IMPORTS.

West Coast Times, Issue 682, 30 November 1867, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Alhambra, from Dunedin — 1 case, TJ Pringle ; 2 cases, Pritchard ; 1 case, Isaacs ; 3 trusses, Bailie and Co ; 5. cases eggs, Miller and Co ; 1 bale, 1 case, White and Pirie ; 1 case drapery, Taylor and Settle ; 1 case, Bank of New Zealaud ; 3 cases, 1 truss, Al 'Heath and Go ; 2 trusses, Alman. Per llangitoto, from Melbourne, &c. — 1 case drapery, Mulligan and Co; 1 trunk boots, Williams ; 20 casks butter, Pole ; 5 cases, Clcve j 9 qr-casks wine, Mace ; 21 cases oranges, I'eak ; 1 bale, order ; 1 truss, Solomon ; 1 parcel, Book Club ; 1 parcel, Hankins ; 2 trunks, Hammond ; 9 keg 3 butter, 3 cases eggs, Hart ; 8 cases butter, 2 cases eggs, Connell and Co ; 39 kegs butter, order ; 20 kegs butter, 12 packages cheeße, 10 kegs butter, 5 cases eggs, Patterson ; 1 case, Fraser ; 1 bale, Munson ; 1 case, Marsland ; 1 bale, 1 cose, Stewart ; 1 cms, Nelson ; 3 casks butter, 1 case eggs, Stevenson ; 7 cases, 1 truss, 3 trunks, 1 case drapery, order ; 1 box eggs, 1 box butter, Klein EXPOBTS. Per Bruce, for VVestporr, &c. — For Brightou — 1 bale leather, Bearer ; 1 case, Helms ; 1 case, 1 bale, Mrs Poole ; 1 case, Mulligan and Co ; 3 packages, Mrs Poole ; 1 case, 2 parcels, 1 bundle iron, 1 trap, Q-. Lewis, For Westport — 1 base drapery, Wittkowski ; 2 cases, 3 bales drapery, Mulligan and Co ; 1 box glass, Fogo ; Lp:ir. el, Sehalhoff; 6 hhds ale, Tonks and Co ; 5 cases hams, 2 boxes tobacco, J. Solomon and Co; 1 trunk, Roberts; 1 bundle forks, 1 parcel, 2 boxes tobacco, 1 case glass, 1 bale, 1 bottle quicksilver, 1 keg nails, 1 piece belting, Storie, 4 trunks, Whats ; 1 parcel, 1 bundle, Lewis ; 1 parcel aceds, Long'ey. For Mohikinui — 5 bags malt, 2 cases, M'Ca~tby ; 1 quarter-cask whisky, 2 quarter-casks brandy, 3 bags salt, Hyains. The Panama Company's a. s. Uangitoto was tendered 3'esterday morning by the Favorito, wliieh conveyed one hundred and twentythree passengers on board her, and brought in the English Panama mail, a few packages of Panama cargo, and forty-eight passengers. The Ran&ito proceeded to G-reymouth in the afternoon to land seventeen passengers for that part, and to ship a few that are waiting there lor her. She ret urns to Hokitika tin* morning to land I en tons of cargo that, lacking time, she was unable to tranship to tho F-ivorite yesterday. Tho Favorite will again tender her, leaving the whnrf at 10.30 a.m., and the Bangitoto will positively sail for Melbourne on the same tide. One half of the passengers who shipped in her yesterday are bound to Sydney, and will be tiansferred to the Lord AshK-y providing she arrives on to-day's tide. We understand that the Lord Ashley left Totaranui with the Alhambra intending to call at Westport on her way down. Her detention in the Buller roadstead accounts for her non-arrival here yesterday. Tho stoamer Alhambra was successfully tendered yesterday by the p.s. Bruce, which took out about a dozen passengers to her, and returned with fifteen passengers and about twenty tons of cargo — one-half the latter being original from Melbourne. Her departure was put off until this morning, when she will be tendered by the p.s. Persevere, and have for Melbourne. Wo were given to understand that when the Alhambra left this port on the 12th inst., she was bound to Dunedin Tia Foveaux straits, but we see by her report published in the Wellington " Independent," that she constcd the Island round, North about ; passed Nelson and Wellington, and arrived at Lyttelton, at Ip.m. on the 14th, there disclmrged-cargo and left at 7.15 p.m., arriving at Dunedin at 1.30 p.m. on the loth; sailed again on the 16th at 6 o'clock; met with strong headwinds, and did not reach Lyttelton till 7pm.; Biriled at half- - past 9, and arrived at Wellington ou ■' the morning of the 19th, having been hove to 'off 'the heads all night. She encountered head winds throughout the passage. Put to tea again at 11 p.m. the samo day, and steamed into Nelson haven at 3 p.m. on the 20th ; fine light weather attended her across the straits. Left Nehon next day at 4 a.m. ■with every indication of an approaching gnle, the barometer having fallen to 2900, and ■when rounding the Sand* Spit at 9 am., she •was^ mot by a furious galo from W.N.W. Buirettcd against it until 11 p.m., nnd then np helm and ran to the lee of tho Spit, anchoring under Bush End at 11 p.m. Remained there until the 24th, and then the weather moderating proceeded on her voyage in the teeth of a strong westerly breeze, that ngain increasing to a heavy gale, she turned tail to it off Capo Farewell, and ran back, this fime, to Totaranui, where she anchored, in company with the Lord Ashley, Kennedy, and Storm Bird. Strong gales and a high sea continued almost without intermission during the next three days, and the Alhambra remained at anchor; but, induced

