SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 572, 26 October 1869, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPOfiT. HIGH WATKIt. This Pay ... 1.51 a.m.. 2.10 p.m. To-morrow 2.-15 a.m., 3.10 p.m. ARRIVALS. (Jot.. 23 —John Penn, s.s., Carey, from Grey mouth. D. R. Gellion, agent. Oct. 25—Murray, s.s., M'Gillivray, from Nelson. J. Paul, agent. DEPARTUKES. Oct. 24—John Penn, s.s., for Nelson and Manukau. PASSENGER LIST. Per John Penn. from Grey mouth and Hofcitika—Messrs Drake and Falla, Miss Falla ; and 54 for Nelson and Manukau. Per John Penn, for Nelson and Manukau—]Nir and Mrs Broad, Messrs Griffiths, Fox, Sutherland, Nutt, Robinson, Baird, Bain, Somner, Mrs Somner, Miss Attrell; 80 in the steerage. Per Murray, from Nelson—Messrs Hayes, Harris, and Jackson. IMPORTS. Per Murray, from Nelson—2 bales leather, 2 pkgs boots, Roberts and Simpson; 1 pkg boots, tout hern ; 2 bales leather, Hart; 6 lihds, 12 qr-casks ale, Allen ; 1 parcel, Bruce; 2 cases drapery, Southern ; 1 do, Hardy and Cato; 1 case wine, Giles; 1 pkg, 1 case, 1 truss drapery. Bailie and Humphrey ; 3 kegs butter, Alcorn ; 5 pkgs, Leslie ; 2 boxes eggs, M'Kay; 1 keg butter, 2 sacks vegetables Carpenter : 5 kegs butter, 2 cases eggs, Duff; 3 cases eggs, 4 kegs butter, Stilt Bros. The steamer John Penn arrived from Hokitika and Greymouth on Saturday evening, with about eighty passengers on board for Nelson and Manukau. i I civ she received a considerable addition to that number, chiefly from Charleston, and sailed in the afternoon, a thoroughly " full ship." The ■weather broke very shortly after she left, and her passengers, if they were not sea-sick, ought to have been. The schooner Maid of Erin is daily expected to arrive here from Melbourne. It is rumored that the directors, or a majority of them, will coincide with Waring Taylor's resolution for winding up the New Zealand Steam Navigation Company on Tuesday, 26th October. .1 he s.s. Alhambra broke down seventy miles from the Port Phillip Heads, on her way from New Zealand to Melbourne, and had to be towed to the wharf. She is not expected to be repaired under three months. A few days ago the Lizzie, bound from Taranaki to Greymouth, went on shore on the iareweil sandspit. By lightening the vessel ot her cargo, she was got oil', and arrived at Nelson apparently not materially injured. The- cutter Diana, of Nelson, was destroyed by fire in West AVanganui on Friday last. '1 ne Diana had gone for a cargo of coal, and on the morning named, the crew after breaklust. left the vessel to dig coal, when on their ieturn at noon, they found their vessel completely destroyed. As no person was on board, it is impossible to say liow tho fire originated ; but it is known "that the embers ot (Mill obtained from the beds in West Wanganui keep alive an unusual time, and the ashes from the cook's fire must have been scattered by the wind and ignited some combustible article.—Examiner. THE STEAMER TARANAKI. Having completed discharging cargo, the Taranaki was hauled from the wharf yesterday afternoon, and is now anchored in the harbor. Previously to leaving the wharf, ehe was thoroughly sluiced with fresh water, which was afterwards pumped out with the donkey engine. ITer hull is being scraped uid painted, and the officers of the Blanch, after making an inspection, state that it is as sound and good as the day she was launched. We understand that it is the intention of the Wreck Recovery Company to put the Taraliaki in a thoroughly efficient state of repair, slid that they intend to spare neither trouble nor expense in doing so. The goods recovered from the wreck are being sold at Messrs Owen Smart and Co.'s stores, and are realising fair prices. A square tin box, belonging to Captain Daveuey, was recovered from the Taranaki yesterday containing W sovereigns, some silver, one £SO note, and one £lO note on the Bank of England. The sovereigns were quite bright and untarnished, but the silver was turned black by the action of the i;alt water. The notes were in a good state of preservation, and on being taken to the bank, were exchanged for sovereigns, without any hesitation. We trust this spirited little company will be amply compensated for their enterprise; for there are few in this, or any other community, who would hare undertaken the risk that they have tone. It has been suggested tlmt a dinner should be given to Messrs Seager and Thirkell, for having so successfully accomplished their task.— Wellington Independent, ltith inst.