Shipping Intelligence.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1803, 13 December 1862, Page 3

Shipping Intelligence.

ABRIVED. December 11 — Prince Alfred, s.s, 700 tons, Wheeler, from Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, and the Bluff. Passengers — saloon: Mra Abraham and son, Mrs Pike, Miss Poole, Messrs Marks. Frasers(2) Quin, Bird, Dransfield. Steerage: Messrs Craig, Skinner, junr, Kerr, Hey wood. Six saloon, and *even steerage passengers for Northern Ports. December 11 — Wonga Wonga, s.s, 104 tons, Rennor, from Lyttelton and Dunedin. Passengers —cabin: Messrs Auld {-i), Speed, Higgie. Steerage —Messrs Wood, Falconer, Tolly, Collins, Cleary. - 11— H.M.S. Harrier, s.B,l7guns, Sullivan. from Manakau. Passengers — Lieut General Cameron and suite. December 11— Queen, s.s, 177 tons, Pole, irom Napier. Passengers — saloon: Rev Messrs Hill. Hogg, and Duncan, Captain Seuniott, Messrs Carlyon, Buchanan, Savage, Wright, M'Kay, Hilton, Pitford, Cameron, Donaldson. ' ! December 11 — Storm Bird, s.s, from Pioton, Nelson, Taranaki, Manakau — Passengers — Cabin : Mrs Cotterill, Miss Blackmore, Palmer, Rawson, Bould (2), Loyd, Kimmersley, Wellington Cricketers (12), Bromley. Steerage — Martin, and two Maories. December 11 — Gazelle, brig, tons, Stafford, from Auckland, in ballast. • December II — Indus, barque, 380 tons, M'Kin. non,. from Lyttelton. Deo. 12. — Constance, barque, 534 tons, D. Reid, rfrom London. Passenger*— Cabin :- Mr and Mrs William Fannin and family (ft), Mr Sherriffand family (5), Mr Seymour, J. E, Knapp. Steerage —Mr and Mra Wilson, George Thomp.

