SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 673, 25 September 1852, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS. Sept. 22— Fairy, 15 tons, Nicholas, from the Thames, with 500 bushels wheat, 4 casks pork. Sept. 22— Hira, 17 tons, from Bay of Plenty, with 300 baskets potatoes. Sept. 22 — hawkhead, 22 tons, Lawrie, from Mahurangi, with 20 tons firewood, 6000 lathes. Sept. 23— Alert, 16 tons, Merrett^from the Wade, with 7000 feet sawn timber. Sept. 23 — Lass. 14 torn, Thompson, from Matata,witli 250 kits polatoes, 30 ditto corn. Sept. 23— Raven brig, 1 70 tons, Thompson, from Sydney, September 10. Pas-engers — Miss Bartley, Captain Lillewall, Mr. L. Davis, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Lfggatt, Mr. Manner, Mr. Sirason. — W. S. Graharae, agent. Sept. 23— Daniel Watson, whaling brig, Pbelps, from Fe°jee Islands, clean. Passengers— the crew and Passengeis (97) of the Dutch Brigantine Ceies, wrecked at the Feejee.s Sept. 24— Endeavour, 14 tons, A. Martin, from Waibeki, with 23 tons firewood. Sept. 24— Children, 30 tons, Jones, from -Russell, with 7 head cattle, 2 tons, •bacon, 1 case lemons. Passengers— Rer.R. Buirows, Mr. R.Kerop. T.Lewis, agent. Sept. 24— Eliza, 24 ton 3, EHis, from Poverty Bay, with 800 bushels wheat, 1 tons hams and bacon, 2 cases nppels. Passengers— Mrs. Sraale & family, Mr Rich. ■— W.S. Grahame, agent.

DEFARTURBS. , j Sept. 18— Iliofonma, 68 ton*, 11. Sturley, for the East Coast, — J. Salmon & Co, gents. Sept. 22— Hawkhead, 22 tons, |Lawrie, fcr Maburangf, with 2 bags four. Sept. 23— Fairy, 15 tons, Nicholas, for the rirer Thames, with 1 bale blankets, 2 bales slopß, 1 case slops, 3 ploughs,. Sept. 2-I— Julia, schooner, 56 tons, Thompson, for A.elbourne. Passengers — Mess s. Andrew Clarke, Duncan Campbell, David Hill, Henry Quick, E. Howell, W. Mair, M. Stephson, W. H. Henry. Low,, & Motion, agents.

CLEARED OUT. Sept. 25— William Hyde, barque, 535 tons, J. I*. Applewbaite, for Melbourne. Passengers— Mr. & Mrs, G. Russell, and servant, Dr. Warrington, Messrs, W. Wbite, J. White, W. Forsytb and son.T. Keven.— Wilkinson, J. A. Krenes,— M' Guire, D. M'Millan, J. C.Germaine, Gillingham, Thompson, J. MacDougall, W. Motion,. Cuthbert Clarke,— W. Conway, T. Watson, R. Hollister, H. Kasung, J. Cox, John Cox, G. Lang, J. Craig, A. Craig, J. Sims, S. Compton, W. Lori-gan, M. Richard, H. Hudson, John Mitchel, S Wadman, J. Synies, James ond Mary Howard, it. Cameron, G. Headly, J. Kennedy, J. Thompson, J. Costello, G. Hewson, E. Jobnstone, J. Kellor, S. Johnstone, P. Kedlar, E. Walcl., J. Walch, J. Price, R. Price, R. Taylor, J. McConnacbia, T. Kearney, W. Parker, J. Parker, T. Wallace, J. Gillies, T. Davy, J. Robertson, W. Dauks, Anne, Matilda, and W. Dauks, G. Ansel], T. Weaving, W. Srott, W. Trenor, J. Redmand, E. George, A. Hughes, J. Howie, J. Dunlop, W. M'Kenzie, P. Bryan, Mr. & Mra. Mount, Thomas £f Sarah Healy, & Sarah, Mary, Joseph, & Thomas Healy, J. Finlay, D.Barn^t, W. Frazer, J. Knox, J. Abraham, T. Fleming, J. Dowe», W. Halket, R. Oaks, W. Semple, F. Dyke, H. Wilkinson, C. Waterhouse, D. Jones, A. Johnstone, J. Ralph, R. Johnson, Mis. Johnson, Mrs. Bailey, Samuel Bailey, and E.~King, W. Combes, W. George, — Brown & Campbell, agents.

