Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 535, 31 May 1851, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVALS. May 29 — Alert, 175 tous R. C. Hall, master, from Tahiti, with 30 barrels lime juice, Brown & Co; 10 casks cocoa nut oil, 5 barrels lime juice, 49 Dejohns lime juice, J. Macky; 3 cases Bain & Burtt. Passengers M. Eubank, M. Sutherland, M. Kewan. May 30 — Asenath, 321 tons M. Rooney, master, from New Castle, (bound for Valparaiso,) with 400 tons coals.

DEPARTURES. May 28 — Colonist, barque 261 tons, Captain S. Banes, for London, with 2000 feet of Kauri boards, Passengers— Mrs. Banes, Captain Marshall.— W. S. Grahame, agent.

The brig Alert, from Valparaiso, for Adelaide, South Australia, has put in here with a small cargo shipped at Tahiti for this port, after discharging which she will proceed on her voyage. She reports the arrival at Valparaiso of the Oliver Cromwell, hence 23rd Oct., after a rapid passage of twenty-eight days. On her arrival she was chartered to take a cargo of flour to San Francisco — the Rev. Mr. Panton and Capt. Rough, who went passengers in her from this port, had proceeded by another vessel to England. The barque Barbara Gordon, hence 6th Feb. arrived at Valparaiso three days previous to the departure of the Alert. Capt. Hall, reports Valparaiso harbour full of shipping — nearly three hundred sail — and freight very low. The firewood taken by the Barbara Gordon had only realised about six shillings per ton. The following vessels hence had arrived at Tahiti previous to the departure of the Alert from that port: The barque Helen S. Page, Capt. Church, hence 23rd Feb., cargo of potatoes all damaged by the grub and thrown overboard. Mr. Grahame, had shipped 340,000 oranges, and proceeded on to California. The onions by the Helen S. Page were all in good order: The barque Glencoe, Capt. Lillewall, hence 17th Feb., — A small portion of the potatoes by this vessel had been sold at three cents but the bulk of them being so much damaged were unfit for sale and were thrown overboard. The Glencoe had sailed for the Friendly Islands to procure a cargo of pigs for the San Francisco market. The brig Sisters, Capt. Clark, hence 13th March, for Honolulu — with her cargo of potatoes all damaged. After clearing the vessel of them and restowing the other portions of the cargo she had proceeded towards her destination: The schooner Eclair, Capt. Peppercorn, hence 14th Feb. Capt. Peppercorne, finding the market glutted on his arrival, sailed for the neighboring islands, and there disposed of his cargo to advantage, and had returned to Tahiti previous to the Alert sailing: The brig Rosalind, Capt. M'Kay, hence had arrived at Tahiti on the 7th May after a good run of seventeen days. The Alert is a fine brig, built at Peterhead, after the model of the Aberdeen clippers, with their celebrated bow heads. The barque Asenath, sailed on the 8th instant, from Newcastle with a cargo of coals for Valparaiso, but, having been struck by a heavy sea, she sustained such severe injuries in her top sides that Captain Rooney deemed it advisable for the safety of the vessel to throw 40 tons of coals overboard. He bore up for Sydney, but meeting with baffling winds made for this port to repair. The Asenath was one of the first British vessels that anchored in San Francisco on the discovery of the gold mines of that country, and has since then been employed in successive voyages between Panama and San Francisco. Her last voyage was from Realejo (near Panama) to Sydney. Her leak being chiefly in the wood ends, the addition of a few iron knees will, it is believed, strengthen her sufficiently for the voyage on which she will proceed so soon at her repairs are completed. The Pauline, Capt. Cain, sailed from Kaipara for Canterbury, on the 26th inst , with a cargo of sawn timber.