PORT CHALMERS—APRIL 23rd.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 419, 24 April 1863, Page 4

PORT CHALMERS—APRIL 23rd.

Wind at noon, S.W., stiff gale. Weatbor thick Hi-;h water on the 2-tth instant at Port Chalmers, 7.2 a.m,, and 7.22 p.m.; at Duuedin, an hour later. ARRIVALS. Storra Bird, s.S., Muhdle, from Wellington and Lyttelton, stock nnd produce, three passengers L.oyd, Taggart and Co, agents. PASSENGER^ LIST. Per Storm Bird, from the North: Miss Nclsor, Miss Jone3, Mr Sutherland.-

BXPKOTBD. ARRIVALS. From London—Coldstream, Helena. From Glasgow-^Sir ; William Kyre, Electra. From Melbourne—Choice, Lorenzo Sabine. Prom New York—Mary and Edith. from Sydney—Settler. ' ,■ From Newcastle—Kate Swanton. Frciiu Wellington-^y^aliaat.

PROJECTED (DEPARTURES. Chariot of Fame^fprLpntlon, May 2nd. John Duncan. JorLondon, 10th May. Hy.lra, for Melbourne;, 251h inst. :; Ilu'sar, for Melbourne, early. Andrew, for Valparaiso, this day. Lori Ashley, for Northern Ports, on arrival of English mail. Vl'»rre« Go Ward, for Wanganui, early. Isabella,for HobartTo'wn, 25th inst. . Jielia Vista, for Hobart Town, 25tb inst. Storm Bird, for Northern Ports, 25th inst.

vessels iir1 port. John Duncan, ship, from London. Gananoque, ship, from Loudon. .Arima, ship, from Glasgow. l! Chariot of Fame/ship? froml London. -Bciical. barque,, from.Sydney. Pt, V. H. Keinestein. ship; from Geelong. June, brig,.from..Melboiirne. -■ S3:i Nymph, brig, from Melbourne* St. Duhstan;"shin,"froin Adelaide. Warren 'Goildard, ..brijr Melbourne. Andrew, ship.'from Melbourne. ■;. Hy.lra, ship, from-Melbourne. Malcolm, brigahtinej'from Melbourne. CeciUa, schooner,-.t'rom Chatham Islands. Gladiator, ship, from New York. .......' Ualla Vista, barquey frbiSTloiiart Town. Charlotte Andrewa, ,bar.qvi.e,;froui San Francisco. Helena, barque", from Memel. Yarrow, brig, <rpm \yellipgton. . ■■ Ann Sanderson; -Elliott. ■ Isabella, barque, front Hobartown Silistria, ship.-from-Glasgow.--■-.-■ 1-Inssai, sip, frara'MelboUrno. Planet, ship, from SydiieyJ " Storm Bird^s.B.,Jrom-theJTorth.

The s.s. Stbrrii Bird afriyed in port ia the forenoon after a prp.tract.eU!_atidJv'eryboisterous passage f;om Wellington ;«iul ityttpltony tlie '. Tveather enr.iuntnred exceeding; iih severity, any thing that has ever l)?en experieisCedj<by;!(Captain Mundle on the New Zealand coast. She left Wellinetoii on Vfednwd.iy week, and Lytteltpnionthe following Friday, but iistlie gale lncrateedjjtirseverity, accompanied by biindine snow, showers,^ she.' ; w»s compelled to put bark. After leavinga" secgndtime, she was caught, with tlie (TeelongT-inJthe-lieavy gale of Sunday, and Lad to seek th&" sfieltcrcdff Maroa. In runningr for that port th1! Geelong'was struck by a very heavy sea, andhad all lier-bowrstanclnons carried away, from tlie fiangvvayjprwardj_.besides sustaining other (laraa^e. 'At,Ak»rflV, ltovinS', run short ofcoals, the Guelong had to takei&nßbonrdja-quantity of firewood. The Storm Bird. prot;upißteain.ifor tlie ttnrdtime, but did not venture further than Akaroa Heads, and it v.as not until nn-eaElyfrrar,on -Wednesday mornina: that both vessels-fe'ere' enabled to leave, along with the Maid of the Yafra/f Tlie .Geelong, of course, proceotleil to hef aiffe'i-erfi "ports of call along the coast, nr.d the Maid of the-Yarra, was. passed .by the Storni Uii-d ia the nftenioottJrpftjVrofiS v-to the outbreak of the fresh gale whicli" sMted., . The Storm .Bird brings a number of cattle :and sheep,' with a quantity of Weliinpton produce. ."_.! J.... : The exploriiiiirpaftj^oTminers.and others who int?v;d sailing for the WSsi,lG«a?t , : with. the schooner Courier, are st.ill.detSMiffiMieriSrby adverse weather. In addition to Captain Sullivan.'and his crew, tlie party consists of'-SJessrs—Archibald, Oarmichael, G" Crockett, W. Ma<?(ftnAld;.'T...Watson, li. C. Itoss, J. Thomss, a: CoweU/J. Kind§rj. S. Symnis, and W. Sntelifl'o. The company ''includes men of enterprise and 'Ictprminnt.inn, •>*", "-" th<»y-haj»v,aiipplied them-

selves with stores sufficient to last for six or soven months. thereisJlittleidoubt'that, under anjtliii:_g'like fivtnv.blecircurastan'ces.-tlie'y'will bßable to give a good account df.the'ms'elvrs. -They set out upon this cnterp ise without any promise or hope of reward tVo.ii Government,',blvt,,'jf it end in the development of any new country,-it is to: be .expected that their laboiy -will not fail tovbj vecoarnised. Since the forrontionof the party,.li3Uo: have.been offered fl>r a sinK!« share, hut it has been; resolved not to extend tl.ie"miraberß, and a stfjftwUl be made as soon as the weather favors.:. .;■•," ••':■■ •■„ '~-.-. The Miitildii Hayes.'-whjch is now beinfr fitted fo. 1 an expedition to the/,\yc^t; Coast with Dr Hecfc'-r and lus party,.will.,,be ixccompanied from Jacob's Kiver by a sailinß-hoat:matitted-by nine of a civtr, whose services.will bS mdstJVaJ'uab'e m the explornlion of the bays of th« coast, ana affording other such ns'istnnce ns;m,ifc,be necessary. Tlie Clarandon, which was recently sunk (it the Ifolvneiix. has.sinde, beeiiiraued, and is now again employed in the work of raising snags and otherwise improving the navjf{ati6ii.n<f . :vi i TII3 Piuiwer hns foKa{immber of weeks hpen barbound nt the Toi Tois. The R'ora is at the Molyneux, ]...iiii,-i<! wool, and-the-5-.loyd's—Herald U also there. 'Xho Nora has about 50 bales rioVon board. ; V/e understand thascC<iptain Turnbull, late of the ship Chile. h:i3 accepted, for a time the duty of superintending tlie operations now in cour.-e of prosressatthe Molyneux. with the obj.ct of improving the river, both at the bar, and as far up as navigation can be made practicable., .