SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 800, 11 April 1871, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPORT,

m»il WATEE. This Day ... 2.24 a.m., 2.52 p.m. To-m Trow 3.23 a.m., 3.59 p.m. AEJUVALS. April B—Charles Edward, p.s., 89 tons, Holmes, from Grey mouth. April IC—Murray, s.s., 56 tons, Palmer, from Nelson. Wnllabi, s.s., 101 tons, Daniels, from Wanganui. DEPAItTUKES. April B—Kenned8 —Kennedy 1 , s-s., Whitwell, for Hokitika. Charles Edwa d, p s., Holmes, for Nelson. Wallabi, s.s., Daniels, for Greymouth. PASSENQEB LIST. Per Wallabi, from VVanganui Messrs Pirie, Cwswlck, and Kelly. Per Charles Edward, from Greymouth— Messrs Harker, Wilson, Soloman, Marat, and 22 for Nelson. Per Murray, from Nelson—Messrs lljdson, Pry, Styles, and Stevens. IMI'OItTS. Per Wallabi, from Wanganui—44 head cattle, 200 sheep, order ; 9 hhds ale, 3 qr-casks do, Speorj 78 bugs potatoes, 12 do oats, Co. Per Charles Edward, from Greymouth—l <ask yeast, Parker and Garsides ; 1 parcel, Bishop. Per Murray, from Nelson—l sack malt, 1 do hops, Falla; 1 box. 1 pkg, Dollman; 9 cares fruit, White. Shipped at Motueka—6 tacks potatots, Gallagher; 24 do do, Patterson ; 24 do do, Powell and Co.; 24 do do, Bailie and Hum hrey ; 12 do do, Simon ; 18 do do, 4 ccoos poultry, Falla. Per Brolhers and Sister, from Hokitika—--16,('00 feet timter, Bull and Bond. EXPORTS. Per Kennedy, for Hokitika—2 boxes gold, Bank of New Zealand. Per Wallabi, for Greymouth, shortlanded VVestport—44 head cattle, 200 sheep, Reid and Frascr; 3 kegs butter, 6 kegs do, Taylor, The schooner Brothers and Sister, Captain Perkins, left Hokitika for Westport at noon on Friday, and arrived here yesterday at 1 p.m. After discharging cargo she will proceed to Greymouth for a cargo of coal. The fallowing steamers were to have been sold by auction at Dunedin yesterday:— ■Golden Age, 78 tons; Geelong, 108 tons ; Lady of the Lake, 56 tons ; Wallace, 56 tons; [Peninsula, 32 tons ; Result, 20 tons. The report that three German vessels had 'been cap) tired by the Freneh war-steamtr i 'uichen has been cont; alii ted by a letter to the "Sydney Morning Herald. The General Government has granted a subsidy of £250, for six months, for the s.s. Napier to run from Napier (alternate weeks) to Wairoa and Paverty Bay. A small screw-steamer, for service in the Black Sea, has just been completed for a .Russian company by Messrs Yarrow and Hedley, of Poplar, London. It is 40 feet in length, 10 feel beam, and is very strongly and substantially built. We tmderstand it is to be shipped within the next few days on the >th'ck of a large vessel trading to the Black Sea. This vessel has been built for towing purposes; but such crafts as these only require to be fitted with a powerful gun in the bow to form means of attack and defence not to be ignored.—" Standard," Dec. 24. 'The fate of Woolwich Dockyard still re mains undecided, but appearances indicate :that the greater and most eligible portion will shortly be transferred to the War Department. A further effort is to be made by Government to sell the eastern end, but the official residences will be retained for military officers' quarters.

The number of people employed in Chitham Dockyard continues to be gradually increased. &.s soon as the extra machinery can be pit up there is to be an addition made to the number of women and girls employed in the ropery; at the present moment more hands are employed than has been the case for years, while the quantity of rope turned out weekly is more than at the period of the Crimea u war.

The river Wear, in January, was the scene of gre it commotion, for the ice which had become loosened in the upper parts of the ri<-er came down with such force as to cause the moorings of several ships to give way, and a ilarge screw steamer, the Belmont, two brigs, : and a French lugger, broke adrift, carrying other .vessels in their train, and causing damage to everything then encountered as they drifted rapidly down the river. Such of ■ the crew as were on deck jumped ashore as soon as possible ; but some were left on board. .A little "boy belonging to the French lugger f_ r ot.adrift on a sheet of ice, whence he was rescued by the crew of the Reindeer, which afterwards drifted out to sea. Others were carried out without, any crews on board. They were followed by steam tugs and 'brought back into harbor. Much damage has been done to some of the vessels.

The captain of the barque Aberdeen which has arrived at Geelong after making a good passage from Frederickstadt, met with (says the " Advertiser") two novel incidents on the passage. When in Dover Straits he found the spring tides running so strongly against him tli it he dropped his kedge anchor about nine mil •< S.K. of t'>e South Forilmd Lightliouse, in twenty-one luihorns of water. The anchor dragged, and when it was deemed advisable to haul it up and make a fresh start, it was found that there was a great deal more s.rain on it than could have been anticipated, and it required all the power that could be brought to bear to bring the anchor above water. When it made its appearance it was found that it had laid hold of what appeared to be a ship's cable, but what, on examination, proved to be the submarine telegraph cable between Dover and Calais. Captain Law at once lowered it again to its submarine bed by means of a slip-rope in the most care- • ul manner possible, and he has no reason to believe that any damage was done. When off Cape de Verde, on the African coast, and while spanking along at the rate of ten knots on hour, the barque was chased by a French gun-boat. English colors were hoisted, but litis did not appear to satisfy the Frenchman, and Captain Law very reluctantly shortened sail. The gun-boat then came up, and steamed alongside for at least half-an-hour, during which time the French officers scanned everybody on deck with their glasses, but not a word was spoken from the time the two came close together until they parted.