SYDNEY SHIPPING.

New Zealander, Volume 1, Issue 11, 16 August 1845, Page 2

SYDNEY SHIPPING.

July ]J> — I Don't Know, schooner, 68 tons, Cnpt, Thomson-, lrom Auckland, the 15th June, and l J oit Nicholson the Ist July. Passenger, Mr. Waitford. The brig Portentia has been purchased by Mr JJ. Boyd. The Greenlaw, from New South Wales, put in at Jim, and sailed thence for London on the 251h Jan. The Thamus Lowry, Graham, from Sydney, for London, November 13, was on shore at Dartmouth, on the 2f;th March, and full of water. Ihe mail was deliveied on the 27th. Tin? mails by the following 1 vessels, from Sydney, Ceylon, on the fith October, Greenluw, 3oth October, nnd Sydney, 21st November, were all delivered on the morning ot 29th March, in London. The barque Orwell, from Sydney, arrived at Tongataboo, on the 10th June. The schooners Dido and Vic Umu, which were reported to come on to Sydney, with the oil f oin on hoard the Jane Eliza, had returned to the Navigators from Tongataboo. The French corvette Rhiu was at Toi'gataboo, and it was repotted she was coming on to Sydney, to be hove down anil repaired. '1 he hull of the Tobagofhas been purchased by Mr. Tienjamin, for ,€5O. The masts, saiU, rigging, tyv. leah/ed £\ 10. making a total of £160. The brig Amity, Captain Marr, on her way from HobartTown io Port Albert, on tht 18lh June, before davlii'ht, got aground at the south east end of flindei's Island, bumped her rudder off on sinking, and became a total wreck. No lives were lost, and no propel ly, beyond the vessel, which was insured in the Derwent and Tamar insurance Company. Mr. Gilbert, butcher, of Hobart Towu, and owner, ■was on board at the time, and being desirous to get bacC as soon as possible, was conveyed in a sealer's boat from Gun Carriage to Cape Portland, and walked from thence to Launceston. Important to tVltaleit,. — A change has been recently made m the port dues of Sydney, which as regards whale ships is illustrated by two visits'of the Tuscaloma, of New Bedford, one previous, the other subsequent to the change. On the first, she paid £22 8s 2d., on the second, .£lO. 10s. 3d., of which £6. might have been spared had she not taken a pilot. The Duties of Passenger Ships.— Mrs.Maedouald, the widow of an Indian officer, with her child, anil a servant, engaged for a passage to England from Calcutta, in the Marquis of Hastings, a first class passenger ship, paying for the three, ,£2OO. She was in ill health, and particulaily lequued that the vessel should carry an experienced surgeon, which ihe vtssel professed to do. Dr. Garraid was engaged for the voyage, but just as the vessel had left port, he was laken ill, and insisted on being lander!. The captain ol the vessel endeavoured to get another surgeon, hut in vain ; and consulting with one ot the passengers, he was advised to sail at once, as it was the sickly season, and danger might be incurred by delay. A peison biou^lu up Io medicine was on board, but it was acknowledged that he was inefficient. The passage to the Cape was usually made in seven or eight weeks; but, owing to tontiaiy winds, they did not arrive there under eleven weeks, and some kinds of stores and provisions were short. On their arrival at the Cape, Mrs. Macdonald left the vessel, stating, the absence of a surgeon, and the want of good provisions, as the cause. For her passage home in another vessel, she paid £60, and was at the expense oi jCIO or £20 moie in changing lrom one bhip to another. One oC the male passengers, Mr.

Bonar left ibe vessel at the same time, and accompanied Mrs. Macdonald home in the Margaret, from the Cape. She brought an action against the owners of the Marquis of Hastings, for ncr additional expences. The case came on in the Queen's Bench. For the defendant, it was argued that, as the captaiu had vainly tried to procure a surgeon, he acted moat prudently for the safety of his passengers, by declining any further delay. It was admitted that there was a shortness of some stores for a tew days, but it was denied that plaintiff suffered any inconvenience. The Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff, with £80. damages. — Hull Packet. Information reached Bombay from Aden, of the murder of six of the crew of the British brig Courier, at the Island of Fernando Po, by the inhabitants of that place. The crew appear to have gone ashore, and given some cause of offence to the people, when an affray took place, in tin 1 cour.se of which six of the sailors lost their lives. It is not known whether any of the Inlanders were killed. — Times.