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Arrivals and Departures to and from Sydney during 1844
from and to New Zealand Ports
from the
Sydney Shipping Gazette
a weekly newspaper
1845
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Sydney Shipping Gazette
Volume 1, No. 1 1844 Saturday March 23, 1844
Exports for the Week
March - 20 - Sir Archibald Campbell, brig, Keppell, master, for Singapore, via
New Zealand; 10 casks brandy, 500 sheep and 150 bags flour, 80 boxes tea.
Vol. 1 No. 2 30 March 1844
Departures:
March 26 - For Singapore, via New Zealand, the brig Sir Archibald Campbell,
Captain Keppell, with sundries. Passengers - Mr J. Smithers, Mr D. Macfarlane,
and Mr W. Porter.
Boyd Town Shipping -
Departures - March 8 - Bolina, barque, Johnson, for New Zealand, with cattle and
horses. Mr Imlay passenger.
Imports for February
Feb. 6 - Star of China, schooner, 106 tons, Ward, master, from New Zealand;
25,000 slates, 12 hogsheads and 24 cases wine, 11 planks, 1 hogsheads gin, 1
hogsheads loaf sugar, 1 ton iron, 30 kegs and 70 tins whitelead, 1 bale thread,
2 casks loaf sugar, 28 boxes candles, 3 bales paper, 1 keg ink, 2 cases
molasses, 1 parcel stationary, 3 bales rugs.
Feb. 16 - Thomas Lord, schooner, 70 tons, Brown, master, from Auckland, via the
Bay of Islands; 2 bales pilot cloth, Campbell Hill, and Co.; 20 tons manganese
ore, 1 box gum, W.E. Macintosh; 2 bales wool, Campbell and Co.: 14 casks fat, 2
puncheons, 3 cases ironmongery, 18 pairs tortoise shell combs, 5 hogsheads and 7
quarter-casks Cape-wine, Order.
Exports for February
February 3 -Wanderer, schooner, 131 tons, Burns, master, for Port Nicholson; 25 tierees beef, 8 tierees pork, 80 bags flour, 16 bags maize, 2 tons hoop iron, 1
case slops, 2 chests tea, 8 casks sugar, 2 coils whale line, 4 boxes soap, 60
tons shooks, 4 cases wine, 3 casks bottled beer, 1 bag coffee, 2 kegs nails,2
grindstones, 1 can oil paint, 13 ash oars, 2 boxes Manila rope, 2 kegs tobacco,
6 boxes arrowroot, 4 boxes and 2 bales slops, ..45 barrels pork, 38 bags sugar,
2 casks fruit, 17 kegs tobacco, 21 hogsheads porter, 4 cases champagne, 20
brandy, 63 bags flour.
Feb. 3. Calypso, brig, Harrold, master, for New Zealand. 80 barrels pork, 200
sacks flour, 20 hogsheads porter...
Feb. 15 - Nimrod, brig Mulholland, master, for New Zealand; 15 hogsheads, 4
hogsheads rum, 12 kegs tobacco, 1 barrel glass, 18 spades, 1 cart, 1 package
saddlery, 1 parcel books, 1 case woolllens, 72 casks beef, 1 package flannel, 1
case lamp chamnies..
Feb. 21 - Tryphena, brig, Horn, master, for Auckland and Tahiti; 50 quarter
casks gunpowder, 2 boxes oilman's stores, 2 cases drugs, 1 bundle scythes, 2
ploughs, 1 jug oil, 11 crates earthen ware, 1 parcel books, 1 cask kettles, 127
iron pots, 1 case stationary, 33 lead bars, 10 cases lead shot, 5 casks
hardware, 8 barrels flour, 1 case paper, 9 trunks shoes, 1 cask glassware, 1 box
window glass, 5 cases soap, 7 bags rice, 1 case blacking, 1 case cheese, 5 cases
slops, 3 cases mustard, 7 cases nails, 1 case (lamp), 7 cases nails, 6 casks 1
case earthenware, 2 boxes sperm candles, 9 bundles spades, 20 cans boiled oil,
66 bags flour,2 rolls sheat lead.
Vessels Expected in Sydney from New Zealand
Scotia, schooner, 72 tons, Ward
Challenger, schooner, 83 tons, Hayes
Terror, schooner, 85 tons, Douglass
Lively, cutter, 37 tons, Pearce
Calypso, brig, 106 tons, Harrolds
Wanderer, schooner, 131 tons, Burns
Star of China, schooner, 190 tons, Ward
Isabella Anna, barque, 226 tons, Beard
Vixen, cutter, 46 tons, Winter
Amelia, brig, 200 tons, McDougall
Thomas Lord, schooner, 70 tons, Brown
Volume 1, Number 3 (6 April, 1844)
Newcastle Shipping
April 5 - The ship Urgent took on board 1034 sheep on Thursday, and will sail
for Nelson (NZ), tomorrow (Saturday morning); she has now 70 head of cattle, 5
horses and 1034 sheep, in good order.
Imports for March
March 2 - Vanguard, schooner, 61 tons, Pilfold, from NZ; 61 casks black oil and
58 bundles whalebone, M. Joseph; 4 kegs butter, Mrs Moore.
Exports for March
March 2 - Isabella Anna, barque, Beard, master, for Auckland; 120 logs, 100
boards cedar, 10 bales wool, 20 casks tallow, 16 bags horse hair, 4 casks
porter, 6 casks 4 cases furniture, 10 bundles whalebone, 95 bags flour, 2 cases
apparel, 1 saddle, 1 chaff cutter, 1120 sheep, 9 horses
March 9 Amelia, brig, McDougall, master for New Zealand
March 11 - Thomas Lord, schooner, Brown master, for the Bay of Islands and
Auckland.
Volume 1, Number 4 (13 April, 1844)
Ships in Harbour
Tobago, brig, 136 tons, Pockley, at Fotheringham's Wharf; J.B. Metcalfe, agent.
Loading for Auckland and the Bay of Islands
Expected Arrivals from New Zealand
Vanguard, schooner, Pelfols
Marion Watson, schooner, Saunders
Volume 1, Number 5 (20 April, 1844)
Departures
April 18 - For the Chathams Islands, the schooner, John Pirie, Captain Simpson,
with part of original cargo from Adelaide.
Volume 1, Number 6 (27 April, 1844)
Arrivals
April 23 - Lady Leigh, schooner, 118 tons, Captain Reid, from Port Nicholson the
17th and Poverty Bay the 25th March, with three tons flax and three tons sperm
oil. Passengers - Mr Burleigh, Mr Butler, and Mr Murray. Imports: 3 tuns sperm
oil, 2 casks tobacco, 5 bales and 2 tons flax, 3 casks sperm oil.
April 24th - Wanderer, schooner, 131 tons, Captain Brown from Port Nicholson the
27th March, Queen Charlotte's Sound the 7th April, with oil, &c.
Passengers
Asher Mr Bannatyne Mr Duvachelle Monsieur Fraser Mr Jones Mr Jones Mr E Joseph Mr Macfarlane Captain Miller Mr Pearce Mr Phillips Mrs Roberts Mr
Imports
April 25 - Wanderer, schooner 131 tons, Burns, master, from Port
Nicholson,: 14 casks sperm oil, 11 bales wool, 8 casks sperm oil, 10cwt
whalebone; 8 tons flax, J.B. Metcalfe.
The Wanderer has had a very tedious passage from Port Nicholson having
put into Queen Charlotte's Sound through stress of weather, where she was
detained several days.
The schooner Star of China was to leave Port Nicholson for Nelson and
Sydney on the 30th March.
The schooner Scotia was at Port Nicholson, bound south ward.
The Isabella Anna had arrived at Port Nelson and was going on to Auckland
to load for London.
The Lively, cutter, had left Port Nicholson for Sydney via Port Nelson.
The schooner Governor, had arrived at Port Nicholson from London.
At Akaroa the following vessels are lying:-
American whaler Gideon Howlan, 18 months out, with
2000 barrels black oil;
French whaler George, 17 months out, with 3500 barrels
black oil;
and the French man-of-war Le Rhin.
The schooner Sisters was at Port Nicholson when the Lady Leigh
left.
The Vanguard had arrived at Port Nicholson, and had left for Akaroa; but
was expected back again to take passengers for Sydney.
Volume 1, Number 7 (4 May, 1844)
The Shamrock, Captain Daldy, was about to sail for Uraine, after which
she would come on to Sydney via New Zealand.
Terror, 257 tons, Harper, hence 24th December, 1843, spoken off New
Zealand, 16th February, 1844, with 120 barrels sperm; B Boyd and Co., owners.
Vessels expected in Sydney from New Zealand
Soctia, schooner, 72 tons, Ward
Terror, schooner, 85 tons, Douglass
Lively, cutter 37 tons, Pearce
Vanguard, schooner, 61 tons, Pelfold
Waterlily, schooner, 155 tons, Hayle
Marian Watson, schooner, 144 tons, Saunders
Calypso, brig, 106 tons, Harold
Star of China, schooner,190 tons, Ward
Viren, cutter, 46 tons, Winter
Amelia, brig, 200 tons, McDougall
Thomas Lord, schooner, 70 tons, Brown
Shamrock, schooner, 85 tons, Daldy
Hardy's Shipping List Dec. 23
Vessels laid on for New Zealand
Sydney, 343 tons, Potter; January 6
Bella Marina, 563 tons, Ashbridge, January 10
Volume 1, Number 8 (11 May, 1844)
Ships in Sydney Harbour
Lady Leigh, schooner, 118 tons, Reid, at the Queen's Wharf; JB Metclfe,
agent Loading for Port Nicholson.
Mary Nixon, barque, 391 tons, McDonnell, at Campbell's Wharf. Discharging
and advertised for the Bay of Islands, and Valparaiso.
Star of China, schooner, 112 tons, Ward, at Fotheringham's Wharf. Giblett,
owner. Loading for Nelson and Port Nicholson.
Strathisla, barque, 387 tons, Simpson, east side of the Cove. V and E
Solomon, agents. Loading for Auckland.
Arrivals at Sydney
May 5 - Tryheena, brig, 136 tons, Captain Horn, from Auckland, 14th
April, with manganese, &c. Passengers
Bradbury Mr
Joseph Mr
Kenn Mr A.W.
Wright Mrs and two children
May 7 - Waterlily, schooner, 155 tons, Hayle, master, from Auckland, 19th
April, with sundries. Passengers -
Lockhart Captain and Dr Grammie of the 80th Regiment, 30 rank and file of 80th
Regiment, 5 women, and 12 children.
May 7 - Thomas Lord, schooner, 72 tons, Captain Brown, from Auckland, the
12th, and the Bay of Islands, the 34th, with oil, &c.
Passengers - Bulger Captain Bulger Mrs, two daughters and son Clendon Miss Haywood Mr J Jones Mr and Mrs Sims Mr Thompson Mrs
May 7 - Shamrock, schooner, 85 tons, Captain Daldy, from Riatea 6th March, Auckland the 12th, and the Bay of Islands the 34th April with sundries.
Passengers - Quaife Rev. Mr (Independent Minister) Quaife Mrs and two children and nine in steerage
May 8 - Star of China - schooner, 112 tons, Captain Ward, from Nelson 11th April, and Taranaki 26th April, with sundries.
Passengers - Benlen Mr Brooking Mr and Mrs and two children Brown Mr G Dixon Mr and Mrs and three children Giblett Mr Hall Mr and Mrs and three children Hind Mr Marshall Mr E Paul Mr and Mrs and two children Robb Mr and Mrs and two children
May 9 - Marian Watson, schooner, 146 tons Captain Saunders, from Auckland, 19th April, with sundries
Passengers - Bumbury Major Wellman Lieutenant, 80th Regiment Shephard Mr thrifty-two rank and file of the 80th Regiment, five women and ten children.
Arrivals - in Auckland, New Zealand
March 14 - Calypso, brig, Harrold, from Sydney, via Russell
18 - Tryphena, brig, Horn, from Sydney
21 - Comet, brigantine, Cork, from Twofold Bay, with 62 heifers and
calves
Bolina, barque, Johnson, from Twofold Bay, with cattle and horses
Thomas Lord, schooner, Brown, from Sydney via Russell
April 3 Isabella Anna, barque, Beard, from Sydney via Nelson
Shamrock, schooner, Daldy, from Tahiti 8th March;
Passenger, Mr Jeffray
Departures from Auckland
Feb. 26 - Nereus, Fedarbe, for London, with 1200 barrels sperm
Sisters, Clarke, for Wellington
March 27 - Calypso, brig, Harrold, for Wellington
April 1, Comet, schooner, Cork, for Hobart Town via Twofold Bay, in
ballast. Passengers -
Cork Mrs Gimble Mr Harris Mr Williamson Mr the convict Ellis and two constables
April 12 - Thomas Lord, schooner, Brown,
Shamrock, schooner, Daldy, for Sydney via Russell [
passenger on board the latter Mr Jeffray.]
The schooner Lady St Kilda, hence via NZ, arrived in Tahiti in
December last, where she was refreshed.
The cutter Lively was going into Taranaki as the Star of China
left. The Theresa, Bacon, was at Nelson. The Deborah had gone with
a surveying party to the southward, to form a new settlement.
The Strathisla, Captain Simpson, has taken to convey a cargo of cattle to
NZ, after which she will proceed to the South Sea Islands on a sandal wood
expedition.
May 18 1844
Arrivals
May 12 - Sir Archibald Campbell, brig, 205 tons, Captain Bawtree, from
Port Nicholson 28th April, with sundaries. Passengers - Captain Richmond and
servant, Mrs Souter, and Mr Smithers.
Departures
May 16 - Lady Leigh, schooner, Captain Reid, for Port Nicholson, with
sundaries. Passengers - Messrs. R. Murray, A. Asher Johns, T. Frazer, Bryant,
Chambers, E. and G. Johns and Mrs Turton and child.
English Shipping
The Sydney left Gravesend for New Zealand on the 22nd January, and the
Bella Maria cleared outwards for the same destination on the 23rd.
Arrivals at Sydney During the Months of January, February and March 1844
JANUARY
17. Wanderer, schooner, 49 tons, 1st January; 5 passengers.
18. Falcon, schooner, 49 tons, Finley, from Port Nicholson, 1st January;
1 passenger.