IMPORTS — FOREIGN. Per Raven, from Sidney, 10 chests 10 f -chests tea, 10 hhds. ale, 15 oases oilman's stores,' 1 bbd. 2 casks vinegar, 12 casks soda, 2 rolls lead, 2 boxes tin plates, 20 boxes candles, 6 barrels lemons, 1 cases hats, 1 case book?, 1 bale, 11 cases fruits, 66 mats sugar 1 pocket hops, 20 boxes soap, 1 c.ise, 30 boxps candlts, 1 case mace, 1 case I parcel stationery, 4 bales leather, 11 bags salt, 14 bagß rice, 5 cases oilman's stores, 2 kegs tobacco, 2 cases whiting, 1000 iron pots, 4 casks fruits, 1 cask ironmongery, 6 bundles scjtbes, 6 ditto handles, 44 chests tea, 59 $ barrels gunpowder, 1 drum spelter, 1 package sieves.

EXPORTS — FOREIGN. Per William Hyde, for Melbourne, 12 packages window sashes, 7 cases and l cask bams and bacon, 1 case fowling pieces 10 cases and 1 trunk boots and shoes, 86 cases sherry, 13 bundles sheet iron, 10 cases plants, 1 cask pork, 3 bags hams, 400 feet sawn timber, 1 tin white lead, 6 kegs nails, 12 balps and 2 trusses blankets, 5 hlida gin, 7 cases saddlery, 1 case locks, 2 bales calico, 10a casLs bottled beer 6 hhds. 11 cases brandy, 4 cases pap«r hangings, 5 cases oil clotb, 4$ boxes soap, 7 casks 2 hbds. whiskey, 20,000 feet sawn timber, 2618 pieces sawn timber, 800 feet sawn timber, 20,000 feet sawn timber, 20 packages furniture, 1 dog cart, 150 bags flour, 100 bags sharps, 250 bags bran, 1 wooden house, 39 kegs nails, 2 cases and 2 casks bacon, 2 casks boots, la - baskets- and 480 bags, potatoes, 19 cases hams and bacon, 2 cases lamps, 2 cases slops and hardware. Per Julia, for Melbourne, 180 bags flour, 16 tides baoon, 10 hams, 1 package hams, 1 package bacon.

Vessels in Harbour. Daniel Watson, whaling brig, 160 tons, Capt. Phelps, arrived from Feegeesand whaling grounds. Out two months from Sydney — clean. John Wesley, missionary brig, 255 tons, Capt. Ryle, arrived from the South Sea Islands. Refitting. Joseph Fletcher, ship, 672 tons. Captain Foster. Discharging cargo from London. Julia, schooner, 36 tons, Captain Thomson, for Mel* bourne. Ready for sea. Neptune, ship, 644 tons, C aptain Henderson, about to sail for London. Raven, brig, 225 tons, Capta'n Thompson, anived from Sydney. William Hyde, barque, 533 tons, Captain Apple* whajie, for Melbourne. Ready for sea.

