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Grey River Argus, Issue 90, 9 August 1866, Page 2

V/"c are sorry to, leaf a tliat th^ s.s t Star of the Evening 'is ■ashoi'e on tho North Spit at J Hokitik.v Tho accident - occurred whilst she was going on Tuesday afternoon. The Challenge, '.with a vessel in tow, was coming in over •' the /bar at the time, aud the. Star of the Evening' in avoiding the tug took the ground at the extreme point pf the spit. Her position is riot considered dajigerpus. The schooner Florence has irjade a lengthy passage from Melboiirne owing to her ha^ng encountered strong' S. E, ealcs ; until within 200 miles qf this coast/M.ade Bold/Head two days ago, aud arrived off the Grey on Tuesday, and wns towod in by the - Yarra the next morning, * . . . : .■.'__ +i T m S i,-* E ? rao »t Baffled from Hokifcika -for the . Bluft and Dwnedin pn Monday af tejmopn,,: auout oU iiitiipnis of ch.iin ti,« i •Cymraes had shnfe^aSS'bf - the^heavy sea running in the roadstead * The M,A. and N.Z. S:P. ComiinnvU c c HothenW, Hug}, IVi ackie, - C SS r g H(iW s Bayat 330 p.m. .on the 28th St 'with a strong SW. g ale : OlearecUhe Tasmanian cpast atjpni. the next daY, whtn the wind -hauled into the S.E , £nd the weatherrcame in very thick with frequent^ andnsavy Snow squalls. Towards evening the wml increased tp ,a heavy gale, and fch*

sea rose rapidly^and 'for 4hree days the Gothenburgwas kept at half speed, contending against a strong- steady- gale from. E.S.IJ!. -to S.S E., and'a high head l sea. '"v 'At midnight ,pn? the; lst;jnst.:pi.e weather tboderated^ancl full steam was turned on, and hence to the roadstead, which waS reached at 11 a.m, on the 4th instant, moderate S. E. weather pre.g^ailecL The Gothenburg brings 100.passengers, arid 120 ton's of mixed ea*go,— rW. C. Times, (Jth inst. . ■ ; .■..'.'] \ The cutter Lapwing' sailed from. Djanedin 20th ultimo, with strong N.E. winds and fine weather, which carried her" through Foveaux Straits- to abrsast the West -Cape, in thirty hours. The breeze then diecl away, aud light variable weather prevailed until the 2nd inst, when it blew up from the N.E, and the cotter was hove"-tD~under close-reefed mainsail, for several hours. At 4 a.tn. >on the 4thi the roadstead wa^ reached, and the bar safely crossed ajt tide-tinic the same day. —Ibid: The s.e. Star'of the Evening left Dunedin at G p.m. July 28, with N,E." winds and fine weather. Cleared the heads an hour later^ and found that outside it was blowing a hard "galefrpjm.N.N/E.^which stuck to her till the Peninsula was reached, "where the breeze died away, and hence to Nelson cahns and light airs prevailed, .She ran into i >^elsonaf; 3 p.m. on the Ist histant, and shipped a quantity of cargo and a deck load of live stock, and on the 3rd instant, at 2.30 p.m., j left agaii^ for Hokitika. She* arrived in the roadstead at 9; 30 a. m. .on the 4th, having "experienced light easterly Aveathe'r during the run, • THe Star , of 'the Ereuing brings a full general cargo, and a quantity • of ' sheep and pigsj which were landed on Saturday in excellent ;c\niditipn,. She reports that when off Port Elizabeth the Kennedy, l s.s., bound to the-northward, was spoken by her. — Hid. ,Thk Late Wrecks .ox the Australian Coast. I—A1 — A telegram from Sydney states : — A telegram has just been received from Grafton, giving the particulars of the observations' taken on board the steamer Grafton of the coast line between Port Stephen and the Clarence River on the^lSth inst. When off South Crowdy, a 'floating spar was seen, and on ejpaminatibn/ it appeared to be a schooner's mainmast. Although, the spar was floating it is supposed to be still attached by sonic of the gear to thclnul. ,At a spot five miles, to the south of the. Manning River" fragments of a -wreck.. were seen on the beach. About five miles to. the North of the Macquarie River, the schooner Woodpecker was seen high and dry 011 the beach, haying evidently! been. ran. ashore to save her from foundering. ' The captain was drowned, but three of the "crew were saved. The Macquarie shore 'boat-was destro} T ed by the force of the fldod waters coining down the river. Near South Smokey a vessel, supposed to be snlirpn vessel, is reported by the blacks to be^aghore. The fate of the crew is uncertain. The Sarah Barr is ashore at Trial Bay, She also was beached. The MaeJeay River is fioodetl, and has caused great destitution. The channel is indescribable. The Ballina and Fire. King are unable .$0 enter the river. At Pumbuura the Slippery Charlie was wrecked, and eleven passengers and six of the crew were drowned, only one man being saved. The blacks report that they buried the bodies of a woman and; two children which were washed ashore from this wreck. A topsail schooner is ashore inside 1 of Caff's Island.,. Her cargo, which' was cedar,, is piled up on the be^ch. , ■ • The West Codd Times learns that itisthe intention of Mr W. S. Lockhart to place all his vessels in the.'trade beiweeii this port and Sydney, during the ensuing summer, and 'that he also purposes to send down the Elizabeth, nj sixty ton cutter of light draught, to attend to the Westland; gofistipg trade- The brigantiuc v Sußannah Booth, which was taken . off the berth during the winter, n\W he expected ito. arrive, .in the. course of a fortnight or three week's. ' J ;>l , .