SHIPPING.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 15, Issue 1198, 21 October 1870, Page 2

SHIPPING.

Arrived— Oct. 14, NilDesperandumfrom ! Lyttelton ; Lord Ashley from the South. ' 16, Blanche from Wellington ; Wave from ' Dunedln and Oamaru ; Agnes Jessie from Lyttelton ; Kenilworth from Merlin, Fiji. Sailed — Oct. 17, Comerang for Napier; ' Lord Ashley leaves to-night. ' Just arrived —Magellan Cloud from Fiji. She reports the arrival of the Rosario at Teoaka on the.7th;inst. ? ' Tuesday, Oct. 18. Simmons, the comedian, died suddenly yesterday. The Lord Ashley sailed last night for Napier. The Nevada (Webb's line) will sail for Auckland next month. The Auckland despatch, just received, states that Messrs. Nathan received letters by mail stating that the Nevada would be despatched from San Francisco early, in opposition to the present line, and would, it is said, make Auckland the port of call. [Via Wanganui.] Wednesday, October 19. At a meeting of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, the Gold Duty Act was discussed. The following resolution was carried :— "lt is the opinion of the Chamber that it is the duty of the Government to carry out the intention of the representatives of the people, when they passed the Act to amend the laws relating to the duty on gold, which has become inoperative through an error in date with regard to the repeal of the previous Act, and the coming into operation of the Amended Act." Mr. Yogel replied the following day through the columns of the press, explaining the circumstances of the case. In his reply he stated that Mr. Gillies was the cause of the error with regard to the date ; that it was the opinion of counsel an export would be permitted on the old rate of duty. Mr. M'Crae, a passenger by the Firth of Clyde, from Wellington, fell dead in the street on Friday. There is a movement on foot to establish a Mutual Marine Assurance Association. The Sawaai, a Hamburg schooner, ran into the Manukau, for protection from a French cruiser. An interlocutory decree for £384 was made in favour of the sailors of the barque Cautero. Fifty men at the Thames commenced to work on the roads to-day. The Auckland races will ■ take place in January, A requisition is being signed to-day, requesting Mr. Yogel to stand for the city.