Shipping Intelligence.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 299, 4 December 1862, Page 4

Shipping Intelligence.

ENTBRBD INWARDS. Dee. 3—Nil. ENTERED OUTWARDS. Dee. 3—Jane, 179.t0n5, Grant, far Newcastle. A. G. Fisher, agent. IK WARDS—CO AST WISH. Dec. 3—Witch of the Tees, 299 tons, Bartlev, from Mauritius via LytMion. Dalgety and Co, agents. Dec. 3—Titania, 56 tons, Jarvcy, from Invei-car-gill, Robinson aud Lilly, agent-*. Dec. B—Alpha, Mavtlen ai, from Chatham Istands. Royse, Mudie, and Co, agents. . * OUTWARDS—COASTWISE. Dec. 3 -s.s. Prince Alfred, 703 tons, Wheeler, for 4he Bluff. G. 8. Brodrick, agent. Dec. 3—Midlothian, 25 tons, Marshall, for tho , Taieri. Master, agent. IMPORTS. Per Witch of the Tees, from Mauritius : 3,093 bags sugar, Dalgety and Co. Per Alpha, from Chatham Islands: 1,159 lbs muntz metal, 68 lbs copper, 40 bushels wheat, 139: pigs, 7 tons potatoes, 13 fowls. Per Titania, from Invercargill: 6 parcels, 6 kits mutton birds. :. - EXPORTS. Per Midlothian, for the Taieri : 60 bags flour 7 tons coal, 7000 feet timber, 6 casks tar, 1 qr-cask brandy, 268 bars iron. ♦ PORT CHALMERS, December 3. Wind at noon, N.E., light breeze. Weather, clear and. fine. High water on the 4th December, at Port Chalmers, 1;55 a.mj and 2.18 p.m.; at Duilediti an.hour later. ,■'.. , - ARRIVALS. ' ''■ ,;'T -, • " Titania, s.s., Jarvey,for Invercargill, general cargo. Robinson and Lilly, agents. Alpha, cutter, from Chatham Islands, pigs and produce; Passed np. • , , , ..-.■.'■ DEPARTURES. | - - Prince Alfred, s.s., Wheeler, for the Bluff, general cargo and passengers. G. S. Brodrick, agent. Geelong, p.s., Boyd, Oamaru, general cargo and passengers!. Cargill and Co.. agents. " . ' PASSENGER LIST. Per Titania. from Invercargill.—-Cabin :" Messr* Green, Crisp, Preston. Scahoff, Mr and Mrs Aylmer, Messrs Cliileo, Bentley, and Inverarity. Peerage : Biiirl, Gibbons, Lepay, Martin. Gill, Gregory, Pereil, BayK*,. W. Baylesi- Mr and Mrs/Cator and three children. Mls-i Pr/itt, Mrs Sliepherd." ~- . ~ Per Prince Alfrc<lj for the Bluff.—Cabin : Messrs j Dunlop, Wood, Rattray, and Bonn. '■■'■ BXI'EOTKU ARRIVALS. ! From London-T-Lmpress of India, Storm Cloud. From Glasgow—PJadda,:Brooraielaw, Benlomond.- si From Melbourne Golden Age, City of Melbourne, Benjamin H-eape, -Vibilia, Diana. Kate Waters, Commi33aris dcs Konigs-Yan.der Heyne.'! " ' r } PROJECTED DEPARTURBS. ' -' Witeb of the Tees, for London^ 15 January. ! , . .. St. Clair, for Melbourne, Btb inst. Titanic tor tbe Bluff and Hvercargill, sth'inst. . Sra Bird, for Oamaru, &c., 6th inst. Star of Tasmania, Sydney and Newcastle, 9th inst. Sea Gull, Wellington and Auckland, sth inst. ' VESSELS IN PORT. Aboukir, ship, from Glasgow. Cincinnati, barque, from Newcastle. W. B. Dean, brigantine, from Wellington. Raven, brig, from Sydney. Alios Tliovndykc, sliip, from Vancouver's Island. Lady Young, ship, from Vancouver's Island. Surprise, schooner, from Auckland. ... Planter, barque, from London. .Star of Tasmania, ship, from London, Vixen, brig, from Sydney. • Sevilla, ship, from Glasgow. Eli Whitney, ship, from Melbourne. Ituunymcde, ship, from Melbourne. P.velina Itutter, schooner, from Melbourne. Fawn, schooner, from Lyttleton. Chile, ship, from London. ' Valiant, bri", from Wellington. William Ackers, barque, from Geelong. 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. Jura, ship, put back. Wild Wave, schooner, from Stewart's Island. Sea Gull; schooner, from Auckland. Mary Ann^ schooner, from Auckland. . Remark, brig, from Wellington. . , Montezuma, brig, from Port Albert. ' : » Mayflower, schooner, from Launceston. S.\ Clair, barque, from Melbourne. Titania, s.s., from Invercargill. The steamer Titania, from the different Southlandports, reached Port Chalmers early in the morning, and subsequently proceeded to town, her passage to .*■ and from having been very satisfactory in point of lime. Captain Jarvey reports that an effort is yet being made to float the Guiding Star, recentlystranded, an' 1 that there are still gcod hopes of the attempt proving successful. The only other arrival for the day has been tho cutter Alpha, which ha 3 brought another freight of pigs and produce from the Chatham Islands. ■ The Prince Alfred sailed for the Bluff in the afternr I °. nJ l^ Q Geelong in the forenoon for Oamaru, to winch plac?,-as to the intermediate porta, she continues to carry large cargoes and numerous passengers. . . , .- A peculiar circumstance occurred at Port Chalmers ~ yesterday, and. has since puzzled the concentrated learning of the population. Four or five sea-gulls, wliile skimming through the air at a considerable .. ._ ftjutuae, wore teen suddenly to flutter and fall into the wafer, whore they soon died, and were picked up bythe curious ov hashed ashore. As they bad ev£ dentlynpt been shot at, no firing being allowed in the port, and no report being heard, it is supposed lhat they must bave died either from the effects of some poisonous matter picked up on the surface of the water, or from some peculiar atmospheric influence. A3 some of the birds have been preserved for analysis, a few days will decide what has been the real cause. The Notos, from Otago, is reported as having arrived at Sydney, after a fifteen days passage. *» HYDROGRAPHIC NOTICE-AUSTRALIA. m, , . NoilTH East Coast. • , oSi*"'"^ are magnetic. Variation 5| deg. East m 1862, 4 B Information has been received from the Colonial ?Qrf xrTT t-? S Victo, ri3 > Australia, dated 23rd May, ISM, that Commander Norman, of Her Majesty's Colonial steam sloop Victoria, on her passaee through tlie Inner route of Torres Strait, discovered a dangerous rock about 8 miles northward of Cape Sidraouth • also that he has verified the existence of the Chilcott rocks which- have hitherto been considered doubtful.* . The Norman rock is about 30 yards broad, of coral formation, and has only 2 feet on it at low water. It hes abem tone third of a mile off tbe west side of No. VII I. island, in a position which passing vessels'might oboose for anchorage with easterly wind?. The Chilcott rocks, lying off the eastern side of the same island, near the fair wav off the Inner route, were lound at low water, the southern one in tbe posi tion marked in tbe Admiralty chart, and the northern one bearing North from it, it is stated at.150 yards apart (Lieut. Woods'plan which accompanied Commander Gorman's report places them one-third of a ?nL Trt'; ! he? al* e both flat toPP^* about 20 to; 2o yards m extent, steep to all round, with 7 fathoms water netween. them; a small lump of coral was dry l a - feet on the southern rock. The safest Course to avoid them is to borrow to the eastward towards the Barrier reefs rather tban towards No. VIII. island, until well north or south of the island / Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, ' ,' London, 7th August, 1862. ■ 'Se« Admiralty Charts:—Australia, Coral Sea' and Great Earner Reefs, Sheet 2, No. 2,764 • Australia, East Coast, Sheet2o, N0,2,353; and Australia, Northern portion, No. 2,759n, on which these rocks are inserted. Also, Australia Directory. Vol IL, page 160. ■-'", , 3f

