RIVER SHIPPING.

Press, Volume X, Issue 1144, 9 July 1866, Page 2

RIVER SHIPPING.

Heathcote, July 8. ABBITBD. Courier, ketch; Elizabeth, ketch; Charlotte, cutter j Foam, ketch. fIAILBD. Novelty, p.e. fORT OF AKAROA. July 5. ABBIYBD. Geelong, p.e., 137 tone, Hart, from Lyttelton. BAILBD. Wainui, c.c., 87 tons, Crone, for Dunedin via intermediate ports. Geelong, p.e., 187 tone, Hart, for Dunedin Tia intermediate ports. IMPORTS. Per Geelong: 4 cases, Armstrong and Daly; 1 do, Townsend. EXPORTS. Per Wainui: 12 crates cheese, 90 cases hollande, 1 bale blankets, 52 bags flour, 4 do sharps, 84 do bran, 17.000 feet timber, B 0 Latter t 10 saoks lour, 2 bags sharps, 6 do bran, G Hay lock ; 12 crates cheese, 1 case fruit, 2 kegs butter, J D Garwood; 6 cases fruit, 2 bags onions, 1 trnnk do, Wiggins and Co. Per Geelong: 5 crates cheese, J D Garwood ; 4 do do, 2 casks do, 1 case do, J Muir; 2 boxes fruit, Maimanche. The brig Spartan, Captain Vandervoord, arrived in Lyttelton harbor on Saturday evening. She left Wellington on Thursday evening. The p.e. Bruce arrived from Okarita at midnight, 'with between thirty and forty passengers and 2000 ounces of gold dust. She has been detained in Okarita during the past -week through the late weather and gales, which rendered that bar unprossable. The Bruce left for this port at half-past twelve p.m. yesterday.—"West Coast Times." Notwithstanding that the weather has moderated considerably since our last, there has been no incident oonheoted with our shipping worthy of record. The s.s. Kennedy still remains in port, and the other vessels have not moved from their moorings. The river has fallen considerably. The bar was quite practicable yesterday, the red flag having been flying at the masthead during the tide, and the break being nothing unusual. The late floods have had the effect of washing away a large portion of both the south and north spite, but the westerly gales have banked them op afresh further to seaward. This, however, has not interfered with the channel, which is now straight and clear, -with plenty of water on it at full tide.—"(Jrey River Argus," June 3. The e.B. Kennedy is expected to resume her voyage to Nelson this forenoon, after having been detained six days in port, since she was compelled to put back through stress of weather.—lbid. In consequetioe of the absence of all advices from any of-the rivers to the southward, con* sidorable interest is taken as to the probable safety of the ketch Caroline, which sailed from this port on the 15th instant for Hunt's beach or Brace Bay. Though there is this absence of advices, and this natural amount of interest shown, there does not however appear to be cay reasonable grounds for anxiety as to the safety of the vessel or those on board of her. After, her departure some fine weather prevailed, but it is possible that she did not reach her destination in consequence of ite almost inconvenient fineness for a sailing craft, and that, when the late northerly galea came on, she made for a place of shelter too far couth for any word to be readily received here as to ( her arrival. The vessel was in charge of Messrs King and Thomson, of the Okarita hotel, and was intended either to be beached or to enter some of the smaller streams to the southward, for which .she was in ewe adapted. It is to be hoped; that, with an improvement in the weather, some communication will soon be received as to their success and safety.— M Observer," June 30. The schooner Phaonix, reported last week as having arrived off the port after a rapid passage from Dunedin, and as having had to put to sea in consequence of a severe N. W. gale, returned to the roadstead on Sunday, and was fortunate in,being able to enter the river at tide-time on the following day. Alight land wind prevailed at the time, but Captain Parr managed to beat in over the bar, and with the assistance of boats, got fairly inside in admirable style. When at sea during the gnle she encountered some very heavy weather, losing a small portion of deck cargo, carrying away the top of her binnacle, and receiving slight damage to bulwarks. In consequence of the extreme inclemency of the weather, she was only able to begin discharging on Thursday.— Ibid. The steamer Bruce arrived off the bar on Tuesday about the commencement of tho eevere weather whioh, for forty-eight hours afterwards, prevailed along the coast. The channel -was -very different from that through ■which she had entered on her previous trip, being deep and well-defined compared with what it had been for a week previous, and she came in gallantly over a heavy surf. The work of discharging was an impossibility for two days afterwards, but, by taking advantage of the first break in the weather it was so far accomplished that eho might have left on Thursday had the surf not increased and Tendered departure somewhat hazardous. A fresh gale setting in on that night, and raising a heavy sea outside, made the trip as unadviaable yesterday, and it is only to-day at noon that she can expect to get away. C&ptain Turnbull, harhor-mMterfor Westland, arrived by her as passenger on his regular tour of inepeciion, and no doubt found everything connected with the department to beaaUsikctorily managed.—lbid.