The British Queen.

the British Queen, a barque of 569 tons, in command of Captain Nott, arrived at Auckland on August 31, 1859, after a lengthy passage of 141 days. She brought out 124 passengers, who, notwithstanding the protracted voyage, arrived in excellent health. Captain Nott stated the ship, shortly after clearing the Channel, commenced to leak badly, and he returned to Plymouth, where repairs were effected; the ship had also been delayed by a succession of light baffling winds during the greater part of the run. The barque passed through Bass Straits, and the first land sighted on the New Zealand coast was Manukau Heads, on August 23.