PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 730, 13 April 1853, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Mary, 25 tons, Davies, from Matakana. April 9 Nancy, 22 tons, Hardimnn from Hokianga. April 9—Vivid, 26 tons, Hitching, from Mongonui, via YVangaroa. April it—Moa, brig, 236 tons, Captain Bowden, from Svdney. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Wright and servant, Mrs. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Mr. nrnl Mrs. Carter and child, Mr. G. Bowman, Mr. and Mrs. M Dermott and child, Mrs. Willis and daughter, Captain Serjeant, Mr. J. Howe, and seven New Zealanders in the steerage.—W. S. Grahame, U—Algerioe, brig, 160 tons, Captain Brooks, . Sydney. Passengers-Messrs. Woodhouse, L'hoeeeman, J. McEwen, and Pulham.—J. WoodApril' 1 i —Kororarika, 17 tons, Pairoa, from Russell Passi ngers—Messrs. H. R. Aubrey, M. Austin, and Mr. Scott.—P. A. Phillips, agent. April It—Brothers), 22 tons. Shepherd, from Wangaroa. April n_Waterwitch, 10 tons, Jones, from Wangaroa. April 11—Napi, 17 tons, Stewart, from Ngungururu. April 11 —Odd Fellow, 20 tons 11. Turner, from Waiheke, with 500 posts and rails. April 11—Bon Accord, 17 tons, A. Cook, from Coromnndfl, in ballast, 17 passengers. April 12 —Marmora, schooner. 135 tons, Kelly, from Rydney—Passenger—Mr. Duke.—J. Salmon & Co., agents. DEPARTURES. A,,iil o Will-o'-the-Wisp, schooner, lOz tons, D. Bristow, for Melbourne.—Henderson & Macfarlane, April 11—Dauntless, 27 tons, Girvan, for Coromandel. April 11—Eclair, 42 tons, W. Ellis, for the East Coast, in ballast. . April 12—Odd Fellow, 20 tons, H. Turner, for Haiheke, with 2 bullocks. April 12—Sisters, 40 tons, H. Marks, for New Plymouth, with 1 bale slops, 7 b-gs sugar, 3 do. do 17 boxes tea, 2 half chests do., 12 cases wine, 2 bales sacks 1 roll rope, 1 case Oilman's stores, 2 cases 1 package slops, 1 barrel drugs. Passengers-Mr. 11. Parris, Mr. Shere, Mr. Smart, Mrs. Bloomfield and Son, and 5 Natives. April 12—John, 28 tons, J. Maddocks, for the Barrier, in ballast. Passenger—Captain Heale. IMPORTS —FOREIGN. Per Moa, from Sydney:—loo boxes soap, 6.5 casks beef, 60 grindstones, 1 kitchen range, 600' sheep, 13 bales blankets, 10 bales sail cloth, 2 casks ironmongery, 3 hales cottons, 1 case silk, 5 cases pepper, 1045 bags sugar, 13 hales gunny bags, 6 packages drugs, 2 cases glass, i rase biscuit, 35 tea kettles, 2 jars drugs. 1 Per Algerine, from Sydney:—3o cases geneva, 2 eases cigars, 20 hogsheads rum, 2 hogsheads brandy, 25 bngs'cofFee, 229 bags sugar, 2 hogsheads sherry, 50 rice, 9 cases starch, 80 half-boxes soap, 7 bales truss bags, 6 cases 2 bales prints, 2000 gunny bags, 55 bags salt, 40 boxes candles, 1 case drapery, 1 box music, 3 bales domestics, 255 bags sugar, 5 bales, gunny bags, 1 hale bags, 25 cases geneva, 6 hogsheads, mm,* 120 bags sugar, 16 mats crushed loaf, 110 mats bastard sugar, 3 cases saddlery, 1 case carraways, 1 bag pepper, 1 cask barley, 2 cases castor oil. 20 boxes candles, 1 case tongues, 1 case salmon, 10 chests tea 7 bales leather. Per Marmora, from Sydney.—6 casks ale, 4 do. blacking, 4 bales canvas, 25 cases wine, 4 hales ?unny bugs, 10 bags flour/lO tierces beef, 3 cases cottons, 25 cases ceneva, 3 do. cigars, 5 | casks whiskey, 5 tons sugar, 1 pipe, 1 hhd. port wine, BO boxes soap, 10 cases oilman's stores, 1 cask ironmongery, 4 cases sago, 100 bags rice, 2 bales groceries, 1 do. blankets, 2 do. woollens, 1 do. calico, 4 do. prints, 2 cases calico, 1 bale .shirts, 2 cases prints, 2 do. haberdashery, 2 bales gunny bags, 3 J casks sherry, 7 £ do. pork. Vessels in Harbour. Victoria, Government brig, Captain Deck. Algerine, brig, 170 tons, Captain Brooks, arrived from Svdney, discharging.