Monthly Maritime and Military Record.

New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1702, 8 July 1862, Page 4

Monthly Maritime and Military Record.

Thera has been more activity in our shipping trade during ttic pait month of June than for a considerable time previously. Two of the long expected English ships have arrived, both after unusually protracted passages, the Robert Small having occupied a hundred and thirty-one, and the Messina a hundred and sixty-seven days in reaching this port; the latter ship was disabled at an early period of her voyage, her mainmaat having been badly sprung at the head, amt it, together with the mainyard, maintopmast, maintopsail yard and gear, being only held in their position aloft, —and that, notwithstanding an alarming kink immediately below the hounds, which inclined the topmast at a fearful forward angle,—by preventer back stays, and a securely lashed spar and topmast. In spite of this crippled, condition, the Messina never altered her course, touched at no intermediate port to refir, ran down her longitude amidst a succession of severe gales and tempestuous weather, reaching her destination in safety on the 30th nil. The Blundell and Royal Charlie, the former a hundred and thirty-four, the latter a hundred and nine days out, have not yet made their appearance; every ship, however, even the most celebrated of the Australian clippers have this year, been making long and tedious passages, H.M.S.S. Harrier, 17 guns. Commander Sir Malcolm MacGregor, Bart., for a lengthened period the only ship of war of the five on the Australasian station in the New Zealand waters, has been incessantly and energetically employed conveying His Excellency Sir George Grey from South to North, and vice veraa, thus enabling our indefatigable Governor to carry out his pacific policy by his own personal presence and influence. There has been no toasting of shins at flre-sidts during a winter of unprecedented wet and inclemency, and the colonists not only thoroughly appreciate the untiring zeal of His Excellency, but ate most grateful, as well to him as to Sir Malcolm MacGregor, for the ready support he has afforded, by means of which the Native f ud at Kaipara, and the question of the Coromandel gold fields have been so promptly snd opportunely set at rest- --

The troops have now returned to winter quarters, having first completed the great military road—with which the name of General Cameron will ever be honourably identified—from Drury to beyond Pokenoe. This road is one of the first graad instalments not only for the defence of Auckland, but for compelling the preservation of peace throughout the entire of Northern New Zealand. It requites but the subsidiary arrangements to be effected, and the same results as those which the military roads in the highlands of Scotland and Ireland achieved will here be at happily accomplished. Detachments have been stationed at the several posts to keep the road In food order ; and a stockade, with a garrison comprising detachments of the several regiments, has been constructed in a commanding position, near the village of Havelock, and close by the landing place on the upper and lower bends of the Waikato. The 40th Regiment and Royal Artillery are in gar. rison in Auckland, and have Just been Joined by their wives and families who arrived in the Merchant Prince, from Melbourne, on the 30th. The head-quarters of the 14th, 6Sth, and 70th, with part of the detachment of the I2th, are in camp at Otahuhu. The camp has been much improved, and we learn from officeis of experience that the quarters will bear favourable comparison with those at the Curragh of Kildare, Lieutenant-General Cameron, C.8., Commander of the Forces, is installed as Governor during the absence of Sir George Grey, who has proceeded to Wellington to open the General Assembly, which, according to arrangement, la to be in session there this year.

The fine »hip Merchant Prince, Captain McLay, having discharged passenger! and luggage from her anchorage off Hobson’s Bay, got underweigh on Thursday, at 9 a.tn., for Callao, carrying ten out of fourteen of her refractory seams* in irons.

The brig Woodlark, Captain McClement, failed for If**' castle via Wangaroa, where she ihipi a cargo of limber, on Friday at 2 p.m. The brigantine Sea Gull, Captain Celtera, after haring undergone a thorough overhaul and refit, tailed for Otago, with • full cargo of kauri timber, on Friday afternoon. The brig Reliance, Captain Riddell, haring thipped a f“l cargo of timber, tailed for Hobart Town on Saturday last. The Danish brig Isis, Captain Ipten, has cleared for Guam.

The Lapwing and Zillah have sailed for Napier. The steamer Queen, Captain Foie, for the Southern ports I the schooner Rifleman, with a cargo of kauri timber, for Canterbury i and the schooner Sea Gull, Captain Champion, in ballast, for Syduey, have, all three, taken their departure fro® the Manukau.

