PORT CHALMERS.—MAY 18.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 158, 19 May 1862, Page 4

PORT CHALMERS.—MAY 18.

May 17—WiiuV at' noon, N. flight breeze. ' Weather clear atul lice. i>;aorrit>lor, 20.60; thermometer, 50. * ■ - ■• May IS—Wind at noon, S.W.; moderate breeze. Weather clear and cold. Barometer, 29 63; thermometer, 55. ARRIVALS. : May 10—Indus, barque. 3G3 tons. M.mson, from Newcastle May 1, with 553 tons coals. Oargill and Co.. agents. May 17 —Geelpng, p.R., Boyd, from Lyttelton, 5 passengers. Cargill and Co., agents. jlny" 17—Pilot, schooner, i)l tons, Featherstone, from the Molynenx. -with part of original cargo from Hobart Town. J. Mailing, agent. May 17—Camilla, barque, 231 tons, Sydserff, from Newcastle April 30, 408 tons coals. Dalgety, Eattrav and Co., agents. May 17 —Airedale, s.s., 286 tons, Kennedy, from Lyttelton and northern ports, mails and 3G passengers. Brodrick, agent. May 18—Aphrasia. p.s., 80 tons, Clieyne, fromlnvercargill, cargo and passengers. May 18—Flying Squirrel, schooner, from Hobart .Town, general cargo. AT THE HEADS. May 13—Sea Breeze, barque, 311 tons, Urquliart, from Melbourne 021 the 10th instant; general cargo, 16 passengers. J. C. Campbell and Co., agents. .-'■ Omega, barque, 304 tons, Grueber, from New Bedford, U.S., December 21, general cai-go. Tickle and Co., agents. > |»ret, barqr.e, Pie, from Hobart Town on the Bth, produce and horses. DEPARTURES. May 17--AJdinga, s.s., 291 tons, McLean, for Melbonnie; lnaiis, 18,lii3oz. gold, and 95 passengers. Dalgety. llattray and Co., agents. May 37 —Maid of the Yarra, s.s., Gay, for Timaru and Lyttelton, 1 passenger. J. Jones and Co., agents. May 17 —Lyttelton, p.s., for Waikouaiti, with passengers. ■' May 17 —Guiding Star, s.s., for Invereargill, goods and passengers. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From Melbourne —Bella Vista, William Buchanan, Slmwmut, Abbott Lawrence. From Sydney—Jennie Oswald. From London—Black -Swan, Jnmw Booth. From Glasgow—Zambia. hrtOJKCTKB DEPARTURES. Wild Wave, for Hobart Town, May 20. City of Hobart, s.s. for Melbourne) May 20. Airedale, for the Bluff, May 20. Airedale, for Lyttleton, May 27. Samson, for Waikouaiti, to-day. VESSELS IN I'OliT. W. B. Dean, schooner, from Wellington, Success, schooner, from Auckland. Jane Lockhart, .schooner, from Sydney. Remark, brig, from Newcasf Jo. Flying Claud, schooner, from Auckland. Mountain Wave, ship, from the Bluff Eureka, ship, from Melbourne Chariot of Fame, ship, loading for London Oliver Cromwell, ship, from London Akbnr,; ship, from London Colonist, schooner, from Glasgow. Sebim, schooner, from Melbourne. Sea~Nynipli, brig, from Geelong Ellen Lews, barque, from' Newcastle Missie, brigi from Melbourne. United Brothers, schooner, from Melbourne. Wild Wave, schooner, from Waikouaiti. Challenge, schooner, from Waikouaiti. Lady Egidia, ship, from London. Wild Wave, brig, from Hobart Town Jean, barque, from Melbourne. Ellen Simpson, barque, from Melbourne. Cosmopolite, brig1, from Ilobart Town. Margaret ha Itoesner, ship, from Newcastle. Albat' oss, schooner, from Auckland Dunedin, schooner, from Wellington . Glenshee, barque, from Newcastle City of Hobart, s. s., from Melbourne. ..-; Martha Ellen, schooner, from Melbourne. Indus, barque, from Newcastle. Camilla, barque, from Newcastle. Airedale, s.s., from the North. Aphrasin, s.s., from Invereargill. Gcelojip1, p.s., from Lyttelton. Wonga Wonga, s.s., from Lyttelton Pilot, schooner, from Ilobart Town. PASSENGER LIST. Per Sea' Breeze, from Melbourne :—Mrs. Hitehins, Mrs. Sheath awl 2 children, Mr. Bird, Mr. W. B. Jones, Mr. D. C. Campbell, Mrs. Davis and infant, Mrs. Mooney and family, and 10 in the steerage. Per Geelong,^from Lyttelton :—Messrs. .Robertson, White, M'Farlane, Gregory, and Coutts. Per Aldinga, for Melbourne :—Messrs. Rankin, Fulton, Isaacs, Anderson, Broad, Townsend, Hay-, man,. Mattson, Slater, -Barnett, Wane, M'Eachern, Robinson, Cameron, M'Keazie, Prince, Mrs. Watts, and 78 in the steerage.. Passengers per Airedale—Mrs.' E, Mills and baby; the-Manager of the Bank of New Zealand; Mr. Creagli, Mrs. Williams, Mr. Hall, -Mr/Alaude, Mr. Turton, Mr. Creswell Crump, Miss Stedell, Mrs. Sinison, Mrs. Stirling, Lonl Bishop of Christclmrch, Mrs. Carter, three children and servant; Captain Campbell, Mr. H. Phillips; and 23 in the second cabin. ' . The barque Sea Breeze, Gapt. Orouhart, has been the first-vessel to bring to Otago the news conveyed by the March mail from England, as received, by telegraph from Adelaide, and published