SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

West Coast Times, Issue 618, 17 September 1867, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OP HOKITIKA.

nran Wateb This Day. — 12.20 a.m. ; 12.45 p.m.

Sept. 16 — 6 a.m. : WindE., light; barometer, 3002 : thermometer, 49. 1 p.m. : Wind H.W., light ; barometer, 29"97 ; thermometer suu, 80 ; shade, 64. 6 p.m. : Wind S.W., light. Barometer, 30-00 ; tiiermometer, 59.

AEBIVED.

Sept. 16— Nil.

BAILED.

Sept. 16— Bruce, p.s., Korloy, for Buller and Mohikinui.

ENTERED IN.

Mary Grant, 138 tons, W. Vannett, from Melbourne. 1 passenger. Alice, 16 tons, J. M'Lellan, from Brighton. In ballast. Isabella Jackson, 42 tons, W. Watson, from Kaiapoi.

Harry Bluff, 12 tons, G. Brown, from Brighton.

Sea Bird, 155 ' tons, W. Walters, from Launceston.

Matilda, 15 toiw, J. M-'Kay, from Charleston. Flying Cloud, 43 tons, J. P. Oakes, from Lyttelton. Clara, 132 tons, K. M'Lennan, from Dunedin.

Mary, 162 tons, J. H. Gill, from Melbourne. 4 passengers. Bruce, 8 i tons, J. Kerley, from Westport, in ballast. 13 passengers.

CLEARED OPT.

Bruje, 84 tons, J. Kerley, for Fox's River, and Westport.

EXPECTED ABRIVAI.S.

Egmont, s.s., from Melbourne, 27th inst. Lord Ashley, 5.?., from Nelson, 21st inst. Alhambra. s.s. from Melbourne, early. Beautiful Star, s s,, from Dnnedin, early. 10, schooner, from Melbourne, Daily. Jessie, sehr., from Sydney, daily. John Bullock, sehr., from Melbourne, cai-ly. rilof, sehr., from Melbourne, early. Zfil Desperandiun, brig, from Dunedin, early. Mary Anne, sehr., from Melbourne, early.

PHOJECTED DEPAKTnitES. R.M.S.S. Kaikoura, from Wellington, for Panama, Oct. 8. Alice, sehr., for Fox's early. Harry Bluff, cutter, for Fox's, early. lonn, sclu\, for Pakiki, early. Glimpse, cutter, for Pakihi, on Wednesday. Elizabeth, cutter, for Pakihi, to-day. Huntress, p.s., for Fox'a Bailer, and Mokihinui, to-day.

VE33Er,3 IN FORT.

Barques — Alma, Harriett Nathan, B.>lla Vista, Glencoe.

Brig — Mary Grant.

Brigantines — Isabella (lighter), Hannah Anne Moore, S.irah.and Mary, Mary, Seabird, Clara, and Union.

Schooners — Falcon, lona, Star of Tasmania, Florence, Sea Ripple, Rambler, Falcon, Canterbury, Storm Bird, Elizabeth Curie, J. B. Russell, William and Julia, Isabella Jackeon, Matilda, Three Friends, Flying Cloud, "Nile, Alice. Cutters — Glimpse, Elizabeth, and Harry Bluff. Ketches — Mary Anne, Brothers and Sister, Cymraes, and Enterprise. Simmers — Challenge, Golden Land, Yarra, Lioness.

IMPORTS.

Per Mary Grant, from Melbourne — 2193 bags flour, 426 bags bran, 100 bale 3 chaff, J. Chesney and Co; 213 bags bran, 23 bales chaff, order ; 9 cases sauce, J. Solomon ; 11 bales chaff, 250 palings, W. Vannctt. ■

Per Isabella Jackson, from Kaiapoi — 283 bag 3 oats, 50 bag 3 potatoes, 24 bags, 1 case cheese, 40 kegs butter, 137 bags potatoes, 93 cheeses, Clark Bros ; 50 kegs butter, FiaUor and Co.

Per Harry Bluff, from Brighton — 12 tons coal, order.

