PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 721, 12 March 1853, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. March 10 —Endeavour, 14 tons. Bell, from Waiheki. March 10—Trial, 9 tons, Hatfield, from the Wade, with 2700 palings, 2700 shingles, March 11 —Louis, 8 tons, Louis Debars, from Tauranga, with 6 casks pork (17 cwt,,) 1 cwt. lard, \ ton onions. DEPARTURES. March 9—Brothers, 22 tons, Shepherd, for Wangaroa, with 3 gallons ruin, 2 cwt. salt, £ chest tea, 2 bags flour. Passengers—Mr. Shepherd, Serjeant Penney, Mr. Sp ckman, Mr. Yates, and one Policeman. March 9' —Ophelia, 25 tons, William Jeffers, for the East Coast, with 4 package slops. March 10—Trial, 9 tons, Hatfield, for the Wade. .March 10—Marmora, schooner, 135 tons, Kelly, for Sydney.—Salmon & Cn., agents. March 11—Daniel Webster, barque, 29(3 tons, Mac, farlane, for Sydney. Passengers—Mrs. Macfarlane Mrs. Leggit and child, Mr. and Mrs. Pulliam and 6 children, R. George, Mrs. Welch and 2 children, M. During, Mr. and Mrs. Shanagan and 2 children, Mr. and Mrs. Simpson and 3 children, Thomas Wren.— J. Salmon & Co., agents. March 11—Sally Brass, 18 tons, Henry Loyd, for the Bay of Plenty's in ballast. EXPORTS —FOREIGN. Per Daniel Webster, for Sydney :—56,000 feet baulk timber, 35,000 feet sawn timber, 336 hags oats, (1300 bushels) 479 bags do, (2000 bushels) 880 hags potatoes, (70 tons) 6000 lbs, onions, 3 tons hay, I carriage, 40 bags oats, (160 bushels) 2 casks beer. Vessels in Harbour. Atkina Adams, American whale-ship, 330 tons, Captain Fish, from the fisheries. Bain fo Burtt, agent. (. harlotte, whaling barque, 280 tons, Captain Debuey, from Russell. W. Brodie, agent. Edward, ship, American whaler, 339 tons, Captain Mosher, arrived from whaling grounds. Bain & Burtt, agents. John Wesley, missionary brig, 237 tons, Captain Ryle—refitting for cruise in Feejee and Friendly Islands. WS. Grahame, agent. Kirkwood, brig, 136 tons, Captain Gill, loading for Melbourne. J. A. Langford, agent. Lalla Rookh, ship, American whaler, 323 tons, Captain Gardner, arrived from whaling grounds—refitting at Coromandel Harbour. Bain & Burtt, agents. Lion, of Providence, whaling barque, 297 tons, Captain Nichols, arrived from the whaling grounds. Bain & Burtt, agents. Royal .Shepherdess, barque, 406 tons, Captain J. Bell, loading for Melbourne. J. Woodhouse, agent. 6t. Michael, barque, 377 tons, R. \V. Prance, loading for London. Brown &. Campbell, agents. Spencer, brig, 222 tons, Captain J. C. Martin, loading for Melbourne. Coomhes & Daldy, agents. True Briton, ship, 685 tons, Captain Norris, about to sail for Akyab. Brown & Campbell, agents.

The Adelaide, screw steamer, with the mails for the Cape of Good Hope and the Australian ports, was not to sail until the 14th of December.

The Woolloomooloo, a new ship, was to leave London for Sydney on the Ist November, under command of Captain Stuart, late of the L’rince of Wales.—Empire, The hired convict-ship, Orientiol Queen, having yesterday embarked 72 convicts from the new prison in this borough, for transportation, dropped down to Cowes this morning to embark incorrigibles from Parkhurst, for the same destination, which is reported to be Australia.— Times, Oct. 13. Sailing or the Peru Emigrant-ship fou MeIIIOURNE, FROM XIIF, PoRT OF CORK. — 111 OUT Journal of September 18th, we noticed tiie visit of Mrs. Chisholm to the port of Cork, and her inspection of the emigration arrangements at that port; including her inspection of the Peru. This vessel sailed on the 15th ult., and our artist has pictured the interesting scene of her leaving the port, which, we trust, is but a record of many such departures. The Peru is a new ship, and though she presents but few of those beautiful lines so often seen in our recent naval structures, is considered a fast ship, from having made her first voyage to India in a shorter time than most of the other ships on the line, and of the same tonnage. This circumstance, coupled with the Captain’s promise to the emigrants that, in the event of anything approaching to fine or fair weather, he would land them in ninety days, at Melbourne, greatly cheered the emigrants on commencing their long voyage. The internal arrangement* of the ship are of a superior description, and afforded great satisfaction to the philanthropic Mrs. Chisholm, who inspected the ship both in England and Coru §he expressed her entire satisfaction with ’ ‘B’shin arran<rer flat 3 stores laid in for the voyage, inu fm takes out W full compliment of emigrants, 250; fill of thfl description ot mßn ? possessipg health, strength, and intelligence, calculated to raise themselves to the highest positions in their new homes. We doubt not, judging from the class of young men who have just sailed in the Peru, that except in the cases pf the most ’destitute, will be diverted from America to Melbourne, which may be regarded as a result of Mrs. Chisholm’s visit and group meeting, —illustrated News, October 2,

