Port of Auckland.

New Zealander, Volume 12, Issue 1074, 2 August 1856, Page 2

Port of Auckland.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. July 30—Henry, 50 tons, Guvan, from East Coast, •with Gi>() bushels wheat, 200 bushels maize. July 30—Tay 16 tons, Rattray, from Ma'akann. with yiKH) foot sawu timber, 15,000 shingles, 2 tons lug'gige, and 6 passengers. JuK 31—Fiiuoy, 30 tons, Bristow, fom East Coast, with i(>;>o bushels wheat, 72 bushels barley, and 3 passengers. August i—Emerald Isle, 32 tons, J. P. Oakes, from the Harrier, with 50 tons firewood. August l—Christiana, 22 tons Aus'in, from East Coast, I .'0 bushels wheat, 7 tuns sperm oil, 1 ton copper sheathing, 1 passenger. August l —William Denny, (s.s.) 600 tons, R. Mailler, fom Sydney. Passenger- —Mr. Powditeh, Mr. & Mrs’ Kills, Miss Iluugertord, Mr. S. A. Wood, Mr. J. S. Maefarlane, Mr. Whit law, Captain Hrier, Mr Pillian, Mr. and Mrs. Sharp, Piri Kawau, Mrs. Bredy and 3 children, Miss Farri'.—G. Duke, agent. Angu-t I—Lancashire Witch, 1386 tons, A. S. Molis ui, from Wellington, in ballast. Passengers Capt Peebles, nth res-t., and servant. Captain .Elcurtt, 28 men, 7 women, 8 children Goth regt. Assis ant Slirgeon Burkett, 74th regt., 1 private sapper and miner.—J. Salmon and Co. agents, DEPARTURES. July 31—Osprey, 47 tons, Tautari, for Russell, with * lex, ton tlonr, 300 f-et timber, .J ton sugar, hj bagt biscuit, 30 packages sundries, 20 hides. Pas" seugeis—Messrs. McDonald, Fleming, Yates. July 31— Raven, 21 tons, McLeod, for Wangarei, with 2 tons potatoes, 2 head cattle, 600 feet timber. July I-1 —Tay, 1G tons, Rattray, for Matakana, with I ton m ii/. -, 1 ton potatoes, 1 ton bran, 2 cases tobacco, 4 do. gin, and 6 passengers. ' I.'.IfOIITS—FOREIGN.

'Per-William Denny, from Sydney':—l’truss merchandize, 1 parcel do 18 tierces beef, 1 halemerchan di/.e, 2 cases drapery, 1 do. wearing apparel, 18 bars i on, 1 plate do. 2 cases merchandize,' 4 bales leather, 1 parcel, S case merchandize, 6 hhds. rum, 50 cases gin, 3 barrels whiskey, 3 qr. casks sherry. 4 do. casks .port, i bale corks, J2O mats'sugar, 1 Idid. port, 10 hal tierces tobacco, ,30 boxes candles, 6 rases lamps, 4 boxes pipes, 2o bags coke, I case hops, i turns, i heel li nn, i case blinds,-I do. merchandize 1 keg do. 1 iCase do- 120 bigs coffee, 30 boxes soap, 1G bags coffee, 13 ‘chests co igou tea, 33 bars iron, 3 bundles do. 13 tierces beef, F9 boxes soap, 15 cases fi uit, 2 hardware, J cask do. 2 boxes tobacco, 27 mats sugar, 120 do. 1 f hhds; treacle, io half cherts tea, It) box s do. 9 bags codec, 25 boxes candles. 5 kegs apples, 13 pckgs, merchandize, G I mats sugar, 185 do. 1 tierce do. 4 tasks treacle, 7 do. merchandize, 2 cases do. r do paper, 72 baus sugar, IG do. coffee, 1 cask salt, i hlid. treacle, 2 cases me chnndizc, 2 trunks do. 1 bale do. 47 boxes candies, 2 cases herrings. 4 do. cigars, 211 bags sugar, 1 c se iron shifts, 2 barrels wheels, 2 do. pinions, 2p- de-tMs, 1 parcel mill gear, 30; chests cong m, 3o half-chests congou, 31 hags cofle ■, 2 cas.-s cigars, 167 packages oilmen’s stores, 36 do. fruit, 5 ca-ws paper hangings, 2 do. drapery, 4 do. gaddleiy, 3 casks merchamliz-. 7 cases merchandize, 61 bagssugar, 22 cases fruit, 3 casks,2crates crockery 17 l kegs paint, 1 bag corks, 1 cask shrubs, 3 packges mciviiandizo, 1 case ! candles 1 case, 1 truss drapery, I case s utionery, 1 cask ink, I case drugs, 3 cases in rehandize, 1 box, 4 cases. 1 cask, 2 Lags in rchaulize, 9 kegs do 1 cast fruit, 1 box merchandize, 2 boxes oranges, 3 cows.

