SKIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3118, 8 February 1871, Page 2

SKIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

AERI7BD. Febbuaby. f, Lord Ashley, s.s., 296 tons, Andrews, from the South. 7, Tararua s.s, 522 tous, Hagley, from Melbourne, via the South. SAILED. • 7, Taranaki, e.g., 299 tons, Wheelor, for Lyttalton and Otago. PABBKNGEB I/IST.— INWABD3. Per Lord Ashley: Cabin— Mrs M'Dowell, Miss Fife, Mrs Doile, Miss Herbert, Messrs Freeman, Krull, and six in tho steerage. Per Tararua : Cabin— Miss Flyger, Mr and Mrs Hoopor, Mr and Mrs Southland, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Turnbull, Messrs Hayes, Sharp, Duncan (2), M'Favlane, and Cooto ; 7 in the steerage. OUTWATtDS. Per Taranaki : 150 excursionists. IMPOSTS. In tho Tararua, W. Bishop, agent— 2 casks, 2 oases, 1 bdl tubs, Gas Company ; 23 boxes tea, 1 case pain-killer, 6 kegs bluestone, 56 pkgs sugar, 7 cases, W. J. Gaudy ; 16 pkgs sugar, G. Thomas ; 1 caso, C. Seager ; 2 cases sugar, 1 bale dates, 5 boxes soap, 1 case, E. H. Crease; 2 cases, Sands & M'Dougallj 3 eases,- 1 bdl, W. Ljon ; 2 cases, Kirkcaldie & Stains ; 8 bdls hoop iron, 10 bars iron, 1 case j iron, E. W. Mills; 1 case, Burrettj 1 case, printing material, 1 case, Valentine ; 1 case, W. Gibson ; 1 box, Hnllington ; 1 pel, Fraeer; 1 pel, Lowe ; 1 pel, Thouaton } 1 case confectionery, 1 case figs, 1 case peel, 1 bale bags, 3 cheßts tea, Order. ! In the Lord Ashley, W. Bishop, agent— 6 pkgß gaß piping, 3 casks fittings, 1 box, 1 vice, Gas Corny any ; 4 kegs, 1 case, Wilford ; 1 cask, 9 caseß cheese, Joseph ; 3 pkga, Barraud 5 1 case, James ; 4 crates, Dixon ; 2 cases, Fife ; 10 pkge, Liddell ; 38 cases cheese, 30 sacks flour, Order ; 50 sacks wheat, 2 cases, Foreman. EXPORTS. In the Shepherdess, Levin & Co, agents— 10 tons coal, 2 sacks oats, 1 pkg, 2 try pots, Levin & Co. EXPECTED ARBIVAI9. Phqebe, s.s., from Ly Helton, 23rd. Phoebe, 8.8., from Lyttelton Otugo, and the Bluff, 3rd March. PROJECTED DKPAHTOUBS. Wanganui, s.s., for Wanganui, this day. Lord Ashley, s.s., for Napier and Auckland, this day. Tararua, b.s., for Melbourne, via the South, this day. Heversham, barque, for Newcastle, Bth. Phoebe, 8.8., for Lyttelton, 17th. Phoebe, 8.8., for Lyttelton, Otago, and the. Bluff, 24th. The sailing of tho b.s. Wanganui for Nelson and Wanganui, has been postponed until 2 p.m. to-day. The b.s. Lord Ashley, Captain Andrews, arrived yesterday from southern ports. She will leave to-day for northern ports— .Napier, Tauranga, and Auckland. , The b.b. Lord Ashley, Captain Andrew, left Port Chalmers on Thursday, the 2nd; arrived at Lyttelton on Friday, the 3rd, expe riencing stroDg S.W. gales throughout the passage; loaded up with grain fyr northern ports, and left on Monday, the 6th, at 5 p.m., for Wellington, strong S.E. weather wMi rain throughout the passage ; arrived at Wellington wharf on Tuesday, the 7th, at 10 a.m. The as. Tararua, Captain Hagley, arrived in harbor yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, from Melbourne, via Bluff, Dunedin, and Lyttelton. Left the Sandridge pier on the 28th ult. at 3 p.m. j passed Swan Island next day at 4 p.m. ; experienced fine weather until nearing the Solander, then had south-east and southerly winds, arriving at the Bluff on the 2nd inst, at 3 p.m. ; left at 8 p.m. same day, and arrived at Dunedin on the 3rd at 8 a.m. ; left fur Lyttelton on Saturday at 430 p.m., and had fair winds to arrival at Lyttelton at 9 30 a.m. on the 6th ; left again at ,6.35 p m., experiencing a strong S.E. breeze with heavy rain, and arrived as above. The Tararua leaveß to-day for Melbourne, via southern ports. Society, sayß a Melbourne paper, must be in rather a curious state at Quebec, if tho story told by Petersen and Hendrickeen, two sailors of the ship Siam, is to be credited. According to their account, they were kidnapped at Quebec, taken iiito a house, and threatened to have their throats cut if they attempted to escape. Next. day they were taken on board the Siam, when they were told that, if they attempted to get away, they would be thrown overboard. The tale seems incredible, but it ■was related to a Sandridge bench and believed, and the captain of the ship was fined 10a and costs. , Letters received from Lieutenant Panter do not give hope of a very speedy voyage being made by the Cerberus. During her passage through tho Bay of Biscay five knots an hour was the most he could get out of the ship. This is not to be wondered at when the immense amount of top hamper the vessel carries is considered. At present she has a seaboard fourteen feet in height, while, in her ordinary rig, the free-board will be only some two. feet. During the passage Irom Aden to Galle it is expected that the Cerberus will have to experience some rough weather, as the hurricane season will have commenced before she finishes that part. of her voyage, and from Galle to Victoria she will have to contend most likely against heavy monsoons and trades. There is, however, no cause of apprehension as to the safety of the Cerberus, but only as to the length of the voyage she may make. We hear that she is by no meana a comfortable eea-boat, as her rolling is something terrific. All this, howeTer, does not detract from her value as a means of defence, and when the vessel is restored to her normal condition she will be very different in her sailing qualities. — " Leader."