SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, 3 September 1842, Page 102

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Extract from a Communication from Captain Richards, of H. M. Col6&ial Brig Victoria. We rounded Stephen's Island, in Blind Bay, on our way towards Nelson Hayen, and worked, to the southward during the night, with a light' breeze ; next morning we passed Qruxelles Bay, with the wind from the seaward, and when about eight miles from the Harbour, saw the commencement of the Shingle Bank, by which it is formed) along which we ran for a distance of one and a half or two miles, anchoring .in seven fathoms, one mile from the bar, when a Pilot came on board, and took the brig into Harbour with the flood tide. It is advisable in proceeding to this Port, to i^J^fi. tne south-eastern shore on board, to aysid fftunken rock, which is said to exist, and of wnich , the following are supposed to be the .bearings and distance. The entrance of the harbour, S. by E. 7 miles. The Outer Mark on the White Cliff, W. by S. i S. From the best information I could obtain, I am of opinion that ships may anchor outside the bar without danger. During the fourteen days that we remained here, the weather was extremely firo,. although the wind was blowing hard from the N. W. in the Straits. It appears to me, that large vessels may go either in or out of this Harbour with perfect safety, by taking the advantage of the proper time of tide. The loss of the Fifeshire was occasioned in consequence of due attention not having been paid to this precaution. The passage is dangerous if a vessel' be taken into it, on leaving the Port, after the ebb-tide has begun to make, but not otherwise. It is high water at Nelson at nine o'clock, full and change. Rise and fall of tide, 12 feet. Depth of water on the bar, in spring tides, 22 feet. Arrived. August 29, brigantine Vanguard, 61, Murray, from Port Nicholson, general cargo. August 31, schooner Perseverance, 50, Bishop, from Taranaki, original cargo. Passengers, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Ross. Same day, schooner Nymph, 22, Scantland, from Kafia; cargo, pigs, bacon; and potatoes. September 1, schooner Ocean, 30, Fergusson, from 'taranaki; general -cargo. Passengers, Mr. T. Waters and Mr. J. D. Greenwood. m Same day, brigantine Sisters, 130, Clarkef frdioj Auckland; 48,000 feet of timber and general 'cargo. Passengers, Mr. Joseph and two servants ; Mrs. Thompson, three children, and servant; Mr. Symonds, and Mr. J. Lloyd. Five steerage passengers. SAILED. August 31, brig Supply, 125, Browne, for Sydney; in ballast. Passengers, Miss Valle", Miv* Wentworth, and Mr. Plaistowe. ! Same day, schooner Elizabeth, 75, Smith, for Massacre Bay. Passengers, Captain Wakefield, R.N., G. R. Richardson, Esq., A. Domett, Esq., and the surveyors for that district. Same day, schooner Governor Hobson, 40, Skelton, for Cloudy Bay. September 1, brigantine Vanguard, 61, Murray, for Wellington. Passenger, S. 'Revans, Esq. IN FO&T. Barque Sir Charles Forbes, Bacon. Schooner Wave, Fox. Ann, Higging. Nelson Packet, Jackson. ' Perseverance, Bishop. ■ -- ■'■■■ ■■ Nymph, Scantlin. Ocean, Fergusson. Brigantine Sisters, Clarke.