23. Tryphena, brig, 131 tons. Horn, from the Bay of Islands and Barrier,
7th and 11th January; 4 passengers.
27. Bee, brig, 134 tons, Le Grand, from Port Nicholson and Twofold Bay,
1st and 20th January; 6 passengers.
28. City of Sydney, brig, 106 tons, Munro, from Auckland and Bay of
Islands, 11th and 18th January; 4 passengers.
31. Isabella Ann, 226 tons, Beard, from Auckland and the Bay of Islands,
17th and 20th January; 6 passengers.
FEBRUARY
5. Ariel, schooner, 72 tons, Browning, from Port Nicholson and Bay
of Islands 24th December and 18th January; 8 passengers.
8. Star of China, schooner, 100 tons, Ward, from Nelson and
Taranaki, 20th and 27th January; 1 passenger.
8. William Stoveld, brig 187 tons, Davidson from Port Nelson, 25th
January; 15 passengers.
15. Thomas Lord, schooner, 78 tons, Brown, from Auckland and Bay of
Islands, 29th January and 3rd February; 12 passengers.
MARCH
2. Vanguard, schooner, 61 tons, Pelford, from Manakow, 10th and 18th
February; 4 passengers.
3. Amelia, brig, 200 tons, McDougall, from Auckland via the Bay of
Islands, 15th and 22nd February; 9 passengers.
12. North Star, H.M.S. 26 guns, Sir E. Home, from Port Nicholson, from
Port Nicholson, 26th February.
Departures During the Months of January, February and March 1844 from Sydney
JANUARY
13. Lively, cutter, 37 tons, Pearce, for Port Nicholson; 4 passengers;
Fearnley, agent.
FEBRUARY
4. Calypso, brig, 106 tons, Harrold, for New Zealand; 2
passengers; H. Fisher, agent.
4. Wanderer, schooner, 131 tons, Burns, for Port Nicholson; 3
passengers; A.B. Smith and Co., agents.
28. Vixen, cutter, 40 tons, Winter, for Auckland; 4 passengers; C.
Abercrombie, agent.
MARCH
3. Star of China, schooner, 190 tons, Ward, for Nelson and Port
Nicholson; 2 passengers;. Giblett, agent.
4. Isabella Anna, barque, 226 tons, Beard, for Auckland; 7
passengers; Johnson, agent.
11. Amelia, brig, 200 tons, McDougall, for New Zealand; 1 passenger; J.B.
Metcalfe, agent.
12. Thomas Lord, schooner, 70 tons, Brown, for the Bay of Islands and
Auckland; 4 passengers; Campbell and CO., agents.
26. Sir Archibald Campbell, barque, 205 tons, Keppell, for Singapore via
New Zealand; 3 passengers. Hayes, agent.
Colonial Whalers at Sea
(with their last reports)
Clarence, 120 tons, Carrol, hence 25th February; left Bay of Islands
24th, clean; Cole, owner.
Volume 1, Number 11 (1 June, 1844)
Arrivals
May 25 - Terror, schooner, 110 tons, Captain Douglas, from
Auckland the 10th May, with manganese, &c. Passengers - Messrs. Riley and
Devlin.
Departures
May 27 - Mary Nixon, barque, Captain McDonell, for the Bay of
Islands and Valparaiso, with sundries. Passengers -
Boyd Mr and Mrs
Donovan Mrs and one child
Dwyer Mr and Mrs and three children
Strange Mr and Mrs E and three children
May 27 - Mary Nixon, barque, Captain McDonell, for the Bay of Islands and
Valparaiso, with sundries.
Passengers -
Adams Mr S Boyd Mr and Mrs Brown Mr M Butler Mr Day Mr S.C. Donovan Mrs and one child Donovan Miss Dwyer Mr and Mrs and three children Hine Mr T.B. Lacourt Mr Lofroy Mr McCarthy Mr J McKellar Mr Nichol Mr Seaman Mr C South Mr F Strange Mr and Mrs E and three children
May 31 - Star of China, schooner, Captain Tinley, for Port Nicholson, with sundries.
Passengers - Bidwell Mr J.G. Browne Mr J Christian Mr J Mullens Mr M and R Perry Mr C
May 29 Exports for Port Nicholson Star of China
17 boxes candles, 12 boxes currants, 2 cases cheese, 2 bales blankets, 3 cases
drapery,
1 bundle cloth, 2 trunk shoes, J Christian;
2 bales canvas, 1 box books G. Thorne;
2 cases thread, 1 case parchment, R. Ford;
3 casks tobacco, E.H. Pollard;
4 kegs brandy, 1 case matches, J.O. Glenham;
30 kegs tobacco, 25 kegs butter, 3 cases lucifers, 89 bags shot, 1 bale and 1
case slops, 2 cases shoes,
5 tierces beef, 13 hogsheads porter, 5 bolts canvas, l bale blankets, 3 cases
wine, 1 box soap,
3 cases drugs, 1 bag linseed, 2 bales canvas, 1 case ironmongery, 199 boxes
soap, 277 cheeses,
19 kegs and 10 casks nails, 192 iron pots, 4 cases glass, 10 bundles spades, 1
keg percussion caps,
1 cask and 1 bundle ironmongery, 20 boxes soap, 10 kegs nails, 326 bags flour,
C. Perry;
1 case saddlery, 2 drays, 2 carts and harness, 23 bags barley, 2 bales blankets,
107 bar and two bundles iron spades, 1 bale haberdashery, 2 packages drugs,
1 package hosiery, 1 box of tin plates, 1 crate earthenware, 1 jar rennet,
58 bars thread, 1 cart, 4 bales hops, 80 sheep, J Giblett;
8 cases haberdashery, 1 bag ginger, 1 bag saltpetre, 20 boxes soap, Rowand,
Macnab, and Co.,
3 cases Buyers and Lockhead;
16 half-chests tea, 1 barrel tongues, J. Tinley;
The 'Terror" - The schooner Terror arrived on Saturday evening,
from Auckland, having completed the passage up in fifteen days, during which she
met with a succession of gales of wind, in which she carried away the head of
her foremast, and was thus incapacitated from carrying the whole of her sail.
The Terror was built at Coromandel Harbour, and is made throughout with the
produce of New Zealand, independent of her rigging. Her sailing qualities are
said to be superior, and the cargo now on board of her proves that she is
capable of carrying equal to her measurement, viz.- 80 tons manganese, 18 tons
dyewood, and 25 cwt flax. Her dimensions are -
length over all, 80 feet;
breadth of beam, 15 feet;
and depth of hold, 10 feet;
On the 10th May, the Terror left a place called Cappo, about
twenty miles from Auckland, where the barque Isabella Anna,
Captain Beard, had been on shore, but was got off again with no damage; she was
loading with timber for Hobart Town when Captain Douglas left there. On the
Terror's return from Newcastle she will be coppered, on the Patent Slip.
The Oratava is expected to sail for New Zealand this afternoon
with 40 head of cattle and 200 sheep on board.
Arrived at Hobart Town the ship Bella Marina, Asbridge, master
from Plymouth 5th February, with a general cargo. Passengers for this place [7
named]
Passengers for Wellington -- Bateman Mr Chetham Mr Corser Mr Gledhall Mr Richards Mr Robertson Mr Rowlands Mr and brother Wakefield Mr and Mrs, two children and servant
The Strathisla has now all her cattle and sheep on board for Auckland; they have been taken in at the Queen's Wharf. The tame cows were all slung in canvas slings whilst the others were hoisted in by a strap round the neck and one of the fore legs, which prevented strangulation. By this method not one received the least injury, thus proving it far preferable to the barbarous system of slinging them by the horns. The only purchase was a luff tackle suspended from a pendant made fast to the main-topmast head, with an out-haul tackle on the main-yard; the fall being taken through a lead on board, and made fast to a dray on the wharf, which ran the cattle up, with a single horse. The time occupied in hoisting in and lowering each beast did not average more than half a minute.
Volume 1, Number 12 (8 June, 1844)
Arrivals Sydney June 5 - Calypso, brig, 105 tons, Captain Harrold
Beit Mr Betts Mr Bowen Mrs and son Chapman Mr Johnson Mr Moulder Mr and Mrs, son and daughter Nock Mr and Mrs, two sons and two daughters Ogilvie Mr Reitz Mr
June 6 - Governor, schooner, 147 tons, Captain Williamson, from
Port Nicholson, the 23rd May, in ballast. Passenger - Mr Boulcott.
Departures Sydney -
June 2 - Oratava, schooner. Captain Hay for Port Nicholson and the South Sea
Islands, with sundries, 40 head cattle, 100 sheep, 4 quarter-casks brandy, Boyd
and Co.; 1 puncheon geneva, Henry Hay. Passengers - Mr. G.S. Johnstone.
June 3- Strathisla, barque, Captain Simpson, for Auckland. with
cattle, sheep, *c. Passengers - Messrs Mars, Lassiter, Mullins, Smith, Hill and Elsington.
June 7 - Thomas Lord, schooner, Captain Brown, for Auckland, and the Bay of
islands, with sundaries.
Passengers - Carfade Mr and Mrs J and two children Daldy Captain O'Brien Mr L.M. Fligg Mr H. Hayward Mr John Simes Mr T
June 8 - Tryphena, brig, Captain Hindmarsh (Horn), for Auckland, with sundaries; 2 bales woollens, 2 boxes cottons, 10 hogsheads brandy, 1 puncheon whisky, 6 tierces tobacco, 80 half-cases Geneva, 2 puncheons and 2 hogsheads rum, 23 casks beer, 144 bags sugar, 3 bales slops, 1 cask salt, 2 cases shirts, 90 boxes and 60 half boxes soap, 2 tons rice, 1 medicine chest, 90 cans linseed oil, 1 hogshead refined sugar, 30 bags sugar, 2 bales blankets, 4 cases port wine, 7 chest 7 half-chests and 3 boxes tea, 3 crates earthen ware, 8 bundles spades, 5 bales oakum, J. Graham and Co.,: 2 cases haberdashery, 1 bale calico, Ray and Glaister; 2 puncheons rum, W.T. Boyce; 1 bale slops, R. Mears, 1 bale calico, J.N. Smith; 1 horse, 1 case slops, 38 bags flour, M. Joseph...
Passengers - Buchanan Mr Hart Mr William Harvey Mr and Mrs Jones Mr W. Murray Mr J
The Urgent, from Newcastle, with 76 head of cattle, 5 horses,
and 1200 sheep, arrived at Port Nelson the beginning of May, having had a long
passage, in which 600 of the sheep died; The schooner I-don't know, left Nelson
for Port Nicholson in company with the Calypso, having on board the Roman
Catholic Bishop and suite. The whaling barque Juno had been at Port Cooper,
where she obtained one right whale. The brig Dawson, Carder, hence
3rd May. arrived in Nelson after a passage of 11 days. Only six sheep died on
the passage out of 1100. She was to sail again for Launceston on the 16th ult.
The Urgent, chartered by Mr Beit, arrived yesterday, with cattle
and sheep, from Sydney and Newcastle, after a run of thirteen days. Severe
weather was encountered. Loss of 600 sheep and 22 cattle. The number on board
was 1000 of the former and 76 of the latter. - Nelson Examiner, May 20.
The schooner Scotia left Port Nicholson for Otago on the 20th May,
having Mr J. Jones on board as passenger.
Colonial Whalers at Sea: Mary, 368 tons, McDonald, hence, 4th
October 1841; at the Bay of Island 24th April, 1844 with 1150 barrels sperm.
Hughes and Hoskings, owners.
Volume 1, Number 13 (15 June, 1844)
Departures Port of Sydney - June 8 - Magnet, barque, Captain
Lewis, for NZ, with sundries. passenger - Mr J.J. Curtis and Mr Sea.
Volume 1, Number 15 (29 June, 1844)
Departures
June 28 - Bee, brig, Captain Purcell, for NZ and the South Seas,
with sundries.
Volume 1, Number 16 (6 July, 1844)
Arrival- July 2- Vanguard, schooner, 61 tons, Captain Pilfold,
from Port Nicholson 6th, and New Plymouth 16th June, with sundries. Passengers:
-
Atkinson J.W. Bell T Dixon Mr Donald W Greenwood J.D. Hardiman T Hay W Henlings H Marshall Mr Miller J Mills T Nathan Mr and Mrs Niblett C
Departures
July 4 - Hazard, H.M.S., 18 guns, Captain Bell, for Auckland.
Volume 1, Number 17 (13 July, 1844)
Departures
July 6 - Harlequin, schooner, Capt. Cooney, for the Bay of Islands
and Tahiti, with sundries. Passengers - Mr Williams and Mr W. Ainsworth
July 11 - Vanguard, schooner, Captain Pilfold for Akaroa, NZ, with
sundries; 52 tons flour, 498 mutton hams, 2 casks oranges, W. Donald. Passengers
-
Cooper Mrs and Miss Dickson Josiah Donald Mr W. Myles Thomas
Arrivals Launceston
June 21. Sir John Franklin, schooner, 52 tons, Campbell, from
Nelson, NZ. Campbell, agent. 15 cwt flax, 7 cwt. tons copper, C. Campbell.
Passengers -
Bray Mrs McHugh Mrs Campbell J.H.
Volume 1, Number 18 (20 July, 1844)
Departures:
July 15 - Eleanor, brig, Captain Macfarlane, for Port Nicholson,
via Newcastle, with sheep &c. Cargo from Sydney - 14 hogsheads porter, 324 bags
sugar, 280 bags flour, 17 cases wine, 4 cases slops, 107 cheeses, 1 scale, 1
beam, 1 set weights, 2 bags rivets, 9 kegs tobacco, 15 cases gin, 30 tons asks,
10 tons shooks, M. Joseph; 1 cask oranges, 1 case lucifers, 1 case pipes, J.
Johnson... Cargo to be shipped at Newcastle - 700 sheep, 40 bullocks, 1 horse, 1
ton flour, M. Joseph. Passengers -
Bannatyne Mr W Brown Mr W. Davis Mr M Devonuchelle Monsieur Greenwood Mr J.D. (R.D. Greenwood) Johnson Mr John Jones Captain Joseph Mr Israel Lee Mr A.F.