The Hamburgh barque Colima, which has been for some t>® B expected, arrived in harbour on Saturday forenoon. SI from Wellington, having previously touched at V,. s-doo*® B where the larger portion of her German cargo was landed. Sn* has brought a mixed carco for this market, the bulk of which is consigned to Messrs. Louis Bucholz and Co., under whc style a branch iu connection with the firm of Messrs, Kroblo Wellington, is about to be established in this city, both final being connected with an eminent Hamburgh house. T Colima is the second vessel that has flown the Hamburgh on the Waitemata. but we believe she is a British bottom, although now registered at Hamburgh.—New-Zealander, June The brig Reliance, Captain Riddle, arrived from Hobart Town yesterday m6rnin'g,'aftef'a rapid, fine weather, passaged twelve days. i; Routidid’ j the North' Cape oh Mmfliiy at 6a.m-> and was off the North Head the following morning at the sa® B hour. The Reliance is of Bermudian build, and said t0 naarkpbiy fast. Sl»o has been purchased for the Auckland; aW Hohdrt Town trade by Mr. Lip's'eombe, in rVpfaffement of t* lß

schooner Tyne, whose disastrous shipwreck on the Tasmanian Coast near Port Arthur, we chronicled some months since. She Is commanded by Captain Riddle, who,- we are happy to see,has earned the same measure of popularity in the new ship as tfiat for which he was distinguished in the old.—lbid. To Jambs Riddle, Esq.’, Master of the Brig “Reliance.” Dear Sib,—lt >» «i>.h unfeigned pleasure that we tske the present opportunity of expressing to you, previous to our separating,' our appreciation of the liberal manner in which ptfr every want and Cpmfort have been attended to during onr passage .hither, as well as the urbane and gentlemanly treatment ye )>avej one and all, uniformly experienced at your hand, whilst on board the “ Reliance.” We wish you God speed,’ And every happiness, and beg to remain. Dear Sir, Yours faithfully, Eugene Bellairs, M. M. Bellalrs; Richard Hobbs, E. Hobbs, W. E. /. Hobbs, E. Mason, A. Crompton. Auckland, 10th June, 1032. TO THE PASSENGERS PER “RELIANCE.” Ladies and Gkntlesirn,—l am extremely obliged for the unexpected but flattering Testimonial published in the NewSwlander, and in taking leave of you I sincerely wish you all health and prosperity, I have, 4cc., James Riddle. Ol board “ Reliance,” Auckland, June 11, 1862. The good ship Robert Small, Captain Darke, —one of the long looked for and anxiously expected Londoners,—was signalled at an early hour yesterday morning and fetched her anchorage, off the Queen Street Wharf, as 11 a.m„ after a protraded passage of one hundred and thirty one days. Sailed from the Downs on the 9th February, and had s fine fair wind down Channel, discharging her pilot off the Wight, on the 10th. Shortly afterwards, she encountered bad weather, experiencing a continuation of gales, principally from the S.E., Commencing in latitude 41 °59 ‘ N,, longitude 14°9’ IV,; these continued with more or less violence for a fortnight, the ship illdcr rinse reefed topsails, and hove to most of the time, but Without sustaining any damage, Throughout, the winds were Variable and contrary. Sighted Palma, one of the Canary Islands on the 7th March, and, on the 10th, picked up a very good N;E. trade in latiturie2l‘s2’ N., which she lost on the )Bth In latitude 5°42, N;, crossing the Equator, (46 diyi out) on the jfrth, in longitude 20°43’W; Had no detention on the line; and caught the S;E; trade on the 30th March, in latitude 4*57’ f;j losing it on the 12th April, in latitude 2-t°s7’ S; Passed (he meridian of the Cape of Good riope on the Bth May, in latitude 46°44’ S;’ having thus been eighty eight days in attaining that point; It has been he’e, therefore, that the lon $ iraslinatioil of her passage ensued, for; from the Cape to Auckland she had a fine run of forty three days. Ran down her longilude between the parallels of from 43’ to 47 ° S. winds Varying from S.W, to N. with hard weather and much rain. Passed the meridian of Van Diemen’s Land, {south Cape) without sighting it, on the 10th instant, and on the 18th, at 3"30 p.nr. made the Three Kings. There were no deaths or births during the passage, and the ship has come into port both in a healthy and highly creditable condition, as far as good order end cleanliness are concerned. She is a fine wholesome craft of the old school, built at Newcastle and from her A 1 position s>n Lloyd’s register, must have originally been a very superior ahip. Spoke nothing connected with the colonies during the passage, and has no intelligence whatever ot the still absent Messina, which we have little doubt will ere long make her number.—lbid, June 21.