The Daniel Watson arrived on Thursday morning with the shipwrecked passengers and crew of the Dutch brig. Ceres, which was wrecked on the night of the 22nd July last on a reef north of the island of Rambe, one of the north-easterly islands of the Feejee group. The Cere 9, with 103 passengers on fcoard, sailed from San Francisco on the 14th June for Sydney -and Port Phillip : On the 2nd July she sighted Owbyhee, on© of the Sandwich Inlands, and on the 18th sighted the island of Niaufoou and came to anchor there on the 19th where she took in fresh provisions. Six of her passengers remained on the island— and the brig left on the evening of the 20th. She endeavoured to weather the Feejees, but finding she could not do so, on the morning of the 22nd, she tacked and stood to the north weßt intending to go to leeward, when, about twelve o'clock on the night of the 22nd, while running before the wind with studding sails set, at the rate of ten or eleven knots, she wtiuck upon the reef at high water, where she laboured heavily throughout the night, the Capt. expecting her to go to pieces tvery minute. She was a strong built vessel however, and kept together until the tide receded, the mam mast having been cut away to ease her in the mean time. The passengers pasied that night in a dreadful state of suspense, for baring but one boat that was seawoithy, and as they did not know the position of the reef, there was the greatest uncertainty aa to the propriety of leaving the wreck-^at daylight however two biuall islands were discerned about five milet to leeward. The boat was immediately manned, and two female passengers with an infant and a boy about ■even years of age, were put on board, and she started for the island, which was found to bo uninhabited- The passengers set to work immediately to construct a raft of the spare spars on board and of the fore-mast of the vessel— but Ibey found that when built it n as unavailable owing to the heavy sea and surf caused by a strong gale of wind that blew the entire day. Ultunate'y the whole number were safely transported from the wreck to the islaid by means of the boat, during the course of the first day. The next four or firedaj* were employed in saving provisions and water from the wrock and bringing them off to the island, — a good deal of the bread had been damaged, by salt water on the first night but all that was sound on board was saved, together with a good part of the sail and gear of the brig. The passengeia' luggage &c, was in a great measure destroyed bt fore anything could b« removed fiom the vesitl. Having all got 6afely on the island, they set to work to provide shelter, and then to fit out the long-boat for sea. with a determination to send off a crew in hope of making either Norfolk Island or Moreton Bay to procure relief. The boat was decked over and provisioned— the Captain, one of the crew, two sailor passengers, and Mr, Charles Ring, formerly of Auckland, were selected to proceed in her, and she staited on Sunday the Bth August. She was out ten days and had only made about 300 mjjes, wber* the) discerned a sail which turned out to

be the whaling brig- Daniel Watson, Capt. Pbelps, out nix weeks from Sydney. Captain Pbelps immediately stood up in the direction of the wreck, and made the j island on the 25th August. The pas>engeis were all taken on board, together with some of the gear, &c, of the Ceres, and tbe Daniel Watson left the island on the 29th August, shaped her course for Auckland, and made tbe land on Monday last. The unfortunate people by tbe Ceres suffered a great deal of privation from tbe time she struck : the ibland on which they were cast produced nothing but a few jams and cocoa nuts; these although very scanty were their pnncipal support while they were there, and there being no fresh water on tbe island, and no rain having fallen until within a few days before tbe arrival of tbe Daniel Watson, the allowance to each, of the quantity saved from the wreck, was only a pint and a half per day. Notwithstanding that they suffered much their lives, have been all providentially spared and there was not any serious illness nmongst them. Most of them, we believe intend to proceed by early opportunities to Port l'l-illip. 'I he Falmoutb,Jschooner, hence for San Francisco, arrived there on tbe 4th June. The Raven, brig, arrived on Thursday morning, from Sydney tbe 10th instant. She had a tedious passage of 23 days to Sjdney, where she arrived on the 22nd ultimo. The Moa arrived on the 7th ! instant, 13 days from Auckland. Captain Bow- j den has taken command of her, and Captain Thomp- j son, formerly of the Flash, iron schooner, has now command of the Raven. Ihe Moa is expected to an ive in the course of next week. H. JVI. Schooner Pandora, hence the 17th July, arrived at Sydney, after an eitraoidinary boisterous pnssage, on the 10th Augt. She sailed again for the West Coast of New Zealand on the 31st. The P. &0. C. Steamer Chusan arrived at Sydney on the 3rd August, and sailed again for Singa pore, tocall at Melbourne, Adelaide, &c, on her way to the Indian Sea. The Australian, mail steamer, from Plymouth the sth June, arrived at Sydney on the Bth inst., wbere she was to make but a sbo»t stay, to rpturn home by the Cape of Good Hope. The English barque Legerdemain, Captain Trenouth, bound from San Francisco to Newcastle and Sydney, wa9 wrecked on Nicholson shoal, on tbe morning of tbe Bth June last. The captain, crew, and passengeis (there were only five of the latter) were all saved. By means of a raft they reached the island of Vatea, Samoa, where they were received by the missionary, and well treated by the natives, and ultimately reached Upola, from whence they were taken on board the Montezuma, Capt. Robmaon, a vessel from California, and landpd at Sydney on the 9th August. The barqae Glencoe, and the Cicely, schooner, of this port have been sold at Port Phillip. The Marmora hence was 46 days on the passage to Melbourne.

