IMPORTS.

West Coast Times, Issue 603, 30 August 1867, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Emma Eliza, from Greymouth — 24 tons coal, Clarke Bros. Per Keer*, from Dunedin — 2 caies drapery, Isaacs. and Co; 1 bale drapery Alman and Co ; 1 hale, 1° case, Cleve ; 4 cases drapery, M'Beth ; 8 cases drapery, Bastard; 1 truss drapery, Solomon ; 2 cases dupery, Taylor and Co ; 1 case, Peak ; 16 chest* cnndles, order ; 3 cases, 2 casks, Williams; 4 cases, 1 cask drugs, Dr. Riley ; 16 kegi butter, Anderson and Co ; 35 kegs white load, 40 drums oil, J. Holmes ; 4 cases ironmongery, Johnson ; 15 bags potatoes, order ; 1 piano, Winter ; 1 case, Shaw ; 1 crate, Clarko ; 1 gafo, Union Bank'; 1 case merchandize, 3 trunks, 1 case, order ; 1 case, Keany ; 2 pkge hops, M'Carthy; 2 cases, 2 bales, Isaacs and Co; 1 case spiceß, 1 bale, O'Loary ; 3 casei, 2 bales, Isaacs and Co ; 1 keg spirits, Dr. Riley ; 3 trunks boots, Banks ; 10 pkgs, Hankins ; 1 case drapery, Pritchard ; 2 bales chaff, Lampton ; 10 boxes, Anderson and Co ; 3 qr-casks whisky, order ; 1 case, Donnelly. Per Bruce, for Westport — 8 truck wheels, 1 case axes, ,1 keg nails, 1 case, 1 parcel, 1 case shot, 7 kegs powder, 20 bdls, 100 bars iron, 1 bdl copper, J. Lums : 31 sheets iron, 5 pieces piping, 3 bdls iron, Ranson and Clark; 1 case, 1 truss, Finn ; 30 cases fruit, Carpenter ; 1 case, Morison and Co ; 1 box glass, 1 tin varnish, Fogo ; 10 hhds beer, Klappe and Kortegast ; 1 bag corks, Paine and Co.

The arrival of the tug Lioness yesterday was very opportune, a# there is plenty of work in the roadstead toAeep both herself and the Challenge emplovecl for a tide or two. Latterly sir* has bfeen stationed at Greymouth, and if accounts be true, her sojourn there was not unprofitable, as a large proportion of the towing, once monopolised by the Dispatch, fell to her share, She brings a welcome back with h« in the -shape of two vessels deeply laden with coal, whicli is yefc a very scarce commodity in this town. Tlie colliers are the schooner Rambler and ketch Cymraes. The Rambler came to an anchor, but the Cymyaes remained undei/ canvas, and was some distance in .the offing when we took our final glance at the rpodrtead last night. The appearance, yesterday, of the barque Bella Vwtu, from Hobart Town, occasioned some surprise, as her return here was scarcely looked for at so early a date. She has made very smart work of if, as her departure from this port took place no earlier than July 31st, and she thus completes the voyage in twentynine days. We hope she will not sufter undue detention outside. We have to correct an error wliich appeared in yesterduy"s paper, in the list of imports per Lizzie Coleson. Amongst the items were twenty-two hogsheads eggs consigned to " Brocklehurst." The name should have been " Burkhart." The brigantine Lizzie Coleson sailed from Sydney on the 11th nut., with a light breeze which carried her just clear of the land, and then fell away to a clock calm. She lay becalmed for twenty-four hours, and thon caught a emnrt breeze from N.W., which veering to W. and S.W. continued steady until the 17th, when it freshened to a hard gale. The Lizzie ran before it under low sail, making good weather notwithstanding the heavy sea that got up, and on the 20th Hokitika was sighted right ahead, and the roadstead reached the same day. The condition of the entrance not being suitable for towing, she remained outside until the 29th, and then was conveyed safely to the wharf by j the Challenge. She is laden with general I cargo and thirteen tons of Newcastle coal. Four passengers arrived by her. It is notified in the "Gazette" that Mr E. B. Cargill has been appointed Italian Consular Agent at the Port of Dunedin. We notice that the schooner Dancing Wave has discharged the whole of h»r cargo, and its condition has, we understand, quite satisfied buyers and consignees. The greatest part of it canie down on ship's account, and was disposed of at auction by Messrs G. W. Binney and Carer aQ d Gilles. The Dancing Ware will load up a large quantity of $3ei, and tail far Ifobart Town <m SvwJaj,

