SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 656, 10 May 1870, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPORT. man WATER. This Day ... 6.14 a.m., 5.54 p.m. To-morrow 6.33 a.m., 7.10 p.n . ARRIVALS. May 9—juiirmy, s.s., 56 tons, M'Gilhvray from Hokitika anil Greymouth. Kennedy, s.s., 125 tons, Whitwell, from Nelson, VV. J. Willcocks ngent. Mary Van Every, schooner, 41 tons, Dwrcrass from Dunedin, Powell and Co., agents. Brothers and Sister, Perkins from Hokitika. Constant, ketch, from Charleston. PASSENOER LIST. Por Kennedy. Mrs Bowen, Messrs Eobertson, Bowen, Evans, Greuves, Mollerj Stiles. Por Murray.—Mrs Cook, Mrs Deloree, Meß«rs Glenn, Smyth, Jackson, Marsh, Boyd, Kirwan, Boden, Dupuis, Walker, Hine, Hughes, Williams, and Paul. IMPORTS. Per Murray.—2 hhds ale, 8 qr casks do, Organ -, 10 cases jams, 1 do coffee, Bailie and Humphrey ; 1 box, 1 parcel grindery, Simpson ; 1 pkg leather, Fox: 1 case drapery, M'Dowell. =

Per Kennedy, from Nelson.—36 bags sugar, 20 cases geneva, Smyth and Co. ; 40 bags sugar, 20 cases geneva, Stitt Bros; 46 bags •sugar, Bailie and Humphrey ; 1 case chairs, Harris ; 5 drums oil, 1 case, 1 cask, Struthers; •6 hhds ale, 5 cases fruit, Falla; 2 do picks, 2 baxes tacks, 1 pkg forks, Bailie smd Humphrey; 1 chest sago, Powell and Co.; 2 cases picks, 2 do axes, 1 pkg forks, Field ; 2qr casks ale, Holmes; 2 kegs butter, 3 cases fruit, 1 box seeds, 2do eggs, Taylor ; 1 case pigeons, Leslie; 1 truss leather, Blacklock. Per Mary Van Every, from Dunedin.—so -cases geneva, Powell and Co.; 50 do do, 10 •chests candles, 50 cases brandy, 2 qr casks rum, 5 do brandy, 4 do whisky, Bailie and Humphrey ; 20 kegs powder, 1 pkg, 4 hhds, 2 <casks, 1 case, 1 pkg, Field; 20 casks oatmeal, 5 cases, 4 casks, Bailie and Humphrey; 1 •cwte, 1 hhd, I case, J. G. Hay; 50 bags'oats, W. J. Patterson; 55 do do, 400 do flour, 60 do oatmeal, Powell and Co.; 2 bales leather; 1 cask pegs ; 1 bag do, I box nails, 1 pkg, 100 bags bran, 12 bales chaff, 24 bags, ipollard, order. Per Brothers and Sister, from Hokitika.— £6,000 feet timber, C bdls mouldings, 3 do sashes, 6 doors, Bull and Bond.

The brig Lady Denison has been laid on by Messrs Taylor and Watt as a regular trader VVanparaui and Melbourne.

The ship Gloucester arrived at Wellington from Loudon on Wednesday last. The s.s. John Penn left Greymouth on 'Tuesday, for Wanga-nui, Teaching that port on Thursday, shipped cargo of cattle and sheep, •and sniled on Friday for Westport, where she arrived at mid-day on Saturday, landed ■cattle and sheep, and left shortly after midnight for southern ports. She brings no tidings of the Charles Edward.

According to the Saxby system,bad weather ■was to have been anticipated on Sundayfthe Bth instant, and, certainly, the prediction was most completely fulfilled. About noon a heavy surf rolled in, and there was every appearance of severe north-easterly weather. Towards evening a very heavy sea broke on the bar and although the wind was favorablo for the sailing vessels in the offing, it was impossible for them to attempt the entrance. During the whole of Sunday night the wind blew heavily from the north-east, with continuous rain, and at high water the sea swept 'Over the beach, carrying away large quantities of sand and shingle, and na.Towing the distance between the sea and Gladstone street. Fortunately we are having neap tides, or the consequences must have been serious. Sunday, the 15th instant, when the tides aTe again at their full, is also, according to Saxby, to be attended with stormy weather. The whaling ship Camilla arrived at Auckland on the 19th tilt, with 1500 barrels oil. .She had be fifteen months out.

Advices have been received, says the W. C. Times of the safe arrival at Houg Kong of the barque Prospector, from Otago, with cargo ■and passengers. Slie was expected to leave Hong Kong, on her return trip about March loth, and was due in Port Chalmers about the end of April. It is intended to lay her on again for the China trade.

The schooner Mary Van Every, Dewcrass, master, left Dunedin on Sunday the Ist inst., "bound for Westport, and arrived alongside the wharf yesterday afternoon. The master reports having met with moderate weather tince Monday the 2nd, on the 6th was 13 miles south of Rock's Pointy and on Saturday was becalmed in company with the steamship Charles Edward, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Could clearly see the vessel, and tha master on the bridge, she was under canvas, bearing northward, and appeared either to have broken down, or run short of coal. The steamer showing no symptoms of distress, the Mary Van Every did not attempt to speak her. Arrived off the Buller on Saturday at mid-night, and on Sunday, got under weiu-h with a strong westerly wind and stood off and on for the bar, in company with the Brothers and sisters, from Hokitika; Three Eriends, from Kaiapoi; and Constant, from Charleston; all bound for Westport. At 3.30 p.m. obliged to s f and seaward, and hove to at 7 p.m., -with a heavy gale and continuous rain until 3.30 a.m. yesterday, when wind veered to south-west, with squally weather. Mado sail and entered the Buller at 2.30 p.m.

The steamship Kennedy left Nelson on Sunday morning about two o'clock, and experienced very thick hazy weather until Sunday ovening. when the weather freshened to a heavy gale. Hove to during the night, and ateamed alongside the wharf yesterday afternoon. She had seen nothing of the p.s. Charles Edward.

The ketch Constant left Charleston on Saturday, and crossed the bar about 2.30 p.m. yesterday. She hove to during the heavy gale of Sunday night. The ketch Brothers and Sister, Perkins master, left Hokitika on Wednesday, and experienced light variable winds until her arrival off the port on Friday evening. On Saturday, wind was unfavorable for taking the bar, and anchored for the night. On Sunday morning a heavy sea setting in from the northward, got under weigh, and stood oif and on waiting for high tide to take the bar, but the sea being too heavy, stood out, and the weather increasing to a gale, hove to after dark, until 5 a.m. yesterday, and, 'while getting under weigh, a seaman, named Richard Thompson, a native of Sweden, had the misfortune to be lost overboard and drowned. It appears, from all we can gather, that. Thompson while jibing the main sail in a shift of wind, did not take in the 'sl*ck sufficiently quick, which caused the deck eye-hole to snap, and he was, no doubt jerked overboard by the force of the boom, the sail at the enme time being close reefed, with peak down. Such waß tho force, that it carried »\vay the jaws of the main boom. The master endeavored to save him, and tho helm was close put down, but, the sea drifted the vessel away, so that his rescue was hopeless. Deceased had only joined the craft on her present trip from Hokitika.