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Maritime Record.

THE TASMANIAN MAID. I his admirable little steamer, of whoso intended purchase not long since madomanlion, arrived in harbour on Monday »v«nln| f i i\yi is ay paw l» cl»««d *h» poodjy and

growing tonnage of the port of Auckland. We confess to a very hearty gratification in welcoming the little beauty to the Waitemata. She has earned no mean reputation during her valuable services on the Taranaki coast, where she proved herself to be one of the not least distinguished features of the war. She has arrived here under different auspices, and, we trust, under much more hopeful circumstances, —as an instrument of opening up a promising country,- not as a mere dispatch boat to a suffering one. If we are rightly informed, her traffic will lie between Auckland and Coromandel, For such a trade, she is admirably adapted ; we speak not hypothetically or upon second hand report, but from personal knowledge of the boat and her powers. She is an excellent sea boat, possesses good speed, and, for her inches, has cabin and other accommodation of the first class. She has sustained no damage of any account by her recent stranding, and she will very shortly be supplied with new boilers, when, with the thorough overhaul she will receive, she will be in as high order as when she left the stocks. The Tasmanian Maid was built of iron, with three bulk heads, machinery certified, and classed A.l, for nine years, at Stockton in 1850. She measures 84 tons in all, or, exclusive of engine room, 53 tons, with 32 horse power, She is a paddle boat, with good room on deck, and just the vessel which has here been so long required. We hope, and we believe, a prosperous career awaits her.

Matilda Wattenbach, Captain William Goudic, signa Hcd at daylight on Sunday morning, fetched the anchorage on Monday at a little after 8 a.m., having been detained outside the North Head by light airs and calms. This fine ship has made an excellent passage of ninety eight days from the Downs, and hut for the crippled condition in which she has come in—without main or mizzen top gallant masts,--there can be little doubt that her run would have been the fastest ever yet made to the port of Auckland, Left the Downs on the 2nd June taking her final departure from the Lizard on the ilth. Sighted Madeira on the 18th, having had light winds down Channel but heavy weather off the Lands End : Had no N. E. trade, but on the contrary a light Southerly wind all the way to the line. On the 27th June, in 8° N. latitude, 21 ° W. longitude, spoke the Prussian screw corvette Altona from the Cape of flood Hope bound to Portsmouth. Passed inside and to the eastward of the Cape de Verds, without seeing any of the islands : —Crossed the Equator on the 4th of July in longitude 27 ° W., Neptune paying his customary respects and receiving his becoming meed of tribute. From the Equator until nearly abreast of Rio Janeiro, the weather proved very light, the wind mostly at S. W,, with scarcely any trade wind; on the 17th July it shifted to N. E. carrying the ship along at a rattling pace. On the 27th July, in latitude 40 = S.. longitude 18 e E., or close to (he meridian of the Cape of Good Hope, at 7.30 p.m , the ship lurching frightfully in a heavy, lumpy, sea, blowing a hard gale at S. E., the main and mizzen topmasts, were cairicd away by a furious squall from the N. W., smashing the gig and top gallant rails, tearing away the starboard side of the main top, the main royal yard passing through the main deck, and close to a female who was putting her child to bed, and who narrowly escaped with life. All hands were actively employed clearing away the wreck and repairing damages, but it was ihe 4th of August before the new maintopmast was an end, the yards crossed and canvas bent ; the loss of time by this casualty cannot, therefore, be estimated at less than a fortnight. Il m down her longitude between the parallels of 45 ° and 48 O S. latitude, strong westerly weather prevailing. Was abreast of Tasmania, without sighting the island, on the 28th August, blowing hard. Fetched the Three Kings on the 2nd inst. There were five deaths and two births during the passage ; and on the 23rd June, William Robertson, an ordinary seaman, fell from the forelopmast head at 5 p.m., lingered until 11, and expired. The ship has otherwise been remarkably healthy, and. we rejoice to leam, happy and united; and the clean and comfortable condition in which she has come into port with some 400 souls on board rellects the utmost credit upon Capt. Goudie and his officers. The Matilda Wattenbach is a noble specimen of a clipper ship, unsurpassed probably, by any other merchant ship in point of symmetry, unless it were the Red Jacket or Northfieet. Her dimensions are 211 feet keel, 240 ft. over all, 34 ft. beam 20 ft. depth of hold, and measures 334 58-100 tons. She is sister ship, but a little larger than the Ida Ziegler. Her greatest day’s run was 33(J knots equal to 332 miles ; and one day, after crossing the line, when close hauled upon the southeast trade she knocked off 320 knots or 373 miles. The total number of passengers by the Matilda Wattenbach are 352 or equal to 26.'> i statute adults, of these 351 are English and 1 Scotch. The following is a list of their trades or calling:— 2(1 farmers, 5 millers, 2 painters, 1 manufacturer, 15 servants, 1 tin pale worker, 2 merchants, 1 baker, 4 drapers, 1 piano forte maker, 1 hat manofaclurer, 5 cabinet makers, 4 sawyers, 1 wool classer, 2 miners, 8 butchers, 17 carpenters, (! joiners, 2 coopers, I coach maker, 4 gardeners, 3 cleiks, 1 bricklayer, 2 coach turners, 0 labourers, I saddler, 2 stewards, 1 hosier, 1 tailor, 1 burner, 1 tanner, I brushmakcr, 1 printer, 2 dressmakers. 1 glass cutter, 1 teacher 1 iron moulder, 1 well sinker, 1 lighterman, I sculptor, 1 mechanic, I grocer, 1 weaver, I mason, 1 warehouseman, 1 surveyor, 1 smith, 1 barber, 2 wheelwrigts, 1 carman, 1 shoemaker, and I farrier. The clipper schooner. Wild Wave, Capt F. Martin, arrived in harbour from Lyttelton on Saturday, after a fine run of six days. She rep >rts the schooner Enteral 1 Isle, Captain Dixon, as going up the river when she left. The brig Montezuma, Capt. Mclntyre, arrived in harbour on Saturday afternoon from Otago via Napier. She called into Napier for the purpose of discharging a cargo of firewood. The Montezuma only brings four out of fifteen passengers bonked at Otago for'this port, they having fofeited their passage for the new Eldorado.