July 9 - Diana, brig, captain Curphey, for the South Sea
islands via NZ, with supplies. Passengers -
Darce Mr R
Peppercorn Mr
July 20 - Guide, brig, Captain Addams, for NZ. 1 case slops, 2
bags cheese, R. Taylor; 10 packages oranges, 2 whaleboats, 70 mats rice, 10
boxes candles, 67 boxes soap, 1 case matches, 1 case salt, 6 boxes pipes, 1 case
ironmongery, 8 boxes window glass, 2 casks saltpetre, 4 hogsheads coal tar, 2
barrels rosin, 6 tins paint, 1 bale leather, tea, 350 bushels maize, J. Beit....
Passengers - Beit Mr John More Mr Issac Peacock Mr J.J. Peacock Mr J.S.
Volume 1, Number 19 (24 July, 1844)
Arrived Port of Sydney - July 27 - Star of China, schooner, 100
tons, Captain Tinlay, from Wellington the 6th and Nelson the 14 July, with 19
casks oil, G. Thorne, 15 casks oil Giblet; 1 case apparel James Taylor; 2 bales
saddlery, Swain and Co., 5 casks oil, 41 pieces timber, J.O. Glanham, &c.
Passengers:
Bidwell Mr Box Mr Bryant Mr Christian Mr Goldsack Mr and Mrs and child Goodard Mr and Mrs and three children Hopkins Mr Howell Mr and Mrs Hunt Mr Kelly Mr and Mrs Lawson Mr and Mrs Nelson Mr and Mrs Pelford Mr and Mrs and four children Post Mr and Mr and child Sheip Mr and Mrs and three children Trabo Mr Wallace Mr
Departures -
July 21 - Terror, schooner, Captain Menzies, for Auckland, with
sundries.
Passengers -
Abererombie Mr R McLean Mr Donald Martin Mr Andrew Mitchell Mr W. Parker Mr, Mrs and Master
Volume 1, Number 20 (3 August, 1844) Page 137-140
Ships in Harbor
Sydney, ship, 345 tons, White, at the Commissariat Wharf. Taking
in stores for New Zealand.
Arrivals
2 - Sydney, ship, 345 tons, White, from Auckland on the 16th, and
the Bay of Islands the 19th July, in ballast. The Sydney arrived
yesterday having been dispatched by the governor of New Zealand for troops, a
symptom of rebellion having manifested itself among the natives. It appears that
on the 7th ultiomo a native chief named John Hackey, of Waimatte, made his
appearance on the beach of Korrorarika with fifty or sixty of his tribe, and
having committed different outrages on the settlers, at length cut down the flag
staff, and then left for the interior. News being forward ed to the seat of
government, Captain Fitzroy instantly dispatched the Sydney with thirty soldiers
to the Bay, with orders for further assistance, fearful that being a chief of
great influence, Hackey would cause a general insurrection when measures were
adopted to bring him to justice. H.M.S. Hazard, hence the 4th
July, arrived at Auckland on the 15th, and it was expected that she would leave
again for the Bay instanter. The Sydney hauled alongside the Commissarist Wharf
yesterday to take in stores for the supply of about one hundred and fifty men of
the 58th regiment; and it is generally reported that she will leave again on
Monday next. [spelling sic]
Page 141-144
Letter to Governor Fitzroy from C. Hector, Russell regarding cutting of
flagstaff.
Passengers Brooks Mr Creighton Mr Johnston Mr Stephenson Mrs Wright Mr John
The brig Tryphena cleared out at Auckland for Sydney on the
15th July.
The schooner Thomas Lord and the cutter Ranger left the Bay of Islands for
Sydney on the 17th instant.
English Shipping
The Victoria, Sinclair, from New Zealand 13th December, arrived at
Portsmouth 12th of April.
page 142
The Strathisla and the Thomas Lord, from Sydney,
arrived at Auckland via Russell; at the latter port the Mary Nixon,
since sailed for Valparaiso, also cast anchor. The ship Sydney, from London via
Port Nicholson, was for charter. The cutter Ranger, after an un-precedented
passage from Sydney for thirty-six days, quitted her passage for Russell, with
fair winds and was a fortnight on her passage, which port successive vessels
made in twenty-four hours. She was given up for lost, and the Governor employed
a schooner to ascertain her whereabouts. The Caernarvon whaler was
refitted at Russell.
The barque Mary Nixon arrived at Taranaki on the 7th of June,
after a passage of ten days from Sydney.
Auckland Times, July 9th
The Bangalore which brought Captain Fitzory and took away
lieutenant Shortland, no bad exchange by the bye, has been seized and sold at
Valparaiso, to satisfy some claims of Mr Barstow. We give the report as we have
it, but we must add out doubts about the accuracy of the matter, for we do not
know by what means the news could have arrived.
Port Nicholson - Under the head "Nelson," we have announced the arrival of the
William Stoveld from Sydney, on her way to London. This vessel it
is stated will call her and afford another opportunity of direct communication
with home. The Gannett, which was loading at Newcastle for London,
and which was to have called here, is stated to have passed through the Straits,
homeward bound, about the time the Tyne called in. Port Nicholson
Paper.
Volume 1, Number 21 (10 August, 1844)
Page 145-148
Arrivals
August 6 - Thomas Lord, Captain Brown, schooner, 70 tons, Captain
Brown, from Auckland the 6th and Bay of Islands the 18th July, with sperm oil
tuns sperm oil, Donaldson, Dawes, and Co., 4 casks old copper, J. Brown; 2 tons
and three-quarters sperm oil; 110 ash oars, Order.
Passengers - Bromley Mr and Mrs, son and daughter Clendon Mrs Day Mrs and daughter Edwards Mr W and J. Harvey Captain Harvey Mrs, son and daughter
Departures -
August 5 - Sydney, ship, Captain White, for Bay of Islands, in
ballast.
Passengers - Jackson Lieutenant-Colonel Leigh Lieutenant Montgomery Lieutenant Reeves Major Wright Ensign and 200 rank and file of the 99th Regiment.
Boyd Town Shipping
Departures - July 23 -Comet, schooner, Cook, for New Zealand, with
cattle.
The Sisters from New Zealand was going up the Derwent.
The Thomas Lord left the Bay of Islands the day before the Sydney,
and the following night fell in with a gale of wind. She reports the
Ranger having left the same day for Sydney. The barque Stathisla,
hence, arrived at Auckland, after a quick passage, which few either of the
cattle or sheep died. she left there again, for the South Sea islands, on the
4th June. The cutter Rover's Bride, left Auckland, on the 12th
June, for the Island of Anatam, with provisions, &c. for the supply of the brig
Brigand, and the settlement formed on that island. The brig
Partenia, called at Anatam, in March, with 30 tons sandal wood on board. The
chief mate, (Mr William Brown), formerly of the Magnet, died at
New Caledonia, on the 6th March, and was buried on shore.
Volume 1, Number 22 (17 August, 1844)
Page 149-152
Ships in Harbour
Coolangatta, schooner, 89 tons, Napper, at Dalgarno's Wharf.
Giblett, agent. Loading for Auckland and Bay of Islands.
Departures
August 16 - Ariel, schooner, Captain Preston, for Wellington, with
sundries. Passenger - Mr Hopkins.
Rrived Hobart Town
Arrivals - Joseph Albino, schooner, 124 tons,
Finnis,
master, from New Zealand; sailed 25th July, cargo, general.
Cabin Passengers- Baleman Mr Coghill Mr McCartney Miss Rich Mr and Mrs and family Steerage - Anderson Private Badden Mr Barr Mr Clare Mr. I and son Eixerman Mr P. Huter Mr I and wife Kempel Mr E., wife and two children Kerber Mr H Lauge Mr Courade, wife and five children McIrvine Mr Mayer Mr Davis Moore Mr H., wife and child Quinton Mr and wife and two children Radell Mr F. Sixters Messrs Frederick and Charles Spinehale Mr J.F., wife and child
The Piscator, from Cloudy Bay, New Zealand, arrived at
Newcastle on Monday night after a passage of eight days.
The schooner Shamock has been purchased by Messrs Campbell and
Co., who intend running her in the New Zealand trade, Captain Brown, late of the
Thomas Lord having been appointed to run her.
The Whaling Stations at New Zealand
In June, at Banks Peninsula Price's station had taken 105 tuns, and Jones's 100
tuns; at Waiawite, Jones's party 40 tuns and at Tarree, 60 tuns; at Kapiti,
Jallett's 60 tuns; at Cloudy Bay, Dorresty having taken 40 tuns, Thom 40 tuns,
and Whelan 40 tuns.
Volume 1, Number 23 (24 August, 1844)
Page 157-160
Arrival -Sydney
August 19 - Tryhena, brig, 131 tons. Captain Hindmarsh, from
Auckland the 18th July, with manganese, &c.
Passengers - Burns Mr Thomas Chambers Mr Elkinston Mr Hallahaw Mr Malpas Mr Marrs Mr Robison Mr Charles Wood Mr
Departure - Sydney
August 22- I Don't Know, schooner, Captain Phelps, for the Bay of
Islands, with sundries.
Passengers - Bown Mr W. Munro Mr D.G. Shepherd Mr J. Smith Mr H.G. Thompson Mr. W.
August 22 - Maitland, steamer 103 tons, Captain Parsons, from Port Macquarie, with sundries.
Passengers - Cohen Mr H. Cohen Mr A. McLean Mr and Mrs M. McLeod Mr and Mrs Norman McLeod Mr H. Paterson Mrs Strange Mr Stokes Mr
Imports -
August 20 - Tryhena, brig, 131 tons. Captain Hindmarsh, from the
Barrier, New Zealand.: 1 case cloves, 4 cases cassia, 2 cases rhubarb; A. and S.
Lyons; 1 box clothing, Mrs Wright; 1 trunk clothing Melville and Lambert; 100
tons manganese, 50 tons dye wood, Charles Abercrombie.
Newcastle - Arrived, August 12: From Cloudy Bay, NZ, the 4th instant, the schooner, Piscator, 111 tons, Captain Innen, with 23 tons black oil, 2 tuns sperm oil.
Passengers - Clifford Mr Joseph Hudson Mr William Reynolds Mr Thomas Captain Co.
Volume 1, Number 26 (14 September, 1844)
Page 173-176
Sydney Arrivals
Sept. 12 -Vanguard- schooner, 61 tons, Captain Pilford, from Port
Nicholson the 22nd August, with black oil. Passengers - Mr Lin and Mr W. Bond.
Sept. 14 - Terror, schooner, 95 tons, CaptainW. Dunning, from the
Barrier, NZ, the 2nd instant, with copper ore, manganese &c.
Passengers - Abererombie Mr R. Evans Mr W. Sparkes Mcpherson Mr R.C. Sparkes Mr Standinger Mr
September 14- Sydney, ship, Captain White, from the Bay of Islands the 4th instant, with stores &c. -
Passengers - Jackson Lieutenant-Colonel Leigh Lieutenant Montgomery Lieutenant Reeves Major Silver Assistant-Surgeon Waldron Mr Commissariat department Wright Ensign 9 sergeants 3 buglars and 154 rank and file of the 99th Regiment.
The Joseph Cripps, from Launceston, arrived in Nelson on the
19th August.
The Oratava had gone on to Akaroa to take in oil for Sydney.
H.M.S. Hazard had touched Port Nicholson, with Captain Fitzroy and
his Private Secretary o board; having landed the latter, she sailed for Auckland
and the Bay of islands. The brig Guide had gone on to Queen
Charlotte's Sound. The Nelson from London, arrived at Port
Nicholson on the 18th ultimo. The Bella Marina was taking oil, &c.
for London. The schooner Deborah was about to leave for Nelson for
New Edinburgh. The barque Raymond, from London, arrived at
Taranaki on the 29th August, after a passage of 115 days. The brig Diana
left Auckland on the 2oth August, for Mercury Bay and Tahiti. The
Sydney had arrived at the Bay, but had not landed any troops, matters
having been amicably arranged with the natives. The barque Bolina
was loading at Auckland for England, Captain Daldy, late of the Shamrock, having
taken command of her. Captain Fitzroy had declared the Bay of Islands to be a
free port from the 1st of the present month.
The brig Amelia, Captain MacDougall, from Sydney, via New Zealand,
was totally lost in the Straits of Bernardio on the 30th April; all hands had
arrived safely at Manila in the long boat.
With much regret we announce the death of Captain Bell, of H.M.S. Hazard.
On account of indisposition he was advised to remain in Auckland. With a view of
improving his health, Captain Bell availed himself of the opportunity of going
to the Bay of Islands by the Government brig. On Thursday evening went on deck,
accompanied by the steward, when the latter, in consequence of blowing out of
the light, was obliged to return for another. During the interval that elapsed
captain bell fell overboard; the watch gave the alarm, but no effective efforts
appear to have been made to save the life of the unfortunate officer, although
he repeatedly called for assistance, and endeavoured to save himself by
swimming. After a lapse of ten minutes, a boat was lowered, and he was taken
aboard alive, but insensible, and much exhausted; and no proper attempts appear
to have been made to restore animation, until it was too late. Captain Richards,
the commander of the brig, was unhappily ashore when the accident occurred.
Captain Bell was a brother of Colonel Bell, the late member for Northumberland.
He was a well-informed, kind-hearted and generous officer, much beloved by all
who knew him. His remains were interred with due solemnity in the Church-yard of
Russell. He left a widow but no children - Southern Cross, August 17.
Volume 1, Number 28 (28 September, 1844)
Page 181-184
Clearances - Sydney
Sept. 17 - Tryhena, brig, Hindmarsh, for Auckland, with sundries.
Passengers - Bricknell Mr Heydn Mr J.L. Owen Mr G.
Sept. 20 - Wanderer, 131 tons, schooner, Captain Burns, for Port Nicholson, via Newcastle with cattle, loading at Morley and Steele's Wharf &c.
Passengers - Mason Mr Thomas Phillips Mrs Wallace Mr Robert
Volume 1, Number 28 (28 September, 1844)
Page 181-184
Arrivals - Sydney
Sept. 22- Star of China, schooner, 112 tons, Captain Tinley, from
Port Nicholson, the 1st and Port Nelson the 7th Sept. with oil, wool, flax, &c.
