PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 770, 31 August 1853, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Augus' 27—Border Maid, schooner, 92 tons, Clark, from Melbourne. Passengers—Messrs. Nathan, Nathan, harnard Kane, J. Patterson, C. Gallaghar, J. Mills, Joseph Senior, J. Callaghan.—J. A. Langford, a-ent. Augu'ft S7— Invincible, barque, 290 tons. J. C. Martin, from Melbourne. Fa-'sengera—Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Reid. and 7 children, J. Page, Capt. Grangp, Mr. and Mrs. Ruttray, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. J. Rattray, Mifeies Mary and Ann* Rattray, YVm. R.ittary, B. Hoses. J. Cook, H. Upton, G. A. Willis, G. Ricbe, C. Leilrocb, VV. Bellmgbam, E George, 11. Kerby, J. Brown, S. Hodge.—Henderson & Macfarlane, agents. August 27—Amelia, 25 tons, Scott, from Mahurangi, with 8000 sawn timber. ugust 27—John, 28 tons, Lawrence, from Mahurangi, with 40 tons firewood, with 4 passengers. August 2? Endeavour, 14 tons, Martin, from Waibeki, with 25 tons firewood. August 27—Cordelia, 13 tons, Gillingbana, from CoromanJel. August 29—Forager, 14 tons, Primona, from Wangaruru. with 64 baskets maize, 33 do. potatoes, 18 bushels wheat, 28 pigs. August 29—Vivid. 26 tons, Hitchings, from Monganui, wtfh 3 tuns r.clar oil, j tun sperm od, 1 box tobacco, I b'.le blankets, 2 do. prints, 1 do. trowsers, 1 ease slops, li doz. spades, 1 package hoes, 1 do. axes, i cwt. cipp*r bolts. Passengers—Captain Butler, Mrs. Butler and child. Augns: 29—Drlpbin, 41 tons, Campbell, from the East Coast, with 42 tons kauri gum. August 29—Victoria, 13 tons, Tope, from Monganui, wun 55 sheep, 7 , tons kauri gum. August 29—Nauraai. 14 tons, Stroud, from Hokianga, with 300 bushels wheat, 100 bushels corn, 1 ton pork, \ ton bacon. 20 kits onions, 1 ton potatoes, 1 kauri gum. August 29—Auckland, 16.tons, Joiner, from Matßkana, with 1200 ieeA sawn timber, 16 tons firewood, 5 passengers. \ i • • August 29—Frances, SO tens, James, from Mahurangi, 1200 feet sawn timber, 4 spars, 5 lons firewood. August 29-Odd Fellow, 20 tons, lanii, from Waineki, with 19 tooa firewood.

