PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 95, 6 January 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

HroiMtUTßit. , Saturday 1 ... 1.21 a.m. ... 1.4S p.m. AniUVKD. December 5 -Gothenburg, s.*., Mucker, from Molbourne. Pttßsengrtr*. Htiloon : Mrs Tnggatt, two children, and servant, Missos Fitzgerald Kickio, J Eickie, Mwsw. Davis. Churches. Henry : and twenty-five in the fore-oubin. December s— Tainbo, Echoonor, Martin, from Grey, laden with co:»). Decaml^r s— Ellen, oitttor, Olarkson, from Molyneaux . a.ui,v.T>. Decsmber 5 Charlotte, cutter, Johnson, for PoloruK Sound. December 6— Kennedy, s.s .Whitwell^forNeN ■oa via the Grey. CLRAUKD VOR HKA. Thames, cut'.cr, fc.o Oltarits. pnOJKOTXP I'KPAHTUEKS. Alma, for Melbourne Mary Ann for Okiritn. Boscarn and Dove, f<»r Tasinnnin. Atlantic and Colonist, for Sydney. Three Sisters hml Tigor, for the Grey. Oallender, for Melbourne Colonist, for Sydney. Meteor, for Manakau, lona, for Okarita. Dart, for Melbourno. Atlantic, for Sydney. • • June Loekbnrt, for Sydney. VESSELS IN. I'ORX. Brig — Callender. Brigantines — Isabella". Hector, Leonidos, Colonut, Dart. Jano Lockhurt. Schooners— Dove, lona, Caroline, Meteor, Alma, Gem, Atlantic, Boscarn, Tiger, Mary Anne. Cutters — Star of Tasmania, Thamei. Steaineis— Ballarat, Yarra, Lioness. IVI'ORTS. Per Gothenburg— S bales drapery, 1 case merchandise, Turnhull : 5 cases do, Bnrkhnrt ; 10 trusses paper, Harnett and Co ; 7 hhds eggs, Duff ; 23 bnga potatoes, 5 bags onionx, Anderson andMouatt; 10 pinknges merchandise, 2 cases clothing, 3 cases drapery, Younu and Co ; 1 case, Atkins; I package merchandise, W. Alien, 2 cases drugs, Guthriul ; 3do merchandise. Keh6sch ; 2 do clothing, Mollor and Gordon ; i do india-rubber gnods, 1 box blacking, 1 package hard n aro, 3 bales leather, 1 case grindery, 1 do boots. 1 trunk do, Order; S owes kerosene, 1 trunk, 2 cases, Pritchard nnd GiUoway : 1 bale merchandise, Order; 2 do coir fibre, Munchbauseu ; 2 ciaes merchandise, Chri.Mcnson ; 7 packages do, Parsons ; 1 24 do »?i, Shorthou&e ; 3 bottles quicksilvor, 1 ease clocks, Michol ; 24 packages merchandise, Rlior honae ; 1 bale copper, Ecclesfit'lil Bros. 4 hhds egg*, Duff; 3 o-if>es tobacco, B. Marks ; 20 bags potatoes, 25 do onions, Boyle and Co ; 1 case stoneware, Shorthouse ; 36 pickages fruit, Dunning and Ross ; 1 case clothing. John Solomon j 2 .cases merchahdise, Stafford and Co ; 1 case retorts, Forty tb and Master*' 2 mo« d»u#s, 1 bottle quicksilver, 1 case cod liv«r oil, 5 cases sarsaprilla. Binior ; 11 cases b«ef hams, Churches &ad Co ; 12 bags potatoes Boyle and Co.

