PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 339, 24 October 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

High ' W vtkr 1 Tma Pat.— 9.53 a.m.; 10.10 p.m. Fun Moox to do-.— 11.45 am.

A.RRIVED. October 23.— Bruce, p.s., ' Iverley, from Okaitrt. F. Greer, agent.

m SAILED. ~ October 23.— Isabella, brigantiue, Osborne, for Guam. J.B. Russel, schooner, Clarke, for Picton. Nelson, p s., Whitwell, for Nelson, via Greymouth.

CLEARED OrT. '

Alma, 162 tons, J. P. Moore, for. Melbourne, 2 passengers.

BXPKCTKD ABKIVALB.

- - Taranaki, s.s., from Wellington, to-day. Alhambra, s.s., from Melbourne, to-morrow. Albioh, p.s., from Dunedin, via Nelson, tomorrow. Omco, s.s., from Melbourne, 27«h in»t. «• X'raneis, schooner, from Ileathcote, early. Mary Van Every, schooner, from Dunedin *arlv. *~ Win. Miskin, s s.*, from Bunedin, daily. Frederic, barque,. from Melbourne, early. Mary Grant, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Dancing Wave, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Florence, schooner, from Melbourne, earlvx Alexandra, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Moyne, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Sarah and Mary, brigantine, from Melbourne, early. . %

Beautiful Star, s.s., from Sydney, to-day. •Claud Hamilton, s.s., from Sydney, October 25. Susannah Booth, "from Sydney, early. Tinoriee, c.s., from Sydney, 25tl\inst. Elizabeth, schooner, from Sydney, early. Gothelihurg, 8.9., from Melbourne, 7th prox, PKOXECTKD DEPATITOREa. Bi-ucc, for Okarita, early. Tm-auaki, for Melbourne, 26tk inst Phoebe, for Bluft" Harbor and Dunedin, 26tli inst. Alhambra, s.s., for Melbourne, 26th inst. Albion, for Melbourne, 26th inst. Airedale, for Sydney, 26th iust. Oini'o, s.s., for Melbourne, 29th inst. Gothenburg, s.s., for Melbourne, Nov. Bth. VESSELS IN PORT. Barque — Alma. Bri« — Clarendon. • Briguntine — Hector. - Schooners — lona. Tiger, John Mitchell Mary Anno, Cymraes, Enmia Tambo Glengarry. Cutters — Elizabeth, Volunteer. Steamers— Yarra, Challenge, Persevere Bruce.

EXPORTS.

Per Alma, for Melbourne^-463 tins soup, 30 half- chests tea, Cassius and Co ; 4 bells copper, 1 case yeast, 1 do pickles, Ecclesfield Bros.

The p.s. Bruce arrived in the river yesterday, after a smart trip to and from Okarita. She left this port on the eveuing of the 20th inst., and experienced a pleasant run down the coast, crossing the Okarita bar at an early hour on the following morning. Discharged cargo tho next day, and left on her return trip yesterday^moming, reaching the roadstead at 4 p.m., aud-crossed the bar two hours later. The Bruce brings up 4u passengers, and 3000 ozs of gold, of which amount 2000 ozs was shipper! by the Bank of New South Wales, and 1000 ounces by the Bank of ~New Zealand. She reports the Oksirita bar to be in good working condition, but the entrance to the river exceedingly narrow and crooked. The 'rain of Monday last sent a slight freshet down the river, which had the effect of clearing the entrance, and sent the channel straight out to sea. A better bar than that of yesterday could hardly be' wished for, as *there was little or no surf running, and at high water the channel in its shallowest part contained a depth of two fathoms, such being the soundings found by both the Challenge and Yarra. Unfortunately there was but little work for either of the harbor boats, as only two vessels were towed outside — the Isabella, brigantine, bound to Guam, by the Yarra, and the schooner J^B. Russel. bound to Picton, by the Challenge. Tlie only arrival was our old friend the Brute, from Okarita. The s.s. Thane, as she^lies stranded on the beach, was sold by auction on Saturday to Morison, Law, and Co., ior L 17 5; and yesterday \\ as re-sold, at the risk of the former purchaser, for L3l, the purchaser being Mr J. Kilgour. Tenders for dismantling the steamer are called for. — " Grey River Argus," Oct. 23.

The hull of the p.s. Ballarat was sold yesterday afternoon by D. Girdwood and Co. for the sum of L2O ; and we learn the purchaser v intends making her into a coal hulk. The machinery has been forwarded to Auckland on account of the owner there. — Ibid.

G-RICY RIVER.

Hioh Watkb This Day. — 9 50 a.m.; 10.15 p.m. * ASEIVED. October 19. — John and Jane, schooner, from\ Melbourne. October 21 — Kennedy, s.s., from Hokitika. SAILED. October 20. — Maiy Stewart, schooner, for Melbourne Geoi gina Smith, schooner, for Melbourne. Crest of the Wave, schooner, for Melbourne.

WRECK OT THE* BARQUE LIBELLE

The Hongkong " Press" of May 31 gives the particulars of the wreck of the barque Libelle. The- Libelle was cleared from San Francisco on the 23rd January last by Macoudray and Co. At Honolulu the Libelle took on board Madame Anna Bishop and party, and sailed thence direct for Hongkong. All the treasure, amounting to 93,943 dols., was saved, and buried by the captain on the island. Tlfe crew and passengers were all savedt The Bremen barque L' belle, under the command of Captain Tobias, on the passage from San Francisco to Hongkong, with a cargo valued at over 300,000 dollars, was cast away on the 4th of March, on au uninhabited and dangerous reef called Wake Island. The passengers jand crew remained on board during the night, the, sea breaking fearfully over the ■wreck all the while, and landed with difficulty through the breakers the following day. After an ineffectual search for water for three weeks, and much privation, it became imperative to take to the boats and endeavor to reach the nearest habitable island, friendly disposed to ' defenceless shipwrecked people. Several days were spent in finding a suitable and safe point for departure, the breakers encircling the island, which appeared to be about twenty miles in circumference.

Taking such provisions j,nd water as were saved from the wreck, passengers were transferred to the ship's long boat, in charge of the first mate, the captain preferring hi*> gig ; and on the 27th March both beats sailed for the Ladrone or Mariana Island. Twenty-two persons, with provisions in an open boat but twenty-two feet in length, to undertake a voyage of 1400 miles, subject to equinoctial storms, calms, and a tropical sun. and shorfVutions, and an ocean studded with hidden rocks and coral reefc, gave but poor hope of airiving\at a port with life. The captain, with eight persons, in a boat of twenty feet in length, leav--ing at the same time, has not been heard from, and unless picked up by some chance vessel must have been swamped, as a heavy cross sea was met shortly after-leaving the island. This, ifc is said, was the third vessel the captain was 10 unfortunate as to loea within a few years, Among the pas&vngwt' ww> Mjjdawe Anna W&opi Miss Photon, W. SoJiult*, fi nd C'bariou

Eugene M. Yuu Reed, of Kunagawit. A schooner ha 9 been chartered and sent to search* for the missing boat among the islands to the nnrthwnvd, and to return to Wnke Island and nyuove tho largo amount in trensuro -»]ii<:)i had been saved and buried there. Letters from Madame Anna Bishop and Mv Van Reed lmve been received in Sun Francisco. The former writes from Guam, and the 1 tutor from Hongkong. By those we are assured that all the passengers were saved.