PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 74, 21 July 1863, Page 2

PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

,INWAn»B COASTWISE. July 20 — Colleen Bawn, 29 tons, Thompson, from Riverton, with cargo. July 20 — Aquila, 27 tons, Austen, from West Coast, in ballast, with passengers. OOTWABDB COABTWIBB. July 18— Folly, 17 tons, Wheelor, for Stewart's Island, with cargo. IMPOKTB. Per ftcard, from Hobart Town— 2s tons hay, ♦ 20.C00 feet timber, 10,000 boards, 12,000 palimrs, 30,000 shingles, 8 ton* earrots. 1 curt, 30 bullocks, 3 hoi ses, Carey abn Gillcs; 20 cases jam. 12 pks rug?, 1 ton bacon, Hamilton ; (5 bullocks. Maning arid Whitton ; 1 case (British), Smith ; 141 bags carrots, Hamilton ; 1 case effects (Bntinh), Potters; 6 packages, furniture and effects, H. W. VVhitton, Esq. Tho follovintj particulars concerning the late trip of the Aquila have been supplied by Ciptisin Austin "The cutter Aquila, Captain Austin, left Invcrcargill on March 25th with a light air from N. At midnight fell in with a heavy gale from 5.W.., accompanied by thunder, lightning, end rain Put into Port- William and was th>-re detained tbirty days by heavy gales from the S.W. and W.N.W., accompnmed by thunder. lir/hlniii<i, and tain. On April 27 rounded the West Capo with tight breeze lroin the N.E, April 28, fell in with a"beavv gale from the N.W. Bore up under close reefed 'canvas for Brachsea Sound. When within two miles of the land it fell cnlm. Got out tho sweeps and pulled tbe ship into the Sound at 6 p.m, Came, to anchor and lay there three days, with heavy gales from N.W., snow and rain. Left tbe Sound on Alay 2nd. with strong winds from the S.W.,' with rain. May 4th. anchored in Mil ford Haven in Fresh Water Basin- May 13th, left Milford Haven for Master Bay. M»y 15 landed passengers and went back to Miltbnl Haven with strong winds from N.W. When within four miles of the Haven it tell calm, with heavy swell rollin-: tn from W.N.W. Vessel driving on the Brig Rock. Li-t gr, the anchor in eighteen fathoms water about halt a mile from the Brig Koek. Saw two other rocks with heavy sea breaking over them, which are not on the charts. One bearing S. by W. distant half a mile from the Brig Ro«k, and one off Yatte'.-s Point distant two miles, bearing from Yatte's S.W. by W. and S.E,£ E. from Brijr Rock, distant one and a half miles. At daylight strong wins! cause in. with heavy sea rollmsr in from W. Hove short when tbe cable purled at thirty fathoms.* Made sa'l and ran inlo Milford Haven and anchored again in Freshwater Basin. Some of my passengers who came overland from Martin's Bay, saw part of a wreck paint»d light stouo color, also a square, log of American timber. Sailed Iron* Milford Haven on Saturday, 30th May, and arrived nt Marten's Bay on lit June. Found seven fathoms at low wa'-cr, and w-.-nt in on the 2nd. Sailed up the river about fi U • miics, and then came into a lake about ten miles long and four miles broad. Tho passengers took the bout and went up tho lake- and found another rivi-r, and beyond that another lake running N.N.E., went to the bead of tbe Jake and coufd get no further for snow. The pnssengs-rs returned June 20fli, and the ship cume down the lake to the mouth <jf tbe river, but finding the sea running too high over tbe bur, did not get out to sea till J ulv Bjoi, when we left with a strong gale from the N.W., at night tbe galo increased to a • httm-nne. Hove the slop to under close reefed Btorm tris-iil.'; July 9th, put into Dusky Sound with a heavy gale from the westward. Barometer standing at 28 SO. Left on the loth, with strong wind from S.W., and put into Port William on tbe 16th with, strong gale attended by rain. Satunlay, July loth, weighed aDt-lior with a light winsl from S., nnd made the port of Invercargill about 3 p.m 10th July.