in an extraordinary edition cfthe A rrjus. Ca.pt, Urquhart, having learnt that the steamer with the English mail to Adelaide.was telegraphed as being in sight, delayed his departure until the news was received, and having . made a rapid passage, he has.'anticipated the Queen .steamer, by which the mail is expected, the Oineo not havingarrived in Melbourne previous to the departure of the Sea Breeze. The Sea Breeze arrived at Port Otago Heads after midnight on Saturday, and Captain Urquhart having reauhedjPorfc Chalmers on-Sunday evening by boat, courtuoiisly furnished our reporter witli copies of the papers containing the latest news. In our advertising columns will be found a copy of a testimonial presented to Captain Urquhart by his passengers. . .... The barque Omega, from New Bedford, United States, has also arrived at the Heads. Capt. Grueber reports having had some heavy weather during his passage, iv which he sustained some loss of spars. The, Omega brings a considerable cargo of miscellaneous merchandise of American manufacture. Re-ports,-haying spoken no vessels since leaving Pernambuco. , '■'.-■- The Daniel Watson nnd the Pet. both from Hobart I Town, are anchored at the Heads with the vessels mentioned above. From Capt. Pie, of the Pet, we have received Hobart Town papers of dates up to the Qth.insr. The Flying Squirrel, also from Hobnrt Town, took advantage of 'the flood-tide, and reached the anchorage ground at Port Chalmers, on Sunday afternoon.

TheAldinga sailed for' Melbourne with the mails about nh.e o'clock on Saturday evening. , Capt. M.'Lean was in readiness to sail at 4 p.m., but, in consequence of the non-appearance of the Airedale with the Northern portion of the mails, he resolved to .delay his departure in the hope Unit, within the next 'twenty-four hours, she might arrive. About 8 p.m., the firing of a gun somo distance down the bay intimated that the Airedale had arrived, .and the mails having- been at once transferred, - the Aldinga took advantage of the -clearness of the night, and "sailed immediately afterwards. In steaming slowly down thebavj she unfortunately ran foul of" the schooner Wild Wave, which had come down from town in the course of the evening, and had anchored outside of the rest of the shipping. Tlic concussion must have been pretty severe, as.the crash was disthiely heard j on shore, and several boats rowed off to ascertain the j extent of the damage done. All the damage done to the-' ,Wild Wave was the carrying: away of. her jib-boom, cat-head, and part of her sprit-sail yard. JBy one of tlie r Aldinga's-davitsgiving.way, :howevef,: one of her quiirter-boats went over the side, and, being slightly stove;- was left behind,, the steamer proceeding on her course, and getting clear of the. Headsabout 10 p.m.with clear moonlight. In a bay where lengthy vessels like the Aldinga have consid.cr.nble.. difficulty In turning, in consequence of it£ limited space, and the very strong tide which runs through it,: it is a wonder that similar slight accidents do not more frequently •occur, and it is highly necessary that some arrangement should be made, by -which small vessels employed in lightering, when not -alongside a ship,- should be restricted to anchor in a particular .part of the bay, clear of the larger vessels and the usual, channel. At present the lightersarirlior indiscriminately over all parts.flf the^bay,, .and though experienced and efficient ;inenmay be in command of a snip, the working of a ;,vessel;upjOcdown the harbor is made,a- matter of t extreme difficulty and risk. v , ~,. j

"The Airedale." which reached Port Chalmers" "on" Saturday evening, left, a-j>ort v every day. after her original jdep:vrtnre—Mamikaujori the jO'th ' iiist., Tara : naki.on the Uth ; Nelson on thelStlv; Pictori on the lith ; Wellington: on the 15th; 'and Lylteltou, o" the lfith. Theonly vessel she passed Wcis tht .brig YarrO«\'fromOUigo to Wellington.'-' The news which she brings of the Governor's niovemftnts, itc, will be found in the quotations from the files of papers receive!, an 1 in the letters of our Wellington correspondent. On Tuesday the" Airedale ■ proceeds to the Blutf. ■ ■■-.■.- Besides the Airedale, three other steam vessels arrived, in the end of the week from northern ports — the Maid of the Yarra. the.Wonga Wonga, and the ..Ueelong." The Maid of the Yarra arrived on Friday afternoon, anil, as she "rounded the Heads, excitedlsoimfspeculation as to the' probable presence of the Governor on board.