PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 784, 19 October 1853, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Oct. 16—Victoria, Government brig 1 , Captain Deck, from Wellington. Passengers—His Excellency Sir George Grey, Lady Grey, A. J. Richmond, Esq. Private Secretary, Archdeacon and Mrs. Hadfield and child, Mr. Boyton, Inspector of Native Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Benstead, S. Maneary, M. Nichols, Perikawau, and nine in the steerage. Oct. 16—Star, 17 tons. Ngakapa, from Wangarei, with 8 head cattle, 2 bushels maize. Oct. 17—Argyle, 15 tons, Ko Temaripi, from Tauranga, with 50 baskets potatoes, 50 do. maize, 20 pigs. Oct. 17—John, 23 tons, Lawrence, from Mahurangi, with '4 tons firewood. Passengers—T. Condon, J, Dunnivan, J. Nelson, W. Henry. Oct. 17—Piako Lass, Smalley, from Piako River, with 2 tons flax. Oct. 17—Hira, 18 tons, Kobira, from Bay of Plenty, with, 3 casks pork, lOOOlbs. bams and bacon, 50 baskets wheat, 300 baskets potatoes. Ocf. 17—Louisa, 25 tons, Hautonga, from East Cape, with 200 baskets maize, 300 do. wheat, 1 cask pork, 2 bags whalebone. Oct. 18—Endeavour, 14 tons, A, Martin, from Waiheke, with 25 tons firewood. DEPARTURES. Oct. 15—Mary Ann, 20 tons, Kotemapi, far East Coast with 2 hhda. runs, 9 cases gin, I keg tobacco, 19 bags rice, 33 bags sugar, 2 casks bottled beer, 3 boxes soap, \ ton salt, 18 packages sundries. Oct. 15 Boyd, 16 tons, Mclntosh, for Wangaroa, with 3 cases slops, 2 do. gin, 1 ton sugar, 1 do. rice, and a quantity of sundries, 8 passengers. Oct 15—Mary, 26 tons, W. Davis, for Matakana. Oct. 17 —John 28 tons, Lawrence, for Mahurangi. Oct 17 —Piako Lass, 10 tons, Smalley, for Piako River, with 2 bags biscuit, 1 bag sugar. 1 bag rice. Oct 17—Kirkwood, brig, 126 tons, E. Courteney, for Hobart Town.—J. A. Langford, agent. Oct. 18—Herald, 25 tons, J. Tautari, for Russell, with 15 bags sugar, 8 do. rice, 5 boxes soap, 7 do. tea, 1 cask vinegar. 1 bag barley, 1 Lhd. rum, 1 do. brandy 2 bales cottons, 1 do. Woollens. 1 package tobacco, 3 casses botiled beer, 4 casks do. 4 doz. spades. Passengers—Archdeacon and Mrs. Hadfield, Mr. P. King, Mrs Tees and 3 children, Mr. Taylor, Mr. J. McDougall. Oct. 18—Antelope, 35 tons, J. Davys. for the East Coast, with 15 tuns casks, 6 cases gin, 20 gallons rum, 10 do. brandy, 3 casks beer, I keg tobacco, 25 packages slops.—J. Salmon and Co., agents. Oct. 18—Endeavour, 14 tons, A. Martin, for Waibcke, in ballast. Oct. 18—Victoria, 18 tons. Tope for Mongonui, with i ton sugar, 2 cases slops, 1 do. drapery, 1 bale sheets, £ chest tea, 2 boxes soap, 1 cwt, tobacco, 6 packages sundries. EXPORTS FOREIGN, Per Kirkwood, for Hobart Town:—7o,ooo feet sawn timber, 153 bushel oats, 6 tons potatoes, 19,000 shingles, 500 bundles palings,