by a break in the weather, she put to sea again at 4.15 a.m. on the 27th, succeeded in rounding Cape Farewell, and by hard steaming and the use of her fore-and-aft canvas worked up tho coast against the heavy south-we3ter that afterwards set in, and reached Hokitika roads at 5 p.m. on tho 28th. We wish the Alhambra better weather the next time she visits New Zealand. The steam-tug Dispatch left for Greymouth yesterday, with the' schooner Mary Anne Christina, bound to Pukihi, in tow. She cleared the river in good style. Tho Mary Anne Christina is loaded with original cargo from Ly ttelton, not having broken bulk during her stay here. 'lhe'surf went down with strange rapidity in the course of Thursday night, and although there was an ugly tumble home yesterday morning the bar was considered workable, and accordingly the steamers Bruce and Favorite got up steam and proceeded to tender the Alhambra and Rangitoto. The work was well performed, and both steamera returned to the river nearly one hour and a half after high water. One effect of the late heavy gale was apparent in a sft'ong north current, which ran along the coast at the rate of threo or four miles an hour, and very much hindered the transhipping of passengers, &c. There were between eight or nine feet of water upon the bar at high tide. The entrance to the river is not in good condition, as the channel runs dead along the beach north for nearly a quarter of a mile, and consequently is swept by a broadside sea • Our readers will doubtless remember the dreadful boat accident that occurred at Sydney Heads in July last, and was atl ended by the loss of eight lives, two of them being pilots, Messrs Robinson and Reader, and a third, MiThomas Green, brother of the champion sculler. We regret to sny that Pilot Sharks, who, narrowly escaped with his life upon that same occasion, and who afterwards found the mutilated body of his friend and companion Reader, received so severe a shock that mental derangement supervened, ond it has since been found necessary to place him under lestrukt in a private asylum at Cook's River. Captain Shanks is well known aud highly respected, and his misfortune has excited a great deal of sympathy. There is reason to hope that tho attack is but temporary, and will succumb to skilful treatment. The P.N.Z & A.R.M. Co.'s s.s. Mataurn, Captain G. E. Bird, R.N.R., arrived at Wellington at 4 a.m. on tho 22nd Nov. Iho Mataura sailed from Sydney on September Ist, arrived at Wellington, ou Sept. GtJi, experienced strong southerly and south-east gales throughout the passage. Left Wellington ou Sept. Bth, arriving at Panama on October 4th. The weather on leaving New Zealand wa9 extremely fine, accompanied with moderate head winds, wLich continued throughout the entire passage till within four days of arrival, when the wind gradually veered round to light S.E. an'l S.W. breezes ; passed Malpelo Islands on the morning of the 3rd October. The Mataura left Panama on the morning of the 24th October, with the European mails and passengers from Southampton, which arriv.cd at St. Thomas by the Rhone, iv tho short space of twelve days, thence by the Tamar to Aspinwall, arriving there on the 22nd Oct. The Mataura, from the date o? leaving Panama to- the 15th Nov., had fine weather and fair winds, then experienced a, succession of strong S.W. and westerly gales, at intervals bio whig hard with a heavy head sea. On tho night of tho 20fch it blew with greater violence and heavier sea running ; obliged to stop the engines for three hours on' account of ship plunging and engines racing ; kept away two points to avoid the sea. Towards morning of the 21sfc the weather nioderaiel; at 9 a.m. nvide tho land about Capo Turnagain, and arrived as above. On the night of the 10th instant, steamed close to tho Island of Opara, fired a rocket j but it not being answered, steered off again, owing to tho thick haze over tho land and not wishing to lose tho night. On October 30, in lat. 6.38 S , lon. 97.51 W-, passed a ship running to the northward. On November 8, in lat. 24.22 S., lon. 133.45 W., passed a whaling barque, cruising. She brings in all sixty-nine passengers, amongst whom are the "Compagnia Liriea Italiana," en route for Australia. — " Wellington Independent," Nov. 23. The barque Westward Ho ! is from Noyo, a small port, about 180 mile 3 from San Francisco. She brings" a full cargo of redwood, a timber that is largely in request in San Francisco for building purposes, and also for furniture. The cargo ( of the Westward Ho! is" brought to this market as a sample, and has been carefully selected. Captain Peacock reports of the passage that he made the run to North Cape, New Zealand, in forty-five days, but since then the barque has had to contend against a continuance of very heavy westerly gales, veering from W.N.W. to W.S. W. Three times the barque was in sight of Kent's Group, and as often was she driven back by the fury of the weather. During the heavy weather in the Straits the lower topsails were blown away — Melbourne " Argus," Ncv. 16.