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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED.
Wednesday, May 1— The cutter Maid-of-the-Mill, from
the Onkaparinga, whh flour, Clark & Co.
SAILED.
Wednesday, May 1— The cutter Jane Flaxman, 15 tons,
Thompson, master, for Yorke's Peninsula and Port Lincoln.
Passengers— Messrs Cummings, Landridge, and eight la-
bourers. Cargo— Sundry stores for settlers.
Same day— The cutter Jane and Emma, 20 tons, Shaw,
master, for Rapid Bay and Cape Jervis. Passengers—
Mr and Mrs Clark, Mr and Mrs Chandler, and twelve
whalers. Cargo— Sundries for the fishery.
CLEARED OUT.
Wednesday, May 1— The schooner Bride, 100 tons,
Farmer, master, for Sydney, in ballast. Passenger— Dr
Heyward.
MISCELLANEOUS SHIPPING.
The Livonia sailed from the Light-Ship for Batavia on
Tuesday.
The Rajah sailed from the Light-Ship for Melbourne
yesterday morning.
'VESSELS IN HARBOUR*
A mtty HaU (barque), 419 tons, Johnston, m»st*r, arrived
from London lOiu April; discharging cargo. C. & F. J.
Beck, Agents.
Bride (schooner), 100 tons, Farmer, master, arrived frora
Encounter Bay 26ih Ap-il ; about to sail for Sydney.
Calusr (blip), 200 tons, Pitzsimmons. master, arrived from
Singapore 10th April; about to sail for Singapore. W.
Younphusband & Co., agents.
Ceits (barque) 414. tons, Sr.hunemann, arrived from Bremen
21st April ; discharging cargo. Noltenius, Meyer, & Co.,
apents.
Daphne (schooner), 80 tons, Robeits, master; about to sail
tor Circular Head. J. P. Bennett, ag^nt.
Emma Shernitt (brigantine), 92 tons, Cock, master, ar
rived from Swan Hivcr 30th April ; discharging cargo.
W. Scott, agent.
Emu (schooner), 30 tons, Fraser, master, arrived from Port
Lincoln 27th April ; laid on for Purl Lincoln. A. Macfie,
agent.
Hawk (schooner), 1^0 tons, Davison, master, arrived from
Port Henry 2nd April ; about to sail for Port Wakefield.
E. G. Collinson, agent.
Jane (barque), 360 tons, Pallott, master; about to sail for
Swansea.
Joseph Lee Archer (cutter), 35 tons, Thompson, master,
arrived from Troubridge Shoal 29ih April. R. Bui field,
n pdnt.
Julindur (barque), 520 tons, Bum, master, arrived from
England 16th April; discharging cargo. J. Stilling and
Co., auents.
Lady Flora (schooner), 3-1 tons, arrived from Circular
Head 2nd April.
Marine Plant (schooner), 145 ton?, Bowden, master, ar
rived from Launceston 27th April ; discharging cargo.
Midge (cutter), 13 tons.
Symmetry ( barque), 500 tons, Hutchison, master, arrived
from Lei'h 31st March; loading for London. A. L.
Elder & Co., agents.
Thomas Chadwick (barque), 460 tons, Vickerman, master,
arrived from London 30th March ; discharging cargo— A.
Thomson, agent.
Venus (schooner), 50 tons, Smith, master, arrived irom Port
Lincoln and Tunby Bay 14th April; laid on for Port
Linco:n. R Venn. 'gent.
Woodbridge (ship), 516 tons, Coppell, master, atrived from
England 1 lth April ; discharging cargo. C. & F. J. Beck,
agents.
VESSELS LAID ON FOR THIS PORT.
The following vessels, destined for this port, may be ex
pected iu due course : —
FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Arabian (barque), 391 tons, Luscombe (for Adelaide and
Port Phillip), arrived at Plymouth 3rd January, from
London. To sail about the 5th for this Port.
British Sovereign (ship), 750 tons, Harris (for Adelaide
and Port Phillip), with cargo and passengers. To sail
from Plymouth about 27th February.
Countess of Yarborough (ship). 700 tons, Bennett (for
Adelaide, Port 1'hiilip, and Sydney), with carvo and
passengers at a uniform rate of charge. To sail from
Plymouth about 27th January.
Eliza Frances (barque), 400 tons (for Adelaide direct),
with cargo aud passengers. Sailed from Bristol end of
December.
Elixa Ann (ship), 600 tons, Bell, with' cargo and Go
vernment emigrants. To sai- from Plymouth early in
January.
Fatima (ship), 521 tons, Ray (for Port Adelaide direct),
with cargo and passenger* at a uniform rate of charge.
