SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 555, 16 September 1869, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPOBT. HIUH WATEB. This T>ay> :,, 6.0 a.m., fi.24 p.m. To-morrow 6.42 a.m., 7.12 p.m. AKItTVALS. Sept. 14—Mary Jane, schooner, from Charleston, for repairs. Constant, ketch, from Charleston. Standard, ketch, bound for .Brighton ; put back. The report which reached Westport, via Nelson, that the cutter Pearl had drifted into the Heaphy river, is contradicted by information received in Westport overland, but the fact of her having made a landfall in that neighborhood is confirmed. Two men who had walked down the beach to West-port reported to Cupt. Leech, harbor-muster, yesterday, that the Pearl had come ashore between the Heaphy and the Big River—probably the Kolluhov of the charts. She had fortunately escaped contact with rocks, arid went ashore on a sandy bench, presenting no damage exrept that a small piece of the bulwarks at the fore-part had b\en carried away. She will probably be soul fo; behoof of whom it rnav concern. Meantime information of the fact has been given to Mr Munday, as Receiver of Wrecks. The only arrivals for the past two days have been three coasting craft engaged in the Charleston rind Brighton trade. The Mary Jane was recently damaged and sold at Charles* ton, and she conies here for repairs, which include a new keel, stern-post, and timbers. The Standard was bound for Brighton, but put back, having split her mainsail. The steamer John Penn left Nelson for Westport at midnight on the 13th, but had not reached this port at tide time yesterd.iy. She \vxi probably either been detained at Motueka loading, or under shelter of the 6pit, as there has I een every indication of a westerly gale in the Straits. The steamer Wanganui made a fine run of i! 6 hours from Westport to Wellington. Two vessels bound south, one of them supposed to be the Alert, are at present lying in the Buller roadstead. The Wellington Independent of Tuesday week says:—"A gentleman who arrived in town yester 7 ay morning from Manawatu, informs us that, on coming down the coast on Sunday last, lie observed a quantity of carrots washed on shore between Paikakariki and Waikanae. They appeared to have been in the water some time, as they were quite soft as if they had been burners d for ten or twelve days. It is supposed that they belong to some small coaster, engaged in carrying produce to the West Coast, and that' sho has foundered in that locality." The accident by which the steamer Yarra .was strand d at Hokitika is thus described : —The Yarra was, from stress of weather and the loss of anchors and chains, off Okarito, compelled to run for Hokitika. She crossed the bar without difficulty, but on rounding the bend :o the river was met by an outward sea from the lagoon, causing her to cant her bead towards the IS'orth Spit. Strenuous efforts were made by Captain Kerley to keep her off the north beach, but they proved unavailing, and she landed on the beach inside the channel and below where the crate is placed. Her cargo which she had on board for Okarito was all landed at low water, sonic of it slightly damaged. The Cerberus, an armour-plated monitor, lately built for service in Australia, is to be sailed out i;> that country under a jury-rig. The Cerberus is an admitted copy of Ericsson's Monitor, except that the openings into the interior are all mado through an elevated breastword which rims along the middle of the ship, and through which, also, the two turrets are carried. Such an addition Ericsson maintains to bo unnecessary, while it increases the weight and furnishes a large target to the enemy. The cost of fitting "out the Cerberus will be defrayed by the Victorian Government.— Argun.

A fire, caused by the explosion of a cask, burst out on board the Great Britain during her passage home. By the promptitude of the chief olHecr (Mr Chapman), the ship was saved from destruction. The passengers presented him with a testimonial in admiration of his conduct. Relief was last week afforded to the secluded inhabitants of the Okarito district. When the s.s. Waipara arrived there a new channel had broken out, about -100 yards south of the old one, through which she entered the lagoon without difficulty. The Waipara had previously been into Bruce Bay and succeeded in landing cargo there. The Okarito Gold Mining Company have commenced work again, and last week had the very handsome return of OSoz. of gold. The sciiooner Rambler, from Melbourne, was off the bar, and was expected to enter early.

We notice by the Greymouth papers that the hull of the ketch Pearl was sold by Messrs M'Lean and Co., at auction for £6. The cargo, with all its faults, fetched good prices. The attendance was largo, and the competition great, except in the matter of drugs, where an invoice of ,£l3O for the hospital was sold for £3 ; £2O m ported for Dr Morice sold for lis.