PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 16, 2 January 1863, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

Ist January, 1863. "Wind at noon, slight breeze from the -eastward. "Weather overcast. TIDES. High water at Bluff Harbor at full and change, 1-40; range four to eight, feet. High water at Now Eiver Heads one hour sooner ; there is, however, very little, difference between the time of high Avater at the head of the 131 u IV .and Uie jotty at InvcrcargiH. DAIXT TABLE.

INWAKDS. December 27 to 31— Ki!. January I—Nil.1 — Nil. INWARDS COASTWISE. December 27 to 29— Nil. December 30— Titania, 100 tons, Jarvey, from InvcrcargiH. December 30— Nil. January I—Nil.1 — Nil. _^ OUTWAnr>s. December 30 and 31— Nil. January I—Nil.1 — Nil. CHTWARPS COASTWISE. December 30— Xitania, 100 tons, Jarrey, for Itivcrton. December 31 — Nil. January I—Nil.1 — Nil. EXPECTED AKKIV.VLS. M.S.S. Aldinga, from Melbourne, daily. M.S.S. Alhambra, from Melbourne, on 2nd January Time and' Truth, from Melbourne, with sheep, daily. PKOJKCTED PErATUTRF.3. Itobcrt Passenger, for Melbourne, on the 3rd r nst. * Yarra, for Launeeston, on or about lth mst. SAILKD. December 30— Excellent, for Melbourne, m ballast. VSSSKI.S IX TOKT. Robert Passenger, from Melbourne Yurra, from Circular I feud The Aldinga has not been seen up to 12 at noon, this day. The Excellent sailed for Melbourne at (5 p.m.. on the 30th, with a line breezelfrom the" eastward, and may therefore be expected to make a luiu-k rim. Destructive TTuniiTC v\k attits M.utjtiis. —By Captain Smevdon, of the IViuceza. from (he Mauritius, we have been fr.vorcd with the follow ing graphic description of a hurrii'ane at Seychelles, an island adjacent to the Mauritius :— " On the 12th of October, this place was visited by one ol those devastating hurricanes that tar surpassed anything before ' experienced. Tt lasted for two dnvs.and rained incessantly the whole time, which caiifed the waters to descend from (lie mountains with such a sweeping veWity as to uproot most of thecocoanut trees, and destroyed several vilhges, and spoilt nearly all the provisions <m ilie island, thereby reducing the inhabitants to dire distress. Eighty bodies have since been recovered from the mire and debris tint was washed down from the mountains, but how many more there may be buried cannot yet be ascertained. This news was brought byonco'fir. B. M. steam frigates on t h:\tstatioii. and which had come to Mauritius f.-r supplies of provisions for the inhabitants. The frigate herself rode out t lie liurrieane with three anchors a bead ami full steam.— A<n; December 11. Time Uat.l — \Ve have luen informed byCapt. 3'adille, of the liangatira. that the dili'erenee iv Greenwich mean time, as slwwn by the respective balls at Sydney Ob<ervati>ry and this port, is 'J 1 seconds. We "think that when so grave an error as this exists, the authorities at (he two Observatories should instantly ]>ut themselves in _eomjnunicatiunwithoneanotlter.su as to rectily the mistake. — Aye. Yesterday! at the AA'iHianisfown Police Court. Kobert M'Fee, muster of the ship liruee, from Otago, was charged by Mr. Maefarhme. immigration ollUvr. with a i-iv.u-h of the li.i h Section cf the imperial Passengers Act, in n-t exhibiting liis passenger list. Pel'en-hii.t w;;s lined L-"», together with costs of court.— Aftjr.s.V-^ Ul>l "-

a.m. p.m. January 2— ltigh water 10 15 ... 10 37 January 3— do 11 ... 11 22 January 1— do 11-15 ... 12 7 January 5— do 12 30 ... 12 52