SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue VI, 29 January 1848, Page 107

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

AKRIVXD. January 23, schooner Scotia, 78, Davies, from Wellington. 24, schooner Edward Stanley, 30, Armstrong, from Wanganui. 29, H.M. Steamer Inflexible, 6 guns, Commander Hoseason, from Wellington. SAILED. January 26, cutter Supply, 20, Walker, for Wellington. IN PORT. H. M. Steamer Inflexible, 6, Captain Hoseason. Schooner Scotia, 78, Davies. Schooner Edward Stanley, 30, Armstrong. Schooner Emily, 25, Phillips.

New Insects. — According to the Cork Constitution, the damaged Indian corn, which has been introduced into Ireland to meet the wants of the people, U likely to cause far more serious and lasting injury to the country than the mere bringing into consumption an article of food deleterious to the public health. In many instances the 1 Indian corn which has been introduced, which has l heated or become injured, teems with swarms of little reptile* or insects of different varieties, some i shaped like ants, others like diminutive beetles, [ which make their way into all the houses in the i neighbourhood of corn stores, and have proved i an extensive annoyance from their numbers as 1 well as the venom with which they bite, and the , mischief they inflict by eating plants and leaves in i gardens. However interesting it may be to ento- ' mologiits to examine the structure and classify and I arrange the new and varied form* of these strange > insects, it is an alarming. fact that, in addition to > our local and indigenous vermin, we should have | introduced amongst us others of a stinging dej structure character, which are likely to propagate | their species, and to feed npon leaves and seeds of ' plants and vegetables, so as seriously to retard and ) injure vegetation. . » . ..;.