The Government Brig sailed from Wellington on Monday the 10th inst., and arrived in our harbour, with the Governor and Lady Grey and suite, on Sunday last, after a fine passage of sis days. The screw steamer Ann, had arrived at Nelson on the 18tb September from Sydney. 'The Nelson Examiner’s remarks on her arrival will be found below. The arrival of the Ann in other Southern ports was hailed with equal pleasure as at Nelson. At Wellington Captain Gibbs was present at the Public Dinner to Sir George Grey, where his health was drunk, and he responded at some length. The Ann arrived at Por Victoria on the 15th ult , having made the passage in 50 hours against a strong wind and sea, A Dejeuner was there given to Captain Gibbs, at which the Superintendent and about 80 persons were present. The Ann reached Wellington on the 26th ult, having made the return voyage in 48 hours, also in unfavourable weather. On the Ist of October slue sailed thence for Sydney, calling again at Nelson on her way. The barque Cornwall, from London, arrived at Nelon the 19th of September. The barque Lord Duncan, sailed from Wellington for London on the 15th of September, with a cargo consisting chiefly of wool and oil, the former being the clip of last year which could not be got away sooner. The ship Maori, arrived at Otago on the 19th of August, and sailed for China on the 6th September. STEAM BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA, AND ENGLAND. (From the “ Nelson Examiner,” September 24.) Nelson has had the honour of being the first port in the southern portion of New Zealand visited by a mercantile steamer. On Sunday morning last, the screw steamer Ann, seven days from Sydney, entered our harbour, bringing the welcome intelligence that the Directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company were desirous of extending their already established line of communication from England to Sydney, to New Zealand, and that the present voyage of the Ann was a preliminary step (if suitably encouraged)to a monthly communication between Sydney and this colony, to be eventually carried on by the Chusan and Shanghae one to the northern and the other to the southern ports; two splendid vessels of 750 tons each, now engaged in running between the Australian colonies and Singapore, but which are to give place to larger vessels as soon as they can be obtained from England. The Ann sailed for Wellington and Canterbury on Tuesday evening, but previous to starting, she made an experimental cruise to give a trial to the Motupipi coals, to witness which a very large company of gentlemen went on board, where they received the kindest attention from her commander. The coal was found to burn remarkably well, without any disagreeable smell so much complained of on former trials, and gave abundance of steam; but they do not possess the necessary binding qualities, so that when the fires are stirred, there is great waste from the quantity which passes through the bars. It was the opinion of the engineer that, mixed with other coal, in the proportion of two to one, this waste would be obviated. Captain Gibbs gave an excellent entertainment to his guests, who very heartily drank tho health of Captain Sparks, the P. and 0. Company’s Superintendent in Australia, that of the Commander of the Ann, and success to the enterprising Company, and their present spirited efforts to extend their lines of steam communication. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH FROM ENGLAND TO HOLLAND. A great stride in submarine engineering has just been successfully accomplished by the establishment of ft telegraph between England and Holland, wires have been carried from Orfoidness, on the Coast of Suffolk, to Scbevening, on the Dutch coast, a distance in a straight line, of 115 miles. The engineering arrangements were under the superintendence of Mr. Edwin Clark, engineer-in-chief 10 the Electric Telegraph Company, assisted by Mr. F. C. Webb, and the expedition was under the command of Lieut. Burstall, R.N.

Three ve-sels were engaged in the operation—the Monarch, paddle steamer, 510 tons, (a vessel purchased by the company for carying out this and other submarine undertakings, in contemplation), having on board the cable ISO miles in length, and 300 tons in weight; the Goliath, steam tug, in attendance, as a precaution in case of any casualty to the engines of the Monarch ; and the Adder, Government steamer, which was kindly lent by the Admiralty to assist in this national enterprise. The course having been previously buoyed by Lieut. Burstall, in the Adder, the squadron left Orfordness, at nine, a.m., on Monday, the weather being in every way propitious, and the operation was conducted without the slightest difficulty, and a constant communica tion kept up with the English shore. About nine, p.m., however, the barometer suddenly fell one-tenth of an inch, and as suddenly rose again. About midnight the wind increased to a fresh gale from the north-east, with a heavy sea ; and although messages from the English coast announced perfectly fine weather, it was afterwards discovered that it was at the same time blowing a gale on the Dutch coast. The difficulty of uncoiling the cable became exceedingly formidable, and almost baffled the perseverance and determination of the men engaged in that duty, and who belonged to the establishment of Messrs. Newal, the manufacturers of the cable. During the day the buoys were successively made without difficulty, but, as night approached, great apprehensions were felt as to the probability of holding a correct course. The Adder being always in advance to pilot the Monarch, keeping up a communication with the latter by rockets and blue and red lights, was, however, observed to remain for some time stationary, and, on on the Monarch closing, she called attention, by the hearty cheers of her crew, to the position of the buoy, barely visible through the darkness under her larboard bow. So closely indeed was the direct course followed, that only 2 buoys, out of 14 laid down, were missed during the whole voyage. A fresh departure was then taken; and, notwithstanding the darkness of the night, the haze of the morning, the heavy sea, and the numerous difficulties which they had to contend with, the Dutch coast was reached on Tuesday night with accident. The steering of the Monarch was successfully managed by Mr. Webb, assisted by Mr, Sargent, boatswain to the Adder, while the management of the communication with England, and the constant testing of the cable at intervals of 30 seconds was ably conducted by Mr. Latimer Clark. On reaching the Dutch coast on Tuesday night, the surf was so heavy on the beach that it was impossible to effect a landing. An attempt was, however, made on Wednesday, but it was not until early on Thursday that the end of the cable was brought on shore.

Communications! between the Hague and England were effected for (die first time at 9 15 a.m., and messages were immediately sent from England to the King of Holland, and from Sir Ralph Abercrombie. British Minister at the Hague, to the Earl of Clarendon ; and numerous other official communications took place throughout the day. The Monarch proved herself a thoroughly good seagoing boat, especially adapted for the purpose, and is the first steamer which accomplished such an operation without the assistance of a tug. Whether we consider the unusual length of the voyage —nearly double any which has hitherto been attempted—the unprecedented occurrence of so heavy a gale, or the inhospitable nature of the coast, the operation certainly ranks as the most bold and successful hitherto chronicled in the annals of telegraphic engine ‘ring.