PORT OF AUCKLAND.

New Zealander, Volume 10, Issue 815, 4 February 1854, Page 3

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.. ARRIVALS. Feb, I.—North fleet, ship. 951 ions. N. Pentreath, frctn London via Wellington and Canterbury. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Dry. H. M. Tyler, Mr. and Mrs, Coo'.es and four children. Mr. and Mrs. Keilett and child, Alex. Iliad, J. Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Cross, J. A. Hates, G. Le.rd, Mi*. Darcy and twochildun, Mr. Batin and child, Mr. Kinder, Mr. W. St. Dill. Miss Asher, Miss Hutchinson, Mr. M Kir.nis, M • and Mrs. Monday and two children.— Brown and Campbell, ag.nts. Feb. I.—Heather Bell, brig, 191 tons, Captain Jones, from Sydney, Fasseng rs—Mr. and Mrs.Deshaques and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Macfarlane, Mrs. Browning and son, Messrs. Griffin, Forbes, Walker, Hill, Fearnley, M‘Caskill, Hewing, Lubec, M‘Ca:r.— Salmon and Co , agents. Feb. J.—Vixen, schooner, 95 tons, Thomas Cubban, from Hokianga, in ballast. Feb. Mary Parker, barque, 197 tons, W. Burnard, from Melbourne. Passengers—Messrs, J. Wylie, W. Jann, J. Jann, J. Kenneydon, J. Webb, H. Webb, J. W. Webb, Thomas Webb.—Bain & Burt - , agents. DEPARTURES. Jan. 51.—Kirkwood, brig, 135 tons, Courtenay, for Melbourne. Passengers—Messrs. Brennan, Lunagan, and Hadwick.—J. A. Langford, agent. Jam. 31.—Border Maid, schooner, 92 tons, Clarke, for Melbourne. Passenger. Mr, Canty.—J. A, Lmigford, agent. „ Feb. 2—Wanderer, brig, 173 tons. T. H. Robbins, lor Melbourne. CLEARED OUT. Feb 3 —lnvincible, barque, 290 tons, J. C. Martin, for Port Phillip. Passengers,—Mrs. Coglan, Messrs. S. Coglan, T. Coglan, A. Coglan, F. T. Baynton, F. Jenkins, J. A. Rickets, W. Tidmas. 11. Chamberlin, T. Peak, H. Dixon, R. Scott- Henderson & Mi.oFarlane agents. IMPORTS —FOREIGN. Per Heather Bell, from Sydney—6l bags coflf.e, 200 hags sugar, 30 cases wine.. 2 casks 3 cases 35 bundles ironmongery, 40 packages oilmen’s stores, 119 packages drapery, 200 sacks flour, 14 packages cbinaware. 8 logs cedar, IS packages chairs, 1 case turned work, 15 casts paper hangings, 40 casks biscuit, 15 horse?* 8 bags nuts, 2 cases cigars, 4 hogsheads 100 bags sugar, 3 half-chests 40 boxes tea, 20 bags flour, 10 bags biscuit, 116 packages oilmen's stores, 4 packages twine, 3 ca>es blacking, 5 quarter-casks syrup. 4 bales paper, I case stone tablet, 22 packages drapery, 7 packages oilmen’s stores 1 box glass, 1 package slops, 12 cases chairs, 20 packages gunnies, 1 hay press, I weighing machine, 12 packages drapery, S3 ctscs oilmen’s stores, 50 cases wine. Pet Northfleef, from London via Welllington and Canterbury:— 100 cases geneva, 1 case 100 cases beer, 1 cask spirits of wine, 2 cases, 43 cases and 10 casks beer, 15 hhds. beer. 70 cases bottled beer, 2 cases hooks ? S3 casks bottled beer, 1 cask, 6 cases, 2 cases paper, 60 cases, 100 kegs 4 cases, 800 tons pig iron, 177 bag* salt, 4 cases and 2 casks salt, 1 case brandy, 2 hhds. wine, 55 casks beer, 1 case matches, 2 cases sulphuric »cid, 6 casks 1 weighing machine, 1 cas *, 7 casks, 1 tin 1 cistern, 9 crates and I case, 16 cases, 1 ccask, I iron cask turps, I box, 19 packages, 15 cases, 1 bundle, 9 cates, 1 cask, 16 cases, 4 bundles, 3 packages, 35 ham>, 6 firkins. 35 hhds. rum, 20 do. brandy, 1 cr.se silver plate, 8d cases wine; shipped at 1 tool chest, and 2 paper parcels. Ptr Mary Parker,from Melbourne ]9doz.brooms, 19 cases clocks. 36 bundles guuny bags, 1 case, 1 chest toggage* 8 dos. brooms. EXPORTS FOREIGN. Per Wanderer, for Melbou ne '—2454 bags petatoes 61 bags oats, 63 hams, 30 bales bacon. 20,000 feet timber, 188 bags potatoes, 21 bags onions, I trunk leather belts. Per Invincible, for Port Phillip;—lo6,ooo feet kauri timbe - , 1237 bags potatoes, 29 packages hams & bacod, JB9 cheeses, 18 packages ropes, 2 kegs butler, Henderson and Macfarlane 5 8 cases furniture, J. Peak ; 4 rolls sheet lead, W. Tattersall, 100 bags flour, W. F. Flett ber; 116 bags potatoes, J. A. Langford ; 9 doi. leer, Hcndentn and Sdacfarlan*.

