SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 773, 7 February 1871, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPORT. lirOH YVA.TEB. Thia Dajr ... 11.23 p.m., 11.41 p.m. To-morrow 11.58 a.m., 0.0 p.m. abbiyals. Feb. s—"Wallabi, s.s., Daniels, from Greymouth. Freeth and Greig, agents. Feb. fi—Charles Edward, p.s., Holmes, from Nelson. UEPABTURES. Feb. 6—Wallabi, s.s., for Nelson. Charles Edward, p.s., for Greymouth and Hokitika. PASSENGEB LIST. Per Wallabi, from Greymouth—Messrs Hewitt, Southern, Kxcell, Farmer, Overend. Per Charles Edward, for Greymouth and Hokitika—Mrs Richardson, Mrs Campbell, Messrs Organ. Jones, A. Reid. Per Wallabi, for Nelson—Miss Harvey, Mrs Ferguson and 3 children, Mrs Clark and chUd, Messrs Speer, Hewitt, Lowe, Ferguson, Overend, Jackson, Hall, Cook, and sis in the steerage. IMPOBTS. Per Wallabi, from Greymouth—2 cases hams, Corr ; 1 case, Whyte and Pirie ; 2 do Ching and Henderson. Per Charles Edward, from Nelson—lOhhds ale, Falla ; 2 coils rope, Rowlands ; 1 case, 1 cask oil. 3 cases sardines, Powell ; 2 cases sardines, 1 do fruit, 1 do potted meat, Stitt Bros.; 6 bales chaff, Falla; 1 do leather, Murphy ; 12 kegs butter, Harold and Co.; 1 trunk effects, Rodgers; 1 case fruit, Leech; 10 kegs butter, Powell; 1 case effects, Duffy ; 3 cases eggs, 3 kegs butter, Salter ; 1 pkg forks, 1 do scythes, 1 do fry pans, 25 kegs white lead, 10 drums oil, 2 tins paint, 2 pkgs mangles, 1 do hay forks, 1 cask holloware, 2 oases ironmongery, 3 kegs nails, 4 pieces mantel-pieces. Field ; 4 cases corrugated iron, Dull and Pond ; 1 keg tapioca, Corr; 1 parcel, White; 0 cases fruit, King; 1 coop fowls, Fall a,; 1 pkg seeds, Hay ; 1 caso peas, Carpenter; 2 do peaches, 20 sacks bran, Gardner; 10 qr-casks beer, Falla; 1 bale, Byrne.

The Anchor Line steamer Charles Edward, Captain T. Holmes, came alongside the wharf at nine yesterday morning. She left Nelson ut 9 a.m. on Sunday, experienced strong N.W. wind in the bay, and a head wind from the Sandspit, it blowing very hard from the S.W. throughout the passage down. She brought a large general cargo, and a deck load of sheep, horses, cattle, &e. The ship City of Auckland has sunk in Auckland harbor, but is expected to be raised. The damage is serious, the cargo being damaged to the value of .£20,000. We believe that Messrs Money Wigram and Sons intend putting on another line of firstclass steamers botween Melbourne and London, and each of the new vessels will be supplied throughout with all the latest improvements. A vessel even superior to the magnificent Somersetshire is being constructed by Messrs Wigram, and may be expected at Melbourne in the course of a few months. Her tonnage will be 2000 register, 300 horsepower nominal and 1500 indicated. There can be no doubt that the new addition to their already splendid fleet of merchant vessels will add to the renown of the spirited firm whoso reputation is so great. The steamer Waimea, which was sunk in the Sydney harbor by Coming in contact with the mail steamer Avoca, has been raised and placed on the A.S.N. Company's slip, Pyrinont. Mr Baylis had been employed by the owner to assist with his divers in floating the vessel. The first lift was made by chains passing under the vessel and attached to two large iron punts floating alongside. Each lift was made as the tide rose, and the vessel taken into shallower water at. Blue's Point. .'She was effectually floated and placed on the A.S.N. Company's slip. The Waimea was struck by the Avoca eloso by the fore com panion, and eut into within five planks of she keel.

Late telegrams state that Lieutenant Parker writes giving a terrible description of the passage of the Cerberus through the Bay of Biscay. She cannot steam more than five knots, and is a shocking sea boat. The crew are deserting her on every possible chance, accepting imprisonment rather than proceed in her.

The Norman, which recently arrived at Sydney from Fiji, brought the captain and crew of the barque Dashing Wave from Foo Chow. She was wrecked in August last on Wako Island. The crew's sufferings were dreadful. They were four weeks in an open boat, with a small quantity of provisions. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ARRIVALS. Wanganui.—Feb. s—St5 —St Kilda, from Westport, at 9 a.m. DEPARTURES. Nelson.—Fob. s—Airedale, for North, at 8 p.m.