The long and anxiously looked for ship Messina, Captain we are happy to say, arrived in port in safety on Monday about dusk after an almost unprecedented passage of JO7 days, in the course of which she encountered a succession •f gales and tempestuous weather. Took her departure from the Downs on the 14'h of January, and from that date to the 57th February experienced very foul weather. On the 23rd January, whilst crossing the Bay of Biscay, met with a terrific gale with a tremendous sea ; ship hove to under close reefed wain topsail ; had a new fore topmast staysail blown away, and her starboard quarter boat stove. Made Madeira on the I7lh February, and on the 21st the mainmast, which had been for some time complaining, gave in. and was discovered to be badly sprung below the hounds; the ship was consequently immediately rounded to, and this serious injury repaired as far as possible by getting up a spare top mast and securing it abaft the mast. The mainmast though not actually gone, is quite doubled over and the supporting topmast compleedly buckled, bending forward in the most alarming manner and billy, with the superincumbent main top mast, held aloft by Strong preventer stays and guys. On the 3rd March, fell in fcith a fair NiE. trade in latitude 21* N, longitude 21* W.{ (brrled it to latitude 6*2B' Ni longitude 22°43' Wi losing it on the ilth March. Passed to the Westward of the Cape de Verd group. Caught a very indifferent S.E. trade on the 17lh March, crossing the equator next day in longitude 23° W. Lost the S.E. trade in latitude 13 c 3d’ S., longitude 24* 8 W. Sighted Martin Vaas rock on the 3rd April, Nightingale island on the 21st, light airs and calms pre▼ailing, and on the 23rd spoke the White Star clipper Green Jacket, 79 days from Liverpool bound-to- Melbourne. Passed the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope, on the 11th May, in latitude 45° S.; and ran down her casting in about 47 U S. On the 15th May, in latitude 45°2r S., longitude Sflolti’ E fell in with a violent gale at from N.W, to W. a very heavy sea running. On the 24th May, In latitude 40.20’ S., longitude 77030’ E. encountered another severe gale, the 4rtnd blowing hard at from W. to W.N.W. Passed to tho southward of Tasmania on the 15th June, in latitude 47°, longitude 147 0 E. Fetched the Three Kings on the 28th, at noon, and hove-to during Sunday night off Bream Head.—lbid, July S. ADDRESS TO CAPTAIN LETHBRIDGE, Ship “ Messina, 1 ’ off Auckland, 21st June, 1862, Dear Sir,—We, the undersigned passengers, prior to our leaving thg “good ship” Messina, who has fully proved her claim to that title by her admirable behaviour in the heavy adverse gales she encountered for six consecutive weeks at the eommencement of her passage, and her after conduct when acudding before a complete hurricane and fearful sea, cannot take leave of you without asking you kindly to accept the accompanying purse, containing £25, as a small token of our regard and esteem for you personally, and also as a mark of the high appreciation in which we regard your skill as a thorough seaman, and your constant and untiring attention to your arduous duties. It now remains for us to express but two things .-both emanating from the heart—one of joy, one of sorrow, Joy to present you with this small testimonial, and to wish that you and your ship may ever prosper,—yet sorrow to have so shortly to say "good-bye ” to one with whom we have so long been associated. Believe ua ever to remain, dear sir, yours faithfully and sincerely, G. S. Hall, M. Mosbly, O. L. Rom son, G. Butcher, F. A. Foster, W, Neely. To T. H. Lethbridge, Esq., Commander of ship Messina. TO THE PASSENGERS PER “MESSINA.” Ship “ Messina,” Auckland Harbour. July 3rd, 1862. Oa.NTLRMKN,—Permit me in a few words to offer you my heartfelt thanks for the kind though unexpected testimonial with which you have so generously presented me. If I have succeeded in rendering your long voyage a little less tedious, or in any way assisted in lessening your discomforts during your long confinement on board my ship, 1 have been amply repaid by the exemplary patience and cheerfulness you have, one and all, evinced, under the very trying circumstances la which it has pleased God to place us. With every wish that you may meet with success in the land of your adoption. T remain, gentlemen, very faithfully yours. Thomas Lethbridge. The American clipper barque Glimpse, came into port by the Eastern channel, after an excellent passage of thirty eight days from San Francisco whence she sailed on the 23rd May. Her passage throughout was a fine one. The Glimpse is a. handsome specimen of the modern American clipper, possessing fine lines and evidently great sailing powers. Her cabin is nicely fitted, and she is in firstrate order both inboard and out. She measures 483 tons register.—lbid, A smart culler, of 42 tons builder’s measurement, constructed by Mr. Nicol of Mechanics’ Bay for our enterprising fellow citizen Captain Casey, was launched on Wednesday morning. The new craft, the fifth of Captain Casey’s fleet, was named the Peter Cracroft, in compliment to the universally respected Commander of H.M.S.S. Niger. She will be cutter rigged, fitted throughout with New Zealand cordage and New Zealand mads blocks; the former from the rope walk of Mr. Neil Lloyd, the latter from the factory of Mr. Oakley. She will carry ( a large cargo on a light draught of water, not exceeding five feet when fully loaded. It is very gratifying to witness the continuous specimens of goodly vessel*, built, rigged* and maia y equipped with our own materials, and by our own artificers. Ibid, June 21. . Two fine new fore and aft schooners have recently been added to our noble list of Auckland coasters; both are vessels of about 40 ton* register; the first, named Fawn, was built at Coromandel, by Messrs. Anderson and and i» commanded by an old acquaintance. Captain Throop, who is sailing her in the Coromandel trade. The second is a fine schooner, called the Abeona, built at and owned by the Messrs. McKenzie and Mclnnis. of Mangawai. She came up from Waipu on Monday night, after a seven hours run. We believe she is intended for sale.—lbid, July 2. WHALBRS.-We have to report the following arrivals at Russell;— June 19tn, Junior, ship, 378 tons, Rowley. New Bedford, 44 months out, with 700 brls. sperm, 650 brls. whale; June 20lh, Draper, ship, 201 tons, Parker, New Bedford, -a months out. with 700 bits, sperm, CO brls. whale; June 20th, Cornelius Howland, ship, 431 tons, Dougherty, New Bedford, standing off and on; sent in a boat to land the rh.efofficer, sick-2000 btls. sperm, 300 barrels whale, has taken 1000 barrels sperm and above 2<o brls. whale, since her departure from Rimell in April, 1861. ■ IMMIGRATION anx> emigration. The returns for the mon.h of June exhibit M upward tendency, which our future prospects lead us to infer, will experience an eatly and much larger augmentation. There have been seventeen arrivals of 6.561 tmis-lwo from London, four from Sydney, three from Adelaide, one from Hamburgh, ty o from the South Seas, one from Hpbart Town, one from we M f>d ftotp Canfortpa.

