PORT CHALMERS, November 30.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 296, 1 December 1862, Page 4

PORT CHALMERS, November 30.

Wind at noon, N.E., light breeze. Weather, thick, with slight showers. High water on the Ist Deccmbes-, ?t Port Chalmers, 11.20 a.m.. and 11.59 p.m. ; at JDuaeriiu an hour later. AIUUVAI.9 Montczumn, brier, 136 tons, M'lntyre, from Port >• Albert, 37 head of cattle, 5 passengers.* J. C. Campbell and Co., agents. Mayflower, schooner, 70 tons, Irving, from Laun- • ceston, general cargo, 3 passengers. C. S. Button, agent. Gejlong", p.s., I3oyd, Lyttelfcon and intermediate ports, woo! and passengers. Cargill and Co., agents. Planet, p,-., M' Donald, the Taieri, general cargo. 11. Houston, agent St. Glair, barque, 400 tons, Meric, from Melbourne, general cargo and 129 passengers. Turnbull and Co., agents. ■ DEPARTURES. Stately, barque, 504 tons, May, for Sydney, in ballast. Cargill and Co., agents. . Spray, brig, I<ll tons, Watts, for Sydney, in ballast. Emily Allison, schooner, 13S tons, Williamson, for Newcastle, in ballast. Cheviot., ship, Orkney, for Callao, in ballast, 1 passenger. Aiding, h.i., 285, tons M'Le'an, for Melbourne, 13,1870zs 2 dwts gold, 99 passengers. Uoyse, Mudie, and Co, agents. PASSENGER LIST. Per St Clair, from Melbourne—-Mr A. Stokes, Mrs Stokes, Miss fcigley, Miss M, A, Sigley, Mr J, D. Browne, Mr G, Browne, and 123 in intermediate and steerage. Per Aldinga, for Melbourne—Messrs Sevanson, Dyason, Leon, Poole, Cullen, Lasceiles, Stevenson, Garrett, and 91 in the steerage. Per Mayflower, from Launccston—Rev J. Drake, Messrs C. S. Button, and G. Nattas. Per Montezuma, from Port Albert—Messrs Hazen, Gilmour, Froud, and 2 in the steerage. The second consignment of cattle from Grippsland arrived on Saturday evening by the brig Montezuma, which left Port. Albert on the 20th. Her freight consists of a fine lot of bullocks, consigned to Messrs J. ' C. Campbell and Co., which have arrived in excellent condition, though fifteen out of the original shipment of fifty-two died on the passage. Shortly after leaving she encountered a heavy gale, which proved fatal to that number, some of them beiog the best on board. At the date of her departure two vessels were loading at Port Albert for llobart Town. From Melbourne the Montczuinaalso brings eleven tons of ashphaite. A peculiar circumstance occurred on her passage down, the foremast and some of the rigging connected with it having caught firo without any apparent cause, There w«s no lightning at the time, but the weather was exceedingly warm and the vessel working htavily, and Mifi supposition is that-the five may have been excited by friction. It broke out immediately under the <jyea of the rigging, and blazed so smartly that before, it could bo extinguished by the crew, a hole was iburnt into the mast, besides several of the ropes con- '■ inn-.UA with the lore-riggirg. The French lianpio St. Clair arrived from Melbourne em Saturday, bringing a general cargo to order,-and 329 passengers, flic experienced light winds, and w«#w becalmod three days elf this coast. It is creditable to Mr Mfu-kay, the purser, and the officers of the ship, that she arrived in a very cleanly state, and' with a. good report iVorri the passengers, among whom there were numerous families, including 21 children, tihu is chartered for other two trips from Melbourne. During the passage one of the seamen, named Louis U'eKsandii.'i', committed suicide by stabbing himself through the heart with his own knife, v/hile lying in his berth. When discovered he was quite dead, with his knife fast in liis iirearst. It is not known by what cause he was impelled to the committal of the rash act, but it is stated that for some little time he appeared not to be in his usual health. He was a young man, about twenty-eight years of age ; he wasbuHkd :it sea oa the 22nd, the day after his suici-le. The May/lower, from Lauuceston, sailed on the I7th, arrived off Inverearyill on the 26th, but, on account of a gale and heavy *ea on the bar, hove up ibr Dnnedin, Keports the Miinmie Dike as having gone into Invercargill, Brings a mixed cargo, consisting of houses, bricks, flour, boards, quarterings, ?>acon, hams, ales, &c. Proceeds to town to discharge. The Aldinga, after expeditiously coaling and discharging her cargo, sai'ed promptly to her hour on Saturday evening. She took 13)000 ounces of gold, and 99 passengers, some of whom were for the Bluff, and among the number were others who had done ■w»*ll at the Otago diggings. The Greelotig returned from Lyttelton on Saturday, vrith IS bales of wool from Oamaru, and 40 from Waikouaifci. The quantity of wool ready for shipment to the port being now weekly on the increase. At Lyttlefon, the Margaret had arrived from Dune•din ; and the Witch of the Tees from the Mauritius, with a cargo of sugar for Canterbury and Otago; about'loo tons being intended for Canterbury. She is stated to be chartered for London, with wool from Dunedin and Oaunru.