IMPOSTS.

West Coast Times, Issue 589, 14 August 1867, Page 2

IMPOSTS.

Per Gothenburg, from Melbourne — 1 keg sulphur, 50 boxes candles, Ecclesfield Bros ; 3 cases books, Munson ; 2 cases stationery, Stewart ; 4 bales paper, Harnett and Co ; 2 pkgs, Cosgrove; 33 bales chaff, A. Boyle and Co ; 16 bales chaff, order ; 2 bales, 9 cases, Harnett and Co ; 24 pkgs, Union Bank; 1 box, order; 3 pkgs hardware, W. Johnson ; 1 case, Spicer- and Murray ; 3 trunks, 3 cases boots, Fowler; 2 cases, 1 parcel leather, Campbell j 1 case, 1 cask eggs, Peak ; 2 cases grindery, Flaxman Bros ; 1 case cigars, Mendershausen ; 20 half-chests tea, order; 12 bags potatoes, 1 case plants, Reid ; 1 truss, Sloan ; 2 cases, Isaacs ; 10 qr-casks, Pringle ; 2. casks tallow, F. Greer ; 1 case, B. Marks ; 1 case, J. Hirsch ; 4 bales, Brown and Klein : 2 cases, Fryboy ; 2 cises, Parsons ; 1 case butter, Beale Bros ; 2 bales drapery, Cosgrave ; 2 bales, 1 case, order; 3 case?, Meyerstein ; 1 case, White &Co; lcase,Fowler; 2 trunks, 2 bales, Byrne and Co ; 1 truss matting, order ; 1 case, 1 truss, J. Manson ; 6 pkgs fruir, Dunning Brothers ; 5 pkgs, M. Rehfisch, 3 cases tobacco, 1 pkg cigars, Mendenhausen, 4 carcases beef, 13 carcases mutton, 10 boxes eggs, 2 bdJs trees, Collins ; 8 casks butter, order ; 1 case, J. Solomon ; 12 pkgs greenwood ; 1 boat, Royse, Mudie and Co ; 5 cases drapery , 1 bole blankets, 1 portmanteau, Gill. Per Otago, from Melbourne — 226 bars iron, 1 cask, 1 pkg, Renton ; 2 cases tin, Pizzey and Co ; 2 cases, Byrne and Co ; 1 case, 2 bales, Graham ; 1 case, Byrne and Co ; 2 cases hardware, 2 cases steel, 1 bundle, 1 cask glass, 2 kegs whiting, 2 kegs paint, 2 bdls buckets, 3 kegs "*mils, 6 drums oil, 2 anvils, 1 vyce, 3 cases glassware, 3 boxes bath brick, 1 case shovels, 10 boxes clothes pegs, 4 boxes, 7 cases, 1 cask hardware, 2 cases, 1 bundle handles, 2 bundles wire, 7 bdls spades, 1 bdl gridirons, 18 kegs nails, 1 iron bnr, 1 case iron. A. Shaw and Co ; 1 case, Pritchard ; 1 pare*, Riodan ; 1 parcel, Stewart ; 1 parcel, Dean ; 8 cases, Proctor ; 2 cases, Lewis.

Per Phabe, from Auckland, Nelson, &c. — 1 box specie, Bank New South Wales ; 2 trunks, Turner ; 2 coils rope, order ; 3 cases tobacco, 5 cases cigars, B. Marks ; 2 trunks, Turner.