—three for Sydney, three for the South Seas, one for Sourahaya, and one for Guam, with (18 passengers. There were sixteen arriTals of 1.980 tons, with 97 passengers from the other Provinces of New Zealand j and 12 departures of 1,423 tons, with 93 passengers. The balance in favour of immigration timing the month of June amounts, therefore, to ?28'souls. ARRIVALS FROM PORTS OP THU PROVINCE OF , AUCKLAND. There has tjeen a slackness in the coasting trade during the month just closed. This may possibly be owing to the inclemeniy of the weather which, although mild in temperature, has been more conttmfoWsly rainy and repeatedly tempestuous than any winter we remember /or the last fourteen years. There arrived but 57 vessels of 1505 lons, with' 2[3 passengers, 274 D bushels wheat, 917 bushels maize, 40 bushels oats; 220 bushels apples, 15 cases melons, 20 bushels grass seeds, 9 tons potatoes, 41 cwt onions, 18 cwt bacon, 'sl cwt salt pork, 10 cwt smoked fish, 9 cwt flax, 5 cwt leather, 536 lbs lard, 2186 lbs butter, 5600 lbs cheese, 2440 lbs honey, 20 dozen eggs, 3 horses, 86 head cattle, 40 sheep, 109 pigs, 178 fowls, 14J tons kauri gnm, 19 tons towai bark, 6 barrels oil, 998 lbs wool, 5 hides, 12 bundles fruit trees, I bundle sheep skins, 31 spars. ty It Is necessary to repeat that these are merely the mors prominent articles coming coastwise. The entries are not complete, as many native vessels and small licensed craft, evade making any entries. And further, very large quantities of produce—by far the greatest proportion of sawn timber for example—are received by boats and carts from creeks and stations within the limits of the Auckland district, exclusive of those brought to market in native canoes, or back-borne by those industrious purveyors to European wants—Of sawn timber, shingles, posts and rail*, palings, house blocks, firewood, and other lumber, of which there is a very large, importation coastwise, we can give no account, these being no longer entered at the Customs, but in cargo books supplied to such trading vessels. DEPARTURES FOR PORTS OF THE PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND, The departures coastwise, in June, consisted of 54 vessels, of 1345 tons, with 190 passengers, and the customary cargoes of trade and supply. CUSTOMS REVENUE. The following amounts were received during the four weeks specified June 7lh —£] 124. 9s. 6d June 14th—£l 123. 2s. June 21st—‘£1918, 4s. 7d. June 28th—£i709 11s. 43., together £5875 9s. 3d. The amount received during the month ofJueewas £O3OB i 0«. 9dj The receipts for the quarter ended June 30th amounted to £18,007 8s; lOd This has been a very poor quarter, and exhibits only a trifling increase of £175 3<; Sd, over the June (juartcr of 1861; FOREIGN ARRIVALS. JUNK ‘J. Glen Clune, 442 tons, Turnbull, from Adelaide. Passengers— Mr. and Mrs, Pope, Mr. Bates. —Thornton 4t Co..agents. Jonh 4. Frowning Beauty, 365 tons, W. Marr, from Sydney.—Henderson & Macfarlane, agents. Junk 5. Alice Cameron. 401 tons, P. Jones, from Sydney. Passengers— Mr. Thos. Henderson, Mr. Dabbitt, Mrs. Porter and child. Mrs. T. Anderson. Messrs. Watt, Parnell, Davidson, Macmichael, Mr. and Mrs. and Mr J. McGregor.—Henderson 4c Macfarlane, agents, June 6. Coral Queen, 92 tons. Currie, from the South Sea Islands, —Combes 4: Daldy, agents. June 9. Colima, 265 tons, H, T. Ipland, from Melbourne via Wellington. Passengers—Mr. Louis Bucholz, Mr. and Mrs, Kruhl and servant, Miss Ellen Murch, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander and 3 children.—L, Bucholz 4c Co,, agents. Junk 10, Reliance, 118 tons, James Riddle, from Hobart Town. Passengers—Mr. H. Lipscombe, Mr. and Mrs, BelUirs, Mr, and Mrs. Hobbs, Mr. W. E. J. Hobbs, Miss Mason, Mrs. Crampton.— C. J. Stone, agent. Junk 19. Isis, 925 tons, Jepsen, from Adelaide.—Henderson and Macfarlane, agents. Osprey, 40 tons, Rogers, from the South Sea Islands.—Combes 4c Daldy, ager ts. Woodlark, 230 tons, McClemen«, from Sydney, Passengers— Mrs* McClemens and 3 children, Miss Doyle, James Keatson, John Barclay, John Long, Valentine Blagrove, D. Murray, J, Johnson, E> Robertson, T. Woodward,—Henderson and Macfarlane, agents, Anne and Jane, 204 tons, Smith, from Adelaide. Passenger— Mrs. Booth,—Henderson 4c Macfarlane, agents, JUNK 20.