There were seventeen sail of vessels in the roadstead at sun-set last night, including the steamers Omeo, Rangitoto, and Persevere, and lighter Isabella. Of this number four were under canvas, viz., the Bella Vista, Mary Van Every, Cymraes, and the small fore and aft schooner which is supposed to be the Jessie, from Sydney. The M.A. and N.Z.S.S. Co's s.s. Omeo arrived in the roadstead at noon yesterday. As she left Dunedin on Saturday, wo imagine heavy weather must have been encountered in or about the Straits, or the passage round would have been accomplished in less time than five days. She may have been detained at the Bluff. Her despatch hero promises to be of the promptest, for the fighter Isabella being in waiting outside, the transhipment of cargo commenced immediately, and we daresay was completed last night. As the steamer Persevere did not return to the river yesterday after tendering the Rangitoto, she will, weather permitting, be enabled to land the Omeo's mail and passengers early on this morning's tide, and afterwards run out to her with passengers for Melbourne, for which port the Omeo leaves to-day. The return of the steamer Keera yesterday to her old discharging-ground is an earnest, we hope, of more prosperous times than those which have fallen to the lot of this unfortunate port during the last two months, aud also that her arrival merely heralds the appearance of other coasting steamers which, once most regular in their attendance, have of late deserted us for havens less difficult of access. We can, however, scai"cely accuse the Keera of desertion, as she is now on her first trip from Dunedin since leaving Hokitika on the 22nd ult , and we are happy to say that her owners have no reason to regret having risked their fine vessel here on this occasion, as yesterday morning she crossed the bar in splendid style, without once touching ground, and ere the sun dipped was rid of cargo and ready for sea. The Kcera made an unusually long stay at Dunedin, being delayed there by a period of the most inclement weather, that extended over a fortnight, and very nearly brought business to a standstill. For eight days it rained, with the occasional variation of snow-storms, that once covered the streets witli a coating three feet in thickness, to the amazement of the Dunedinites, as such visitations are rare oven in that southern locality. The weather cleaved on the 12th, and then the Keera commenced loading up, and on the 17th was ready for sll, and left at 11.20 a.m., with variable northerly weather. During the ensuing night the wind settled into the S.E., and the next day the Kecra passed Port Cooper, and on the 19th was off the Brothers lighting with a hard westerly gale, the wind having shifted in the meantime. On this day she signalled the schooner Caledonia, hence to Dunedin, and also sighted a large barque and two brigs bound south. As the day advanced the gale increased, raising a mountainous sea, driving her to seek shelter in Port Hardy, where she anchored that night. Lay there until the 21st, and then attempted to proceed on her way, but ere she had half crossed Blind Bay, the gale again freshened, and compelled her to find a lee in Ariel Bay. During that night and the following day the gale blew furiously, broken by frightful squalls, which well nigh tore the Keera from her anchors, albeit she was riding with two ahead and a long scope of chain out. The weather fairly broke on the 23rd, and she put to sea, rounded Cape Farewell at 4 p.m. against a heavy swell, and arrived in the Buller roads at 7.30 a.m. next day. She anchored, and when tide served in the afternoon crossed the bar and moored for the night Commenced discharging on the 26th, the intervening day being the Sabbath, and on the 28th left again, intending to run into Greymouth, but on arriving off that port she received orders to push for Hokitika, and proceeded accordingly, reaching the roadstead at 7 p.m. Anchored for the night, aud yesterday morning she was boarded by the harbor master who piloted her safely to the wharf. The Keera brought twenty-five passengers and thirty tons of cargo for this port, and twenty tons for Greymouth. She landed forty tons at the Buller. Her departure for Dunedin via Grey, will positively take place this morning. We were disappointed in the amount of work done on yesterday's tide, for although the bar was tolerably open, and covered with a fair depth of water — ten feet being found by the Keera when she came in — only two vessels crossed it in tow — the brig Valiant, outwards for Melbourne, and the Lizzie Coleson, inwards from Sydney. The channel, however, was not in first-rate working condition, as it turned awkwardly to the southward, and, being swept by a cross-sea, vessels passing through it ran the risk of a " plant" upon the sand fiat that extends outwards from the middle bank. The difficulty of entering was further increased by a smart freshet (the effect of the late rains) which ran with some rapidity between the spits, and meeting the surf created quite a rip in the channel. The Challenge left the river at three parts flood, intending to to bring in all the light draught vessels outside, and commenced with the Lizzie Coleson, bub experienced so much trouble in getting her charge safely to the wharf, that Captain Wilson declined further towing inwards on that tide, and concluded his work by conveying the old Valiant to sea. The steamer Persevere ran out with the Rangitoto's mails and passengers, but, being late on tide, was unable to re-enter the river, and is yet in the roadstead, to return we hope this morning with the Omeo's mail and passengers. • After a long lay-up in ordinary, the steamer Huntress is again in active service, having sailed yesterday morning to Greymouth for a cargo of coals, and her arrival there at 11.30 a.m. was duly notified to the agents here. The Huntress re-commences her career a wonderfully improved boat, so much so that she was enabled to hold her own with the Bruce yesterday, and we did hear arrived off the Grey some distanco ahead of her. We shall, doubtless, hear more upon this question when the vessels return ; the Huntress, we expect, to-day, the Bruce to-morrow.

The steamer Bruce left again yesterday morning for the Nelson goldfields ports. She went away lightly freighted, and with a few passengers only. The weather, yesterday, was unsettled and .disagreeable — bursts of sunshine, alternating with a sky densely clouded, fierce squalls of wind, and torrents of rain, that swe»t up from the west. By sunset the weather had toned down, and its appearance indicated a calm fine night, but daylight had scarcely left us ere the breeze again freshened, and by midnight had settled down to a hard blow from S.W. There is too much reason to fear that the bar will again be impassable this morning, as the surf much increased during the day, and last night's gnle would scarcely incline it to subside. The river was a good deal flooded — more so, in fact, than it has been for many weeks — and the entrance in consequence is vastly improved — the long tail of the North Spit having been swept away, giving the channel a straight run through the bar, and, judging from the solid appearance of the dark streak of water that covered it at low tide in the afternoon, be believe it carried a depth of fully eight feet. The remains of the old Maid of the Mill — tliat iron lighter, by courtesy, called schooner — which eighteen months ago, was wrecked upon the North beach, and afterwards covered by sand as lhe'beachmade — are again in sight, having been laid bare by the late inroads of the sea, which is thuß proved to have scarcely reached the line bounding its encroachments last year.