PORT OF AUCKLAND.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XV, Issue 1134, 11 May 1858, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ENTERED INWARDS. May 7—Nile, 24 tons, Garland, from Matakana, with 44 tons firewood. May 7—Whim, 15 tons, Kerema, from Monganui, with 4 tons kauri gum, 4 guns. May 7—Harp, brigantine, 155 ton, Fisher, froraHobart Town, 24th April. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Plumer and 5 children, J. McCleod, E. Free, J. Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Howard. May 7—Sybil, schooner, 95 2ons, Kelly, from Sydney. Passengers—Mrs. E. Buchit, Mis. Weimer.—Henderson & Macfarlane, agents. May B—Mary Taylor, 14 tons, Jackson, from Wangarei, with 2 cases luggage. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. McLeod. May B—Endeavour, 16 tons, Green, from Waiheki, with 25 tons firewood. May B—Rose Ann, 27 tons, Glover, from East Coast, •with 1 cask powder, 10 bags sugar, 50 lbs. tobacco, 20 bags sundries. 9 native passengers. May B—Grace Darling, 25 tons, "Williams, from Waiheki, -with 30 tons firewood. May 10—William, 18 tons, Edwards, from Ngunguru, with 9000 feeet sawn timber, 10,000 shingles, and 2 passengers. May 10—Raven, 2<t tons, Maddison, from Wangarei, with 36 tons firewood. Passengers —Mrs. Shadon, Mr. D. Mclnnes, and Miss McKenzie. May 10—Mary, 22 tons, Petersann, from Matakana, with 40 tons firewood. May 10—Annie Laurie, 25 tons, Duncan, from Mahurangi, with 30 tons firewood, 400 feet plank, 6 bags wheat. May 10—Glance, 20 tons, Rattray, from Matakana, with 700 posts and rails. Passengers—Messrs. Vercoe, Henwood, and Henley. May 10—Dot, 27 tons, Matheson, from Wangarei, with 33 tons firewood. May 10—Odd Fellow, 18 tons, Innes, from Matakana, with 22 tons firewood. M.«y 10 —Hope, 36 tons, Black, from East Coast, with 1000 bushels wheat. CLEARED OUTWARDS. May 7—Petrel, 20 tons, Mair, for Wangarei, with 500 bricks, 4 bushels lime, 1 case oranyes, 1 case sundries, 1 keg spirits, £ chest tea, 2 bags grass seed, 1 bag clover seed, 1 bag bread, 10 cwt. flour, 2 bags sugar, ! 1 parcel dishes, 61 empty cases, 20 parcels sundries, 5 cwt. potatoes, 7 bags biscuits, 4 trusses hay. Passengers—Sir S. Osborne Gibbes,Bart., Messrs. Lusk, Dean, Bolton, Collins, Gundry, Mrs. Collins. —Bain l, Grahame & Co., agents. May 7—Nile, 24 tons, Garland, for Matakana, in ballast. May B—St. Kilda, 63 tons, Tautari, for Russell, with 10 cases brandy, 6 cases gin, 40 tierces beef, 3 tons ! salt, 1 ton flour, 1| do. do., £ ton rice, 1000 bricks, 10 casks bottled beer, 5 half-chests tea, 50 packages sundries, 4 qr. casks gunpowder. Passengers — Messrs. J. Williams, C. J. Cook, Callaghan, Mrs. McLiver, Aubrey, OHara, wife and 2 children, and 12 natives. May B—Harp, 155 tons, Fisher, for Lyttelton, with 7000 feet timber, 100,000 shingles, 40,000 palings, 2000 posts and rails, 75 barrels flour 1 case boots and shoes, 23 cases pickles, 3 packages slops, 7 do. do. May 10—William, 18 tons, Edwards, for Ngunguru, with 1| ton flour, 5 cwt. potatoes, 10 packages sundries. 2 passengers. May 10—Salopian, 18 tons, Haynes, for East Coast, via Coromandel, in ballast. 5 passengers. May 10—Mary, 22 tons, Petersann, for the Hot Springs m O*lla»t. May 10—Glance, 20 tons, Rattray, for Matakana, in ballast. May 10—Odd Fellow, 18 tons, innes, for Matakana, in ballast. May 10-Industry, 23 tons, Hira, for Matakana, in ballast. 1 passengerMay 10—Midge, 18 tons, Richards, for the Kawau, in ballast.

