VESSELS IN PORT.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1960, 22 September 1863, Page 2

VESSELS IN PORT.

Sarah, schooner, repairing. Queen of tha Avon, ship, from London. Shepherdess, schooner, from Lyttelton. Esther, brigantfhe, from Napier. Julie Heyn, barque, from Adelaide. Wonga Wonga, s.s., from the North. Harriett Armitage, barque, from Lyttelton. Willing Laas, brigantine, from Melbourne Alexandria, brig, from New Castle. ,' Supply, cutter, from Wairau Wild Wave, schooner, from Lyttelton. William Cai'ey, ship, from London Sea Serpent, brigantine, from Chatham Islands Tyne, schooner, from Wanganui Tho ship William Carey, Captain E. Williams, arrived in this harbour on Sunday. Sho left Gravesend on 14th May, and the Downs on the 18th, thus making a passage of 123 days. Sho brings 2 cabin and 13 second cabin passengers for this Province. One birth occurred during the passage. The William Carey has a full cargo of general merchandise, and is consigned to Messrs Levin &Co. The brigantine Sea Serpent, Captain Blair, from the Chatham Islands via Port Cooper 1 , arrived in this harbour on Friday evening last. She sailed from Wellington on the Sth August, having been chartered by the -General Government to convey Captain Thomas and family to the Chatham Islands, aud arrived there on the Oth, after a pleasant passage of throo and a half days. Thomas has been appointed Eesident Magistrate and Collector of Customs, at the Chathams, in the room of A. Shand, Esq, who has been appointed to Akaroa. Captain Thomas was well recoived, both by Europeans and Maoris. Previous to Mr Shand's departure, ft letter was presented to him by the inhabitants of tho Island, expressing their thanks for the excellent manner he had couducted the business entrusted to him as 8.M., and Collector of Customs, during the lengthened period he had resided on the Island. The Sea Serpent remained at the Chathams until tho 2nd September, having Bai'ed round the main lisland In tho interval, calling at several places,— on which date sho took her departure for Port Cooper, whero she arrived on tho 10th inst Captain Urquart, Mrs Urquart, tho chief officer of the brigantine Sebim, and Mr Shand wero passengers by the Sea Serpent to Lyttelten. She sailed from Lyttelton on the 17th inst, and arrived hero on Friday the 18th after a passage of 30 hours. Captain Blair, reports tho loss of the brigantine Sebim, Captain Urquart, ;of Melbourne, at Kangaroo, on the 28th August. Tho Sebim arrived at the Chatham Islands from Otago on tho Bth August. She was chartered to proceed thither for tho purpose of conveying a cargo of cattle to Otago. On the 28th August, after having made eveiy preparation for loading, a, gale from the ] northward sprung up, with a hea^y sea. The gale abated during the day, the wiud veering to the westward, the bight of her chain caught on a reef of rocks, and the sudden jerk snapped it in two about 7 pm, and she went ashore. No lives wore lost, although it was with considerable difficulty that the crow succeded in reaching the shoro. On the following moming, tha vessel breaking up fast, tho wreck was sold by public auction,' for the benefit of whom it might concern, and the sum realised was £32. The cutter Alpha, and tho brigantine Cecilia were both loading at the Chathams for Otaro when the Sea Serpent left From tho Lyttelton, Times of the 12th inst, we noto the following vessels had arrived at Canterbury from England during the month :— The British Crown, arrived on the 16th ult, with 40G passengers. The Kirkland arrived on the 18th ult, after a pasaage of 114 days. The Captain Cook arrived on the 29th ult, with 309 passengers. Arrival of tiik Clipper Ship Accrisgtox. — The ship Accrington, 1,900 tons, Christie, from London, arrived at the quarantine anchorage on sth instant. The Commissioners on going on board, soon found that she" was entitled to a clean bill, but owing to a robbery on board, they gave strict orders not to admit anyono on board from shoro without an order. Twelve deaths and five births occurred during the passage. She loft Plymouth on the ISth Juno, having accomplished the passage from land to land in littio over 75 days. Nothing worthy of note occurred during tho passage, except a continuance of gales and squally weather a littio time after she lef t the meridian of the Cape. The Accrington is a remarkably fine vessel, having a flush deck of 280 feet in length, and, from a slight inspection, she appears all that could be desired to bring out immigrants from home. That great dosideratum at saa— plenty or fresh water— was supplied almost ad libitum from the distilling apparatus on board during the greater part of tho voyage— equal to 500 gallons por diem. — Lyttelton Times. The West Coast.— The schooner Sylph, Captain Swanson, cleared at tho Customs on the Ist instant for tho Buller Biver. Sho proceeds flrst to Nelson, thence to har destination, with a valuable cargo suited to the wants of a digging population. It will bo seen from her manifest that the owners and agents havo not boen unmindful of the necessaries likely to bo lv demand on the Buller in the spring. Wo believe that tho Sylph is chartered by Messrs J. T. Peacock and Co, undor the management of a gentleman well known by the digging fraternity. — Ibid.