PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 785, 22 October 1853, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Oct. 19—Dolphin, 41 tons, Campbell, from the East Coast, with 600 bushels maize, 500 do. wheat, 10 cwt. pork, 10 cwt. bams and bacon, one printing press, DEPARTURES. Oct. 19 —Cordelia, IS tons, Gillingham, for Ponui, with 8 doors, 6 sashes, 1 bale blankets, 5 bags flour, 10 cwt. sugar, hhd. rum, 3 boxes nails, 5 bags biscuit, 5 packages sundries. Oct. 19—Forager, 14 tons, Piromona, for Coromandel, with 2 tons flour, 1 do. hay, 8 mats sugar, 20 bags rice, 2 boxes tea, and sundries. Oct. 20—Mendlesham, 20 tons, Allen, for Waiheki. Oct. 20—Invincible, barque, 290 tons, J. Martin, for Melbourne. Passengers, Messrs. C. Dixon, Weston, Peak, Lloyd, and White, Mrs, Donohue, Messrs. P. Downs, S. Yiall, T. Rusden, Edw, Walsh and son, Wm. Scott, J. Pope, W. P. Cousins, P. Flanders, W. Nelson.—Henderson and Mcfarlane agents. EXPORTS —FOREIGN, Per Invincible, for Melbourne :—578 bars, 60 bundles iron, 15 cases furniture, 14 packages doors, 4 do. sashes, 35 cases, 2 hhds. furniture, 200 boxes nails, 2 cases tables, 95,182 feet sawn timber, 5 cases sundries, 27 bags maize, 3 bags potatoes, 1 bundle spades, 9 tons potatoes, 8 tons flour, 1 ton pork, 66 packages bams and bacon, 1 cask sperm oil, 6 casks black oil, 30 trusses hay, 10 tons potatoes, 4 cases bacon, 367 bushels maize, 903 bushels bran, 8,902 lbs. bacon, 1,900 lbs. bacon and bams. A brig was signalled outside Tiritirinaatanga yesterday evening ai sunset.

The Admiral Gre»fell. —The extraordinary quick passage lately made by this fine vessel from London to Wellington, is worthy at some farther notice. From her anchorage at Gravesend to her anchorage in Wellington she was ninety dijys, but Captain Me Clellan sighted the Snares, at the southern end of this island, on the eightieth day. In running down her longitude the Admiral Grenfell reached 54°, thus adopting what is called the great circle sailing. The prevailing winds were found to he northerly, but not violent; the weather was generally thick and hazy. The Admiral Grenfell is a beautiful model of a ship, and the present voyage is not the only one in which she has shown herself to be a clipper, for on her last voyage, which was from Liverpool to Rio Janiero, she made the quickest passage on record. The Admiral Grenfell was built at the port of Bideford, in Devonshire, and may fairly be classed among the finest specimens of naval architecture. We ought not to,conclude our notice, without paying a tribute to the energy displayed by Captain Me Clellan, for the manner in which he discharged bis cargo in WelT gton, and brought his vessel on to this port. Instead of the customary detention of several weeks at the ports -of the colony. Captain Me Clellan landed 350 tons of cargo nt Wellington in a few days, and when he was ready for sea, although deserted by his entire crew, he brought on his vessel to this port, assisted only by his officers. —Nelson Examiner, September 10. The Lyttelton Times, of September 3, has the following—A most gratifying interlude to the giaverprroceedings for which the day was set apart, took place at one o’clock, on Wednesday last. The first vessel, bond fide built of New Zealand timber and entirely by Canterbury industry, in this port of Victoria (name of happiest augury !), was launched amid the cheers and vivas of a large group of spectators, the animating strains of our improving and admirable amateur band, and the fervent gcod wishes for the success of the little craft and her worthy and industrious owners. She-was duly christened with all proper formula by Mrs. Grubb,' the wife of the senior partner, the Caledonia, from £ natural and national predilection for the country of .her builders. Her registered burthen will be about 20 tons, with a capacity to carry about thirty hales of wool; cutter rigged and of a light draught of water.

