SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 4, Issue 89, 20 May 1852, Page 1

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Arrivals. May 4—Star, 17 tons, J. Stewart, from Wangaroa, with 8,000 feet timber, 10,000 shingles. May s—Louisa, 25 tong, Hautonga, from the East Capo, with 400 bushels wheal. May O—Victoria, 17 tnns, Isaac Merrick, from Waiheki, with 30 tons firewood. May o—Mary, 23 tons, W. Davis, from Waiheki, with 42 tons firewood. May o—Cannibal, It tons, A. 11. While, from the Hay of Plenty, with 4 tons maize, 4 tons potatoes, ton onions, 20 bushels wheat. May 7—Scotch from Wailicki, with 2u tons firewood. May 7 llawkliead, 22 tons, H. Lawrie, from Mungamungaroa, with 400 bushels shells. May 7—Lion, 297 ton?, American whale ship, from the fisheries, out two mouths floin Auckland, (hiring which time she caught 185 hatrels sperm oil. May 10—Cicely, 00 tons, J. LMilcll, from New Plymouth, with 1 ease buok-f, I p.u kaSc > package tobacco. May 11 —Wuterwitch, 10 tons, W. J»m-s, from the East Co.ist, with 150 bushels maize. May 12—Lady Grey, 12 tons, A. 11. Cliurton, from Mahurangi, 2 passenger?. May 12—Lucy James, 40 tons, D. Joyce, from Knwhia to Munakau, with t'Of) bushels wheat, So disks salt pork, 2 casks lard, 10 packages bacon, 4 passcngets. Departures. May 3—John Phillips, 309 tons, Hugh Poole, for New Plymouth, and Ne'son, with a part of her original cargo from London, and 17 passengers. May 4—Napi, 17 tons, James Tnutari, for Kussell, with I hhil. brandy, 1 lihd. I cask rum, 1 cask porter, 50 bags sugar, 1 bag oatmeal, I bag barley, 3 bags flour, 1 chest tea, 2 cases pipes, GO packages sundries, 19 passengers. May s—Piuko Lass, 10 lons, \V. Smalley, for the Pinko Hirer, with I bale blankets, 2 hales prints, I hale calico, G cases tobacco, ton salt, 12 dozen spades, 1 case. May s—lliomama, 79 tons, E. LcKoy, fir the East Coast, with 3 hales bugs, 2 tons salt, 10 tuns casks, 20 dozen spades, 5 boxes soap, 15 horses. May s—Lass, 14 tons, G. Southgate, for tha Hay of Plenty, with 1000 bricks, 2000 feet timber, 1 bale prints, 5 bags flour, and sundries. May G —Edmund, 9 tons, J. Farrow, for the Hay of Plenty, with 1 hale sundries, 1 package; tobacco, 1 ense wine. May (i—Victoria, 17 tons, Isaac Merrick, for Wailicki, in ballast.

May C— Chi.dnn, 30 tons, A. JoiiPf, for Hu ■-"!!. w.'th 1 t<><> sugar, 3 bags fl..ur, C boxes c.mdu-s, 0 rans paint oils, 2 casks vinegar. 1 keg biai:dy, £ chest lea, 12 pack»!»e« siindtie?. j| ;lV 7.l_!)r.ii| : ii\i, 22 tons, Shepherd, for Wiinuanirii, willi I patkagc slops. J[.!V 7—Nawl,'Jl (on'*, .Monro, for Aliipnra, willi 2 bales, I biiinile spades, sundries. JI , v - Vniy, 23 luns, W. Davis, for Mntakaiia, in ballast. M. I)V 7_Daniel Webster. 290 tons, Philip Join's, for and -pirs for Sydney. May 10—Fclair, 30 ton?. Marks, for "WelJiii'.'i'in, via 'J'arannki, with 1 case anchovies, 1 case s.n.e--, I cask ale, 1 cask vim gar, •* cases blocking, I bag walnuts. 1 bag rice, 1 lug salt, 9 ca«U«, 4 cans oil, 4 ton* flour, 4 tin's, 2 casks nails, 1 hlul. 1 cask brandy, 2 hhds nun, 0" coils rope, I case, G bands lar, 20 chests .">!> half-chests tea, 2 boxes 1 keg tobacco, 1 lihd. gin, 1 case draperies, sundries. May ll—Glencoe, 15G lons, J. Lilewall, for Melbourne, «'ilh snndiv liritisb nierchanilize, and the following New Zealand produce, lOc«t. fish, l> boxer;, 20 cises cheese, 4 ensks butter, 02 boxes oninne, 4SI bags oals, 3 rases Imms and bacon, 13G8 pieces sawn limber, 7 passengers. jf. iy ie—Forager, 12 tons, W. Winter, for j\loii)>niiui, willi 1 case draperies, 1 bale sheets, 2 nails, 0 bars iron, 1000 bricks, and sundries. May 12—Kororarika, 17 tons, Pairoa, for Jtussell, with 1 keg liuiter, 2 cases lobicco, 1 case pipes, 1 bag sugar, 2 lules drapery, 2 boxes snap, suiu'rh s, I passenger. Miy 13—Kak'iiaira, 12 tons, Wireinu Pa rata, for Matata, with 2 tons salt, I bale slops, I case papers, S empty casks, sundries. j May 13—lady .Tine Grey, 12 tons, A. 11. Churton, for Waiheki, in ballast.

