SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 539, 5 August 1869, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPOBT. HIGH WATEH. This Day ... 7.34 a.m., 7.58 p.m. To-niorrow 8.22 a.m., 8.46 p.m. AERIVALS. August 3—Charles Edward, p.s., Palmer, from Sydney and Nelson. N. Edwards and Co., agents. August 4—tt'allabi, s.s., Daniels, from Wnnganui. Freeth and Greig; agents. Satellite, cutter, from Nelson ; in the roadstead. Alert, cutter, from Nelson; in the roadstead. PASSENGEB LIST. Per Charles Edward, from Nelson—Messrs M'Taren, Tregartha, Glenn, Shea, Tierney, M'l'enzie, Misses Keiley and Girdwood, two Maoris, and 10 for south. IMPORTS. Ter Charles Edward, from Nelson—l cji--cask brandy, order ; 1 roll lead, 10 kegs blasting powder, Field; 2 haKhhds ale Smyrk ; 3 cases porter, 2 mat? sugar, 1 case Barsaparilla, 1 bag oatmeal, order; 11 kegs butter, Bailie and Humphrey ; 1 bale Lather, Blackloek; 1 do, I«'ox ; 1 truss, Thomas and M'Beath ; 1 do, Hardy and Cato ; 1 parcel, Harris; 15 kega butter, Smyth; 1 case geneva, 2 cases brandy, order ; 20 kegs butter, Bank of New Zealand; 8 bdls iron, 1 do hoops, Hunger and Meldrum ; 20 Icegs butter, Bailie and Humphrey; 1 pkg bacon, 2 do fowls, 1 do butter, 2 goats, Shea; 1 bale leather, Collinps ; 2 sacks potatoes, 1 do herbs, 7 cases apples, 1 bag onions, 1 ease eggs, Hay; 1 case drapery, Anslow ; 2 c;ises ■whisky, 1 do old torn, 3" cases sherry, 3 do port, 2 bdls bag~,N. Edwards and Co.; 1 case eggs, Pickering ; 80 cases oranges, 5 do lemons, 7 do pines, N. Edwards and Co.; 2 cases, Fleming and Murray; 5 cases, 2 trunks, 140 bars iron. s;'. bdls do, 8 hoops, 1 cask horse sho is, N.Edwards and Co.; 15 cases cheese, Smyth ; 10 pkgs, 11 trunks, 2 cases, i bell, I parcel, 1 bate, N. Edwards and Co.; 1 case, Bishop j 9 kegs butter, 4 cases eggs, Carleton; 20 kegs butter, Bank of New Zealand ; 4 eases cheese, Bailie and Humphrey ; 1 truss. Anslow.

Per W.d'.ibi, from VVanganui—49 head of cattle, 240 sheep, .V ton bacon, 10 kegs butter, Freeth and Greig; 1 ton of butter, 2 eases, Lag onions, Alcorn and M'Farlaud.

Some peculiar tidal phenomena were witnessed at Westport on Tuesday. At Charleston, it will be seen, some damage was done. The cutters .Satelliteand Alert, with cargoes from Nelson, arrived off the port yesterday, but have been unable to enter, in consequence of the be ivy sea on the bar.

The barque Nightingale stood to sea ngaii yesterday, in consequence of the threatening appearance of the weather. It is a pity that by the enforced detention of the steamei Lioness at Kokitika, and the state of the tides this vessel should be so long delayed in (hi neighborhood of her port of destination. The steamer Wallabi, with her usual con signroent of stock and produce, arrived fron Wanganui yesterday, having experiencelight balling winds during the passage down

The steamer Charles Edward, under the command of Capt. Palmer, arrived in Westport, on Tuesday, at 2 p.m., having left Nelson at C> p.m. on the previous day. During her.withdrawal from the local trade she has undergone very extensive repairs, alterations, and decided improvements at the yards of Messrs M'Arthur and Co., of Sydney. These are thus described in the Nelson Colonist: — " All defective plates have been removed and new ones substituted, and her bottom lias been strengthened by additional angle iron. The boiler and engines have been overhauled, and a new funnel and paddle-wheels have been supplied, also a commodious extension of the bridge. The forecastle has been enenlarged, and the fore and alter cabins much altered, the latter being considerably improved, and now fixing eighteen berths. Her owners must have expended a very large sum upon this boat in the extensive improvements which have been effected, and ihe Charles Edward now bids fair to be one of the most effective and favorite boats out of this port." On her return passage from Sydney, she left the Heads on the 20th ult., but met with such a strong S.E. gale and heavy sea that she was obliged to run for Port Stephens. She left again on Thursday, the 22nd, and made a very smart trip across of less than seven days. Her departuie from Westport has been postponed until this morning.

Nothing further of any importance respecting the raising of the wreck o! the Taranaki has been received. The hooking arrangements had not been completed ; but all the contract work in connection with contractors have returned to Wellington.

The s.s. Keera, while entering Wanganui by the early title on Tuesday week, rail tilt against the Lower Ferry wire and snapped it in two. The accident was purely one of inadvertency—the Keera being comparatively a stranger to the arrangements of the port. It is said that the Keera is now to be placed in the cattle trade between Napier and Auckland.

As a fact evincing the growing importance of Wanganui as a place of trade, the Chronicle mentions that a couple of ships, with probably a month's interval between them, will shortly leave London for Wanganui direct. They will come out with general cargo and load wool and flax for the English market. We are informed by Capt. Danvers of the Young America, which left Pupounga this morning, that the second vessel with the plant fol the lighthouse on Cape Farewell, drove ashore yesterday on the Sand Spit and became. a total wreck, and that her cargo drifted out to sea.— Kelson Mail.