H.M. Schooner Pandora Las been tbsent for nearly twelve mouths on the west ccMBt of New Zealand. The rivers Hokmnga and Kaipara, together with all their brandies, have been carefully surveyed, Tbe Pandora has come up to Sydney to refit. Ou tbe 18th of July, on leaving the coast of New Zealand, and thinking it likely to be boisterous weather, the schooner bore up for Kawau Island. A squall struck her in the N. passage, and when within about a cable's length of tbe Maoii Rock. Tbe wind then commenced to blow a complete hurricane, shifting from the N.W. to S.W. Tbe vessel then ran out, all sail shortened. She bad ber fore top-gallant sail, fore-topmast, stay-sail, and jib split by the violence of tbe gale : They were fortunately enabled to bear up and clear lbs Maori Rock. Tbe squall lasted about one hour. On the 21st July, when about 50 miles off tbe three Kings, Int. 33 ° 34' S., long. 170 ° 53' W., soundings vrere found on a coral bank at 160 fathoms, and the next morning, when abou tls miles farther on, no soundings, in 766 fathoms. On the 24tb, she experienced a very severe gale, veering from the N.VV. to tbe S.W. which continued until the following day. A heavy sea struck tbe schooner and carried away the first gig. In lat. 31 ° 2' S. long. 142 ° 2' E., tbe heel of a small topmast was picked up ; this is now on board, On the 26tb, passed a black brig, name unknown, steering the same course On the SOth, the weather continuing vety bad, a sea stove in tbe second gig, Ou tbe sth mr.ant, off Smoky Cape. 6tb,— gale commenced from the S.E-, the schooner off Port Macquarie. During the subsequent continuation of the gales from the N.E. the Pandora ran past the port in tbe thick hazy weather. When off Botany Bay, tbe shank painter of the starboard anchor was can led away, and in consequence of its beatiog against the bow, it was let go to prevent damages. About 8 o'clock the third gig was washed from the same davits as tbe first gig — in short, the whole passage from New Zealand has been one continuation of s ornm. The whole of the recent surveys are on board tbe Pandora, and judging from Captain Drury's well known hberality and urbanity, we have no doubt they may be inspected by any gentleman wishing for peculiar information relative to the rivers in question,— Sydney Herald, August 11.

THE AUSTRALIAN, STEAM-SHIP. (From the " Sydney Morning Herald," September, 0.)

This noble vessel arrived last evening after a fine run 57 hours from Port Phillip. The following is an ahstiact of the voyage from England to this port. She left Blaekwall June Ist, and arrived at Plymouth on the 3rd; left on the sth, and made St. Vincent on the loth ; resumed her voynge on the 19th. Arrived at St. Helena 2nd' July, hating remained there one day; «he an chored in Table Bay on the 19th, leaving on the 22nd, making King George's Sound on the 24th August, and Adelaide on the 29th; from thence to Port Phillip, arriving on the 2nd September, and left for this port on tho 6th instant, having accomplished the passage in Q 9 days, including the deention in various pom oflsj days. Her passage thiough the Bay of Biscay was accompanied with very heavy weather, part of the starboard bulwarks and tail being carried aw»y owing to the heavy sea Violent gales from the N.E. were also encounlered off the Cape, which caused the loss of two boats and jibboom. She proved herseii a superior seaboat. She will sail again from this port on the 15th instant. The lateness of her arrival precludes the possibility of giving such a description ot this line vessel as she justly merits. Further particulars will be furnished in to-morrow's issue. [From the Herald, Sept, 10.] We have already notified the arrival, on Wednesday evening, of the first steam-ship of the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company, the Australian, Captain Hoseason, 8.N., and we now, in accordance with the promise made in yesterday's Sydney Morning Herald proceed to offer further particulars m respect to this most acceptable addition to that branch of the maritime resources .which immediately refers to closer communication between Great Britain and her Australasian colonies. Not more than fourteen years have elapsed since fhe then difficult problem of Transatlantic Steam Communication between New York and Liverpool was solved by the voyages of the Sirius and Great Western, each of which crossed the Atlantic direct from the former port without touching (as was declared peremptorily) at the Azores, St. John's, or Halifax. This passage was declared by sci ntific men ofstanding at that time to be impossible ; and even when its successful achievement proved the unsoundness of the ground upon which these suvavs bu It their theories, the use ot steam-vessels for long voyages was still opposed, and the enterpt ise received the most vexatious discouragements. Only a few years, however, have elapsed, and steam intercourse between Europe and America is not only carried on al» most daily, but '» Transpacific," as well as '• Transat lantic,' communications form now the earnest theme of practical and experienced men. By the mighty power of steam all the great thoroughfares of commerce are now being thrown opeu to the world; and by three lines, a rapid and regular line of transit is now almost completed between England and ihese_ colonies. It has been so lately our agreeable duty to lePer to the arrival here of the Oriental and Peninsular Steam Navigation Company's steamer, the Chusao. nnd also to the immediate prospect of a line of steamers bei/>g immediately laid on for the purpose of effecting the route via Panama, th.it we need not, at present, recur to those important points, We shall therefoie confine ourselves to the arrival in this port of the A. R. M. S. N. Company's steam-ship, the Australian, after a pahsage of ninety days, which, it must be observed, included some unexpected detentions of fifteen and a half | days. The Australian is a noble vessel, of 1400 tons burthen, and 300 horse power. She is iron-huilt, and the lollowing are her dimensions :—: —

