FROM AUCKLAND

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 1, Issue 52, 18 September 1858, Page 3

FROM AUCKLAND

By the "Zillah" and "Pegasus," which sailed on the lith iust., we have papers to ;t^t Idate.^y::,/'.;.;;--■.■;'."■''•1 date.^y : : , /'.;.;;--■.■;'."■''• : . ''- '. .-■• ■ -' ■ ■ The "Lord Ashley,'' steamer, had not arrived at* the date of last advices, although then- 107 days out. From the fact of her screw not having been unshipped, it was not, however, the general expectation that her passage would be a rapid one. The "Southern Cross," apparently on authority, thus announces the intended arrangements of the new company : — As the contractors consider ifc to be entirely a New- Zealand service, the head quarters being in the colony, it is proposed to carry it on under tb.3 titte :-of the New Zealand Royal Mail Steam Company. The vessels included in the contract are, theiPrince Alfred (formerly Prince Oscar), 1000 tons. ~burthen, or about 800 tons register, 200 horso power, and accommodation fcr 60 first class passengers. The Lord Ashley and Lord Worsley, each 500 tons, 100 horse power, and accommodation for 30 first class passengers. The Airedale, 400 tons, and 90 horse power, wi.h accommodation fop 20, The route proposed under the contract is as follows : — The largest vessel, the Prince Alfred, to perform the monthly service between Sydne/ „and Nelson ; and after transhipping the Wellington, Canterbury, and Ofcago mails into one of the j smaller steamers waiting at Nelson to receive them, to, proceed to New Plymouth, land the mails, weather permitting only, and thence to the Manukau. There to land the Auckland mails, receive the return mails, conveying them via New Plymouth and Nelson to Sydney. The smaller vessels, on the inter-provincial service, would meanwhile have collected the return mails from Otago, Canterbury, and Wellington ; and be ready to tran-ship them at Nelson into the Prince Alfred, which would by that time have returned. The brigs "Moa" and "Sarah," the barque "City of Melbourne," and the schooner "Emily Allison," had been chartered to convey the head quarters of the 65 th regiment from Wellington to Auckland. The whole four sailed on the 11th inst., the "Zillah" and "Pegasus" for this port being in company. The embarkation of the 58th would take place so soon after the return of the charteied vessels as practicable. The trial of Mrs. King and her son upon a charge, of arson had terminated, after a prolonged trial, in the acquittal of the prisoners — the jury adding to their verdict of "not guilty," that they did not think there was sufficient evidence to convict. A new work, "New Zealand and its Colonisation," by Mr. Swainson, is announced in the Auckland papers as about to be published. Flour is quoted at £18 and £14 ; sawn timber @ lGs. per 100 feet ; tongued and grooved, 225. ; shingles, 13s. to 14s. ; paling, 15s. ; palings, Gss.