Robert Small, ship, 794 tons, J. W. B. Darke, from London. Passengers—George H., Selina, Thomas G., Alice L., Laura F., Selina F., Mary Agnes Clarke; Francis Murray ; Harry Pye, J. Hudson; W. J. and Amelia Lynch ; Charles Palmer; Benedict Hancock ; Colan, Catherine, Ellen, Loveday, Catherine Nicholas; Thomas Stevens; Miss MitchcUon ; Charles Dpd t John, Eliza, and Lizzy Gunion; David Lelghon ; Edmund Hunt; John and Charlotte Rose; David, Frances, and John William McCune: John and Emily Speary; Richard and Emma Gill; Mary, Frederick, and Alice Dimide ; Emma Piesse; William, Susan, Walter, Mary, George, Rosa, and Herbert Armstrong ; Andrew and Walter Sloan; James Lindsay; Robert Pardoe; Thomas Neary ; Edward Morissey; Alexander Liddell; William & Johan H. Black; Jno. Kane; William Hickland; Patrick Barclay; William Nelson; Mark King; Robert Brown; John Carruthers; Henry Smith; John Jervois; Richard Kenwick; William Johnson ; James Wilson ; Henry Charman ; William Scandialt; James Taylor.— Brown, Campbell Jr Co„ agents. June 21. Despatch, barque, 261 tons, R. M. Etchern, from Launceston 7 passengers. Junk 24. Lord Ashley, s.s. 296 tons, Edward Wheeler, from Sydney. Passengers—Mr. Mrs. and Master Lambert, Mrs. Mashunan, Mr, & Mrs. Robinson, Capt. Barron, Captain McDougall, C. Aulard, Mr. Bordell, Mr. Jones, J. Colebrook, Mrs. Turner, and child, John Nearin, Mr, and Mrs. Morgan, Miss Morgan, (2) and Master Morgan, Master Turner, Mr. MacDermott, Jas, Newell, Hodgson, Mr, and Mrs, Watson and 5 children.—J.C.R.M. Co., agents. Constance, barque, 351 tons. Butt, from San Francisco—Henderson and Macfarlane, agents. June 30. Merchant Prince, 1745 tons, McLay, from Melbourne—l2s passengers.—O. R. Strickland Jc Co., agents. Glimpse, American barque, 483 tons, G. A. Reynolds, from San Francisco. Passenger—Mr. Correws. —Thornton, Smith and Firth, agents. Messina, ship, 552 tons, T. Lethbridge, from London. Passengers—G. L. Rorison; George Sundhurst; John James Brook ; Montague Mosely; William and Mary Neely; George and John Pulman; Christian, Donnette, Edmund, Wilhelm, Gustav, and Albert Blucker, Thomas Bacon.—D. Nathan, agent. FOREIGN DEPARTURES. June 4. Will Watch, 34 tons, Hamet, for the South Seas with I cask, 3 bales, 40 empty casks, 2 guns, 4 pistols..—Combes Je Daldy, agents. Junk 5. Margaret Thomson, 165 tons, Sullivan, for Sydney, with 20 tons potatoes. —Thornton & Co., agents. Kate, 341 tons, Sherlock, for Sydney. Passengers—Mr. R. Lyons, Revd. W. McDonald, Rewi, Mr. and Mrs. Shell), Captain Breton, Mr. Vernace, Dr, Youne, Mr. and Mrs. Watson and 2 children, T. McGrow, W. Kelly, J. Kerr, J. Kay, Mr. and Mis. Johnson, Miss Tairersall. Cargo—3oo bags potatoes, 3 bs’es Brown Sc Campbell; 281 do. potatoes, Cheeseman ; 5 casks oil, T. Macky Sc Co.; 10 bales (300 lbs) wool, 5 bales horns, 215 hides, G. E. Ireland ; 380 bags potatoes, Howard; 240 bags potatoes, Kally Jt Donovan ; 2 barrels coffee, 20 cases tobacco, D. Graham Si Co., 76 tons potatoes in afl—Henderson & Macfarlane, agents. June 12. Glen Clune, ship, 471 tons, James Turnbull, for Sourabaya. with part original cargo from London and Adelaide.—Thornton Jr Co. agents. June 18. Coral Queen, 92 tons, Cunie, for the Sonth Sea Islands, with 1 bale calico, 2 boxes prints, 20 lbs, shot, 5 lbs. powder, 1000 percussion cap!!,—Combes & Daldy, agenls. June 36. Colima, barque, 266 tons, Ipland, for Guam, in ballast, L. Uuckholz Ji Co., agents. Alice Cameron. 401 tons, Barron, for Sydney.-Passengets— Messrs. Lyons, Newton, M. Jones, Boiler, Penny. J. C. Hart, F. McDonald, J. Fagan and son, Ja«. Callaghan, J, Fender.