The West Coast Times.

West Coast Times, Issue 351, 7 November 1866, Page 2

The West Coast Times.

POHT OK HOKITIK A. High Watpk This. Day. — 9.55 a.m.; 10.20 p.m. ARRIVED. November 6.— Claud Hamilton, s.s , G. Ponsonby. from Nelson. John White, agent. Mary Jane, schooner, Kivby, from Oueliunga. Master, agent. SAILED. November 6. — Dancing Wave, schooner, Brown, for Melbourne. ENTERED IN. Alhambra, 497 tons, J. M'Leari, from Melbourne. Passengers — cabin : Mrs Roberts and family, Mr and Mrs Smith, Messrs Luc\, Gotthety, Sussman. Manuel, Simmons, Tanner, Farwig, Cornish, Levy, Mrs Hokely, an;l Miss Ciinibrav. Steerage : Ifi2. Mary Jane, 26 ton*, B. S. Kirby, from Onehiiuga. 5 pa*seugers. CLEARED OI T T. Little Fred, 131 tons, W. Champion, for Onehunga. In ballast. Florence, 75 tons, M Ellis, for Melbourne. In Ballast. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Eliza Blanch, schooner, trom Auckland, early. ' Francis, schooner, from Heathcote, early. Mary Van E\ery, schooner, from Duiicdiu early. Frederic, barque, from Melbourne, early. Mary Grant, schooner, from Melbourne, earl}. Alexandra, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Moyne, 6chooner, from Melbourne, early. Sarah and Mary, brigantiue, from Melbourne, early. Susa.. mh Booth, from Sydney, Tinonee, c s., from Sydney, early. Gothenburg, s.s., from Melbourne, to-day. To, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Otago, s.s. , from Melbourne, Nov. 9. Jane Loekhart, from Sydney, daily. Taranaki, s.s., from Melbourne, 13th inst. PROJECiKD DEP'-RTUBES. Alhambra. r.s.. for Melbourne, to-day. Gothenburg, s.s.. for Melbourne, Nov. 13th. Bruce, p.s., for Okurita. Bth inst. Claud Hamilton, for Sydney, t - lay. John Mitchell, ketch, for Pakihi, early. Elizabeth, for Sydney, to-dn\ . Egmont, lor Bluff Harbor and Dunedin, 10th in B t. VESSIXS IX PORT. Schooners — I</na, J:-'»:! Mitchell, Littlo Fred, Emma Eli/!a, Mary Jane, Isabella, Jane Elkin Cutters— Elizabeth, "ope. Steamers — Yavru, Pciiw.'vere, Challenge. IN TnE ROADSTEAD. Alhambra, s.s., from Melbourne. Frederic barque, from Melbourne. Bella Vista, barque, from Hobart Town. Northern Light, brigttatinc, from Melbourne. Maid of Erin, sc'.ooner, froo? Melbourne. Claud Hamilton, s.s., from Nelson. IMPORTS." Per Alhambra, from Melbourne — 10 kegs butter, Bailie and Humphreys ; 10 kegs butter, A. Boyle ; 1 case books, "Stewart ; 2 -cases books, J. L. Munson ; 1 case books, J. Nelson ; 4 packages papeWi an sings, Holmes ; 3 ca«es, _Eymer ; 4 casks eggs, Burkharfc ; 2 bales, G. Moss ; 11 casks butter. Beale Brother.-. ; 55 packages boots, 5 bales, 8 packages, 1 case, J. Alman ; 1 c:i«e drapery, Aleorns 6 packages eggs r order; G trusses paper, Harnett and Co ; 2 cases luggage, Mr-> Cornish ; 2 cases, 2 packages, order ; 11 case's wine. J. Beaver ; 1 truss drapery, J. Sloan ; 8 casks butter, Anderson and Mowat ; 32 tubs butter, 4 casks eggs, 6 bhds eggs, J. Dun"; 3 bales, 3 cases drapery, Burk and M'Hugh ; 1 caso drapery, J. M'Beath ; 8 casks butter, Hall, Fiulav and Co ; 3 hlnls eggs, J. Duff ; 1 case, J. Manson ; 10 casks butter, Morison, Law, and Co ; 1 bag herbs, 1 box, order. Per Mary Jane, from Onehunga— lo.ooo feet"timber, 6000 bricks, 20 baps lime, 1 case fish, T. North. The P.N.Z. & A.R.M. Company's s.s. Claud Hamilton arrived in the road3tea I from Nelson yesterday at mid-day. So late in tide, however, she is compelled to wait, until this morning for a steamer to tender her. The Yarra wijl run out at 7 30, and again at 8.30 with passengers and gold to the Alhrmbia and Claud, and immediately afterwards both steamers will leave for their respective destinations, Melbourne and Sydney. The schooner Mary Jane arrived at the ■wharf yesterday, after a long passage from Onehunga. She left Onehunga on the 26th ultimo, and crossed the Manukau bar the next day, with N.N.E. winds and fine wrather ; ■was abnast Cape Farewell on the 29th, and ofi" Rocks Point the same day, when the breeze fell away, and a thick mist, shut the land in. She lay becalmed for several hours, ard when the fog cleared away, found that the heavy westerly swell and indraught combined had set her close into >he rocks, fjom which she was not distant more than a cable's length. In ten minutes she mu»t have gone ashor<-, but juat in tb-- nick of time a light air sprung up, which enabled her to draw on" the land and gain the oiling. On November 1. she was abreast of and close into Hokitika, but the next day was compelled to stand to sea b\ a heavy N.W. gale, which hauled to the nor' ad and drove her down the coast to the southward of Bold Head. On the 3rd she was again in the roadstead, but the heavy weather of that date forced her to sea, where she remained until the sth, and then ran in and anchored, towing ovtr the bar next n.oruing astern of the Challenge. The Mary Jane reports that on the 29th ultimo, at l'p.ni., she spoke, ten miles nort b of Rock's Point, the schooner J. B. Bussel, from Hokitika, seven days out. Aho, that on the 6urae day she sighted a schooner supposed to he the Prince Consort. Tint bhe was the Piince Consort there can be do doubt, for it will be remembered, that in a former issue we published her reyiort, "which amongst other items of interest directly alluded to a schooner she aighted on the 29th, when in the identical position ascribed to her by the Mary Jane. That schooner was the Mary June, and it is satisfactory to know that the doubis entertained of her safety by the Consort, were dissipated yesterday by her arrivul in port. The Mary Jane^ further reports, that when 'crossing Cook's Strait, she passed a long-boat's or smatt cutter's mast, with the rigging attached, floating iii the water. The p.s. B'-uue failed in gaining the Grey River on Monday night, as, when she arrived in the roadstead it was too dark to attempt the bar. Yesterday morning, however, she essayed to enter, notwitht-tandiug that a fearful "sea was running. She caught it for her temerity, as two or three curlers broke on board, smashing a couple of stanchions, and knocking away two floats from her starboard paddle-wheel. The Bruce, hqwever, reached the "vharf safely, and will leave again this morning, for Pakihi. One of the vessels at anchor outside is our old acquaintance the Maid of Erin, which, however, presents herself in a different guise, as during her stay in Melbourne she adopted the rig of a topsail-schooner, iv place of the two long sticks which graced her as a ballahoo. The Maid of Erin is consigned to Greymouth, but brought up eft" Hokitika, where she will remain until the Challenge can rnn down the coast with her, and take her across the Grey bar. The -weather yesterday was much finer than wo anticipated it would have been on the previous night, as the rain ceased before morning, and the s+rong N.W. breeze which at midnight rattled through the town, died away a few hours afterwards. The day broke calmly, with every appearance of keeping fiue^but & heavy sea rolled in, and it was apparent that but littlo work would be done at high water. At seven o'clock the Yarra runout to the Alhambra and brought in the glance Qf. Jjer passengers, 5£ in number,

