PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 713, 12 February 1853, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Feb. 9—Spencer, brig, 222 tons, J. C. Martin, from Melbourne. Passengers —Mr. and Mrs. Bndgen, Misses Caroline, Rosa, Amelia, Emily, and Alice Pridgen, Mr. D. VV. Connell, Mr. Fmlason, Mr. Gillingham, Mr. Waddell, Mr. and Mrs. Drummer Mr. D. Mead, Caroline Mead. Messrs. J.Symcs, S. Wadman, James Cox, W. Miller, J. Farrell, W. Lowe H. Pilling, H. Cowan, W. Crew, J. McCallum, W. Cooper, J. Grant, A. McArtney, G. Vickory, Charlotte Vickory, J. Craig, Mary A. Craig, Messrs. J. McDougall, J. W. Cass, R. McKenzie, G. Edmunds. —Cocmbes & Daldy, agents. Feb. 9—Star, 17 tons, Merrick, hom Waibeki, with 26 tons firewood. Feb. 9—Sisters, 35 tons, Copland, from Waibeki, with 50 tons firewood. Feb 9—Ophelia, 25 tons, Simpkins, from Wangapo, 15 hogs, 4 tons potatoes. Passengers—Messrs. Reed and Micklemass. Feb. 9—Meri Peki, 14 tons, Smith, from the East Coast, with 5 tons onions, 100 bushels maize, 15 cwt. flax, 5 cwt. salt pork, 7 pigs. Feb. 11—Meri Pejin, 15 tons, Te Wetu, from v\ akatane, with 200 bushels maize, 40 do. onions, 8 pigs. Feb. 11—Moa, brig, 286 tons, J. Bowden, from Sydney. Passengers —Mr. and Mrs. Woodhall, Mr. Grange, Mr. and Mrs. Burchell, Mr. Vincent, Miss Bowden. DEPARTURES. Fib. 9—Jasper, whaling barque, 222 tons, F. C.Rotch, for whaling grounds, with 750 barrels sperm oil. —Bain & Burtt, agents. Feb.9—Moctezuma, wlialosbip,436 tons, W. E. Tower, for whaling grounds, with 2100 barrels whale oil, 100 ditto sperm oil—Bain & Burtt, agents Feb. 9—Children, 30 tons, Jones, for Russell, with 5 tons potatoes, f ton rice, | ton flour, 1 cask tobacco, £ ton sugar, hhd. whiskey, 34 tierces beef, 10 barrels beef. Feb. 9—Boyd, 15 tons, Mclntosh, for Wangaruru, with 3 bags sugar, GO lbs. tobacco, G spades, 2 boxes sundries. Feb. 9—Catherine, 20 tons, Warahiko, for Taurangi, in ballast. Feb. 9—William, 17 tons, W. Day, for Ngungurn, with 800 lbs. flour, 200 lbs. salt, 200 lbs. sugar, 40 lbs. tobacco, 1 bale slops. Feb. 10—Mary, 25 tons, Davies, for Waihoki, in ballast. Feb. ll—Scotch Lass, 15 tons, R. Adams, for Coromandel, in ballast, 4 passengers. • Feb. 11—Emily, 10 tons, G. Mair, for Wangarei, with \ ton flour, 1 do. salt, 6 bags sugar, 1 plough. Passengers—Mrs. Mair, and child, Miss M. A. Mair, Robert. Dent. IMPORTS —FOREIGN. Per Spencer, from Melbourne:—lso bags (15 tons) flour, 5 dozen axes and handles, 75 chests tea, 50 i-chests tea, 25 boxes ditto, 225 bags sugar, 0 tons iron, 10 bales gunny bags. Per Moa, from Sydney:—lo tons coals, 10 do. flour, 140 bags biscuit, 14 bales leather, 200 boxes candles, 455 sheep, 2 casks whiting, 2 bales twine, 2 do. woolpacks, 1 case chemicals, 8 do. cottons, 3 bales slops, 5 cases haberdashery, 4 cases cigars, 162 bags rice, 818 bags sugar, 1 crate crockery, 2 casks 1 box cooking utensils, 1 roll matting, 2 boilers, 7 cases books, 3 boxes type, 50 boxes candles, 5 bales leather, 1 case blacking, 1 bag pepper, 25 boxes candles, 4 bales leather, 1 cask rennett, 57 mats crushed loaf sugar, 4 casks flour, 2 boxes soap, 2 casks sugar, 2 do. oilman’s stores, 10 cases cottons, 1 bale slops, 2 kegs salt petre, I carotecl currants. Vessels in llarrour. Algerine, brig, 160 tons, A. Brooks, loading for Sydney. J. Woodbouse, agent. Daniel Webster, barque, 296 tons, Captain J. S. McFarlane, arrived frdm Sydney, discharging. Salmon k Co., agents. Edward, ship, American whaler, 339 tons. Captain Mosher, arrived from whaling grounds. Bain & Burtt, agents. Iliomama, schooner, 68 tons, Captain Slurley, arrived from the Coast. Salmon & Co., agents. John Wesley, missionary brig, 237 tons, Captain Ryle—refitting for cruise in Feejee and Friendly Islands. WS, Grabame, agent. Lalla Rookh, ship, American whaler, 323 tons, Captain Gardner, arrived from whaling grounds—refitting at Coromandel Barbour. Bain & Burtt, agents. Moa, brig, 28G tons, Captain Bowden, aimed from Sydney. W. S. Grabame, agent. Republic, Bremen whale ship, 496 tons, Captain Austin, uirived from whaling grounds. Bain k Burtt, agents. Return, schooner, 78 tons, about to sail for Wellington. St. Michael, barque, 377 tons, R. W. Prance, arrived from London. Brown k Campbell, agents. Spencer, brig, 222 tons, Captain J. C. Martin, arrived from Melbourne. Coornbes & Daldy, agents. True Briton, ship, 685 tons, Captain Norris, from London via Wellington, Brown & Campbell, agents. Waterwitcb, biig, 195 tons, Captain Bennett, loading for Melbourne. J- A. Gilfillan &t Co., agents.