— Per Alice Cameron, for Sydney;—2s cases tobacco, P. Jones ; 3 cases nutmegs, 50 bags pepper, J, S. Macfarlane & Co. ; 620 bags potatoes, Roberton Jc Co.; 175 bags potatoes, Howard ; 190 tons potatoes. S. Williams ; 273 tons potatoes, Kelly & Donovan ; 122 hides, 8 bales wool, J. Scarrotl; 222 bags gum, 10,000 feet timber, Henderson & Macfatlane; 85 casks tea oil, Lewis Brother*! 54 coils rope, C. Stephenson ; 140 bags gum. Owen & Graham, Henderson & Macfarlane, agents. June 28. Sea Breeze. 70 tons. Tautari, for the South Sea Islands, with 1 ton salt, 3 tons potatoes, 2 tons flour, i ton pork, 1 box haberdashery. Passengers— Bishop Patteson, Mr. Kerr, Mr, Dudley, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Pritt, 30 Islanders.—S. J. Edmonds, agent. June 30. Lord Ashley, «.s,, 296 tons, E. Wheeler, for Sydney. Passen-gers-Messrs. Willis. Beamish, Bull, Sopuchea, Train, Hayne, Dawson, Miss Avery. Cargo :—ls J-tierces 15 J-lierces 5 kegs and cases tobacco, 3 packages, 1 case books, 1 package, 30 tons potato**.—l. C. K. M. Co., agents. ARRIVALS FROM SOUTHERN PROVINCES. June 5, Alpha, 40 tons, Irving, from Nelson, via Ahipara, with 4 tons shells, ISO bushels wheat, 100 bushels maize, 40 cwt. onions. 84' l lbs. wool, 20 pkges. sundries—l passenger.—C. Davis, agent. June 6. Lord Wort ley, s.s., 291 tons, Bowden, in the Manukau, from Southern Ports, with 2 cases, 2 cases silk worms eggs, I ca«.», ’• J parcels, 8 crates, 3 pkges. 2 cases, 1 bos. 2 qr.-casks, I p»'- ■ cel.—Passengers—Ur. and tyrv. .Wiliam*, Mr, Baxter, Cspf. Mr, Thomas, ww-. m

Brownsden, A. C. G. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Major Murlock, Dr. Rawson, Rev. Mr. Long, J. Bryant, Mr. Ford. J. Charlton, J. Schlegel, D. Low, Mr. Bennett and family (3), 5 soldiers 57th Regt.—l. C. R. M. Co., agents. Rifleman, 82 tons, Newton, from Wanganui, with 46 head of cattle. Passengers—Messrs. A. Cameron, G. Nicholb, J. Haist —Sr W.- Hill, agent. June 7Albatross, 86 tons, Clarke, from Dunedin, with 14 bales, 5 casks, 1 anchor,' 14 coils rope, 2 pumps,- 2 pieces, I crank, 5 casks, 16 cables, I fly wheel, 1 wiuch, 2 boxes,- 3 1 packages,- 22 coils tope, 44 drums oil, 10 bolts canvas, 14 packages rope, 5 ploughs, 50 pots, 2 casks, 103 pieces iron,- 7 chests tea.- Passengers—Messrs. Bartley, Ferguson, Keesing, Jones, Porter,Simpson, White, Robinson.—C. A. Harris, agent. June 9. Wild Wave, 70 tons, Stevens, from Otago, in ballast.—Henderson & Macfarlane, agents. June 12. Wonga Wonga; s.s,. 103 tons, F. Renner, from Wanganui, with cattle—4 passengers.—Combes i Daldy, agents. JfiNS 19, White Swan, s.s., 300 tons, A. Harper,- from the Southe n Provinces, with sundries—23 passengers.—Brown, Campbell Sc Co,, agents. Sarah, 121 tons. Firth, from Taranaki, in ballist.—ifenderson & Macfarlane, agents. June 20. Zillah, 68 tons, lacob, from Dunedin, with 26 dozen buckets, U8 frying pans. Passengers—Messrs. Keith, Lahey, Mr. and Mrs. Healy and son, Mr. Driver, Mr. Jones.—J. Salmon Sc Co., agents. June 23. Lapwing, 50 ton?, Fernandez, from Napier, via the East Coast, with 180 bushels wheat, 35 do. maize, 4 casks pork, 4 kegs lard—J. S. Edmonds, agent. June 24. Victoria, schooner, 56 tons, Kean, from Napier, with 26 head cattle, passengers—Messrs, Stuartand Shaw, Mrs. M ‘Manus and 4 children—Combes and Daldy, agents, June 25. Kauri, 37 tons, Shearer, from Napier, via the East Coast, with 800 bushels wheat, 2 tons pork.—J. Salmon & Co., agents. Junk 27. Ellen Lewis, barque, 336 tons, Hillon, from Dunedin, in ballast.—Passengers—L. Jones, H. A. Merridue, John Scott. Emerald Isle, 36 tons, Dixon, from Taranaki, in ballast, 1 case geneva. Passengers—Messrs. Field, Simmons, Oakes and Stewart. Junk 28. Sea Gull, 62 tons. Champion, from Taranaki, in ballast—3 passengers.