Auirust 29—Maori, 10 tons, Creigbton, from Manukau via Wangaroa, with 30 bushels maize, 15 kits, potatoes, 6 pigs. . August 30—H.M.S. Ca'liope, 26 guns, Captain bir EvemrJ Huine, 4 Bart, iron) Waiheki. Aug. 50—Daniel Webster, barqu*», 296 tons, C«pt. Dunning, from Sydney. Passengers, Mrs. Barstable and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Chad wick, Mr. J. W. Lynch. August 30-Star, 17 tons, J. Merrick, from VVaiheki, with 217 posts, 10 tons firewood. DEPARTURES. August 27—John, 28 tons, Lawrence, for Mahurangi, August 27—Diana, 21 tons, Shepperd, for the Bay of Plenty with 4 packages slops, 1 gross pipes. August 27—Endeavour, 14 tons, Martin, for Waibeki. August 2!)— Fiances, 20 tons, James for Mahurangi, with | ton sugar. Passenger—Capt. Grange. August 29—Odd Fellow, 20 tons, Innis, for Waibeki, August 29—Auckland, 16 tons, Joiner, for Matakana, with 1 ton potatoes. August 29—Maori, 10 tons, Creighton, for the 7 names, with 1 case tobacco, 1 case slops. August 30—Star, 17 tons, J. Merrick, for Waibeki, in ballast. IMPORTS —FOREIGN. Per Border Maid from Melbourne :—SOO tins biscuit, 1 pianoforte, 2 cases apparel, 4 bales cotton ■beets. Per Invincible:—so bhds. ale, 8 bales gunny bags, 1 case boots. Per Daniel Webster, from Sydney: —176 bags sugar, 2 cases cigars. 50 bags rice, 28 sides leather, 1 ton soap, 5 do. candles, 6 do. hay, 4 cases drapery, 2 do. slops, 2 casks trees, 1 bag seeds, 13 chests 14 balfditto congou tea, 10 chests 10 half-ditto ditto, 16 boxes gunpowder ditto, 00 horses, 60 sheep. • Vessels in llarboue. H.M.S. Calliope, 26 guns, Captain Sir Everard Home, Bart. H.M.S. Pandora, Commander Drury. Border Maid, schooner, 98 tons. Captain Clark, loading for Melbourne.—J. A. Lsngford, agent. Daniel Webber, barque, 300 tons, Captain Dunning, arrived from Sydney.—J. Salmon & Co. agents. Invincible, barque, 290 tons, J. C. Martin, arrived from Melbourne.—Henderson & Macfarlane, agents. Jasper, American whaling barque, Captain Rotch, arrived from whaling grounds, repairing.—Bain & Burtt, agents. Eugene, barque, 300 tons, Captain Casey, about to sail for Melbourne.— Bain and Burtt, agents. Galatea, barque, 346 tons, Thompson, about to sail for Sydney. — W. S. Grahame, agent. Heather Bell, brig, 190 tons, Capt. P.Jones, loading for Sydney.—Salmon and Co., agents John W ejley, missionary brig, Capt. Ryle, arrived from the Feejee and Friendly Islands. W. S. Grahame, agent. The Border Maid, schooner, Captain Clark, and the Invincible, barque, Captain Martin, arrived in the course of Saturday, from Melbourne, the former having sailed from thence on the 2nd, and the latter on the 13th inst. The brig Kirkwood, Captain Gill, hence the 4th July, arrived at Melbourne on the 12tb inst. The barque Posthumus, has, we learn, been purchased by private sale, at Melbourne, for the New Zealand trade. The barque Eliza, recently at this port, had also changed hands, aud was advertised for New Plymouth and Wellington. The American ship Edward, Capt. Mosber, which loaded at Wangaroa, arrived at Hobart Town on the 3rd July, and proceeded on to Melbourne, with her original cargo. The Marchioness of Londonderry, ship, of 1000 tons, commanded by Captain J. Williams, (formerly of the Cresswell) from London, arrived at Melbourne on the 4th August. The Daniel Webster, barque, Captain Dunning, arrived yesterday, from Sydney, whence she sailed on the sth inst. She has had a protracted passage, and has lost upwards of twenty of the horses shipped, and a number of sheep. The General Vezie, Captain Bunker, from San Francisco, via Wanganui, from the latter port the 10th July, arrived at Sydney on the 30th. The John Williams, missionary ship, from the Navigators'the 2lst Junp, and Aneteum the4tb July, arrived on the 29th ult. We notice the following advertisement in the Sydney Herald of the 4th Augu t —Opening or Steam Communication with New Zealand.—lhe A 1 Screw Steamer Ann, Gibbs, commander, will be dispatched for Wellington, New Zealand, on the Bth instant. For freight or passage apply to J. S. Sparkes, Moore's Wharf. From the well known speed of the Ann, it is confidently expected that she will make the passage to the above port in five to Bix days, and offers very superior advantages to passengers and si ippers. The schooner, Royalist, hence, arrived at Honolulu, on 16tb May, and vas chartered to proceed to the Marquesas. The brig, Direct, 250 tons, Capt. R. B. Smith, and tie Adelita, schooner, Capt Seaplean, were advertised to leave San Francisco, for Melbourne via Auckland in May.

The John Williams left Samoa June 21st,calling at Ana'« tm oi. her way down, leaving there five teachers and their wives, from Rarotonga, and one Snmoan teacher, with a number of Erromnnga, Fate and Savage Island natives, whobavebeen receiving religious instruction at Snmoa. They were all left there, and the vessel has come on to Sidney to undtrgo repairs, she having got ashore at Bora Bora, one of the Society Islands, and lost part of ler false keel and sheething; after which she will return to take the natives to their respective islands, and looite the teachers. The Revs. Messrs. Joyce and Inglis, are reported as labouring most successful at Aoateun, The John Williams reports having passed a vessel off Anateum and another off tbe Isle of Fines. The Tartar, with emigrants, from San Francisco for Sydney, left Apia June 15th, and the American barque Spartan was lying there, taking a cargo from the barque Yoik, condemned. Tbe Lightning, schooner, was lying on the reef at Upolu, bilged. Mr. Pritchard, the Consul's son, had bought her, and was trying to get her off Sydney Herald, July 29. . We are informed that the barque Edward (which vessol will it be remembered arrived here a weeks since, and bad to ride quarantine in consequence of small pox having made its appearance on tbe voyage,) endeavoured to n.ake Anaeum, but without success j some natives came off and the vessel bore up for Tanna, where, for a fortnight, during wbicb time the disease was on board, the natives were allowed uninterrupted communication with tbe vessel; tbe result has been that tbe distemper was cariied en shore. One of the native missionaries cnught the infection and died. It is much f. ared, from the totiil absence of medical aid, this calamitous scourge will make fearful inroads upon the jn , '«» ,, '»nn*« of tbfl island.— lb.

