Tuesday.

Otago Witness, Issue 1653, 28 July 1883, Page 14

Tuesday.

Arrivals : Omapere, from the west Coast ; Wairarapa, from Melbourne ; Dunedin, from the coast (pub : Maori, for Oamaru ; Kakanui, for Inyercarcrill. Passengers: Per Wairarapa, from Melbourne— Mrs Fenn, Misses Fenn, Playford and attendant, Masters Fenn (2), Mossrs A J Fraser, M Herman, and The waaling- barque Othello is in a forward state, and will procued to the whaling-grounds at the latter end of the week. ' The B.s. Suva, having been thoroughly scraped, cleaned, and painted, was Hoaxed out of the Qravinfj Dock yeßtoxday.

Beve'ral 'oversea vessels should soon put in their appearance at Port Cha'ruers-the barque Auranc j, from Liverpool, being flO 'lays out ; the barque Gleniffer, from Glasgow, fc9 days out ; and the ship Auckland, from London, 80 dajs out. A Biro ..g boutiiwest wind setting in should bring all of them up in the courre of the next few days. The barque (Jooleen put ont the last of her general cargo yesterday. v he has about 80 tons of deadweight left in as stiffeninsr. Captain Glazebrook, of the barque Alastor, was presented on raturJay with a massive elect io-plated salver bearing a suitable inscription, from a family who were passengers with him from London to Otago, in appreciation i f the unwearied attention and kindness he displayed towards them.

The ketch Kestrel, that got aground on the breakwater on Friday (saya the Ohristchurch Press), was towed off by the tug Lyttelton on Saturday afternoon, after bosh the steam launches (Lyte. ton and Waiwera) had tugged their utmost: at her fruitlessly. The steam tug towed her across to Peacock's Jetty, the vessel lying on her beam ends. Yesterday Mr M'lntosh, the owner, had succeeded in getting her "on the hard," close in te the breastwork, between Peacock's Jetty aud the Tunnel-mouth Whaif, and iv righting her once more. Htr timbers are said to have suffered very slightly, but the planking on one of her rides is reported to bo badly broken. The damage she has sustained is by no mean* so extensive or serious as had beeu feared. With reference to thia vessel we are requested to state that this is not the Kestrel owned by the Dunedin Iron and Wooiware Company. Their vessel is at present loading at Ow.ike lor Timaru.

The brig John Wesley returned to pott on the 1 5th ast after cruising amongst the South cea islands for a period of five months. During h r ciuise sho picked up a boat contain ng four men ai.d three women, natives of Vavau, which had bi-en blown off the land. They were in a very prostrate and exhausted condition from want of food and exposure, aud would probably have perished miserably had they not fallen in with the John Wesey After they had recovered imiewhat th«y stated that thry hid It ft Vavau for the purpose ■ if uttouciiijg a greatu ativc feast at Habai, where the women intended to take part iv the dancing, but lost themselves when land disappeared from view : Wednesday. Arrivals: Mahinapua, from the West Coast; Te Anau, from Northern ports ; Waitaki, from Timaru. Departures : Hauroto, for Sydney ; blaster, for London ; Waiiarapa, for Auckland. Passengers : Per Hauroto, for Sydney— Mr and Mrß Medea, Messrs Sutherland, Fullerton, T Marshall, D Muirhead, J Dutbie. H Hegarty, J Parker, J Halpin.— Per Te Anau, for Northern ports -Misses Guihrie, M'Dowell, Masters Ashcroft, Brodie, Mr and Aln, Guthrie, Messrs H D Monk, W Guthrie, Williams, Sievwright, Heeding, Puddy, Kfrr, Markham, Langlands, and 8 steerage. — Per Wairarapa, for Lyttelton—Miss Kelaey, Messrs .Ridge, Isaacs (2) For Wellingt n Mrs M'Kenzie, nurse, and infant, Messrs M'Kenzie. O Watt, H Marion, J M'Kay. For Napier -Miss Adams, Messrs L Campbell, C Shos* mill, T J Driscoll, J Kettle. For Gieborne-Mr D Doull. For Auckland Mr and Mrs West and family, Mr and Mrs Ledlaw, Messrs Lewis, Parker, J Helvey, U Cirr, Cameron The barque Alastor was towed to sea yesterday morning by the p.s. Koputai, and sailed for London with the following cargo : — 7650 sicks wheat . . . . £7550 10 casks pelts .. .. ..100 298 casks tallow . . . . 1490 647 sacks oats . . . . 647 22 bales wool . . . . . . 4 10 43 „ rabbitsMns .. .. 9b9 42 „ sheepskins .. ..840 162 „ hides .. .. .. 1620 4 „ leather .. .. 80 1241 caies meat .. .. .. 2482 1260 sacks flour .. .. ..25.0 Total value .. .. £18,658 The Alastor left the port in splendid trim, and we expect to hear her having made a good passage Home. The following is a list of the passengers for Port Chalmers by the Catalonia: — Saloon— Mr and Mrs Sewoll and son, and Mrs Hooper. Second saloon— MiBruce, Miss Carmichael, Mr Claridge, Mr J F Cairns. Steerage — Mr and Mrs Duncan and family (2), Sarah Milne, Fred and John Bull, Emma Adams, Mr and Mrs Martin and family (6), Elizabeth Westacott, X Enim, A Wood, Mr and Mrs Hanson and family (4), J Boaden, £ Mundle, H Grant, G H Brown, F J Sarney, J Grant, E Calyerly, Mr and Mrs Skeooh and family (2), S Sunciman, G Sandow, Mary B Qalyerly. .' A* return of the shipping'and tonnage, both English and foreign, passing through the Suez Canal during the year 3882, prepared to the order of the British Parliament, eh< ws the following facts :— The total number of vessels was 3] 98, of which 2665 wtr< British, and 633 were foreign. The gross tonnage was 7,122,125 tons, of which 6,795,584 tons were British, and 1,326. 541,- tons were foreign During the sarat year France sent 165 vessels through the. Canal, with a gross tonnage of 405,864 tons ; Holland fent 103 vessels, with 264,274 tons ; Germany sent 109 vessel-, with 176,761 tons; Italy, 61 vessels, with 153,493 tons; Austria-Hungary sent 67 ve- sels, with 121,711 tons; Spain sent 32 vessels, with 78,663 tons; Buss a sent 18 vessels, with 36,061 tons ; Norway sent 20 vessels, with 35,602 tons ; Belgi im sent 13 vessels, with 24,326 tons; and Epypt comes nexc, with 21 vessels, with 13,973 tons. No American vessel passed through the canal during that year.