JiATKNT IIA'I'KM. England........................ Sept.26 , v By telegraph ............... Oct. 4 Mauritius............. ......... Oct 4 Ceylon (Colombo) Oct. 17 China (Hong Kong) . Sept. 29 , 'Calcutta Oct. 9 Singapore ...................... Oct. 4 Capeof Good Hope i Auk. 30 <■'- America— ..• New York.................. Sept. 16 San Francisco .............. Aug. 28 iNBW ZeAUND- • ■-,A;.:---a Auckland Nov. 22 '*-■ Taranaki Nov 23 * Nelson ....^.....;.;v^...; Nov! 26 : Picton ,.............^.... Nov. 25 WcUmgton i ....... ........, N 0T . 28 Marlborough .....v......... Nov. 2^ HawktfsBay ...„;........-Nov. 10' , - Canterbury ....;.;.......*. Nov;'2& ■"i .'. ' ywiganu Mr-"-'-----"^0V.'2S:V v Invercargill ................ Nov 24 AUSTRALIAN COLONIBSt— * Mdbourne .i.,..,...,..;,; Nov. 22"■*: i gydne^^...............,., Nov.115- 1 ' ;' Queensland .....w.v>..v... Oct; s24r ;k<; Adelaide .^ .ii*:^.;:,^, .;-,;.Novil2 '.;£"l; ' ' •' • » Launceston Nov;-iii «obart ToTi^i^iV*....,;,,. N%.^ll;*t;