Vessels Expected. From London. Cashmere, ship, Captain Pearson. Simlab, barque, Captain Robertson. Sir Edward Paget, barque, Captain Barclay. From Sydney. Royal Shepherdess, barque, Captain Bell, daily. William Hyde, barque. Captain Applewbaite. Raven, brig, Captain Thompson, Whitby, barque, Captain Bruce, (at Kaipara.) From Melbourne. Kirkwood, brig, Captain Gill. Belle Creole, brig. Will o’ the Wisp, schooner. Border INI aid, schooner, Capt. Griffiths. From Wellington. 11.M.5. Fantome. Government brig, Victoria. From San Francisco. Gilbert Jamieson. Helen, brig. Of late our harbour has exhibited a very bustling and business like aspect, which betokens the increasing progress and prosperity of the Port, and which, from all appearances, is likely to continue augmenting until the shipping importance of the Port of Auckland will not be inferior to any other Australasian port. Notwithstanding the numerous departures which have taken place during the w’eek ending yesterday, we can refer with pleasure to the number of vessels and amount of tonnage still in our harbour—and when'theee, too, have taken their departure, the list of vessels expected is indicative of an equally large amount of business likely to bo kept up in shipping, and consequently in trade generally, to that which has recently been, and is now being carried on in the port. The departures of the week have been the barque Fancy, for London ; the brig Raven, and schooner Catherine, both of this port, the former for Sydney, and the latter for Melbourne, with cargoes of Wool, Oil, and Agricultural produce; the whale-ship Moctezuma, for the Arctic fishery, and the whaling barque Jasper, for the sperm whaling grounds on the line. The arrivals daring the same time have been the ship True Briton, from London, via Wellington, the barque Daniel Webster, and brig Moa, of this port, from Sydney, and the brig Spencer, also of this port, from Melbourne. The list of vessels in harbour still comprises four ships, two barques, four brigs, and twm schooners, representing an aggregate tonnage of 3800 tons. This list does not, however, include coasting vessels under 50 tons, the departures of’ whicb during the week have been— 2l vessels of 432 tons ; while the arrivals of this class of useful and important traders in the same time have been 16 vessels of 394 tons, and at the present time there are in harbour 6 schooners, and 13 cutters, amounting to 250 tons, —the whole of the latter class of vessels being fully employed in conveying to our port the produce 'of the East and West Coasts, from Hawke’s Bay to Kaipara, and carrying back in return, to distribute along the coasts, the merchandise imported by us from English markets, as well as the manufactures and results of other branches of industry of our city. The foregoing shows a total of 20 vessels arrived in one week, carrying 1833 tons, and of 2G vessels, of 1640 tons, having sailed away in the same time—employing a larger amount of capital and a greater number of bands than are to be found thus employed in the whole of the olher ports of New Zealand put together—and indeed such as might te confidently with any port of tho same

number of years standing, in any of the Australian Colonies—clearly indicating a state of present and piospective prosperity which our friends in the Southern Provinces of New Zealand may well desire the ability to keep pace ~ -h.

