PORT CHALMERS, OCTOBER 5TH.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 248, 6 October 1862, Page 4

PORT CHALMERS, OCTOBER STH.

Wind, at noon, S.W., 3troii£ breeze; weather clear and cool. High water on the 6th instant: at Port Chalmers,2.4 a.m., and 2.25 p.m.: at Dunrdin an hour later. ARRIVALS. - Geelong-, p.s., Boyd, from L-ttleton and intermediate ports, general cargo, and.passengers. Carjnll and Co., agents, Lyttletou, p.s., Toomer, from Waikonaiti. paasenjjers. C. F. Beeby, agent. Aldinga, s.s., M'Lean, from Melbourne 30th Sept. general cargo, 150 passengers. Royse, Mudie and Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Jane Lockbart, schooner, 131 tons, Clulow, for Djdney, sundries. Franck and Co., agents. . D«jJ°n, barque, 24S tons, Sivier, for Melbourne, in ballast, 10 passengeis. J. L. and C. Burke, agente. ' ' Airedale, s.s., £86 tons, Kennedy, for the Bluff fpneral cargo, 10 passengers. G. Brodriek, asent. Lochmvar, bri?, 169 tons, Walsh, for Auckland, art of original cargo. Royse, Mudte, Aad Co.. Agents. Mariposa, brig^Gl tons/Moore, for Launceston, In ballast. A. h. Thom^a, agent ' - Mbtrcja of the Seas ship 1740 tons, Hwrinkton,' for CaUao, in ballast. Lloyd, Taggart And"" Co. ngenta. PASBBKGSR LIST. Per Airedftle for the Bluff:—The Hon. the Post. master-General, Messrs. Green and Palmer,, and 7 in the second cabin. . ■ Per Storm Bird, from Wellingion. Mrs. DougW," ssrvantand child, Mrs. Jamesj Messrs. Ferguson, Towett, M'Gregor, Kenipthorne, \Teaton, and eleven m the steorngrt. ■ . Per AlcHnKa, from irelbnurne—Mrs Ilooper and 2 children, Misses Hooper (2>, Mrs Nnwetearl, M.rs Jones and 3 children, Miss Fiettham, Mi?s Nevs-.^teaii Mlm knell, Mist Silk, Mia .Champion; Messrs ak «meM Wolfe' Hutchison. Lalmnn,. Hooper, Smttb, Thomas. Nasmith,' Sioith, Jones. Wilson 25 y&ffi&£-Pawcetfc' HopUhiS ' Ljal1 ' Cris P' gobilliard. Hu«h lloberta, Nor'-wester, • Bella Manna, Wwren Goddard, S*a Nymph. Slik" GodFrom iondon—Planter. From the Cly.lo-Jura Cheviot, |evlUa. From Newcastie-rTims and Truth Bengal, Dunedin, LochieL J PiIOJKCTEO DEPASTCHEB. ' ■ Isabella, for Hob«rt Town, early. Crest oCtho Wave, for Cbristchvirch, early. Lloyd's Herald, for" tnvercargiil, oaiiy. Wothenburg, foc'Canferbary, this day, Aldings, for fcltflbowney Bts ias& ' - ;l«yttletonj7or Lyttleton, 'thisday, . ' ''

The sfeamer Aiding?- made her appearance at .the Il&iids r.fc 2 r> f m. fci-ilay (Sunday) after the mo^t rapid passage that she lias ev«r. ye'1- made between Melbouree and Otago. Bhe left Melbourne at 4.30 p.m. en the 3UtVan>l, snakiug allowince for the difTcsence of tinse, completed the passage infoiir days, nineteen hours..and forty, miiiutsa. • Thi3 inclu-led also a detention of four hours when tlie vessel wVw hove to off the bluff, so that the passage was really made in the u;ipiv.ce<lently short -fcpacc of four days, fifteen' houw, and four rainut^s. . During the nrst part of the p^iage light vAnh and ilne weather were experienced ; during the 1 ltter part heavy weather from the westward. The Aldinira brings on this occasion about 150 passengers, the list of cabin passengers, as will be seen, including Mr (2. Knwcett'and other gentlemen previously connected wifh the Princess's Theatre, and Mr Wilson Gray, who was recently announced as about to become a permanent resident at Danedin. While on the slip, as previously mentioned, the Aldinga had her recent injuries thoroughly repaired, and was otherwise so overhauled and rcfi'ted, a<? to be now in first-rate trim* for the busy steamer trade* •which may be expected She is intended to said on Tuesday. The steamer Oeclqng returned - from Lytfcclton on Saturday evening. JBriuirs Canterbury dates to the 2nd inslant. The steamer Lyitelton, whinh returned from Waikouati on the .""arac afternoon, picked up alarire boat, outside the Heads, and took her in tow as far as Port Chalmers It appears to be a new b0at,,,.: intended for beach or river work, tut it bears no name' 3] of place or owner. From certain, marks upon the . planks, it would appear as if those iv whose po-se;s-ion 3he had been last, had attempted to scuttle her.

