• Mermaid, 12 tons, Fargio, for Purakanui, with cargo. • Master, agent." j Per Beautiful Star: From Lyttelton—242 sacks, Dowling; 173 do, 10 kegs, Miller and Co: 9 do, Reid ; ldo, Roseby; 101 pieces timber, Hawkins and Co. From Timaru -l.box, Fitz Jones ;11 hides, Driver; 1 bale, Mosgiel Company. EXPORTS. "■"■'■' • Per Mermaid, for Purakanui: Lot railway irony Wain Per Mary Ellen, for Timaru: Lot timber, 50 casks, ' Flridlay and Cd ; 4 bags, Baxter and Co ; 50 bars and bdls, Oliver and Uiph. : Per Samson, for Oamaru: 3 packages, Fultun ; o , do, Allan; 3 do, Thomson, Strang, and Co; 1 do, Gebbie; 15 do, Tumbull: 1 do, Heeles and M'Beath ; 17 do, Strachnn: 40 do, Briscoe and Co ; 3 do, Peter son and Co; 09 do, Reid and Gray ; 1 do, Hogg and. Hutton ; 16 do, J Wilson and Co; 40 do, Neill and: Co; C 2 do, Neill and Boyd ; 117 do, Oliver and Uiph ; 55 do, Matkeiras; 6 do, Marshall and Copeland; 5 do; Hughes and Harvey; 4 do, Park and Curie; 43 do, Moir; 1 do, Stavely and Co; 2 do, Fish and Son; 9 do, Emboli;-39 do, Turnbull and Co; 1 do, Haig and Co; 2 do, Findlay and Co; 1 do, Craig and Gillies; 3; do, Kincaid and Co; 2 do, Haworth and Co; 2do, Paterson and .M'Leod; 3 do, Esther and Low ; 7 dp,; " Russell, Ritchie, and Co ; 2 do, Weir and Salmon; 6! ■' do, Murray, Roberts, and Co; 1 do, Colonial Bank; 7\ ' do, R. Wilson and Co; 5 do, Meenan ;1. do, Seeger; 4 do, Butterwoi th; 1 do. Brown, Ewing, and Co; 3 do, "Matheson and Co; 13 do, Baxter ; 1 do, Ross and1 Glendining; 11 do, Sargood, Son, and Ewen: 1 do, Anderson; 1 do, Scoular; 1 do, Finn and Co ; 3000 ft ; timber, Guthrie and Larnach. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ] Wbllinoton, September 6th. s Sailed.—S.s. Phajbe, for the South. Passengers: Two Sisters of Mercy,.Me srs Wyatt, Southern, Ross, Richardson. ■ -

' Tlio Union Company's steamer Beautiful Star, Cap tain Peterson, returned to port yesterday morning from a trip to Lyttelton and intermediate ports. Sho left here on thu Brd inst., called at Timaru, and ar rived at Lyttelton at 10 a.m. 