SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 774, 9 February 1871, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPOrvT. HIRII WATER. This Day ... 0.35 p.m., 0.55 p.m. iu-iuurruw 1.13 u.ui., 1.33 p.m. ARRIVALS. Fch. B—Murray, s.s., 36 tons, Palmer, from Hokitika and Greymouth. G. Besley, agent. St Kilda, s.s., 9(j tons, Flowerday, from Wrnganui. DEPARTURES. Feb. B—Murray, s.s., Palmer, for Greymouth. St Kilda, s.s., Flowerday, for Greymouth. PASSENGER EIST. "Per Murray, from Hokitika and Grevmonth—Messrs Bull, King, Gordon, Eugel, and Young. IMPORTS. Per Murray, from Hokitika—l case pepper, Bailie and "Humphrey ; 2 do do, 1 do coffee, Stitt Bros.; 1 do coffee, 1 do pepper, Jules Simon; 1-do coffee, Gardner and Sutton; 1 bag do, Ching ami Henderson. Shipped at Greymouth—2o coke, Bank of .New ■Zealand. Per St Kilda, fj-'im Wanganui—4l head cattle, 9 calves, 300 sbepp, 25" kegs butter, 2C saoks bran, Scaton snd Dsvidsoti. EXPORT'S. Per St K'lrla, for GreVmi uth. .-hurt landed at West port— \}3 I ead cattle, 100 sheep, 6 calve.-, 23 bags butter, Se&ton a':.d Davidson. The Anchor Line p.s. Ctmi-V: Edward. Captain Holmes, arrived at hokitika from '"Westport on Tuesday. She is announced to leave for Nelson at 10 a.m. to-day. The s.s. Murray left Hokitika on the morning of Tuesday, arriving at Westport the day following at 10.30 a.m. She sailed the same tide for Greymouth, where it is the intention of her owners to lay the boat up, pending an improvement in the goods and passenger traffic between Nelson and the West Coast ports.

The s.s. St Kilda, Captain Flowerday, left Wanganui on Monday, at 11 p.m., and arrived at Westport at noon yesterday. Discharged a portion of her cargo, consisting of cattle and sheep, and proceeded to Greymouth with the balance of her cargo shortly before midnight.

We have just heard that the ketch Mary Louisa had ill her sail set at the time she wr.? caught by a squall, and upse 1 - in the Sound, on Tuesday last. Her crew had only time to lower a boat and make their escape from the ill-fated ketch, leaving her to go down in twenty-five fathoms of water. We believe Mr Carsten, her owner, will ba a heavy loser. a 9 she was not insured. —" YY'ai'ganui Chronicle," Jan 21.

We regret to announce the piling up of the tng Lioness and the brigantine Zephyr, which took place yesterday morning. At about half-past nine a.m. the tug took the brigantine in tow. All went well, and the bar was safely crossed, hut when between the spits, the Lioness, which was pretty well to the southward, took a run in on a sea and took the ground on the South Spit. Every effort was made to back her off, but without avail. During this time the current set the Zephyr on the Spit somewhat lower down than the tug. 'Both remained hard and fast, and at low water were high .and dry. Warps were run out to both vessels from' the South Spit, and preparations made to heave them oil' when the tide made. No damage has been sustained by either vessel. At the top of high water the Lioness was hove off, and a tow-line being passed to the brigantine the tug made every possible effort to get her off, hut-without avail. Operations will be resumed this morn ing.—"W. C. Times," Feb. .6. We have since learned that the Zephyr has been got off. The French.barque Nueva Pene'.ope, with about 31)0 coolies on board, left Macao for Cailao on the 4th October. She had a crew, exclusive of officers of IS men. On the 10th, when about 150 miles to the southward of the I.adrones, the emigrants rose, mur V™' l the captain and mate, and alt hands except six who were spared to navigate the ship into port. The watch on deck were all killed except two, who were in the rigging at the time. Sjme females who were on boaid at the time were thrown into the water and drowned. Six of the watch below wera spared, and compelled to wi rk the sLip into the harbor of Tinprck, where she now lies at anchor. The news arrived at Macao on the 24th. About 30 of the coolies left the vessel, the remainder lire stiil on board. The charterers of the 6hip, wo le;iru, purpose sending a steamer to tow her back to Macao. The coolies who remain on board are said to declare that they were deceived by the representations made to induce them-to emigrate.—"China Mail."