SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 527, 8 July 1869, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

WESTPOET. HIGH WATEB. This Bay ... 8.36 H.m., 9.0 p.m. To-morrow 9.35 a.m., 10.0 p.m. AEBITAL3. June 6 Mary, brigantine, M'Phaiden, from Melbourne. Spenee Brothers and Co., agents. Murray, s.s., M'Gillivray, from Greymouth. J. W. Kirby, agent. DEPAETl T BES. June 6—Murray, s.s., for Nelson. PASSENGER LIST. Per Mary, from Melbourne—Mr Forrest and child, Miss Loring, Mi P. Moore, Miss Hoyes, Miss Haines, Messrs Thompson, Heuwojd, Ilussey. IMPORTS. Per Mary, from Melbourne—l half-tierce tobacco, 50 cases brandy, 2 half-casks vinegar, 12 cases milk, 2 bales paper bags, 1 cask salmon, 4 qr-casks rum, 80 cases brandy, 50 cases claret, 6 cases hock, 10 qr-casks brandy, 24 cases stout, 5 casks currants, 80 pkgs sugar, 20 cases kerosene, 10 do lobsters, 10 do oysters, 40 casks ale, 148 bags sugar, 100 boxes tea, 2 qr-casks vinegar, 30 cases kerosene, 10 halfchests tea, 1 half-tierce tobacco, 10 cases maizena, 2 eases cocoa, 2 do chocolate, C do starch, 6 do sundries, 50 boxes candles, 6 cases jellies, 4 half-barrels herrings, 3 cases vestas, 10 cases pickles, 40 boxes soap, 4 cases bottled fruit, 3 cases herrings, 10 cases sundries, 2 qr-casks colonial wine, 1 parcel samples, 3 cases biscuits, 24 bars iron, 15 bdls, 4 bdls hoops, 9 bdls sheets, 3 sheets iron, 22 bars steel, 8 bdls, 40 truck wheels, 37 bars iron, 4 sheets iron, 32 truck wheels 64 pedestals, 2 fi'es, 1 case hardware, 1 tin, 2 bales wire, 2 cases sheet iron, 3 boxes tin, Bailie and Humphrey ; 2 qr-casks brandy, 2 do whisky, 1 case chocolate, 20 cases whisky, 30 do wine, 13 do milk, 40 mats rice, 1 case salt, 1 do arrowroot, 4 qr-casks wine, 2 do whisky, 2 cases catsup, 10 do jams, 9 do hock, 10 bags guano, 30 bales chaff, 25 cases geneva, 4 qrcasks sherry, 1 cask vinegar, 4 qr-casks port wine, 20 casks ale, 20 cases jams, 20 boxes candles, 4 half-barls herrings, 5 cases salmon, 4 cases cocoa, J. Powell and Co ; 1 case, Hardy and Cato ; 1 case, 1 do boots, Whyte and Pirie ; 10 cases drapery, 2 bales, 1 truss, 5 trunks boots, 2 packages, 1 case, John Southern; 12 cases, D. Leslie ; 2 cases sardines, 2 do salmon, Maginn Bros.; G cases pickles, Alcorn and M'Parland ; 4 cases, 1 pkg raisins, 1G pkgs sugar, 20 cases kerosene, 08 bags sugar, 5 cases sundries, 10 do groats, W. J. Patterson ; 3 cases paperhangings, 1 bale canvas, 1 ease c. oil, 1 do acid, 4 hhds, 3 casks, 1 case, 3 cases sundries, 1 coil rope, 1 pkg bedsteads, 1 case c. oil, 12 kegs nails, 50 cases kerosene, 1 case shovels, 77 ca-*es, 2 qroasks, 6 chests, 6 half-chests, 5 boxes tea, 2 casks, 2 cases, 2 qr-casks, 3 qr-casks, 14 cases, 1 qr-cask, 113 mats sugar, 1 case sundries, 1 do vestas, 5 do stout, 1 cask soda, 20 half-boxes soap, 2 casesjams, 2 do salt, 1 case hermitage, 3 boxes tea, 1 case cheese, 4 cases, 12 boxes onions, 1 bale,Maginn Bros; 50 qr-brlspowder, Allen; 1 trunk, 2 cases, Fair and M'Coy; 4 cases, 1 truss, Fleming and Murray ; 57 sacks malt, 1 cas-c, 16 pkgs sugar, 12 bags do, 10 bags rice, 12 cases geneva, 2 do mustard, 8 half chests tea, 20 boxes do, 4 chests, 20 cases brandy, 40 boxes candles, 20 bags sugar, 10 eases whisky, 2 do geneva, I bdle canvas, 1 cask c. bread, 1 case biscuits, 12 do geneva, 10 do old torn, 10 do bottled fruit, 2 qr-casks port wine, 11 cases claret, 20 bales chaff, 1 case, 36 ovens, 1 case sundries, 1 bale, order; 2 cases vestas. 1 ease tobacco, 1 half-tierce do, Horn ; SO tramway wheels, 8 bales clips, 32 pedestals, 2 cases, 1 case sundries, 1 do shovels, 50 do kerosene, 1 case shovels. Field ; 3 cases iron, 20 do kerosene, 1 do shovels, 1 do axes, 3 bdls shovels, 6 do sheet iron, 3 pkgs rope, 1 bale, 2 bales hoop iron, 1 cask whiting, 1 bellows, 1 bdle hammers, 2 pkgs bellows, 1 case hardware, 1 cask, 1 fuze, 1 case glassware, 25 qr-brls b. powder, Storch ; 0 kegs sausage skins, 1 box personal effects, Bultler; 1 cask vinegar, Pain and Southworth ; 25 cases geneva, 3 do salt, 2 boxes maizena, 1 case L. and P. sauce, 2 eases starch, 6 do sarsaparilla, 1 do cocoa, 1 do tobacco, 1 do paste, 2 qr-bnrrels herrings, 3 cases bottled fruit, 2 cases salmon, Stitt Bros.; 30 casks ale, 8 cases vinegar, 0 qr c isks port wine, 6 cases mustard, 25 boxes tea, 6 cases, 100 c;>ses kerosene, 2 boxes starch. 4 qr-casks sherry, 4 cases salmon, 10 boxes oysters, 1 case arrowroot, 2 casks washing soda, 112 bales chaff, 10 qr-casks brandy, 30 bags chaff, Spenee Brothers and Co.; 1 bale, Rowlands ; 27 mats sugar, 60 bags sugar, 3 cheeses, 1 case cocoa, 2 do vestas, 4 do salmon, 5 chests candles, 1 cask peas, It) casesjams, 2 half-bales herrings, Alcorn and MFarland ; 1 bale paper, 1 box sundries, 1 truss, 1 pkg laths, 1 do mouldings, Struthers; 2 cases, 1 bale, O'Conor ; 2 cases, Keid and Co.; 100 bags flour. Bailie and Humphrey.

