SHIPPING.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 69, 23 October 1862, Page 2

SHIPPING.

October 17— Excelsior, schooner, 52 tons, Win Meiklejohn, from Auckland, with 10 cases old tom, 1 paekgc percussion caps, 220 bags Hour, 7 bales woolpacks, 10 casks ale, 2 bullock drays, 1 iron tank, 20 bags sugar, 20 bags Hour, 12 cases oil, 11 boxes candles, 17 packages oilmen’s stores, 1 stove, 2-1- sash weights, 3 cases merchandise, 2 mats sugar, 10 cases stout, 10 casks ale, 27 tons firewood, 11 packages sundries, Passengers,—Messrs. Creswell, Matthews, Sherlock, Sherson, McLennan, Campbell, and Goldsmith. —G. E. G. Richardson, agent. CLEARED. October 22— Exceh-ior, schooner, 52 tons, Meiklejohn, for Auckland, with 32 head cattle, 30 bags wheat (151 bushels), 7 cases commissariat stores. —G. E. G. Richardson, agent. We have this week to chronicle the arrival of the new schooner Excelsior, after a seven days’ trip from Auckland, which port she left on the evening of the oth inst. After experiencing heavy gales, head winds and calms, during the former of which she had to take shelter, she reached f this port on the morning of the 17th. The Excelsior was built by Messrs. Meiklejohn & Sons, of Omaha, the builders of the Victoria, schooner, and Caroline, gunboat. She is a sister ship to the former, and, from her smart appearance may be expected to make quick passages. We bear "that she returns to Auckland with cattle.