PORT CHALMERS—SEPTEMBER 15th.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 545, 16 September 1863, Page 4

PORT CHALMERS—SEPTEMBER 15th.

"Wind at noon, N. 8., light aud ranablo, We3llter, clear and fine. ARRIVALS. Mataura, ship, from Glasgow, general cargo, passengers. Dalgettv,' Rattray and Co, agents. hemark, Drig, 207 tons, M'Kinnon, from Newcastle, coals, A. M'Kinnon, agent. DEPARTURES. Pryde, brig, 20i tons, VeiTon, for Hobart Town, part of original car^o, one passenger. EXPKOTJSD ARRIVALS. From London — New Great Britain, May 3 : (now at Bluff). From Newcastle —*?oyal 'Excnange, Tybee, From Alelbourne—Gamecock. PROJHCTKD DKI>ARTURE». "Wesfcern Star, for Sydney, this day. Lady Young, for Hobart Town, this day. " Aldinga, for Melbourne, 18th inst. Edina, for Melbourne, early. Auckland, for the North, 19th insL VESSELS IN PORT. Lombard, schooner, from Twofold Bay. Crimea, ship, irom London. Island City, barque, from Boston. Electric, ship, from Glasgow. • Gaud alette, from Mauritius. Ceylon, ship.. I.™ Newcastle. Sir Win. Ej js ) ship, from Gtlasgovr. Ocean Homo, ship, from London. Kestrel, brig, from Mauritius. Lady Young, ship,, from San Francisco. T. E. Milledfie, ship, from Glasgow. W. C. Wentwrrth, barque, from Newcastle. Midas, baitpo from Newcastle, Pantaloon, Daique, from Newcastle. William Miskin, s.s., from Invercargill. H. L. Eiitgers, barque, from Vancouver's Island, lawranee Brown, ship, from Melbourne. Mary Agnes, barque, from Sydney. City of Dpnedin, ship, from Ulasgow. Dudbrook, ship, from London. Pryde, brig, from Hobart Town. Crislma, barque, from Hobart Town. . Susanna Booth, schooner, from Svduey. Mallard, ship, from London. Eiatto, barque, irom Melbourne. Omega, barque, from Newcastle. • •' Isle of France, barque, from Newcastle." Titania, s.s., from Invercargill. Mount, Alexander, schooner, from Waikava. Earl of Windsor, ship, from Twofold Bay; Bella Vista, barque, from Hobart Town. Sir Ralph Abercrombip, ship, from London. Alarm, brig, from Hobart Town.

The ship Mataura, from Glasgow, reported as having been seen off the Snares on Wednesday week by the ship Sir Kalph Abercrombie, has since made' her appearance at the Heads, and is now' (5 p.m.) -being towed up to the anchorage. • > The brig Bemark, with a freight of coal ron- . signed to Captain M'Kinnon, made an eighteen days' passage from Newcastle, experiencing one very heavy gale during that time. She is to be followed by the trig Koyal Exchange and Tybee ta the same consignee. The paddle steamer Betsy Douglas, originally built tor the Taieri trade, has now commenced to run regularly hetween Dunedin and Port Chalmers, for the conveyance of light goods and passengers. As a preliminary to the commencement of the new^ trade an excursion trip was given, a numerous party beintr conveyed to Port Chalmers,- and entertained on hoard by Mr Douglas and the agents, Messrs Baird - .Brothers.

For the past few days the weather has been remarkably fine, resembling much that experienced at the same season last year, when there occurred the extensive influx of people, by which the discovery of the Dunstan was tollowed. In.a few days hence a less extensive, but not inconsiderable, influx from Victoria is confidently expected ; one of the first sail ing ships being the Gamecock, a splendid vessc] caartered by Messrs. A . h. Thomson and Co. to run in conjunction with the Glencoe and Lawrence .Brown.

The hulk Thomas and Henry has been towed down to the Heads, to be employed in raising the anchor and chain of the barque H. L, Kutgers, which had to he slipped the other day, in consequence of an accident to the vessel's windlass.