In our issue of Wednesday v;e reported H.M.S. Pandora having landed hero seven of the crew of the whale ship Frances, of New Bedfoid, lost on (he island of Mangcn, one of the Harvey Group. The Frances, wo learii°by a letter received from Capt. W. Swain jun., her late Commander, was lost on the evening of the 25th December last, on the above island, owing to the strong set of the tide having swept her on a coral reef whore it was impossible to keep her off shore with the boats, or bring her up by anchoring, owing to the great depth of water close to the reef. At the time of the accident the Frances was out twenty-eight months, and had on board 2500 barrels oil, and 20,000 lbs. of bone, very little of which was likely to be saved. The wreck of the vessel bad been sold for 415 dollars as she lay on tiie reef. Every assistance and attention had been rendered to the Captain nnd crew by the Rev. Mr. Gill, of the London Missionary Society, who has been resident on the island for some lime. The brig Spencer arrived on Wednesday afternoon, fourteen days from Melbourne. She reports the Adah, Captain Lillewall, having been spoken in Bass’s Straits, where she encountered very severe gales and suffered damage, and was obliged eventually to run into Twofold Bay for shelter—she was then 41 days from Auckland. Captain Martin believes that be saw the Adah going in as he was leaving Melbourne. The brig Belie Creole, sailed from Port Phillip for Auckland and Wellington, on the 21st ult.it was thought she would touch first at Wellington. The North American built brig Kirkwood, of 135 tons register, had been purchased by Mr. C. J. Stone, of the firm of Stone and Langford, of this place, for the Auckland and Melbourne trade. She was to sail from Port Phillip for Auckland on or about the Ist instant. The Auckland steamer Governor Wynyard, formerly belonging to the same firm, was sold by Mr. Stone at Melbourne, on the 28th December, to a Mr. Bryant, for the sum of £2,300, The Eagle, schooner, had cleared out for New Zealand on the 21 St ult. The steamer Melbourne had not arrived from England when the Spencer sailed—neither had the Mousara or Will-o’-the-Wisp arrived from this port. H. M. Brig Electro, 18 guns, Commander Morrison, was to sail from England, for Port Phillip in the beginning of October, to bo permanently stationed in Hobson’s Bay. The brig Moa, which arrived yesterday morning, had an excellent run down of eight days, having sailed from Sydney on Thursday, the 3rd instant. She has brought upwards of four hundred and fifty sheep, Laving lost but twenty of the entire lot shipped. His rapid passage has enabled Captain Bowden to land Lis sheep in good condition. The barque Royal Shepherdess, Captain Bell, bad sailed for Auckland in ba'last, on Monday the 31st January, three days before the Moa. The following are the names of the passengers which left Sydney in her, as published in the Empire: —Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs, Mr. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Hart and two sons, Messrs, Gregory, Chamberlain, J. Chamberlain, Reid, Spiers, Williams, Tatfield, and Mansfield, and twelve in the steerage. The barque William Hyde, Captain Applewbaile, cleared out for New Zealand, via Newcastle, on the 31st ult.—Passenger, Miss Langdon. The barque Whitby was to sail from Sydney, for Kaipara, a day or two after the Moa’s departute, The True Briton, Captain Norris, Las now nearly completed discharging her inward cargo, and will sail in the course of next week for Akyab, in the Bay of Bengal. The St. Michael is likely to be the next vessel laid on for London direct from this port. Arrangements are being made for the invalids and several men about to be discharged from the 58tb and 65th Regts. to be sent home by this vessel. The schooner Eclair, has been taken off the Manukau and New Plymouth line, ami is laid on for Port Phillip, to sail on Monday next. Sydney. Arrivals.