I The ongines are from the establishment of Messis.Tul* loch and Denny, of Dunbarton; and the vessel herselt was constructed by Messrs. Denny Biothers of the came place. The engine house is fitted' up with consummate

skill, having uvo tul ular boilers fitted with brass tubes and six furnaces each, at eith r end ; comprising thus, four boilers, as it weie, in two. The pitch and diameter of the screw is 14 feet; the stroke 4^ ieet ; and the reTolmioni from 25 to 28 per minute. Bunks, capable of holding JOO tons ot coal (the consumption of which is about 30 tons a-day), are fi ted round the enginehouse. The orders to the principal engineer aie conveyed telegraphically from the deok ; a bell calls his attention, and then a dial directs him to the order 11 stop," " slow,' 1 " a-head, 1 ' " a stern," as the case may be. In consequence of an unexpected disappointment at St. Vinoent, where, instead of coal, n-hich she lully expected io obtain, nothing but patent fuel of an unserviceable kind could be procured, the full capacity of the Australian's engines cannot be sM to h.ive been f,iirly or fully tested. She may, however, be said 'o have performed eleven knots in steaming weather. Another serious drawback to the prosperous course of this her first voyage was the leliactoty conduct ot her crew, amongst whom the firemen were the most prominent rfciois. Twice did they strike while at sea, and a third time at Adelaide. At Melbourne, it was found necessary to give three of the ringleaders into r ustody, and who were each sentenced to lmprisoomet.t ; others of the crew will, it is reared, have to be brought before the Wa'er Police authorities here. Uuder all these circumstances, ihe length of the Australian's first voyage is not surpijsing. Capt, Hoseason, however, is sanguine in expecting to be able to perform the second voyrtge out in sixty -five dajs. We proceed from the engine-house, the great point of attraction, to the lar,e s>aloon a spacious and classically appointed apartment, sixty feet in length. The cotnices and panel compartments are Whi'e and gold, ihe woikm nship of exquisite finish: the former are supported by gilded models of Asia, Doris, Elect™, Etnynome, Metis, Clythia, Idyia, Polydora Rhodia, Plexaure, and other of the Oceanides celebrated by Apollodorus; whilht the latter are divided by green and white marble columns with gilded Corinthian capitals and bases, over which giotesque Fauni, gaily glancing both at the /air Oceanides above, and the clusters oi golden grapes beneath them seem to invite the passengers to banish all panics of the deep, and to think only of the happy and golden shores where their havens are to be. To describe the whole of the luxurious arrangements of the cabins—the ladies' apartments, with their comfortable retiring-room ; ti c well-selected iiblintheque, the medical depaitment, the handsomely appointed steward's pantry, with its rich service of plate and glass; ihe cushions of Utrecht velvet ; the gilded mirrors , the slabs of Brocatelli muri le ; would be to give a catalogue of costly luxuries, to whicb our unaccustomed pen must fail to do justice. Entered by a separate staircase is the cabin for the second-class passengers, where again both luxury and comfort are found. The dining saloon is lit by four handsome sinumbra lamps; and the cabins are calcu« lated to accommodate about seventy with comfort Here, as in the first-class cabins, ihe arrangements for ventila'ion aie of the best deser ption. For third-class passengers, accommodation for about seventy-six is provided, "Wi.h ample Bpace, and lof'y 'tween decks. On the main deck is a subst»ntial building, which is divided into various departments. A large s>heef fold, a cow-house, butchers' shop; the general galley, in which the culinary mysteries are perfoimed by threo cooks and numerous assistants } the mess-r oom for the second and third officers, and midshipmen ; the chief engineer's cabin ; the bake-house ; and the lamphouse. In conclusion, we are gratified to express our full commenda ion of every appointment of this noble vessel ; whether as regaids her machinery, her luxuries, or her c< mforis. One scientific improvement not before introduced here we must not fail to observe. Upon the mam-deck is fixed a standard compass, about 12 feet high, by which is corrected the variations of the ord - nary ship's compass occasioned by ihe contiguity of so large a mass of iron. It but remains to say, that both the Australian and her sister steam-ship the Sydni-y, were not originally designed for this trade,— they were built for the pnssenger traffic between England and Turkey,— and that various improvements will be carried out in the two vessels to be built to the express order of the A. R. M. S. N. Company, and which have been dt signed with the most careful reference to the requirements of the important and rapidly increasing commerce of the Australasian group.

