Shipping Intelligence.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1863, 2 May 1863, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVED.

April 29, Airedale, s.s., 286 tons, Kennedy, from Picton Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. May 1, Wonga Wonga, s.s., 104 tons, Cellem, from Wanganui. SAILED. April 30, Airedale, s.s., 28G tons, Kennedy, for Ly ttolton.

.PASSENGER LIST.

INWAKDS. Per Airedale, from Northern Ports : C saloon and 12' steerage for Southern Ports. Per Wonga Wonga, from Wanganui: Mess. Watt, Tuxford, Dr Allison, Webster, Howson, Singer, 6 soldioas, (deserters), and a guard of 7 men. outwabds. ' Per Airedale, for Lyttelton: Cabin: Mrs Killa and family. Steerage: Mr Player, 6 cabin, and 12 steerage from Auckland.^ EXPORTS. In tho Airedale, I.C.R.M. Co., agentß— 2 trasses leatheri Hirst; 1 horse, Standish; 8 qrs beef, 1 pkge bacon, Ling : 270 sheep, O'Halloran.

The s.s. "Wouga Wonga, Capt. Cellerri, left Wellington on Monday night lnst, at 10 o'clock ; arrived ftt Wanganui on Tuesday nftcrnoon, at 4 o'clock, having had northerlywinds on the passage. Left Wanganui yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, and arrived in this harbor last evening at twenty minutes past 9 o'clock, after a 12 hour's passage. Her cargo consists of butter, potatoes, and a small steam boiler. The Kidnappers ok Slave Pirates op the Pacific. — Some short time since, we furnished an account of the doings of the Slave Pirates of the Pacific, with the prompt measures taken by the French Authorities at Tahiti to cut them short in their atrocious career. The miscreants have it would appear, since shifted their cruising grounds, as may bo gathered from the following particulars with which we have been kindly furnished by Captain Eogera of the Auckland schooner Osprey. Six weeks before the schooner arrived at Mangier, a brig— name and j nation unknown— but supposed to be Spanish, touched there. The son of the king, with seven men, in a canoe, put off to the brig. He and flye of the seven went on board leaving tho remaining two in the canoe. They had not been long aboard before tho canoe was cut adrift, I and the brig filled and stood away with her uufortunato victims. This atrocious porfldy lias created an extraordi- ! nary excitement among these islanders, tho poor King, an. aged man, being inconsolable for the loss of his son Two vessels calling themselves Americans, subsequently called at Mangier, each desirous of obtaining two hundred men. The Natives, however, have become alarmed and refused to go on board, and they wore therefore obliged to depart empty handed. Those vessels were particularly anxious to learn whether there were any British men-of-war hi those latitudes. Tho islanders under these j atrocious circumstances, have transmitted a petition to Governor Sir George Grey, praying that protection and relief might bo afforded by the British, Government It is a novel featuro in the slave trade to have it thus brought home, as it were to our very doors. Wo trust that the Australian Squadron may speedily be strengthened by one or two more cruisers of Pioneer and j Eclipse class, bo that theso kidnappers may be taught the wholesome effects of " long rope, and a short shrift. — New Zealander, April 14. The ship Melbourno, Captain Whitehall, with a very J lai'ge cargo of tea and cotton from Shanghai for London, I is reported to have been totally lost near the Capo of Good Hope, on the 4th of November. All the crow, with the exception of three, were saved. Tho ship and cargo appear to be insured, and the loss is very heavy.— Daily Southern Cross.