NEW RIVER HEADS.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 30, 9 August 1864, Page 2

NEW RIVER HEADS.

[JBF SEMAPHORE.] Saturday, 6th Axtgtjst, 1864. 11 a.m.— Wind at sea, N.W., strong. Brig in »ight, ten miles off. 1 p.m. — Heavy sea on the bar. Why Not put back. Brig still in sight, name unknown. Sunday, 7th August, 186-4. 8 a.m.~ Wind at sea, W., strong. Nothing in •ight. Monday, Sth August, 1564. 10 a.m. — Wind at sea, strong from tho -west. A brig under Stewart's Island. Nothing else in sight. <£, POET OF BLUFF HARBOR. ARRIVED. August 6. — William Miskin, s.s., 74 tons, Godfrey, from Invercargill. G. P. H. Gallop, Agent. August 7 and 8. — Nil. BAILBD. August 6. — William Miskin, 74 tons, Godfrey, for Dunedin. G. P. H. Gallop, agent, August 7 and 8. — Nil. PASSENGER LIST. August 6. — Per^William Miskin, for Dunedin — Mr. and Mrs. Neustadt and family. IMPOSTS. August 6. — Per William Miskin, from Invercargill — 3 hhds. molassea, 1 box tobacco, 2 bags. 1 barrel pork. 1 cask beef, 1 bag raisins, Electric ; 1 case sundries, 1 bag, Crothers j 1 bag flour, Thomson. BXPOBT9. August 6. — Per William Miskin, for Dunedin (ex Charlotte Jane, from London) — 145 cases beer, -i hhds. beer. 15 cases saddlery, 7 casks saddlery, Dalgety, Rattray and Co. EXPECTED ARRIVAX3. Aldinga, from Melbourne, on 15th inst. City of Hobart, from Dunedin, daily. Gananoque, ship, from London, early. Sevilla, ship, from the Clyde, 21st May. Airedale, from Dunedin and Northern Ports, on 12th inst, PROJECTED DEPARTURES. City of Hobart, for Melbourne, on arrival from Dunedin. Electric, ship, for Sydney, this day. VESSELS IX POET. Charlotte Jane, ship ; Silesia, ship ; Ruby, s.s. ; Kate ; New Chum ; Nugget ; Maid of Southland ; Matilda Hayes.

Thb following notice of the sailing of the ship Sevilla from the Clyde, on the 21st May last, is taken from the Scotsman of the 25th of that month : — The handsome ship Sevilla, Captain Kerr, sailed from G-ourock Bay on Saturday for SoutUand, New Zealand, having on board a large general cargo of merchandise, and upwards of 250 passengers. A large body of the emigrants are from the town of Girvan, Ayrshire, and are being sent out by Government to this young and prosperous colony. The emigrants collectively are a fine healthy" class of people, just the stamina for a young country. The Serilla is one of the ships comprising Messrs. Patrick Henderson and Co.'s line of New Zealand packets, and will be succeeded by the Clyde-built clipper ship Arima, to sail about the 20th June." A Eab Riveb Steamib. — The Wallaby, s.s., left Glasgow on the 17th December, but was compelled through stress of weather toputintoLamlash, inhere she remained until 2Sth January. The following day she had to take shelter in Belfast Loch, through heavy gales, and, after three days' attempts, she finally left on the 4tli February. She had very light winds to the Equator, which ■was crossed "on the 21st March, and she put into Simon's Bay on the 29th May for provisions. Sailed again on the Ist June ; ran her easting down in lat. 43deg., and sighted King's Island on the 16th inst. On the 17th, encountered a violent gale from S., with a terrific sea, and tacked to westward in company with the French ship Hubens, from Bordeaux toNew Caledonia, ninetyteven days out. The Wallaby is a small screw steamer, "built by Messrs. Ingli3, of Glasgow, in a Terr superior manner, and constructed specially for "bar harbours, drawing only four feet of water ; and 6s a sea boat, has proved herself all that eould be wished. — Sydney Morning Herald, 25th July. Capb Otwat Ka>"GE3. — Captain Grant, of the ■chooner Melbourne, having putback to Queensclifi through stress of weather, reports the unsuccessful attempt to reach Warrnambool, although at one time only sixteen miles off. He left Port Philip Heads on Tuesday last week, and got as far as the Otway, witha moderate breezefromtheN.N.W., Trhich gradually increased into a hard gale, and a heavy sea running, which forced him to take shelter'in Apollo Bay. While there he met ■with Mr. Wilkinson and party encamped, prospecting for gold in the Otway ranges. Mr. Wilkinson stated to Captain Grant that it is his opinion that there is no gold in that neighbourhood, and it was his intention to proceed on to the Gellibrand, and prospect there in the Otway ranges. The party came across several small •earns of coal, and eapressed an opinion that a ■workable seam of coal may be found about the Otway. On Tuesday last, the wind suddenly hauled round to the southwest, which, brought a heavy swell into Apollo Bay, and Captain Grant had much, difficulty in recovering his anchor to get under -way. On that night stood out to sea, and fetched Xing*B Island about midnight ; and •while off there some of the ironwork of the forerigging gave way, which caused him to bear up off the Heeds, to repair damages. Captain Grant states that while in Apollo Bay a hailstorm passed over which actually filled his decks, some of the laHstones beinz as large as pigeons' eggs. — Argu*, 80th July. The following is Mr. S. De Beer's (Melbourne) monthly shipping and freight report : — Melbourne.. July 25, 1864.- — Oar freight market generally has been very dull since the <late of my last report of 25th. tdt, and from the -paucity of transactions effected, little or no change can be acted. : Ctoly two ships have cleared for London, viz.— the Suffolk and J. E. H., the former of Messrs. Wigram's line, and the hitter an outside ship. The Suffolk took a large and valuable cargo of produce, aa well as a fair amount of treasure, along iriflx a foil complement of passengers.- The