—J. Woodhouse. agent. Kestrel, brig, 190 tons, Captain Wallace, loading for Melbourne.—Henderson & Macfarlane, agent. Marmora, schooner, 135 tons, Captain Kelly, arrived from Sydney.—J. Salmon & Co., agents. Moa, brig, 286 tons, Captain Bowden, arrived, from Svdney, discharging.—W. S. Grahame, agent. " St. Michael, barque, 377 tons, R. W. Prance, about to sail for London.—Brown & Campbell, agents. William Hyde, barque, 532 tons, Captain Applewhaite, loading for Melbourne.—Brown & Campbell, agent*. .. , William, ship, 596 tons, Captain M'Pbee, arrived from San Francisco, refitting to sail for Sydney.—J. Macky, agent. The brigs Moa and Algeiine arrived in company on Monday morning from Sydney, the former having sailed on the 29th and the latter on the 31st ult. They have each brought a number of sheep, which have met with ready sale at 20s. to 235. The Marmora, h< • ce the 6th arrived on the 21st ult., r.nd the schooner Paven, which touched here on her way from San Francisco, arrived at Sydney on the 23rd ult. She has been offered for sale at Sydney. The schooner Wnitemata had arrived at Melbourne. The schooner Marmora, Captain Kelly, arrived yesterday morning after a rapid passage from Sydney, whence she sailed on Monday the 4th inst. The barque Dmiel Webster, henco the 11th ult., arrived on ihp Ist April. She had been ten days becalmed off Howes Island. The ship Pacific, brig Anonyraa, and schooner Eclipse, had arrived at Sydney from San Francisco. The Ilargraves, schooner, was loading for Auckland, to sail shortly after the Marmora. The Watervritch, schooner, from Mongonui, brings intelligence of a man named Abraham Haigh, who left Auckland as a passenger in her.having ben lost overboard on the 20th ult when the ve-sel was running in a heavy sea between Wangaroa and Mongonui harbour. It appears he came up on deck after sea-sickness, but being too ill to remain lie stooped to go below, when the vessel gave a lurch, and he fell backward, grasping the rail, which he let go before either of the men on deck could reach him to afford help. The vessel was immediately put about, and a rope was thrown to him, but having a heavy monkey jacket on and being very weak, he went down almost immediately. ;-orne anxiety is felt respecting the safety of the Torch, steamer, tender to H. M. S. Herald, which ought to have been here long since. The Herald sailed yesterday, with a view of searching for her, but as a strong southerly wind sprung up she put back. It is astonishing that for such a service as surveying in the Soath Seas, so exceedingly inefficient a vessel as the Torch should have been selected. On the voyage from England, at St. Paul's, where they parted company, the Herald towed the Torch five thousand miles. —Sydney Herald, March 28. The Chieftain arrived yesterday, and was chartered to look for the French Missionary schooner Etoile du Matin, which left Balade June 21st for Tucopir, and bus not since been heard of. Upon the arrival of the Chieftain at Tucopir, nothing could be learned of the missing vessel, but the natives reported that two missionaries bad left that p'ace about two months since (which would be about January 10th) in a two-masted vessel; Captain Verney made every inquiry after her, but without success, and then returned to Balade. Three months ago it was reported in the Herald that an American Kcboonpr had picked up a foremast off Tucopir, made of kauri, end Captain V. thinks she must have foundered at sea.