Per Sea Bird, from Launceston — 650 bags, 300 do bran, 100 do flour, 14 do pollard, 380 do potatoes, 150 bales chaff, 26 cases eggs, 6 crates poultry, 45 pigs, 9 bags biscuit, 1 cask beef, 18 cases fruit, 2000 palings, Carey and Gilles.

Per Matilda, from Charleston — 1 crate, 1 casks,^ cases glassware, 4 ovens, 4 kegs nails, 2 dozen frying pans, 4 stoves, 12 sheets iron, 14 brooms, Weir Brothers ; 2 screw jacks, 2 cases, Smithurst ; 2 bdls iron, 2 cases ironmongery, 1 bdl frying pans, 1 bdl dishes, 5 bdls bags, order ; 1 trunk boots, Bailie ; 4 tons coal, order.

Per Flying Cloud, from Lyttelton — 10 cases Lams, ?5 cases ale, 10 cases blue, 10 cases randies, 30 bags carrots, 322 bags oats, A. Louisson and Co; 20 kegs butter, Cassius and Co ; 100 bags oats, 10G bags bran, order.

Per Clara, from Dunedin — 20 cases, G qrcasks brandy, 85 cases geneva, 13 chests caudles, 2 cases bo con, 2 chests candles, 2 chests candles, 60 bags potatoes, 100 bags oats, 6 anvils, 3 pair bellows, 1 case sluice forks, 18 Igrates, 2 kegs nails, 3 bdl buckets, 5 nests tubs, 1 cask glass, 1 case ironmongery, 1 case grates, 1 case, 3 grates, order ; 1 -cask hammers, Forsyth and Masters ; 30 kegs nails, 1 cask, 4 cases axes, T. Samuels ; 8 kegs nails, Churches and Co ; 87 baga potatoes, J. H. Miller ; 2 cases bacon, 2 chests candles, 2 pkgs sashes, A. G. Hungerford ; 19-13 boards, Reeves and Co ; 40 bags potatoes, 50 bags oata, Campbell and Linton ; 63 bags potatoes, order ; 3 chests candles, 3 dozen shovels, 1 cask, 4 bdls sheet iron,l boiler plate, 13 grates, 1 cask bolts, 1 bdl brooms, 1 bdl saws, 1 cask weights, 6 bdls iron, 1 case, 3 bdls, G. Blyth and Co ; 12 bars steel, T. G. Stone ; 115 bags potatoes, Hall and Findlay ; 2 cases chicory, Bailie and Co; 60 bags potatoes, J. Powell and Co : 50 bags oats, 60 bags potatoes, Churches and Co ; 7 bales chaff, 70 bags potatoes, 50 bags oats, Anderson and Mowat ; 26 bales chaff, T. Pringle ; 3 casks, E. Prosser.

EXTOET3.

Per Bruce, for Fox's River and Westport. For Fox's River— 27 pkgs furniture, 3 bales, Hospital ; 1 pkg, slattery. For Westport — 1 case absynthe, 1 box, 1 parcel, Fogo ; 2 cases old torn, 1 case starcb, 1 bdl frying-pans, 1 bag peas, 1 case bacon, 1 do drapery, J. Solomon and Co. ; 6 bales drapery, Mulligan and Co. ; 6 nests tubs, J. B. Clarke ; 6 kegs butter, Alcorn and Co. ; 1 bdl iron, Boyle and Co. ; 25 doors, Sinclair and Jack ; 8 cases onions, 5 do jam, Carpenter ; 1 case drapery, Whyte and Pirie ; 3 cases, Marshall ; 6 kegs nails, 4 bdls shovels, 1 parcel, 1 bdl wire, J. Lewis ; 1 case, Munson ; 1 bale leather, Glennon ; 1 case, 1 pk#, 1 keg, 2 bdls iron, 4 sheets do, 6 camp oven 3, J. Field ; 1 case, Cotterill.

