Shipping Intelligence.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 321, 30 December 1862, Page 4

Shipping Intelligence.

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December 20—Union, 163 tons, Griffiths, master, from Hobart Town. O. H.Gilles, agent. December 29—jane Lo.ckhart, 81 tons, Clulow, master, from Sydney, with,, cargo and passengers. Franck and Co, agents." ... .. ; December'29—Electra, 380 tons. Bain, master, from Newcastle, with cargo. . ENTERED OUTWARDS. December '29-Nor'-Wester, 1,267 tons, Almy, master, for Melbourne, in ballast. A. L. Thomson and Co, agents. INWARDS—COASTWISE. December 29— Nil. OUTWARDS—COASTWISE. December 29—Nil. '•' ' IMPORT?. Per Union, from Hobart Town-20,000 ft timber, 6 cases matches, 8 tons hay, 100 tons stone, 40,000 shingles, 40,000 palings. •-: ' ■ i

PORT CHALMERS, December 29." Wind, at noon, N.E., light breeze ; weather, hazy. High water on the 30th instant, at Port Chalmers. 10.3 a.m., and 11.5 p.m.; at Dunedin an hour later. ARRIVALS. Electra, barque, 3SO tons, Bain, from Newcastle ; 000 tons coal. A. M'Kinnon, agent. Geelong, p.s., Boyd, from Lyttelton and Intermediate Ports;, wool, 47 packages. Cargill and Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Emma Prescott, brig, Stanton, for Hobart Town ; in ballast. A. G. Fisher, agent. Free Trader, barque, 206 tons, Thorn, for Hobart Town; in ballast. PASSEKGER LIST. Per Geelonpr, from Lyttelton, and intermediate Ports—Mr and Mrs Fenwick and 7 children, Messrs Langdon, Greenfield, Home, Lenon, Larenteaux, Wilson, Ogiivie, Miss Connell, Mrs Jeffreys, and 29 in the steerage. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London—Sir George Pollock From Glasgow—Ben Lomond From-Melbourne-Dublin, Willing Lass, Sebim, Olympia, Santiago, Ellen Simpson, Sea Breeze, Samuel Appleton From Port Albeit—Swordfish, H. S. Page From Sydney—Thane of Fife, Oregon, Harriet Armitage, Alfred, Gratia, Acacia, Lion From Launcestou —Creole, Lady Emma From Hobart Town—Bella Vista PROJECTED DEPARTURKS, Aldingn, s.s., Melbourne, 31st insfc. Nor.'-Wester, for Melbourne, this day. Witch of the Tees, for London, 15th January, 1863. Chile, lor London, 20th January, 1863. Alhainbra, for Melbourne, early. Pride, for Invercargill, early. Courier, for River ton, early. Geelong, for Oamaru, on 31st inst Jane Lockhart, for Sydney, early Prince Alfred, s.s., for Bluff and Invercargill, 2nd January, 1863 Prince Alfred, s.s., for Lytfelton, Nelson and Sydney, connecting with s.s. Airedale, for Wellington, Pictou, Taranaki and Auckland, 7th January, 1863 VESSELS IN PORT. Aboukir, ship, from Glasgow. Cincinnati, barque, from Newcastle. Chile, ship, from London. Scoresby, ship, from London. Nor' Wester, ship, from Melbourne. Prompt, schooner, from Stewart's Island. Storm Cloud, ship, from Glasgow, Torrent, ship, from Melbourne. Remark, brig, from Wellington. Louisa, felucca, from Newcastle. Victoria, barque, from Geelong. Yarrow, brig, from Wellington. Lombard, schooner, from Wellington. Pladda, ship, from Glasgow. Jane Lockhart, schooner, from Sydney. Isabella, barque, from Hobart Town. Ewald, schooner, from Melbourne Union, brig, from Hobart Town Electra, barque, from Newcastle. Geelong, p.s., from Xjyttelton The steamer Geelong reached Port this morning, having been detained at Lyttelton in consequence ot the Holidays and at the intermediate ports by having to ship an unusually' large quantity of wool, which she has since discharged into the hulk California and the ship Chile. In addition to her freight of wool, amounting to 174 bales, she had 47 passengers. Reports the Airedale as having arrived at Lyttelton nbout an hour before the Queen steamer, which had sailed from Port Chalmers four hours before her, and that the Queen sailed from Lyttelton for Wellington at 2 p.m., on Tuesday the Airedale being appointed to follow at 2 p.m. on Saturday. To ensure early conveyance of the mail the Geelong has been j chartered by .the Colonial Secretary to proceed on to Lyttelton should the mail steamer arrive before Wednesday. In the event of the non-arrival of the mail by that time, the Geelong will make her usual trip to Oamaru only. As the Geelong was leaving Lyttelton the ship Mermaid,^ from London, | was entering the poi t after a passage of of seventy-five days from the start to the Snares, i The Echunga had also arrived, after discharging a number of her passengers at Tima'ru. The Queen of the Mersey, which was loading with wool, liad 2,600 bales already in, and was expected to sail in a few days. At Oamaru, the Witch of the Tees, from this port., arrived on Sunday. The barque, Electra, with coals from Newcastle, left that port previous to the departure of the Louisa, already arrived, came by Foveaux Straits, and.reports some heavy weather. Nearly ;dl the vessels which have arrived from England during the past few mouths, have lost greater part oi their crews by desertion. The Storm Cloud, Scorosby, and Aboukir, are without hands, and the crew of the Pladda have already begun to clear'out, tempted by the account? from shore.. Today a number of them made good their escape in the coolest manner possible. A pilot went on board to re-moor the vessel, and four of a crew, with the second officer, went into one of tlie boats for; the purpose of unshackling tlie chain. While the pilot and chief officer were waiting for the necessary work being'done, they paw the boat pull away from the vessel, and one of the men shouted, "We're off.'' This was supposed to he merely a joke, the subject of desertion being one of common talk among the shippingl; but the men continued pulling; the second officer, when attempting to stop ihem, was threatened with being pitched overboard ; and they coolly rowed on shore, leaving the boat to be taken back by the officer, and: making good their escape into the bush at Deborrth Bay. Wliilo the attention of those'bu board was thus attracted, other two hands slipped over the side, got into a dingy alongside, cut the painter, and made hard for the shore with tlie valedictory intimation "We're off too.'1