SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS. Augast 28 — Neptune, ship, 644 tons, John Henderson , from Sydney, (bound to London.) Passengers — Mrs. James Simmons, Miss Simmons, and Master Simmons. August 30— Endeavour, 14 tons, Martin, from Waiheki, with 25 tons firewood. August 30— Naiad, 22 tons, Monro, from Hokianga, with 500 bushels wheat, 1 ton bacon. — G. Vaile, agent. August 30 — Alert, 14 tons, Samson, from the Wade. August 31. — Joseph Fletcher, ship, 67*3 tons, John Foster, master, from London. Passengers — Dr. W. H. Cory, David Rough, Esq., and Mrs. Rough, Mr. Henry Vercoe, Mrs. Vercoe, three Misses Vercoe, and two Masters Vercoe, Mr. J. Stephens, Mr. Henry Leatham, Mr. James Burnett, Mrs. Bur- ( nett, Mrs. Burnett, sen., and two Misses Burnett, Mr. James Woolley, Mr. William Gordon Rich, Mr. and Mrs. West, Miss West, and Mr. Selby ; 68 steerage passengers and eight Sappers and Miners. —Brown and Campbell, agents.
IMPORTS FOREIGN. The Neptune, has on board 1,215 bales wool, 717 casks tallow, 5,248 hides, 7,632 horns, 1 case wine, 19 bags of canvass, 6 bundles rope, 14,816 treenails, 25 bales flax.
The fine new ship Joseph Fletcher, Captain Foster, arrived yesterday from London after an excellent passage of 99 days. She sailed from the London docks on the 15th May, the day she was advertised to leave on, — put in at Plymouth on the 22nd, sailed thence on the evening of the same day ; made as far south as 48 ° , and was off Van Diemen's Land on the seventy-ninth day ; but since then she has encountered strong easterly winds. The Stately, Captain Ginder, sailed three days before her for Wellington, Nelson, and Otago. The steamer Australia was to leave for Sydney on the 3rd June. The Joseph Fletcher is a splendid vessel, fitted up in the style of China clippers, and will no doubt be found fully able to compete with any vessel of her class, — her rate of sailing, on this her first trip, having been, with a fresh breeze, from twelve to fifteen knots an hour. She is •classed Al for thirteen years at Lloyds ; and we may cay with confidence that wo never taw a finer vessel enter our harbour — everything about her looking clean, trig, and sbip-sbape, betokening the trustworthy carefulness and good seamanship qualities of the hands to which she has been confided. She has brought out upwards of seventy passengers (amongst whom is our old harbour master, Captain Rough, who we are glad to welcome back), all of" whom have arrived in excellent health and spirits from a voyage, the comforts and pleasures of which were in no small degree to be attributed to the kindness and affability of Capt. Foster, of whom they speak in high terms. Nearly the whole of the passengers are for this settlement, and the bulk of the cargo also. New Plymouth is the only other port to which sbn is destined, several passengers and a quantity of cargo having to be landed there; On Saturday morning the ship Neptuae, bound to London from Sydney, arrived in our harbour. She sailed from Sydney on the 30th July, and when off the West Coast fell in with heavy weather and a severe gale, Which lasted nearly two days, during which part of her bulwarks and one of her quarter boats were carried away. It was found that she was leaking and the Captain deemed it prudent to bear up for Auckland. He bad much difficulty in reaching our harbour, owing, as it is reported on board, to him only having a very imperfect chart of the South Pacific, from which it could not be ascertained whether the harbour of Auckland lay on the East or West Coasts. A letter on this subject will be found below, commenting on a statement made in the Southern Crou of yesterday morning respecting the alleged •* deficiency experienced by strange ships in making this port, in consequence of the lack of charts and sailing instructions." Our correspondent, who is well acquainted with such matters, shows clearly that no difficulty of this kind really exists ; and it is mischievous to say that it does, while any vessel having a general chart of the Pacific on board can, with common care and skill, be easily brought into our harbour. There is no excuse, however, for masters of vessels coming out from London with the object of taking valuable cargoes back, who neglect to provide themselves with proper local charts for all these islands, seeing that they can be so readily and cheaply obtained. Captain Henderson it appears did not know where he was, until he was noticed in danger to the Southward of Cape Colville by Mr. Peachey, of Hawkes Bay, who put off to the vessel, and brought her safely to our harbour.
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New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 666, 1 September 1852, Page 2
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