The schooner Cecilia, previously reported, experienced s sine very heavy weather on the passage i'rora Canterbury. On Wednesday, it blew hard from the W.S V 7.. when the wind suddenly shifted to the S.E., with a heavy sea- During its prevalence from/ this direction,-the Cecilia, at the time. und<*r clo^e reefed topsails, had Jter topsails split, a hoavy sea afc thd aime time striking her, .starting some ■of "her stanchions, carryinpr away her boat, and str-iining the vessel so a<* to make her leak considerably afterwards. Iv addition to the small vessels previously reported as on the rocks at the bar of Hoathcote Kiver, the Colleen Dawn gofc ayliore while getting nnder weigh, loade.l for Lyitelton. The wind has continued to blow with varymsf ftrengfch f via the S.W. for the last three days, bui for most of the time it has been a stiff gale, which vessels in port have with difficulty n'lden o:it. Ok Fri'lp.y, while the cutter Fly. was at nndior above the Wands, with both anchors down and sixty fathoms of chain out, she drove and pot upon the rocks, riot far from the place whore the F»x was recently ashore. She is understood to be considerably damaged, being hilged and having some holes driven in her bottom through Vbich the'water flowed freely. She was laden with tobacco from the hoik California, and for the purpose of Hirhtening Jier, the deck portion was removed on Saturday." The brig Clarendon, while on her way up channel, also got into a position of difficulty, not having room to give chain sufficient to pi event her dragging while the gale was at its worst After towing up the Emma Prescott, however, the Sampson got warps conveyed from her. and towed her up to the anchorage at Dunedin. The Mariposa and one or two others dragged and Jiad their anchors fowled, but no other accident of consequence occurred. The Victory was visited on Friday by . several gentlemen from Dnnerlin. aceompsuii-..jd"by Captain Thomson, Harbour Msister. The operations for her removal are still proceeding1 satisfactorily. On that day she was movel by the hydraulics 3ffc. seawards, and with the heavy swell which the present gale will throw in at Wickljffe Bay, the efforts to move will he greatly aided, while she is not likely to be driven up newthanier head isso mu«*h to the sea, Mr. Scott is indefatigable in his exertions, and in the minutest details of the operations, exhibits an amount of skill and energy which .induces everyone who visits the Victory to inspect the interesting;* experiments, to be. exceedingly sanguine of his success. The anchors of the ship Bombay, at present lying In harbor, have, on account of their novel construction, been examined' by numbers of nautical men, and the tenacity with which they have held during the present gale, and their freedom from fouling, are circumstances which Indicate them to be of a superior description. Without a diagram, it is difficult to explain their construction, but some of the peculiarities are that they have no stock ; -that both flukes ar« engaged in the 'ground at the same time : that they can be cattivi flat alongside' the bow, and that being composed of three parts; they can* be taken to pieces and stowed-away with facility.- Of these advantages Sellars, of the Bombay, says ;™ ." 1 tried it for the first time at Bombay, where we moored, it b^ing the northern anchor, with forty-five-, fathoms chain, and the ship laid there for four montis and aihalf, during which time we had (especially afc the changing of monsoons), some very severe squalls from the northward (eJepbantes), in which your anchor never started in the least, and I was quite surprised when we weighed to proceed to sea, that it broke out of the ground as easily as if only let go to stop tide in a calm; and its lightness—only twentyfire cwt. instead of forty cwt., the weigh*- of the anchor, if replaced—-and peculiar shape, which prevents its fouling, and also secures its taking hold almost instantly, make it, in my opinion, superior to any other anchor at present in. us?.". The plan upon which, these anchors are constructed is known as Martin's New Patent.

The- steamerLyttelton which has for some time been regularly and actively employed .n the Waikouniti and other branches of the local trade, is understood to ha.ye changed hands, and ss soon to be removed to Nelson, to ply upon the coast there. The btorm Bird, which w now in port, is expected to take some portion of the Otago trade thrown open by this removal, and by recent accidents -to steamers on the coast.

The S.W. wind which has prevailed for several days,, hns to-day (Sunday), brought up to the Ilea^ls a number of vessels which await towing or fair weather to reach the Port. One is a ship, supposed to be the Cheviot, and there are also two barques, with briers, and other smaller crafts.

The City of Hobart 13 adverted in Melbourne to sail on the 4th. The ship Nor'-wester left Port Fhilhp Heads' for Ofcago on the 20th, and the boutbern Cross, nearly entered outwards on the same day. The llangatira arrived at Sydney on the 27th, and the Dunertin sailed for Otagosame day. The Rea Nymph mid Warren Goddard also sailed from Melbourne on the 27th.