The Walter Hood, which arrived last night, is another ot iLio.se Aberdeen clippers which have made such remarkably tpeedy voyages to these colonies. She is built on tbe lines of the Phoenician, and is under the c< minand of Captain Sproat, formerly of that vessel; but has eclipsed her in having performed the passage in 80 days, the shortest on record. The greatest distance got over by the Walter Hood in the 24 hours was 320 miles. She made tbe meridian of tbe Cape Ist July, and ber average distance per day since that time, was 235 miles. Her cargo is a large one, consisting of about 1500 tons of general merchandise. The Kob-i noor, for Sydney, was spoken by the Walter Hood in Bass's Straits.— Sydney Empire, 4th August

The Indian Queen, which arrived in our barhour yesterday, is said to be a sister ship of the renowned Marco Polo, funning one of the famed Black Ball line of packets from Liverpool to this port, and belonging; to James Cook and Co, of that phce. The Indian Queen has made a good passage of eighty-one days, and brings about four hundred passengers, all in good health ; only one death occuring, viz., that of Mr. Fallon, who unfortunately fell overboard on the 18th June, and was drowned. The healthy condition of the passengers, together with the accommodation, &c, provided for them, speaks well for this superior line of ships. The forpgoing vessel comes here in ballast, and returns immediately to Liverpool, on the discharge of her pusMill for the facilities afforted our representative, and sengersand their luggage.— Melbourne Argus, Aug. 10. 'the Nautilus, Fowell, sailed for GeeloDg on the Gib. By the Liverpool papers we notice that the Hugh Roberts, Owen, sailed for Melbourne on the 15th May. Ships at San Francisco fob Sydney and Melbourne. —The following ships are advertised in our latest Califomian papers:—Damblatt, ship, 800 tons, aud Caspar, ship, 500 tons, to sail for Sydney about the begining of June. The Ignis Fatus, barque, 250 tons ; Emma Isidore, barque, 400 tons, and Vixen, brig, 300 tons, for Poit Philip, also to sail about the begining of June.— Melbourne Herald August Btb.

Wrece op the Barbara Gordon.—We regret to state that the Barbara Gordon, which sailed from this port on the 19th or 20th ol February last, became a total wreck off Point Lagullus, Cape of Good Hope, on the sth May. Her cargo consisting cf 388 tows of copper, shipped by the Patent Copptr Company, and 181 bales wool, by Mr. Bowman, are totally lost j and what is much more to be regretted, six human Uvea, namely, Mr. and Mrs, Redisb and child, Mrs. Dalton, and Mrs. Hay, who were passengers, and one seamen named Seymour also "perished. Captain LiHey, the officers and crew, with the exception of poor Seymour, were eared by means of a raft. The catastrophe occured at t*n o'clock at night. This information has been received by one or two merca&tile ioueea in Adelaide ;

but the intelligence is rather scanty, unci tbe letter which brings the sad news, although written by one of the survivors, does not go into the details, which we are so apt to desire in cases of this melancholy nature. We shall therefore wait with anxiety our next news from the Cape.— Adelaide Times.

H.M. ship Hercules, formerly a 74-gun ship, bus arrived in Simon's Bay, wilh Scotch emigrants for Au3tralia, sent out by the Highland Emigration Society. She left tbe Isle of Skye in December last, wiih nearly 800 emigrants on board, but was obliged to put into Cork in consequence of the pervalence of fever and smallpox amongst tbe passengers. From that port she sailed on the 12th April, tbe number of the emigrants being reduced to about 380, occasioned by the deaths that had occurred, those left behind eick, and happily a greater number than either who remained to take charge of their invalid relations. The Hercules has had fine passage, being only 62 days out; it was, however lengthened by a succession of calms, the topsails, having never been reefed until off tbe Cape. She will leave again for Australia about Monday next. — Caps Paper, One Hundred Tons of Specie.—The Royal West India Mail Packet Magdalena, which arrived last week at Southampton, brought borne specie from the West Indies, the Pacific, and Mexico, amounting to nearly three millions and a quarter dollars in value. About half a million dollars' value of it was in gold ; and the rest was in silver. A very large portion of this specie was from Mexico, the transference of which from the Mexican packet, at St. Thomas, occupied twenty eight hours. The whole of the specie was despatched on Sunday to London from the Souihanipton docks; it weighed nearly 100 tons, and occupied nearlv twenty specie waggons. The Magdalena brought the largest and most valuable cargo ever known; and the West India Company will net by her cargo and by tire passengers' fares about £IO,OOO. The Magdalena had a splendid run from St. Thomas, having performed tbe distance of nearly 4000 miles in little over fourteen days Liverpool paper, 14th May. Emioration rnoM British Ports.—The following statistical details are furnished by a Parliamentary return :—From London, in the course of last year, the registered tonnage of the emigrant jhips was 121,856 ; tbe officers numbered 762; the cooks,,, carpenters, and stewards, 825; able seamen, 2869; ordinary seamen, 638; landsmen, 251 ; boys, 661 ; the total number of tbe crews was 6006. Of the Emigrants from London there were 15,257 men, 7964 women, and 8026 children making 31,242. From Liverpool, in the year, theregistered tonnage of the ships was 368,594 ; the crews numbered 11,9 36, and the emigrants, men, women, and children, 137,331.