—Combes and Daldy, agents, June 30. Queen, 177 tons, s. s., D. Pole, from Taranaki, and Southern Ports, with 4 cases paper hangings, 1 parcel, addressed ; 1 case, J. Russell: 1 pkge.. C. J. Wren; 10 vats harness, 2 cases, 1 mortar bed, 1 case arms, G.vernment Stores. Passengers—E. Brutton, Major Clair, Mrs. Holyland.—D. Nathan, agent, DEPARTURES FOR SOUTHERN PROVINCES. JUNE 2. Queen, s.s., 177 tons, I). Poles for Taranaki and the Southern Ports, with 8 packages felt, 3 rolls do,, 1 case clothing, 1 box nails, 2 casks tar, 5 cases, 1 bale, 3 packages, 1 box. Passenger—Colonel Warre, for Taranaki.—D. Nathan, agent, June 3, Heron, 91 tons, Bessitt, for Taranaki and Wanganui, with 5 hhds. rum, 2 qr.-casks whiskey, 2 qr.-casks old tom, 7 cases tobacco, 13 cases saddlery, 10 bundles tables and chairs, 6 bundles tubs, 2 cases hardware, 72 sash weights, 30 boxes soap, 3 chest tea, 99 bags sugar, 30 pkges sundries. June 4. Victoria, 62 tons, Kean, for Napier, with 28,000 feet timber, 1600 bricks, 25 pckgs. merchandise, 1 cask, 1 case, 5 trunks, 3 bales, 1 ease, 1 parcel, 1 roll, 1 box. 14 bags sugar, 5 tons flour, 1 hhd. ale, 33 sheep, 9 tons plants, 80 feet house blocks.— Combes Sc Daldy, agents, June 5. Vistula, 133 tons, W. Souter, for Otago, with 112,000 feet sawn timber. Passengers— Mrs. Perrin and 2 children, Mrs. Smith. June 10. Lord XVorsley, s.s. 291 tons, James Bowden, from Manukau, for Southern Ports, with sundry goods from Sydney for the South, and 15 boxes, 3 pkges., 2 weights, 1 case, I cask, II boxes, 17 cases, 1 bale, 20 bags flour, 6 horses, 1 cart, 12 bars iron, 4 barrels, 5 parcels, 14 cases, 2 mortar beds, 1 tin bottle. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. McDonnell, Messrs, Weston, Elliott, Lorney, Dr. Rawson, Captain and Mrs. Buck, Capt. Campbell, Lieuts. Beamish and Curtis, Messrs.iCarleton, A. McDonald, Stevenson, Allen and White, Mrs. Jervis, Miss Richmond, Messrs. Crombie, Oliver, Kennedy, Grainger, Forster, 6 soldiers, 1 woman and child.—l.C.R.M. Co,, agents. June 11. Crest of the Wave, 58 tons, Buxton, for Christchurch, with 38,030 fret timber, 1000 loose bags 11 tons firewood. 2 passengers—C. A. Harris, agent, June 14. Clulha, 150 tons, H. F. Anderson, for Dunedin, with 120,000 ft. sawn timber—3 passengers.—Cruickshank, Smart & Co., agents. Albatross, 86 tons, Clarke, for Dunedin, with 55,000 feet timber, 35 pkges. furniture. 30 boxes glass, 3 pkges. furniture, 4 pkges. sashes, I parcel drapery—4 passengers.—C. A. Harris, agents. June 19. Rose A in, 27 tons, Duncan, for Napier, with 10 hhds. ale, 500 feet limber, 12 pkgs. sundries, 1 dray, 1 pkg. saddlery, 2 tons salt. 1 do. sugar, 2 do. flour, 43 pkgs. sundries, 3 ploughs, 30 tons firewood. Wild Wave. 70 tons, Stevens, for Otago, with 60,000 feet timber—4 passengers.—Henderson Sc Macfarlane, agents. Wonga Wonga, s.s., 103 tons, F. Renner, for Wanganui via Taranaki, with 1 case apparel, 2 do. harness, 2 do. stationery, 2 casks sulphur, 1 box, *SO sheep. Passengers—Mrs. Crompton, Messrs. H. Jones, G. Nichols, A. Imlay, Smith, Mrs. Linch and 3 children—Combes Jr Daldy, agents. J UN k 26. White Swan, ss., 198 tons, Allen A. Harper, for Napier, Wellington, Sec,, with I case glass, 5 casks china, 3 J-casks spirits, 11 hhds. ale, 5 cases geneva, 12 boxes candles, case bitters, 1 do. syrup, I cask syrup, 1 bale corks, 1 keg lead, 2 cases sauces, 2 mats sugar, 7 gunnies sugar, 1 chest tea, 4 cases ale, 4 do. stout, 1 hhd. rum, I package sundries, 3 cases fruit, 5 firkins butter,! cheese,! package heversacks. 