Emigration.—Previous to the arrival of the steamer [ Australian several passengers had decided to try their luck at the diggings, and the schooner Josephine Loin Beau which sailed on Saturday, bore away fr m our shores twenty passengers. We mu*t not forget to mention that in this number is included one of our b- st compositors, who prefers handling go’d to dirty type metal. The Blue Bell, which sails to-morrow, is full of passengers. The John Hullett advertised m our first pace to leave for Adelaide and Melbourne m all this month, has nearly all her cabins taken. A company regularly formed, composed of twenty young men with an”elected chief, will leave for the diggings in the course of next month. The Princess Victoria lately refitted, will also leave by the 15th December with another company of diggers. The glittering attraction offered m all parts of Australia has roused our youth from their proverbial apathy, and beside the passengers already alluded to. we areinformed thatmany others are making their preparation for leaving this island for the diggings as soon as possible. We are glad to see a field opened in a country within a month’s sail from Mauritius for the intelligence and activity and enterprise of our creoles, who generally distinguish themselves wherever they o-o. Port Louis Commercial Gazette, November \7. The Earl of Wilton has sent his schooner yacht, the Xarifu, from Cowes to Southampton, having disposed of her to a firm connected with Australia, to which she is about to sail. The noble commodore will have a new clipper built by next season. —lllustrated London News, September 25. . . Launch of tub Caloric Ship. —The ship named the Ericsson, and to be fitted with caloric engines, was launched at Williamsburg on the 15th Sept. It is said that she is a superb vessel. ' Warning to Captains of Passengers Ships.—Captain William, of the brig Sea Belie, just arrived from Port Natal, Southern Africa, was summoned before the Mayor and William Hull, Esq., J.P., at the Police Court yesterday, the answer to the charge of committing a breach of the Passengers Act, by not supplying sufficient food to his passengers, as provided by law. The information was filed by five of the passengers. Mr. John Stephen appeared on behalf of the comp'ainants, and Mr. Hugh Chambers for the captain. It appeared that the complainants had paid their pas-sage-money tor steerage passages to the agent of the vessel at Port Natal, a Mr, Miller, who had furnished them with a dietary scale of the provisions which were to be served out to them on the voyage. Upon clearing the Customs in the colony, the properly authorised Government officer had given in his certificate to the effect that the vessel was amply provisioned for sea. After leaving pori, no provisions were served out for thirty hours, and two or three days after the captain said that he must put back to Algoa Bay for more supplies, but which he never did. The passage occupied six weeks and four days, during which time, according to a list handed in, almost every article issued was deficient from one-third to one-half what should have been supplied, while several article swere never given out at all. It was affirmed by Mr. Stephen on behalf of his clients, that after the vessel anchored in Hobson’s Bay a quantity of stores were then on board, and that no deficienc}' bad ever existed. Mr. Chambers in reply endeavoured to show' that the food not suppled was, salt, mustard, and I.ttle minor tilings too insignificant to notice. He called two witnesses, but wbo themselves admitted certain shortness of allowance. The Bench regretted no Immigration Agent, or Customs, authority, had attended in Court, in order to render them that information which would have guided them in their decision; they wore, however, of opinion that the case of the complainants was fully substantiated, and ordered the Captain to pay forthwith a fine £1 of on each information, and £5 costa. One half of the fine to go to the passengers, and the other to the Crown. Melbourne Argus, Feb. 5. Hocks in Simon’s Bay.— lbe Gazette of dhursday contains the following important notice by Mr. Jamison, the Harbour Master of Simon’s Town : —“ A buoy, with ‘ llock’ marked upon it, having been moored over a patch of rock, with only sixteen feet of water over it at low water, bearing from the Light A essel moored oil the Homan Bocks, N.E. by E. half E. by compass, about 180 fathoms distance ; vessels rounding the Light Vessel, making for the anchorage of Simon’s Bay, are recommended to give it a wide berth.— Cape Town Shipping' Gazette, Emigration to Australia.— The schooner Emma has been purchased by Messrs. Baird, Wilson, 3c Co., for £IOSO, to proceed to Melbourne. The barques Vigilant and Lady Sandys, and steamer Fettercairn, Lave already left, taking cargoes to the value of about £20,000, and upwards of 130 passengers. At the present moment there are also 12 0 passengers in I able Bay en route to the Gold Fields.— SoulhAfrican Advertiser, Jan. 1.

