SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 15, 20 September 1842, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVED. From the River Ilutt, the schooner Richmond. SAILED. September 17, The barque Brougham, Captain Robinson, for Valparaiso. Passenger —R. Stokes, Esq. Siai'TEMitKß -]y, Brig Patriot , for Hobart Town, Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Mcwburn, Mr. bandoe.— Steerage—Mrs. and Miss Aitkin, Mr. Fornby. Same day, seliooner Catherine, Bannatyne, for Auckland and Sydney. Same day, barque Lady Mary Pelham, John Ilaiper, for Launceston.

IN PORT. Barque Clydeside , Glasgtw, 230,. Waitt & Co. agents ; arrived Jan. 20, from the Clyde; laid up for repairs. Barque Indemnity, London, 150, Adams, Waitt & Co. agents; arrived July 12, from London; for Nelson, Valparaiso, and London, repairing. Schooner Ann, Wellington, 22, Brown, Schultze, agent; arrived July 22, from Aharon ; laid up. Sehooqer Look-In, 80, Finlay, from Nelson, repairing. Success, Mason, master, from Cloudy Bay,Repairing The schooner Jane, from Wyderop. The schooner Henry, Daymond, I’rom Cape Terawiti. The barque Jane Goudie, 280 tons, Goudic, master. Waitt and Tyser, Agents, and Co., Agents. The. schooner Mana, 27 tons, Swany, master. Willis and Co., Agents. Schooner Perseverance, Adams, arrived September 10, from Nelson, Schooner Jane, from the whaling station. Cutter Pickwick, Styles, from the coast.. Captain Agent. Brig Tobago, London, 136, Thomas Downes; agent, T. M. Machattie. Exports per Patriot. 5 cases manufactures, 78 bundles iron, 1 ton 5 cwt. 2 qts. whalebone, 25 cases glass.

Extract from a communication from Captain ■Richards, of 11. M. Colonial Brig “Victoria.” Werounded Stephen’s Island, in Blind Bay, on ourway towards Nelson Haven, and worked to the southward during the night, with a light breeze ; next morning we passed Cruxelles Bay, with the wind from the seaward, and.wlien 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 floo Aide. It is advisable in proceeding to this Port, to keep to the south-eastern shore on board, to avoid a sunken rock, which is said to exist, and of which 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. 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 fine, 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 Fifes hire 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 9 o’clock, full and change. Rise and fall of tide, 12 feet. Depth of water on the bar, in spring tides, 22 feet. —Nelson Examiner.