SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 466, 16 February 1869, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPOET. I HIGH WATEB. I 1 his Pay ... 12.4un.ni., 15 p.m. , To-morrow 1.22 a.m., 1.48 p.m. ' ABBIVALS. Feb. 13 —John Penn, s.s., Carey, from Dunedin and intermediate ports. Charles Edward, p.a.. Palmer, from Nelson. Kennedy, s.s., Whitwell, from Hokitika and Grtyiiiouth. Feb. 15 —Murray, s.s., Holmes, from Nelson. i- IN THE BOADSTEAD. Feb. 15 —ITeron, brigantine, from Melbourne. Bailie and Humphrey, agents. DEPARTURES. Feb. 13 —Kennedy, s.s., for Nelson. .• Feb. 14 —Charles Edward, p.s., for Greymouth. John Penn, s.s., for Hokitika, Feb. 15—Moirray, s.s., for Greymouth. PASSENGER LIST. Per Kennedy, from Greymouth—Miss Sutcliffe, Mr Marks. Per John Penu—MrFalla, Mr Marsh, Miss Winter, Mrs Hanneth, Mrs Pain.; 2 in the steerage. Per Charles Edward, from Nelson—Messrs Woolley, Trent, Finigan, Hough, Miss Wilkie, and 4 for the south ; 2 in the steerage. Per Murray, from Nelson —Messrs Dodson, Pirie, Sutton, Smith. IMPORTS. Per Kennedy, from Greymouth—l pkge stationery, Bank of New South Wales ; 4 ihhds, 8 barrels ale, Organ; 5 bags guano, order. Per John Penn, from Nelson —50 cases whisky, r\.F. Smyth and Co; 1 cise cigars, 1 half-tierce tobacco, Haller ; 1 half-chest tea, 1 gunnie sugar, 31 do sugar, 29 half-chests tea, D. Leslie; 1 case, 1 truss, 1 bale, Fleming. 'Parry, and Murray; 2 eases, Whyte and Pirie; 1 truss, Patterson ; I case drugs, White ; 1 bdle nets, Field; I parcel, Reid and Co ; 1 box, Ha ler ; 3 cases, Bailie and Humphrey; 1 box, Atkinson; 10 hhds, 236 esses fruit, 15 bags potatoes. Falla; 1 case fruit, Parer ; 2 do, order ; 30 cases fruit, 1 ton onions, Ido carrots, Burrell; 2 horses, 1 dray, order ; 35 head cattle, or er. Per Charles Edward, from Nelson—l cask zinc, Field; 1 bag malt, 1 ease chairs, N. Edwards and Co ; 10 kegs butter, Stitt Bros; .1 case drapery, An-low; 6 bugs onions, 7 oases fruit, 2 kegs butter, 2 cases eggs 1 do fowls, Shea ; 3 parcels chaff-cutter, i'reeth ; 'J eases butter, 1 keg do, Hay ; 2 cases sundries Martin ; 1 ease boots, 1 trunk do, 1 case fruit, Smyth and Co; 5 sa< ks lime, Fretth. Per Murray, from Nelson —6 hlids ale, 8 qr-casks do, llooper and Dodson; 40 bags bran, Alcorn and M'Farlane ; 20 do, order ; 1 ease apples, 1 do plums, Koberts ; 12 cases fruit,.7 do eggs, 22 bags potatoes, Sutton ; 1 case, fruit, Sutcliffe; 2 bags bacon, Winter; S3 baga potatoes, Alcorn and M'Farland. EXPORTS. Per Kennedy, for Nelson—l case bacon, Boyle j 40 tons coals, N. Edwards and Co. The steamers John Penn and Charles Edwird arrived in port on Saturday morning. They left Nelson together, and had h ' fine smooth-water. The John Penn, it is said, arrived first in the roadstead, with an advantage of half an hour. During her brief withti.e different Vast coast ports, and u:v'""w<Mif a thorough overhaul in the floating iluck at Port Chalmers. On her return trip she underwent examination by the Government Inspector of steamers, and is now in excellent trim in hull and engines. Both she aid the Charles Edward were detained in port l>y the rcugh i\ eat' er on .* aturday, but they sailed early on the tide on Sunday morning—the John Penn for Hokitika and the Charles -Edward for Greymoi th. On her next trip to Auckland, the John Penn takes the east coast route via Nelson, Wellington, Napitr, .and Poverty Bay. West Coast ports will thus be brought in more direct communica- " ti'on with the principal ports in the North Island, and transmission to vessels proceeding to Canterbury and Otago will be facilitated. ' The s.s. Murray left Ntlson on Sunday, and arrived here on Monday morning, having experienced favorable weather, but :i heavy sea She sailed for Greymouth last evening. • The brigantine Heron, Captain Brown, . from Melbourne, came to an anchor in the roadstead yesterday afternoon. She will probably be towed in by one of the first steamers from southern ports. • A fore-and-aft schooner, supposed to be : the Mary Van Every, from Dunedin, beat up to the roadstead yesterday evening. The owners of the Hero have also plac d the steamer Blackbird in the Sydney ami Auckland trade. ■•', TII3 Auckland schooner Swallow, from Lyttelton, has been totally wrecked at the Fiji Islands.