Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 106, 5 June 1847, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVALS— FOREIGN. Nil.

DEPARTUItrS — FOItEIGN. May 29. John Wesley, brig, 237 tons, Buck, master, for the Friendly Islands, with sundries. Passengers—Rev. W. Lawry, Rev. G. Daniejr and Mrs. Daniel, Rev. W. Davis and Mrs. Davis, Rev. It. Amos and Mrs. Amos, «Key. Jas. Ford, Mrs. Ford, and 2 children, Rev. J. Malvern, Mrs. Malvern, aud child, and Master Jagger. W. S. Grahamc, agent. May 31. Emma, brig, 121 tons, Osborne, master, for Sydney, with Flax, &c. Passengers — Mr. and Mrs. Ormsby and child, Air. Wilkinson, and Mrs. Burns. J, Woudhouse, agent. June 2. Ebenezer, schooner, 90 tons, Norris, master, for Sydney, with Flax, &c. VV. S. Grahame, agent. June 2. Triton, schooner, 1 19 tons, Lillewall, master, for Hobart Town, with timber, rope, &c, Passengers—Messrs. Bird and Bourne. VV. S. Grahaine, agent. June 4. Spec, schooner, 168 tons, Burns, master, for New Caledonia, with sundries. J. Macky, agent. ARRIVALS— COA&I tt ISE.

June 3. H. M. Colonial brig, Victoria, Richards, master, from Wellington. May 31. George, schooner, 15 tons, Farrow, master, from Bay of Plenty, with flax, maize, pigs, &c. May 3J. troorflark, cutter, 10 tons, Johnson, master, from the Piako River, with flax, and potatoes. May 31. Prospect, schooner, 12 tons, Sinclair, master, Irom the Bay of Plenty, with pigs, and maize. June 1. George and Catherine, schooucr, 14 tons, Evans, master, from East Coast, with flux & maize. June I. Bon Accord, schooner, 17 tons, Williamson, master, from Kawau, in ballast. June 2. Moonruker, schooner, 10 tons,Ngainu, master, from Kawhia to Manukau, with pigs, and maize. June 2. Neptune, schooner, 27 tons, McFarlace, master, from East Coas 1 , with maize, wheat, pork, oil, &c. June 2. Sarah, schooner, 12 tons, Savage, master, from Bay of Plenty, wish flax and maize. June 5^ U. iW. Colonial brig Victoria, from Wellington.

DBPARTUREs— coastwise. June I. Bon Accord, schooner, 17 tons, Williamson, for Kawau, in ballast. June '2. Alaed of the Mill, schooner, 27 lons, Stewart, master, tor Bay of Islands, with sundries.

H. M. Steamer Inflexible hence 20th ult., arrived at Watiganui on Monday the 2<tll>, having gone North ahout. She called at the Bay of Islands, aud took on board the chief Thomas Walker and several others, to accompany the Governor to the South. She armed at Wellington on Friday, the 28lh ult. The Emma, brig, sailed for Sydney, on Tuesday with a cargo of New Zealand Flax, &c. She will return to this port. The Ebenezer sailed on Wednesday, but owing to the northerly gale of Wednesday night, she returned into harbour on Thursday moruing and sailed again yesterday. The barque Hope saildd for Hokianga on Saturday last, to take in cargo of spars aud other timber for London. The Triton sailed on Wednesday for Hobart Town, ■with a full cargo of Timber, New Zealand Rope, &c. We understand, she will be sold at Hobart Town. The 'two topsail schooner Spec, sails this morning for Java via New Caledonia, and will return to this port by way of Sydney.

Shipping! in Port. H. M. Ship Castor, 36 guns, Captain Graham. Colonial Brig Victoria, Richards. Brigantine Spec, Burns. Colonial Schooner Albert. Schooner Dolphin, Pringle. Schoouer Neptune, and a number of coasting vessels.

Important to Masters of Vessels — In trying the case of desertion iv relation to the Sunflower, at the Water Police Court on Saturday last, the Bench, and the legal advocates on both sides, concurred in an opinion, that masters of vessels had contracted a habit of extending the provisions of their original articles, to seamen shipped in foreign places, after the com . mencement of the voyage— which in many instances involved an absurdity, which rendeied such articles void as to those seamen who signed after the original contract was made, lu'the case alluded to the terms of the contract into which the .original seamen entered were, that they should sail from the port of Liverpool to Sydney, and from thence to any other port in the wurld, to return in the period of two years to a port of discharge in England. These articles were doubtless binding on the seamen shipped in England, but there were also the signatures of a number of men shipped iv Sydney, and subsequently at Manilla. These seamen could not fulfil the provisions of the contract. Seamen shipped at S3 dney could not fulfil the agreement of commencing their voyage, of sailing from Liverpool to Sydney, nor could the time agreed to in the contract bear upon | their agreement, a portion of it having already elapsed. Consequently suth contracts were utterly void as regarded them. It would be easy for the commanders of vessels to avoid this difficulty, by providing themselves with a few extra printtd forms of the articles, which as they requited at different ports of the voyage, would be filled up in such terms relatively to the completion of the voyage as the cir cuiustaures consistently required.— Syrfwey MorninJJtratdf May 3. Yesterday, a beautiful new vessel, a schooner of 190 tons, built at Jacob's river, for Mr. Howell, ar-xm-d in port for the purpose of being registered. She is fitted up for a whaler, aud has succeeded in capturing 25 tuns of tpcrm oil during a cruise of eight ■weeks. We believe her owner intends sending her to Syduey in order to have her coppered. She will make an excellent addition to our increasing fleet.— Wellington Independent, May 15. We think our readers will admit that ship building is progressing. Let them pay a visit to the vessel which arrived in port ye storday Irom Jacob's River, the 1 irgest yet built iv the colony. It is intended to give her a barque rig, and will be employed as a whaler out of this port Mr. Daymond's vessel, a schooner of about 40 tons, may shortly be expected from Pigeon Bay to be registered. Our enterprising fellow-settler, Mr. Wilcox, has nearly completed a vessel of 120 tons, at his yard, on tho-Hutt, and two or three othcis are building round the shores of the Bay.— •/&. The schooner Mana, Munn, master, arrived in port on Thursday, from the southward. By her we learn that the whaling season had commenced and that whales were plentiful. In Cloudy Bay, Mr. Dohorty captured a whale on the 27th April, which yielded 5 tuns. At the Kaikoras, Mr. Ames captured a hnmpKack, on the Ist May. On the 12th, at Mr. Fitzherbert's, and Mr. Fyfes •tations the men were employed trying out. The whalers are anticipating a good Benson,— *lb.