In reference (o the supply of coals for the steamers which aieto ply between this pott and London, v,e find the following particulars an the South Australian Remitter ot August 26th : — The Government schooner Eleonora, belonging to the Western Piovince, arrived yesterday from King George's Sound, with the Lord BMiop of Adelaide as a passenger, and the gratifying intelligence of the arrival at Albany of the Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company's Agent, Captain Doutty, and three .-hips with more than 3000 tons of coal.-— Sydney Empire, Sept. 8. The Geelong, from Liverpool, has on board a large number of miners and their families, belonging to the Gold Companies in Victoria, together with a further supply of implements, &c.,two boxes ofspecip, £.0,000 for the same, one box of specie, £10,001), for Monteiiore and Co. The Roxburgh Castle.— A finer slip than this has seldom anchored in liobson's Bay : she was built at Sunderland, and purchased by Messrs. Greene & Co. of BlHckwall, and is now on her first voyage. She left Plymouth June 2nd, at which lime the Australian steamer hnd not arrived, although she had sailed from London. She brings out a number of respectable people as passengers, and fifty-six of Sidney Herbert's needlewomen, who it is stated have behaved well on the voyage; all appear in good health and spirits, nor did any deaths occur since leaving. The whole of her cargo is for Sydney, to which port it is the captain's intention to proceed.without delay. She has brought about £25,000 in specie for the Bank of Australasia here. She is to be followed by the Coldstream, Bangalore, City of Poonah, and Windsor, belonging to the same firm, at intervals of a fortnight between each. On the passage she spoke the Rajah Gopaul, (or Moreton Bay, wnh emigrants, and likewise the Thomas Lowry, tor this port. The Persia, for Melbourne, sailed from Plymouth the day previous to the Roxburgh Castle, The Emigrant, another of the Liverpool liners, baa brought a large number of passengers, all in good health ; only live infants died on the passage, aud a similar number of births took place. On the 30th May. off the Cape de Verd Islands, she spoke the Monarch, from London to this port. The cargo of tb« Emigrant is entirely for Sydney, to which plice she proceeds as early as possible. The Queen of tbe South, screw steamer, belonging to the Cape and India Company, was to sail abouc the middle of June for the Australian colonies. The Helena, from New York, June 9, h*a mndea firstrate run of eighty-three days to this port, and is tbe first pn§3enger vessel from that place. Her passengers are principally Canadians, who have been induced to travel thus far by the allurements of our gold fields. Her cargo is not large, but miscellaneous, and doubtless will sell well. The Ksvenue, ship, and Radius, brig, were to follow the above vessel from New Yoik, about the first week in July.— Argus, Ist September. On Saturday, and during the week, hundreds of applications have been made by persons of both sexes at offices of the various commissioners in the city, and of the Government Land and Colonial Emigration Office, Park-street, Westminster, for passages to Australia. At the present time there is lying a whole fleet of ships in the various docks of the port of London, chartered for Port Phillip, Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, &c, which will sail for their respective destinations in June, and early in July, and which are fast filling,-- Observer, Kay 29. The Flora Macdonald arrived on Wednesday last, and anchored in our bay about five o'clock in tbe afternoon. She is from Liverpool, and is a full rigged slip of 666 tons. She brings 304 immigrants, who are stud to be of a respectable class, mostly we understand, iroin Scotland. Tbe Flora Macdondld met with rough weather, which obliged her to put in at the Cape of good Hope for repairs. She has no cargo for this port, but has 350 tons of coal for Bombay. She spoke the Eglinton, from London, for Adelaide and Portland. Three of the crew of the flora Mucdonald succeeded in boiling the same evening she ancbond ; and ten of the remaining bands, including even the chief mate, were taken to the watchhouse the next da? for refusing to work.— Portland Guardian , August 20. The H. C. Kidstone, from Glasgow via Plymouth j the Bengal Merchant, fiom London, one hundred and fifty days out ; and the BourneoutF, from Liverpool, for Geelong, with 837 Government emigrants on board, all well, were at the Heads when the Royal Shepherdess left yesterday, writing for pilots.—- Argus, Sept emir 16 The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company anuounce that their new steam ship Formosa will be despatched from Southampton on the 7th of August, for Sydney, calling at the Cape of Good Hope and Port Phillip. This U another st«p in the right

