Port of Auckland.

New Zealander, Volume 13, Issue 1128, 7 February 1857, Page 2

Port of Auckland.

SHIPPING IN r K LLIO KNO E. ENTERED—INWARDS. February "»—Nile, 50 tons, from Matakan.i, with 54 tons firewood anil sundries. February b— Wonga Wonga, (5.5.,)71! tons, Bowden, from Mod jjarini and Russell, with 4 bags oats, II tierces tobacco, 2 parkages pork, II cases and 1 cask fruit, 190 sheep, 2 ponies, 13 bags apples, 4 cases pears. Passenger!— Captain TuttJ, Captain Wilcox, Captain Childs, Rev. K. Clarke, Misses Clarke (2), Messrs. Partington, I'. A. Harris, Rackshaw, U. Williams, Wolten, Jeweller.—l'. A. Harris, agent. Feb. 6—Raven, 24 tons, McLeod, from Wangarei, in ballast, 12 passenger*. Feb. 6—Osprey, 47 tons, Tautari, from Russell, with .V) bushels apples and pears, . r > tons kauri gum, 2 bales slops, 1 bale wool, I whale boat, ft passengers. Feb. f—America, U- S. ship, 4111 tons, Warren I.uce, from New Bedford, i/th September. Passengers—Mr. Mrs., and Miss Amstrong. and 2 children.— Ham, Grahame & (.'<>., agents. CLEARED—OUTWARDS. January 31 Wonga Wonga, (5.5.,) 7''' tons, Bowden, for Hussell, Mongontli, and Wangaroa, with sundries. PassengersIt. McKenzie, Captain Tutty, ('. A. Ilanis, Hell. Campbell ; from Russell to Monganui—Mr. and Mrs. Oavis, Mis. Mathews and family.—C. A, Harris, agent. February 4—Petrel, 22 tons, for Ngunguru, with sundries. February 4—Ellen, 4o tons, for Otago, with 21,00(1 feet timber, 7 tons flour, "!'• bags sugar, and sundries. Passenger—J. Cartwright. Low and Motion, agents. February 4—Fancy, 27 tons, for East Coast, with sundries. Passengers—(.'apt. Bloomfleld, Capt. Iteid. feb.fi—Raven, 24 tons. McLeod, for Wangarei, in ballast, 12 passenger^. IMPORTS—FOREIGN. Per ship America, I.uce, from New Bedford:—4l casks 200 barrels bread, 50 bis. pork, 200 bit. beef, HO bis. flour, 12 casks tow lines, 2 whale boats, 115 o;irs, .10 cases 40 boxes |fi kegs 10 tierces tobacco, 2 cases clothing, l!» empty oil casks, .leases denims, 120 barrels beef, llil barrels pork, .'l7 casks bread, 24 casks flour, I cask sugar, .Vi brls beef, 15 brls pork, 1 cask tea, 1 cask sugar, 1 cask apples, 4 casks flour, 2 casks butter, 150 brls beef, stl brls pork, 50 brls flour, 14 brls bread, 1 box lances, 50 bils beef, 20 brls perk, 57 oais, (I boxes tobacco, Pi cisks bread, 13 casks flour, 1 cask apples, 2 casks butler, 3 cases clothing, II casks tloiir. Ham, Grahame, & Co. 75 brls beef, 2.") brls pork, I brl apples, 12 casks flour, . r > casks tow-lines, 2 casks butter, 1 ci-k clothing, (i casks molasses, II casks bread, 1 cask beans, 1 cask oatmeal, 3 cases merchandise, 2 whaleboats,, Captain \\ ilcox 2 cases I pkge merchandise, 102 cedar boards, Hi casks nails, 5 pkges basket-ware, 10 pks merchandize, <! ne*ts tubs, I bale merdze, I pkg basket ware, 20 kegs apples, 2fj pkge* buckets, 5 boxes clothes pins, 2 pkges saws, 5 pkgestubs. (J nests pails, 2 pkges boxes, 2 pkges sieve's, 2 pkges tubs, 200 oats, .Wcs's I"i boxes Lobarco, II boxes boots and shoes,!) churns, 7 p| ge-. ciian-. . r i casks merchandize, 2 pkges shovels, 2 pkges hoe-, !) pkges axis, ] pkge tacks, 15 pkges castings, 41! pkges meichandise, O. Aim-trong. .1 casks molasses. 3(1 casks bread, I cask codfish, 3 casks tow-lines, 1 cask sugar, I cask cofl'ce, 1 cask ,i|. 3 casks vineuiir, age, 2.1 oais, Captain c butter, 1 c.i-k ,k, 3(( brls ll.iii >xes small coils cord iginallv sailed fr iquence of ha\ again took hei tracted passage of 141 days. The America is a buiiliensome vessel of the old school, measuring 4111 tons register. When she first started, she was coinm'nded by Captain Cromwell, who resigned in consequence of the inilitlWent state of his heal hj, and has been replaced by Captain Warren I.uce. The America spoke but one vessel throughout the passage., a Baltimore ship, bound for the Brazils. She was lifu days in reaching the equator, which she crossed in longitude 30 ° 30' West. On the 15th of November she sighted the Inland of Trinidad; and Tristan vi' Acuataa on the &ih of that mouth. Shs bad a very food

