NEW RIVER HEADS. THE WEATHER.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 81, 14 August 1863, Page 2

NEW RIVER HEADS. THE WEATHER.

Aug. G — Wind southerly, force 2; bar. 29.15 to 29.20 ; light winds with rain. Aug. 6— Wind S.S.E.,force3 ; rainy ; bar. 29.18 to 29.30. Aug. 7— Wind E. force 2, N. do 3, N.W. 4 ; dry .and clear ; bur. 29.50. Aug. B—Wind8 — Wind westerly and N.W., force 4 to 5 ; cloudy and threatening all day, heavy rain at might ; bar. 2i).45. Aug. 9— Wind W. force -1, W.S.W., do 7; a.m., .cloudy but dry, wind freshened to a gale from W.S.W. ; remainder of day strong breezes with heavy sQualls; bar. 29.45, 29.36. Aug. 10— Wind S.S.W.. force 6 to 7; rainy equally weather ; bar. 29.42, 9 p.m. 29.60. Aug. H— WiwIS.S. W. and W., force 7; thick, rainy, ami squally; bar. 29.60. Aug. 12— Wind W. and S.W., force 8 to 9 ; a very strong westerly gale all day ; bar. 29.40, 29.30. ■AItRIVED. Aug. 7 — Our Hope, brig, from Geelong Aug. 7 — Titania, str, from Dunedin Aug. € — Pilot, schooner, from Melbourne Aug. 10 — Danube, barque, from Melbourne Aug. II — Balmoral, schoonor. from Melbourne Aug. 11 — Kate, ketch, from Stewart's Island. BAILED. Aug. r> — Aphrasia, str, for TCiverton Aug. 6 — Ellen, cutter, for Stewnrt's Island Aug. B—Folly,8 — Folly, cutter, for Stewart's Island Aug. 9 — Titauia, str, for Dunedin. VESSELS IN POUT. Agnes Holt, barque Lorenzo Sabine, barquo India, barque Star ofVictoria, barquo C. F. Leasing, brig Fivyaway, brig Our Hope, brig Danube, Swedish barque Evelina Eutter, briganlinc Pilot, schooner Balmoral, schooner Catharaw, schooner Kate, ketch. . «. POET OF BLUFF HARBOR. August 12th, 1563. TIDES. High water at Bluff Harbor at full and change 1*40; range four to eight feet. High water at New Kiver Heads one hour sooner ; there is, however, very little difleronco between the time of high water at the head of the Bluff and the jetty at Invereargill. INWAED3. Aug. 10 to 12— Nil. OUTWABDS. Aug. 10 to 12— Nil. IJTWARDS COASTWIBE. Aug. 10 to 12— Nil. OtmTABDS COASTWISE. Aug. 11 — S.S. Aphrasia, 97 tons, Cheyne, for Invercargill Aug. 11 — Schooner Salamander, 79 tons, Purss, for Invercargill. VESSELS IN POET. T. E. Milledge, from Glasgow New Great Britain, from London. PROJECTED DEPAETUKES. T. E. Millidge,for Dunedin, about 14th inst. EXPECTED ABRIVALS. M.S.S. Aldinga, S.S. Alhambra, and S.S.Edina, about 14ih- instant. The brig Daniel Watson arrived last night from Invercargill, after a passage of twanty-onc days, having left that port on the Bth instant. Captain Chamberlain reports strong westerly winds throughout the passage, and on Saturday last was obliged to run into Spring Bay. She left again on Wednesday morning, and the schooner Circassian, bound to Launeeston, was then lying there. The Alma, Yarra, and Mayflower, for Launceston, left Invercargill with the Daniel Watson. Capt. Chamberlain has obliged us with a copy of the Invercargill Times of the 7th instant, being some days later than previous dates from the same place. — KobartTown Advertise)', July 30. Tuo Pryde, from Dunedin, has had a very stormy passage. She left Port Chalmers on the 27th June, and had to contend with hcuvy gales of wind, and was driven well to the southward, the highest latitude reached being 49 ° 30. The prevailing winds have been from N.W. to W. On the 23rd ult., a heavy squall from N.N.W. struck the Bhip, and the main top mast was the a sprung. Previous to and after this accident several sails wore carried away, and by a sea which struck the

vessel the starboard main rail was injured. The Pillar waVmadeut noun on Sunday, bearing N.W., tbo weattier at the tinio being thick and hnzy.. Cape Raoulwas passed at four'p.m., the Iron I'ot Lighthouse at 7.30 p.m., and afc 8.30 p.m. th 6 vessel arrived in the harbor. No vessete were sighted throughout the voyage. The Pryde vn)i had again for Dunedin, and v ill ha-ve dispatch. — Ibid. The P. atsd O. Co.'b Steamers. — The Colombo Observer mentions that the Peninsular ami Oriental steamship Mooltau is about to be scut home, as it is found she has neither the speed nor the accommodation required for the Indian station.