Once more we can report a clear roadstead, not a vessel being in sight from the beach last night ; and that the large fleet which was at anchor there last week should have been transferred to the river without a single mishap is most gratifying, and alike creditable to tho port and its useful tug fleet. Including the tide's work of Thursday, forty-two vessels have since crossed the bar, thirty-six being arrivals and six departures. So agreeable a a finale to an undertaking of immense risk was, we must cnnfeß3, unanticipated, and now that the work is completed, we cannot refrain from extending a meed of praise to Captains Whitford and Wilson, of the tugs Lioness and Challenge, for the masterly manner in which they handled the heaviest fleet, both in respect to number and tonnage, that ever assembled in this port. -We are glad to notice a revival of the coasting trade between Hokitika nrd the Nelson goldfields ports, and hope that our relations with those places will soon recover their former prosperous condition. Three vessels are on the berth for Fox's and Pakihi, the

schooner lona for the last named port, and .- tjie cutter Harry Bluff and schooner Alice for

Fox's. Now that tho Hokitika market is again well supplied with goods of all kinds we expect that a brisk trade will spring up with tho North.

We notice that the fine cutter Glimpso is laid on for Pakihi, being advertised to sail on Wednesday next. She is a powerful little vessel, and by her appearance sho'ild be a good cargo carrier. Messi'3 Carey and Gilles are agents for the Glimpse. Of the several sales by auction advertised in our last publication to tako place ou the wharf yesterday, ono only— that of tho Glencoe's cargo — was held, and we aro linppy to say that notwithstanding tho plethoric state of tho market tho greatest part of it was disposed of at very fair prices by Mr Biuucy. Tho horses brought over by the barquos Harriet Nathan and Glencoe, wero sold at Messrs Jones aud M'Glashan's yards by Messrs Carey aud Gilles, and found purchasers at moderate rates ; tho Bella Vista's fetching L 39 6s all round, aud the Harriet Nathan's L 29.

Of the vessels which we reported in our last issue as holding quay berlhs, the schooner Rambler aud cutter Glimpse having discharged, and resigned their places yesterday to the schooner Falcon and brigantine Annie Moore. The former landed a great deal of coal during the day, the latter will commence discharging this morning. The barque Harriett Nathan landed the last of her cargo yesterday and ballasted, and at sunset was reported as ready for sea. She hauled off from the wharf last night, resigning her berth to the bai'quo G-lencoe, which we expect will land the greatest part of her lading today. The crew of the Harriett Nathan woiked smartly to clear their vessel. Reckoning dead weight and measurement she had 200 tons of cargo on board, the whole of which was landed in ten working hours. Wo notice that the brigantine Hannah Newton is landing cargo across the hulk Ruby.

The p.s. Bruce sailed for the North again yesterday morning. Her passengers numbered about fifty, but tho freight list was rather light.

