhipped from the b.i|£| Albion, arrived in harbor at 6 a.m yesterday. Captaiigl Carey reports leaving Dunedin on the 16th, ,Lyttel||| ton on the 17th, Wellington on the 19th, and Pictoift* same day, arriving as above. She had a large numKg ber of passengers for Nelson and Northern Portifil (including tha prize-firing representative*), on hoardlS She left for Northern Ports at 6 p.m. ■ §i The Phoebe leaves the Manukau to-day for NeV, rw| Plymouth, and will be due here onjSaturday morning 1 She leaves at 9 a.m on that day for Picton and ' f South, instead of on Friday, as previously advertised >V V The Charles Edward arrived ia harbor at 4 p.m «■' yesterday, from Wesc Coast ports. ,*Hj The Murray left yesterday for her usual roaiTd ofjf'§ West Coast ports. * The ship Chili left Port Underwood, on Sunday^! last, for London. She had two passengers—Messri1,"*! Rowell, and Varley—and the following cargo:—l77l ' "' bales wool, 12 bales skin?, 9 bales basils, 1 box gold, ' ' 90 bales flax, N. Edwards and Co ; 86 bales wool,' Seymour; 36 bales wool, Dillon; 83 bales wool, 3S B. Green; 20 bales wool, T. Eedwood ; 14 balei wool, Mabin; 10 bales wool, C. Bedwood; 8 :bale£ wool, Hodson 5 143 bales wool, Fell Brothers; i r jf bales wool, Wyvill; 211 bales wool, P. R. M'Kae, \' ' 6 bales wool, Greer; 464 bales wool, 4 bales skins, p|L Beaumont; 48 bales wool, 7 bales skins, Eayner]||| 104 bales wool, A. J. Eichmond ; 197 bates wool, I| Sclanders and Co; 166 bales wool, Eenwick; 1 balegt skins, H. H. Stafford; 1 bale skins, P. Dillon. is Mb. John Anpebson, lately id the pilot service #/ of Wellington, has been appointsd chief officer of i$ the ss Taranaki. ■ n Messes. N. Edwabds and Co, of Nelson, have w resolved to supply the means of regular communioa- jj% tion by steam between Blenheim and Wellington, n\ It is intended to run the -Lyttelton from Nelson to kj Blenheim and thence to Wellington, returning t» |L Blenheim thence to Nelson "again. Kg The W. E. Q-ladstone will compete discharging!! her cargo this week. She has 1 landed it km x splendid condition. . % A tobpedo was caught a few days ago in Port || Levy, near Lyttelton, It is estimated to weigh 80 sj. to lOOlbs. The man who caught it received several ft powerful shocks from the fish. &\ We have been informed (says the South Canter- ' &£ Iwy Times) that on Saturday evening, a cask of coal *| tar and a ship's boat were observed in the sea, 8 || short distance from Messrs Allan and Stnmbles1 B camp at Pighuuting Creek, three miles to the. south Hi of Timan(. The men secured the cask of tar, but I were unable to obtain possession of the boat. They | looked for it on the following morning, but could see no signs of it. Thb Melbourne Argus of December 30th, says that [j Captain Simpson, a passenger by the Eliza Firth, from New Zealand, was admitted to the Melbourne HoJ- I pital, haying sustained a fracture of the leg. He 1 waa pulling on a tackle, when the '■ope broke, and ht || fell heavily on the deck. :m It is reported that the steamer Go-ahead, recently m purchased by Mr. W. Bayly, of Taranaki, has been m sold, and will be employed in the Fiji trade at the || end of this month. , ■ si Laukches.—On November 14, Messrs Connell « S Co, Patrick, launohed'the Loch Eck, an iron ship 01 g 1700 tons. Her dimensions are :—254 feet 4 inches ||| by 38 feet 1 inch by 23 feet 7fc inches.—On Noveffi-« ber 10, Messrs Cunliffe & Dunlop, of Port Glasgow. H launched a twin-ecrow steamer of 800 tons, named ■< the Fiona, of the following dimensions:—2oo feet by ■ 28 foet,: by 16^ feot deep.—On November 23, Messrs ■ Caird & Co, Greenock, launched a ship named the ■ Blair Drummond. The tollowing are hn dimensioDi: ■ Length, 240 feet; breadth, 37 foet 4 inches; depth ■

of hold, 22 feet 4. inches; gross tonnage, 1500 tons". The two sailing vessels are intended for the trade between London and Melbourne, and the steamer is built to the order of the Sugar Eefining Company of Sydney, and is intended for the coastal trade of Australia. The sea serpent (aays the Melbourne Argus) has again made its appearance, it having been seen by those on board the ship Carlisle Castle,' during the voyage from London to that port. The head,and about 6 feet of the body, were out of the water, and were distinctly visible. The head is described as like that of an immense snake. The length of the reptile could not be distinctly ascertained, but it was considerable.

It is stated that, two Clyde shipbuilding firms have entered into contracts with the English Governmen tto build two new iron clads warships, the Nelson and the Northampton, of 5000 tons each.

The ship Timaru, whiuh sailed from Newcastle, N.S.W, for San Francisco, on the 29th May last, has not since been heard of.

The ss Great Britain, from Melbourne, and the Mysore, for Calcutta, were in collision on November 19, in the Sloyne. The Mysore had bulwarks on the starboard side and two boats carried away, mizenmast damaged, loss of anchor and 60 fathoms of chain; the Great Britain had hull damaged, jibboom and headgear carried away, and loss of anchor and 120 fathoms of chain.

Two lifeboats are now on their way to New Zealand. They are despatched by the National Lifeboat Association, and are said to be intended for Napier.