— Sydney Herald, March 30, The P. and O. Company's steamer Chasan sailed on Saturday, at 2 p.m. precisely, with 119 passengers, and 45 mails for the various ports, containing 5677 letters and 836T newspapers, Notwithstanding the ample notice which had been given of the time she would start, many persons lor.t their passages. Several who were 'lose to the vessel when she started were picked up off :he Battery Captain Downs having stopped the engines for a couplo of minutes for that purpose; but teveralboats which started after were too late. Nothing like punctuality.— Sydney Herald, April 4. The Steamer Adelaide,—The A. R. M. S. Co's steamer Adelaide, the fourth of their line, had put back in a leaky condition. She encountered a terrible gale in the Bay or Biscay, arid was obliged to bear up for Plymouth, but private advices state that she was not likely to be detained more than a week for the purposes of refitment. We take the following from the Home News of 24th December:— ■• The Australian mail steamship Adelaide sailed from Plymouth on the 18th, and returned to port on Sunday morning ; her log is to the following effect:—At 5..'50 p.m., on Saturday rounded the Breakwater, steaming for the Jxldystone ; at 6 set jib, fore staysail, and fore-trysail, finding the ship carrying much weather helm ; 6.30 carpenter reported a quantity of water making its way into the fore-hold from the hawse pipes when the ship plunged. Set on

pumna to the fore compartment, where the water gradually increased while going head to sea. Determined to ease the engines, and by taking off the sail to got the water reduced. 8.30: Upon duo inspection of the hawse-pipes on the lower deck by Lieutenant Everest, R N. mail agent, Captain Jackson, and the officers, it was decided that the ship could not proceed in her present state, as the hawse-pipes (iron), by continual corrosion, would loosen their fastenings, and their position would not admit of their being wedged without being first properly secured. After this the leakage in the fore compartment (which will contain twenty tons) kept increasing, although the pumps were continually going, and the ship was put about. A strong gale prevailed from S.S.E. to W„ and the Adelaide returned to the Sound between eight and nine o'clock on Sunday morning. The crew state she will not answer her helm, and attribute in part to bad stowage. One of the bull's eyes forward was knocked out in the gale. Her* top sides will require caulking. The Adelaide, which is built of iron, has a very sharp bow, and is provided with a half-deck forecastle. The hawse-holes are on a level with the forecastle deck, and large iron pipes are fixed on an incline from the holes to the upper deck of the ship. These pipes should be water-tight; but at their junction in the bows, owing to the great strain upon them during the late heavy gales, they have been loosened. The passengers speak in high terms of the exertions of Captain Jackson and the officers of the Adelaide. She is now at Hamonze, being repaired, and will probably s til on Monday. From recent experience it appears that many vessels intended for the gold colonies have had their equipment forced on so hastely that much valuable time has been lost previous to their final departure. The quantity of soveerigns to be taken out bv the Adelaide, steamer, to Australia is about £300,000. The premium of insurance was at first only 20s. per cent., but in consequence of the large amount to be covered (nearly <£4so, 000, including vessel and cargo) 355. per cent, was ultimately demanded and paid.