Our old friend the Jane Lockharl has again left U3 for the port she hails from, leaving behind a large cargo of mixed goods, which were landed in very good order. Tho Loekhart's return from Sydney may be expected about the 10th or 11th proximo. The crowded condition of our columns yesterday compelled us to hold over the report of the brlgantinc Union, which notwithstanding her great draught — 9 feet G inches — safely entered tho river on Saturday, astern of tho Challenge. She well-nigh piled-up in the attempt, as her draught exceeded by one foot the depth of water upon the bar, which fact wa3 not ascertained by Captain Wilson until his charge was deposited in the river. He informs us that before fastening to the Union, the usual query, touching her draught, was put, the reply being 8 feet 3 inches, and accepting it as correci, lie took the unwcilclly vessel in tow, anil headed for tho river — nob doubting that she would cross without touching ground. In this he was mistaken, as she struck heavily and half broached-10, and but for tho good way she carried, which drove her over the bar, she would very probably have had- to discharge her cargo upon tlic North Suit We are thankful that the port has befn spared tho discredit of such a disaster. The Union sailed from Hobson's Bay on the 18th ultimo. Carried easterly weather until clear of the Straits, and moderate westerly winds during the remainder of the passage. She anchored off the bar on the sth, and from that date until the sth inst knocked about outside, twice being compelled to slip, thereby losing two anchors and one hundred and thirty fathoms of chain. She remained at anchor from the sth to the 11th, and then towed in as above. The Union brings the largest cargo that ever arrived here in one vessel, as she is estimated to have over 400 tons on board. It lias beon a matter of general comment in shipping circles that this vessel appears to have como to tho port " heinously unprovided for," being obsolutely short of lines to moor with. The harbor master was put io his wits end to get her securely fastened on Saturday night, and at last was obliged to borrow a couple of hawsers from Messrs Spencc Bros., who very kindly lent them. Captain Turubull lias taken tho Union under his especial protection, and vow 3to see her safely to sea again. For the credit of all concerned we liope he may. The following report of tho Immigration Commissioners on the ship Blue Jacket, which arrived at Lyttelton from London last month, wa3 published in the "Provincial Gazette" of the 12th inst : — T le Commissioners havo much pleasure in giving a favorablo report in every respect upon tho arrangements in the above vessrl. Every compartment was found to be in the most satisfactory condition both as to cleanliness and order. The immigrants wero all in good health, and without exception, satisfied with the treatment they had received during the voyage, and gratified for the attention they had received from the Master, Surgeon, aud oflleers. The matron (M)3S Bowling) is highly com-, mended by the Surgeon Superintendent, and recommended for an extra gratuity ; a recommendation wliii-h the Commissioner's have much pleasure in endorsing, to the extent of, say five pounds (L 3.) The condenser (Normandy's) had worked well throughout. No case of illness requiring admission into hospital had occurred on tho voyage. The Commissioners havo much pleasure in recommending the payment of till gratuities ; and, in mentioning the Surgeon Superintendent (Dr Macdonald) for furfcht-r employment, have to express their gratification in tho fact that each ship of which he has had medical charge has arrived in an exemplary stale of cleanliness and discipline. The P.N.Z. and A.E.M. Go's s.s. Malaura, Captain Bird, left Sydney afc 10.20 a.m. on tho Ist inst. Strong S. uiul S.E. winds prevailed till arriving at Cook Str:d(, when the wind chopped round to the westward. She arrived in harbor at 2.20 p.m. on tho Gth inst. She left Wellington with the English mails for Panama on September 8, and as she is in thorough sea going order, she will undoubtedly make a quick passage. The following is the list of passengers: — For Southampton — Mr Coubrough, Mr F. Reynolds, Mr M'Gregor, Mrs Harlaud and three children, Mr M'Dcrmolt, Mr Dennis, Mr Stafford, Mr J. Milo, Mr Hyrcs, Mr M'Kinhiy, Mrs M'lvcllar, Mr and Mrs RO3C, Miss E. F. Rose, and Mis 3A. M. Rose. For Panama — Mrs Howlton and child, Mr Ilcwlton, Mr Hardies, Mr M'Dona, Mr and Mrs Osbornc, and Mr Archer. For New York— Mr and Mrs Gordon, and Mr O'Neill. — " N. Z. Advertiser."

A fatal accidegt occurred on board the Kaikoura, on her arrival at Wellington on the 27th ult. One of the bolts connected with the boiler of the donkey-engine having flown out, an escape of water took place, by which several of tho bystanders were very severely seaMed, and ono of them in particular, so seriously that ho died on Wednesday lasL at the hospital.

We, Grey " Argus," learn from Wellington that very much sympathy is felt for Captain Machin by all who know him, and regret is expressed on every side for tho unfortunate circumstances which have led to tho dismissal and punishment of one of the oldest and most esteemed officers in tho company's service. Captain Machin was a passenger to Sydney in the Kaikoura on Wednesday evening, August 28. A petition lias been got up to liis Excellency the Governor, praying that he will decline to cancel Captain Machin's certificate, as recommended. It is not known upon what grounds the memorialists seek to overthrow tho decision arrived at when the investigation took place, but it is presumed that it is on tho ground of its excessive severity, and there being no precedent for such during the time the law has existed.