From Plymouth the registered tonnage of the ships was 50,957 ; the crews, 335 ; and the emigrants numbered 8443. From Glasgow and Greenock the registered tonnage of ships that sailed in the year was 27,850; the crews, 1278; the emigrants, 11,542. From Belfast, 15G0 emigrants sailed; Dublin, 4101; from Galway, 775; from Limerick, 7007; from Londonderry, 4662; from Queenstown, 7468; from Sligo and outports the number of emigrants was IHI6 ; and from Waterford and New Ross 5135. The total number of emigrant* last year from Great Britain and Ireland, under the inspection of emigrant officers was 221,086. The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week show a decrease; but tbey include several vessels of the larger class. They have comprised five to Port Phillip, with an aggregate burden of 1872 tonnage; two to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 1254 tonnage; two to Adelaide, with an aggregate burden of of 1583 tonnage ; and one to New Zealand of 324 tons. Their total capacity was consequently 5033 tons. The shipments of manufactures and ordinary merchandize have experienced some diminution, and the quotations for freight are generally lower.— Times, Way, 1". The Mersey has presented an interesting scene during the last few days, owing to several large ships freighted with emigrants being anchored in the stream previous to their departure for distant settlements. The accounts received ashort time since from Australia, of miseries and dissapointments, had considerably damped the ardor for expatriation in eearch of gold; but later reporlaare far more favourable, as it appears that steady application to develope the resources of the country is more likely to prove successful than the enthusiasm which, expecting too much, was more easily disappointed. On Saturday, the Chinese junk Keying was towed up the river by the steamer Shannon, and forms an object of great attraction at Rock Ferry.— Liverpool Standard, 17th May. Another Arctic Expedition in search of Sir John Fkanki.in. —The Phoenix screw steam-sloop. Commander Edward A. Inglefield, has received her sailing orders, and will leave Greenhithe after her compasses are adjusted, and some magnetical and astronomical observations made, according to instructions given by Colonel Sabine. Similar observations are also to be made at Stromness, in the Orkneys, at Whale Fish Islands, Disco, Cape Riley, and Cape V\ alsingham, these places being in her route to Beecbey Island, whither she will proceed, leaving the Diligence storeship at Disco, in charge of Lieutenant Elliott. On the arrival of the Phoenix at Beechey Island she will deposit the stores there which she is taking out for the relief of Captain Sir Edward Belcher's expedition, and return to Disco and transfer the 400 tons of coal at present on board the Dilligence into the Phoenix. The Diligence will immediately after return home to England this summer under the command of Lieutenant Elliott. The Phoenix will then proceed to explore Cumberland Sound, and hold on to the westward as far as Repulse Bay, as the north side of that Sound has not as yet been searched for the missing expedition. Commander Inglefield, if be finds no traces of >ir John Franklin and his companion* in that direction, will return through Cumberland Straits, and proceed up Smith's Sound, to follow out the traces of open water which he discovered there last year during bis voyage in the. Isabel screw steam»sloop. The period of thereturn of the Phoenix will depend, in a great measure, on the discoveries that may be made by her commander. Captain Penny will leave England in the Lady Franklin, sailing-vessel, accompanied by the Sophia, to form a colony on the shores of Cumberland Sound, where the Esquimaux have reported tbare is abundance of plumbago and copper, with other minerals ; and letters or parcels for Commander Inglefield's expedition, if sent by Captain Penny, will be delivered to the Phoenix when returning down from her search up Cumberland Sound.— Times, 17th May.