IMPOSTS —FOREIGN. Per schooner, Sybil, from Sydney—2 cases paper hangings, 1 case guns, 1 case vestas, S. Collins; 100 half-chests. 50 boxes. 10 chests tea, H. Ellis; 276 mats sugar, W. Morrin ; 1J chests congou, 10 cases salad oil, 10 cases starch, 10 half-chests tea, 2 cases bricks, 1 case plums, 1 case soap, 1 package, 10 boxes tea, C.C. Barley ; 155 baps sugar, 20 boxes soap, 50 boxes candles, 5 bales lines, 2 bales paper, 20 boxes congou, 10 tea, 15 chests do, 6 trunks boots, H.Ellis; 5 cases cigars, 52 tons coals, 2 bales gunnies, Henderson and Macfarlane ; 29boxes soap, W. Morrin; 30 casks beer, 2 hhds. brandy, 60 boxes pipes, 7 trunks, 1 box boots and shoes, T. Macky & Co.; ill bags sugar, C.J. Stone; i kegs tobacco, order; 65 cases, 1 bale, 12 casks,

Jones * Allies; 12 tiunks, 2 bundles leather, Gilfillan & Co.; 2 cases, 1 bale drapery, H. Ellis; 20 chests, 20 half chests, 20 bozss tea, S. Brown; 2 bales, J. S. Macfarlane; 4 bales leather, C. A. Harris. Per Brigantine Harp, from Hobart Town—7 packages - slops, 7000 feet timber, 20,000 laths, 100,000 shingles, 40,000 palings, 2000 posts and rails (Tasmanian), 75 barrels American flour, 1 case boots and shoes.

The Sybil, Captain Kelly, arrived from Sydney on Friday morning, having sailed on the morning of the 26th ultimo, the day of the Bristol's departure. She has experienced very severe weather, notwithstanding which she has made a very fair passage. Captain McLean, late of the Bristol, has purchased the City of Melbourne, steamer, from which the engines have been removed. The vessel is being fitted as a barque, which we understand will be kept in the Sydney and Auckland trade. The • Gazelle,' hence, arrived at Sydney on the 21st. ultimo, after a splendid tun of 9 days. The brig Dart, which had sailed from'Wellinzton four days before the . Gazelle, arrived on the same day at Sydney.

(From the Sydney Morning Herald— April 24 ) A notion has got abroad, encouraged partly by the Melbourne journals, that the reason of the non-appear-ance of the Columbian is, that she did not start till a week or more after the usual date. This erroneous impression is founded on a reference to the time table of last year, when the departure of the February mail from England was postponed till the 24th of the month, this postponement was a special case to meet the exigencif >of the commencement of the service, and to allow time for the first steamer to take up her position at Suez. It was a variation from the regular dates which was not to be repeated. There is no doubt that he mail left England at the appointed time, and the t olumbian may be expected to arrive ins day or two f ~ with the old story of foul bottom and deranged machinery. She was two days behind her time on the homeward passage in getting to Galle, and was probably four or five days behindhand by the time she reached Sum. And as the hindrances to her progress would accumulate on the return passage, her delay may be easily accounted for without the supposition of any accident. It •will be remembered that on the trip before last the European (a sister ship in every respect to the Columbian) was fourteen days late, the delay arising entirely from derangements in the machiner. However annoying to the public this detention of the mail may be, it is not less ruinous to th« company. This day the steamer has been fourteen days overdue, and the fine amounts to £6000. In three days more the whole subsidy for the voyage will have been swallowed up. We hope it will be made quite clear to the directors now that it is a ruinous policy under the special terms of this contract to employ vessels that cannot do the work. It was a woful error to send out such vessels in the first instance, and it is hardly less foolish to continue them in the service. If the directors are really in earnest - they will replace them by vessels that can win the subsidy, or else, like their blundering predecessors, they will find the contract a losing game.