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Shipping Intelligence.

AURIVALS. une 7— Emma.biijr, 121 tons. A. Brooks, from Sydney. Passengers— Mr. G. Paiker, Mr. Vickers.— J. Wood house, agenf. Jane B— Border Moii), schooner, 91 ton*. K. T'tnlun., from Sydney, inbiH ft Pa< sneer*— The Bishop of Newcastle, and Master Betts.— T. Lewis, ngent. June 9— Children, 30 tons, A. Jones, from Ru«eM. with 1 horse, 1 iron plough, 60 burbi Is prais-seed, lOcwt. of bacon, 1 c.ise sundries 10 c^ses tobacco. Passenger -Miss Isabella Kiik, Mrs, Evans. June 9-Eliza, 42 tons, G. Newnbmn, fioui Kbubu, n ballast.

The Border Maid Railed from Sydney on tlie 29th Ultimo. She was towed to sea by the bieamer Thihtle, ou bnaid of which were a number of the Subscribi r» and Friends of the Australian Board of Missions, who accompanied the Mission Schooner down the harbour to manifest the interest they felt in the noble errand <»; which she wh* proceeding, and (heir reiprct for the Bishop of Newcastle who was leaving Australia for a season to assist in carrying out the intentions of the Board by opening up' the way »Vr fresh missionary efforts in the Islomis of the South Seas. The Moa armed at Sydney on 251h ultimo and was to nail a^ain for AucklnnJ on the 4th insc. Tho Water Polie« Huthorities were making strenuous elvn to prevent the desertion of seamen from their vessels. Descriptions of the runaways were bcit-g fo ( warded to the Police uuthoriiios in the Mining dKirutb, and handsome rewards were offered by Captains of vessels for the nppiehent.ion ol ile oners.. Cargo Boat Capsizlb —Yesterday afternoon as u Dnr^o boat belonging to Willidin Marshall was commg into Commercial Bay from the Stately, he-ivi y laden with enses and puckages t>{ Goods, she, whs CB».;''\t by a suilden ■quail, and caps'zsd neaily oppos.te ihe C^ed-iinan Hotel. Ten or a dozen boats were speedily alongside to render assistance, and every thing was sa\cd. The principal portion of the t;<>ods on board— being such as p ckks and oilmen^ goodswould not suffer any md'en-il dam.ige by the very short time they weie immersed.

Loss of ihrEmma Sherratt.— The master of thii unfortunate vessel has furniihed u« with the following particulars :— " On the 14th November, 1850, the schooner Emma Sherratt, of Port Aiieluide, left Oahoo, and pioceeded on her voyage ; experienced Btroni? tiades, »>nd passed between the Samoa Group on the evening of December Ist, after -which she experienced strong westerly currents and moderate weather. At noon, December 6, being in latitude 1937 S., we sttered for Turtle Island to be eertam of the chronometer, which island we sighted at 5 p m., bearing west, distant about 16 miles ; at 6 l'.tvi altered coursr to S.W. by S., wind being E.S.E , and a m«deraleoreeze; at 8 f ni . the western end of the inland bore N. by \v., distant about 9 miha. Upon being relieved, I went into the cabin and laid oil the ccur-e for Sydney ; about B*3o v M , while in conversation with Mr. Wilscn, the vessel struck the ground, r.nd upon reaching the deck 1 found her on ehote on a reef running ai far as I couid s*e norlh and souih, but with little break upon it. As. the moon was about setting, I could see what appealed to be deep water a diort distance ahead. We bavins shortened soil upon my going on deck, upon consultation with the first nnd second mates I deemed it most advisable to lighten her, and she wouid go over, as we had no means of getting her off against the wind. I accordingly commenced to lighten her of all Hie heaviest tilings at baud, but while so employed she drove the rudder up, tearing away aU the re^u pmtnls, &c, a«d gauitd so rapidly on the pumps as to render all our endeavours hopeless. When daylight broKe, we found ourselves upon a detached reet, not bid down od our charts, or the'Amfcrican survey, which we have since seen : and which had it not been for the remains of the Emma Sherrat's stern the American sloop-of- w.ir Falmovvth would hi»ve gone on shore in the same place, on hrr way to Ovalou, one of the islands, where she ai rived during our stay there. Theie was no alarm given by the watcli until ehe struck ; am! t'>ey say »here was no '-appearance of buaners until attei sue suuck : we " Btayed by the wreck until Monday morning, wlen the natives came off in their canoes, and we went on shore, but they robbed us eventually of all our clothes; we remained on Turtle Island until the Ut of Jamiaiy, 1851, when one of the chiefs arrived from Lakemba, and we staited with him. We received e^ery attention aud kindness from Mr Lyth, and otheis of the Wes« leyan Mistion. We left Lakemba on the sth February in a trading boat, for Ovalou, and upon our arrival experienced much atiention and kindness from Mr. David Whippy and Mr. Waterhouse; and eventually sailed for Sydney in the schooner Opdlid, which vessel arrived at Oraiou, about five months afier we reached there." — Sydney Herald May 23. Various reports have been in circulation during the last two days as to the intention the Government to tend H. M. steamer Acheron to Singapoic, with despatches. We a c enabled to state that the is not at present under such ordeis, and that due notice will be (jiveii should such a determination be ai rived at. — Ib. May 27. The Great Britain steam ship has at length been sold by the directors of the Great Western Ste.im Ship Company to Mr. Paterson, the eminent ship builder of Bristol, for the sum of jCIB,UOO, being about the seventh part of her original cost. We hear that she is to be laid on for passenger traffic between England and America during the Great Exhibition — ga'-.ermg the Vpatsengers to and from, live puce being fixed at .£l5 '' per head. It is expet ted the arrivals from America in 'Wfayiwitl number sixty thousand persons.— A/eMourwe Davy News. At St. Stephen's, New Brunswick, a vessel is on the «tockB) innidc ol which there is a lar^e steam-boat, all in complete order. The bhip and steamer are intended foraCalifoiniar.dventure. A part of the hull of ihevi" el being laid, it wa< let off the way?, and the s e^m-boat wai floated into it, and then they were hauled up again. The gentleman who owns the vessels, says thai be can have the steam-boat ready for running in two days afttr he arrives at San Francisco. Tdis is certainly a novel enterprise, and is worthy of having been planned and executed on the Yankee side of the river.

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New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 538, 11 June 1851, Page 2

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Shipping Intelligence. New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 538, 11 June 1851, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence. New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 538, 11 June 1851, Page 2

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