J. E. H. was also quite full (but with cargo of a coarser description), a small quantity of gold, and^9 many passengers. as the. Act/w-ould permit. The J. E. H. took wool at l£d. and $ of a penny for greasy and scoured respectively, while the Suffolk obtained Id. and fd. "Wet hides may be quoted at '40s. ; tallow, 455. to 505. ; rags, 60s. per ton. The only vessels at present loading for London are the Clyde and Julia Farmer. The trade with the various New Zealand ports can only be characterised as being very dull and depressed ; and the small vessels now ioading, although qualified to discharge at the wharves, are filling up but slowly, and at low rates. The steamers which have arrived during the montli have all brought fair numbers of passengers, but this must come to an end, unless some new goldfields are discovered, and another exodus from tins in consequence sets in. For coals from Newcastle (N.S.W.), handysized vessels can be placed at 175., to discharge in Hobson's Bay. This trade i3 at present attended with considerable disadvantages, owing to the serious detention experienced by shipmasters in loading, and as their complaints appear to be perfectly just and well-founded, it behoves the authorities at once to adopt measures to improve the present state of matters. Owing to the last mail having brought accounts of low rates of freight ruling at all Eastern Ports, and those of China, the Eastern charters effected have been so trifling as scarcely to warrant notice. The colonial brig Sea Nymph, gets 65». to load at Foo-Chow-Foo for this port, taking coals from Newcastle to Shanghai, at 255. The Catherine gets a lump sum of £500 for horses and passengers, hence to Shanghai, and the Africana takes Chinese coolies to Hong Kong at about £4 per head ; another sliip is also wanted at the same rate. The ¥ Eliza G-oddard took some horses to Colombo, and has engaged part cargo of coffee to return here at £4. The Bremen bargue Fred. Martin has been engaged on private terms, and proceeds to Colombo to load there or at the Mauritius, returning here. The colonial barque, Robert Passenger, loads at Mauritius at 50s. The amount of disengaged tonnage at preaent in our harbor is inconsiderable. The following vesßelß have changed hands : — Anna Catherina, Danish schooner, 100 tons register, £850. Thomas Brown, barque, 278 tons register, built IS6I, Hobart Town, Tasmania, £4500. Francis Henty, ship, 471 tons register, built in Aberdeen, 1852 ; Europa, brig, 190 tons, built in Novii. Scotia, 1856 ; both on private terms. Casualties. — Juno 25. — The steamer Rangatira, from thie port to Sydney, encountered a cyclone off Cape Jaffa, a terrific sea carrying away the forotopmast and quarter boats. The schooner Spray ran on the rock at the mouth of the Aw anni River, New Zealand, and becamo a total wreck. The barque Amazone, which left Newcastle on the 18th of June for San Francisco, put into Auckland, having been dismasted during a heavy gale which she encountered on the 22nd of June. June 27. — The brig Australia, from luvercargill to Picton, with 200 passengers, was run on shore so as to eavo the lives of those ou board, as she threatened to founder. July 1. — Tho brig Wavcrloy became a total wreck at Port Waikato, having started her stern frame. The brigantine Warren G-oddard, from Brisbane to this port, was driven ashore on Moreton's Island. July 20.- — The schooner Scotia foundered during a gale ; all hands lost. July 22. — The schooner Gem, from Adelaide, in being towed up the river, came into collision with tlio steamer Southoru Cross. The Bchooner sank immediately, but all tho crewsaved.