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Wellington Independent, Volume XX, Issue 2235, 22 July 1865, Page 2

The barque European, 710 tons, Gh Braithwaifce, master, anchored in this harbor yesterday morning, with, a full cargo of coals from Sydney. The brig Wild Wave, armed on Thursday morning from Sydney, after a rough passage of 16 The s.B, Lady Darling, Captain JJladyce, arrived in this port on Thursday morning from Lyttelton and Otago, with 100 passengers, and » large and miscellaneous cargo en route for Hobtika. By the Lady Darling, which left Lyttelton early on Wednesday morning, we areinreceipt of one days later news from Canterbury. Our files contain no news, of general interest.

The s.a. Storm Bird sailed from Wellington at 1.30 p.m. on Saturday, the Ist inst, and arrived at Wanganui at 4.30 p.m. on the 2nd, sailed again at 7.30 a.m. on the sth, and arrived at Kapiti at 5.30 p.m. the snme day, left again at 8 o'clock in on tiie morning of the 7th, and arrived at Taranaki at 1 o'clock the following morning, left again at a quarter to 5 o'clock the same day, and arrived at Wuitara at 8 o'clock, sailed again tho following morning, and arrived at the White Cliffs at 10.30 a.m., left . shortly after noon and arrived at Taranaki at a quarter to 5, left Taranaki again at half-past 5 p.m., and anchored in the Manakau at 3.45 p.m. on the 11th inst, having called in at Baglan and Waikato. Left tho Manakau at 9.30 a.m. on Friday, tl'o 14th inst, arrived at Raglan at 10.30 tho following day, left again at 3 o'clock in tho aftornoon, and arrived at Taranaki at 2 a.m. on Monday last, the 17th inst, left at noon the same day, and arrived at Wanganui at 4.45 p.m. on Tuesday, left at 7 a.m. on Thursday, and arrived in this port at 10 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Captain Thompson reports having experienced a succession of heavy gales ac- 1 companied with a heavy sea during his upward trip, and further that on his return he was unable to anchor at Tarauaki, consequently discharged no cargo at that port. The Storm Bird met tho s.s. Ahuriri in Taranaki, and the s.s. Wellington inside Manakau South Heads. AUCKLAND SHIPPING. I The 'Southern Cross' of the 12th inst says :— j A new cutter, of 30 tons builders' measurement was launched at high tide yesterday morning from the yards of Mr Stone, ship-builder, Mechanics' Bay. Tho vessel, now lies at anchor in the bay, is 39 feet keel and 13 feet beam, and is intended to trade between Mangawai and Auckland, to meet the growing requirements of the settlors at the former place. She has been built to tho order of Mr Fisher, and christened "Quickstep." She will bo ready for sea in another week. Froni the same journal of the 13th inst, we learn that the schooner Little Fred, Captain McSenzie, all but stranded crossing the Kaipara Bar, on the Bth inst. KAPIER SHIPPING. The ' Hawkes' Bay Herald' of Saturday last the 15th inst says : — The St Kilda, Captain Deck, arrived from Wellington an tho night of Tuesday last, having on board supplies for East Cape, with which, after coaling, she proceeded to sea on Thursday at 9 a.m. The weather Binco the departuro of tho Eclipse and St Kilda, has been very severe — the wind blowing hard from South and South East, with heavy rain and high sea setting in to the Bay. Ife is very doubtful whether a landing could bo effected from either of those vessels until a change of weather. The Mahia, schooner, which left Napier on Saturday, tho Ist inst, viaWairoa, whence she was to take Volunteers to East Cape, has not yet returned — detained, -witlicmt doubt, by southerly gales.