SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORT OF OAMARU.

North Otago Times, Volume VII, Issue 167, 28 December 1866, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. PORT OF OAMARU.

INWARDS. December 25.— Geelong, p.«., Hart, from Dunedin. Traill, Roxby andOo., Agents.

OUTWABD8. December 25.— Geelonp, p.s,, Hart, for the North. Traill, Hoxby and Co., Agents.

IMPORTS. Per Geelong, from Dunedin,— Free and duty paid : 1 case, Grenfell ; 1 c« picklei, 1 box handles, 1 do jams, l'ck ale, 2 bags lalt, Morton ; 1 case, Morris ; 5 bxi tea, I cs confectionery, Gibbs ; 8 cs stout, Bennett ; 22 ban and 1 bdl iron, 1 screw, Ogilvie j 3 cs cheese, Bee ; 1 cask, Atkinson ; 2 cs drugs, Luke ; 5 cs old torn, 20 mats sugar, 1 package, 1 truss, Booth ; 1 case, 1 shaft, 2 plates, Cargills and M'Lean ; 2 parcels, 2 bars iron, 2 bundles staples, Reid and Robertson ; 1 pkg saddlery, Waddell ; 1 bdl timber, 4 wheels, 2 axles, 1 bdl bolts, Martin : 2 bdls iron, Thompson ; 4 cases, 1 trunK, Bee ; 1 case, Watson ; 5 cases, 1 truss, Hood and Sherman ; 1 cs machinery, 1 woolpress, Campbell; 1 matted parcel, Holmes ; 1 brl tar, 1 A-do pitch, 1 package, Reid and Bethgat© ; 5 cs apples, Everitt.

EXPORTS. Per Geelong, For Tunaru. — 8 bag* oaU, Dnlg«ty, RattTay and Co.

Particulars of the unfortunate wreck of the Clarendon ■at Moeralri will be found in our Hampden letter. We loam from telegrams received from Dunedin -yesterday that the two wool veiaola, the Star of Tm< maniA and Prospector, -were towed out to sea yesterday morning. The winds were adverse, so that we do not think they would make much progress, but they may now be expected hourly. One of them was reported in sight la*t night. Our two regular steam traders, the Qeelong and the "Wainui, are advertised to arrive in port on Saturday (to-morrow), the former from Lyttelton and the latter from Dunedin. A fatal boat accident occurred »t Port Chalmers Itit Thursday evening. The " Daily Times" of 26th instant Jiaa the following : — As was feared, the boat accident at Port Chalmers, on Thursday night last, resulted fatally. The bodies of the two men, Thomas Thomson and Samuel Pagot, were picked up on Saturday forenoon within six feet of each other, and only about ten feet from low water mark, opposite their own rest el, the hulk William Hyde. The bodies were removed to the Morgue, and an inquest was held during the afternoon in Dodson's Provincial Hotel, before Dr O'Donnoghue, coroner. The evidence adduced was similar to what has already appeared ; and the jury returned a verdict of accidental drowning; adding, that had these men obeyed the orders of their captain, this accident would not have occurred. The funeral, which was numerously attended, took place on Sunday, both bodies being buried side by side in one grave. A Decision of Importance to Seamen.— A case of great importance to mariners was heard at the Liverpool Police Court on Saturday. On the last voyage to New York of the National Steam Navigation Company's ship Virginia, several of the able seamen on board were directed to remove some coals for the purpose of trimming the vessel. The men refused to do the work, on the plea that it did not come within the range of the duties which they, as able seamen, had been engaged to perfoina. The consequence was that the captain baa to pay steerage passengers for removing the coals, and he deducted the cost from the wages of the seamen. The •question, however, was of larger importance than might be supposed, for it seems that on preyious occasions the men on board the Virginia and other steamers had been ordered to remove coals, and that a combination had been entered into by the men to refuse to do such work in future. They declined to submit to the deduction of their wages as made by the captain of the Virginia, and ono man summoned the owners to recover his full pay. The Court decided that able seamen were bound to perform all reasonable duties connected with the navigation of the ship, and that the removal of coals was work which they ought to do if requested. The decision, therefore, in wholly in favour of the steamship owners. — Liverpool Mercury. A Captain Bragged to the Bottom of the Sea by an Anchor.— Captain Leitch, of the cutter-yacht Mabella, and another man belonging to the vessel, were last week engaged in a small punt, lowering an anchor in Gourock Bay, wheu the punt was swamped by the swell of a steamer, and Captain Leitch was carried down a depth of more than 5U feet, in consequence of his legs being entangled in the coil of a rope attached to the anchor. He, however, managed to get free, after some time, and rose to the surface, when he and the other man were taken into a boat seat to their assistance. — Scotsman. Purchase of the Confederate Cruiser Shenandoah.— The famous Confederate cruiser Shenandoah, once the terror of Federal shipping, was, it will be remembered, quietly given up to the Federal authorities at Liverpool on the termination of the civil war in America. The United States Consul at Liverpool had her filled up and despatched to New York ; out she never gratified Yankee eyes, being driven back disabled to the Mersey by a succession of dreadful gales. After lying for many months in the Liverpool Docks " eating her head off,', she came under the notice of Messrs Smith & Fleming -of London, who were on the look-out for a vessel suitable for the requirements of a sablo potentate who rejoices in the title of His Highness the Sultan of Zanzibar. This monarch now owns the famous cruiser, the purchase having this week been finally effected by Messrs Stoddart Brothers, of Liverpool.