Passengers - Bell Mr Franklin Mr and Mrs Mansell Mr Marshall Mrs and two children Webster Mr and Mrs Williams Mr and Mrs
Departures -from Sydney
Sept. - 22- Tryphena, brig, for Auckland, with sundries.
Passengers- Mr G. Owen, Mr Bricknell and Mr J. L. Heydin
Sept. 29 - Wanderer, for Port Nicholson. Passengers - see Sept.
20.
The Star of China has been about six weeks absent from Sydney, during which time she has been a fortnight at Port Nicholson and six days at Nelson. The Ariel from Sydney arrived at Port Nicholson on 1st September. The Oaotara also arrived there and was coming to Sydney via Nelson. The barque Magnet had been at Otago, and had proceeded to the adjacent stations to take oil for Sydney. The brig Guide arrived at Port Nicholson on the 24th August, from Sydney via Nelson. The schooner Joseph Cripps left Nelson on the 3rd, and the schooner Deborah on the 7th Sept., both for Launceston. The German emigrant ship Skiod arrived at Nelson on 2nd September.
Volume 1, Number 29 (October 5, 1844) Page 189-192
Latest Intelligence received in Sydney up to present date.
From New Zealand …… 7th September
Ships in Harbour (p 189)
Star of China, schooner, 113 tons, Tinley. At the Circular Wharf.
J.Giblett, agent. Loading for Port Nicholson and Nelson.
Terror, schooner, 95 tons, Dunning, at Milne's Wharf.
C.Abercrombie, agent. Taking in cattle for New Zealand.
Vanguard, schooner, 61 tons, Pilford, in the Cove. Eccleston and
Hirst, owners. Advertised for Port Nicholson.
Arrivals (p 190)
October 2 - Harlequin, schooner, 62 tons, Captain Cooney, from the
Bay of Islands the 14th September, with oil, flax, timber, &c.
Passengers - Mr and Mrs Gahagan, two sons, and two daughters. Right Rev. Dr. Pompalier and man servant.
October 3 - Proteus, barque, 254 tons, Captain Gale, from the
Sperm Fishery, with 680 barrels sperm oil.
Departures
September 30 - Thomas Lord, schooner, Captain S?werkrop, for
Tongataboo via Auckland, with sundries.
Passengers - Mr S Bawtree Mr A Cooper Mr Lewis Fulman Mr A Pennie.
October 2 - Nelson, barque, Captain Spurling, for the Whale
Fishery, with whaling gear, &c. Passenger - Master Spurling.
Imports
October 3 - Juno, barque, 212 tons, Captain Hayes, from the Whale
Fishery : 600 barrels black oil, 3 tons whalebone, B. Boyd and Co.
October 3 - Harlequin, schooner, 62 tons, Cooney, from the Bay of Islands
: 4½ tons of black oil, 2½ tons of flare, 6 casks slush, 3000 feet cowrie
timber, P. Cooney; 3 casks sperm oil, 550 lbs. Old copper, 3 barrels slush, W.
Dawes; 7 tierces beef, R. Milne.
October 4 - Proteus, barque, 254 tons, Captain Mulloney, from the whale fishery
: 680 barrels sperm oil, A. Fotheringham.
Boyd Town - Arrivals -
September 17 - Juno, Hayes, from the whaling grounds.
September 28 - Comet, schooner, Cork, from Port Nicholson; which
vessel reported the total loss of the barque Magnet, Captain
Lewis, belonging to Sydney; at Akarraka, on Bank's Peninsula. The crew and
passengers were saved with the exception of one seaman, but none of the cargo
was recovered. Mr J. Jones, and Mr Curtis, were passengers on board at the time,
and proceeded on to Port Nicholson afterwards in the Comet. The
wreck of the Magnet was sold for £4 sterling.
Boyd Town - Departures -
September 17 - Industry, schooner, Wood, for the Whaling Grounds,
with 200 barrels black oil.
September 21 - Fame, barque, Sergeant, from the Whaling Grounds,
with stores, &c.
Juno, barque, Hayes, for Sydney, with oil.
THE 'JUNO', WHALER.
Charge of insubordination, revolt, and conspiracy.
The Police Court was employed for about five hours, on Saturday last,
investigating a charge of insubordination, revolt and conspiracy, preferred by
Captain Hayes, of the whaling barque Juno, against eleven of the
crew of the said vessel. Mr John Dillon, who conducted the case for the
prosecution, commenced the proceedings by an address to the Bench, in which he
pointed out the necessity of protecting ship owners and the officers in command
of vessels belonging to this port, from having their interests sacrificed by the
unlawful conduct of the men on board their vessels at sea, particularly those
engaged in the whaling trade. He then gave an outline of the charge against the
men before the Court, which, as it came out in the evidence, was as follows: -
In the early part of the year, the barque Juno. Captain Hayes, sailed
from Sydney, on a whaling voyage, having on board a crew of upwards of thirty
men. On the 6th ultimo, when within a few days' sail of Twofold Bay, one of the
prisoners, named Morris, was washing the decks about seven o'clock in the
morning, and when the Captain appeared on deck, commenced grumbling very loudly,
about having to wash the deck at that time; on which the Captain spoke to him on
the impropriety of using such language, when Morris became very insolent; on
which he was ordered to go forward and scrape the top-gallant forecastle, as a
punishment for his insolence; but instead of doing as ordered, he went below,
and refused to come up when the Chief Officer called him. The Captain and Chief
Mate then went below to compel him to come up and go to his work, when Morris
seized a broad axe, and threatened to use it against them if either the one or
the other of them endeavoured to lay hands on him; and at the same instant, all
the other prisoners began abetting him, and stating their determination to
resist his being interfered with in any way; and one of them, a man of colour,
threatened, with his clenched fist, to strike the first who laid hands on
Morris. The whole of them were then ordered on deck to assist in getting the
vessel put in order, as there was a great deal to do to her, in consequence of
her having been subjected to several days' bad weather before the row with
Morris began; but all of them peremptorily refused to do anything whatever to
assist the rest of the crew in working the vessel. In consequence of this
determination they were confined below, and orders given for no more rations to
be given to them, except bread and water, till they returned to their duty; but
they persisted in demanding rations, at the same time refusing to work; and
carried their insubordination so far, that the Captain was under the necessity
of allowing them to be on deck during the day-time. The Chief Officer was also
directed to inform them, that if they would return to their duty all would be
forgiven; but they persisted in refusing to do any duty, assigning as a reason
that their rations were not served out to them; the Chief Officer then told them
that the instant they resumed their duty their rations would be given them, and
a quantity was even served out, and they were ordered to hand along some water;
but after getting the rations, they again declined to work. Under these
circumstances, Captain Hayes felt himself necessitated to bear up for the
nearest port, Twofold Bay, where the agent of Mr.Boyd, the owner, went on board
and gave them the alternative of leaving the vessel there, or being brought on
to Sydney as prisoners, on board the Juno. To have the matter investigated. They
preferred coming to Sydney, and as there were neither arms nor irons on board,
they were secured and kept in irons by the agent's order until the vessel left
the bay, the irons were however taken off within twenty-four hours of the vessel
getting under sail; and on her arrival in Sydney, they were handed over to the
police. Mr.Brenan, who appeared for the prisoners, before the case was called
on, applied to have the prisoners admitted to bail, and to have it postponed
till Monday; but the Court considered the charge as one of too serious a nature
to allow any of the prisoners bail, until it was investigated. The defence set
up by the cross-examination of the Captain and the Chief Officers, the only
witnesses examined, was that while the vessel was at New Zealand, one of the
crew, a Frenchman, had been subjected to corporeal punishment; but, in
explanation, it was sworn that the cause of his being punished was getting drunk
and embezzling the ship's stores; another defence set up was, that of being
overworked; but it was sworn that merely the work necessary to be done had been
directed to be done, in consideration of the fatigue the men were subjected to
in the boats in searching the bays for whales. The only other defence set up
was, that bad provisions had been served out; but the Captain and Mate both
swore that when these were complained of, others, without limitation, were
served out instead of what had been damaged.
(p 191)
Mr. Dillon having stated that, in his opinion he had adduced sufficient evidence
to authorize the Bench in committing the prisoners; when the Bench enquired
whether he had any evidence to prove that the prisoners had endeavoured to
solicit any of the other men on board to join them, so as to make out the charge
of conspiracy. Mr. Dillon, in reply, stated that he had; but he thought that the
case for committal was so clear, that he did not deem it necessary to bring the
witnesses forward; but if the Bench deemed it requisite, he would have evidence
to prove that part of the charge to the satisfaction of the Bench. The Bench
deemed it necessary that evidence of the conspiracy would be adduced. Mr.
Windeyer enquired of Mr. Brenan whether he claimed to be heard for the
prisoners, as a matter of right, or as a favour. Mr. Brenan replied, that he
wished to be heard, in order to save the time of the Court; as, although he
could only be heard by sufferance, yet each of the prisoners had a right to be
heard, which the Bench could not deprive them of. Mr. Windeyer admitted the
truth of Mr. Brenan's statement; but reminded him that it was the practice of
the Bench, when a prima facia case for committal was made out before it, to
inform prisoners and their advocates, that they might reserve what they had to
say until they appeared before another Court, which generally saved more time
than hearing a single advocate. The Bench then ordered the prisoners to be
remanded till Tuesday. Mr. Brenan applied to have the prisoners admitted to
bail; but the Bench refused application, on the ground that the charges of which
evidence had already been given, and that of which evidence was promised to be
adduced on Tuesday, if substantiated would probably be followed by consequences
of a much more serious nature that the prisoners contemplated. They were then
remanded in custody of the police.
The case was closed on Tuesday, by the examination of the third mate and three
of the crew, in order to prove that the prisoners had advised others of the crew
to give up working until they, the prisoners were released. After the case was
closed, Mr. Dillon stated that Mr. Robinson, for Mr. Boyd, had instructed him to
apply to have the case summarily disposed of, as, if this was possible, Mr.Boyd
did not wish to press the case further against the prisoners than what was
necessary for demonstrating to seamen the state of the law, and to give warning
to others that if they ventured to act as the prisoners had done, that the law
was stringent enough to punish them for it; what had weighed most with his
client in bringing the case before the Court to the extent he had done, was the
necessity of affording protection to the commercial interests of the port. By
the disobedient and disorderly conduct of the prisoners, the owners of the Juno
had already been subjected to a loss of upwards of £1500, and if the case was
much longer delayed that loss would be greatly augmented, as it was necessary if
the case was to go before the Supreme Court, that the depositions would be
forwarded with as little delay as possible to the Attorney-General, otherwise a
delay of three months would be caused by the case standing over till January
criminal sessions. Mr. Windeyer did not consider that the Bench had any power to
deal summarily with a felony, which was the charge against the prisoners. It was
one of those offences until the late mitigation of the law subjected offenders
to the punishment of death, and now if convicted they would be punished by
transportation or imprisonment. As the case stood at present, the Court would
adjourn it till Wednesday, in order to hear Mr. Brenan for the prisoners, on the
subject of bail, for as at present advised, the Court might be of opinion that
there were such differences of guilt against the prisoners that to some bail
might be allowed, but refused to the others. As to delay, it was not likely to
take place, because, for anything yet shown before the Court, the whole of the
depositions might in twenty-four hours be in the hands of the Attorney-General,
who would have ample time to get the case brought on for trial before the
Criminal Court which sits next week. The prisoners were then remanded till
Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Mr. Brenan appeared on behalf of the prisoners, and in an address,
which lasted about an hour and a half, contended that no charge of revolt had
been made out against them; that the utmost of the charge was that they had been
guilty of insubordination, and that only by allowing that they had disobeyed the
lawful commands of the captain, who, he contended, had not exercised due
caution, nor displayed such prudence as a captain of a vessel, situated as he
was, ought to have exhibited. There was nothing in the evidence which showed
that the prisoners contemplated piracy, which was the amount of the charge
against them. In order to show the law of the case, Mr.Brenan cited largely from
Tomlin's Law Dictionary, Abbott on Shipping, and the sixth volume of Carrington
and Payne's Reports, and submitted that the proper mode of punishing them was by
mulcting them of their wages; moreover, he offered to stake his existence that
if they were committed no conviction would take place. The Court did not
consider it necessary to hear Mr.Dillon in reply, and committed all the
prisoners to take their trial for endeavouring to excite a revolt on the high
seas. The names of the prisoners are George Scott, Richard Morris, James
Campbell, Henry Moore, and Benjamin Wilson. The following were also committed,
but allowed bail, each in £80, with sureties in £40 :- James Smith, Henry Watt,
Charles Crawford, Thomas Neilson, and Timothy Cole.
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Volume 1, Number 29 (5 October, 1844) page 191
The Proteus left Sydney 15th August, 1842, and met with good
success until the 17th February last, when she put into Cyrus Harbour, in the
Island of Roto, with 1060 barrels of sperm oil on board. After taking in wood
and water, she left again 6th March all well; but two days after, sickness made
its appearance, supposed to have been caused from the heat of the sun whilst
going forward and back to the ship. Two of the crew named John Ramsden and
Roberts, first fell victims to the disorder, having died in a few days. On the
15th March, Thomas Francisca, a native of Manila, also expired and on the 18th,
Thomas West, a New Zealander. March 20th, Captain Christal, Mr T. Wilson, chief
officer, Mr T. Smith, second officer and eight of the crew were taken sick and
confined to their berths. March 25th having stood for the harbour of Bangowangie
to obtain medical assistance, the vessel came to an anchor and the captain and
chief officer were taken on shore; the second mate died about 9.20pm the same
day. They remained in this port about a month, during which Capt Christal, Mr
Wilson, James Rolings, boatsteerer, John Hooper, carpenter and Charles Goodman,
a seaman, all died, and were interred. The charge of the ship now devolved on Mr
Maloney, the third officer, and being quite out of medicine and provisions, he
took her on to Sourabayia, where she refitted, and 380 barrels of oil were
afterwards landed to defray the expenses. As Mr Maloney was the only navigator
on board, the Dutch Government and the agents of the Insurance Office appointed
Captain Gale to the command of her, who was the chief officer of the
Nereiad, lying at Batavia. Previous to their touching at Roto, a seaman
called John Ramsden, and a New Zealander, died with the small pox. During the
whole time the Proteus has been at sea, she has not spoken a single Sydney
whaler. She left Sourabayia on the 29th June, called off Anjer, and obtained
some refreshments but did not hear of any vessels passing there.
