SHIPPING SUMMARY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 1013, 18 March 1865, Page 4

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

Thcußh ov.ty one of tha sewrfll home •neseh ndvi'Cri as having sailed for tlii* port haa arrived during the raoi.tb, the number of colonial arrival*, tiie departure «sf iiever»l wool ships, ami the traffw crcote'! by a new rash *o the Went Coafct, hire fn'ly maintained the recent average of arrival! and departures of shipping. The one arrival hum Homo faan been the Lady Aon, which arrived off the Port on the Bth of March. She Bailed In-ta the Downs on the 7tb November. f«sm the Liztrd on the 9>h November, and until the 24 h of the tame manth, w«* detained in and nbont tho By of Bit-cay, experiencing very h«avv weather, Theice siio had good bat eoinewbnt riMterly NX t ades. crowing the Line on 14 h l>eceinr«r in 25.J'1-jz W. Cro»«d the meridian of the Onpe on Jmusty 12, twen'y-nine dais fiom the Equctor. uii'l afterwards had unusually light wir«d ami fine weather, which have been the f hief cw«e of the protracted pns«a:e which the n-mei has made. Tiie only vtssel*spoken were an Am-ricntf, the Atlanta, fiiarn Monte Video to nnxhavfji. Jiighfed sou'h of the Line, and the Yoasiur hochiiivnv, from London to Hong Kong, j slg tcil in 801cp. B. Tho oilier arrivals hava included the bnrque Hiilliant on tha 19.h ultimo, with a cargo of (lour from Valparaiso, two cargoes of ungar from Port f.oul». tlirce of flour from Adelaide, three of coat, hvin Niwcmllis, and one of caltlo from the • amo ro'f. the vtfdflls employed being usuatiy co'oninl iratiir*. 'ilncvriaDe of general cargo rtn'i p.Fseriger» continues roufined almost to ; fltenm«?r».-' Tlii! dcpsrlur'-s of wool laden vessels dnrmg ths month hws been three in number, and two nr<> y-t <-n the berth, the thin!, tho Gszsbound, which wan loading in the roadstead ot Otiumru, tiaviiiß unfortunately gene a^horo and become a Uitul wr; pit af!?r she had received wore than 600 bales of Wr frffcht 'Hi? fmt to eiiil was Iho ba'que Malay, which oiared out on the 20ih uit, with -'322 hslei of wool, 2 hhda and 2qnarter «(-k« »al?ow, 130 hides, four pasEenirera. She wa* suc'!»piicd on lsit March by ihe Commodore, w'uh 1839 baks wool, 7do sheepskins, 509 hides, 20 oH*' h\*. 3!' balea leather ; and on the foltowjuer day by tb* tfa'a. her caruo consisting of 2354 i t.alcs wool, £02 hides, 1500 horn*, 8 bales pdte, and other produce, in nddiiion to which, ►he had 24 pawn l-ere. The Ramsey, last from London, sai!i<i for Valparaiso on Ist M'nrch, wiih four pwAr-ngeni. and the Glorio'a for the rntne desiinaiion, on 2nd March, with 19 passenger*. The vessels at present loading for London, are the Robert Henderfoa and the Galacno. The despatch <f both will be expedited by tbo circumstance of fho disaster to the (J.wtsootri, ut th"! wool raved f.-oia the w evk ni > be forwarded to Port Chalmers for tra'icbtpi; ot, an-' p'nbibly enable tba Celaeno tosMi wiih a full car^o. The Robert Henderion baft now upwards of 1700 bales on board, and i» in viobable tlwtsho will bofO stowed issto take 20C0 Th" onlj other vessel loading in contlfnouß harbors is the lansdowne, which i» pxprcted to sail tarly with a Inrge carfto frcm tho Bliifl*A ntw exp-rt tade Meraa to be springing up, which may eorne day fornish coasidciaOle employment to shipping. Two cargoes of the superior timber of Stewait's Inland, have been ! rran3-«h>pped to the barquo Brilliint, as return freight to Valpuabo ; other cargoes are to bs shipped at Pntereon's Inlet for Adelaide, and from the sonic port extensive t-uoplie« ore now deiived !by nearly oil the New Zjalnnl Provinces, in wh'ch I fan c unirv I* Indifferently timbered. Th • pxo !us of miners to the West Coast, which Ima takvu place within the psftt four week*, has «iv:n ncivo employment to Bailing craft omS Mtesmers at nearly all the ports of the Mld'lle Ifihmd. By tiie despatch of tuany of tho smaller craft wiih cargo and passenger*, tiie over-supply which has fur tome lime existed has been son siiiera'nly relieved; from"th<s Bftme cou«e, the severiil rtesmsra which have been for a short time laid up fit Melbourne arc likely to resume runuinir, and at this port the effect ha« been the withdrawal of two of the harbour boats, tin Brae* nnd Favorite, the owners of which have determined to tike advantage of tho tempting traffic on the West; Coast. Another vessel despatched from here ii the steamer St. Kilda, which, nftor n trip with lighthouse material to Dos Island, and on unsuccessful survey of a reef supposed to exist near Foveaux Straits, proI ceeded to Wellington, where «he is likely to ba sold'by the Government. The Wra. Miskin has, at the present busy time, been, of necessity, withdrawn, in consequence of a plate of her boiler having burst on a recent: trip to Waikava. wlfh veav painful attendant circumstances—one of the fircinen having been scalded to death, while the enginesr and another fireman were much, inIn "consequence of the excitement about the Okitiki difjuinKS, the number of seafaring men offering for vessels bound to home and other | port* has somewhat suddenly diminished ; higher ! rates of wages are being asked j and, since receipt of the news, several have deserted their ships.