The Thames, from the Downs 28th May, reports the Meridian, for this port, from London, in latitude 35 deg. 50m. S., on the 29th July. Dr. Lang was a passenger by the Thames, but wan unavoidably compelled to leave the vessel at Gravesend, and forfeit his passage. —Sydney Herald , September 24. The Gipsy Queen sailed from the Downs with the Thames, and reports having spoken the Speculation, from London to Melbourne, in latitude 39 deg. S., lon. 21 deg. 6m. E., eighty days out. Also passed the Thomas Harrison,of London, latitude 39,deg. 15 m. S., lon. 106 E., with part of bulwarks gone, and foremast fished.— lb.

■ Wreck of the Brig W. and M. Brown,— The cut* ter, David Howie, Howie, master, arrived at Circular Head, on the Cth of September, with the master, Capt. Roberts, the crew of seven bands, and two passengers, from the wreck of the brig W. and M. Brown, 297 tons, which vessel left Port Phillip on the 19th of August, bound for Singapore, in ballast, and was totally wrecked on the 23rd following, having struck on the Albatross Hock, at night, and in a few minutes went down in deep water, tbe vessel being at the same time under close-reefed topsails, the crew only having just sufficient time to get out the longboat, in which they succeeded in reaching the Hunter’s Islands, fortunately without loss of life. Here they remained fourteen days, with only a few small shellfish for their subsistence, when they were removed by Mr, Howie, who had observed the fire kindled by the unfortunate mariners, as he passed the island on his passage from Melbourne to Bobbin’s Island, Van Diemen’s Land. Foul,weather and contrary winds prevented Mr, Howie from relieving the unfortunates sooner. When he found them they were in a sadly debilitated state. The crew having saved nothing bu,t the clothing they wore at the time of the accident, a subscription was immediately entered into by the inhabitants of Circular Head, the sailors of the brig Wave, and the schooner Mary Stewart, contributing on behalf of the unfortunate men, and the amount of 341. Bs. 4d. collected, was distributed among them. They leave by the Mary Stewart for Melbourne. —Melbourne Morning Herald,

The schooner Agnes and Elizabeth, from Swansea, Great Swan Port, was towed into port by the Government steamer, having on Wednesday evening, August 24, in a gale off the Pillar, lost both masts, with sails, rigging, &c. The mate was swept overboard and severely injured, and one of the seamen also sustained an injury of the foot by falling from the wreck. There were several passengers aboard, including Mrs. and Miss Nixon, the lady and daughter of the Lord Bishop of Tasmania; Miss Meredith, daughter of Geo'ge Meredith, Esq., of Cambria, Great Swanport; and Mr. George Forster. A barque lay within sight of the Agnes and Elizabeth while in this situation of extreme peril, and never proffered the slightest aid, although signals from the shattered vessel were continually made. —Hobart Town Courier, To Australia the following vessels are loading, the bulk of their cargoes consisting of timber, for Melbourne: Martina, Cynthia, Auriga, Sylph, Midlothian, John, Ilullett, Zodiac, Futteh Rahman, Selma, Northumbria, Rival, and Yarra. For Adelaide: Sophia Moffatt and Ranee, For Portland : Panama. —Straits Times , July 1 9th. The Hydroose, 537 tons, was at Bombay, loading for Port Phillip on the 13th July. The total quantity of mercantile shipping in China (exclusive of those in Macao, river steamers, lying up vessels, and coasters,) is, say 45,000 tons, against 37,000 tons of last report.

Steam to the Sandwich Islands.— A new steamer, recently built in Philadelphia, called the Peytona, 13 now lying at one of our piers, where her rigging is being adjusted ; upon the completion of which she will sail for San Francisco, for the purpose of running from there to Honolulu, The keel of another boat has just been laid in Philadelphia, and is intended to follow her. The Peytona is six hundred and fifty tons burthen, owned by Mr. Williams, of Philadelphia, and goes out under command of Captain Nash. She will go round under canvas, and will probably reach San Francisco in 100 days. —New York Herald.