MISCELLANEOUS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3261, 30 December 1867, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The N.Z.S.N. Co. 'a s,s. Wellington, Captain Holmes, will leave the wharf at two p.m. to-day for Tauranga and Southern ports, with, mails and passengers. The f~s» Sttjkt. — The Colonial Government p. a. Sturt, Captain Fairchild, left the Wynward Pier shortly after noon on Saturday for the Kawau, with his Jkxoellency Sir George Grey and party, and returns this afternoon. The Alice Cameron. — The Circular Saw barque Alice Cameron, Captaiu Carter, sailed early yesterday morning for Sydney, with a cargo of 899 bales Auckland flax, &c , and the following passengers :—: — Saloon : Mr. Oakes. Steerage ; J. Furcigs, Mr, and Mrs. Howe and child, Mr. and Mrs. O. .Russell and three children, Messrs. J. Kerr, J. Kedrrun, G. Fox, W. Campbell, J. Hobbs, S. Sheddan, J. Hamilton, G. Guan, J. Caltrey, W. Dawson, J. Searle, J. Liddle, J. Naylor, T. Woodcock, B. McMahou, J. McEllingham, J. Scott, J. Oughton, T. Bell, VV. Dwiue, 'W. Harby, W. Richards, W» Cowern, M. Furley, J. Jasper, J. Wilson, D. Sharp. The Brigantine Picard. — The master and mate of the brigantine Picard were brought up at the Hobarb Town Police Court on the 14th instant, charged with abandoning the vessel with a felonious intent, and committed for trial on the charge. Bail was accepted. The Sckooser Joanna. — The schooner Joanna, Captain W. .N orris, arrived in port early yesterday morning from Kussell, Bay of lalauds, in ballast, with three passengers. She reports having left on Friday night, and bad light winds along the coast. Passed the Cape on Saturday morning, and reports the schooner Taurangj, to leave the Bay on Saturday night. We understand the Joanna will discontinue the Bay trade for the present. The s.s. Tauranga.— The s.s. Tauranga, Captain Seliars, arrived *b tbe Queen-street Wharf from the Thames at one o'clock, on Saturday, with 60 passengers. She reports having left the Thames at 8.30 a.m., and made a quick run up. She also brought up 100 ounces of gold, and left again for the Thames the same afternoon with passengers. Thb Alarm. — The cutter Alarm, Seymour, master, arrived early on Saturday morning from Mangawai, with 2 head of cattle, J ton kauri gutu, 6 bales of wool, 1 ton luggage, and nine passengers, and leaves again to-day. The Ketch &peedwell. — The ketch Speedwell is about to be taken off the Bay of Islands trade, and sails for Napier and Southern ports in a few days. It is expected she will change hands during her stay South. The s.s. Midge, Captain Stewart, left the wharf on Saturday afternoon for £auwaerang», Thames, with passengers. Thb p.s Enterprise No. 2. — The paddle-steamer Enterprise No. 2, Captain Scon, arrived at the Queen-street Wharf at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, with 20 p*ssengers, having left the Thames at 8 a.m. She reports tho cutt«r Three Sisters arriving there from the E*sb Coast with a cargo of pigs and produce, and the schooner Kate Grant and cutter Kate discharging cargoes of timber from the coast mills. The s.s. Tauranga, which left for the Thames on Saturday afternoon, returned yesterday afternoon, J with, a number of passengers, and leaves again at 2 p.m. to-day, The Ringdove. — The cutter Three Sisters, which arrived yesterday from the East Coast, reports having sighted the cutter Ringdove at anchor in Hicka's Bay e»rly last week. The Ringdove left Auckland for Poverty Bay, with a Sheriff's officer and officer of Ciißtonas on board, on special service. The cutters Heather Bell from Mahurangi, and Four Sister* from the Wade, arrived on Saturday morning with gum, settlers' produce, and passengers. The cutters Three Brothers from the Thames, in ballast, and Clyde from Mahurangi, with shingles and firewood, arrived on Saturday morning. The schooner Lily from Waiheke arrived yesterday, and the cutters Tay and Maid of the Mill from Matakana and Mahurangi on Saturday, with full cargoes of firewood, Ac. The schooner Kate, McKenzie, master, arrived yesterday from the Thames, where she discharged a cargo of timber from Kennedy's Bay Mills. The cutter Three Sisters, Queen, master, arrived in port yesterday from the East Coast and Bay of Plenty via the Thames, -with 800 bushels maize, 20 pigs, several sheep, and sundry barrels of pork, from the former places, and three passengers from the latter. The schooner Kate Grant, Captain McHardy, arrived in port last evening from the Thames, where she discharged a cargo of timber from the Kennedy's Bay Millrf. '1 he cutters Avon, Sydney, and Alacrity sailed on Saturday evening for the Thames, with sundry cargo. The cutter Rapid sailed on Saturday (or the W*iro», Thames, with lundry cargo, i

Thb Cutter Don, — The cutter Dou, which has been absent tome weeks on the coast, haying been chartered by a tirivate party for a visit to the Eait Coast and Bay of Plenty, returned to port yesterday morning, in ballast. The Lee. — The cutter Lee, Cheshire, master, discharged! a cargo of timber-' vat the Thames last week, and sailed again on Saturday for Whangapoua mills, to reload. The s.s. Gemini, Captain Casey, which conveyed a pleasure party to Motutapu Island, returned to port late on Saturday evening with the excursionists. The fore-and-aft schooner Twinkling Star, Captain Hood, put into Hobart Town on the 11th instant for repairs, bound from Calcutta for Swan River, with a cargo of sugar, rice, &c. The schooner experienced frightful weather, and was more than once on her beam ends during the continuance of severe gales. The cutter Wahapu sailed on Saturday for the Thames, with » cargo of coals. The schooner Jane, Moller, master, sails to-day for Taurauga, with a general cargo. The cutter Dawn sailed ou Saturday for Fort Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island, with stores and thirty passengers.