hhe reporls the entrance to be in a bad stilt c, as tho h"uvy sen ' overpow 'ring the freshet, has thrown up a broad lumpy I faml bank, thiough which the channel runs wide and broken. Going out seven feet of w nter was found, but on her return at high water, tlie lend line showed ten fe» t. The Challenge also, worked the bur, iirsf of all towing out the Jano Elkiu to lighter the Alhambra, an.l returned inside with the schooner Mary Jane ; afterwards towing to sea ihe schooner Dancing Wave, bound to Melbourne. There were several vessels in the road -tea. I waiting to be conveyed inside, but as all are heavj bottoms, drawing from nine to ten feet, the Ciialle-nge refused to make the attempt, until the sea subsiding allows the river to scour out a deeper channel The diminutive cutter Alhambra was thrown on her beam end yesterday evening whilst crossing tlie bar. The little craft was coining in appai-. inly well before a stitt' westerly wind, when a heavy sea struck her and shifted her 'jallsist. Great excitement was caused .unontjst those who witnessed tlie occurrence, and a number of persons at ouce went across to the North Spit to ascertain the fate of the crew. We are nappy to state that all hands, consisting of the master and two otliers, were able to jump ashore a short distance above the Thane, and (lie vessel was stranded. — " Groy River Argue," Nov. 6. On Saturday morning, at daybreak, a schooner, evidently water-logged, was ob-seivt-d otf the Saltwater Creek, dritting before the wind to the southward No one was seen on the vessel, and, although the steamer Alhuinbr.t wad in sight aud several small craft were within obbenution, none of them appeared to no 1 ice the wreck, or to make any elfort- to approach it. — Ibid. Tho cutter Dart, from Pakihi, arrived outside the bar on Saturday morning, and was attempting to enter tke river under sail, when just as she got o\er the break the wind faded, and, linding the fresh to strong for her, the captain beached his vessel on t c North Spit, inside the bar, She came up the river by last night's tide.— lbid.