W*c hear that there is little prospect of the steamer Brace being got off the beach at Grey - uiout h for a month to come, and of course a great deal will depend upon the weather as to the final success of any attempt that may be made to float her. It is said that, during t ho past few days, she has been shifted farther northward, and that some of her bottom plates have been damaged. A strong force of carpenters and others is employed in making the necessary preparations for launching her. The s.s. Murray did not proceed further south than Greymouth, and returned to Westport on Tuesday morning, leaving for Nelson in the afternoon. The p.s. Lioness returned to Hokitika on Tuesday morning, immediately after towing into the Buller the brigantino Miry. The steamer Lyttelton left Hokitika for Greymouth yesterday morning, and the WaUabi sailed from Greymouth forWestport. It commenced shortly afterwards to blowstiffly from the N.W., causing a heavy sea outside, and it is not likely that either vessel could make much headway. It is only to be hoped that they wore able to get safely into port again. The same weather will probably detain the s.s. Kennedy in her departure from Nelson. [The WaUabi arrived at 11 p.m.] The brigantino Mary, Captain M'i'haiden, which was towed into port on Tuesday morning, left Melbourne on Sunday, the 20th of June. She cleared the Heads next day, and the land on the 22nd; and took her departure from Babel Island with a strong W.N.W. wind. She made the New Zealand land on the 29th, and ran ii>, but was too late to make the harbor, and hauled off until daylight. That night she kept near the land under small canvas, with the wind about N.N.W. At four o'clock on the morning of the 30th she was taken aback by a tremendous squall, the wind south-west. The vessel wheeled right round, and then went on the same tack again. When this occurred a peculiar meteoric phenomenon presented itself, and very naturally caused some alarm to those on deck. An aerolite or " fire-ball" passed across the ship, exploding as it did so with a sharp, though not very loud, report. It passed so closely, and with such a sharp sound, that the second mate instinctively called out that it had struck the mast ; but it had not apparently struck any part of the ship. At the same moment a sailor fell out of the rigging, and was supposed to be injured, but it appears that he did not do so from the effects of the flash; and, fortunately, no damage of any kind was done. The Mary is now discharging at Bright street wharf.

Remabkable -Fish Stort.—The following has been handed, to ua (Sydney Herald) by the writer, the mute of the schooner Dreadnought. The vessel sailed from this port January 21st, for Coos Bay, and the creature described was seen on the next day by the mate, Mr Brown, the second mate, Bryant, and the helmsman:—" I have seen him at last. At 5..'10 p.m., with head winds from the S.E., weather thick, with rain, latitude 39.42 N., and longitude 124.30 W., I saw his Excellency in a great rage and fury ; he seemed to be in great haste and coming towards us. The following is a description of his appearance :—About seven feet long—much like a codfish about the body and feet, with wings like an albatross, flippers like a seal; a head like a horse, and hair on his upper lip. He leapt about thirty feet out of the water at each jump, and went a cable length at each leap, without touching the water ; travelling at the rate, us nearly as I could .judge, of about twelve miles an hour. Myself and the second mate had a good view of him, as he was in sight about teu minutes. I believe had he come on board, and struck any of our spars, he would have broken them like carrots. He seemed hurrying off as if lie had some particular business, or we might have seen more of him than he would have liked."