TO REPORTERS AND COMPOSITORS

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1733, 20 June 1862, Page 2

TO REPORTERS AND COMPOSITORS

XT* FFICIENT Reporters and Compositors will Jt\i be sure of Good Wages snd Constant Employment at the Wellington Offices during the apgroackiug Session of the Geaeral Assembly.

sAlififc. June 18 s.a. Storm *Bird, 106 tolls, George Mundle for- Nelson. Passengers — Messrs. H. O. Ledger, 0. Murphy, A. S. Duncan, H. Kennon, Thomas Kennon, Hume, McAllister, J. C, Taylor , •R. C. Taylor, Dryden, C. Seager.Dr. Nodder, Mr. & Mrs. Luff, Miss. White;; Same day — Schooner Julia-Ann, 20 tons, A, Swanson, for Lyttelton. - June 40. Schooner Brisk, 95 tons, F. C, Kreeft* for Lyttellton. KXPOBTB. In the Storm Bird, Duncan & Vennell, Agents, — 1 truss trowsers, J. Joseph & Co. ; 1 caße vests, 1 cask colza oil, 1 case combs, 1 do pipes, Krull & Co, ; 2 cases, Manager B.N.S.W. ; 4 do. vestas,' Turnbull & Co, ; 2.000 fire bricks, W. Tonks, junj 1 0 sacks flour, 1 do. sharps J. &T. Kebbell. In the Julia Ann, — Pilcher Agent, — 4 bales blankets, 8,577 feet sawn timber, J. Dransfield ; 1 pkge. trees, T. W. Pilcher. In the Brisk. Levin & Co., Agents, — 50 head of Cattle, 0. Luxford. The Aldinga, s.s., has made a very short stay on this occasion, Capt. M'Lean being determined to push on, to bring down the English mail, and return with the Otago correspondence for the Melbourne mail of the 26th. She sailed at dusk, this (Tuesday) evening, a few minutes after the arrival of the White Swan, being enabled, by the promptitude of Capt. Harper and the Customhouse officials, to take with her the mails brought on from the north by that vessel. — Otago Daily Times, June 4. The "Whitehaven Lass," from London, arrived at Port Chalmers late -last evening ; she has had rather a long passage of 125 days. ;On leaving, the Downs,- she experienced a series of strong west-, erly winds ; subsequently hauled more southerly. Had a dead beat to the N.E. trades. Sighted, Madeira Palma, and St. Antonio. Crossed the Equator on the 9th March ; had fresh S.E. trades ; from thence to longitude 121 ° E.- she experienced a succession of southerly and westerly gales, followed by a heavy gale from the S.E., driving the vessel within 100 miles of fiobart Town, making Capt. Beeby give up all chance of a great circle course, which he was making previous to the gale. From the meridian of Hobait Town, experienced strong south-west weather to off the Snares. After leaving had a heavy northeaster in the vicinity of Foveaux Straits. Made the land off Otago Heads on Thursday night ; received the Pilot on board on Saturday and anchored inside same night. Capt. Beeby reports not having felt anything of the earthquake experienced by the Black Swan. Spoke no vessel connected with the Australian colonies,— Otago Colon 9'j, June 10. The steam-ship Omeo, for Melbourne, got away in good time on Saturday afternoon ; she cleared the Heads 4.30 p.m., with the at N.E., — Jbid The Cincinnati from Newcastle, with coals, isat anchor outside the Heads, and will likely reach the port this morning, as there is every sign of easterly weather. — Ibid. The New Zealander of the 31st ult., gives thff description of the voyage of the s.s. Queen from Wellington to Auckland " The s. s. Queen, Capt. Pole, sailed from Wellington, on the 25th May at daylight, arrived at and left Picton the same day (25th) entering Nelson harbour on the morning of the 26th j taking on board between 30 and 40 tons of cargo for. New Plymouth, for which she sailed on the 26th at 5 p.m., arriving at Taranaki on the 27th at 11 a«-n., a Northerly gale than setting in and the Barometer falling so fast, that the brig Sarah, Capt. Firth, was obliged to slip and stand to sea at 3 p.m.; the Queen took her departure about half an hour afterwards, having only succeeded in discharging her cargo ; steamed against the gale, which blew very hard, until midnight, when the wind shifted to the Westward, thereby enabling her to make sail and fetch Manakau Heads next day, although too late- to enter. In the course of that night (28th) stood out to sea, during a tremendous gale from N, to N. W., accompanied, with heavy rain and much lightning, Barometer at midnight having gone down to 28 ° 75. Towards morning, wind moderating, veering to the Westward, and glass rising to 29 ° 10' ; ship stood in for land, crossing the bar through the main channel by signal from the flag staff, with the Nine Pin rock open its own breadth clear of Paratutai, the leadsmen, on either side striking no bottom at five fathoms, half ebb. We understand the Queen has been nearly reconstructed since she was in this harbour some years since ; her deck* house abaft has been removed, and a commodious poop has replaced it ;— her 'tween deck cabins have also disappeared. As a specimen of naval architecture she always was a beauty, and with her thorough refit, and extensive internal improve • [ ments she can hardly fail to become a popular ship. We are sorry to have to record the total lon on ! the Sumner bar of the schooner Ocean Queen. She crossed the bar wifch a light north-west wind on Friday, and immediately afterwards ran ashore on [ the North Spit. Every exertion was' made' to get her off, but without success. She lay there that tide, apparently uninjured, but the nest tide j she filled, and shortly afterwards went to pieces. Her cargo consisted of 10 tons coal (all lost) for Messrs. Montgomery & Co. ; 7000 palings (saved before she broke up) for the same firm, and 8 tons sugar for Messrs. Gould and MilesandT. B. Fisher <fc Co. , half of which has been saved, more or less damaged— Lyttelton Times, June 11.