Vessels in Harbour. Algerine, brig, 160 tons, Brooke, loading for Melbourne.— J. Woodbouse, agent. Daniel Webster, barque, 298 tone, Captain Dunning, loading for Sydney.—J. Salmon and Co. egents. Delmar, barque, 288 lons, Captain Thayer, loading for Sydney.—J. A. GiUillan & Co. agents. Edward, ship, 339 tons, Captain Mosher, to sail for for Melbourne, this day.— Bain & Burtt, agent. Eugene, barque, 300 tons, Captain Casey, about to sail for Melbourne.—Bain & Buitf, agents. Fortuna, brig, 225 tons, W. C. Stuart, loading for Melbourne.— Bain and Burtt, agents. Hargraves, schooner, 196 tons, Capt. Keller, laid on for Melbourne.—J. Woodhonse, agent, Heather Bell, brig 121 tons. Capt. Jones, arrived from Sydney.—Salmon & Co. agents. Invincible, barque, 290 tons J. C. Martin, to sail this day for Melbourne. Henderson and Macfarlaue agents Nile, brig. 200 tons, Captain Whannel, loading for Melbourne.— Henderson & Macfarlane. agents. Northfleet, ship; 951 tons, Capt. Pentreaih, arrived from London, via Wellington and Canterbury,— Brown 4c Campbell, agents, Moa. brig, 236] tons, Captain Bowden, discharging. W. S. Grahame, agent. Mary Parker, barque, 167 tons, W. Burnard, arrived from Melbourne.—Bain and Bmtt, agents. Ocean, brig, 181 tons, H. Cain, loading for Melbourne.— Combes Sc Daldy, agents. Bebel, schooner, 103 tons, Thomas Box, advertised or freight or charter. Bain & Burtt, agents. S brina, barque, 309 tons, Captain Kemp, loading for Melbourne.—Bain Sc Burtt, agents. Velox, brig, Captain Barnett, loading for Sydney. J. A. Gilfillau Sc Co., agents. Vixen, schooner, 189 tone. Captain Pearce, loading for Melbourne.—J. A. Gilfillan, & Co. agents. Vixen, schooner, 94 tons, Cubban, arrived from Hobart Town,_via Hokianga. At Manukau. Ocean, brig, Captain Deucbar, loading for MeL ourne.—Bain and Bunt, agents. Gazelle, schooner, Captain M‘Kenzie, arrived from Melbourne.—Brown and Campbell, agents. Royalist, schooner. Captain Nathan, about to load for Melbourne.—C. Davis aud Co., agents.