fI.N.M.S. Sumatra, 32 guns, Commander ipft, arrived hero on Wednesday last from Holland, via Cadiz, the 28th October. Her destination is Australia: where she has been ordered to protect the interests of the Dutcli shipping in those seas. A great rnanv Dutch merchantmen having been chartered for the conveyance of English emigrants to Melbourne and the other ports. • —African Commercial Advertiser, Jan. 1.

Tiie New York Clipper Line to Australia via the Cape.—The fourth vessel of this line, the Ascutna, Captain Popper, arrived here on the 2tith December, making tlie passage from New York in 87 days, with 187 passengers for Port Phillip.— Cape 'Town Mail. The brig Genii left Sydney on the 10th of March on a whaling voyage ; she called at tlie Bay of Islands for more hands, having left harbour with a few under her complement; she has been out about ten mon hs, and has touched at the following places:—Von Vons (one of the Friendly Isles). Byron’s Isle, Simpson’s Charlotte’s, Ocean, Enderville, Wood hall, Tarawa!), and Hall’s Island. On her passage from Cba lotto’s to Ocean Island, she picked up a boat in which were one man, a native of Sydney (name unknown), four men, three women, and three children, black. They were on their way from Gilbert’s to Hall’s Island, and had, it appears, been blown off the land. At the time of their rescue they were about ninety miles to the westward of Tarawa!), and for two days and a half bad partaken of nothing wherewith to sustain life, and but for the timely succour of the Genii would have perished from starvation. She has been brought into port by Mr. Phillips, formerly her chief officer, Captain Brown, having left her at Strong’s Island on the 30th November, two days after her arrival there, his motives for so doing being, as he alleges, on account of the unruly conduct of the natives at the different parts at which he touched, the bad success attending the voyage, and his unwillingness to return under such circumstances. The Chief Officer, however, states that the conduct of the Captain has throughout been most discreditable; that be has not in the slightest degrees carried out the object of ihe voyage—that of procuring oil; that by his improper treatment towards the natives of Gilbert’s and Hall’s Islands, ho has more than once placed both ship and crew in a very perilous situation, and the officers of the brig, all old and experienced hands, state that they never witnessed conduct so disgraceful as that manifested throughout by Captain Brown, whilst on board. They have only taken three whales, and from the length of time they have been without fresh provisions, two or three of the crew are suffering from ssurvy. She spoke the Star, whaler, off Pleasant Island, 28th July, which vessel has previously been reported by the Martha.— Sydney Herald, Jan. 25.

Accioent at Sea. —On Tuesday last, as the Colina schooner, Captain Noon, was sailing westward to Adelaide, under close reefed sails, a large American vessel, which proved to be the Daniel Sharp, of Boston, bore down upon her to make some enquiry. The Ainercian ship was sailing before the wind, with studding-sails set, and came up to the Colina the latter part of the afternoon, Moonlight Head then lying about 25 miles N.E. The Daniel Sharp, failing to answer her port helm, struck the Colina on the larboard quarter, carrying away her main boom, the closets on deck, severely damaging the stern, and causing her to leak. The American vessel shamefully bore away, without rounding to, or waiting to see if the Colina was sinking or not. The latter vessel Las arrived here to repair.—• Portland Guardian.

Sale of a Clipper, —The clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas, which sailed from this port, 3(1 ult., for San Francisco, with a cargo of over 4,000 tons assorted merchandize, has been sold together with her outward freight and passage money, (88,273, dollars,) at 150,000 dollars—terms* 45/00 dollars cash, and the residue on the receipt from California of her outward freight money. The S. was built in Boston by Donald Mackay, Esq., is 2,421 tons register, draws 21 feet water, loaded, is manned by 103 men and boys, and is oi\e of the largest and sharpest merchantmen ever built in any country. —She was purchased by our enterprizing nei'gl- hor3 ) Messrs. Funch & Meincke, ship brokers, who, thougii only about four years in business, have secured a merited popularity iu their profession, and row seek something more substantial, by an extension of their business in this direction, Sbe is designed as a regular trader between this port and San Francisco, and yve learn that Mr. Funch will shortly proceed thither to await her arrival.”— N. Y. Shipping List September, 1852,