direction : but as this vessel only takes first and second class passi-ngers, it will not very materially aid in the promoting the emigration of the classes now most needed in those colonies. — Morning Chronicle. Englis.ii Shipping. — The following vessels laidon at London for Melbourne, were to leave in June and July : Windsor Castle, 900 tons, Jane, 330 tons, Nelson, 900 tons, Shanghae, 451 tons, Anne Malcolm, 500 tons City of Poonuh, 900 tons, Sunbeam, 950 tons, with emigrants, Euphrates, 700 ton*, a new ship, 1000 tons, June 30. The Hebrides, 900 tons, last shipping day, Ist June, and Statesman, last shipping day, June 11, were laid on for Melbourne direct, H. M. Emigration Commissioners advertise for tenders to convey emigrants for ships to leave for Sydney 28th June, Melbourne Ist July, Geelong Ist July, Adelaide Bth July. The Marion, 667 tons, was to leave London foi Sydney direci on the 20th June ; and the Bank of England, 1000 tons, on the 19th June. The Lady Eveline, 1200 tons, was to follow the Kent and the Admiral, Captain Lamond would receive no goods after the June. '1 he following vessels were to leave Liverpool between the 20th June and July ;— Earl of Derby, 2000 ton?, Mobile, 1500 tons, Ellen, 1400 tons, John Leerh, 800 tons, all for Melbourne direct. The Dundonald, 2000 tons, for Melbourne and Sydney, was to leave on the sth August, and the Phoenix, 1700 tons, on the 29th July, and Blanch, 1800 tons, on the 6th September, foi Sydney d rect. The Hydasper, 750 tons, daily ex pectcd to arrive at London, was advertised for the same destination. The Marmion, from Launceston, ai rived at Gravesend on the 20th May. A new clipper ship, the Meteor, was to leave London in June, and the Ballrirat, J lOO ton 1 -, a new Aberdeen clipper, some time in July. The Blackfriar, 800 tons, was laid on at London to leave Plymouth on the 7th June, for Melbourne and Sydney ; also a ship of 1000 tons burthen, to leave about the end of June. The Waraiah, from Launceston, bound home, was spoken on the 3rd of May in lat. 30, N. 34- W. The Duke of Portland was laid on for Fort Lyttelton, to leave London on the 15th June, wiih eimgiants. 'I he Scindian, to sail on theSth June, and the Ncpaul, 1300 ton?, to leave London on the Ist July, will convey emigrants to Melbourne. The Fiancis Walker, for Sydney, wilb emigrants, also was to leave on the Ist July.

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