SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 3, Issue 73, 9 October 1851, Page 1

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Arrivals. September 23—Fairy, 15 tons, J.Gillies, from Coromandel, with 6 tons flax, 1 ton pork. Sept. 23—Fish Hawk, 16 tons, Ko Tune, from Wakatana, with 7 tons potatoes, 5 pigs. Sept. 21— E. Hohi, 15 tons, Tewai, from Opotiki,with3oo bushels maize, I ton bacqn, v 3 tons pork, 1 ton potatoes, 5 cwt. lard, 1 passenger. Sept. 24—Mary Paul, 19 tons, llapuku, from Opotiki, with 150 bushels maize, 2 tons pork. 10 tons potatoes. Sept. 25—Hawkhead, 122 tons, Robert Laurie, from Mahurangi, with 500 posts and rails. Sept. 27—Ira, 21 tons, D. Farrow, from Poverty Bay, with 500 bushels wheat, 250 bushels maize, 8 casks pork, 1 passenger. Sept. 27—Dauntless, 27 tons, W. Jeffries, from the Kast Coast, with 300 bushels wheat, 450 bushels maize, 2 tons pork, 1 ton bacon. Sept. 27—Meri Peka, 15 tons, J. Kent, from the Uay of Plenty, with 4 tons flax, 5 tons potatoes, 2 casks pork, 5 kits lard. Sept. 29—Alary, 15 tons, John Shearer, from the Bay of Plenty, with 100 bushels maize, 23 pigs, J passenger. Sept. 29—Sarah Jane, 17 tons, D. Campbell, from the Kast Coast, with 170 bushels wheat, 2 bushels barley, £BO bushels maize, 17 casks pork. Sept. 29—Ilionuma, 78 tons, J. S. Macfarlane, from the East Coast, with 800 bushels wheat, 850 bushels maize, £ ton pork. Sept. 29—Napi, 17 tons, James Tautari, from Russell, with 4 boxes bacon, 1 box eggs, 3 passengers. Sept. 29—Antelope, 35 tons, D. Mackinnon, from Monganui, with 15 head of cattle, 2 passengers. Sept. 29—Venus, 45 tons, S. McGrahame, from Adelaide and Sydney, with 225 bags flour, 112 bags sugar, 13 p» ssengers.

Sept. 21)— Immigrant, 75'1 tons, W. H. Kempi I from Hokianga, with 79 spars, 108 pieces iaulk limber, 192 pieces sawn timber, 1420 handspikes, 80 boat knees, 3 tons kauri gum, 7 passengers. Oct. 1 Sarah, 130 tons, Lewis Grant, from Sydney, with 150 tons coals. Opt, I—Alexander, 36 tons, Alexander Miller, from Coromandel, with 10,000 feet sawn timber, 800 posts. Oct. I—Benlomond, 35 tons, D. Campbell, from the East Cape, with 10 tuns humpback oil, 200 bushels wheat, 300 bushels maize. Oct. 3—Hawkhead, 22 tons. Robert Laurie, from Mahurangi, with 400 posts and rails. Oct. G—Children, 30 tons, A. Jones, from Russell, with 11 pigs, 1 ton bacon, 1 case eggs, 3 passengers. Oct. o—Mary, 47 lons, E. Whelch, from Kawau, with 22 tons copper regulus, 58 cases gin, 4 cases I cask wine, 1 ton salt, I box tobacco, I case slops, I case cloth caps, 1 bale blankets, 1 bale leather, 1 bale prints, 10 boxes tigs, 1 keg but'er, 1 cask oil. Departures. Sept. 23—Julia. 36 tons, J), llrislow, for Poverty Bay, with 500 bricks, 2 cases slops, SOO empty bags, 4 cases apparel. Sept, 24—Isabella, 99 tons, R. J. Ledwell, for Hobart Town, with 1 case cobutgs, 30 boxes tea, 833 bushels maize, i>,400 feet timber, '22 rickers, 3 cwt. rope, 5 kegs butter, 1 case cases, 27 hides, 4 c«ises bacon. Sopt. 25—Hawkhead, 22 tons, Robert Laurie, for Mahurangi, in ballast. Sept. 25—Fairy, 15 tons, A. J. Nicholas, for the Thames, with 1 cask tobacco, 1 bale blankets, 2 bales sundries, 20 camp ovens, 24 dozen sickles, 2 boxes soap, 1 box flour, 1 bag sail, 5 bags sugar, I butt sheer j, £ cask tobacco, 5 passengers. Sep . 27—Mary, 47 tons, G. Whelch, for the ijay of Islands, with 58 cases gin, 4 cases 1 cask wine, 1 toil salt, 1 box tobacco, 1 case slops, I case cloth caps, 1 bale blankets, 1 bale leather, I bale prints, 10 boxes figs, 1 keg butter, I cask oil. Sept 27—Meri Peka, 15 tons, J. Kent, for the Bay of Plenty, with 1 bag flour, 1 bag sugar, 1 box lea, 1 case geneva, 1 bag biscuit, 1 CHse pickles, 1 bale blankets, '2 bales slops, 0 bolls canvas. Sept. 29 —Antelope, 35 tons, D. Mackinnon, for Russell, in ballast. Sept. 30—Simlah, 597 tons, C. Robertson, for Taranaki, and Otago, with part of her cargo fiom London, and 91 passengers. Oct. I—Sarah, 130 tons, Lewis Grant, from Kawau, for Sydney, with 50 tons copper regulus. Oct. J—Alexander, 36 tons, Alexander Millar, for the River Thames, in ballast. Oct. I—Mary, 15 tons, John Shearer, for Wangarei, with I bale blankets, 1 case tobacco, I case prints, 1 passenger. Oct. 2—Napi, 17 tons, James Tautari, for Russell, with 4 casks 1 barrel beer, 0 bags salt, 11 bags rice, I case gin, 27 bags 2 boxes flour, 2 bags sugar, 1 package nails, 1 box soap, 1 ton bar iron, 14 bags bran, 4 cans paint, I can paint oil, 0 small parcels, 0 packages groceries, 7 passengers. Oct. 2 Naiad, 21 tons, William Monro, for Hokianga, with 1 steel mill, 2 cut. and 3 bags salt, 2 gal'ons vinegar, 1 cask saddlery, 5 gallons oil, 1 sieve, 2 saucepans, 1 box soap, 1 case hardware, 1 clock, I bag coffee, 1 saddle, 2 buckets, 1 camp ovens, 4 spades, 1 bale, 1 case drapery, 1 chest tea, 4 bags sugar, 1 package 1 barrel merchandize, 2 bars iron, 1 bundle spades, 1 bag saddlery, I bag blankets, chest tea, 1 box tea, 20 lbs. tobacco, \ ton potatoes. Oct. 2—Lavinia, 255 tons, C. McPhee, for Sydney, with 50 cases oil, 10 barrels currants, 54,328 feet sawn limber, 27 spars, 1 box saddle trees, 27 passengers. Oct. 2 —Sarah Jane, 17 tons, James Campbell, for the East Coast. Oct. 3—Maukin, 100 tons, James Bowden, for Sydney, with 6000 feet sawn timber, 10 casks salt pork, 107 casks humpback oil, 7 cwt. whalebone, 5 casks varnish, 1 '2 packages tea, 12 passengers. Oct. 3 —H.M. Brigantine, Pandora, 319 tons, 6 guns, Commander Drury, for Hokianga, on survey. Oct. 3—Hawkhead, 82 tons, R. Laurie, for Mahurangi with 4 bags flour, 1 ba» sugar. Oct. 4—Jennet, 14 tons, Daniel McLea, for Coromandel, with 1 ton coals, 3 biiles slops, 5 bundles iron, 1 pipe potl, 1 quarter-cask sherry, I cask grease, 2 passengers. Oct. 6—Benlomond, 35 tons, D. Campbell, for the East Cape, with 1 horse, 2.cases, 1 bale, 2 boxes soap, 1 qu utter-chest tea, 2 bags sugar, 2 packages, 1 kit boots, 3 parcels sundries, 1 bale blankets. Oct. 6 —Dove, 20 ions. W. Wilcox, for the Bay of Plenty, with 1 quarter-chest tea, 4 horses, 2 cases slops, 2 boxes soap, 2 bags sugar, 2 gallons brandy, 1 cwt salt, 1 bolt canvas. Oct. 6—Mary, 47 tons, E. Wlielsli, for Russell, with 58 cases gin, 4 cases 1 cask wine, 1