son, # Johu Campion, Mr and Mrs Thompson and family (6), Miss Gebbie. Putrick Oraiand, Robert KirkLatrick, Thomas and Katherine Watt, John M'Knight, Margaret and Jane Sim, Joseph and Katherine McConochie, Henry Morrison, wife, and child, Elizabeth Gebbie. SAILED. December 12— Queen, s.s, 177 tons, Pole, for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. Passengers saloon.: Rev Hill, Major Trafford, Messrs Levin, Truelove, Hay nes, Hart, Mackay, Ford, M'Kay, Buchanan, Pitford. CLEARED AT CUSTOMS. December 11 — Valiant, brig, 147 tons, Brodie' for Lyttelton. December 11— Emerald, schooner, 30 tons, Ritchie, for Lyttelton. December 13 — Prince Alfred, s.s, 703 tons, Wheeler, for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manakau, Passengers— saloon : Dr Touilinson. Steerage — Mrs Steward, Mr Keleher, 1 sergt 14th Regt, 1 native. IMPORTS. In the Prince Alfred, I.C.R.M. company, agent — 2 cases merchandise, Shaw and son ; 1 parcel. Nathan. r In the Wonga Wonga, Duncan and Vennell, agents — 2 tierces sugar, Laing '. 1 truss leather, Evans ; 1 case, I trunk, Waiburton ; 2 cases books, W. Lyon; 2 trunks, 1 case, 12 boxes candles, Tame; 1 cask, hardware, Cleland; 1 bale, 4 cases kerosene, 5 do glasaware, Order. In the Queen, Levin & Co, agents— 3 "cases Krull & Co; lease, Burt; >. do, Potts; 1 do, Cleland ; 1 case, I bale. Clark ; 1 case, 1 bale, Pickett & Co ; 1 case, 1 pkge luggage, Russell. In the Storm Bird, Duncan and Vennell, agents —7 bales wool, Bethune and Hunter. expoexs. In the Queen, Levin <te Co, agents— Bo bags grass seed. Bethuno and Hunter ; 9 bdls sheet iron, Turnbull & Co; 4 horses, Lyon; 10 head cattle, Henderson ; 26 kegs butter, Martin ; 9 kees butter, Port. ' 6 In the Valiant, Bannatyne & Co, agents~7s head cattle, Bannatyne & Co. In the Emerald, Dransfield, agent— 6 bales, 9 bdls bags, 10,000 ft timber. J. and T. Kebbell In the Prince Alfred, I.C.R.M. Co, agents— 7 kegs butter, Wallace ; 3 bdls leather, Hirst- 1 box, 1 parcel, 1 case jewelry, I.C.R.M. Co ; 1 bsx Bird. The barque Constance, from London, arrived in port last night, after a lengthened passage of 120 days. She has lo cabin and 26 steerage passengers, acargo of general merchandise, and is con- I signed to Messrs A.P.Stuart&Co. She left Gravesend on the 12th August, crossed the line on the 22nd September, and sighted tho Snares on the 6th December. Experienced head winds most of the passage out. No births or deaths occurred on board during the passage. I The s.s. Queen, Captain Pole, from Auckland, arrived in this Port at half-past 6 o'clock. Sho sailed from Auckland on Monday morning at eight o'clock ; arrived at Napier on Wednesday morning at half.past 5 o'clock ; left Napier same day at 2 p.m., and arrived here as above. She experienced heavy weather off Cape Turnagain. The Inter-colonial Royal Mail Company's s s Prince Alfred, Captain Wheeler, from the Southern Ports, arrived in this harbor on Thursday, the llth mst, at 10-15 a.m, She sailed from Wellington on the v>Bth ulfc, at 330 p.m, arrived at Lyttelton on the 29th, at 8-30 a.m; left Lyttelton on tho Ist, at 1 p.m, arriving at Port Chalmers the following day at 8-30 a.m ; left Otago on the 3rd at 5 p.m ; arrived at the Bluff on the d=th at 8a m • left the Bluff on the 6th at" 5 a.m, arrived at Port Chalmers the same day at 4 p.m, after a smart run of 11 hours, the quickest passage on record, being an average of 13 J knots an hourleft Otago on the Bth, at 5-30 p.m, arrived at Lyttelton on the 9th at 1015 a.m, making the passage iv 17 hours ; left Lyttelton on Wednesday at 5-30 p _i, and arrived here as above, after a quick passage of IC_ hours. During the whole passage, she averaged 11$ knots an hour. She experienced moderate weather throughout. Mr White, the purser, has obligingly furnished us witii files of the latest southern, papers, extracts from which will ba found elsewhere. The brig Gazelle, Captain Stafford, from Auckland, the ith inst, arrived in this harbor on Thursday the I Ith inst, She sailed from Wellington on the 20th ult, with 163 head of cattle, and arrived at the Tamaki on the 29th, having' lost 15 head of cattle on the passage. She sailed from the Tamaki on the 4th, experienced strong S.S. A . winds.untii Monday last, when off Cape Palliser, a light N.W. wind sprung up, with a high sea. The Gazelle is chartered by Mr O'Halloran for another trip to Auckland. Her Majesty's s.s Harrier, 17 guns, Commander Sullivan, from Vlanakau, arrived in this harbor yesterday atternoon. She sailed from the Manakau on the 9th inst, and intended to call at Taranaki ; but on arriving off the Town, it blew so strong, that the Harrier came on to this Port. General Cameron and aide-de-camp, are passengers by her. We understand that General Cameron has come on a tour of inspection, and after reviewing tho troops here, will return to Auckland, calling at Taranaki on his way thither. To the Editor of the Wellington Independent. Sib,— ln your issue of the 9th in3tant, I notice that Capt Brodie has informed you, •« that he left Otago with the brig Remark, and that the Valiant had an interesting race with that vessel, arriving in this port four or five hours before her." Allow me to tell Capt Brodie I decidedly contradict it. When the Valiant left Otago, there was no appearance of the Remark sailing, and was not certain of starting on that day; and I should like also to know who was interested in the race as I am not and never heard about it. But as Captain I Brodie seems so interested in the sailing qualities ' of the Valiant, I beg to lay before him the following passages that ever the Valiant aud Remark have made together. First passage from here to Otago, Valiant left eight hours before the Remark, the latter vessel arriving at Otago three hours before her. The Valiant left again twentyfour hours before the Remark, the latter vessel arriving in Wellington thirty-siz hours before her ; and this passage up from Otago. the Valiant was hull down a-head when the Remark left, and next day she was just visible astern, and hove too ott the harbor, at 10 p.m, on Saturday evening, not deeming it prudent to come in, being heavy ■ thick squalls. J James Duncan, Master.