To sail from Plymouth about 20ih January.
Hooghly ( ), 650 tons, Sproul (for Adelaide and Port
Phillip), with cargo and passengers. To sail from Ply
mouth.
Jenny Lind (ship), 900 tons, Taylor (for Adelaide and Port
Phillip), with cargo and passengers at a uniform rate of
charge. To sail from Plymouth about 5th February.
John Harvey ( ). with cargo and passengers. To
sail from Leith in all January.
Lady McNaughlon (ship), 850 tons, Hibbert (for Ade
laide and Port l'hillip), with cargo and p -ssengen. To
sail from Plymouth about 25th January.
Lapwing (revenue-cutter yacht), 124 tons. Crawford (for
Adelaide), sailed from London 9th December, had ar
rived at the Cape of Good Hope, and expected thence
with passenucrs, dally.
Lord Ashburton (ship ), 1500 tons, Forrest, with eargo and
passengers. To sail from Liverpool 1 5th January.
Lvey (ship}, 1600 tons, Parsons, with cargo and passengers.
To sail from Liverpool 15th February.
Mary Ann (ship), 600 tons, Uarke (for Adelaide and
Sydney), with cargo and cabin passengers only. To sail
from Plymouth about 2nd February.
Pakenham (ship), 1000 toons, Boyce (for Adelaide, Port
Phillip, aud Sydney), with cargo and passengers. To sail
from Liverpool early in January.
Princess Hoy at ( ), 540 tons, Younghusband, with
cargo and passengers.
Royal Archer ( ), 450 tons, Scott. This vessel cleared
out from London on the 9th November, with passengers
and a large miscellaneous cargo
Santipore (ship), 700 tons, Gilmore (for Adelaide, Port
Phillip, and Sydney), with cargo and passengers at a
uniform rate of charge. To leave Plymouth about 6th
Pebrnaiy.
Sincl'iir( ), 578 tons, with cargo and government
emigrants.
Taglioni ( ), 350 tons, Jolliffe. with eargo and pas
sengers, from London direct. To sail from Plymouth
about 15th January.
Tory (ship), 700 tons, Row (for Adelaide and Port Phillip),
with cargo and passengers at a uniform rate of charge.
To sail from Plymouth about 10th February.
FROM GERMANY.
Alfred, 450 tons, Dau, master.
Casar Godefroy, 1030 tons, Behn, master.
Dockenhuden, 500 tons, Meyer, master.
Peter Godeffroy, 1050 tons, Cramer, master.
Sophie, 620 tons, Wilden, master.
Sieinwa'der, 500 tons, Muller, master.
Victoria, 550 ton3, Meyer, master.
FROM SYDNEY.
Wild Irish Girl (brig), St'anes, master, in a week*
NAUTICAL FACTS AND OCCURRENCES.
. Anew invention by Rwtired Captain Sir Samuel Brown,
K H., patentee of the chain-cables, aud numerous other
improvements in iron-work, ins recently exhibited by the
inventor, to the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, K.C.B., Com
mander-in -Chief, the Admiral-Superintendent, and several
other naval and scientific gentlemen. It is a compass in a
glass box, sustained by a small pillar with telescopic sides
by .which it can be elevated or lowered to any desired height.
It is. designed to obviate the local attraction of the ship.
The card is transparent, and the whole apparatus will su
persede the use of a binnacle. There is a mirror attached
to it, on which the helmsman will be able to see the relection
of the compass card. A lump wiii be placed over it at
night. The whole is an ingenious contrivance ; and, if sue*
cessrul, will effect a great desideratum fur the nautical world.
In the summer of 1848, the barque Claud, of Shoreham,
Sussex, sailed for Quebec, in ballast, for a cargo of timber,
&c. About 25° West long, sprung a leak, which increased
so much, the sail was thrummed ; this enabled the -:rew
in some degi«e.to keep it under, when a fresh difficulty
arose, for the sandy or gritty nature of the ballast wore out
the leather of the pump buckets in about six hours. The
captain put about to return to an Irish port. For four days
contrary winds baffled his efforts. He once more put the
ship's head to the westward, hoping to reach America, or
to speak some vessel ere his stock of leather was exhausted.
In this hope he was disappointed, the leak continuing una
bated, when a lucky thought struck him to use the "gutta
percha" soles of his boots (ot which he had a good supply),
in substitution of leather. The experiment succeeded, and
each pump-bucket so constructed lasted double the time of
the former ones. Another advantage possessed by gutta
percha was that the fragments could be incorporated in the
usual way, to economise the small stock, and after inces
sant pumping, and the usual amount of fatigue and hardship
attendant in such cases, they reached Quebec in safety.
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