Trial Trip of the New Steamer.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume VII, Issue 476, 20 January 1852, Page 2

Trial Trip of the New Steamer.

Yesterday, pursuant to advertisement, the new steamer was .off the Wynyard Pier in Official Bay, a little after 11 a.m. ; — with the twofold object of receiving her name and embarking her passengers for a trial trip to the Tamaki. Unluckily the tide was too low to admit of her coming alongside the pier. She was consequently compelled to take off her passengers in her skiff, so that the ceremony of naming, although prefaced by a neat address from his Worship the Mayor, was necessarily much more of a pri vate than a public affair. After some unavoidable delay, the command " turn ahead" was issued ; r and about 12.30 p.m., with a strong N.B. breeze, a flood tide, and a heavy jump of a sea, the ; ' Governor Wynyard/ (with a group of ■ some thirty or five-and-thirty voyagers), commenced boring her watery way. It may be as well to state that the ' Governor Wynyard is a small vessel of about 40 tons ; and that she is fitted with two steeple engines of four horses power each, — -±he vessel being built and designed by Messrs. Stone and Gardiner — the engine constructed by Mr. Bourne^ It must be obvious to every one that, in a colony of 'only eleven years standing, the turning out of hand of even a miniature steam boat, must be no light or contemptible affair ; and even after the boat had been got afloat, and started on her maiden trip, that many things must needs have, been left unfinished, many overlooked, and that both the strange boat and the strange crew must have had many difficulties to obviate and* overcome. We confess we were by no. means sanguine of a successful performance on the part of the " Governor^ Wynyard," — we looked upon her tonntage as too great, her proportions, too. gfeort; and her power jnuch too smaJlJtf'entibiei.her to buffet the current and the breezes of^bhe Waitemata^ But, if we may judge by her doings yesterday, withnew and stiff machinery, in new and unpractisejAkhands, we must cheerfully declare an altered opinion, and affirm our belief, that j she will prove a staunch and sterling acquisition to the port. With a variety of incidental delays and , stoppages, and in the teeth of a foul wind, heavy sea, and adverse tide, she occupied but three hours and a quarter in her passage from the Wynyard Pier to Panmure, and about* the same space, (with even more stoppages)* on her homeward trip. — Yesterday's was no mere summer's sail j but a passage to test, in a considerable degree, the capabilities of the boat, and judging from what we experienced, we should be inclined to think that once in good working command, and in ordinary weatter, she will be able to accomplish from six to seven knots an hour, i

Our citizens, however, will have a fair and better*- opportunity of .testing her qualities on Thursday next ; when, we believe, the same trip will be repeated. We cannot, at present, enlarge upon this topic ; but thankful for this our day of small things, and wishing the proprietors of the 'Governor Wynyard eveiy success, — we hope, ere long, to behold the beautiful bights, bays and estuaries of our water girdled metropolis alive and thriving, even if defiled by clouds of sooty pennants.

Cricket — The Conquering match between the Auckland Club and the FiftyEighth Regiment, came off, in the Albert Barrack Square, on Friday last. The day was beautiful, but extremely sultry ; and, in the earlier part, with scarcely a-breath of air to temper the scorching rays of overpowering sunshine. The soldiery commenced the play, scoring 75 at their first innings ; this, as the Club showed but 40, looked unwholesome for the "Aucklandites," and their opponents entered upon their second innings, booked, in the general opinion, to win. But dame Fortune is proverbially capricious : one after another, some of their best players were bowled, caught, and stumped out ; and, after scoring 51 or 52, their opponents took the field with the afternoon's sun and a fine refreshing breeze to inspirit them . They played like men bent upon obtaining the victory. The batting of Mr. Young being especially admirable. We have seen no score of this match ; but the result was in favour of the Club, who beat their competitors with, three wickets to go down.

I^° The Band of the Fifty. eighth Regiment, by permission of his Excellency Lieutenant- Colonel Wynyard, C. 8., will perform the following selec« tion of music, in the grouudi of the old Gorernment House, on Thursday next, between the hours of 4 and 6, p. m.

PROGRAMME. 1. Overture — Op. " Linda drGhamounis".. Donizetti 2. Melange— Op. " L'Etoile de Seville" .... Balfe 3. Aria— Op. " Stradella" Flowtow 4. Selection—- Op. " Lucia di Lammermoor". . Donizetti 5. Waltz — " Sorgenbrecher" Strauw 6. Quadrille — " Lei Sept Moatagnei" . . Boheman 7. PolJca— "The Row" Jullien 8. Galop— " The Steam March" Bisle