Per Persevere, from Q-reymouth — 8 bags oatmeal, 38 cheeses, Royse, Mudie and Co. Per Alhambra, from Melbourne — 2 qrcasks wine, Walker ; 5 cases, Stewart ; 5 pkgs, Meyerstein ; 1 case, J. Munson ; 8 cases cigars, Wilkonski Bros ; 1 bale leather, Flaxmanßros; 25 bales chaff, order; 53 bales chaff, J. Chesney and Co ; 25 bales chaff, 9 bales hay, order ; 26 bales chaff, Boyle and Co ; 2 cases, Forsyth and Masters ; 4 pkgs leather, M. Rehfisch ; lease, J. l?.Ryley; 2 hhds eggs, Dunning Bros; 2 trunks boots, M'Beath and Co ; 3 trunks boots, 1 box, Williams ; 300 bags flour, order ; 1 case, Cosgrave ; 1 case, Byrne and Co ; 1 case, Manson ; 1 case, Whyte and Pirie ; 1 pkg, order ; 1 bdl trees, 2 casks seeds, 4 bags potatoes, Walker ; 1 bdl trees, Sheppard ; 2 cases, Manson ; 1 case, Burk and M'Hugh ; 1 case, Isaacs ; 1 case, Marks ; 12 cases axes, Cowliehaw and Plaisted ; 7 hhds eggs, Stanley ; 1 case cigars, Hoyt and Osborne ; 9 cases tobacco, Wilkonski Brothers ; 20 coses kerosene, 1 do hardware, T. G. Stone ; 3 pkgs boots, Williams ; 25 cases kerosene, 3 cases, Cleve ; 4 cases stationery, Munson and Co ; 1 case, M'Beath ; 10 khds eggs, Duff; 10 pkgs, Cleve ; 1 case confectionery, A. Walker ; 1 pkgs, Graham ;' 2 pkgs Burke and M'Hugh; 2 pkgs, Glynn and Ingles ; 1 case, Proctor ; 8 cases, Susman and Co ; 50 boxes candles, 50 cases kerosene, 1 do hams, 6 pkgs furniture, 2 casks china, Staite ; 3 casks butter, Ecclesfield Brothers j 3 pkgs, Mulligan ; 1 parcel, Prosser ; 12 bales chaff, order; 1 parcel, Bastard; 1 parcel, order. EXroBDB. Pp? Gothenburg, for MelbQUrno=~(jOOOo)!, p!4 ( Fpif* $«* j ♦ few tyty p, Jujgnji

