SHIPPING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 1930, 25 February 1867, Page 2

SHIPPING.

LYTTELTON. AEBIVED. Feb. 23-Mullbgh, s,s, 46 tons, Turner, from: Heathcote, in ballast. *" CLBABKD. Feb. 23-Gipsy, ketch, 8 tons, Matthews, for' Heathcote, in ballast. EiPBCIBD Abbivaxs. Star of the So>tb, 8,8,, from Napier, Joyce. Phillips, ship, from .London. Lord Ashley, from Dunedin. s.s., from Dunedin; _ Airedale, from Wellington, this day.

PbojbctkJ) DbPABTDBBS. lord Ashley, s.b., for Wellington. Airedale, s.s.,for Dunedm and Bluff. Wainui, 8.8., for Duriedin, via intermediate ports;. Despatch, for Chathams.

7ifßßßi,B IH HABBODI, Himalaya, ship, from London, Matoaka, Bhip,from London. Mermaid, ship, from London, Sir Ralph Aliercrbinby, eliip, from London. Glerimafk, ship, from London; Xing, of Italy, from Newcastle. Despatch, from Chathams. HiflH WiißßTnisDii at thi QbyHEHMimr WnAßi. 8.65 a.m. 8.68 p.m; TELEGRAMS. WsuiHGloir-Feb. 22,8 a.m., Taranaki,:s.s., .from South; 10.aim., Airedale, 8,8., from Nelson J 2 p.m;> Eangitoto, s.s., from South. Tobt CHAiMBBS-Feb. 22,4p,m.i Mary Tan, Avery, from Hokitika; 4.i0p.m,, Countess Eussell, from London. Feb. 23,10.20 a.m., Yarra, schooner; from Wanganui. Feb. 22,10.20 a.m;, Tuaroa, for Molyneaux. Feb. 23, early, Wainui, 8.8., for Oamaru.

Ok Saturday, the brigantine Despatch proceeded. up the harbour to discharge her cargo of live Stock, from the Chatham Islands. On,.Sunday morning,, a strong S,W. gale, came on, and she dragged her anchors, getting, on to the reef that runs out from above Baker's Bay; fortunately the wind and. sea went down, and last night she floated off without injury,

HEATHCOTE. Abbived—Rb. 24, at Eailway Wharf, Volunteer, schooner, with iron, ex Mermaid; William and Mary, schooner, with railway, iron, .ex. Matoaka; Gipsy, ketch, with fish plates, ex Mermaid; Jupiter, ketch, with sleepers, from Pigeon Bay; Sea Shell, cutter, with coal; ex King ofjtaly; Elizabeth, ketch; with timber from Havelock. At Upper harf, Eagle, ketch, with timber, fiom Le Bon's Bay; Bandolf and Sea Bird, schooners, with firewood, from. Pigeon Bay. Saimd—Mullogh, 8.8., and Gipsy, ketch, for Port..

A strange story comes to us from Pansnit/. Months ago abrig.or sbnponer, called the Jacmel 1 Packet, loaded in the port Of Singapore, with sago, black pepper, &c., .for.thisport. . She was.con-, signed to Messrs Hacge and Go. She hailed from Singapore in September, last passed Anjer Point on the 27th of. that month, and for many wseki was anxiously looked for, her name appearing in the list of vessels expected to arrive. Nothing haying been heard of- her, however she was at last given up; and. her name was struck out. of the list aa"if she had gone down, among the lost, It how appears that the captain of the Tesselhad run away with. her. He, took her across the Pacific arid Panama, and there attemptedtb dispose of her valuable cargo, The American consul appears to have discovered that something was wrong, and to have interfered with commendable promptitude. The vessel was seized, and placed m possession of the naval authorities. 'She will be restored in due course, no doubt, but the delay will be tedious andthe Ipsa must be great.— Argusj Feb; 5. Caution, to Mabikbbb —Captain Hepburn, of the 8,8. William Miskin.has supplied us with the following account of ah episode in the late passage of that vessel frou Duhedin. It is significant of danger, and will doubtless be accepted a» a warning by masters of vessel engaged in the Westland coasting trade, On the morning of the 18th inst,, when the Miskuvwas running the coast down between Jackson's Bay .and Haast Eiyerr-the weather being fine at the time arid the pea. smooth-r-a., patch Of broken water was observed ahead, directly in the vessel's course. She was immediately sheered inshore the attention.of allon deck .being directed .to the suppqsed:danger, and from thefactthat the." break" was. not .continuous but regularly intermittent. Only showing when a swell rolled iri from seawards; it was inferred that a sunken rock, not laid torn on any chart,, existed there. The Miskin passed between it arid' the main land, and when a little to the northward eased steam for the purpose of roughly ascertaining its position, she being then inside Open Bay Island, and almost abreast of the Okuri Kiver, at a distance of about one . mile from the beach. The " break" then bore S.W. by W. \ W. (magnetic) distant about half a mile, and the centre of Open Bay Island N.W. by N. |-N,, thus placing the rock about a mile and a half from the main land,, and a little south.of an imaginary, line connecting Open Bay Island with the mouth of the Okuri river. Captain Hepburn is convinced that this" break" was hot caused by ah ordinary foul bottom, butresultedfrom the obstruction, offered to the action of the swell by an object that could lipt have been: more than three or four feet from the water's surface, When the above bearings were lakes the tide was at about half-flood.— WestCoastTimes, Feb.2l. Hokitika ElvEE,—Under the active superintendence ot Mr Bochford the diversion of the main stream of the Hokitika river into the new channel preparing for it is progressing. apace,,and providing we are spared the visitation of floods, the work will be quite completed by the expiration of ten days or a fortnight at the furthest. The gravel bank is already intersected by a canal through which the water runs freely, and when .the dam is a little further advanced will, by the increased flow caused by the backing up of the river, widen and deepen considerably. At least,'such- is the belief of the District Engineer and his assistants, who are sanguine that the plan adopted will prove an entire success. We partially concur with them, but at the same time consider the result to be an open question, for a heavy rush of water through so lengthy and narrow a cutting, may have the effect of bringing down the sides and thus block it up. The dam will be most substantially constructed,of.pohtporis filled with heavy gravel, each pontoon being 3Q feet long 12 feet Wide on the bottom, the sides having a rake of 1 foot to each foot of, perpendicular height. They will be strongly built of sawn timber and closely planked. , As the dam is to exlend in a direction diagonal to the course of the stream, its length will considerably exceed the absolute distance beween the banks, and it.ii Calculated that eighteen pontoons will be required to complete it. The .'pontoons will be supported by a row of, piles connected by heavy girders. Yesterday witnessed the finish and launch of the first of these huge boxes, which was floated down and moored to a pile in mid-stream.— W. 0. Timet, Feb. 20.