Hobart Town Shipping.

New Zealander, Volume 6, Issue 463, 21 September 1850, Page 2

Hobart Town Shipping.

Dci»artures. — Aug. 24. laaballn, 99 tons Gedge, for California and Vancouver's Island, with 803 bagi flour, 689 boxes potatoes 383 bags oats, 136 ditto barley, 35 boxes preserves, 127 boxe3 eggs, 42 do. apples, 53 bugs bran, 30 boxes liatns and bacon, 7 ditto lard, 49 do. bu ter, 63 do. cheese, 11 do. honey, 31 cases 1 keg confi ctionary, 8 boxes onions, 8 ditto bausages, 65 do candles, 10 cases carrots, 2 cases boots, 15 tons coals, 11 cases apples, 02 barrels bi-er, 5 kegs 2 boxes herrings, 4 cases 1 bale slops, 9 cases vinegar, 3 trunk* shoes, 20 boxen hams, 4 do. lard, 25 do. bu ter, 1 case tongues, Lewis & Sons ; Passenger, Mrs. Gedge. 25. Petrel, barque, 195 tons, Carder, for California, with 1200 bdgs flour, 15 (tubs butter, (50 bast ets apples. 103 tin cases gardea seeds, 2607 boxes potatoes, 10 tierces do., 347 bags fine salt, 20 cases honey, 850 hags barley, 8 cases ginger, 4 cases pepper, 4 cases onion seed, 1000 tin pannicans, 390 boxes soap, 2 cases fiuit tree-, 100 packages bacon, T D, Chapman & Co. Pilot, for Port Phillip, with 30,000 feet lira, ber, GJOOpalingi, 1000 s'nves, 20,0 J0 laths, 20,000 shingle 9 , 4 package* Iruic, T. Stevens.

The Ahctic Expedition.— The fir-t s ction of'tlie Arctic Expedition, consisting ol the two sailin; ve&teh, the Resolute, Capt. H. T. Austen, CB , and Assistance, Capt. Omai.ncy, left Woolwich on Thursday. The scene as in the Cdbe of the departue of the Investigator and Enterprise, was an eieitiug one, and will long be remembered in connexion with the history of the search of Sir John Franklin. The band of the Dockyard battalion mustered in uniform. The Resolute was first taken in tow by the J.isper ; and as the vestel cast off from her mooring^ the band commenced playing "Should auld acquainiai.ee," followed by " lleai tsof Oak," '" Jeannteiu. and Jtnuinot," " Itule Britannia," &c. The assemble thousands nn mediately gave thiee loud and prolonged cheers, which was swelled by the cicw of the Fi?guard flagship, who had manned the yards. The crew of the Resolute then manned the yards, and in return gave three cheers About a quarter of a hour afterwards the Assistance was laktn in tow by the Advice, and left her moorings

amidst similar demonstrations. Both vessels will lie for some days in Greenhitbe, to complete the shipment of their stores, and to have their compasses adjusted. —Alias 27 April.