SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 483, 27 March 1869, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

"WESTPOET. HIGH WATEB. This Day ... 9.5 a.m., 931 p.m. To-morrow 10.0 a.m., 10.26 p.m. Monday ... 10.52 a.m., 11.20 p.m. ABBIVALS. March 26—Charles Edward, p.s., Palmer, from Nelson. N. Edwards and Co., agents. Northern Light, hrigantine, from Melbourne ; in the roadstead. DEPAETVEES. March 25—Waipara, s.s., for Greymouth and Hokiiifcu. PASSEKGEE LIST. Per Charles Edward, from Nelson —Mr Dick; 6 in the steerage, and 12 for the south. The brigantine Northern Light was seen at anchor in the roadstead yesterday morning. As the barometer fell, and the appearance of the weather became threatening, she lifted anchor in the evening, and stood oat to sea. The steamer Charles Edward arrived last evening at seven o'clock. She left Nelson ~ on Thursday evening. She sighted the *i which had left on Tuesday, in A Bush End. The passengers on board the Kennedy are Mr Cooper and Mr Eraser. A flag-staff is now heing erected by the Harbor-Master on the North Spit. Lately ithe merchants of the port requested that such a convenience might be provided, and the Nelson Government agreed to do so, provided half the cost were defrayed by the merchants, but they gave instructions to Captain Leech to go on with the work in the meantime. The new flag-staff is not to be used for tide-signals, but it will be undoubtedly a convenience as a means of communicating either with the signal station on the South Spit or with vessels arriving in the roadstead. Since Tuesday, there have been a very heavy surf along the beach, and rough weather out side. The only steamer in harbor, the Waipara, consequently remained at her moorings until Thursday evening, when the sea had abated. She then sailed for the south, but it is not likely she would be able to communicate with the either Charleston or Brighton. During the prevalence of the gale and heavy sea of Wednesday, the vessels in Charleston harbor suffered some damage. The Herald of Thursday reports:—The three vessels iu the bay, the Constant, ketch, from Westport, Ann, schooner, from Greymouth, and Wild Wave, schooner, from Lyttelton, suffered more or less damage, although the last-named vessel up to early yesterday evening had experienced but trifling injury. The Constant snapped her chain with the force of the drawback, and parted all her lines with the exception of one stern line. At one time it was feared she would be carried through the heads, or that the remaining line would give way, when sho would have fouled the xock in the bay and probably been smashed to pieces. Her rudder is also much injured. The schooner Ann fared even worse, having broken several of her stanchions and is much strained with the severe bumping. She also lies in imminent danger of coming in contact with the sunken rock. During the whole of yesterday the sea increased j and up to dark there was no symptom of the weather moderating.