English^ seamen from timo ' immemorial htro orer born celebrated for their valor and lion-hearted eourago when facing tlio enomv or when placed in positions of imminont peril by tho elojncnta, with which thoy aro constantly struggling j but whilst noted for thoir during they bnvo cvov beon found tenderly considerate, and mnnrkiihlo for their gallantry, towards tho softer sex. Tho famous " blue jacket," winch pervades the day dreams of two-thirds .if in. 1 Knglish rnuih. hna b?pu thoir passport w '. - • i'ver thoy roamed. It was once a badge of chivalry and never a higher, during tho brightest npo of knightly- deeds, tfiTio tfiornce'wc'ro'ni'Bt noted for their prowcra up to tho present day, it has been notorious thnt woman never feels herself so safo ns when tho protecting arm of the British snilor if thrown around her. And good reason have they to pl&ao such unbounded reliance, upon our tars, for Although tho " doth " has too often been •allied— -aye', and during lute voars, too—by deeds of unmanly violence and blackhmrtod wickedness, yet, in Ibe grent mujovity of instances, nowhere is woman moro eonliderutoly cared for, or treated with greater delicacy thnu on botrd Britixh ships, from tho stately man-of-war to the Weßt India " sugar drogbr." In days gone by, beforo. tho rngo for emigration 1 ad roaehed' its present height, »nd the presence of woineo as passengers on board vends was not quito so general as it io now, what sailor is there who was a sailor then, but can call to mind tho preparations •which, wero mnde for their reception (when it vii known lady, passengers would sail with them that trip); the care and attention lavished on them during tho pn<Ha»c, and the sblicitndo diipl&ved by tbo captain and officers that they should bo landed on the foreign shore to which they were bound, safoly nnd pleasantly. Due regard was paid that thono feelings of raodetty inherent in the nex,- nnd which constitute ono of their prineipnl charms, should net be outraged an they stepped, on- board the abip which would he their horn« for a certain period, aft the cue micht be. Well lined and ■ftfe Accommodation ladders were hung over the tide for them to step upop, or, if the water was to« rough or ibe lady particularly timid, over went the ''ladies' cliair," lined with gnudy flogs and comfortably cushioned, depending liy a tackle from the main yard, into, which they were banded by the attendant ;' second. Dick," ,nnd ctrefully covered up with spare bunting, so that not the tips of their little fingers should be seen if it were possible to avoid it; and wtjen the word was given, •' whippeJ " on board by willing > hands and courtoondly received by tho' officer at tba g»ngw»y. They receu-ed the samenttention when they Ht the ves-sel, kn'd no matter what the ioci« grade of the woman ihigbk be, she being their gucat, and peculiarly' helpless), received in this respect at least the like deliciic Attention, for tho same chair that transferred the mistress into the stern sheets of the boat, de]K»ited the maid alongside her ; ami we believe there »re reryfew ladies who, travelled iv those days,butcau look back witli feolingsof plcasumb!o Mtufaotion upon these episodes in their live?, when they were entirely at the mercy of English tan. We fear, however, tho present age has in this respect degenerated, especially since that abominable' term *' colonial" lias been in vogue <t— vrbich, it it to be regreted, ia often made u=ie of to palliate many a disgraceful and ungentlemanly notion, mid the sooner (( t \ lion used in this ■ense) it is banished from our vocabulary the better. Why should tho . term colonial be aynouymous «i>b eveiything that . is base nnd rile, when tiur colonies form some of the fitireat portions, of Qod'v blight •»rth 1 Why is it our " colonial" eitilon jiersist iv placing themselves »ta lo^cr \cvel thariHheir' , Knglith compeers, and why is everything colonial •veered at and ondefvalued ? It i^heoiuso' f c do ntft sufficiently jespect.oureelve», nud failing in that, how can we expect others to respect usi . This failing is perceptible in the minute^ of our everyday actions ; and so it extends itself to our sailor*, and deubtlesK g.ive rise tothfe auiwoi 1 of om of them, who, on being questioned \tny\iiey did not " whip" their " Indy" passenger* over the . «Id«inU> thu boat instead of bundling them down. tux unseereened ladder, replied '• 0, no sir, it would be too much Jiko the Blackwul! »W|,;'. We. are induced loasinment upon this subjecTitt eoh» eeqaence of the mutiy complaints that have reached Us lately of the indelicate, unceremonious, and moat unsailorlike treatmcut unfqr*', tunate womon receive on being tranehippud iiito the harbor steamers from the largo ones that trade. >to our port; and,whilht making every allowance for the open roadstead in which this takes place.frel confident that better provision for transferring (hove helplcs cioatureu (who come to join their husbands, pnronts, or (riondt) f roii) w« Teasel to another could b? provided, We belitve there aro veiy few who are cogniauit of ibe manner in which ttiais nt protenfc nceompH»htd,nod,we feel it our duty to expose a system rtdjoftlly bad, and wWoh tle^ai.a* inn«ed>v> «m»fly, m temUna fr violently piiMrjjo tfio 4«Um«9 t\ taUs, Mm yhdw tk«w Ifl