The many new arrivals by tho four steamers which dotted the roadstead yesterday morning, must have been favorably impressed with the appearanoe of that country wherein for a time being, at least, they are likely to sojourn. Nature gave them a genial welcome, her face being wreathed in smiles, unchequered by even a passing frown, so glorious was the wwither, so placid tho sea. Very general and no less agreeable must have been the surprise occasioned by the ease in which the transhipment from steamer to steamer was effected, whilst the bar was entirely divested of those terrors, that have rendered it a bye-word and dread throughout the colonies. Long residents in Australia who, perhaps, urc on their first visit to New Zealand, could scarcely fail in being deeply impressed by the magnificent landscape spread out before them, with its background of towering snow-clad mountains. Truly tho picture was one on which tho eye might dwell for hours — delighted and yet not weary. We record with pleasure the delivery of the good steamer Challenge from thraldom yesterday morning. On the previous night she was moved fully a length and a half ahead, and when the tide receded, was k-ft with the warps taunt as harp strings, all ready for a reuewal of the work next morning. At an early hour the hands were mustered, and the windlasses manned right cheerly, and after an hour's hard heaving the fine old tug surged into deep water, and swung to the check warp that had been run out to the Frederic. This result was hailed with loud cheers by the workmen and others, who had assembled to watch proceedings, and satisfaction reached its climax when the tug Yarra dropped down the river, fastened to the released vessel, and towed her to the wharf. The news soon spread, and excited the liveliest gratification, for tho loss of tke Challenge would have amounted to a public calamity. Long may ■he be spared to pursue a career that has hitherto been most useful and remarkably fortunate. We are happy to say that the Challenge has received no damage, and will — bar permitting — resume work this morning. Recent advices tell us that the late heaey weather extendsd to all parts of the New Zealand coast, and was not unattended by disaster, as shown by the account of wrecks we publish in another column. The losses are less numerous than we anticipated they would be, although we are not yet assured their extent has been ascertained, several vessels being still missing. Those which were caught by the gale, but succeeded in weathering its fury suffered, however, in another sense, one and all having made long passages, as in the case of the Dunodiu traders now lying in the roadstead, and the s.s. Beautiful Star, which sailed from Dunedin for Westport on the 3rd inst., and only arrived there on the 10th inst., the run round having occupied seven days. We have received a few memos of her trip from her agent, Mr Houghton, through Mr F. Greer, who courteously transmitted them to us ; and it thus appears that the Star made a good run of forty hours to Cook's Straits, but there fell in with heavy westerly gales and sea, obliging her to run for the shelter of Totaranui, where she remained for three and a lialf days ; and finally arrived at her destination ou the 10th. Captain Morwick, of the Beautiful Star, reported the following vessels at anchor weatherbound in Totaranui Roads ou the 6th inst : — Ketches Lloyds Herald, Emerald, and Excelsior j and schooner Mary Van Every ; a topsail schooner, supposed to be the Spray, was seen running for Tonga Roads. The master of the p.s. Lyttelton informed Captain Morwick that Astralobe and Tonga Roads were full of vessels, whose names, however, he was not able to ascertain. The Beautiful Star brought round cargo for Hokitika and Greymouth, and transhipped it at Westport to the s.s. Kennedy, which, as we have already reported, arrived at the Grey on Sunday night. She will not, however, come so far as this port, so tho Hokitika portion of the Star's cargo will be forwarded to its destination by the p.s. Bruce. The Star was to have left Westport for Dunedin yesterday. The north bar was too shallow for working yesterday morning, and in consequence the Yarra was unable to leave the river to tender the steamers outside. The difficulty was, however, obviated by the opportune presence of the Persevere, which, being in the lagoon, was enabled to reach the roadstead through the south channel. At an early hour the wharf was alive with passengers for the steamers Otago, Phoebe, and Gothenburg, and the watermen did a good thing transferring them to the little steamer through the gutway, that once more connectß the river with the lagoon. Sbe crossed the bar with a heavy load at about three-parts flood, effected a very smart transhipment, and then ran alongside the Alhambra and relieved her of a heavy mail and fifty passengers, time not permitting the transhipment of all. The Persevere regained the lagoon easily, and was soon relieved of her burden by the fleet of boats in attendance. She will land the balance of the Alhambra's passengers this morning. The M.A. and N.Z.S.S. Company's s.s. Alhambra, John M'Lean, commander, arrived in the roadstead at 8 a.m. yesterday. She is from Melbourne via Dunedin, and left the latter port at 5 p.m. on Saturday, with strong head winds, which increused to a hard S.W. gale by midnight, but moderated towards sunrise on Sunday, the remainder of tlie passage to the Bluff being marked by light weather. She arrived at the Bluff at 10 p.m., landed and shipped mails and passengers, and left again at 1 p.m., experienced beautiful weather in Foveaux Straits and down the coast, and arrived off the bar as above. Tho Alhambra brings 150 passengers and 100 tons of cargo. She will sail for Melbourne direct on Friday. The tier is now filled with outward bound vessels, all, with one exception, having landed their cargoes, ballasted, and cleared at the Custom-house, ready to seize the first opportunity to transfer themselves to the seaward side of the bar. We do not think they vvo doomed to a very long captivity, the springs being close at hand, and hope 'to see one or two of the light bottoms underweigh this morning. The exception we above alluded to is the brig Valiant, which will be cleared of cargo to-day.