Ton salt, 1 box tobacco, 1 case slops, 1 c »se cloth caps, I bale blankets, 1 bale leather, 1 bale prints, 10 boxes figs, 1 keg butter, 1 cask oil.

Kncountbr. op a Shu* with a \\ iialk, — Letters from Kio tic Janeiro, dated February 14th, say, 14 The following statement of the exploit* of a whale, and his attack upon u vessel, is abstracted from llie protest ol Captain Joseph Dias, of the whale ship Pocihoittas, of Tisbury, made b.-fore the U. S. Consul at Uio do Janeiro, January, 1851. It is said to be the second instance of a direct attack on ave sel by a whale. Ihe oiher was Ihe ship ICssex, in Hie Pacific, which was entirely lost. Captain Dins says that on llie 12th Deeimber, 1850, in latitude ab .ut 33 deg* 47 in. south l'»n. 43 dc£. 35 min. west, at five P. m , 88iv ashnalof spe:m whales off the lee b'>w, lowered two boats, the laiboard boat struck and had been fastened fifteen or twenty minu'ea after the line had been hauled into the bouts, which line had been sounded out in the attempt to lan< e the whale, she turned upon the boat and literally crn*hi'd it to atoms with her jaws, and all belonging to it, except the crew who swam to the o her boats, the while all Ihe time staying around llie fragment*. The starboard boat came down but pulled back to the ship in company with the »ais. boat and two crews. After they had came on board, and boats hoiste'i up, the vess.-l was squired in and ran for the whale, which still continued about- the pliice where she stove the boat. The crew were fully prepared with lances &c.,and ready to inako a dart. In about 15 minutes «ore the ship's head towards the whale having every thing ready to attack her; vessel on the laiboard lack, and whale coming to Icewatd of die ship. When about two boats* lengths ofF, the wiule rounded towards the vessel's b»w, and struck it with such force nstos'art one orlwo| lanks» and bicak one or two timbers on the starboard side of ihe bow at tie water line causing the vessel to leak at tho rate of 2jo strokes per hour. Under the circumstances, the captain bore up for Kio, where proper repairs "-ere made. He sail d again on his cruise about the tenth oT January. Whether be will meet bis old foe again is dnubtlul; but if he does he will giva it ba'tle," —Acw York Expr<ss*