extreme bodily peril. In the finest weather thero is usually a "roll home." in the roads that prevents the ha:bor stoamora laying alongside the larger vessels ; consequently thoy aro compelled to hang astern of them, the transhipment being effected by means of the ship's boats. Tlicso are hauled alongside, and in'o (hem the passungors scramble the l>cat way they cm, down the cimmon side ladder provided, and so long is thero are no women this answers well enough, for men under the circumstances can erpect no better accommodation. But far dilFi-rent is it with the softer sex, who, unaccustomed to ' rough it," and susceptible to fear, should be otherwise provided for, nnd not (as is tho case) forced to descend in the game man nor, passed from hand to hand, like so many bales of nierchaiidiso,and deposited faint with terror, and their garments disordircd, in the boat. A gentleman, who witnessed one of these disembarking?, declared it wns distressing to see the poor things stand trembling upon tho edge of the gangway, making futilo efforts to keop their skirts clo.no round their feet, and seeing no escape, and paralysed with terror, at last resign themselves to the first pair of arms held out to receive them, then transferred to another, their clothes flying about in all direc-, tions, t!re"ves.«el in tho mean while rolling nnd surging heavily, the boat one moment being twenty feel below them, nnd tho next in danger of bang swamped through gutting underneath •ho ship's channels. Some of tho in/ants were thrown from hand to hand, the terrified mothers looking on with straining (-yes powerless to save or prevent. In ono or two sluumera that trade hero, " accommodation" ladders are provided for the ladies, but what a libel aie thoy on the name, boing provided with nothing but an ordinary hand rope to facilitate tho descent down them , instead of being covered with c:\nvas underneath the s'cu.i und .surrounded with n curtain of the same material as high af the hand rope. Down fiuch a ladder ns this, a woman may descend with decency, and in comparative safoty, although in our pstimation tho " chair" is far profcnible, being more expeditious, nnd attended (if propoily managed) with much less risk. Cxptnins say it is too rough in our roads to use one as tho boat is liable to be swamped through being liovo hy tho snoll violently Against it; but with common prudence and watching for a calm moment, the chair can be safely landed, and once in the boat 'the danger is past, fur tho tackle will nurccvo us she descends. Wo always imagined the captains of tlin.so fine seagoing steamers belonging to the intercolonial nadq to bo gentlemen, and cannot dispossess ourselves of thu idea. VYo would earnestly entreat thorn to havo for the future a little woro consideration for the unfortunato females en' rusted to their charge . Lot them think of their own relativfts, and how revolting it would be to their feelings to 8"c them ro roughly and indelicately handled. We ask our Australasian contemporaries to aid us in this nutter, assuring them it is easily remediable, for the waves are not always running mountains high in our roadstead, bad as it is represented to be.

Tho cutter Ellen left tho Molynoux on tho 15th instant, bound to this port, via Cook'B Straits, carrying fino weather and light southerly breo^es up tho Lyeirus, where sho foil in with a heavy N.W. gale, which laslod seron diiys, compelling hor to heavo-to nearly the wholo timo. Thence to Capo Farewell, modcrato weather prevailed, but on the 26th n S.W. gale met her, which coulinucd oft' nnd on until tho Ist instant. On it übating, she made bail, reaching tho roadstead on the -li h, and sailed over the bar tho day after. Sho brings a full enrgo of oats and potatoes. - The s.s. Gothenburg left Melbourne on tho 30th ultimo at f> p.m, arriving without mishup iv tbo roadstead nt 5 p.m. on tho ulh instant. Experienced during tho pnbsnge fine weather nnd modem! o 13.8. IS. breezes. Sho brings 10 tons df cargo for our port. The Gothenburg will lenvo this day for Nelson, returning on or about Tuesday next, mlioii sho will tako in a mail and passengers direct for Melbourne.