PORT CHALMERS, NOVEMBER 25.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 292, 26 November 1862, Page 4

PORT CHALMERS, NOVEMBER 25.

Wind at noon, S.W., light breeze. Weather, cloudy, with heavy showers. High water em the 26th instant at Port Chalmers, 6.22 a.m.. and 6.48 p.m. ; at Duucelin au hour later. ARRIVALS Nil. DEPARTURES. Time and Truth, ship, 537 ions. Slater, for Melbourne, in ballast, 9 passengers. W. Smith, agent. Isabella, barque, i 95 tons, Copping, for Hobart Town, in ballast. C. / . Ross and Co., a ents. Cecilia, schooner, 59 tons, Blair, for Chatham Island. Master, agvrtu. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London—Empress of India, Storm Cloud. From Glasgow—Plalda, Broomidaw, Benioaiond. from Melbourne - Golden Age, City of Melbourne, Benjnmin Heape, Yibilia, St. Clair, Diana, Montezuma. From Batavia.—Eliza Goddard. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Omeo, for Melbourne, 27th inst. Runnymcde, for Newcastle and Sydney, 27th inst. Titani-.i, for Bluff and 1 nve'rcargiil, this day. Star, for Invercargill, 29tii inst.

VR3B3LS IN PORT. Aboukir, ship, from Glasgow. Cheviot, ship, from Glasgow. Cincinnati, barque, from Newcastle. W. ii. Dean, brigaulhie, from Wellington. Raven, brig, from Sydney. Aiice Thonidykc, ship, from Vancouver's Island. Lady Young, ship, from Vancouver's Island. Surprise, schooner, from Auckland. Planter, barque, from London. .Stately, ship, from Sydney. Star of Tasmania, ship, from London. Matador, barque, from Melbourne. Spray, brig, from Syelney. Vixen, brijr, from Sydnc-vjr. Hugh Robe-rts, schooner, from Melbourne. Sovilla, ship, from Glasgow.! Eli Whitney, ship, from Melbourne. Auiitral, ship, from Adelaide. Emily Allison, schooner, from Melbourne. Don Juan, brigantine, from Sydney. Runnymede, ship, from Melbourne. {5 Evelina liutter, schooner, from Melbourne. Lombard, schooner, from Wellington. Fawn, schooner, from Lyttleton. Chile, ship, from London. Valiant, brig, from Wellington. William Ackers, barque, from Geelong. Em ma Prescott, brig, from Hobart Town. Scoresby, ship, from London. Boomerang, schooner, from Hobart Town Metaris, barque, from .Newcastle. H. S. Page, barque, from Port Albert. Albatross, schooner, from Auckland. Jane, brig, from Hobart Town. Omeo, s.s., from Melbourne. Jura, ship, put back. Titania, s.s., from Launceston. Wild Wave, schooner, from Stewart's Island. Sea Gull, schooner, from Auckland.

The ship Time and Truth, which sailed this morning, is understood to be chartered to carry sheep from Melbourne to this port, during the ensuing season, alone witli the other vessels belonging to the same owners.

The schooner Cecilia sailed for Chatham Islands on Monday morning, but returned in the afternoon, in consequence of contrary weather. The weather having favored, she sailed again to-day. On the occasion of her first departure, she got foul of a vessel in port, hy a simple accident, and carried away her main-topmast.

The Dunedin schooner, which had been for .some days anchored in the Channel, sailed on Saturday, for Invercargill. The Triton, also anchored inside the Heads, went out to-day, with a fair wind. Telegraphic communication between Dunedin and Port Chalmers was to-day interrupted by the thunderstorm of the afternoon. The operators, anticipating that the wires would be affected by the storm, disconnected the instruments, and thus averted any serious damage, but the wires received the lightning to such an extent that ihe gutta percha which insulates the wires in the office wan fused as if submitted to extreme heat, and sparks passed from wire to wire with a vividness and frequency which made the operator's occupation far from an enviable one. The supposition, in the mean time, is that the wire has been affected at the higher points al'.mg the line ; where it would be more liable to the influence of the storm.