Tucker, arrived here at 5 am yesterday, after a 11 day’s runlrom Newcastle. ARRIVAL "OF THE BRITISH QUEEN. Tho Now Zealand Shipping Company’s chartered steamer British Queen arrived in port from Port Chalmers soon after 0 pm yesterday, and was berthed at the Queen’s Wharf an hour and a-liaif later. She left Plymouth on the 15th of May, and called at Tenerilfe at 3 pm on the 20 ;h, leaving again at 7 am on the fol lowing day. She passed within sight of tho Capo of Good Hope on tho 29th June, and arrived at Port Chalmers on the 2nd instant, and left tho latter port for Wellington at 1,45 pm on Tuesday, crossing tho bar at 2.30 inn and arriving as above. During the voyage out she encountered an abundance of head winds, especially in tho Southern Ocean, which ac .counts for the somewhat long time taken—49 days. The passengers for tho North came up in the Ringarooma. The British Queen has over -S’JOO carcases of frozen mutton on hoard, shipped at Port Chalmers, and 000 tons of original general cargo for Wellington and transhipment, the discharging of which will he commenced this morning. From here she takes a quantity of tallow and wool. She is expected to sail for Lyttelton on Sunday next, and leaves that port for London direct about tho Kith instant. Her staff of officers is the same as on her pre vious trip, with the exception of Mr O’Hagan, the chief officer, and Dr Graham, the surgeon. Sir Flanagan, the purser, to whom we are in debted tor the above report and latest files of London papers, also comes out to this colony for the first time. ENGLISH SHIPPING. The New Zealand Shipping Company has again, we are happy to see, been successful in keeping up their record of fast passages be tween New Zealand and Groat Britain. Ac cording to telegraphic advices received by Cap tain Rose, the local manager of that company,

the rh Aornngi arrived at Plymouth at 9 am on Tuesday, having thus made the passage m loss than 10 days, including stoppages, oh Rhe left Wellington at noon on tho 22th May. The an Ruapehu arrived at Hobart at 7 am yesterday, her steaming time from Plymouth being 37 ilay.s lb hours. 