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Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1403, 3 February 1860, Page 2

The screw", steamer Wofiga Wvnga> Copt. Renner, from Ahuriri, arrived m. this harboiuy about two o'clock yesterday afternooti. -rShe sailed from Wellington on the 25th ult.,.a l t noon, arrived at Castle Point the next d*y, at. noon, landed the mail and one passenger, sailed, again for Napier, and arrived there' the following day.. Discharged cargo on Saturday, and finished taking, in cargo on Monday, and was reAdy to sail at noon, but being low tide, she grounded, until the following day. Left Napier at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, called at Castle Point the following day, landed cargo and took on board one passenger and the mail, and arrived at Wellington as above. v .She experienced strong: head winds both going .to, and coming from Napier. She Brings, five passengers and a full Viargo, consisting of 95. bales of wool, 1 ton flour, and 9 bundles sheep skins. After landing her passengers at the wharf, she proceeded alongside the Zeulandia and transhipped a portion of the wool. We understand thattho Wohga Wonga proceeds to Flat Point this day for a cargo of wool. The Wild Ducß.-~We have much pleasure in publishing the Testimonials presented by the passengers of the ship Wild Dtick to Captain Bishop^ which appear in another column. The voyage^ out is described by the passengers as being a very pleasant one indeed, and it must be very .gratifying to Captain Bishop, to. i(nd that his : klndnea and attention to them has been so Warmly appreciated. The first part .of the passage she experienced light winds and calms, being 39 days from the Lizard , to the . Equator, the. latter part haa been more than usually boisterous, and any thing but favourable for making a, quick passage* The Wild Dnck is spoken of as being an excellent sea boat, and by^such .of the passengers who have had experience in the matter, she ia described as the most comfortable ship they, have ever sailed in. She earned Gravely s latent sea. Water condensing and cooking apparatus which gives ample means for cooking for 250 people, making at the same time 150 gallons of purefresh -Water in 12 hours, with very little more coal than would be required for cooking alone. It has contributed very considerably, to the comfort of the passengars, as always more, than, sufficient water was made by the apparatus alone than was required for all purposes, and this water was always pre- • ferred to that usually Bupplied for the use of ships. One of the seamen, fell overboard soon after leaving Gravesend, whilst in tow of the steamer and was unfortunately ; . : drowned. This is the only casualty that has occurred during the voyage. There has been one birth, the wifo of 'Mi*. Evans (second cabin), of a son, and both mother and child are doing, well. Thirty of the passengers per the . Wild Duck were transhipped to the White Swan, on Wednesday last, and forwarded to Napier. The Wild Duck is advertised by Messrs. W. Bowler, :Sbh, & Co., to follow the Christopher JSewhm, and will positively aaU the latter part of March or the beginning of April. The Mermaid finished her loading for London . yesterday. It is but three weeks ago, or there- ( abouts, that we noticed the hoisting in of her first bale ; the last was run up to the yard-arm yesterday, with a salute from the ship's, guns and colours, and the cheers of €he crew. The despatch which this vessel has met with is highly eredi- • table to the energy of her charterers, Messrs. • Miles and Co., and to the perseverance of her officers and crew, by whose sole exertions the\ stowage has been completed, without aid from the; shore. No wool ship leaving our port has ■ ever met with such despatch. — Lyiteltoa Times^ The Ronttin Emparor, one of the line of i*rovincial Emigrant Ships,' arrived in harbour on Thursday, a little before midnight. She has had a lengthened passage of 117 days, having, left 1 Gravesend on the Ist of October. No incident of importance occurred on the voyage, and the passengers are landed in good condition.: The repoit of Mr. J. T. Rouse, surgeon superintendent of tho ship, shows that no sickness of consequence appeared on board, though a few eases of chron'o malady, and some of severe sea sickness, occupied his time fully. The births' on board were three, equal in number to the deaths ; one of the latter being of an adult, a single young woman, who was earned off by consumption of old standing. The matron, Mrs. Qualttough, lands we regret to say, in an extremely precarious stite.— lbid. The BosworlK) from London, arrived at Otago Heads on Wednesday morning, 25th ult., after a rather, lengthened passage, occasioned, by light winds and calms. There : - were about 50 passengers on board, who were landed well, No births or deaths occurred during , the . voyage j which we understand has been a >ery pleasant ori<o.~Ot<igo Witness, Jan, 27. . The brigantine Ariel, Captain White, left Hobson's Bay on Chrismas-day, cleared the heads next morning, and made some progress for the next two days, after which very heavy, easterly weather and a constant succession of gales were encountered which drove the vessel along way to the south* ward. On nearing this coast about a week ago, the wind increasedtn -fury and split four of the, sails ; the vessel laboured . very heavily, and the pumps were obliged to be kept pretty constantly at work. Altogether the passage ocoupied 24 days. The; Ariel has brought several' passengera, and a large cargo, including 10 horses and 60 tons of flour.— Examiner, Jail. 21. The brigantine Ariel arrived in this harbour on Tuesday last, from Nelson. She experienced very boisterous weather on the 'passage. -She lands 7 out of 10 horaea. that were shipped in Melbourne, having lost the other three on.the passage.