EXPORTS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1507, 22 March 1861, Page 2

EXPORTS.

In the Creole, Owen Brothers, Agents, — 45,000 feet timber, 817 lbs. onions, I case apples, I box stationery, 1 chest drawers, 6 chairs, I washing stand, C. Lemon ; 6 hbds. porter, 25,000 feet sawn timber, I case saddlery, Stuart, Kinross, & Co. In the Mary Thomson, W. Bowler, Son, & Co., Agents, — I case cigars, 25 casks bottled ale, 10 casks bottled porter, 4 cases, I package, 60 bags sugar, Stuart, Kinross, & Co. : 2 hhds. rum, 1 bag ginger, 4 cases ginger wine, 20 boxes cantles, 1 oase plated ware, 1 do. drapery, 3 do. brandy, 1 do. biscuits, 10 bags sugar, 2 do. coffee, 1 case cigars, 40 cases bottled beer, 4 cases, Dransfleld ; 7 oases, 2 casks, 8 boilers, Phodes & Co.; 3 cases, 2 bags seed, 1 rifle, Turnbull & Co.; 15 pkgs. 2 bags sugar, 1 half chest tea, I pkg. drapery, 2 qr. casks, Johnston & Co. ; 4 trusses, 3 cases, T.W. Pilcher, 10 pkgs. drugs, Barraud ; ft bags flour, 2 do. sugar, 1 ha'f chest tea, Levin & Co.; 20 tons coals, 8 qr. casks vinegar, 1 case castor oil, 1 case salad oil, Dransfleld; 5 bags salt, 1 half chests tea, 5 bags sugar, 2 pkgs. drapery, 1 box soap, 1 bag pitch, 1 pkg. tobacco, 31 coils wire, Bowler, Son, Co.

The £ship Wild Duck, Captain Bishop, sailed yesterday afternoon, for London direct, with a light breeze from the north-west, and was Been by the Airedale outside the Heads, with all sail set, speeding on her way with a fair wind. In enumerating the cargo of this vessel an error has been made. Messrs. Bowler, Son, & Co. are stated to have exported 415 bales of wool, when it should have been 480 bales.

The s.s. Wonga Wonga, Captain Renner, sailed from Wellington at 0 p.m. on the 14th March, arrived at" Wanganui the following day, at noon; discharged" her inward cargo the same day, and shipped a cargo of cattle the following day. Sailed from Wanganui on the I6th instant, at I p.m., and arrived at Taranaki on the 17 th, at 9 a.m. Landed her cattle and sailed again for Wanganui and Wellington, on the IBth instant, at 6 p.m., experienced a fresh south-east gale in tho Straits, and arrived at Wanganui on Wednesday last, at 2 p.m., sailed again at 4 p.m., and amved here at noon of Thursday. The Travelveller's Bride sailed from Taranaki for Wanganui on Sunday last.

The Inter-Colonial Royal Mail Company's steamer Airedale, Captain Kennedy, arrived in this harbour yesterday afternoon, from Lyttelton and Otago. The Airedale sailed from Wellington on the I3th instant, at 8. p.m., arrived at Lyttelton on the I4th, at 5 p.m., sailed again on the ISth at 5 p.m., and arrived at Port Chalmers at 6 a.m. of the I7th. Experienced head winds with high sea from Lyttelton to. Otago. Left Port Chalmers on the ISth March, at 8 p.m., arrived at Lyttelton on the I9th at 7 p.m., sailed from thence on the 20th at 5 p.m., and made the passage to Wellington in 24 hours. The purser has courteously furnished us with files of Canterbury and Otago papers, extracts from which will be found in another column.

The John Bunyan, is fast filling up, and wool is arriving coastwise and from the stations, almost as quickly as it can be stowed. Tho John Bunyan wiU be unable to tako all the wool, a large quantity having yet to arrive from the coast. We understand that the Cashmere may be expected here in a few days, to load the remaining wool of the season.

More troops may be looked for shortly from India. The 64th, (second Staffordshire) which were under orders from Bombay prior to the 57 th, aro on their way down, and the 70th (Surrey) had received the route from Bengal, and were expected to sail from Calcutta not later than the Ist of the present month. The departure of the depot, with the women and children of tho 57th regt. from Poona was quite uncertain. — New Zealander, February 27.

We have have been informed that the following troops were ordered to embark at Gravesond on board tho African, which was to sail on the 3rd January last ; Lieuts. Russell and Tragett, 57th Foot. D.A.C.G. Innes, 24 men, 12 women, and 12 children Commissariat Staff; 2 men Armourers' Corps; 5 conductors of the Royal Artillery; 2 store clerks; I purveyor's clerk; 1 surgeon.— -IfiM.

By the latest accounts received in London from Bombay, tho 57th Foot present to embark for New Zealand consisted of 23 officers and 812 men. There had since arrived from England, per Clyde, 8 officers and 80 men, besides which there were on the passage to Bombay, per auxiliary screw Instamboul, which put into the Cape, under jury masts, on the 23rd October, 2 officers and 45 men. Those detachments of 5 officers and 125 men were under orders to come on to New Zealand ; so that tho ft7th will muster close upon 1000 bayonets when once concentrated in this colony. — Ibid.

The " Melbourne." — This fine vessel, with about 20 passengers, arrived at the Heads from Leith on Saturday, and came up to port yesterday morning. Hor departure was delayed by the severe weathor on the English Coast, but sho has made a splendid passage of 90 days from the Isle of Wight, which she left on tho 14th December. The passengers are reported all well, ancl the vessel is in an excellent condition, but we have received no further particulars of her voyage. — Colonist, March 18.

The Dutch ship Margarotha Roesner, Captain Eggars, put into this port on Sunday morning from Hawke's Bay, bound for Otago with sheep. She left Napier on Monday week, the Ilth instant. Having met with very severe weather, especially on Saturday, when a gale blew from the south-west, and the sheep beginning to die off, Captain Eggars was glad to find on Sunday a favourable breeze to enable him to make this port. There was pn board at starting about 1800 sheep, the property of Mr. Donald McLean and his brother, who havo a run at Hawke's Bay, and are shipping a portion of their stock to Otago. Of these, about two hundred in all have died, and the remainder have been landed here. The Margaretha Roesner, it it may be remembered, called at this port on her first coming out from England and landed here tlie famous horse Peer, imported by Mr. E. Moorhouse, and now the property of Mr. E. J. Wakefield. — Lyttelton Times, March 20.

Married.— On Wednesday, 20th March, 1861 at Wellington, by the Rev. W. Kirton, Mr. W. B. Williams, Grazier, Oahanga, East Coast, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Mr. John Groves, Licensed Victualler, Castle Point.