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Colonist, Volume III, Issue 297, 24 August 1860, Page 2

The Intercolonial Royal Mail' vCoipp.any''^J#eamer Victory, intended for the c6nveyaftce;of the mails between Australia and New Zealand, is a magnificent specimen of naval architecture, built by Messrs. Denny, .of Dumbarton. She is 215 feet long, with 27 feet breadth of beam, and 16 feet 6 inches depth of hold f

her builderii?-'measurement being about 1000 tons. She has three saloons aft, one'for geperal use and two for ladies ofily, which acconitaodate,in these 46 passengers. The Victory has steeple-engines, built by Denny, of 350-horse power, and, fitted with Hamilton's patent governor-,, arc fixed. . The steam, is superheated by. Patridge's patent, and a donkey-engine, which is fixed to work the machinery on deck, would alone impel the ship at the rate of one knot an hour in case the principal engines broke down. She is also fitted with a patent and condensing" apparatus for obtaining pure fresh water; and, indeed, nothing seems left undone to secure every comfort and convenience tQ those who may go down to the sea in her .—Home Neivs, June 26." Lyttleton (screw steamer), from London, bound to New Zealand, had put into-Fernando Po in distress., She had been five months from England. The Lyttleton is only 80 tons burden. She left "Fernando-Po on the 16th March under steam, her captain proposing to touch at St. Paul de Loando and at the Cape of Good Hope for further supplies.— lbid. , The Cliapman, one of Messrs. Willis,' Gann, and Co.'6 regular liners, loft Gravesend for Canterbury, New Zealand, on the 25th May. She' had a large number of chief cabin passengers, besides second cabin and steerage, and one of the largest and most valuable cargoes ever shipped to the colony. She also takes out" some very valuable thorough-bred horses and stock, including some beautifiil'rams from the Emperor of the French's celebrated breeding establishment at Rambouillet.— lbid.

' The; 'White Star' clipper-Northern Bride' sailed from Liverpool for Auckland,. New Zealand direct,.on the 14th June* wis,'a-full:andvaluable cargo;^nd.lßo passengers, all of whom are of a very superior clasi? of emigrants, taking considerable capital, 'large quantitiel of freight,' and valuable agriculturarimpleinents. " Land orders" for the free grants of land in the province of Auckland .have been eagerly sought'after, and the majority of the passengers by1 this ship have obtained these "orders" from the agents of the provincial government in the United Kingdom. -rlbid. . The clipper ship Oaduceus, Captain Cass,' one of Messrs. Willis, Gann, arid'Co.'s regular New Zealand packets, sailed from Gravesend oh June 23, with a full and very valuable cargo and 150 chief cabin passengers, 54 of whom, including the families of several influential colonists returning, go in'the saloons. The two New Zealand chiefs, ■ Toetoe and Hemara, lately presented to the Qiieen, and brought' to Europe by Dr.^Hociistetter.inthe Austrian frigate Novara,( some time since, are also passengers by. the Caduceus.— Ibid

Early in June two ships, the Henrietta.and' Robert Henderson, were despatched from the Clyde by the agents of the Provincial Government of Otago, with full complements of passengers. ' Besides those assisted by-the agents, a large number not only pai<| their own passages but took out/with them considerable sums of money; A short time since a mercantile house in Glasgow despatched the fine ship Bruce, on board ofywhich there were upwards of 100 passengers. These facts show that a stream of emigration has set in for the season with greafeforce for the interesting colony of Otago. A great proportion of those who have now left their native shores have-been induced to do so from the-good report and success of friends in the colony.— lbid.. v-, <■ !" . .