The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-23 00:00:00

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING

. LONDON, DEc. 22.—W ind this day at noon, W.S.W.,
moderate breeze, and fine.
DEAL, DEC. 21.—WindN.W., light.—Sld. Strath.
eden, Sydney. Remains Seawitch, for Africa.
MILFORD, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Glasgow, Liverpool to
New Orleans, out 14 days; is leaky in the bowsprit,
and has experienced heavy gales.
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JERSEY, DEC. 18.—The Ipswich, Smith, of Ply-
mouth, was wrecked on the western coast of New-
foundland, crew and passengers saved ; thirteen of
them have arrived here in the Harmony;
the master, died two days after the •7;reck.• esseby,
OFF NEW ROMNEY, DEC. '
18.-LAtlantic, Bremen,
for Baltimore.
LIVERPOOL, *--
sl.—Wind
J.Jua, •w ~ moderate.—
Arrd.• ILnown, Hoskin, Sydney and Rio Janeiro;
A".se la r il
. - tll, Maccio ; Brooke, Stirling, Manganilla ;
i Jane, Porto Cabello ; Elizabeth, Mossop, Savanilla ;
Frances Stanson, Lefevre, Charleston ; Euclid, David- I
son, Montreal. Ski. Mary, Rio Janeiro ; Grecian,
Antigua; G. H. Sheppard, -New Orleans ; Leuconia,
Mobile; Oxford, New York; Fanny, Newfoundland.
The Corea, Kerr, hence to 13ombay, was off Belfast
yesterday going into that port to repair, having borne
up from lon. 21, with decks swept, masts sprung, and
other damage.
CARDIFF, DEC. 21 —Arrd. John and Mary, Quebec.
KINGSTON, DEC. 20.--The Margaret, of Liverpool,
was passed in the St. Lawrence, at anchor, with a flag
of distress flying, by the Pomona, arrived here.
CORK, DEC. 19.—The Spence, from Newport to
Demerara, has put back to this port from long. 17,
with loss of boats, bulwarks, &c., and very leaky, and
must discharge to repair. Arrd. Rother, Hall, Monte
Video. Arrd. off; Bridget, Archibald, Miramichi.
DUBLIN, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Pomona, Quebec.
STOCKTON, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Barmow, Quebec. .

JERSEY, DEC. 18.--Arrd. Harmony, Newfoundland.
Orr HASTINGS, DEC. 21.—Fenelon, Rio Janeiro,
for Antwerp; Zodiac, Krull, Surinam, Rotterdam;
Hendrik Hudson, Stark, New York.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd.
Tanjore (transport), Quebec and Cork; Flora, Lon-
don, for Jamaica ; Alexander Robertson, London, for
Montserrat; Sumatra, London, for Ceylon. Arrd.
off, Anna Robertson, Hamilton, India.
SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Tweed (packet),
Franklin, Jamaica, left 18th ult., Cuba 19th, St.
Thomas 24th, and Bermuda 30th (60,000 dollars and
45 serons cochineal on freight), and proceeded to
London.

STANGATE CREEK, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Regalia,
Odessa ; British Queen, Mogadore.
PENZANCE, DEC. 20.—Arrd. Triton, Wakeham,
Quebec, left Nov. 5, and experienced very severe
weather ; Kingston, Sergeant, Jamaica, left Oct. 30,
and has experienced very heavy weather.
SCILLY' DEC. 15.—The Zero, Fawcett, from New-
castle to Barcelona has put in here leaky, and must
discharge.
BRISTOL, DEC. 21.—Arrd. Sir George Provost,
Quebec ; John Esdaile, Miramichi.

CARDIFF, DEC. 19.—Arrd. John and Mary, Quebec.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Wind W.N.W., moderate.
—Arrd. Camoens, Havre, for Monte Video.
Extract of a letter from Lloyd's agent at Havannah,
dated Nov. 18 :

"The captain of a Spanish vessel, arrived at Ma-
tanzas, has reported that he fell in, on the south side
of this island, with a Spanish schooner, and parsing
close to her, he was hailed from on board and in-
formed that she, and twe other Spanish ves-
sels, with flour, from Santander, had been
captured by a man-of-war corvette, under the
Haytian flag, that she was manned by negroes
from St. Domingo, and that he suspected the vessels
taken before, had been conducted to that island. The
men-of-war that have already left this are the Isabel
11. and the steamer Congress, to be followed by the
brig Jason. Orders have also been sent to St. Jago
de Cuba, in order that all the disposable forces there
are to be applied to this service, if required.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.—NEW ZEAL AND.
The following has been received at Lloyd's :
Extracts from Harbour Masters' Reports. No. 1,
Approaches to Auckland by Sea.
Commanders of vessels steering to or from the port
of Auckland should be careful to avoid the under-
mentioned dangers :
A rock, off the north side of the Island of Waiheke,
distant about four miles, even with the water's edge
at high-water, with deep water extending to a short
distance around it, from which the following bearings
and land marks were taken :

North -eaitern end of Waiheke—due east (magnetic).
Bird I9land, E. by N. i N.
Northern end of. Huba Kid, W. S.
Peak of Rangitoto' S.W. 4 W.
2. A rock, situate to the eastward of the Island of
Tiri Tiri Mantangi, distant about one and a half
miles, having two feet of water on it at low water,
and fifteen fathoms close to. on every side, from which
the following bearings and land marks were taken :
A remarkably white rocky islet, 'at the north
eastern side of Tiri Tiri Mantangi, N.W. by W. W.
(magnetic.)
Southern end of Tiri Tiri Mantangi, S.W. W.,
centre of Little Barrier.

