PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. Feb 12—Beautiful Star, s.s, 146 tons, Pietersen, from Dunedin and Timaru. Pas sengers Steerage : Messrs Seager and Brown, Feb 11 —Easby, s.s, 969 tons, Kennedy, from Wellington. Passengers Saloon: Messrs C. E. Dransfield and H, J. West, and sixteen for South. Steerage: Messrs Rud dick, W. Gibbs, G. Cross, E. Roberts, W. Bull, J. Johnson. Feb 11—Antelope, cutter, 17 tons, Mal colmson, from Akaroa. Master, agent. CLEARED, Feb 12—Easby, s.s, 969 tons, Kennedy, for Dunedin. Feb 12—Crusader, ship, 1058 tons, C. H. Renaut, for Port Chalmers, SAILED, February 12—Easby, s.s., 969 tons, A. Kennedy, for Dunedin. Passengers: 16 original. The s.s. Easby arrived in harbor last night, after 11 p.m. She brought a small quantity of cargo for the port, and a few passengers. She sailed again at 11 a.m. The Beautiful Star arrived in harbor at 10.30 ».m. to-day. She was berthed at the Screw Pile Jetty. She sails at 1 p.m. to-morrow for south. RECENT GALES. {From the New Zealand Times.) By permission of the Hon W. H. Reynolds, Com missioner of Customs, Commander Edwin, 8.N., has handed to us the following account of the heavy weather which has recently visited our coasts. A fall of the barometer commenced in the north on the 20th Instant, and by next day had become general throughout the colony; on the 23rd the glass was still moving down steadily, and telegrams were on that day sent to all stations, from which weather reports are received lor storm signal purposes, to the effect that bad weather might be expected pro bably between south and north-west, by the 24th, this weather had set in at many places, and the barometer had fallen at Auckland '33, wind south west, strong. At Grahamstown, *46, fresh wind from same direction, increasing and blew hard during evening of the 24th and morning ot the 25th. At Mannkau, *33, wind only moderate from south west. At Tauranga the glass fell '55, strong gale from same quarter. At Napier, '6B, wind hard gale from W.S.W. during p.m. on 23rd ; strong S.W. during the 24th, At Cashpoint the fall amounted to '66, wind heavy N.W. gale on the 24th. At Wel lington the barometer feu upwards ol 8-lOths, and a heavy gale from N.W. blew during p.m. 