Wreck of the Steamer Geelong.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, arrived at Southampton on Monday. The Iberia had brought as passengers the captain and crew of the steamer Geelong, bound to Australia, the loss of which vessel, in the Bay of Biscay, is thus reported in a letter from Gibraltar:—" The steamer Geelong, Captain Maclean, under sail, which left Greenock on the 7th of November, for Geelong. Australia, experienced most tempestuous weather in the Bay of Biscay. At noon, on the 23rd ultimo, when in latitude about 47*20 north, longitude 9-40- west, with a very heavy gale from the west-south-west, and tempestuous sea, carried away her rudder, and rigged temporary steering apparatus. About six p.m, wind shifted to the northwest, ship laboring heavily. At 8- 30 P.M., a heavy sea struck the vessel, which carried away bulwarks and stanchions, and washed nwav the men from the pumps. This sea so injured the vessel that the remaining portion of the crew throughout the night wore at the pumps; the water, however, kept gradually gaining upon them. At fi a.m. of the 24th, saw a large ship; and making signals of distress, the ship communicated with the Geelong, and remained by her until 9 a.m., when the ship, which proved to be the Swedish corvette Najaden, bound for the Mediterranean, having lost all her boats on the previous night, and communicated this fact to the Geelong, which vessel was making much water, and was now completely unmanageable, Captain Maclean got his boats out, and safely got all his crew on board the Najaden, and scarcely had done so when the boat filled with water,and everything the unfortunate men had attempted to save was lost. The Geelong went down in half an hour after the crew had left her."— Dispatch, Dec. 19. The City of Pittsburgh, American steamer, of 2000 tons, bound for California, was burnt inValparaiso Bay, H.M.S. Portland sent her launch to fire into and endeavour sink her, but without success, and she burnt to the water's edge ; fortunately no lives were lost. The lino of steamers for Australia, from Panama, would not commence running until August.

Additions to the Screw Steam Navy. (From the Home News, December 2 1.) A contract was entered into on Friday week at the Admiralty by two eminent engineering firms for the construction of eight pairs of engines, each pair to be of the collective power of 400 horses, and all adapted for screw propelled ships of war. John Penn and Son have obtained the contract for the 400-horse power engines for the Royal Albert. 120, building at Woolwich Dockyard, and now decided to have new engines on John Penn and Son's patent trunk principle, which gave" such satisfaction in the Agamemnon, 90, also built'at this dockyard. The engines, although nominally of 400-horse power, will be made to work up to 1200 horses; but engines of GOO nominal horse power would have been desirable in the Royal Albert, as she is a powerful first class ship of war, and worthy of having engines of equal power at least as the Agamemnon —the latter vessel being fitted with engines of°that power. The other ships to be converted into screw steam-ships and fitted each with engines of 400horse power by John Penn and Son, are the Princess Royal, 90, building at Portsmouth; the Royal George, 120, at Sheerness ; and the Euryalus, 50, building at Chatham. Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, have contracted for the other four pairs of engines of 400-horse power each, and they are to be fitted with screw propellers for the following ships of war : the Exmonth, 90, building at Devonport; the Clarence, 84, building at Devonport; the Creasy, 80 building at Chatham ; and the Majestic, 80, also building at Chatham. The engines of 600-horses power, making by John Penn and Son for the St. Jean d'Acre, 100, are now nearly completed, and will be ready for commen» cing fitting on board when she is launched from Devonport dock-yard, where she is building and nearly ready for launching. The engines of the Royal Albert will be ready in June next, by which time the vessel will be ready for launching; and in the course of another ye.ir it may be calculated that lho following powerful ships will be ready for sea and all fitted with screw propellers:— The Royal Albert, 120, building nt Woolwich, Duke of Wellington, 140, fitting at Portsmouth. Royal George, l'io, to be converted at Sheerness. S'. Jean d'Acre, 100, building at Devonport. Princess Royal, 90, building at Portsmouth. Agamemnon, 90, fitting at Sheerness. Exmoutb, 90, building at Devonport. Clarence, 84, building at Devonport. Sans Pared, 81, fitting at'Devonport. Majestic, 80, building at Chatham. Creasy, 80, building at Chatham. Jmperieuse, 50, fitting at Woolwich. Euryalus, 50, building at Chatham. Making a total of 1175 guns of large calibre. The above vessels are ail in so advanced a state that there will be no difficulty in completing them next year, should any emergency arise to require their services ; and, with the vessels already fitted with screw propellers, they will form one of the most powerful Channel fleets ever possessed by this country. The above list does not include any of tbti guard-ships, nor any of the ships now building which are ordered to be fitted with engines already in store ; the Algiers, 90, building at Devonport, and the Hannibal, 90, buddingat Do-ptford, with several others, being ordered to be fitted with engines already made for screw ships of war.