The Nortiifleet. — This majestic vessel — tbe finest merchantman that has ever entered our harbour—anchored on Wednesday last, from London via Wellington and Lyltellon. The following particulars of ibis fine ship we copy from the columns of the Southern Cross of yesterday :—“ The Northfleet is one of the fine line of ships now employed by Messrs. Frederick Young and Co., of Cornhill, in the New Zealand trade. Site is the property of Messrs. Dent—of China celebrity,— built (under the superintendence of Captain Pentreath) by those eminent shipwrights, the Messrs. Pitcher, of Northfleet, and sent afloat with all the most recent improvements of modern nautical science. This splendid ship is 212 feet in length, 32 feet in beam, 21 feet in hold, and of 951 tons register. Her line? are exceedngly fine and beautiful. She has the bow of a steamer, a clean and graceful run. and a qu irter of the most symmetrical proportions. Her cabin accommodations are in admirable keeping with the beauty of her external appearance. The poop runs fore and aft, and is of very extensive dimensions, with spacious cabins on either side which are finished in n style of perfect cabinet work. There are shower baths on either side for general use ; and each of the afier cabins aie similarly furnished for the use of their occupants. Her ’tween dec'is are lofty', spacious, and admirably ventilated. Her upper and poop decks afford abundant space for exercise and enjoyment; and all the appliances due to a ship—a clipper in reality, and not merely in name—-have been provided in the equipment of this noble vessel. Her spars and rigging, although they may seem of moderate size to the casual observer, are of great height and stoutness. Her standing rigging is set up not with dead-eyes and laniards, hut by means of a novel description of screw machinery, which a couple of boys can with ease adjust. In fact, as a specimen of the latest improvements of one of the most renowned among the London build ng establishments, we trust the Northfleet will attract the attention and inspection of our own energetic and intelligent shipwrights. Her powers of sailing are of a very high character; and, but that she is subject to the same shaking, when her speed exceeds ten or el. ven knots, as that complained of in the C alliope and Cashmere, she would no doubt he able to make ranch greater wayin the four and twenty ho as. The agitation, when going at ten or twelve knots, is so great, that Captain Pentreath has found it necessary to take in sail, and so diminish the vessel’s speed. This agitation, he inclines to think, is in part attributed to the form of the rudder and he hopes, by an alteration, to be able to overcome it. The greatest run accomplished, in thn 24 hours was 288 knots, The subjoined extract of the Northfleet’s log will give some idea of her quality. Site sailed from Gravesend on the 16th September,- at noon; anchoring in the Downs tbs same evening. She weighed again the following morning, with a scant wind, at 10 a.m. On the 27tb, she psssed Porto Santo, five miles distant. On the 6th of October, at 10, a.m., she exchanged signals with the far-famed Aberdeen clipper Woolonnoloo, bound for Sydney, and which had sailed I rom Gravesend two or three days before her. At 6, p.m., the Woolooraoloo was at least eight miles astern. And at 7, a.m., of the following morning, she was nowhere to be seen ; so that, in point of sailing, she was beaten at the rate of one mile an hour. On the 17th of October the equator was crossed, in longitude 13-50-, VV. And, on the Stir of November, the meridian of the Cape of Good Mope had been attained. At noon of the ninth of December, she passed the South Cape of Stewart’s Island. And on the 12th, at midnight, she was close off the Heads of Port Nicholson. From Wellington to Lyttelton the passage occupied but 30 hours. And, in spile of light and adverse winds and calms, she accomplished the run from Lyttelton to Auckland, and after a dead beat, in 11 days and a half. Her passengers represent the voyage to have been a delightful one; the utmost good will and harmony prevailing amongst her one hundred and six way-farers. who could not bid adieu to the Commander, without presenting him with a written, as well as a more tangible tok* n of their esteem.” To the abave details we have only to add that we find her classed in Lloyd’s Register as A.l. for 14 years, being copper trenailed and fastened throughout, and bui t under special survey, the requisite demanded before granting the highest classification British built vessels can obtain.

The Heather Bell, Captain Jones, has also experienced a lengthened passage from the same causes as the Mary Parker, and lias had the mi-fortune to lose five out of twenty fine horses shipped. Off the North Cape, sighted a clipper barque and schooner standing to the northward, probably the Hainille Mitchell, and ih ■ Marmora, hence.

The Mary Parker has had a tedious passage of twenty Jays from Melbourne, having experienced easterly gales and calms throughout, particularly since making the North Cape. The brig Spencer, Captain Woolton, was to sail tame day for Auckland. Vtsstus for Melbourne. —The departures during the last few days have been somewhat numerous. The brig Kirkwood, Captain Courtenay, and the schooner Border Maid. Captain Clark, went to sea on Thursdty. The brig Wanderer, Captain Rohbins, took her departure yesterday. The brigantine Vixen, Capfai 1 Pearse. sails to-day, to be followed by the Edward, Invincible, and Eugene, all up for Monday.