— Jan. 28. Jack, brig, Murphy, from Brisbane ; William scb., Taylor, from New Plymouth ; Etoile du Matin, sch., Lovell, from Mntatua; Augusta, barque, Barnet, from Singapore; Gazelle, barque, Leslie, from Madras; Regina, barque, Liddell, from the Downs the 22nd September; Clarence Packet, scb., Simpson, from Melbourne; Amelia, barque. Holder, from Melbourne ; Cape Horn, barque, Hawkes, from Geelong. 29. Harriet, scb., Collins, from Melbourne ; Tamar, barque, Stayner, from Plymouth the 12th October; Mountain Maid, brig, Leary, from Newcastle; Zone, scb., Elliott, from Moreton Bay; Royalist, scb., Harris, from Geelong. 31. Lalla Rookh, brig, Milner, from Port Albert; Elizabeth Ellen, American ship, Giet, from Virginia; Vriendschaap, Dutch ship, Schuchard, from the Downs the Bth Oct. Departures. —Jan. 28. Lady Fitzberbert, for Melbourne. 29. Sarah Sands, screw steam-ship, Thompson, for Liverpool, via Melbourne ; Waratab, steamer, Bell, for Melbourne; Envelope, barque, Smith, for San Francisco, via Newcastle; Giraffe, brig, Gourlay, for Melbourne. 30. Luciparas, Dutch ship, Kloppenberg, for Batavia; Eagle, steamer, Warner, for Moreton Bay. 31. Royal Shepherdess, Bell, for Auckland; Waterlily, scb.. Hays, for Hobart Town; Xantippe, cutter, Edwards, for the Isle of Pines; Flash, sch., Parker, for Geelong; Vanquish, Walls, for Melbourne; Perseverance, sch., Marshall, for Adelaide; Feb. 1. Jeune Lucie, sch., Stuart, for the South Sea Islands. The Melbourne Steamer.— ln the Times of October 14, we find the following ; —(By Ebctric Telegraph.)— Plymouth, Wednesday, October 13. 3p. m The Melbourne Mail Steamer having made good her defects, was to have sailed this morning for her destination, but in getting under weigh in Hamoaze this morning, with the ebb tide, she ran between two hulks, and fouled one of them, She carried away her jib boom, catheads, and anchor, let her chain cable run out, broke the boat davits, and did other damage, which will cause further detention to the ship. British Shipping.— The Camilla, and Nelson have sailed for this port. Stebonheath left Plymouth for Melbourne on the 7th October. The following vessels were laid on for these colonies :—From London to Port Phillip, the Lord Delaval, 700 tons, to sail 22nd October ; the Stratlieden, 800 tons, and Witch of tbeWave, 560 tons, in October; Barrackpore, 1350 tons, 25th October; the Blackheath, 1000 tons, to sail 18th October. From Bristol, the Clara Syraes, 1500 tons, 23rd October; Elizabeth, 800 tons, 30tb October; and Elizabeth, 700 tons, 30th November. From Liverpool— South Sea, 1800 tons, 11th October; Edmond, 1800 tons; Northumberland, 1500; David Mclver, 1800; Flora Macdonald, 1500; Marco Polo, 2500; Maria, 2COO. The captain and owner of the South Sea undertakes to make the passage to Port Phillip and Sydney in 80 days from the 11 ih October. The Sir Fowell Buxton is advertised to sail on the 15tb October, for Port Phillip, Melbourne, and Geelong, direct. The Australian, R. M. S. N. Company’s iron screw steamer, for Sydney, calling at the Cape, Swan River, Adelaide, and Port Phillip, were to be despatched on the undermentioned dates ; —Adelaide, 1800 tons, 450 steam power, Jackson, from London, Nov. 27, Plymouth Dec. 3. The Victoria, 1800 tons, 450 steam power, from London Jan. 28, and from Plymouth Feb. 3.— Melbourne Argus, Jan. 20.