Shipping.

Colonist, Volume II, Issue 131, 21 January 1859, Page 2

Shipping.

ENTERED INWARDS,

Januaey 18—Active, brigantine, 136, Smith, from Melbourne, via Wellington. Passengers—A. M'Gill, G. Gibson, John Keefe, J. Dickson.

January 19.—White Swan, steamer, M'Lean, from Manukau via New Plymouth. . .

IMPORTS,

Per Active, from Melbourne : 4 packages bagatelle tables, Edwards and Co.; 5 cases do., Hays; 3 crates .bottles, 2 bales corks, 1 box, 5 bags whiting, 1 case ccfiee, Order (from Melbourne): 1 bale gunny bags, 1 do. sacks, 1 do. woolpacks, 10 casks ale, 4 cases sauces, J. R. Hays; 1 cask rice, 3 cases olives, 6 do. hock, J. R. Hays (from Wellington).

The Austrain frigate Novara. sailed for Tahiti on the Bth. instant. She proposed en route, to visit White Island, and running into the Straits.— Southern Cross.

The ship Kingston, from London, arrived at Auckland on the 28th ultimo, after a passage of 104 days. The Hon. William Martin (late Chief Justice of New Zealand) and Mrs. Martin returned to the colony by her. She brought a general cargo, and upwards of 100 passengers, all for that port. In addition to the immigration likely to pour in upon us from Great Britain, we may expect a large and valuable augmentation of our population from Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and other of the North American "settlements. The brig Snow Drift was on the berth, and was to sail from Nova Scotia in October; and a clipper brig, of 220 tons, was fast filling at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and would sail for Auckland early in November. She would bring about 100 immigrants.— Auckland Registrar^ Jan. 3. ■ ■■■''■

The Eagles 110 tons, Capt. McPhee, sailed from Jiiverpool for this port on the 21st September. We incline to think that1 this is the vessel purchase,d by our fellow townsman, Mr. Russel, of Fort street.— lbid.

The William Watson and John Scott were to have sailed .from London in all October. The latter ship brings out the life-boat built for the Auckland Provincial Government.— Ibid.

The Austrian Frigate Novara.—His Excellency the Governor paid a visit to this ship yesterday, and was saluted on leaving her, the battery at Fort Britornart returning the compliment. The Novara is a powerful ship, built at Venice, the grand depot of the Austrian Marine. She is 200 feet in length, 45 feet beam, and measures 1200 tons. As may be supposed, from her great beam her decks are exceedingly roomy, her spar deck in particular; but the warlike beauty of the deck is marred by a poop which howeyer comfortable and convenient to the chiefs in occupation of it takes away greatly from the stern simplicity of a fighting, ship.- Her main deck batteiy is a splendid one, though, being a scientific ship, that is impaired by the dismounting of some four or five guns of a side, and the construction of comfortable cabins in the, place they usually occupy. She is pierced for 44 guns, but mounts, at present, but 30—these are noble fellows, 36 pounders, and are kept in first rate order. The gun room is a large and comfortable one, and the midshipmen's berth is. superior to most of those that we have seen in the English ships sent to this station. Her galley is upon a new and improved' principle, and she has an apparatus for distilling salt water into fresh. Her ship's company are almost entirely Italians, the Austrian Navy being in point of fact but. a recent transfer from that of Venice to its present conquerors. As a whole, the Novara is a large and well regulated ship, and calculated to do honor to the flag she wears. Her officers were entertained at a banquet given to them by the 65th regiment on Monday evening, and by His Excellency last night.-— lbid.