Shipping Intelligence.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1493, 1 February 1861, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVED j January 29, cutterAAlertt t 12 tons, Shor, from J Wairau. Passengers — Messrs. Bush, Collins, Parker, McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Laurie. January 29, schoonerSSwiftt t 26 tons, Cook, from Porangahau. January 30, Bchooner Randolph, 25 tons, C. Estoll. Passengers—Messrs. B. and J. ltiley. Same day, schooner Shepherdess, 40 tons, Jenkins, from the East Coast. Same day, hrigantine Esther, 54 tons, James Campbell, from Pahau. Passengers-— Master Reid. SAILED. January 29, schooner Emerald, 3ft tons, Sedoole for Manawatu. January 30, H. M. s. s. Fawn, 17 guns, R. P. Catori for Bay of Islands. January 30, brigantine Sea Serpent, 60 tons, Blair, for Napier. January 30, schooner Jane Paeta, 25 tons, W. Scott, for To Kopi. IMPORTS. In the Esther, Bethuno & Hunter, Agents,' — 56 bales wool, Bethu:ie & Hunter; 32 bales wool, r > boxes candles, lsJ bullock hides, 1 gun, 1 box, apparel, O. JVioore.

In the Sicijll, Bethuno & Hunter, Agents, — 15 bales wool, Duncan and Vcnneli ; 9 do, do., BeL thune & Hunter ; 0 do., W. Flyger. I~<£ l lti the Alert, Jacob Joseph & Co, Agents,— o bales wool, J. Joseph & Co. ; 2 do., M. Brown. In the Randolph, Bethnne & Mtm-cr. Agents, — 31 bales wool, Bethune & Hunter: 1 bundle sheep skins, D bullock -hides, Levin & Co. I EXPORTS. 11l the Sen Serpent. Bethnnft & Hunter. Ajrente, — 25 cases bottled beer, 1 ca^e cigars 1 do., Chutney; II bags sugar,* 10 bags rice, 2 half chests tea, I drum oil, Bethune 8s Hunter; 10 cases geneva, 8000 feat timber, 4MO shingles, Stuart, Kinross, & 'Co. ; Captain A. Blair ; fi sacks sugar, Johnston & Co. ; 4 tons flour, Dransfleld. Stores fob New Zealand.— Under the presidency of Sir Richard Airey, Quartermaster-General an influential board of officers has been sitting for the purpose of considering the nature of stores to be sent to New Zealand, best adapted for equipping soldiers to enable them to cope with a bravo and wily enemy in the dense bush of-that country. When such men as the president; Mr. Power, of the Comruisßariat; Dr. Gibson, at the head of the Medical Staff; and Mr. Ramsay, of the Wavoffice; meet together, unfettered in their'delibe- , rations by instructions, or minutes, or estimates ; • and assisted by the experience of officers of Various ' " who have served in that country ; (among whom we may mention Lieutenant-Co-lonol Jenner, commanding the 2nd battalion 11 th Regiment), \ve may naturally expect a result wof thy- of such an opportunity;' nor, believing the reports, are we disappointed. It is stated that the men are to be formed in camps of reserve in the neighbourhood of hostilities ; and that strong detachments will be organise.! in a peculiar manner to clear the bush thoroughly of■,our.assailants. These men will lay aside tunic ! and shako, nnd mount a rough, blue thick flannel Jersey ; fatigue caps and buffs, leather gaiters and , boots to laee^ outside, will complete their fighting costume, while each man will carry a hatchet, a tomahawk, a strong jack-knife, a' tin put, his cloak rolled, a new oilskin haversack, witli provisions ready cooked inside, and a tin pot to boil his tea in the bivouac. The country through which the men have to force their way is thick bush, intersected with watercourses, and subject to heavy showers; such a country for " cock " as, excepting Albania, never was seen, only unluckily of birds that ilk there are none. The hatchet will chop down boughs and ferns in abundance, which with his cloak will make him a bed -which a prince might envy, as happily the scrub is wonderfully free of insects and other parasitical abominations. With his knife he will tripod a few skewers over the fire, and hang his pot thereon with stew, or soup, or tea: and the oilskin will keep his provisions free from wet and mould. What would nofc some of our newly fledged volunteers give to try a maiden campaign under such circumstances ; the more so as our fellows are to fight with a full stomach — an Englishman^ delight this has always been, as in future it will be his privilege. The ration is increased to 1 lb. of meat, 1| lb. biscuit, 1 gill of rum, coffee, tea, salt, pepper, vinegar, and mustard, the whole of" which are to be served out and free to the men so long as they are in presence of an enemy; •that is, so long as the country is under martial law; nor is any deduction whatever to be made for his fighting kit. Coolies will follow up with provisions and ammunition ; so that the men, un- , incumbered, will be ready to make descents on tlie enemy ; and civilised man will stoop to fight the savage in his own way, and conquor, God willing, in so doing. The commi'saioners have, on hearing the evidence of officers of the 08th, and other regiments, recommended that large supplies of rockets, hand-mortars, and shells, should be sent out with these stores. It is the custom of the natives of New Zealand t&fight, andthen to eat and sleep', reversing in fact the Britisb?^tiality we have mentioned. Nothing annoys them more than to have their sleep disturbed by a rocket or 5£ inch shell pitched every quarter of an hour among their pahs. It was on this principle that Van Ainburgh tamed his wild beasts, by stirring them up with a long pole whenever they attempted to sleep, until he had, by outraging Nature's laws, rendered the poor brutes so tame that he could introduce hia head iato .the lion's mouth with impunity. Such a master in the art we may safely follow. Nor have medical comforts been omitted in their catalogue of stores, as well as many hundreds of dozens of porter, ale, and soda water. Armstrong guns with Mercer's battery, supplied with abundance of ammunition, are, as we write, sailing down channel aura favente Justrii and Veterinary Surgeon Anderson | of the Royal Artillery, sailed on the 20th via Egypt and Sydney to Melbourne, there to purchase horses and forward them as rapidly a* possible to New Zealand, in order to be ready to mount the battery as it lands. — Army and Navy Gazette.