SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 730, 29 October 1870, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPORT.

JTTOII WATKB. This Du.v ... 0.50 a.m., 1.14 p.m. To-morrow 1.39 a.m., 2.4 p.m. Monday ... 2.32 a.m., 8.3 p.m. ARIUVAI.B. Oct. 2t>—Kennedy, s.s., 125 tons, "vVhitWv.ll, from Hokitika and Greymouth. W. J. Willcocks, agent. Oct. 27—Wallabi, s.s., 101 tons, Daniels, from Greymouth. Freeth and Greig, agents. DEPAHTUUKS. Oct. 27—Kennedy, s.s., Whitwell, for NolBon. Three Friends, schooner, for Charleston. Oct. 28—Wallabi, s.s., Daniels, for Wanganui. 10, Echooner, Wade, for Melbourne. PASSENOEB LIST. Per Kennedy, f.-om Hokitika and Greymouth—Mrs Geinvnell, Mies Gemmell, Mrs Cas'lyte, Messrs M'F\op, Caroline, Glacey, M'Auliffe, and Master Cato. Per Wallabi, from Greymouth—Mra Atkin *on and 2 children, Messrs Stobo, M'Beath, and Graham. Per Kennedy, for Nelson —Mr Limbrick and Gon. Mes.'rs Scaton and Absolem. Per Wallabi, for Wanganui—Mrs Kennedy. TKI'OBTf). Per Kennedy, from Hokitika —1 keg yeast, Parker and Garsides j 1 bale leather, 1 pkg grindery, Simpson ; 1 peel stationery, 1 cask, Bank of New Zealand; 3 chests tea, 3titt Bros. : 2 cases, Williams; 1225 ft timber, Clark ; 2145 ft do, Bull and Bond. .Per Wallabi, from Greymouth—Bo tons coals, Freeth and Greig. EXPOBTS. Per 10, for Melbourne—7 casks tallow, 108 hide?, Organ.

The s.s. Kennedy arrived in Westport from Hokitika and Greymouth on Wednesday night, and sailed the following morning for NeLon. She arrived at that port yesterday at 10.30 a:in., but there was no notification of the arrival of the p.s. Charles Edward, which sl.e had towed across the bar.

The ketch Standard Bailed yesterday for Charleston.

The s.o. Wallabi arrived in Westport from Greymouth on Thursday night, sailing the following morning for Wanganui. She will load with stock and return to Westport.

The p. 3. Lyttelton pasoed the ofSng on Thursday, bound from Greymouth to Nelson, whence she will proceed to Wanganui.

The p.s. Charles Edward was towed out by the s.s. Kennedy on Thursday morning, both boats proceeding to Nelson. The first named steamer ha.i been detained in the Lagoon, Buller river, since the 20th ult., when she had the misfortune to arrive at this port in tow of the p. 3. Lyttelton disabled by an accident to her machinery, making the third mishap to this boat within a short space of time. After a short detention at Nelson, tho Charles Edward will resume hev place in the West Coast trade, and, according to the law of averages, should long enjoy an exemption from misadventure.

The schooner 10, Wade, master, sailed for Melbourne yesterday, being towed across tho bar by the s.s. Wallabi. This vessel has been particularly fortunate in landing her cargo in first class order and meeting with quick despatch. She arrived on Tuesday, commenced discharging cargo on Wednesday, bwu»i.. g to wet weather had to close the hatches after a eoupla of hours'work. The following -*sr she completed discharging higSS " m d a half pntirecarso-qf 121 tqaa™tf>«ai 'lhursday, and lett the wharf yesterday at noon.

The schooner Three Friends sailed for Charleston on Thursday night with' a full cargo, consisting chiefly of transhipments ex 10, from Melbourne.

•The_ schooner Excelsior, Captain Keane, arrived £.*> Auckland from Tongo on the 12th, after a of 20 days; she left that place on the 22nu of Sept., and experienced variable weather. Sht brings the following cargo:—9 tuns,43 gallons ,;iicoanut oil, 8 tons 12cwt 4lbs cotton seed, 771bs ei.ean cotton, 5 tuns 232£ gallons fish oil. The SonlAern Cross of the 15th instant says:—Last evening a German schooner Sawai, ran into the Manukau to escape the clutches of hostile cruisers. H. N. Brewer, Sub-collector of Customs, at once communicated with the vessel; and the captain at once handed over his papers. From them Mr Brewer gathered that the Sawai is a schooner whose registered number is 58S. She was built at Hambuig, in the present year, and is owned by Messrs J. C. Godefroy and Son, commanded by Captain Schmidt, and bound for Hamburg from the South, Sea Islands. The last plaso at which she called was the Navigators' Islands. She has a Ci-ew of five men. She measures 60ft 3in in length of keel, with a width of 15ft lOin beam, and 7ffc depth in hold.

The schooner Florence, from Westport, arrived at Greymouth on Wednesday last] and was towed in by the p.a. Despatch. She took the ground on the South Spit, and hung for a few minutes, but was dragged off by the tug without damage, and brought to the wharf. After dischaging cargo she will load with coal for Lyttelton. Following close upon the loss of the schooner Bertha, off Cape Liptrap, we have now, there is too much reason to fear to apprehend that an equally gvave and painful disaster has overtaken the schooner Nil Desperandum, of this pori. This smart craft way a nearly now vessel, owned by Mr Hughes, of Williamstown, and hitherto she had a most successful career. She loft Belfast on the 20th nit., with a cargo of potatoes and flour for Sydney, and from Captain Harks?, of the brig Tower Hill, which also left Belfast for Sydney about the same time, we have the latest information coneernin" the probable fate of the unfortunate vessel. Capt. Harless reports that about 10 o'clock on the night of Thursday, the 22nd nit. (the same date ou which that unusually tempestuous weather prevailed along the coast), tho Tower Hill was standing to tho N.E. A very strong gale from the S.S.E., in fact, a perfect drift, with rain and thick weather, was raginrr at the time, and he calculated by dead reckoning that he was then abreast of the Glennies! He saw the schooner Nil Dosperandurr- about a milo to windward, on the same tack as the brig, standing at as angle to come across the brig'o bows, which oho did soon after, and she wi3 not -again seen. The conjecture is that tho Nil Dtsperandum must have struck on one of the Glennies. and gone down with all hamlo. She was in charge of Captain Vannet, a master mariner of some ability and experience, and vory well liked. It is said that he leaves a widow and two children. There were ako six of a crew on board. The Nil Desperandum ia covered by insurance to the eitent of £1500.—" A;gus."