ENGLISH SHIPPING.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1770, 23 September 1862, Page 2

ENGLISH SHIPPING.

ARRIVKD AT LONDON, July 4, ship " Sir George Pollock," from Nelson. July 16, ship " Wild Duck," Bishop, from Weilington. " July 21, ship " Avalanche," Scott, from Auckland. SAILED FROM LONDOX. Juno 26, ship " Asterope," 601 tons, Mitchell, 1 for Wellington. SHIPS LOADING AT LONDON. Fob Wellington and Hawke's Bay. — Ship " Constance," 1000 tons, J. Thompson, to sail July. Ship " George Canning," 1000 tons, Harris, to sail August 10. For Wellington, Ship "Wild Duck," Bishop, to sail August 31. i The ship "Wild Duck,"' hence 6fch April, ay- ■ rived at the Downs on the 17th July, after a f favourable passage of 102 days. i \ {The " Ava^nche," 692 tons, Captain Scott, ; belonging to Messrs. larks, arrived at Gravesend, with troops, from New Zealand, and landed her detachments on July 21. She brings home 45 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Army Hospital Corps, • 14th, 40th, 57th, 65th, and 70th Regiments, the i whole under the command of Lieut. C. J. Urqu- ■ hart, 65th Regiment, and in medical charge of : Assistant-Surgeon A. Neil, 65th. The "Avalanche," i sailed from Auckland on the lGth of April, the i only land touched at Pernambuco, which was ■ reached on the sfeh of June. One death and one i birth occurred on board during the passage. Major Stack and Lieutenant Bailie, late of the Goth, who were cashiered by sentence of general court martial, came home passengers. — Home News, July 26. Since our last number, six vessels have left London for the New Zealand settlements. Messrs. Willis, Gann, & Co., having sent away two — the Indian Empire, for Auckland, and the Queen of the Mersey, for Canterbury; and Messrs. Shaw, Savill, & Co., having despatched four — the Romulus, for Auckland, the Avery, for Nelson and New Plymouth, the Asterope, for Wellington, and the Mary Ann for Canterbury. — Ngio Zealand Examiner, July 15. The William Miles is expected to sail on the 2Gth insfc., with the remaining portion of the first thousand Nonconformist settlers. From the high character which this ship bears, her passengers may anticipate a pleasant voyage, and her courteous commander will do whatever he can to increase their comfort, — Ibid. The Sir George Pollock lias arrived from Nelson, New Zealand, with £19,000 in gold. — Ibid. The presentation of the Victoria Cross to William Odgers, captain's coxswain of her Majesty's ship Cambridge, for conspicuous and daring bravery at the storming of a f pah in New Zealand, on the yßth March, 1860, took place on July 24, in the Government parade ground, Devonport. Odgers requested that it should be distinctly stated tkat "there ware many men as good as himself present at the stohningjof the pah ; but that it happened to be his good fortune to get in first. — Home News.