PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 727, 2 April 1853, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. J March 30—Odd Fellow, 20 tons. Tanner, from Matakana, with 1? tons firewood, 7500 shingles. March 30—Endeavour, 14 tons, Martin, from Waibeki, with 28 tons firewood. March 30-Bon Accord, 17 tons, Shearer, from Coromandel, 6 passengers. March 31—Ann, 22 tons, Adams, from Mutakana, with 25 tons firewood. _ _ March 31—Star, J7 tons, Merrick, from Waibeki, with 26 tons firewood. April l—Victoria, Government brig, P. A. Deck, Commander, from Wellington. Passengers—H.Carleton, Esq., Captain Sharp, Mr. Richmond, Miss Hobbs, Miss Williams, and seven in the steerage. April I—Phantom, 14 tons, Horopitn, from Coromandel, with 40 baskets onions, 30 do. potatoes, 20 do, peaches, 4 do. maize, 4 boxes grapes, 5 passengers. April I—Alert, 16 tons, J. Putney, from the Wadcq with 7000 feet sawn timber. April I—Eliza, 42 tons, W. Ellis, from Hawke’s Bay, with 1000 bushels wheal-—’W. S Grahame, agent. April 1 -Dolphin. 42 tons, A. Campbell, from the East Coast, with pork and wheat. —W. S. Grahame, agent. DEPARTURES. March 28—Charlotte, barque, 287 tons, Debney, for Sydney, via Kaipara. March 30 —Boa Accord, 17 tons, Shearer, for Coromandel, 8 passengers. March 30—Endeavour, 14 tons, Martin, for Waibeki March 30—Odd Fellow, 20 tons, Tanner, for the Hot Springs. March 31—Naiad, 22 tons, Monro, for Ahipara and Hokianga, with 6 hags salt, 1 cask tobacco, 1 box soap, 5 bags sugar, 3 dozen spades, 2 cwt. iron, 3 boxes crockery, 1 cask oil, 12 iron pots. March 31 —Star, 17 tons, Merrick, for Waibeki. March 31—Ann, 22 tons, Adams, for Matakana. March 31—Piako Lass, 10 tons, Smalley, for Piako River, with £ ton salt, 5 empty casks. CLEARED OUT. Marcli 31—John Wesley, Missionary brig, 237 tons. J. Ryle, for the Friendly Islands. Passengers— Rev. S. Waterhouse, Airs, Waterhouse, Susan Miller, John Fryer, Simeon, —VV.S. Grahame, agent. EXPORTS —FOREIGN. Per John Wesley, for the Friendly Islands: 1 case and t cask drugs] 3 cases stationery, 6 casks beef, 6 barrels pork, 2 cases groceries, 1 box salad oil, 1 box candles, 1 do. composition do., I box coffee, 1 do. clothing, 1 do;-sugar, 2 do. soap, 52 cases wine, 1 case pickles, 1 box whales teeth, 1 do. paint oil, 2 casks beef, 1 do. sugar, 8 cases and 1 cask oilman’s stores, jchest tea, 1 truss drapery, 24 cases hardware, 3 cask?, do., 4 trusses calico, 4 casks flour, 2 boxes soap, 2 casks sugar, 2 cases oilman’s stores, 4 cases geneva, 19 packages furniture, 47 do. groceries, 110 do. oilman’s stores, 60 casks flour. Vessels in Haruour. H.M.B. Fantorae, Captain Gennys, about to sail for Wellington and Chatham Islands. Victoria, Government brig, Captain Deck, arrived frofn Wellington, ,Ffdward, ship, American whaler, 339 tons. Captain Mosher, about to sail foV Hobart Town, via Wangaroa. Lain & Burlt, agents. Iliomama, schooner, 68 tons. Captain Sturley, arrived from the East Coast. J. Saljnon & Co,, agents. John Wesley, missionary brig, 237 tons, Captain Ryle, ready to sail for the Friendly and Feejee Islands. W Ft. Grahame, agenr. Kestrel, brig, .100 tons, Captain Wallace, arrived from Melbourne. Henderson ec Macfarlane, agent. Raven, brig, 170 tons, Captain Thompson, loading for Sydney,. VVi S. Grahame, agent. St. Michael, barque, 377 tons, R. W. Prance, loading for London, Brown & Campbell, agents. Will-o’the-Wisp, schooner, 130 tons, Captain Bristow, loading for Melbourne. Henderson & Macfarlane, ngents. William Hyde, barque, 532 tons, Captain Applewhaite, loading for Melbourne. Brown &c Campbell, agents. A sail was signalled on Thursday evening, which yesterday morning turned out to bo the Government brig Victoria, for the last two months expected from Wellington. She sailed from Port Nicholson on Thursday, the 17tb ult., and has encountered much heavy weather and two or three smart gales on the coast. There bad been but very few arrivals at Wellington since the first February. The following are the only •vessels besides coasters reported as entered inwards ; Feb, 8. Belle Creole, barque, from Melbourne. March 6. Despatch, schooner, from Sydney; Resolution, cutter, from Port Phillip; and Minerva, barque, from •Port Victoria, Canterbury. Novel Whale Killer. — A vessel fitting out at San Francisco for a whaling cruize is furnished, besides the usual implements for catching the leviathans of the deep, with arrows, each of which is iron tube, about 18 inches long, with a keen triangular point, feathered with India rubber. These are to be charged with two ounces of gunpowder, with a 30-second fusee ; and they are to be fired from a gun about two feet in the barrel, which is half-an-incb thick, and has the calibre for a two-ounce ball. The gun lias a brass stock, and is fired from the shoulder. The weight of the piece is nearly thirty pounds. The arrow will penetrate a whale at eighty yards, and there explode, killing him immediately, as it must tear and lacerate Lirn dreadfully.— New York Tribune, Nov. 12. Excellent Passage. —The ship Tornado, Captain Mumford, arrived bore yesterday, after n stormy, but most excellent passage. She left San Francisco on the 7th of August, and when 33 days out, in a whirlwind, lost her foremast, close to the deck, and her bowsprit close to the nighthead. From the 11th to the 18th of September she was hove to, refitting, and from the latter date to the 25th the sea was so high that her yards could not be sent up, the only sail forward being a foresail. In spite, however, of these drawbacks, sbe made the passage from city to city in one hundred days, which, under the circumstances, is probably the best passage ever made.— New Yurie Ihraid , Nov. 13.