SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 664, 25 August 1852, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

'AIUUVALS. ' August 25— Perseverance, 14 tons, "Biailley, from Mahurnniri, with 26 tons firewood. August 23 — Mnry, 24 tonß, Dnvies, from Waihclci, with 40 tons firewood. Passenger — Mr. McLeod. August 23 — Alert, 14 tons, Samson, from the Wade, with 0,000 feet sown timber. August '23— Frances, '20 tons, James, from Maliurnngi, with 300 bushel* lime, 5,000 feet timber, 10 tons firewood, 4 spurs. August 23 — Oteji, 9 tons, It, Coupland, from Wnngiirei, will) 1^ ton bacon, I ca«k pork, 2 do. lord, 2 do butter. Passengeis— Mr. Petongnlo, Mr. Dent. August 24 — Ilawkhend, 22 tons, K. Lawrie, from Ma hurangi, with 24 tons firewood. August 24 — Kororimlfft, 17 tons, Monganui, fiom llussell, with 2 horses. Passengess — 4 natives.

DUrARTtmES. August 23 — Francos, 20 tons, James, for Mnhuvangi, with ton flour, 1 ion potatoes, 2 baga sugar. Pn«sengors — Messrs. Coombes and Giuliani. August 23 — Victoria, 111 tons, John Smith, for Mongown, with 20 cases brandy, 2 kegs tobucro, 2 caios brandy, \ keg tobacco, 4 bales cottons, 1 do. blankets, 4 cases slops, 2 boxes raisins, 8 cusps oilniiin'HHiores, 1 ton salt, 4 do. potatoes, 4 capita broad, 2 tmnka nppnrcl, 2 bunrllfa spades, 2 kt'gs lieriinga, 1 do. nails, 2 barrels ironmongery.— C, Davis, agent. August 23— Otea, 9 tons, It. Coupland, for Wangaiei, with 3 bundles spades 1 kog 1 package tobacco, 1 bnln blankets, '10 pnckngos sundries, 13 bushels wheat, 1 bag flour, 3 do. salt, 2 cases rum, 1 do. whiskey. Passengers— Mr. i'otongnle, Mr. Dent. August 25— Dolphin, schooner, 40 tons, Thomas Stewart, for Ngunpmu, with 1 ton flour, 3bagsflugar, 1 bale sundiies, 40 lbs. tobacco. August 24— Alert, 14 tons, Thomas Samson, for the Wade in ballast. August 24— Emily, 10 ions, R. Mair, forWangaroi, with 200 lbs. flour, 1 hag augur, 2 do. sundries. August 24— 1 lawk head, 22 tons, R. Lavvrie, for J\J<ihurangi, in ballnst.

A large American, clipper-built sliip, named the Witch of the Wave, Captsiin Millet, commander, hits recently nrrived in tbo East India Docks, Blackwall, from Canton, having made ono of tho quickest voyages on record. She also brought one of tho moat valuable cargoes of teas thnt perhaps ever entered tho port of London, having on board no fewer than 19,000 chesfs. She is 1,400 tonsburden, nnd was built at Salem, near New York, in the course of last year. Sho proceeded to California, then to Hong Kong, and sailed from Whampoap now Canton on the sth January, made tho passage to Java Head in seven daYs had twelve hours, then had the wind W.S.W. to Jv.W for several days, with light tnvdo wind, and wadoitfoe Cupa in 29, days. Then encountered strong mioYly winds from (ho Western Islands, and look a pilotpft" tho DungencßS on the 4th of April, making a passnge from China to the Downs in VO days— a trip surpassing tho celebrated runs of the Qricntial and Surpiise, American clippers, llnd she not encountered tho strong easterly winds up Channel, bho would Uuvo Accomplished ihe voyngo several days earlier. As it was, sho was only four days boating up from the chops of tho channel to reaching the river, while some of our large vessels woro nearly a fortnight doing the distance. It will be seen that she sailed round the world in ten months and a-lmlf, including loading aud discharging at the above ports. — Not Ih British Mail.