PORT CHALMERS—September 12TH.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 229, 13 September 1862, Page 4

PORT CHALMERS— September 12TH.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS,

"Wind ab noon, S.?E., light breeze. Weather, Lazy, with slicrht showers. Barometer, 29.70. Thermometei", 50.

ARRIVALS.

Gef'long, p.s. Boyd, from Waikouaiti, Timaru, and Oamnni, :J5 passengers, Cargill and Co. agents. Lyttellon, p.s. Toomey, from Waikouaiti, passengei"s C. F. Beeby, agent.

DEVAKTUUES,

Mary Ami, schoomr, lOi tons, Valentine, for Hcbart- T^wn, in ballast, C. A. Koss & Co. asront.

Lyttelion, p.s-Tooiaey, for Waikiouaiti, pas,jengers, C. F. Lccby, agent. 0

From Melhourne. —Marchioness, Alfred Leraont. From Newcastle - Omejza, Thames, Metaris, Cincinnati. From. London —Planter. From the Ciydi;— Jura, Cheviot. From the "BluS — Robert Henderson.

PROJECTED DBI'ARTUKKH. Nelson, for M.«lbotirr:o. September 17. Gothenberg, ibr Melbourne. .September 13 City of Hobart, for Melbourne, September 17 ■Woii»a■ Wouga,"for Wellington, September, 13.

VESSELS IS PORT. St. Magnus,'barque; from Mauritius Mandarin, })arque, tVoia Melbountu . Nelson, slup, from Glasgow Tr.nuti-, briyantine, from Hobart Town. M.artha Eilen, brisrantino, (Vom Hobart Town. Sorata, barque, from Newcastle. Victor, bvis;, from Melbourne. Alpha, cutter, from Auckland Uanuct, cutter, from Waikawa Eseoi-i. ship,-from London Esther, schooner,'from Chatham Islands Kin;?dove, ship, from Melbourne '■Carlotta. barque, from New York. Grecian Qaoeu, brig, from Newcastle. Sea Nymph, barque, from Adelai-le. L.i iMsint're, barque,-frosn G'sssrow Killornioiifc, briijaiiUni}. fK>ui Melbourne Margnrathaltoesner, ship, from NewcastleJsoiub;:v, ship, from London" Wra.-BVchanan, barque..from Newcastle Maid of the Yarra, s.s. from Lyttleton GotUenbnrgh, ss., fn>m 'Melliounie. ■ I'ilot. suhtioner, from Stewart's Island Woiiga Won.aa, s.s.-iVom Wellington -Ge'vj'onir," p.s. fro;a Oamaru.

The Geelong returned in t\n niternoon. from ! Oamavu. and the two intermediate ports, hrindng i upwards of 30 passengers, principally from WniUou- j H.lti. Several of those returning have Itffc their rantes on the divings, oi'ttie pros-poet-* of which they <Avc> j very good accounts, ami they de>e"ibe also tint nt | various points on the road t-o lha Dunstan, dickers > v.-cc iK-osnecting v.ith \vry trcod nppeavnncps of j,' id. j Oiie'pur'y returns toy.the purpose of havi'ifr n:i :ippa- j rat-us constructed by which to abstract tlje wr.sh-dirt ' under v/awr, nenr the banks of the river, tlio c mmou ! method beins to dam the water by a rude Ktone wall,' i auc! then wash the deposit thus left dry. CrwHes j were becoming more easily prec-uniNe, ami (lie urnjo- j rify on .the ground were now settling down to regular ' work. - ' While the cntltcr Falls was being towed by the! Maories Into Waikouaiti harbor the othe^day, she got I upon the rocks, and a porifon of her cargo, piinci- ! pally goods far the diggings, is understood to have! " been somewhat damaged. j The Samson ha^ to-day resumed tlie work of draggingl over the bank, in the fairway .the harrows used for disturbing tlie sand and deepening the channel. As a number of vessels' of considerable tonnage may beexpected to visit the port during the ensuing sum Tnf-r,it I', highly necessary that these operations should j be pushed o:; with all expedition. In the meantime it ! is satisfactory to know that the appliances in u:-=e are moderately effective. In the channel, about sixteen' miles inlfiigth, there are, however, many other places besides ihat being operated upon, where deepening mid widening are highly requisite, nnd tlie value of a powerful dredginsr machine csin scarcely be over-f;~-tim:iled. By the removal of small lanks here and there, the anchorage around at Port; Chalmers might ai'o be considerably extended, and the depth of the water in shore so increased as to admit of the approach ot vessels to quays nnd wharves which nitjrlit he constructed at small expense, and which would 1,2 the chief element in tlie extension of the Port, by encouraging the erection of stores and war;hou>es alcn,-; the belt of land skirting the bay. At the Harbor office there is to be seen at present a dincram of what is known a* Captain Pony's patent anti-coiihion dial. The use of this dial i^ to aid in pceveriunjr shipwreck, or collision at Fen, and is recommended by Lloyd's agents and the various Marine Boards. The c'asa of shipwrecks it is intended to av«.rt is such as occur from an error in navigation— those very numerous eases in which ships either sail or steam on to destructive dangers, whilst supposed to be steering safe courses, and whi'h, nccoiv.inj: to official returns, amount to no fewer than 2312 in four years. The Monumental City. Admella, Queen of England, and White Swan, on the Australasian coasts, and those of the Orion, Victoria, Tnyleur. Tyne, Northnm, and Tay on coasts abroad are notable instances'. On the diagram, which i* only a skeleton outline of the dial, is shown the application of the rule ior working the instrument to ascertain the distance of a ship from any pomt of land, island, rock, lighthouse, or any other fix&l.object that may be visible, while Davitiatincr in the vicinity of lai,d, either in the day or night, without going off the deck, thus determining the true position and the proper course to steer. From the apparent simplicity of the process, the utility of the instrument is likely to ba tested by its pretty'general use among shipping. The Gothenburg, which sails on Saturday, 13 expected to carry a large number of passengers to the Bluff Many 'have already taken out their passages thither. Only one or two have entered for steerage passages to Melbourne, She is expected also to-take upwards of 12,000 oz. of gold to Melbourne. -