2 bullock bows, 4 yokes, I bag ironmongery, 1 bale drapery, 1 case. X bale, 4 chest tea, 1 case ginger, 1 case salad oil, 2 boxes raisins, 1 case sundries, 5 bundles zinc, 1 bag tubes and spikes, 1 case geneva, 1 case sundries, 1 case salad oil, 6 boxes candles, 2 bags rice, I case sundries, 2 bags sugar, 12 casks vinegar, 2 cases drapery, 1 bale, 1 case, 6 do. sundries, 3 parcels, 1 trunk shoes, 1 case varnish, 4 kegs butter, 1 case sundries, 25 boxes candles, 2 bags, 1 bar steel, 3 sheets iron, 1 case, I bale, 6 bars iron, 8 cart bushes, 2 J-chests tea, 1 case ginger, 1 do. salad oil, 2 boxes ra'sins, 1 case lemon peel, 1 do. stationery, 8 do. oranges, 1 do. orange peel, raisins, cheeses, C. W. Knowles j 1 bale saddlery, 25 posts, 50 rails 9 parcels machinery, 3 cases, 1 hhd. ale, James Stewart; 1 box, 1 parcel, 41 sheep, Stuart, Kinross and Co. ; 293 bags coals, 2 casks whiskey, 2 tea, 1 box candles, 1 paper parcel, I package, 4 cases records, 4 do., 1 box, 1 parcel bonks, 1 parcel, 12 cases records, 4 cases, 3 dogs, G, R. Keene; X case jams, 4 cases cherry brandy, 6 do, champagne, 4 do. 1 do, drapery, 1 harness, 4 halfchests lea, 5 kegs butter, A. R. Hay ; 2 parcels. X’assengers—Major Whitmore’s shepherd, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall and boy, and Mr. Pritchard, for Napier; the Mon. Wm. Fox, Hon. H. Sewell, Hon, R. G. Wood, Hon. C. Ward, and Messrs. G. Graham, Mason, Munro, Lieur.-Col. Nixon, Messrs. O’Neill, Bussell, John Williamson, Butler, Carleton, Cumin, Jas, Williamson. R. Graham, G. M. O’Rorke, Gisborne, E. Mayne, Dr. Knight, Messrs. Hunter, Crawford, Utting, Mrs. Wood and child, Mrs. Hamel, Miss O'Neill, Mrs. Fox, Miss Sharp, Messrs. Green and Kelly, for Wellington; Mr. R. Symington, for Lyttelton; Captain Inverarity and Mr. McMichael, for Dunedin. June 30. Zillah, 68 ton*, Jacob, for Napier, with 25 tons potatoes, 16,000 feet sawn timber, 7 cases seed, 20 pkgs, drapery, 2 tons flour, 13 pkgs. sundries, 30 tons firewood.—J. Salmon and Co., agents. SHIPS IN HARBOUR. Robert Sinai', ship, 795 tons, Darke, off the Queen Street Wharf, from London, discharging.—Brown, Campbell Sc Co,, agents. Messina, ship, 552 tons, Lethbridge, off the Queen-street Wharf, arrived fr#m London—D. Nathan, agent. Glimpse, American barque. 483 tons, Reynolds, from San Francisco, off the Queen-street Whaif, waiting for a berth.— Thornton, Smith and Firth, agents, Anne and Jane, barque, 201 tons. Smith, from Adelaide, alongside the Queen Street Wharf, discharging.—Henderson and Macfarlane, agents. Constance, barque, 351 tons, Butt, off the Queen-street Wharf, from San Francisco, waiting for a berth.—Henderson 4i Macfarlane, agents. Dispatch, barque, 261 tons, M'Eacheren, from Launceston, alongside the Queen-street Wharf, discharging. Ellen Lewis, barque, 250 tons, Hillon, on the hard Official bay, advertised for freight or charter.—Henderson Sc Macfarlane, agents. city of Melbourne, barque, 177 tons, Brown, arrived from Sydney.—J. Roberton, agent. Isis, Danish brig, 242 tons. Ipsen, from Adelaide, alongside the Queen-street Wharf discharging.—Henderson & Macfarlane, agents. Sarah, brig, 121 tons. Firth, abreast the Anne aud Jane, Queen street Wharf, loading for Taranaki.—Henderson and Macfarlane, agents. St. Hilda, schooner, 63 lons, Joyce, from Russell, alongside the Queen-street Wharf, discharging.—S. J. Edmonds, agent. Osprey, schooner, 49 tons, Rogers, alongside the Queen-street Wharf, from the South Sea Islands. —Combes and Daldy, agents. Victoria, schooner, 56 tons, Kean, from Napier, alongside the Queen-street Wharf, discharging.—Combes and Daldy, agents. Zephyr, schooner, 53 tons, Lawrie, in the stream, for sale. C. .A. Harris, agent. Abeona, schooner, 40 tons, off the Queen-street Wharf, from Waipu. Kauri, schooner, 40 tons. Shearer, alongside the Queen-Straet Wharf, loading for Napier.—J. Salmon & Co., agents. Marion, hulk, 300 tons, on the hard, refitting.—Henderson Sc Macfarlane, agents. Sophia, schooner, 140 tons, in the stream. —XXenderson Sc Macfarlane, agents. Caieimf, vns?i, & ysifcv off the ?i? r -