CUSTOMS ENTRIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 849, 10 September 1864, Page 4

CUSTOMS ENTRIES.

INWARDS. September 9—Nil. • OUTWARDS. September 9—Union, 153 tons. Birch, for Hobart Town, in ballast, fl. W. Chapman, agent. INWARDS—COASTWISE. September 9-Nil. OOTW AR D H—OO AOT WIS B. Phoebe, s.s., 416 tons, Wheeler, for the Bluff, with cargo'and passengers. GK S. Brodrick, Xad'yßlrd, s.s., 220 lons, Renner,'for Lvttelton and Wellington. Lloyd, Taggart and Co, agents. - IMPORTS. Per Hero, from Melbourne: 2 cnses clothintr, STelpe: 3 cases merchandise. P Hayman; 1 do drapery, order; 50 tubs butter, Millar Br«s; 101 «ases kerosene oil, Baines and Oliver; 3 cases drapery, order; 1 piece iron work, 1 case, agents of the Phoebe; 20 casks treacle, J Connell; 6 casks of glassware, Stanford and Co; 8 horses, Wright and Kofcertson; 77 firkin* butter, 7 cases cigars, 34 cases tobacco, 15 \ boxes tobacco, Lange arid Thoneman; 4 cases merchandise, order; 11 horses. J Stewart; 8 horses, Agnew; 2 cases, 1 truss, Ii Bowman, 1 case, J Jennet. Per Rona. from Adelaide: 1500 bags flour, 30 tons bran, Cleve and Co.

The s.s. Hero left Port Phillip Heads at 8 a.m. on the 3rd insfc. Experienced light variable winds and tine weather. On Tuesday at 8 a.m. sighted abiigunderaU sail steering to the eastward, too far off to make out her signals. On "Wednesday at midnight .fifrhted the Solander, weather, thick with frequent heavy squalls aud rain. Easing the enarines until daylight, anchored at the Bluff at 8 a.m., and left at 5 p.m. with strong W.S.W. winds and thick weather with heavy squads, rain and hail, accompanied by thunder and lightning, a heavy S.W. sea prevailing along the coast. After < ischarging ber freight of hors:-* and general cargo, the Hero proceeds to Nelson and the intermediate ports. The brig Hona, already reported as at the Heads, was towed up as far a* the Port in the forenoon. She made a good run ot'B± days from Cape Willonghby to the Solander, but since making the land has been baffled by easteily winds. From Capt. Leys, we have Adelaide pagers to the 22nd ulfc. xhe tug steamer Favorite has gone down to the' Heads for the barque Sussex, and she will probably tow up in the evening tide. The barque Midas, Capt. C. W. Gallois. entered outwards at Melbourne for Hobart Town on lst September. The celebrated Black Ball clipper ship Lightning, Captain Johnston, has arrived out at Melbourne. She left* Liverpool on the 10th June, crossed the Equator on the 6th July, in long. 29de'g. W., and the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope onthe 6fch ult, in lat. 43deg. Cape Leuwin was passed on the 24th ult., in 42deg., and Cape Otway at one p tn. on tbe 30th, the Lightning anchoring off Q'leensclift at 5 o'clock same evening. Captain Johnston reports having ex- • perienced very light winds during the principal portion of the passage, especially while in the latitudes of the S.E. trades, where the Lightning •had to tack several times, being forced towards the Brazilian coast. From the Cape had favorable winds until reaching Cape Otway. On the ■28th ult, at half past 6 p m., a steerage passenger named John Tait, fell overboard, aud was drowned. A very heavy sea was running at the lime, and the ship going at the rate of 12 knots, so that it was impossible to save the man. ihe LightniDg brings nearly 400 passengers,.among -whom are a number of assisted immigrants. Captain Johnston has, as usual, won the esteem and respect of his numerou- passengers.- Argus. The Gipps Lmd Lakes Navigation Company s *teamer Charles Edward, ran her trial trip last week, in Hobson's Bay. The Argus reports :- A number of gentlemen interested in the Gipps Land trade were on board, and expressed themselves highly satisfied with the vessel's speed and suitability 'for the trade to the Jakes. Ihe Cbarles Edward fis a new vessel, imported by the Otago Steamship Company, and was intended to proceed to New Zealand, but put in here for sup- ' plies, and was taken up by the Gipps Land Xakes Company. She was constructed by Mr Arch. Denny, of Dumbarton ; registers 146 tons, carrying, besides her coal for seven days, 120 tons on sffc 6iu of water. Her engines (by Rankin and Blackmore, of Greenock) are on the most approved principle, sixty horsepower nominal {grasshopper), working up to 110. The run down the bay egainst a strong southerly wind and a heavy sea, showed a speed of nine knots, and

on the return fully eleven knots were made, a rate that appeared to astonish all on board. Notwithstanding the motion of the vessel, the guests managed to do ample justice to a first-rate Jun beon, provided by Mr Finley. After the cloth was rem ved. and the usual loyal toasts given, the success of the company and the vessel was toasted, and enthusiastically received Mr Hall, in replying on behalf of the company, stated that he had been several weeks at the lakes'entrance; but, his own opinion, confirmed by that of praciical men, was. that the entrance, was always safe for a vessel such as the Charles Edward. Tbe company, he stated, intended to carry on the trade on a liberal basis, and required only the support of the North Gipps Land people to etable them fo bring thafc splen<ud district—rich in gold, pastoral, and agricultural resources—into direct and speedy communication with the metropolis. " The Trading and Pastoral Interests," " The Ladies," and other toasts, were given and responded to, when the announcement of the vessel's arrival at the Queen's Wharf brought the proceedings to a close. • , . . In an article on the shipping trade, ttie Melbourne Argus says:—lt is true that the increase of steam-vessels, the obstructions to trade at Newcastle, and the dullness of tire winter season, have combined to make sailing ships le*s in demand for the time. These vessels, however, have been pushed out into new lines, which embrace tbe Spanish and the Dutch ports of the tropics, as well as those of China and the Mauritius. With the return of spring, and the revival of trade with the more distant colonies, complaints of dull times are likely to disappear. The extent to which the shipping trade has been developed, however, is an evidence not merely of spirit and enterprize, but of the soundness' of the system of commerce under which that growth has been attained. Had the tariff been of a restrictive character, such as that of Tasmania—our waters would have been: «s bare of shipping as are the Tamar and Uerweni. Comparative freedom-of trade has given us the command of markets which we should not otherwise have possessed, and the command of a revenue, from the earnings of these ships, which we should not otherwise have enjoyed. Tne latest proof of the importance of the shipping intfresfc is the establishment of another local marine insurance office—accomplished yesterday—mainly by the union of a number of shipowners for the purposes of mutual insurance. If evidence were wanted of the soundness of the principles of free trade, it is io be found in the registry of our shipping; a list which, we repeat, is highly creditable to this young colony,