SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

West Coast Times, Issue 342, 27 October 1866, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF IXOKITIKA. High Water Tins Day. — 0.1 a.m. ; p.m. To-mourow. — O.K) a.m. ; 1.5 p.m. arrived . October 26. — Cliiud Hamilton, s s., Ponoonby, from Sydney. John White, agent. SAILED. October 26. — Taranaki, s.s., Francis, for Melbourne. Hector, brigastine, Chapman, for Melbourne. Bruce, p.s., Kerley, for Greymouth and Buller. t IX THE ROADSTEAD. Claud Hamilton, s.s., from Sydney. Alexandra, s.s., from Melbourne. Dancing Wave, schooner, from Melbourne. ENTERhD IN. " Tarannki, 299 tons. 11. B. Francis, from Nelson. Passengers — cabin : Messrs Duncan, HocTrwell, and Brouuluimp ; steerage : 21-. Claud Hamilton, 539 tons, G-. Ponsonby, from Sydney. Passengers — cabin : Mr 3 Douglass, Mrs Salomans, Messrs Ghvmiuon, and Cohen ; steerage : 89. CLEARED OUT. Brucei 95 tons, James Kerley, for Greymonth. Tavanaki, 299 tons, H. 8.. Francis, for Melbourne. 5 passengers. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Eliza Blanch, schooner, from Auckland, eArly. Mary Jane, schooner, from Onehungn, early. Airedale, from the North., to-day. Alhumbrti, s.s., from Melbourne,Ocfc. 29. Albion, s.s., from Duiiedin, via Nelson, today. Francis, schooner, from Heathcote, early. Mary Vau Every, schooner, from Dunedin early. Win. Miskin s.s., from Duuedin, to-day. Frederic, barque, from -Melbourne, early. Mary Grant, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Dancing Wave, schooner, from Melbourne, early. t • Florence, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Alexandra, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Moyne, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Sarah and Mary, brigautine, from Melbourne, early. Susannah Booth, from Sydney, early. Tinonee, c.s., from Sydney, 25th inst. Gothenburg, s.s., from Melbourne, 7th ptox. 10, schooner, from Melbourne, early. PROJECTED DHPAKTUJiKo. Phoebe, for Bluff Harbor and Dnnedin, to" day. Alexandra, for Melbourne, this day. Alhambra, s.s., for Melbourne, 3rd prox. Albion, for Melbourne, this day: Airedale, for Sydney, this day. Claud Hamilton, for Nelson and Wellington, this day ">■ G-othenburg, s.s., for Melbourne, Nov. 12th. VESSELS IN PORT. - Brig — Clarendon. Schooners — lona. John Mitchell, Cymraes, Emma Jane, Tambo, Glongiury, Little Fred. Cutters — Elizabeth, Volunteer.'" > Steamers — Yarra, Challenge, Persevere. IMPORTS. Per Taranakj, from Nt-lson — 9 kegs butter, Morison, Law, and Co ; 22 kegs butter, order. ' Per Claud Hamilton, from Sydney — 1 ' case, Sheppard ; 2 cases, 1 bale, Burke and Co; 20 kegs butter, order ; 25 kegs butter, RollBton ; 21^ cases, Marks and Co; 3 cases, Bank New S)uth Wales ; 4 cases, 1 truss, M'Kay ; 2 parcels, C'ass. EXPORTS. Per Bruce, for Grey mouth — 1 quartercask, 1 case, R. P. Bain ; 10 kegs butter, Cassius &Co ; 5 keg" butter, Hamilton ; 2 bundles pack saddles, 1 bag straps, M'Lean & Co ; 110 straps, order. Per Taranaki, tot Melbourne — 1 paper parcel, Mulligan.

The moderate weather and excellent channel which favored the port yesterday was taken due advantage of by the Yarra and Challenge, the former boat thrice crossing the bar to tender the three steamers l,*,ing in the roadstead. She safely 1 landed the passengers brought by each of them, the aggregate number being 263, and conveyed between twenty and thirty, who had booked^for Melbourne by the Taranaki, on boaVd that' vessel. The Challenge' • confined herself to towing the schooner lona alongside the Alexandra, which she had been engaged to lighter, and then returned and escorted the brigantine Hector, bournd ot Melbourne, -over the bar.

The entrance to the river keeps, fair and open, the channel running nearly straight ouf, its divergence being to the northward. There was less water on the bar yesterday than on the one preceding it, which may be attributed to the subsidence of the freshet, coupled with the effect of a westerly swell, which, as usual, banked up the sand again, aud reduced the depth of water by one fathom. There is, however, enough left, and to spare^to float any bottom which trades to this port, as the Yarra , at high-water, took sountTings and found two fathoms in the shallowest part of the channel. . Referring to the s.s. William Miskin, we may state that Captain Brown, of the Alexanandra, reiterates most positively his former assertion, that he sighted jjo vessel between the time when the New Zealand coast was first sighted and his arrival in the roadstead. This is conclusive, and must allay any doubt thifc may have arisen about the identity of • the steamer sighted by the Lord Ashley off Caswell Sound. Although the William Miskin did not arrive last night we are hopeful that nothing worse lias occurred to her than a break down or a scarcity of fuel, and that her non-arrival is caused* by prevailing light head winds and contrary currents. The P.N.Z. and A.li. M. Co.'s steamship Claud Hamilton, G. Ponsouby, commander, left Sydney at 1.30 p.m. on- the 20th instant, with s light NW. winds and fine weather ; carried moderate dull weather until the 24th, when a heavy fog set in, compelling her to run at half speed until midnight; it then thickened so -much that the vessel's upper yards were shut in ; so, being well up with the coast, and fearing a collision, tho captain very prudently stopped the engines and lay by the wind until 2 p.m. the following day. The fog then lifted, and the Claud Hamilton proceeded on her course, reaching the roadstead at 9.30 p.m. on the 25th instant. She brings 5 cabin and 98 steerage passengers, and a considerable quantity of cargo. By the courtesy of the purser, Mr Sewell, we ire placed in possession of Sydney papers to the 20th instant.

Amongst the shippiug intelligence contained in our late Sydney files is the arrival of the brigantine Jane Lockhart at that port on the 17th instant, klbo that the s.s. Tinonee was to sail positively for Hokitika on the 20th.

The p.s. Bruce left on her northern trip y^Bterday morning, with a few tons of cargo and about twenty passengers for Greymouth, aud twenty-five passengers and 110 sheep for the Buller. Later ir the day a telegram was forwarded to her agent (Mr Greer), announcing her arrival at the former port, and as much excitement exists there about the Pakihi diggings, she will, we have no doubt., leave that port with a long passenger lisf . We w i&h the Bruce a safe voyage.