SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

West Coast Times, Issue 308, 18 September 1866, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

POUT OF HOKITIKA,' "' '- High Watee This Dat.-3.'5^ a'.m.l 4.20 p.m. AIVRIVKD. ' September 17. — Kennedy, s.s., Whitwell, from Nelson via Grey. N. " Edwards and Co., agents. Beautiful Star, Morwick, from Dunedin via Ljttelton. E. and J. Hougliton, agents. Yarra, p.s., Nicholl, from Greymouth., Boyse, Mudie, and Co., ngents. SAILED. September 17. — Charlotte, cutter, Johnston, for Picton. entkhkd in. Northern Light, 89 tons, Wm.' Folloon, from Melbourne. -One passenger. - Beautiful Star, 125 tons, H. Morwiek, from Buuedin and Lyttelton. Five passengers. CITSABED OCT. 2fil. * * EXPECTED ABMVALS. Francis, schooner, from Heatheote, early. Elizabeth, cutter, from Sydney, early. Albion, s.s , from Melbourne, via Dunedin, early. ' „ Eangitoto, from Sydney, 20th inst. Dunedin, schooner, from Dunedin, daily. Aurora, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Cymraes, schooner, from Dunedin, daily. Mary VaifEvery, schooner, from Dunedin, enrly. Julia, schooner, front Dunedin, eai'ly. Isabella, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Lady Darling, schooner, from Melbourne. Pilot, schooner, from Melbourne. Lord Askley, from the North, early. - ( PBOJECTKD DEPAItXCHE?. Eangitoto, for Nelson, 19th*nsh LoH Ashley, for Bluff Harbor, 21st inst. Kennedy, for Okarita, to-day. Jane Elkin, for Grey Eiver, to-day. Beautiful Star, for Nelson, Lytcelton, and' Dunedin, to-morrow. , v VKSSEL3 IN TOUT. Brigantine — Northern tight. Schooners — loua. Knniia Elizu, Mary Jane, Tiger, John Mitchell, Tumbo, Moyne, Jane Elkin, Elfin. Steamers — Kennedy, Challenge, 1 Yarra, Lioness, Beautiful Star.

nrroHTS. ' Per Horthem Light, from Melbourne — 9 bells buckets, Eceleslield Bros ; 33 bars iron, 1 case iron,'l bdl, 1 case hardware, Cowlishaw and Plaisted; 20 kegs l nails, 5 cases axes, 6 bdls buckets, 20 boxes'raisii/s, 3 cases groats, 2 casks split peas, 13 cases jam, 1 bale paper bags, 2 qr-casks rum, 30 casks porter, 25 casks ale, Hall, Finlay, and Co ; 4 cases iron, A. Show and Co ; 3 cases waterproof coats, W. Graham ; 17 kegs nails, 12 bdls buckets, Anderson and Wright ; 129 doors, 10 bdls bashes, 928 boards, O'Driscoll and Co ; 4 pair ballows, 13 kegs, 1 cask nail*, G grindstones, 6 anvils, 70 bars iron, 4 bdla iron, 24 truck wheels, Forsy tb aud Masters ; CO bags flour, Anderson and Mowat ; 10 cases kerosene, 6 drums oil, I* drum .turpentine, 1 cask paint, Cowlishaw and Plaisted ; 4 cases iron bedsteads, 2 cases chairs, 2 cases glass, 1 ease furniture, 2 bales flock, 1 bale fibre, 1 bale featheri, Munchausen and Co ; 30 bags flour, 55 - bags rico, A. Boyle and Co ; 100 bngs flour, 90 cases geneva, Speuce Bros ; 40 boxes candles, 2 eases, Beat Bros ; 33 boxes soap, T. Pringlo ; 4 qr-casks brandy, 50 cases, order ; 22 bags sugnr, Pizzey and' Arkel ; 1,34 bags flour, E. Eeeve9 and Co ; 22 qr-caslis brandy, 50 cases, ordor ; 1 case iron, A Shaw and Co ; 50 bags flour, 40 bags sugar, 50 boxes candles, 10 eases jam, T. Priogle ; 6 cases hardware, Cameron ; 44 bags flour, W. Evans f 9 bags flour, GL Blythe & Co ; 1 case hardware, A. Shaw i and Co ; 1 case cigars, 1 case tobacco, Louttit and Eeid ; 8 cases bacon, Bealßros j 3 trunks boots, 1 pkg, order ; 2 casks hardware, J. B. Clarke ; 1 crate earthenware, Morisoti, Law, and Co ; 1 case, J. Mulligan and Co ; 1 case, J. F. Byrne and Co ; 1 crate earthenw are, 1 hdd earthenware, order. v Per Beautiful Star, from-Dunedin, &c. — 50 cases stout, 20 caskß ale, Morispn, Law, and Co ; 2 qr-casks spirits of wine, order : 1 coil lead pipe, «T. Samuel ; 9 cases hams, 10 cases .ling fish, 49 cases jam, 15 cases salmon, 4 cases cocoa, 4 cases chocolate, 50 boxes candles, 5 cases confectionery, 4 rolls paper, 2 roils paper bags, 20 cases cheese, 9 pockets hops, 1 case, 200 bags oats, order ; 84 bales chaff, 25 picks, Anderson and Mowat ; 117 bag* oats, 21/ bags carrots, A. Boyle and Co ; 12 bales chaif, 30 bags oats, 30 'bags potutos, Wm. Kenny ; 1 boiler, 19 fire bars, order ;73 bags potatos, Fisher Bros ; 110 bars iron, 14 bdls iron, 1 anvil, Gordon and Bruce ; 1G bdls iron, 5 bars iron, T. G-.~Btone ; 2 cases hard- ' ware, 1 case picks, A. Shaw and Co : 9 cases eggs, A. Boyle and Co ; 1 case galvd iron, J. Newton; 3 trunks boots, J". Bailie; 1 cask dishes, 1 case tinware, 1 bdl saws, 9 stoves, 1 bdl brooms, A. Shaw and Co,; 2 cases drugs, 10 cases salad oil, 5 cases, f'keg drugs^l cask . potash, 1 cask bottles,' 1 baje matting, 1 case, 4 pkga, E. Prosser ; 4 cases, 1 keg drugs, 2 casks drugs, 2 casks bottles, J. Williams ; 4 eases, 2 kegs drugs, order ; 2 cases, 1 box drags, J. Higgins ; 2 cases drugs, F. (Jreer ; 6 flag stones, Spicer and Murray ; 1 bale, Kortegast Bros ; 1 case, 1 truss, Thorn nnd Bullen ; ,1* truss, Bank of New Zealand ; 1 case, 1 coil lead pipe, J. Samuel ; 10 cases ling fish, Hall, Finlay, and Co ; 10 cises ling " fish, 1 case, Gr. Blythe aud Co. . Per Kennedy, from Nelson — 1 box, Mendelsson; 2 do, Falck, 4 cases, 1 trunk, J. Solomon and Co ; 1 case, South ; 13 casks beef, 40 bags salt, 1 chest, N. Edwards aud Co ; 2 cases, Palm ; 1 truss, Seelen ; 37 bags poiatds, Churches and Co ; 35 sacks oats,-9 cases eggs, Morison, Law, .and Co; 5 casks butter, Blythe ; 67 sacks oats, 27 sacks turnips, 12 sacks carrots, 24 sack t.urnips, A. Boyle and Co ; 2 cases fruit, Walker ; 1 case, Fegai*; 9 boxes, Nuylor; 2 casks butter, Blythe ; 24 casks ale, T. Munro and Co ; 6 bags oysters, order ; 1 caae tools, M'Arthur ; 1 case drapery, order ; 4 pkgs, Morgan ; 17 bdls, 7 ingots, 1 keg, 1G boxes, Cassias and Comiskey ; 7 pkgs, J. Lange ; 3 pkgs, Qube.