Newcastle- The schooner Wanderer sailed for New Zealand on Saturday
last, with 38 head of cattle, 150 sheep, &c., and the Urgent was
to leave for Port Nelson the following day, with 100 head of cattle, after which
she would proceed on to Manila. On Thursday sen'night several sperm whales were
seen cruising off Newcastle Heads, within two miles of the shore, much to the
annoyance of an old spouter, who seemed to wish no better sport than a smart
whaling vessel to heave in sight, capture them, and render them down. From the
description given of them, relative to their spouting and sounding, it was
supposed they were from 70 to 80 barrels each. After playing about for an hour
or two they shaped their course southward. The ship Urgent had
left Newcastle for New Zealand when the Maitland touched there
yesterday morning. The Cheerful has had rather a protracted
passage, having met with a continuation of light and contrary winds; she spoke
nothing connected with these colonies, but saw a sail off Twofold Bay, supposed
to be a whaler.
The schooner Coolangatta, from Sydney the 21st August, arrived at
Auckland on the 1st September. The Harlequin spoke nothing on the
passage up, but left the following vessels at the Bay of Islands:- The whaler
Caernarvon, having undergone a thorough outfit, was ready for sea;
the American vessels Lancaster, 26 months out, with 2400 barrels;
and the William Tell, 16 months out, with 600 barrels.
12 October 1844 Pg 193
Latest intelligence received in Sydney up to the present date.
From New Zealand …… 14th September.
Ships in Harbour
Ariel, schooner, 104 tons, Preston, at Fotheringham's Wharf.
Fotheringham, owner. Loading for Port Nicholson.
Vanguard, schooner, 61 tons, Pilford, at the Queen's Wharf.
Eccleston and Hirst, owners. Advertised for Port Nicholson, Nelson, and
Auckland.
P 194
Arrivals
October 7 - Ariel, schooner, 104 tons, Captain Preston, from Port
Nicholson the 17th September, with 40 tuns black oil, &c.
Passengers :- Mr Curtis Mr Dempster Miss Hatton Captain Hay Mr Levi Mr Lewis Mr Robinson Mr Seagrove Mr Watson And four of the crew of the Magnet.
October 8 - Soverign, steamer, 119 tons, Captain Cape, from
Moreton Bay, the 4th instant, with sundries.
Passengers:-
Mr Archer Captain Coffin Mr Irvine Mr Rostron Mr W. Thompson And thirteen of the crew belonging to the American Whaler Thule.
Departures
October 6 - Terror, schooner, Captain Dunning, for Auckland, with
sundries.
Passengers - Mr Andrews Mr Chalmers Mr Falconer Mr and Mrs Jones and child Mr Ross Mr Taylor Mr John Thomas Mr Willis
October 6 - Surprise, ship, Captain Miller, for the Whaling
Grounds, with gear, &c.
October 11 - Star of China, schooner, Captain Tinley, for Port
Nicholson and Nelson, with sundries.
Passengers - Mr J. Hopkins Mrs Tinley and child
October 12 - Piscator, schooner, Captain Kemp, for Nelson via Newcastle, with cattle, sheep, &c.
Passengers - Mr William Hudson Mr William Prentice
Imports
October 9 - Ariel, schooner, 104 tons, Capt. Preston, from Port
Nicholson.
Exports
October 3 - Surprise, ship, Captain Miller, for the Whaling
Grounds: whaling stores, gear, &c.
October 5 - Terror, schooner, Captain Dunning, for Auckland.
P195
October 9 - Star of China, schooner, Captain Tinley, for Port
Nicholson and Nelson.
MORETON BAY (from a Correspondent.)
October 3 -
The following particulars of the loss of the American whaling ship Thule,
from Nantucket, Coffin, master, out twenty-seven months, with 1050 barrels of
sperm oil on board, have been communicated to me by Captain Coffin, who arrived
at this port, in company with his second and third mates, and thirteen hands, on
the 20th ultimo, in two of the boats belonging to the ship:- The Thule
left Rotamah near two months since, with the intention of fishing on this coast,
and putting into Sydney about Christmas for refreshments. They made the Mineroo
Reefs, or Booby Shoals, on the 10th ultimo, and stood off during the night; at
two p.m. they tacked, and again stood towards the reef, supposing they would
again sight them at daylight, and run through; but unfortunately at 4.30 a.m.
she struck, the current having in two hours set them, with astonishing rapidity,
off their course. No time was lost in getting the boats lowered down, but the
bow boat was knocked to pieces before she could be cast off from the davits. A
few minutes after she struck, the second mate, Mr. Neale, cut away her masts;
but from the heavy manner she was striking against the side of the shoal all
hopes were abandoned of getting anything out of her; in fact, so rapid did the
vessel break up it was found impossible to save even a cask of water. In less
than an hour after she struck the bottom was out of her, and the oil forced its
way up to the surface of the water. The Captain got into the boat - almost in a
state of nudity, saving only his chronometer, a chart, and a few other small
articles; the whole of the crew were also obliged to abandon everything, on
their finding it useless to remain by the wreck any longer. Three boats,
containing twenty-four souls, shoved off, intending to keep company until they
made Moreton Bay; but unfortunately the mate, Mr. Nicholson, parted company with
his boat during the following night, and has not, up to this time, reached the
Bay. The Captain, with the third mate, (Mr. Harris, formerly master of the
Lady Blackwood, of Sydney, and since chief officer of the Genii,) got
first into the Bay after being six days at sea. The second mate and his crew
were also as fortunate; they suffered dreadfully for want of water, but had all
their wants supplied on making a station belonging to the German Mission, near
the entrance of the Brisbane River. The master and a portion of the crew, take
their passage per steamer to Sydney; the inhabitants of Brisbane have
contributed their mite towards relieving the wants of the destitute seamen, each
being furnished with a new shirt, trousers, shoes, blanket, and one pound of
tobacco. I am sorry to say we have had no intelligence of the missing boat,
containing the chief officer and seven hands; it is feared they have landed on
the main to the northward of this, and been surprised by the blacks, who are a
cruel and revengeful race, ever ready to commit mischief. Captain Coffin, I
believe, is part owner of the Thule, and has insured for the hull, but
not for cargo, consequently will be a severe loser. He reports the Tigress,
of Sydney, at Rotomah, with 700 barrels of sperm; and the Hecla,
of America, with 1000 barrels of sperm, bound home through Torres Straits; and
the Cora, of America, with 1000 barrels. The Potamac, American,
was about going to Sydney for refreshments.
P196
Loss of the Magnet.
An extract from a letter received by the owners of the barque Magnet,
from Mr J. J. Curtis.
"The loss of the Magnet on Tuesday morning, 3rd Sept. about 3 o'clock, on
the coast south side of Banks Peninsula, near Cerackia, in a sudden S.E. gale.
We went on a reef of rocks. Had kind assistance from Mr Cria, at the nearest
whaling station who at daylight on top of his look-out-hill observed the wreck,
and immediately came down and got hold of the poor fellows in the surf, many
would have perished. As we jumped out of bed we came ashore, losing everything
in the world.".
Captain Lewis, Mr. Seagrove, chief officer, and the crew of the Magnet,
have arrived in Sydney by the schooner Ariel. From Mr. Seagrove we have
been favoured with the following account of the loss of that vessel :- "August
31st. Left Akaroa harbour with a light breeze from the N.W.; at 6 p.m. brought
up at Ecolacke, a whaling station on the south side of Bank's Peninsula, and
anchored in ten fathoms water, with fifty fathoms of the small bower chain, the
head of the bay where the station was, bearing N.N.W. distant about one mile and
a half. Put the slip buoy on the chain, double reefed the topsails, and furled
sails; everything being prepared for slipping in case the wind should come in.
Sunday, September 1st. Light N.W. winds, and fine weather; busily employed
taking in oil and bone for Port Nicholson, on account of Mr. J. Jones. September
2nd. Calm and pleasant weather; employed as the preceding day; at eight bells
set the anchor watch, with orders to call the Captain and myself at midnight,
there often being a change of weather at this time; went on deck, and found
there was a light N.W. wind off the land, with every appearance of a
continuation of fine weather. At three in the morning, a sudden shift of wind
from the N.W. to S.E., which came like a clap of thunder; turned the hands up
immediately, loosed the topsails and set them, found the vessel was bringing in
towards the land, slipped the chain and stood in towards the long beach that
formed the bight, under the courses, double-reefed topsail, and mizzen; when
well in, tacked ship and stood to the eastward, thinking to fetch a harbor
called Perack, the vessel burying herself with the press of sail, and the sea
running mountains high. Finding it was impossible to get out on account of the
vessel missing stays, occasioned by the heavy sea, and being in by a bluff head,
squared the after yards, and ran in to the first opening for the preservation of
the lives of those on board. About a quarter after four in the morning we struck
on a hard stony bottom; cut the whaleboat on the skids adrift, and got her into
the water with four hands; but having been stove under the quarter, they were
compelled to return on board. We then thought it advisable to stop by the wreck
until daybreak, hanging on by the weather mizzen rigging, this being the only
safe place, as the sea was running fore and aft the decks. At break of day,
myself and one of the crew got into the weather quarter boat, this being our
only resource; watched the smooth of the sea, and lowered the boat, with two
single lines, having one fast on board and the other in the boat, thinking to
haul her from the shore to the ship and back again, in the event of our landing
in safely. Providentially, this was accomplished, and the boat was then hauled
back towards the wreck, when we found the line on shore too short, and were
compelled to let it go, being up to our waists in water. The boat then got foul
of the main yard, when one of the hands on board got into her; after which Mr.
J. Jones, Mr. J.J. Curtis, and Captain Lewis, got into her from the mizzen boom
with two others of the crew, and reached the shore in safety. The ship was by
this time breaking up fast, and the remainder of the crew got ashore by
different parts of the wreck, with the exception of William Davis; assistance
having been rendered from the shore by Mr. Price and one of his men. Three hours
after the ship first struck, she was completely in pieces, forming a complicated
mass of rigging, chains, spars, oil casks, and whalebone. The cargo on board
consisted of 50 tons of oil, and 9 tons of whalebone; together with a quantity
of slops, and £350 cash, Mr. J. Jones being the chief loser. We received the
greatest kindness from Mr. Price at the whaling station, likewise from the
people in Wellington, especially from Mr. Joseph and Mr. Sea.
--------
The schooner Elizabeth arrived on Tuesday from the Richmond, with
a cargo of cedar, and a portion of the wreck of the Clarence whaler. On
the 9th September, she spoke the barque Mary, McDonald, between
Wreck Reef and Cato's Shoal, with 1400 barrels of sperm oil on board, and two
whales alongside, which they were then cutting in and trying out.
Whaling News. - The Lady Blackwood, Captain Butcher, from Sydney,
23rd June, 1843, put into Port Stephens on the 7th instant, with 320 barrels
sperm oil on board. The owners have sent orders for her to come on to Sydney to
refresh, to enable her to proceed on the voyage; some of the crew being sick
with scurvy. She has not seen any whalers since last reported.
The "Australian". - Captain Coffin, late of the American whaler Thule,
reports the Australian, Captain Willes, at Ocean Island, in May last,
with 750 barrels of sperm oil on board. She was then eleven months out, having
left Sydney on the 14th June, 1843. Captain Willes intended proceeding on to
Strong's Island to refresh, after which he would cruise on the line.
New Zealand. - By the arrival of the Ariel, we have received the
following news from New Zealand :- Captain Wakefield had returned from Nelson to
Port Nicholson per schooner Sisters, having paid off all the
labourers around Nelson, in accordance with peremptory orders received from the
New Zealand Company. A meeting of the chief settlers in Nelson had been held for
the purpose of employing those who were suddenly thrown out of employment. The
schooner Oratava was at Cloudy Bay on the 21st September, and was
about to leave for Sydney, via Nelson. The Raymond was about to
proceed along the coast to load for London. The brig Eleanor had
left for Akaroa and Pakaki, to load with oil for Sydney.
The Seamander was to leave in the course of the week for the
whaling grounds.
26 Oct 1844 (p205)
Latest Intelligence received in Sydney up to Present Date.
From New Zealand …. 26th September.
(p206)
Arrivals.
October 26 - Shamrock, schooner, 85 tons, Captain Brown, from
Auckland 28th September, and the Bay of Islands the 9th October, with oil, &c.
Passengers - Brown Mr Conolly Mr Darling Mr Jones Mr Maher Miss McLean Mr Sims Mr Smith Mr and Mrs and six children Western Mr Williams Mr
(p207)
The brig Henry, Captain Tregurtha, from Launceston, had arrived at
Auckland before the Shamrock left. The Carnarvon,
whaler, was lying at the Bay of Islands and would proceed to the Whaling Grounds
in a few days. The Nelson, from London, was lying at New Plymouth.
The natives at the Bay had resumed their depredations: John Heke had called an
assemblage of the neighbouring tribes, and had sent word to the inhabitants of
the township that they should visit them in a day or two, and cut down the
flag-staff again. They had been at Captain Wright's station, and stolen eight
horses. Another party had broken into the jail, and robbed the jailer of money
and wearing apparel. At Waiamate, the tribe belonging to the chief William
Ripper, had also commenced their depredations; five of them broke into the house
of a person called Smith, during the night, and not contented with taking the
bedding and other moveable articles, broke open the chest, and either carried
off or destroyed the contents.
Central Criminal Court - The Juno -
William Carnegie, Henry Moore, James Campbell, George Smith, Timothy Call,
Thomas Nelson and Henry Watt, under committal for a revolt on board the barque
Juno, were overally discharged by proclamation on Saturday last.
(p208) Imports.
October 21 - Jane, barque, 356 tons, Fairweather, from the Whale Fishery:
820 barrels sperm and 6 barrels black oil.
October 21 - Lady Blackwood, barque, 253 tons, Butcher, from the Whale
Fishery, 300 barrels sperm and 20 barrels black oil; Lamb and Parbury.
