SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume 1, Issue 133, 3 January 1868, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF WESTPORT. HIGH WATER. This Day 3.30 a.m 3.52 p.m. ARRIVALS. Jan.—Bruce, p.s., Kerley, from Hokltika. F. Greer, agent. EXl> EOT ED ZLRRITAIi. Niglitiug.de, barque, from Melbourne. Ahuriri, s.s., from Wellington. Leonidas, schooner, from Melbourne. Kecra, s.s., from Duuedin. Wallaby, s e., from Nelson. VESSELS IX PORT. Schooners- -Imcy and Adelaide, Glengarry. Cu.ttei —Dart. Steamers—Waipara, Southland, Kennedy, Bruce.

The p.s. Bruce left Hokltika on Wednesday, and after a rather rough passage arrived od'the Bailor on Thursday morning, when she anchored, not deeming it advisable to attempt to cross the bar in face of the heavy fresh. After remaining there till the afternoon, she succeeded In crossing the bar, and anchored in the lagoon. In consequence of the heavy fresh, the p.s. Southland had to leave her moorings near the bonded stores and take shelter in the lagoon. A Singular Occurrence. —A Vessel Disserted on the Ocean. —A correspondent of the Gazette, of the Russian Academy writing from Archangel, says that the slow approach of summer this year has occasioned disastrous consequences to a number of vessels which are accustomed to visit this port. He then mentions the following extraordinary circumstances attending the arrival of a ship: —On June 20, there arrived a vessel, the captain of which declared, at the Custom-house, that he neither knew its owner, whence it came, nor its destination. The captain, an Englishman of the name of Turef, made the following deposition: —On June 17, emitted the port, of Transoe, in the English ship Eident, bound for Archangel. On June 18, the course of the vessel was obstructed by fields of ice to such a degree that she could not be extricated. On the following day the Eident had suffered so many reverses that she was in danger of foundering, and the captain and all hands would have perished had it not been for the approach of the English ship Industry, on board of which they were taken by Captain M'Beth. On going on board nothing was saved from the Eident. Twentyfour hours subsequently, the Industry hailed a ship moving along in full sail. No response was given, as not a soul could be discovered on her deck. The strange vessel, -which proved to be the Da Capo, had seven and a half feet of water in her hold, but had suffered no other damage. Cap'ain Turef and his crew were transferred on bo; r.l, after having pumped out the water, and continued their voyage until they arrived at Archangel. All that can be learned of the mysterious vessel is confined to its name. Whether it had been abandoned, or had been the scene of fome terrible maritime drama, nobody knows —no document having been found on board giving any clue to its ownership. Strange to say, there" was a sufficiency of provisions for the remainder of the voyage.— Jov.rnel de St. Petersburg. The West Coast Times of the 31st ulc. says:—The P. N. Z. and A. R. M. Co.'s s.s. Rangitoto, Captain Bax, left Wellington on the 29th instant, at 9 a.m., and arrived at 8 p.m. the same day. Shipped a few passengers for Melbourne, and the mails, and proceeded on her way next day at 12.30 a.m., and arrived off Hokitikaat 3 p.m. on the 29th. She brought up the West Coast portion of the English mail via Panama, 22 passengers, and X 5500 in specie for this port, and reports thick squally weather from Nelson to the Buller, hence light variable weather. The Rangitoto was tendered by the p.s. Favorite, and left again for Melbourne direct yesterday afternoon, with 2500 oz of geld, shipped b} the Bank of New South Wales, and 32 passengers, from this pert, and 5000 oz of gold and 20 passengers, shipped at Greymouth.