The steamship Queen, Capt. Pole, sailed for the .Southern Ports on Sunday morning last, taking some 115 passenger*.

The ihip Messina, Capt. Lethbridge, weighed anchor on Sunday morning and proceeded to sea, she, however returned to port the same afternoon, but took her final departure on Monday morning. The fine little (raddle steamer Tasmanian Maid was signalled shortly before dusk on Monday evening, and matte the Wharf at 7 o’clock. The Tasmanian Maid has had a litre weather run of five days from Nelson, whence she sailed on the .'lrd instant. Sighted a ship outside standing outwards, supposed to be the Messina, which sailed hence on Monday morning. Also saw a barque standing in, whtleoffthe Harrier island. The whaling brig Prince Edward, Captain Kelly, after discharging her oil and refitting, takes her departure for the fisheries in the course of this day. The ship Queen of the North, Captain Crombie, has completed her discharge, and only awaits the shipment of one or two seamen preparatory to taking her departure for China. The steamship Lord Worsley, Captain Kennedy, has been expected in the Manukau for some days past, without making her appearance. All that we can ascertain respecting her is from a Nelson paper, which reports her departure from that (tort on Sunday, August 31st, three days anterior to the sailing of the Tasmanian Maid. The probability is that some partof her machinery has failed, and that she has returned to Nelson. Amongst her passengers wete Captain Vine Mall, If. Graham, M.G.A., Capt. llutler, M.G.A., C. J. Taylor, M.G.A., and about five ami twenty other passengers, some of whom were going on to Sydney. The Storm bird was to leave Wellington on the 3rd instant, and Nelson on the llth, and may consequently be expected in the Manukau this day, with the remainder of the Members. A barque, signalled during the early part of yesterday, rounded the North Head about Ivin p.m,, making her way towards the Tamaki Heads. She is a beautiful craft, painted green, and her number, 3rd pendant, 71-1, denotes her to be the Glenshes, of Dundee build, a first class clipper. She is reported from Wellington with cattle.