Colonial Whalers at Sea (With their last
Reports)
Mary, 368 tons McDonald, hence 4th October 1841 spoken by the
Elizabeth, 9th September 1844, with 1400 barrels sperm and two whales alongside;
Hughes and Hosking, owners.
Caernarvon, 220 tons, Irvine, hence 22nd August 1842; at the Bay
of Islands, 16th September; refitting. Irvine owner.
Jane Eliza, 419 tons, Bradley, hence 7th March 1843; touched at
Tahiti in July, with 300 barrels; H. Moore, owner.
Merope, 313 tons, Hogg, hence 26th March 1843, spoken in June
1844, with 500 barrels; Blaxland, owner.
Tigress, 192 tons, Eury, hence 10th May 1843; reported at Rotumah
with 700 barrels sperm; Hughes and Hosking, owners.
Australian, 300 tons, Wiles, hence 14th June 1843; at Ocean
Island, May 12th 1843, with 750 barrels sperm; Cooper and Holt, owners.
Lindsays, 200 tons, Williamson, hence 15th June 1843; left Port
Stephens 9th September 1844, with 700 barrels sperm; Williamson, Mitchell and
Russell, owners.
Clarkstone, 244 tons, Stewart, hence 13th September 1843; spoken
by the Jane, 6th instant, with 1000 barrels sperm. H. Moore, owner.
Woodlark, 243 tons, Smith, hence 24th September 1843; spoken by the
Lindsays 4th July, with 610 barrels sperm oil on board H.Moore, owner.
Seamander, 230 tons, Nixon, hence 6th October 1843, put into Port
Stephens 14th September 1844, with 600 barrels sperm; Mitchell and Co., owners.
British Sovereign, 365 tons, Cooper, hence 5th November 1843' left
Port Stephens 12th September 1844, with 370 barrels sperm, 50 barrels black;
Lamb and Parbury, owners.
Terror, 257 tons, Harper, hence 24th December 1843, at Twofold
Bay, 23rd October with 200 barrels sperm, 400 barrels black. B.Boyd and Co.,
owners.
Fame, - tons, Sargeant, from Twofold Bay 8 October, spoken on 22nd
October with 80 barrels black oil. B. Boyd & Co., owners.
Bright Planet, 187 tons, Kyle, hence, March 20th; Mitchell and
others, owners.
Jane, barque, 250 tons, Fowler, hence 28th April 1844; spoken by
the Nimrod, 9th June with 30 barrels sperm; Flower, Salting and Co., owners.
William, 344 tons Bolger, hence 19th June 1844; at the Bay of
Islands, 8th August clean; B. Boyd and Co., owners.
Nimrod, barque, 232 tons, Sullivan, hence July 25, 1844. Lamb and
Parbury, owners.
Nelson, barque, 274 tons, Spurling, hence 2nd October 1844.
Fotheringham, owner.
--------
Vessels Expected in Sydney from New Zealand.
Scotia, schooner, 72 tons, Ward.
Orotava, schooner, 92 tons, Hay.
Terror, schooner, 95 tons, Dunning.
Star of China, schooner, 113 tons, Tinley.
Guide, brig, 147 tons, Addams.
Tryphena, brig, 131 tons, Hindmarsh.
Wanderer, schooner, 131 tons, Burns.
Coquette, schooner, 72 tons, Rogers.
BOYD TOWN.
Arrivals -
October 1 - Mary Ann. Brig, Lindsays, from the Whaling Grounds,
seven months out from Hobart Town, with 600 barrels black oil.
Adelaide, schooner, Gay, from the Whaling Grounds, fourteen days
out, from Hobart Town, with 112 barrels black oil.
October 6 - Prince of Denmark, from the Whaling Grounds, four
weeks from Hobart Town, with 80 barrels black oil.
October 19 - Terror, barque, Harper, from the Whaling Grounds,
with 200 barrels sperm and 400 barrels black oil, having left Sydney 2nd
December 1843.
October 22- Shamrock, steamer, Gilmore, from Port Phillip and
Launceston, reported the Fame, fourteen days from Boyd Town with 80 barrels
black oil on board.
Departures -
October 2 - Adelaide, schooner, Gay, for the Whaling Grounds
October 4 - Mary Ann for the Whaling Grounds.
October 10 - Comet, schooner, Cork, for Port Nicholson,
with cattle.
October 11 - Prince of Denmark, schooner, for the Whaling Grounds.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA - THE HALYCON. (p209)
The Halcyon, American whaler, wrecked at the Vasse, will be
sold on Tuesday the 3rd proximo, as she lies, two miles from Toby's Inlet, with
all her masts, running rigging, sails, tryworks, gear &c. also 1000lbs whalebone
and 600 barrels of oil. This will afford a fine opportunity for speculators, as
the whole, with the exception of the bone and oil, it is understood must be
disposed of without reserve. It is anticipated there will be but little
competition, the money of our capitalists being employed in various pursuits
calculated to forward and promote the productive industry of the colony. It is
said, that the Insurance Companies in America have declined insuring vessels
destined for the bay whaling on our coast; but it may be questionable whether
this will have the effect of preventing vessels from resorting to our shores, as
their profits will fully cover all risk. The vessel now a wreck, with another,
which rode out the gale, - both, as we are informed, the property of one owner,
- had taken, in the course of a very short time, whales yielding upwards of 125
tons of oil, and of course, a considerable quantity of bone. - Perth Gazette,
August 14.
LOSS OF THE AMERICAN WHALER CERVANTES.
This vessel was wrecked in Jurien Bay, about 100 miles to the northward of
Fremantle. She was anchored for the purpose of fishing, but a sudden gale of
wind coming on, before the necessary preparations could be made to get a fair
offing from the coast, she was driven on a sandy beach. It is reported she has
received no further injury than breaking her back but the difficulty of any
repairs being effected at so great a distance from the port, has left to the
announcement of the sale of the wreck, and the properties contained in the
Bessel. The ship had been out from America only a few months, and had taken
about ten barrels of oil. Some of the seamen made their way to Fremantle, and
communicated the untoward event to the Government Resident, R. M. Brown, Esq.,
who is understood to be the Consul for the American Government, the men were
provided for, and assistance was sent to Jurien Bay, to secure every protection
to the property, and to afford relief to those who were considered to be
suffering under the calamity. The sale of the wreck, it is anticipated, will
realize but little, although, under more favourable circumstances of the colony,
it might be made available for bay whaling, as all the gear, tryworks &c., on
the spot. - Perth Gazette, June 20. (The wreck was sold in the first week
of July, for £155 cash, and the chronometer for £23.)
Photo of the sign at the town of Cervantes, West Australia. In 1844, Western Australia was largely uninhabitated - the survivors of the shipwreck had to trek to the nearest town (Fremantle) 100 miles to the south. The present town of Cervantes is not large, and was not started until the early 1960s. It has one tavern, one petrol station, one general store and several others. Mining is booming in West Australia, and quite a few miners have holiday homes (some beautiful new homes) in the town. Photo and note courtesy of Irene, Oct. 2007.
The American whaler William Tell put into Fremantle on the 22nd May, for provisions; seven months out, with 500 barrels on board.
2 Nov 1844
(p 213)
Latest Intelligence
Received in Sydney up to present day
From New Zealand …. 26th September.
(p214)
DEPARTURE.
October 30 - Ianthe, American ship, Captain Woodberry, for the Bay
of Islands, with part of original cargo.
Passengers - Rogers Master Rogers Mr R.S ----------
The barque Jane, Captain Fairweather, is about to discharge her
oil at Jones Wharf, after which she will be refitted for another whaling
expedition.
(p 215)
The John Williams reports the following: Lat 39? 37' S. long. 48?
58' E, spoke the American ship Portland, of Sag Harbour, out on a
whaling voyage, and bound to New. Zealand.
WHALING NEWS -
The whaling barque Eamont, of Hobart Town, Captain Scott, put into
Jervis Bay, on the 26th September, with 70 tuns black oil. The American whaler
London Packet, of New Bedford, put in there on the 18th October,
with 800 barrels black oil. The brig Grecian, of Hobart Town, put into
Jervis Bay on the 26th October, with 70 tuns black and 12 tuns sperm oil; also,
the schooner Industry, of Hobart Town, with 10 tuns black oil.
The First Whalers from Hamburgh [sic] -
A Hamburgh letter states - "The first whaler ever fitted out at this port has
just sailed for the South Polar Seas. She is called the Anseat,
and measures 650 tons. The crew have engaged to abstain from spirituous liquors,
and to be content with two rations of coffee a day. It appears that temperance
is much more necessary on board whalers than any other ships; it having been
proved by experience that nine-tenths of the diseases and deaths on board the
Danish and Swedish whalers have been caused by the excessive use of spirituous
liquors."
(p216)
IMPORTS
October 28 - Shamrock, schooner, 85 tons, Brown, from Auckland and
the Bay of Islands.
EXPORTS
October 28 - Ianthe, American ship, Captain Woodberry, for the Bay
of Islands.
Vessels Expected in Sydney from New Zealand.
(p 219)
Scotia, schooner, 72 tons, Ward.
Orotava, schooner, 92 tons, Hay.
Terror, schooner, 95 tons, Dunning.
Star of China, schooner, 113 tons, Tinley.
Guide, brig, 147 tons, Addams.
Tryphena, brig, 131 tons, Hindmarsh.
Wanderer, schooner, 131 tons. Burns.
Coquette, schooner, 72 tons, Rogers.
Eleanor, brig, 253 tons, Macfarlane.
Piscator, schooner, 111 tons, Kemp.
Vanguard, schooner, 61 tons, Pilfold.
CAUTION TO MARINERS - Sunken rock between Capiti [sic] and Port Nicholson. -
The following is an extract of a letter received at Devonport from an officer on
board H.M.S. North star, and transmitted to Lloyd's:-
"New Zealand, February 10, 1844, H.M.S. North Star, Port
Nicholson.
We have been knocked about shockingly on this boisterous coast - nothing but
gales of wind. We had a very narrow escape last Wednesday on our passage from
Capiti to this place with his Excellency, having nearly run on a rock that has
been improperly laid down in the charts. We were within sixty yards of it, going
nine knots in a gale. Had we struck, nothing could have saved us but the
interposition of Divine Providence. The following are the bearings, as taken the
moment we passed. We could not see it (although every one at his station and in
mid-day), owing to the sea being one sheet of foam. Our log says:- 'Passed close
to a sunken rock two feet under water, and with the white rocks S.W. by S. Outer
island of the Brothers, S.E. by S., see chart of Cook's Straits.' It does not
appear that the actual existence of this rock is known, though since our escape
it is said that it has several times been reported to have been seen. We intend,
if possible, to survey the rock when we leave, which we do in a few days, for
Stuart's Island, Hobart Town, and Sydney." - United Service Gazette, June 15.
9 November 1844
(p221) Latest Intelligence received in Sydney up to Present Day-
From New Zealand …. 26th September, 1844
(p222) Arrivals.
November 8 - Columbus, American barque, 313 tons, Captain
Hutchins, from the whale fishery, having been seven months and eight days from
New Bedford.
Departures.
November 4 - Cooloongatta, schooner, Capt. Napper, for Auckland.
Passengers - Beattie Mr Guff Mr R Haswell Mr Mill Mr John Wright Mr
Clearances.
November 6 - Juno, barque, Captain Hayes for the whaling grounds.
(p224) Exports
November 2 - Coolangatta, schooner, Captain Napper, for Auckland.
November 6 - Juno, barque, Captain Hayes, for the whaling fishery.
Vessels Expected in Sydney from New Zealand.
Scotia, schooner, 72 tons, Ward.
Oratava, schooner, 92 tons, Hay.
Terror, schooner, 95 tons, Dunning.
Star of China, schooner, 113 tons, Tinley.
Guide, brig, 147 tons, Addams.
Tryphena, brig, 131 tons, Hindmarsh.
Wanderer, schooner, 131 tons, Burns.
Coquette, schooner, 72 tons, Rogers.
Eleanor, brig, 253 tons, Macfarlane.
Piscator, schooner, 111 tons, Kemp.
Vanguard, schooner, 61 tons, Pilfold.
(p225) Vessels Laid on for New Zealand.
Caledonia, 489, Case, August 1.
Slains Castle, 504, Petrie, October 1.
Coastal Whalers at Sea.
Mary, 368 tons, McDonald, hence 4th October 1841; spoken by the
Elizabeth, 9 September 1844, with 1400 barrels sperm and two whales alongside;
Hughes and Hosking, owners.
Caernarvon, 220 tons, Irvine, hence 22nd August 1842; at the Bay
of Islands, 16th September; refitting. Irvine owner.
Jane Eliza, 419 tons, Bradley, hence 7th March 1843; touched at
Tahiti in July, with 300 barrels; H.Moore, owner.
Merope, 312 tons, Hogg, hence 26th March 1843, spoken in June,
1844, with 500 barrels sperm; Blaxland, owner.
Tigress, 192 tons, Bury, hence 10th March 1843; reported at Rotumah, with
700 barrels sperm; Hughes and Hosking, owners.
Australian, 300 tons, Wiles, hence 14th June 1843; at Ocean
Island, May 12th, 1843, with
750 barrels sperm; Cooper and Holt, owners.
Lindsays, 200 tons, Williamson, hence 15th June, 1843; left Port
Stephens, 9th September, 1844, with 700 barrels sperm; Williamson, Mitchell and
Russell, owners.
Clarkstone, 244 tons, Stewart, hence 13th September 1843; spoken
by the Jane, 6th instant, with 1000 barrels sperm. H. Moore, owner.
Woodlark, 243 tons, Smith, hence 24th September 1843, spoken by
the Lindsays 4th July, with 610 barrels sperm oil on board; H. Moore, owner.
Salamander, 230 tons, Nixon, hence 6th October 1843, put in Port
Stephens, 14th September 1844, with 600 barrels sperm; Mitchell and Co., owners.
British Soverign, 365 tons, Cooper, hence 5th November 1843, left
Port Stephens 12th September 1844, with 370 barrels sperm, 50 barrels black;
Lamb and Parbury, owners.