run down the Indian Ocean, and passed to the southward without sighting Tasmania. On the3lst ulto slit- made the Three Kind's, off which she descried three whalers, one of them English, she likewise, perceived n ship coming out "I" the Bay of Islands. She has brought as pasiengers a Mr. Armstrong and his family bound for .\karoa. The America, though apparently liejit, is a full ship, laden not merely with provisions and Whaling gear for various whalers ordered to meet her here, but with sundry articles of Amerieai >rchaudise for disposal, she also conveys new boats for some of Oie vessels cruising in these seas. When her national character was liisl distinguished, some little excitement for a short prevailed, the signal being mistaken for a ship with troops, whicu created an impression, in some quarters, thai the tilth regun which is reported as being about to relieve the. r .llth, weie actually c g up 'he gulf The report of this intended relief is based upon what is considered the best authority, but as no order had been issued for the embarkation of the IDth. we cannot credit that we are to lose the fllllh so iuimediaiely after an augmentation of their numbers

The Wonga Wonga, steamer, Captain llowden, arrived from Mongonui and the Nonhon I'liursday between :t and 4 o'clock, shecainciip the liatbour with a signal at the fore which sorelypuzzled more persons than one. Some made ntobe « good news," and shareholders began to s i-c Ui.u the Wonga's unallotted shares had at leasi been pruriently appropriated by the good folks of the Itcv. Conjecture, however, was soon set at rest, and the good news was mule known to be the arrival of C. Wei ton, Ksipiire, the agent for the proposed line of Panama New Zealand and Australian steamers, who is now on his tour of inspection to arrange the neressarj preliminaries for the establishmeiu of the most direct, (he most pleasant and leas! expensive line of c muniealion between Ureal Urilain and her lust rattan Colonies. Fi Panama, we learn, Mr. VVettoii pro < ceded to Tahiti, and from thence he was conveyed to the lt.iv of Islands, on hoard the French barque l/Heraull, in command of a Lieutenant. This vessel, a store ship, bound foi New Caledonia arrived in the Hay on Tuesday, and was to pioceed on her destination on Thursday She was formerly a Greek cruiser, and was captured in the Mediterranean, under Russian colours, during the late war. The mission of Mr. Wetton is one of the very utmost importance to the best interests of New Zealand, and his arrival among us is, we lru.', a substantial earnest that the route to which we have looked with sucli earnest and anxious longings will speedily be established. We bid him a most sincere and hearty welcome.

The following whalers arrived in the Hay on Sunday last, Elizabeth Swift, barque, 42.5 tons, Captain Chase, New Bedford Mohawk, ship, 350 ions, Captain Oram, Nantucket.

Kegia, brij;, Wiltons Johnson, Sydney, 17 months out with flO barrels sperm. The Regiahas lost three of her bo.nsand some of her spars. Michael Mahott one of the crew nf the Whale Ship Henry Kneelaud, surrendered himself as a deserter from IheGoth Regt. He states that he deserted lasi season from the VVahapu, in the Mount Vernon, Captain Nye. John Daily, William Roberts, Charles Finn, and James Hartley also of the Goth, deserted with him in the same ship, The Mount Vernon was wrecked in the Arctic, Daily and Roberts were killed by a whale while cruising in the North Fast Gulf of the Okotsk Sea. Finn was wrecked in the Mount Vereon, and Hartley shipped for Valparaiso. Mahon will be returned to the Detachment at the Wahapu by the " Wonga Wonga."