SHIPS IN PORT. Queen of the North, ship, 824 tons, Crombie, oIV the Queen Street Wharf, about to sail for China. —Brown, Campbell ft Co., agent?. Matilda Wattcnbach, ship, 353 tons, J. Goudie, in the stream, arrived from London, with the Nonconformist?, — I). Nathan, agent. African, ship, 740 tons, Gibton, in the stream, arrived from London, discharging.—Ctuickshank, Smart ft Co., agents, Blundell, barque, 330 tons, Lean, off the Queen Street Wharf, arrived from London, dischaiging—Cruickshank, Smart ft Co., agent". EugAne, French barque, 280 tons, Barra, in the stream, about to be laid on for London.—C. J. Stone, agent. Sarah, brig, 121 tons, W. Firth, alongside the Queen-street Wharf, loading for Taranaki.—Henderson ft Macfarlane, agents. Marion, barque, (hulk). 300 tons, off the Queen Street Wharf. —Henderson ft Macfarlane, agents. Sophia, brigantine, (hulk), 140 tons, in the stream,—Henderson ft Macfarlane, agents. Montezuma, brig, 133 ton?, Mclntyre, on the hard, Official bay Henderson ft Macfarlane, agent?. Prince Edward, whaling brig, 173 ton?, Kelly, in the stream, about to sail for the fisheries.—Walter Grahame, agent. Dunedin, schooner, 57 tons, Stewart, laid on for Otago. Coral Quaen, schooner, 32 tons, Currie, alongside the Queen Street Wharf, arrived from the South Sea Island?.—Combes ft Daldy, agents. Reliance, brig, 118 tons, Riddle, alongside Queen-street Wharf, arrived from Hubert Town. —C. J. Stone, agent. Clutha, schooner, 150 tons, Anderson, alongside the Queentreet Wharf, arrived from theChalham Island?.—Cruickshank Smart ft Co., agent?. Zillah, schooner, flit tons, Sullivan, laid on for Napier,—J. Salmon ft Co., agents. Victoria, schooner, sfl tons, Kean, laid on for Napier. Combes Ar D ,ldy, agent?. Kauri, schooner, 45 tons, Shearer, ai rived from Lyttelton. .1, Salmon ft Co., agents. Sylph, schooner, 30 tons, Norris, laid on for Lyttelton. Webster Ar Patterson, agents. Osprey, schooner, 40 ton?, Rogers, alongside the Queen-street Wharf, arrived from the Islands.—Combes Ar Daldy, agents. Tasmanian Maid, paddle steamer, 84 ton?, Jackson, arrived from Nel?on.—Connell Ar Ridings, agent. H.M.S.S. Hairier, 17 guns, 747 tons, Captain Sir Malcolm McGregor, Bart., arrived from Wellington. PROJECT ED 1) EPA I Pl' HUES. Sarah, brig. Firth, for Taranaki, early,—Henderson Ar Macfarlanc, agents. Dunedin, schooner, Stewart, for Otago, early. Sylph, schooner, Nonis, for Lyttelton, to-morrow.—Webster Ar Patterson, agents. Victoria, schooner, Kean, for Napier, early.—Combe? Ar Da'dy, agents. Zillah, schooner, Sullivan, for Napier, early.—J. Salmon At Co., agents. SHIPS EXPECTED. Hanover, ship, BUS ton?, Rich, from London, sailed from Deal Ist June. William Miles, ship, 1227 tons, Urimlen, from London, to sail 10th July. Indian Empire, ship, 1300 tons, Black, from London, to sail 31st May. Romulus, ship, 703 tons, Lord, from London. Lancashire Witch, 1388 tons, Urinden, from London. Ida Ziegler, 800 tons, Reynolds, from London. Cairngorm, 1023 tons. Gibbous, from London. H.M.S.S. Orpheu?, 21 guns, 1708 ton?, Flag ship, Commodore Burnett, (ML, from Sydney. Maori, barque, from Newcastle, with coal*, barque*, 9h»rlQ(iv froir) Sj'flney

RETAIL MARKET. Biscuit.—Cabin, 275. Bread, per 2th. loaf, 5-d. BuTuh Bits' Mbat.—Beef, per lh., 3d. to 3d. Mutton, 7<l ro 8d ; Pork, 7d to Bd. Farm amd Da nit PnooocE.—Butter, (fresh) per lh., 2s 3d; Cheese, (Colonial) per lh.. Is. to Is. 4d ; Eggs, per doz. Is. fid.; Milk, per quart, 5d.; Bacon, per lb.. Bd. to Is.: Hams, per B), Is to Is fid; Potatoes, per cwt., 3s. to 4s: Onions, per lh, 3d to 4d : Hay, per ton, ,{'7 to t’7 Ins.: Straw, £ 4. Building Matehialb. —Boards and Scantling, per InO fed. 14s, to 17s, Boards, tongued and grooved, 225; Shingles, 12s to 13s fid per 1000 ; Palings, l?s; Posts and Rails, £3 to £3 5s per ton: Bricks fe'3 5s to t‘3 Ids per 1000; Lime, Is 4d to 2s per bushel. THE MILLS. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. VVhoi.ksale.—Fine Flour £l3, Seconds ,fc‘l4, Sharps, £'B per ton, Bran Is 3d. Oats (is. crushed. Maize, (is crushed. Retail.—Fine Flour 2[s, Seconds Ifis, Sharps Ids pet Idd Ihs,, Bran Is fid. Oats fir. fid, w»- • FARMING AND GARDENING. , Vkuktables.—Get in all the ordinary spring crops. If the main crop of onions was not sown last month, it should not be delayed after the beginning of this. The main crop of potatoes should be in by the end of this month. Plant Jerusalem artichokes. Plant out celery. Sow French beans and scarlet runners at the end of the month; also cucumbers, vegetable marrows and pumpkins, in warm situations. Attend to growing crops. Fuuit. —Graft fruit trees. Disbud the vine. Rock and water melons may be sown in warm and sheltered spots at the end of the month. Flo wk its,—Sow seeds of all kinds of annuals. Propogale petunias by cuttings, and fu-chias propagated by cuttings now will make fine flowering plants by December. Propagate the pansy by cuttings fur autumn flowering; young plants produce the largest and finest flowers. As little delay as possible should he permitted in all planting operations now, as the vigour and strength of plants will be materially checked, and their beamy injured by being moved when vegetation is much advanced. Let everything be now done which has been left undone.

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New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1722, 10 September 1862, Page 3

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Maritime Record. New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1722, 10 September 1862, Page 3

Maritime Record. New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1722, 10 September 1862, Page 3

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