PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVII, Issue 1458, 6 December 1861, Page 3

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ENTERED INWARDS— COASTWISE. NOVEAnVEK 21— Heion, 01 tons, Heron I/wng, fiom 'W.vng%mii, with 40hci<.l ciltle Passcngci — Mis Riley 21— AlT.til(U,20tons,lt J PaHudge, from Otiigo, in billast 2S— Thistle, 17 tons, Jolm Faiickild, from Tirmalu, with 0"> siclvs biscuit, J ton non, i packages rice, 1 do toMcco, 1 do. soap, 2 ilo "tea, Coimmssariit stores.

CLEARED OUTWAIIDS— COASTWISE. Ncn EMBER 19— Rebecca, 115 tons, W Soutei, foi Otngo, \uth 100,000 foot ■sawn timber ami 1 ton clioese — Cnuckilunk, Smart, md Co , agents.

The 'Zillah/ schooner, airived from Ofcago on Tuesday night, aftei a fait urn of 7 A days. She sailed fiom Ofcago on the 9th, bringing our latest dates thence The master of the ' Zillah' icpoits the arrival at otag o of H.M ship ' Mhamla,' Commander G\yn, on Satmday tlio 9tli, with hoops fimn Auckland She left the next day foi Sydney. The news fiom the gold fields is cheeung, and confidence seems lestoied The people of Duuedin are specnlioing on the next escort bringing down 40,000 ounces of gold I The 'Zillah' brought Mr. Na/er, in the cabin, and one steeiage i>assenger. — " Southern Cross," Novembei 22. The ship 'Black Eagle,' Win Smith, commandet, arrived heie on Tuesday morning about six o'clock, after a voyage of 100 days from the Downs. She took her final depaitiue from Plymouth on August 17th. On the 18th, in latitude 40° 26* north, longitude S° west., Wm. Kennedy, able seaman, fell from the foicriggmg to the itaiboard lail, fiom the effects of which he died next day , and John Cobb, passengei, had hi& leg fiactured above the ancle. The accident was caused by the roll of the ship. Kept a couise west of the Cape de Verde, without sighting them. The equator was crossed on September 13th, in 23° 30* west longitude. The tiadc winds were light. Passed the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope in 41° south latitude, malting the easting between tho parallels of 43° and 40° south, the weather variable Passed to the south of Van Dieinan's Land, on November sth, without sighting it ; and, with light wind, sighted the Three Kings on Saturday morning at 6 o'clock, bearing noi th by east, distant about ten miles. Made the rest of the voyage with light and vaiiable winds. There weio 144 passengers on boaid, among whom was Mr. Jos. Newman and family, together with other former lesidents here. Out of eiglit white swans, enly two have survived the passage ; together with several lare specimens of ducks, presented, by her Majesty to the governor. In latitude 41" 55 1 south, longitude 29° 2^ east, the 'Black Eagle' exchanged signals with the baique ' Westbury, ' from London foi Sydney, 56 dayt. out. This was on October Sth. The estimation in which Captain Smith was held by his passengeis is evidenced by the fact that they piesentcd him with an address and testimonial on Ins amval. Dr. John Stuart Ii eland, the ship's suigeon, has also been piesented with a highly flattering addiess from the saloon, passengers.— lbid.