Terror, 257 tons, Harper, hence the 24th December 1843, at Twofold
Bay, 23rd October with 200 barrels sperm, 400 barrels black. B. Boyd and Co.,
owners.
Fame, - tons, Sargeant, from Twofold Bay, 8th October, spoken on
the 22nd October with 80 barrels black oil. B. Boyd, and Co., owners.
Bright Planet, 187 tons, Kyle, hence, March 20th; Mitchell and
others, owners.
Jane, barque, 250 tons, Fowler, hence 28th April 1844; spoken by
the Nimrod, 9th June, with 30 barrels sperm; Flower, Salting and Co., owners.
William, 344 tons, Bolger, hence 19th June 1844; at the Bay of
Islands 8th August, clean; B.Boyd and Co., owners.
Nimrod, barque, 232 tons, Sullivan, hence July 25, 1844. Lamb and
Parbury, owners.
Nelson, barque, 274 tons, Spurling, hence 2nd October, 1844.
Fotheringham owner.
English Shipping-
The Tyrian, from New Zealand, arrived home on the 3rd July.
(p226)
Dangerous Reefs in the South Pacific Ocean -
The following important information has been received at New Bedford, from the
American consul at the Bay of Islands:- "I have obtained information of three
dangerous rocks in juxta position with the Contis Islands in the South Pacific
Ocean: the position of these rocks lit directly in the track of ships cruising
from Spain, while in lat. 31 14.long. 178 3, bearing E.N.E. by compass from the
French Rock 85 miles distant: said to be 12 feet of water on the first, but no
breakers were discovered on it. The second rock lies in lat 31 13, long, 179,
W., bearing W.N.W. of the French Rock 10 miles distant, just a wash with the
surface of the sea and breaks high in boisterous weather. The third was observed
in lat 31 29 S., long. 178 28 E. bearing W. from the French Rock about 133 miles
distant, and heavy breakers on it in rough weather." - Times, July 18.
The Missionary ship, JOHN WILLIAM and it's departure - p223
columns 2/3
23 Nov 1844 (p234)
Latest Intelligence received in Sydney up to Present Date
From New Zealand ….16th October.
Arrivals.
November 20 - Orotava, schooner, 91 tons, Captain Hay, from Port
Nelson the 16th October, and Port Hardy the 3rd November.
Passengers - Johnston Mr Lester Mr and Mrs and Son Murray Mr and Mrs and Son and Daughter
Departures.
November 20 - Columbus, American barque, Captain Hutchins, for the
Whale Fishery, with stores.
(p235)
HOBART TOWN
Arrivals.
November 8 - John Pirie, schooner, 105 tons, H. Simpson, master,
from New Zealand, sailed 8th October, with 4 male convicts.
Steerage Passengers - Bartlett George Chamring J Denby P and Wife Fraser Hugh Hickbottom C and Wife and two Children Phillips G Rowe J and three Children Ryan R Steel Mr and Miss Tomlinson G and Wife Townshend J -----
The Terror, from Sydney 24th December 1844 [sic] [should be
1843], was off the Heads at the time of our going to press, with 500 barrels
black and 200 barrels sperm oil.
The schooner Orotava left Port Nelson on the 12th October for
Sydney, but was compelled to return through stress of weather; she finally left
there on the 16th October, and touched at Port Hardy. On the 3rd instant she
left that port in company with the schooner Sir John Franklin,
which vessel was not in sight on the following morning, and Captain Hay fears
that she went on shore in the night near Cape Farewell; she had on board
thirty-three passengers for Launceston.
The Urgent, from Newcastle, arrived at Nelson on the 13th October.
The following vessels had been at Pigeon Bay from the 29th August 1844:-
Romulus, Holdredge, twenty-seven months out, 2400 barrels black
and 80 barrels sperm;
San Crois, Paulsen of Hamburgh, twenty-two months out, 150 barrels sperm and
1850 barrels black;
Wallaby, Gardner, Hobart Town, five months out, 650 barrels black
and 500 barrels sperm;
Eamont, Lovett, four months out, 650 barrels black;
Marianne, Lindsay, five months out, 300 barrels black;
Fortitude, Bailey, four months out, 900 barrels black;
Joanna, Chamberlain, of Hobart Town, six months out, 650 barrels
black;
Cheviot, Mansfield of Hobart Town, four months out, 800 barrels
black;
Terror, Harpur, Boyd Town, eight months out, 230 barrels sperm and
400 barrels black;
Juno, Hayes, Sydney, six months out, 600 barrels black;
China, Potter, (in Akaroa), 1100 barrels black and 500 barrels
sperm;
Favourite, Young, American, five months out, 500 barrels sperm and
500 barrels black.
(p236)
COLONIAL WHALERS AT SEA (With their last
Reports)
Caernarvon, 220 tons, Irvine, hence 22nd August 1842; at the Bay
of Islands, 16th September; refitting. Irvine owner.
Jane Eliza, 419 tons, Bradley, hence 7th March 1843; touched at
Tahiti in July, with 300 barrels; H. Moore, owner.
Merope, 312 tons, Hogg, hence 26th March 1843, spoken in June
1844, with 500 barrels; Blaxland, owner.
Tigress, 192 tons, Eury, hence 10th May 1843; reported at Rotumah
with 700 barrels sperm; Hughes and Hosking, owners.
Australian, 300 tons, Wiles, hence 14th June 1843; at Ocean Island
May 12th 1843 with 750 barrels sperm; Cooper and Holt, owners.
Lindsays, 200 tons, Williamson, hence 15th June 1843' left Port
Stephens 9th September 1844, with 700 barrels sperm; Williamson, Mitchell and
Russell, owners.
Clarkstone, 244 tons, Stewart, hence 13th September 1843; spoken
by the Jane 6th instant with 1000 barrels sperm. H Moore, owner.
Woodlark, 243 tons, Smith, hence 24th September 1843, spoken by the
Lindsays 4th July, with 610 barrels sperm oil on board; H. Moore, owner.
Seamander, 230 tons, Smith, hence 24th September 1843, put into
Port Stephens 14th September 1844, with 600 barrels sperm; Mitchell and Co.,
owners.
British Sovereign, 365 tons, Cooper, hence 5th November 1843; left
Port Stephens 12th September 1844 with 370 barrels sperm, 50 barrels black; Lamb
and Parbury, owners.
Fame, - tons, Sargeant, from Twofold Bay, 8th October, spoken on
the 22nd October with 80 barrels black oil. B.Boyd, and Co., owners.
Bright Planet, 187 tons, Kyle, hence, March 20th; Mitchell and
others, owners.
Jane, barque, 250 tons, Fowler, hence 28th April 1844' spoken by
the Nimrod, 9th June, with 30 barrels sperm; Flower, Salting and Co., owners.
William, 344 tons, Bolger, hence 19th June 1844; at the Bay of
Islands, 8th August, clean; B. Boyd and Co., owners.
Nimrod, barque, 232 tons, Sullivan, hence July 25, 1844. Lamb and
Parbury, owners.
Nelson, barque, 274 tons, Spurling, hence 2nd October 1844;
Fotheringham, owner.
VESSELS EXPECTED IN SYDNEY
From New Zealand
Scotia, schooner, 72 tons, Ward.
Terror, schooner, 95 tons, Dunning.
Star of China, schooner, 113 tons, Tinley.
Guide, brig, 147 tons, Addams.
Tryphena, brig, 131 tons, Hindmarsh.
Wanderer, schooner, 131 tons, Burns.
Coquette, schooner, 72 tons, Rogers.
Eleanor, brig, 253 tons, Macfarlane.
Piscator, schooner, 131 tons, Kemp.
Vanguard, schooner, 61 tons, Pilfold.
Coolangatta, schooner, 88 tons, Napper.
(p237)
AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEISURE OF THE BRIGANTINE HANNAH
At Chatham Islands by William Ellis and others, whilst on a trading and whaling
voyage to New Zealand and the islands in the South Pacific.
(p238)
SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING PORT OTAGO; OR, NEW EDINGBURGH.
(From a letter of Captain Hay, of the schooner Orotava, to Lloyd's
agent, at Wellington.)
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The Terror left Twofold Bay on Sunday last, and has come in to
discharge. The only vessels reported by her are - the Fame, about
six weeks since, a few days from Twofold Bay, with a right whale alongside;
November 1, spoke the Marion of Hobart Town, eight months out,
with 600 barrels oil; American whaler London Packet, eleven months
out, with 250 barrels sperm and one right whale; and the Eamont,
of Hobart Town, oil on board not ascertained.
(p239)
The Mary. The following vessels were spoken at sea by Captain
Macdonald:- December 3, 1843, the barque Winslow, of New Bedford,
thirty-nine months out, 1350 barrels sperm oil. December 23, 1843, The ship
James Loper, of Nantucket, fourteen months out, 400 barrels sperm oil.
The American ship Christopher Mitchell, of Nantucket, twenty-seven
months out, 1000 barrels sperm oil. January 18, 1844, La Grange,
of Fairhaven. 27 January, 1844, the Emeline, of London, clean. February 7, the
Alpha, of Nantucket, twenty-one months out, 1999 barrels sperm
oil. February 17, saw the Mars, of New Bedford. March 15, the
Arabian, of London, fifteen months out, 1650 barrels sperm oil. May
21, boarded the colonial whaler Caernaven, twenty-one months out,
500 barrels sperm oil; the Caernarven was lying at anchor in
Pharoa Bay. July 3, the United Kingdom, of Liverpool, bound to Bombay. July 21,
the American whaler Cora, of New Bedford, thirty-six and a half
months out, 100 barrels sperm oil.
OIL CASKS -
Commodore Berard, of the French corvette Le Rhin, has sent the
following communication to the New Zealand Gazette respecting the method
adopted at Akaroa for plying oil casks:- "I caused a cask to be made thirteen
English feet long, and rather more than three feet at its greatest diameter, to
hold about 714 gallons, and to contain a calf whale. This cask has now been full
of water for more than one month, and has not yet leaked a drop. The wood we
have made use of is the kawia or gowal. Mr Clark, an English cooper, for some
time established at Akaroa, is the person who pointed it out to me as the best
for this purpose. He has already made, for the fisheries on this part of the
coast, a great number of casks of this wood, and assures me they have answered
perfectly well, inasmuch as no leakage of oil has taken place. The kowal is a
mimosa, common in the Middle Island - the elianthus puniceus of the celebrated
botanist Allan Cunningham. It grows generally near the sea shore, or on the
banks of rivers, where it is found of great size; but those are not the best
kinds, for it is remarked that the old trees of this species are nearly all
rotten at the heart. This wood splits extremely well and very straight. Thus Mr
Clark obtains his staves with ease, by merely splitting the trunk. But for our
cask, the staves of which are very long, we have found it impossible to use this
cheap method, and have sawed the trees into planks about four inches wide, and
1¼ inch thick; and, as we have used them at once, it has not been found
necessary to heat them in order to bend them. Mr.Clark, however, informs me that
to make smaller casks he used fire to render the staves flexible. In splitting
the kowai, it is to be observed that there are two woods of different colours,
one brownish red and the other yellow; the first is always the best and
solidest, and if possible this only should be made use of. Nevertheless, a small
portion of the yellow part may be left if it should be hard; otherwise water,
and much more oil, will filter through it. When it is necessary to use these
mixed staves, attention should be paid to placing them in the upper part of the
cask, near the band, for there the pressure of the liquid is less."
30 Nov 1844 p241
Latest Intelligence Received in Sydney up to Present Day
From New Zealand ….10th November.
P242 Arrivals.
November 23 - Terror, barque, 257 tons, Captain Harper, from the Whale
Fishery, with 500 barrels of black and 200 barrels of sperm oil, having left
Sydney on the 24th September, 1843.
November 24 - Potomac, ship, 356 tons, Captain Hussey, from the
Whale Fishery, having left Nantucket 14th November 1841, with 2200 barrels
sperm.
November 24 - Lady Leigh, schooner, 116 tons, Captain Reid, from
Port Nicholson the 8th and Queen Charlotte's Sound the 12th instant, in ballast.
November 27 - Tryphena, brig, 131 tons, Captain Hindmarsh, from
Auckland the 29th October.
Passengers - Aldwell Mrs and son Caudlin Mr J. Godfrey Colonel Hughes Mr Johnson Dr. Lackey Mrs Salter Mrs and child
November 27 - Wanderer, schooner, 131 tons, Captain Burns, from Port Nicholson the 1st, and Queen Charlotte's Sound the 10th instant.
Passengers - Asher Master Asher Mr M. Boulton Mr Harvey Mr P.M. Hayes Dr. Inglis Mr W. Mason Mr T. McQuade Mr Edward Neale Mr W. Parker Mr W. Phelps Mrs Toms Mrs and child
November 27 - Eleanor, brig, 253 tons, Captain Macfarlane, from Port Nicholson the 4th, and Port Nelson the 10th instant.
Passengers - Abbut Mrs and son Boyes Mr Burns Mr and Mrs and son Carter Mr Dillon Mr E. Faithful Mr Harvey Miss Heath Mr Jacob Henesy Mr Jolis Mr Joseph Mr Israel Ladbrook Mr and Mrs and daughter Leaths Mr Moulen Mr Molesbong Mr T. and two daughters Parker Mr S.E. Price Mr Roge Mr W. Scott Mrs and daughter Smith Mr W. Tatler Mr Wansey Mr Wetherby Mr Wilkinson Mr Youlden Miss
November 29 - Star of China, schooner, 100 tons, Captain Tinley, from Port Nelson the 15th instant.
Passengers - Alexander Miss Allen Mrs Beit Mr Cowley Mr Drake Mr Green Mr Hemmings Mr George Hill Mr and Mrs Hindson Mr Musgrave Mr Parkinson Mr Perry Mr Sandford Mr Scott Mr Sparks Mr and Mrs and son and daughter Spooner Mr and Mrs and daughter Stubbs Mr Tinley Mrs and son
November 30 - Terror, schooner, 107 tons, Captain Dunning from Auckland the 4th, and Kawau the 13th November.
Passengers - Falkner Mr Munro Mr and Mrs and two children Taylor Mr
Imports.
