Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealander, Volume 6, Issue 466, 2 October 1850, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVALS. Sept. 28 — Tui, 15 tons, from the Bay of Plenty, with 100 bushels wheat, 200 do. maize. Thcs. Russell, agent. Sept. 28 — Antelope, 35 tons, M'Kinnon, from the Bay of Islands, with 1 cmc tobacco, 1 pnekage harness. Salmon & Co., agents. Sept. 30— Dauntless, 27 tons, Thompson, from the East Cape, with 700 bushel* maize, 100 do. wheat. Sept. 30— Edward, 14 tons* Girvan, from Ngunguru, with 900 feet timber.

DEPARTURES. Sept. 21 "Baring, 12 torn, Emera Wiremu, for Ma» ketu, in ballast. Sept. 27— Sarah Jane, 22 tons, for Coromandel Harbour, with 5 bags flour, 2 do. sugar, 1 cwt. salt. Passengers— Mrs. Costello and child, Mr. W. B. Moore. Sept. 2J '"Crocodile, 10 tons, Southgate, for the Bay of Plenty, with 17 coils rope, 1 cask beef, 2 dozen spad«i, 2 bagi flour, I bag sugar, 9 wheat sieves, 1 package sundries. G. Hunter, agent. Sept. 28— Fish Hawk, 15 tons, Brown, for the Bay of Plenty, with 600 feet timber, 1 bale goods, 1 bag ■alt, 1 dozen spades, 1 hone. G. Hunter, agent. Sept. 28— Boyd, 15 tons, Clarke, for Wangaroa and the Bay of Islands, with 1£ ton flour, $ ton sugar, 1 bag salt, \ coil rope, 1\ ton flour, 1 box tobacco, 4 bagi sugar, 1 bag rice, 2 chests tea, 2 casks pork, 1 cask beef, 1 box candles, 18 boxes and trunks. Passenger*— -Mr. and Mrs. Hinckton and 4 children, Jane Gny, and Mrs. J. Haye.«. Sept. 2%—Amicus t 151 tons, John Arthur, for Mahurangi, in bullait. D. Nathan, agent. Sept. 28— Grampus, 23 tons, Paton, for Matakana and Kawau, with 20 gallons brandy, 3 cares gin, 2 casks pork, 1 ton flour, 2 kegs butter, 20 bar* iron, 2 bolts canvas, 1 coil rope, 1 bag sugar. Passenger —Mr. Green. Tho\ Ruisell, Agent. Oct. 2— Dauntless, 27 torn, Thompson, for Coromandel Harbour and East Coast, with 15 tuns empty caiks, 30 gallons rum, 1 bale slops. Oct. 2— Antelope, 35 tons, M Kinnon, for Bay of Islands, with 5| tons potatoes, 3 casks rum, 2 casks 1 case wine, 4 bales blankets, 4 oars, b lbs. gun* powder, straw hats. Salmon & Co., agents.

The Vulcan schooner, which left tliii port on the 25th September last, may be daily expected ; the following ii an extract from a letter received be c: "The Vulcan is not lost, she was dmen into Guam, after being five months out."

An Incident at Sea.— The following narrative, which we slightly abridge from a daily journal kept by one of the paisengers in the Commodore from this port to San Francisco, will we think be read with interest. '• Monday, June 17. We were awoke by the Captain, w,ho told us of a sail in sight. On coming on deck, we Baw the vessel»-a brig— about ten or twelve miles a hefid, going in the same course as ourselves. At we drew nearer, leveral of us took her to hi the Two Friend*, supposing that she had touched at Honolulu on her way. About noon a boat was lowered from the brig, and came towards us. Various surmises were expressed as to the cause of this, but the prevailing opinion was that there ntuit be a death of something on board to induce them to send off a boat from such a distance. When the boat came alongside, we found the second mate and fire other persons in her, They announced the brig to be the Fanny, of Charlotte's Town, Fiince Edward's Island, out seven months, with a cargo of lumber &c, for San Fraacisco. She had fifty. two persons on board, one of whom— a passenger — was suffering much from dysientry ; and they wanted to get from us some anowroot for him. Dr. M. was introduced to them, and they weie greatly delighted to fiud that we had a medical man on board. The Doctor round the man nearly in the last stage of the disease, and set to work at ouce to prepare medicine for him. A sheep was killed, and a quarter of it, with several tins of arrowroot, preserved meats, and soups were put into the boat for the use of the sufferer. While these things were preparing, we learned more about the vessel. She belonged to a company of about forty mechanics and labourers, all of Prince Edward's Island, most of whom were on board, and were young men,— themselves assisting in working the vessel. They kad had a most protracted passage, owing to an unfortunate blunder made by the Captain. They sailed from the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the ]2th of November, and, inttead of keeping well off the land towards the Azores, the Captain shaped hU course for the Equator, and crossed it in long. 44' W. This brought him to the leeward of Cape Rogue, when he had no chance of weathering it. Finding this, after beating about neaily a fort-night, he stood away to the line again, crossed it, put about, but initead of weathering the Cape this time, found himself once more leeward of it. After a delay of six weeks thus occasioned, the vessel rounded the Cape, and, in order to replenish her supply of water &c, made the port of fiahia, where she arrived in January, In April, she reached Valparaiso, from whence she was 53 days nvhen Tve fell in with her. * * The next day, (Tuesday, the 18th) the vessels had drifted to within a mile of each other, and the Doctor and I set off for the brig. I found that there were few on board who did not regret the step they had taken — the a^ed more especially. And no wonder that they should, after being exposed to the discomforts of a vessel that afforded them very meagre convenience now during the greater part of a year. From their manner I conjectuied that I there were pious men amongst them, and on inquiry, I 1 foand that the majority were Wesleyans. There were 1 several Presbyterians also, and one Roman Catholic. The Wesleyan majority were headed by their " classleader," Mr. Moore, a man highly esteemed by persons of every persuasion on board, and who conducted general worship on board twice a day. He had bee»

chief clerk in the respectable Louse of " Peakes" on P. E. Island, and bore high testimonials from bis employers and his minister... ..The Doctor found the patient referred to considerably better f and likely to recover. We learned that his name was White, and that he was a nephew of the eminent ship-builder Mr. White, of Cowes, who built the John Wesley. A sub sequent signal confirmed the expectation of his getting well. Thus by the providential meeting of those two vessels, the life of a fellow-creature was probably sayed. However, the contrast of our comforts and accommodations on board the Commodore with those of our friends in the brig made me feel thaukful for the blessings I enjoyed in this way."