- After proceeding to .town and discharging, she left late on Saturday evening Ku- Tiinarv- and L'yltoltnii. The Vv'onga Wonga arrived about four o'clock on Saturday morning, and proceeded to town without stopping at Port Chalmers. The Geelong arrived in the furenbou of the the same day, with a few passengers. By each vessel we are in receipt of Lyttolton and other papers of latest dates." . Two coal-laden vessels, from Newcastle, arrived in the end of the week—the barque Indus on Friday evening, having left Newcastle on Uie Ist mat.; and on Saturday afternoon the Camilla, which sailed on the 30th ult. Captain Sydserff, of the Camilla, reports having been caught in a cyclone some distance south -west of the New Zealand coast, .in which part of his main railing and inizen-booni were carried away. Previous to that time, he had experienced light and variable wind. By the arrival of these two vessels in addition to others recently,, the supply of coals for the use of the steamers is How somewhat equal to their requirements; and there is little danger of a recurrence of the inconvenience ■which was recently felt. When the Indus and Camilla left, there were no other vessels .on the berth at Newcastle for Otago. _ .The Pilot, schooner, w! icli arrived from the Molyneux on Saturday, was in there for some time,, discharging part of her cargo, shipped at Hobart Town. She arrives wilii a considerable proportion of her original cargo still to discharge. The steamer Aphrasia arrived in port on Sunday morning.' She is from the Bluff, where, [since her arrival from Melbourne, she lias been engaged discharging stock, passengers and goods from the large shipping and making occasional trips to neighboring ports. On her way up she called at the Molyneus, and was lying there when the Pilot sailed. The Zillah, which was one of the vessels which conveyed passengers to Coramande), returned on Friday with a cargo of timber and several passengers. She left on the 27th ult., and for a considerable part of the passage experienced light winds, and strong breezes from Hie southward. She'was one of the vessels exposed to the gale at Auckland, where she had part of her buhvorks earned away. Her passengers are diggers who proceeded from Otago to Cormnandel at the time of the recent unjustifiable rush. • They arc unanimous in'describing Coromandel as being perfectly destitute of any appearance of alluvial- diggings, and prospect. iug was almost impossible from the impenetrable forest which covers the country, and the'determined reposition on the part of the Maoricsto the..intrusion of the wlrtes.. The great majority of those wlfo.had arrived at Coiomandel from Otago had proceeded to Sydney thoroughly dipt; pjinted, and of the numbers who remained, not a few were compelled to do so'from their inability to leave. The small percentage who have returned here have spent a good deal of money, and without obtaining any result in the different -claims which they bottomed. Several of them proceeded to Wi.ikouaiti immediately on arrival at Tort Chalmers, along with others at the Port who have been induced to give a trial to the new diggings. ', The paddle steamer Lyttelton has already matte two trips to Waikouaiti, with passengers en route to the Highlay diggings, and the Samson, with provisions and passengers, is advertised to sail to-day (Monday). The place is only a few hours' sail frorii Dunedin, and several small craft are preparing to got, on the passage, should trailic arise, and watermen ai|e: going round to undertake the landing of passengers, -,', Funds have not been received by the Regatta Committee so rapidly as they would require, were the con j templated programme of races to be carried out in its integrity, and a re-arrranged programme is now advertised, with the premiums to bs given in the case of each race. One omission is that of a premium to first-class yachts, but, should sufficient- funds be obtained, that will still be inserted. The regatta is arranged to take place on the 24th,' but of course should his Honor nominate the following Monday ;as the annual holiday, it will be held then. Captain Currie, of the ship Lady Egidia, will ba judge of the races, and for the accommodation of the Committee and others, the use of his fine vessel has kindly been ottered as flag-ship on the occasion. For the con; veyance of visitors from Dunedin, the steamers Samson and Lady Barldy have been specially-char-tered for the day, the passengers to have the privilege of remaining on board, or proceeding to such points as may command a good view of the regatta.