November 25 - Terror, barque, 257 tons, Captain Harper, from the
Whale Fishery: 16 tuns sperm oil, 43 tuns black oil, and 15 cwt. Whalebone.
November 25 - Lady Leigh, schooner, 118 tons, Captain Reid, from
Port Nicholson, with 7 barrels pitch, 1 case sperm candles, 1 package cooking
utensils, 1 case of models, F. Mitchell and Co.
November 27 - Wanderer, schooner, 131 tons, Captain Burns, from
New Zealand; Cargo from Port Nicholson and from Queen Charlotte's Sound.
November 9 - Typhena, 131 tons, Captain Hindmarsh, from Auckland.
November 29 - Star of China, schooner, 100 tons, Tinley, from
Nelson and Wellington, New Zealand.
P243 SOUTH AUSTRALIA
(From Port Phillip Gazette, November 23.)
The brig Prince Albert, Captain Rant, returned from New Zealand,
with part of original cargo.
NEW ZEALAND
Auckland. Arrivals.
October 21 - Thomas Lord, schooner, Captain Süwerkrop, from
Sydney, the 29th ultimo, and from the Bay on Saturday last, with a general
cargo.
Passengers - Bawtree Mr Cooper Mr Fulman Mr Levien Pennie Mr
October 22 - Terror, schooner, Dunning, from Sydney.
Passengers - Anderson Mr Chalmers Mr Falconer Mr Jones Mr Thomas, wife and child Ross Mr Taylor Mr Willis Mr
October 22 - Coquette, schooner, Rogers, from Sydney and
Russell.
Passenger - Barrett Mr
October 25 - Raymond, barque, Hugh McKay from Wellington 7th
October.
Passengers - Griffin Mr Marsden Mr Tudor Mr
Departures.
October 22 - H.M.S.Hazard, Robertson, Esq., commander, for
Wellington, Nelson and New Plymouth, with His Excellency the Governor.
October 24 - H.M.S.North Star, Sir Everard Home, for Russell and
Port Arthur.
Passenger - Wood Mr
October 26 - Terror, schooner, Dunning, for Walheke and Sydney.
Passengers - Falconer Mr Taylor Mr
October 28 - Tryphena, brig, Hindmarsh, for Sydney.
Passengers - Godfrey Colonel Johnson Dr.
October 28 - Henry, brig, Tregurtha, for Launceston
Passengers - Brown Mr Palmer Mr
The Thomas Lord spoke the whaling ship Niantic,
of Sag Harbour, off the north-east end of New Zealand; - all well, and bound to
the east coast on a whaling cruise.
PORT NELSON.
Arrivals.
October 29 - Vanguard, brigantine, 61, Pilford, from Sydney 17th October
general cargo.
Passengers - Buckland Mr Coffin Captain, late of the American whaler Thule. Lauglin Mr Levin Mr J.H. Ling Mr
October 30 - Piscator, brigantine, 111, Kemp, from Newcastle 22nd October : cattle.
Passengers - Hemming Mr Hudson Mr Prentice Mr
Departures.
November 2 - Urgent, ship, 408 tons, Thompson, for Manila.
Passengers - Cooper Mr J.H. Wilson Mr A.
November 2 - Piscator, brigantine, 111 Kemp, for Manila.
November 3 - Vanguard, 61 Pilfold, for Wellington, general cargo
from Sydney.
Passengers - Buckland Mr Coffin Captain, late of the American whaler Thule. Laughlin Mr Levin Mr J.H. Ling Mr
November 5 - Lively, cutter, 32, - , for the Moutere.
November 8 - Catherine Johnstone, cutter, 11, Taylor, for
Wanganui, general cargo.
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LAUNCH - A splendid barque was launched on the 14th instant, from the yard of Mr
Williamson, Battery Point, Hobart Town, purchased by Messrs. Nathan and Co. she
was named by Mrs Nathan Henriette Nathan, as she glided gracefully and
beautifully from the slips into the water. She is to be employed in the whaling
trade.
The Eleanor has brought a valuable cargo from New Zealand, which
consists of 112 tons black oil, 6 tons whalebone, 87 chests tea, 49 cases
raisins, 30 casks vinegar, 40 casks cement and 13 casks plaster of Paris. The
schooner Comet, from Twofold Bay, with cattle, arrived at Port
Nicholson on the 26th October. The Star of China, was to leave
Port Nelson for Sydney direct on the 12th instant; also the Thomas Cripps,
for Launceston. The Eleanor saw a schooner on Monday last,
supposed to be the Wanderer.
The Sisters left Port Nicholson for Nelson and Hobart Town on the
8th instant. The Eleanor left Port Nicholson for Sydney via Nelson
on the 4th instant. The Star of China left Port Nicholson for
Sydney in company with the Lady Leigh and was in Queen Charlotte's
Sound, which she left on the 12th instant. The schooner Comet
arrived at Port Nicholson on the 26th ultimo.
The Tryphena has had a protracted passage from Auckland, having
had to contend with a succession of adverse gales, in which she lost her main
yard, and was blown to leeward as far as lat. 28° S. She saw a whaling barque
about a week since, but did not speak to her. The Thomas Lord was
lying at Auckland, getting a new bowsprit, the other one having been carried
away by the Raymond. The brig Nimrod, from the
Sandwich Islands, had arrived at the Bay of Islands.
The following vessels are reported by the Potomac:- June 8, spoke
the Mary Ann, Bonny, of Fairhaven, 25 months out with 800 barrels
sperm; 10th St Peter, Foster, of New Bedford, 22 months out, with
600 barrels sperm; Java, Allen, of St.John's, New Brunswick, 10½
months out, with 50 barrels. At Strong's Island - September 27th,
Australian, Wiles, of Sydney, with 900 barrels sperm; October 7th,
Margaret, Courtenay, of London, with 1500 barrels sperm; and
Seringapatam, of London, with 600 barrels.
The Sisters, from Port Nicholson, arrived at Nelson on the 12th
November, and was to sail again a few days after for Hobart Town. The
Emily has been laid on the berth for London, and is about to take on
board the oil imported by the Terror. It is expected that the
Eleanor will fill up with wool for London.
Sydney Shipping Gazette
Volume 1, No. 38 1844 Saturday December 7, 1844
Ships in Habour
Countess of Wilton, schooner, 111 tons, Bowles, at Campbell's
Wharf. Campbell and Co., agents. Loading for the Bay of Islands, Auckland, and
Tahiti.
Harlequin, schooner, 62 tons, Cooney, at Milne's Wharf. Milne,
owner. Loading for the Bay of Islands and Auckland.
Lucy Ann, barque, 213 tons, off the Gas Works Wharf. Lane, owner.
Advertised for Hokianga and Bay of Islands.
Lady Leigh, schooner, 118 tons, Reid, at the Circular Wharf. J. B.
Metcalfe, agent. Loading for Port Nicholson and Nelson.
Shamrock, schooner, 85 tons, -, at Campbell's Wharf, Campbell and
Co., owners. Advertised for Auckland and the Bay of Islands.
Star of China, schooner, 100 tons, Tinley, at the Circular Wharf. J.
Giblett, owner. Loading for Port Nicholson and Nelson.
Tryphena, brig, Hindmarsh, at Milne's Wharf. C. Abercrombie,
agent. Loading for Auckland.
Hobart Town
Arrivals
American whaling ship France, S. N. Edwards, master, from the
Sandwich Islands 11th October, with 2400 barrels oil.
Vessels Loading for England
The cutter Jane and Emma took in her present cargo at Port
Frederick, a settlement formed on the River Mersey, about thirty miles to the
westward of Launceston. She saw the schooner Sir John Franklin,
Captain Campbell, from New Zealand to Launceston, Monday last, off Cape Howe,
which vessel had left Twofold Bay two days before, having put in to refresh.
The schooner Comet, from New Zealand, arrived at Twofold Bay on
the 28th ultimo; and the schooner Ariel, Captain Lewis, had all her cattle on
board, and would sail for New Zealand on Monday.
Sydney Shipping Gazette
Volume 1, No. 39 1844 Saturday December 14, 1844
Ships in Harbour
Lady Blackwood, barque, 254 tons, Cooper, near Pinchgut. Lamb and
Parbury, owners. Ready for the Whaling Grounds.
Lucy Ann, barque, 213 tons, off the Gas Works Wharf. Lane, owner.
Advertised for Hokianga and Bay of Islands.
Lady Leigh, schooner, 118 tons, Reid, at the Circular Wharf. J. B.
Metcalfe, agent. Loading for Port Nicholson and Nelson.
Orotava, schooner, 91 tons, Cooney, at Milne's Wharf. Milne,
owner. Loading for Auckland and the Bay of Islands.
Star of China, schooner, 100 tons, Tinley, at the Circular Wharf.
J. Giblett, owner. Loading for Port Nicholson and Nelson.
Terror, schooner, 107 tons, Dunning, at Milne's Wharf. C.
Abercrombie, agent. Loading for Auckland
Arrivals Sydney
December 12 - Vanguard, schooner, Captain Pilfold, from Port
Nicholson the 27th ultimo.
Passengers - Blackman Mrs Dinsdale Mr Goodall Mr Johnston Mr Levien Mr J. H. McDonald Mr Milsom Mr and Mrs Sweeney Mr
Departures from Sydney:
December 10 - Countess of Wilton, schooner, 111 tons, Captain
Bowles, for Auckland, Russell, and Tahiti, with sundries.
Passengers - Bowles Mrs Brown Mr S. Castle Mr J. M. Henry Master Hughes Mr Jones Mr Kyser Mr Latham Mr Simms Mr Western Mrs
December 11 - Potomac, ship, 356 tons, Captain Hussey, for the
Whale Fishery, with stores and original cargo.
December 13 - Tryphena, brig, Captain Hindmarsh, for Auckland.
Passengers - Mr Oaks, and Mr J. Riley.
Vessels Loading for London:
The schooner Orotava. Captain Cooney, is about to load for
Auckland and the Bay of Islands.
The schooner Terror is taking on board about 50 head of cattle, at
Milne's Wharf, for Auckland.
The Vanguard brings little or no news. The Nelson
was loading at Port Nicholson for London, to sail on the 11th instant. The
Vanguard saw a brig in Cook's Straits on the 28th ultimo, supposed to
be the Bee. The schooner I Don't Know, arrived at
Port Nicholson on the 25th ultimo, from the Chatham Islands.
English Shipping - The Slains Castle
and James Petrie were advertised for New Zealand.
Boyd Town Shipping:
Arrivals - November 20. Sir John Franklin, schooner, Campbell,
from Nelson, sixteen days out, called in for supplies. - 26 Comet,
schooner, Cork, from Port Nicholson, in ballast.
Departures - December 1. Comet, schooner, Cork, for Port
Nicholson, with cattle; Ariel, schooner, Lewis, for Port
Nicholson, with cattle.
Vessels in Sydney Harbour -
India
The Tuscan, from New Zealand, arrived at Singapore, on the 21st
August.
Vessels Expected in Sydney from New Zealand
Scotia, schooner, 72 tons, Ward
Guide, brig, 147 tons, Addams
Coquette, schooner, 72 tons, Rogers
Coolangatta, schooner, 88 tons, Napper
Bee, brig, 134 tons, Unthank
Sydney Shipping Gazette
Volume 1, No. 40 1844 Saturday December 21, 1844
Ships in the Harbour
Lucy Ann, barque, 213 tons, off the Gas Works Wharf. Lane, owner.
Advertised for Hokianga and Bay of Islands.
Orotava, schooner, 91 tons, Cooney, at Milne's Wharf. Milne,
owner. Loading for Auckland and the Bay of Islands.
Vanguard, schooner, 61 tons, Pilfold, at Wilson's Wharf. F.
Mitchell, agent. Loading for Port Nicholson.
Departures
December 15 - Star of China, schooner, Captain Thomas Tinley, for Port
Nicholson and Port Nelson.
Passengers - Sandford Mr George Mr Higgins Mr
December 15 - Lady Blackwood, barque, Captain Cooper, for the Whale Fishery.
Passenger - Cooper Mrs
December 15 - Terror, schooner, Captain Dunning, for Auckland.
Passenger - Wemyss Mr
December 17 - Lady Leigh, schooner, Captain Reid, for Port Nicholson and Nelson.
Passengers - Clark Mr Fraser Mr Green Mr Hervery P. M. A New Zealander
Exports
December 14 - Lady Blackwood, barque, Captain Cooper, for the
Whale Fishery: stores and whaling gear.
Sydney Shipping Gazette
Volume 1, No. 41 1844 Saturday December 28, 1844
Ships in the Harbour - Sydney
Lucy Ann, barque, 213 tons, off the Gas Works Wharf. Lane, owner.
Advertised for Hokianga and Bay of Islands.
Orotava, schooner, 91 tons, Cooney, at Milne's Wharf. Milne,
owner. Loading for Auckland and the Bay of Islands.
Vanguard, schooner, 61 tons, Pilfold, at Wilson's Wharf. F.
Mitchell, agent. Loading for Port Nicholson.
Arrivals Port of Sydney
December 25 - Miltilda, ship, 483 tons, Captain Bliss, from the
whaling grounds.
December 26 - Bee, brig, 134 tons, Captain Unthank, from Port Nicholson the 8th,
and Kaffia the 12th December.
Passengers - Albion Mr Brown Mr Chapman Mr Duke Mr Grant Mr Haynes Mr Smith Mr White Mr
Vessels Laid on for these Colonies
For New Zealand - Slains Castle, 504, Draw-on,
October 1
The brig Nelson, left Port Nicholson for London, on the 7th
instant, with the following passengers -
Atley Mr Birch Mr Durie Mr Ebden Mr Evans Dr Ling Mr B Winning Mrs Woods Mr Young Mr and Mrs
Cargo - 83 tuns black oil, 11 tons whalebone, 13 tons tanning bark, 16 logs
totara, 90 tamai staves, 46 logs mairi, 57 logs mai, and 4 logs rimu wood.
The schooner I Don't Know, left Port Nicholson for the Bay of
Islands on the 2nd instant; and the cutter Katherine Johnston,
sailed for Wanganui on the 4th. The Bee spoke nothing on the
passage up.
The English Shipping - The Norwhal,
from New Zealand, arrived in the Downs on the 16th September.