Inland due north, Peak of Rangitoto, S. E. ;
Castle Hill, E. 4 S.
(Signed) DAVID ROUGH, Harbour Master.
No. 2. The town of Auckland, on the southern
bank of the :river Waitemata, is situated in lat. 36
deg. 51 min. 36 sec. S., and lon. 174 deg. 43 sec. E.,
nearly. The entrance to the Waitemata is on the
western side of the Gulf of Shauraki (on the Frith of
the Thames), and is screened from the north-east by
the Islands of Rangitoto, Motu Tapu, and a suc-
cession of bold precipitous islands, lying off the north-
west end of the large island of Waiheke.

DIRECTIONS.

1. Vessels bound to Auckland from the northward,
after making Point Rodney, should steer for the
island of Tiri Tiri Mantangi, taking care to avoid a
small rocky islet, lying one league north, 53 deg. W.
(magnetic), from Port Takatovv, Whemnia, and
passing it on either side, steer for Rangi Toto
Kupia, between that island and the Main, and not
approaching either, no less than five fathoms water.
When to the westward of Rangi Toto, the bluff
north head of the river Waitemata becomes visible.
Vessels coming from the eastward should enter the
Frith between Cape Colville and the Great Barrier
Island, passing on either side of the small island of
Motu Apokei, which lies about a league distant
N.N.W. from the Cape, when a course may be shaped
by the mid• channel between Tiri Tiri Mantangi and
Motu Tapu, which nearly joins Rangi Toto, and
over which the peaks of Rangi Toto are visible.
Then proceed as if coming from the northward.
Vessels drawing less than 18 feet may enter the
Tchawake channel on either side of Waiheke, and
pass to the southward of the group formed by
Waiheke, Motu Tapu and Rangi Toto, to the en-
trance of Waitemata; but this channel is not recom-
mended to strangers unaided by a pilot. In the event
of stress of weather, or other emergency, excellent
shelter may be found inside any part of Waiheke, or
under the east end of Motu Tapu, the passages so far,
and the channel leading to it, being perfectly free
from dangers.
On approaching the entrance of the river care must
be taken to avoid a ledge of rocks, extending in a
North-westerly direction from the southern shore,
which may be avoided by keeping the North Head
southward of west (magnetic) until a remarkable
rock on the south shore, resembling the bastion of a
fort (called the Bastion Rock) bears south (mag-
netic). With a fair wind the North Head may be
rounded at half a cable's length distance, and a mid
channel course will lead to the anchorage off the
town. With a beating wind tack on the south shore
in coming into six fathoms' water, and on the north
shore, which is much steeper, at the first shoal cast,
the only dangers within the Heads, are a spit of
land that projects half a cable's length from
a low sandy point on the north shore, about
a quarter of a mile inside the North Head,
and a mud flat, which lines the southern shore, to a
distance of nearly one-third of a mile, throughout the
whole river, and all the bays on both sides are shoal.
These dangers will be avoided by attention to the
lead, and the directions given above. The navigation
of the Gulf of Shouraki, with ordinary care, is per-
fectly safe ; but attention is required in hazy weather,
or at night, to avoid many small islets, which vary in
height from six er eight to a hundred feet, and which
are generally surrounded by deep water.
The only known exceptions to this rule are the
Perogusin, 30 deg. 7 min. South, and long. 170 deg.
18 mm. East, according to D'Urville, and a rock on
which the sea breaks occasionally (called Simpson's
Rock), lying about four or five miles N.N.E. from
the north-west end of the great barrier. There is a
sunken rock reported to exist on the north side of
Waiheke, and is marked on the charts about north
from the centre of that island, a long league off shore,
the position, or even the existence of which, is not
positively known.
These rocks, as will be seen by reference to the
chart, are out of the ordinary track of shipping, but
contrary winds may oblige vessels to approach them,
and therefore are worthy of notice. The rocky islet
of Takatoa Tenon, above alluded to, stands eight feet
above high-water mark, and is bold too. Its position
is accurately laid down by Baron D'Urville.
High-water at Waitemata, on full and change, 6h.
45m.; rise and full about ten feet on the spring tides.
The flood runs to the southward within the Frith of the
Thames, but to the north on the coast.
No. .—The Harbour of Auckland.
Of these harbours (in the Frith of the Thames)
the safest and most commodious is that of the Waite-
mata, a deep estuary on the south-west side of the
Gulf. Auckland is situated on the south bank, about
two miles from the entrance. The anchorage in front
of the town has excellent holding ground. All kinds
of weather has been experienced, but no vessel pro-
perly moored, has driven from her berth ; nor am I
aware of any vessels having sustained injury in p y
manner whilst at anchor in the port.