HIS Excellency tlie Lieutenant-Governor lias been pleased to direct that, for general information, the following Letter he published, and with reference thereto, that it lie notified that lie has authorized the sum of l'ive Pounds to he paid to each of the Chiefs, Itr.ow.N and Dusky, as a token of his approbation of their humane and praiseworthy conduct on the occasion referred to. JJy His Excellency's command, Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary,

Auckland, May Ist, 1852. Sin—Relieving that it would Vic the wish of Hi 3 Kxcellency the Lieutenant-Governor to confer a reward upon a deserving native chief for humane and hospitable treatment to the ofh'cets and crew of a shipwrecked vessel, and for honesty and integrity towards the owners of the wreck, I do myself the honour to request that you will havethegoodnesslo I ring under the consideration of His Excellency the treatment experienced by myself, oflicers, and crew, in the case of the iccent wreck of the whaling blig Maukm, of this port. Having been driven ashore in the tremendous gale of the sixth ot March last, near North Cape, we saw no natives for three days, during which lime we succeeded insaving some provisions, sails, and other things, with which we made tents, and encamped. On the third day, a native who was travelling espied the wreck and our encampment, came down, and remained a short time with us. 11 is visit was the same evening followed by the arrival of about forty men, and a number of ■women and children. These people displayed the most friendly disposition, and when I wanted a guide towards Auckland, Brown, the chief at Pahrcngarcnga, furnished me with one. I immediately travelled across to Ahipara, and as soon as the native chief, Busby, heard of my arrival there, he came over from Kaitaia,aud the next day staned for the wreck, where his presence was very beneficial. During my absence the natives invited the oflicers and men to remove their camp to the settlement at Pahrengarenga, about three miles distant, where they would be much more com fbrtahle, and the chief, to ensure the safety of the property left behind, labooed the place, so that no native should go there unaccompanied by one of the ship's people. Prior to the removal of the camp, the mate observed that the lead of the ship's scuppers had been cul out of the wreck, of which he complained, when it was immediately restored. When removing to the settlement,every one of the natives, male and female, came to assist in carrying the tents, provisions, &c, over three miles of most difficult country, without stipulating for fee or reward. During the entire stay of the parly at the wreck, and at the settlement, only one theft of any kind was committed by .a native ; this was of a small quantity of sugar, uot worth a shil-

ling. On a complaint being made to the chief, the thief \v;is brought before him, anil a kind of seinijiiilicinl investigation was conducted with ureal deliberation and caie, and, upon conviction, the culpiil was sentenced by Hushy to pay to the officer in command the sum of twenty-four .shillings. This the mate declined to accept, being satisfied that the authority exercised by Husby would prevent similar occurrences. On the whole, Sir, I think it my duty, knowing as I do the fate that too ofieu awaits shipwrecked mariners on the coasts of countries professedly civilized, to place on record this instance of conduct of the native New Zealauders in like circumstances; and this at such a distance from any Kuropc.-iii Settlement, that, had they chosen to have taken not only our property, but our lives, totally nnirmed as we were, prevention would have been impossible, and, from the nature of the country, impunity almost certain. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, KollKltT J. Ka.mfs, Late master of the " Maukin." The Honourable. The Colonial .Secretary.