On Thursday, shortly niter midnight, the boom o! her well known nun, and the shriek of her familiar steam wln-nle am ounced to the good folks of Auckland that the long ab.-ent and anxiously expected William Denny had at last reached her anchorage. Since her departure Inner* on the 4th ulr., the steamer lias experienced a ennsta t succession of the most tempestuous weather. ■For the fust sir days she had to contend against strong westerly winds ; and on Thursday, the 10th, when about 100 miles distant from Sydney, she encountered tin* full force of the gale which hurst on Auckland with such'Turv on the evening of Sunday the >3th. This gale commenced at E.N.E. veermg suddenly round to N.W., and then to W.S.W.; for three day it blew a hurricane accompanied with heavy squalls of run, the Barometer standing at 29 ° ; (in Auckland it stood at 29 3 40’j. The gale was at its height on Saturday the i2th, when it was blowing a perfect tempest; the ship was, therefore, hove-to under balance lee fed fore and mainsail, but she laboured much in the wild uneasy sea, which broke on hoard, smashed part of her rads, split the mainsail, cirriedawav jib-boom and foretopraast, and inflicted other injuries; under such circumstances, Captain Mailler deemed it advisable to bar up and s'cud, which lie accordingly did for about twelve hours during the heart of the gale. The weather throughout Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday was amongst the most tempestuous that Captain Mailler ever enc mntered. The steamer eventually nached Sydney on (lie Toth, after a weary and trying passage of eleven day s. She has hardly been more fortunate on her downward trip, hiving been nine days on her passage. She toi)k her departure from P< rt Jackson Heads on Wednesday the 23rd ult. at 1 aja,,. carrying a light south easterly wind fir the first three days. After that, she experienced strong easterly winds with a heavy sea froipN.F. which caused her to r >ll heavily, and thereby to lengthen her trip much beyond hoc usual average. Considering that she has been twenty days at sea, out ot eev-n-nnd twenty since the date of her departure we think her lengthened absence has been fiiTy and satisfactorily explained, and that she Inis proved to be well deserving five confidence reposed in her. ’Tho Denny has brought tliq. mail (May (jib) by the Lightening, which had been received in Sydney from Melbourne the day before she Hailed’, It is Captain Mtuller’s intention to refit the ship on her return to Sydney; and during that time arrangements have been made tbat the brig, Heather Hell shall lake her place for one voyage. The Denny sighted u ship oil the Three Kings-on Wednesday evening.- She ww under sung canvas, and evidently a wlntb-r, The rnagnifioduticlipper ship Lancashire Witch, Captain Molison,arrived in harbouryesterday at 11 a.m. after an extraordinary passage of 10.) days from Portsmou hj, whence she sailed on the 17=Ii of April for Hubort Town, which port she made on the 3rd ultimo, and in 77 days, debarking Ensign Oliver and 85 rank and file of the ll*th Kegt. Altera stay of three days in the Derwent, she took her departure for Sydney which she reached on the 9th. and landed a deiaicbmetil of the llth R gt., under the command of Major B'osse, consisting of Cap. Ko“, Lieutenant Birch, Ensign Martin, and 77 rank and file, Af er a detention o’ fourdays in Sydney, t-bo sailed for Wellington where she arrived on lie 20th. having accomplished the run in semi days. To Wellington sheconveyetl a detachment of the both Kegt. consisting