The p.s. Yarra returned from Greymouth yesterday, having there landed passengers and corgo from the^Jhambra and Tararua. She reports a bad bar at the Grey, the channel being narrow and shallow. Coming out last night a short time after the tide had turned she sounded/and found seven feet of water in the shallowest parr. The p.s. Perecvero is still on the epit, all attempts made to launch her having failed. v After undergoing extensive repairs and alterations to her machinery, the p.s. Nelson was launched on the 10th instant at Nelson. The next daj steam was got up for a trial trip, and piloted by Captain Whitwell of the Kennedy, Bhe left the harbor and ran about eight miles along the Boulder Haul, returning to port the same afternoon. The trial was. most satisfactory, aB she steamed the measured mile in fivo minutes fifty seconds under moderate' pressure, and every part of her machinery worked well and. smoothly. Raising her main shaft has effected a wonderful improvement, and it is believed that in ordinary weather the Nelson will average ten knots without difficulty. She is to be again placed in the West Coast tfade,,aud will leave Nekon at an early date for Greymoutu and thie port. The 8.8. Beautiful Star left Dunediu on the 12th isst., at 5 p.m., -with moderate "N.E. •winds and thiok ram. When off (the Penin-

julafofl^jw "13%, tho wmfflej.* s^lenrcd, and StArlian iuto*Lytteltoff!|prbos;afc4o p.m., again (he next clay, f&ser, •of fifteenhoursj Capo CauroßellJi-fyas passed' on the 15tjt»^ 9 a.m., CqiejFajcwj^Lajt 2 a.in.. on the 16th, 'and tho anclfor wasMetgo off Hokitika at 2 a.m. on tho. 17th. -During tho run from Lyttelton ensterly weathor prevailed. This is tho first time the Beautiful Star Ims entered tho Hokitika, as during her first visit, some fifteen month's ago, she merely rounded to off the port, and transhipped passengers into ono of the harbor steamers. Since then, however, the "bar" has been divested of half those imaginary terrors which rendered it such v bugbear to masters and owucrs,»and now vessels of a heavier burden than tho Star safely navigate, under tho exercise of due caution,* the somewhat intricate entrance to tins river. Yesterday, she afforded a notable exnmplc of tho ease and safety with which a smart vessel, properly handled, can enter tho port, and now lies snug at tho wharf ready to discharge the full cargo with which sho is freighted. -Tho Beautiful Star is 125 tons burden, but with a carrying capacity of 200 tons. She is 125 feet long over-all, 17, feet beam, and is driven by a pair of engines of 30-horse power nominal. . Rigged as a throemasted schooner, sho is able tr spread a considerable breadth of canvas, and under steam and sail, in favorable weather, runs her ton and eleven knots with much case. Sho leaves again for Dunedin to-morrow. We have seldom seen the bar in better conditiou than it was yesterday, as there was so little surf running 'that a boat might have crossed it in perfect safety. " The channel Avas straight and clear, and at high water conta'ned a cfepth of -eleven feet in the shallowest part. Captain Allardycc, late of the Dunedin pilot service, has been appointed pilot for this port, in place of dipt. M'Gill, who lately resigned. ' Tho s.s. Kennedy left Nelson at noon on the 11th with light fine weather, but when clear of Blind Bay the wind settled into the westward, and by the time she was off the Buller blew a heavy N.W. gale, and drove her into that river for shelter at 11 a.m. on the 12th. Ecmaincd there until midnight on the 13th, when the weathor having moderated, she* left and crossed tho Grey bar at 10 a.m. the following day. Discharged cargo aud was ready for. sea on tho loth, but the bar having sanded up, sho was detained until three p.m. yesterday; then left, and reached Hokitika wharf at 5.30 p.m. 1 Tho Kennedy brings about thirty tons oT cargo and twclvo passcngws from Greymoulh. Captain Whitwell reports that the Grey bar has much improved since' Sunday, although it is yet rather shallow, with a mere gut- way for a channel. Ho believes that at high water. last night there was about eight feet of water in it. The Kennedy will leave for Okarita this afternoon. On the evening of llie 4th hist, tho maiiimabfc &f a brigantine, with bails and now vigging, was washed ashore at Mr James Wallace's, Papanui, between Ohariu and Porirua Bay. There were no marks on it by which even <i guess could be made as to tho name of the vessel to which it belonged. — " Wei; lington Independent," Bth. The ,above may be a clue to the missing vessel Eliza Simpson or Lady Franklin, which left Port Chalmers for the "West Coast .on the 22nd June, and have never been** heard, of. — "Otago Daily Times." - It is with very great regret that we havo to announce the stranding of the fine Auckland clipper schooner Excelsior, yesterday, whilst being towed in by the p.s. Persevere. The schooner bad been riding in the roadstead during the heavy squalls and rain of the previous night, and the threatening appearance of the weather in the morning made it a very desirable thing for any vessel so situated to get inside, although wo must confess the bar was sufficiently rough to make the attempt to enter rather imprudent. However, the Persevere went out andfnstened to the schooner, which set her fore and aft sails to assist the tug. The wind was blowing strong from the norhward, and a very heavy "sea running, the waves constantly breaking over both vessels. Whilst nearing the entrance it became evident that the vessel was too much to the southward, and as each line of rollers broke against the struggling craft, Ihe result which occurred appeared almost' unavoidable. At last the tug took the ground near the tail of the South Spit, the schooner stranding some distance to the south. Unfortunately, she canted over, port side to the sea, and the gravest feajs are feU that she will break up during the night. Late last night we were informed that her port bulwarks and ithe copper on that side had been swept away, and tho planks on the starboard side much started. Daylight may, however, see her in an improved position, as every effort was to be made last night to discharge her, and shift her position. . The Persevere will probably get off without much difficulty. The Excelsior was ! from the Manukau, with a general cargo, consigned to Mr P.. Clarke, and is the property of Mr lyirkwood of Manukau. — " Gijey River Argus.' 1 On Wednesday, the ship St. Leonards was ninety-eight days from the Downs, and the signalman at the Beach Station then expressed an opinion that she had met with some accident or she would have arrived before. On the following morning, shortly after sunrise, a vessel was seen heading up tho Gulf under a jury rig, and on closer inspection she proved to be the St, Leonard's ; but without her taunt spars she looked like a bird with clipped wings ; nothing set above topgallantsails, and of course it was apparent some of the gear had suffered. The pilot boarded her at about ten o'clock, and shortly .after the shipping reporter was alongside, whon Captain Franklin furnished the following report of the voyage : — Left the Dowus on May 23, with moderate, north-east winds, which enabled her to clear the Channel in v couple of days. Passed Madeira on June 1, when two days of light variables intervened before taking the uortheast trades. On Juue 7 sighted the island of St. Antonia, and on the 20th crossed the equinoctial line in 24 deg. "W. long. This was only the twenty-eighth day from the Downs, aud fine south-east trades supervening, not many days elapsed before she was on the parallel of 14 dog S., when it veered to tho eastwai'd until the " Saint " was within seventy miles of the laud. In lat. 17 deg. S., stood off with southerly wind as far as 29 deg. "W.long., and for nine days the southerly breeze continued, till on the 9th, in lat. 22 deg. 20 mm. S., long. 32 deg. W., when an occurrence took place which entirely banished the slightest idea of making less than 100 days' passage. The wind was from WNW., with barometer at an ordinary range, and all sail set, even to top-gallant "studding-sails, when' the wind suddenly veered and came down in a most singular squall, almost like a tornado. In about five minutes it was over, leaving the Saint properly crippled, for the jib-boom went in three pieces, and the studding-sail booms woie snapped like roods. The vessel immediately broached to, when all thi-eo topmasts snapped off close* to tho crosstrecs. Of course the topgallant aud royal-masts and yards came down by the run, upper topsails as woll, but having double topsail yards, the lower sails remained set. Thus, iv a very short five minutes was mischief done which took ten days to restore to sailing order, and then only under a jury rig._ At first it. was. suggested to cut the caps on to tho heads of tho broken masts, but instead of' this, some Bpare Bpaf^ were sent up aloft stepped on tho heads of tho lower masts, and strapped to the topmast with Spanish caps in chain, leaving the topmast free to carry the parrel of the yard. By this means a capital substitute Was effected, but of

course tho royals were abolished, together with- the use of staysail and studdingsail gear.—" South Australian Register," Aug. 31 .