Ihe barque Warren, Captain Wilcox, brought a Mail fur Auckland and three passengers, who were landed here, from Honolulu,

Captain Evani late of the Whale ship Arctic, was accidentally killed, while cruising in the Indian Ocean. At I..'in a.m. on the 28th October Lst lai. ;t4 - E. 1.. 59. ° . the Captain accidentally fell overboard, a rope was immediately thrown to him, which he succeeded in laying hold of, but the ship was going so fast through the water, and the sea being very rough at the time, when he got abreast of the slops quarter, she settled down on him, and struck him on the head and chest, fracturing bis collar bone and otherwise inflicting fatal injuries -a boat was lowered instantly and he was taken on board alive, but died after breathing once or t vice. It was proposed to bury him ai St. Pauls Island, but the weather was so bad that it could not be done, and his body was put into a coffin, which was end tl in a much larger one, and the space between the two coffins was tilled with sand and lime, and brought to this Port. At the time of the accident, his wife, whom he had married from this place K months before, ivih on board and she had the melancholy satisfaction of seeing his remains interred|within a few yards of her father's house. On Saturday the 24th instant the funeral took place on an Island at the East end of this harbour. He was followed to the grave by all the Masters, and many of the Officers, of the whale ships in I'ort, and by most of the principal Inhabitants of the place. The procession of whale boats extended over half a mile, and the funeral service was performed In the llesident Magistrate W. IS. White, Esq. Captain Evans was aNa live of New Hampshire, U. S. A.aged 2!l vears. I here hid been no whalers in Wangaroa i but several hid visited Mongonui, and we have to return a coircpomiem -or hearty thanks not only for the list subjoined, but for the add. lional and exceedingly interesting particulars with which he has obligingly favoured us

Ibe pn sed sailing match between the cutters Glance and Maul of the Mill took place yesterday. 1 hey started punctually at 11 a.m. from abreast the Queen Street Wharf, to sail round the Island of Tiri I'ni Maiungi and back. It had blown stiffly from the Westward throughout the night, anil as the rivals goi under weigh with topmasts struck, and two reefs in their mamsad-, it had increased to ahardgale. Away, however, they went down the harbour close upon each other, the Maid leading but the Glance boring rapidly af'tr her. In this position they retched the North Ilea I, the Mai 1 giving lh.it promontory a close shave and losing the wind, the Glance more judiciously giving it a wide berth thereby keeping her sail, full and darting by the Maid as though -he had been at anchor of the rest of the course, we in common with the other spectators who had so far watched their evolutions had no cognizance. The Glance cb.oe to anchor last night, at In minute* pasl 11, being about ihr.e quarters of an hour a-head of the Maid. The race throughout was most closely contested.

Vess m.s Reported AM) C'l.KA I ED AT MoNGOM'I, 18'>7. Date of Vessel- Name. Tonnage. Master’s Name. )f what place. Months Barrels Oil. | Cleared Where for. Report out. j out. Jan. 5 Mir tli, i 271. barque Francis Smith New Bedford 30 250 sperm Jan. 20 W haling Grounds. 10 Josephine 445, ship James R. Allan I),). Ho sperm ' 20 do. 400 whale 1 35oo bone i:> Emerald 518, •< F. M. Hillock '■Ouj Hath >ur 23 do. U( Jneh Swift 454, “ Win. Ear! New Bedford 54 sperm 1 Home, taking the widow of 2000 whale Feb. 2 ‘.'.apt- Evans a. passenger lit Henry Kneel and 30,3, <■ Jonathan Whalou Do. 15oo whale ; For home. j 150 sperm Jan. 2n 22 AlCtlC 431, “ IS. F. Budra.m Do 0 27H sperm j •io whale 500 bone 24 Warren 415. barque P. S, Wilcox Do. 15 24 ! wo Brothers • • 288, ship J. I). Childs Do. 30 300 sperm 250 whale Feb. ,'i \’ew England 375, “ H. F. Smith New Lor don 150 sperm lo5o whale j 2000 bone 3 Francis Henrietta 407, barque F. I)te\v New Bedford | 400 whale j 1 3 J. I.. Jenks Kdgemon 1 h* 1 HO sperm 1