PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 171, 6 April 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

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ARRIVED.

April s— Keera, s.s. 145 tons, Joyce, from 'Qreymouth. 70 passengers— Carey & GKlles, • agents. Ballarat, p.s., Quance, from Greymouth. •25 passengers. Morison, Law and Co., •agents. BAILED. Gothonburg, s.b., Mackie, for Nelson. 3 passengers. Keera, b.b., for Milford Sound. BVTBBBD 19. Keera, from Greymouth. Wm. Miskiu, from Greymouth. OIiBASKD OUT. Keera, for Milford Sotmd. Gothenburg, for Nekon. BXPEOTBD ABBIVAI9. Auckland, s.b., from Sydney, early. Isabella, from Dunedin. Pearl, from Dunedin. Dunedin> from Dunedin, early. Hector, schooner, from Melbourno, oarly. Lizzie Coleson, from Sydney, early. Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne on tho Bth mat. Albion, from Melbourne, early. Star of the Evening, from Melbourno 12th inst. Maria, from Melbourne, early. Mary, from Melbourne, oarly. PROJECTED DEPARTDRES, Australian Maid, for Bruce Bay, to-day. Mary Anne, for Bruce Bay, to-day. lona, for Bruco Bay, to-day. Kate, for Okarita, this day. Claud Hamilton, s.s., for Wellington via. Bluff Harbor and intermediate ports, 6th inst. Lapwing, for Okarita, on the 7th inst. Amy Robsart, for Sydney, to-day. Jane Lookhart, for Sydney, to-morrow. VHBBEIB IN TORT. Briqantiues— Amy Robsart, Jane Lockhart. tiohooueri— Caroline, Meteor, Tambo, J. B. Rußsell, Elfin, Mary Jane, Moyno. Cutters— Mary Anne, Lapwing. Steamers— Yarra, Challenge, Ballarat, Wm. Miflkin.

Referring to the attempt made by Captain Turnbull to bring in the William Miskin at halftide {on Monday, that gentleman has informed us that when going out iv the Persevere, not more than half an hour previously, the channel wa« sounded carefully, and lOf feet of water found in the shallowest part, but that when sounding in the William Miskin there was hardly eight feet. It thus appears that, in the short space'of twenty minutes, tho tide hnd fallen two feet and a half. Under these circumstances no blame can be attached to the harbour master for making the attempt, although it might have been attended with very disastrous results. The b.s' Gothenburg sailed yesterday afternoon for Nelson with part of original cargo from Melbourne. After a protracted stay at the Grey, the Ballarat, p.s. returned 'to this port yesterday afternoon. She brought back a score of passengers and intelligence that the Little Grey rush was a failure. She leaves for Greymouth again today. A notable instance of the rapidity and .•despatch with which vessels can land cargo in this port, and of the effective arrangements for faoiliating its discharge, is afforded by the Blackwall liner Highflyer, now lying at the M. H. B. R. Company's pier. This fine clipper ship, under the command of Captain Clayton, anohored in the bay late on Thursday evening, 15th instant, and since then discharged the whole of her cargo — 1500 tons— in the exceedingly brief space of thirty-two working hours. Bhe has, moreover, taken in 300 tons of ballast, and will proceed to sea to-morrow morning, bound for Shanghai. Melbourne Argus March 22.

The barque Peiho, Captain Hatteriok, hence to Melbourne and Sydney, got on a reef near Beliton Island, in latitude 2.44 S., longitude 107.30 E. At half-past four am. on Monday, the 11th December, she sustained much damage, having knocked off rudder, false keel, part of main keel, and lower part v of Btern post. It wfts-some time before she could be got into deep water, when she made 5 inches of water an hour. The Governor of tho Dutch settlement came off to the vessel in a small steamer, and rendered every assistance. He procured divers, who examined the vessel's bottom, and it was found in • very shattered condition. The cargo was being discharged together into a small inner harbor, but there being no mechanics at the place, it is feared the vessel will have to be condemned. At the time of the accident they htd (hick weather and a strong current setting to the muth-east. In case of a condemnation, a ship would be engaged at Batavia to take on the cargo and passengers. — "Chuaa Trade Report," 11.1. 1

CGD. I. mm In September last, a fine new iron ship was discharging her English cargo on the western side of the Circular Quay. She was named the Royal Albert, being one of a series of new iron ships named after the royal family, belonging to the Messrs Fernie Brothers, of Liverpool. Captain T. Daviea commanded the R*yal Albert, and & more gentlemanly man never came into Port J&ckton. The ship left Sydney on September 20,1 with 1,400 touß of southern coal, for Calcutta,]^ ust^escaped the fearful hurricane' there, loaded a valuable caigo for England, sailed, and was lost on the Cornish coast of England with all hands, in the same gale that foundered the London in the Bay of Biscay.—" S. M. Herald," March 22.

Captain Darby, of the Charles Edwards, reports calling at tho Promontory, and brings the first intelligence fron*the Lighthouse since the hurricane of the 7th inst. The lighthouse* keeper states that during the evening two barques and a fore-and-aft schooner, names unknown, passed the Promontory, bound to the westward, but only one barque returned for shelter during the gale. During the force of the hurricane the vibration of the lighthouse was so peat that it was with the utmost difficulty the light could be kept burning. A slate roof of one of the storehouses was blown off. The gale is reported to have b«on unprecedented ; and probably the two vessels referred to may have contributed to the quantity of wreck seen in the locality immediately after the gals.—" Melbourne Argus," March 26. On November 23, the brig Royal Exchange, Captain Hill, on her passage from Newcastle to New Zealand, in lat. 36.12 south, long. 164. 16 east, shipped a se& which carried away her lee bulwark and name board, Last month, i.e., in the Feburary following, a portion of the bulwark, with the namo attached, was picked up on the Australian coast, near Cape St. George Lighthouse, at a distance of about 700 miles west from tho position of tho vessol vhen it waa washed away. — S. M. Herald, March 21.

By the mail steamer we havo intelligence of the loss of the ship Piotro Marconi, bound from New York for Hong Kong, with 47 per« tons on board. The vessel, whioh was ot Callao, snd 1681 tons, caught fire on tho 23rd of December. The passougors and crew osetped by tho boats, and were picked up by the Sydney barque Fanny Fisher, bound to the Mauritius vaily Southern Cross, March 27th.

A sealed bottle was found lately, on the ihore near Gruiiiau, in the Aude, on the coast of France, containing » paper, on whioh the ftyfewivf Hun w«re written in flngliih:— r »' 'I

"Steamship Oaradoc, Gulf of Lyan, Novembor 13th, 1865— A dreadful hurrican. There is no hope of esoape. Tho will of God bo done— M.Lahalay, 14 Blackfriars-strcet, London."— Ibid. Tho Keora, s.b. loft for tho South yesterday afternoon, to roscuo those poor follows who were roportod by tho Bavwon (o bo in distress near Milford Sound. Captain Turnbull, Port Officer of Westland, accompanied her, also Mr Fisher, of tho firm of Fisher Brothers of this Town.