The arrival of the steamer Bruce at Greyraouth, on Monday night, was duly announced to her agent Mr Greer by telegram. She was expected to leave on last night's tide, with a considerable quantity of cargo transhipped from the s.s. Kennedy, tlio bar hero being deemed too unsafe to be worked by the latter vessel. Yesterday afternoon Captain Turnbull, visited the spits at low water, and we believe has determined to lay the beacons on the gutway, intersecting the crescent of sand that blocks the north entrance, it being considered quite navigable for a vessel of the Bruces' capacity. She will attempt it this morning, and we see is advertised to leave this evening for Okarita, Haast River and Jackson's Bay. We notice an advertisement in the " Otago Daily Times," of the 10th inst., to the following effect : — In consequence of the closing of the Hokitika bar, the departure of the s.s. Keera is postponed until next week. Excepting the Keera and brig Nil Desperandum there are no vessels on the berth at Dunedin for Weit Coast ports. The Nil Desperandum is Advertised for Hokitika.

The despatch of the steamers Gothenburg, Otago, and Phoßbe was effected yesterday without let or hindrance, and much ease to boot, the roadstead and weather being in most amicable mood. The Otago first got away, and very soon sank beneath the western horizon on her road to Nelson, from which port she proceeds to Wellington, Picton and bo on round the coast to Bluff Harbor, her final starting point for Melbourne. B]ie took seventeen passengers from Westland. The Phoebe next left the rpads,tead for Bluff Harbor, with pi* pfwonrar? shipped bei'P. Bho will ponst

son, and then across to Wellington and down to Auckland. The Gothenburg tripped anchor a few minutes later, and steamed away Melbournewards, with fifty passengers, and 6000 ozs. gold shipped by the Bank of New Zealand.

A light breeze dead off the land, and the almost entire iibsence of surf, afforded a couple of light coasting craft an excellent opportunity to put to eea under canvas. They wore "the ketch Standard and schooner Three Friends, both loaded, and with the same destination, viz., Fox's River. The little Standard rim through the lagoon and so out to sea across tho South Bar, the Three Friends taking the more direct courso through the north outlet, and cleared tho bar without touching. The transhipment of the Alhambra's cargo to thn Isabella was proceeded with yesterday. They lay very snugly alongside each other, scarcely a motion being perceptible in either. The late frosty weather has again reduced the North Channel" to a condition of impracticability, as the river is shrunken to a degree, and \\ttevly lacks power to cleav away the sand, which has accumulated in a very remarkable manner during the last dny or two. Old Ocean again triumphs, and this time seems resolved to completely bar us in, having cast up an extraordinajy ridge of sand across tho entrance, from the North Spit to the middle Lank. Tiirough this ridge the river finds a way in three places — one shallow, but withal wide stream, running round the point of the spit northwards ; another, in a directly opposite direction, sLirts tlrfb middle bank, whilst the third rushes with considerable force through a mere gutway in the centre of the ridge, which, together with the North Spit and middle bank, encloses at low tide an extensive sheet of perfectly smooth water. Neither channel is navigable, except to vessels of very light burden, and not even then unless the surf is down. Yesterday afternoon, at low tide, the Harbor-Master, accompanied by Messrs Greer and Lockhart, proceeded in his boat to tho newly-formed lagoon, with the view of ascertaining the depth of water in the channel, and whether it would be prudent to allow the steamer Bruce to attempt an entrance through either of them this morning. The North stream was scarcely one foot in depth ; the outlet South was found to contain twenty-two inches of water ; and the gutway through the centre of the ridge, three feet ten. Thus, allowing for the rise, which will certainly reach live feet six this morning, there will be something over nine feet of water in the gutway, being plenty for the Bruce ; and, were the channel wide,would allow the passage of any vessel now lying at the wharf. A strange alteration in tho configuration of the South entrance has taken place within tho fortnight, tho South Spit, then a low insignificant tonguo of sand having made up to the height of tho main beach at its base, and extended a long way north, parallel with tho middle bank, which it overlaps by fully three hundred yards. The channel thus runs along the beahc, and at high water is fairly navigable — when free from surf — as yesterday the Persevere got six feet soundings at a quarter ebb, which would give seven feet on the top of the tido. The spit is still makiug north, and if tho discharge through the channel were reduced by the closing of the gutway leading from the river to the lagoon, it would, we believe, heave bodily home, and close the south entrance altogether.