of Ensigns Lewis, ipenne other. and Leonard, thre e sergeants, 21)7 rank and file, 30 women, and 31 children, under the command of Cdp'nin Peebles of the 11th Rrgr., and under the medical superintendence of Assistant Surgeon Bufkitt of the "4th Regf. Three deaths (adults) and four births occurred'during tha passage. On lit" 25tb IMav, a fresh breeze th n blowing, ami the whip going twelve kno's, Ensign Harrison of the llth Regt. accidentally fell overboard and was nnfmlnnately drowned, it being impossible to lower a boar, or render any assis ance in the high sea that was running, or at th«.racing speed at which the ship was going. The Lancashire Witch, sailed again from Wellington on the 28rh, discharging her pilot at S p.m. She made the Eastern passage, and, during the first day', experienced fresh breezes front the S.W. with squally weather. The wind then chopped round lo E.S.K. Kioin sunset of Thursday she kept dodging about oil Cape Co! villc,under easy sail, and came into harbour yesterday morning. Site brings a small detntchment of the (>sth Regt., con.sipting of Captain Blewitt, 28 rank and file, 7 women, phihliM-ii, under command of Captain Peebles of the 1 1 i!i Regt-, together with Assistant Surgeon Bitrkill of the 74th Regt., and one private of the Royal Sappers and Miners.

The Lancashire Witch is a remarkably fineship of 138 ft tons register, and, consequently the largest vessel that has ever yet entered the port of Auckland ; exceeding in measurement both lI.M. ships Castor amt Meander. She tv.ts built at Quebec, and, in hf?r lines, b -;»rs a considerahle resemblance to the Rock City, which was here some leor Id months since after the quickest possage (89 days) that had ever been accomplished troia London to tins port. The Lanca-hire Witch is the joint property of Messrs. Duncan Dunbar and Sons and Cqitain Molison, and was recently employed in the truispon. service in the Black Sea, in I lie course of which duty she witnessed the final bombardment and capture ■ofSebastopol. This is her first vovag’ in the Co onial trade. Her Slav is likely 'to beh ief; and she goes from hence to Shanghai. As a spec men of the modern tvavul architecture of North America. ,a style of construction which has beco ne deservedly celebrated by the famous pm formnnees of tlio Marco Polo and otho sister'clippers—the Lancashire Witch is well worthy of a visit in a pi rt where the racer < of the deep are rare, but water-h misers common. She is, truly, a noble ship—of great length, beauty, and capacity. She measures goO feet over all, is of 32 feel hea e, 22 feet depth of hold. 8 feet 9 n dies height in the ’tween decks, and with cabin anil general accommodations of the most complete and spacious proportions. Her commander. Captain Molison, is one of the oldest visiters to this poi t, having connuan led the Westminster whic ■ conveyed the staff from Sydney by which Auckland was first founded and created the capital of New Z aland. The Lord Burleigh, Messrs. Willis’ line, sailed from the Thames fur this port on the 18th April. The brig Moa, Captain Thompson, and the schooner Pacific, Captain Walsh, were both about to follow the William Denny for Auckland. The schooner Sybil, Captain Foyle, which sailed for Melbourne on the 22ud of June seems to have had her share of the tempestuous weather so ling prevalent. By n letter from the captain, dated the 12th ult,, we learn that he was under the necessity of seeking shelter in Jarvis Bav, having had to contend against a succession of heavy Westerly gales fiom the time of his leaving this port. The schooner behaved admirably, and her passengers were in high spirits and well pleased with their vess 1.

The clipper schooner Pacific, Captain Welsh, which sailed lienee the 20th of June, arrived in Sydney on the Bth lilt. She experienced very severe weather during the passage, and sustained seme slight damage in her jib-boom. Slib proved herself to be equ il to any vessel of her class ; and, on one occas on, Captain Welsh reports having got thirteen knots out of her. The brig Neander, Captain Gordon, hence the 20th of November, arrived at Liverpool on the 28th of April, ader a protracted passage of 151 days, Sha was 40 days to Cape Horne which she passed 120 miles to the southward. Sighted Ueauchene and the Falkland Islands, and ran as far south as GO ® , in which latitude icebergs of the most magnificent description were encountered. The Meander called at the Western Islands for water, having experienced a succession of heavy, adverse, weather throughout a long and trying passage. Ina letter addressed to Lis agents, C plain llnrdwicke of the whale ship Lion, of New Providence —states, that, on the 20lh June, he was ofiThe Navigators Islands, and had nut with moderate success since leaving Auckland. He was all well, and bound for cruising "round on the line. In Hardy’s list of the Ist of May, tlin ship Gipsy, Captain Belton was announced to sail for Auckland on the I9th. The next vessel of Messrs. Willis’ ini'- was to he the Martaban, Captain R. Brown, an iron clipper ship of 843 ton*, built at Greenock in 1853. She was advertised to sail on tlm 23th May. .The bv g-Algerine, Captain Kelly, arrived at Sydney on the 10th Julv from Shanghai, whence she sailed on the 20th of April.