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Grey River Argus, Volume VI, Issue 375, 9 June 1868, Page 2

The s.B. John Perm, Captain Carey, left Nelson on Sunday, the 31st ult, at 4 p.m., and arrived off Cape Farewell at 4 a.m. on Monday, but meeting with a heavy S.W. gale she put back under the spit at 7 o'clock. On Tuesday the gale increased, and Captain Carey deemed it prudent to run to Totaranui for shelter, and remained there until Thursday at 2 a.ni. Arrived at the Buller at 11 p.m., after a heavy passage, and landed 7 passengers, 35 tons of cargo, and 30 head of cattle. Left the Buller on Friday at 11 p.m., and came down under easy steam to this port, arriving off here at 7 a.m. on Saturday. Crossed the bar at 9.30, and arrived at the wharf without accident. She {tailed again for the north on Saturday night. The p. 8. Nelson, Captain Dillon, left Nelson at G p.m. on Wednesday last, and brought up at Totaranui at 9 same evening. Got under way again at 11, and rounded the spit against a tremendous sea. Had to anchor again under Iloeks Point on Thursday morning, and did not get away until 6 o'clock. Reached the Buller on Friday morning, and left there again for this port on Saturday morning. Called in at Fox's and discharged some cargo and cattle, and arrived here on Saturday. The 8.8 Wallaby, Captain Daniel, left Wanganui, with a cargo of live stuck and produce, at 8 a.m. on Thursday last, and Arrived at the Buller at 30 minutes past midbight on Friday morning. Left Buller at 11 o'clock on Saturday night, called in at Fox's and landed some cattle and sheep, and arrived in the river at 8 aim. on Sunday. Had strong winds and tremendously heavy sja all the passage. The s s. Claud Hamilton, Captain Hall, returned to this port from Hokitika on Sunday, and was tendered by the Persevere Bjbnt mid-day. In addition to her passenthe Claud took from the West Coast nearly 12,000 ounces of gold, ounces were shipped here by Sew South Wales, and 9i>2

ounces by the Bank of New Zealand (for transhipment to Sydney), while at Hokitika 9773 ounces wepe shipped. About 1 p.m. on Sunday she steamed away on her voyage tp Melbourne. The s.s. Gothenburg fired her gun off this port at 8 p.m. on Sunday, and was shortly afterwards tendered by the p.s. Persevere. She left Hobson'B Bay at 6.30 p.m. on the 2(sth ult ; passed through Port Phillip Heads at 9 p.m.; Swan Island was passed at 7.10 p.m. on the following day. Light winds and flue weather were experienced during the n'rstpait of the passage, and strong westerly winds the latter part. The Solander was made at 630 a. m. on the 31st, and Bluff Harbor reached at 11 a.m.. She thus made a splendid passage, allowing for difference of time, of a little over four and a half days. At the Bluff she discharged cargo, and sailed at 4 p. m. same day, arriving at Port Chalmers at daylight the following morning. Tho usual trip round the N.Z. ports was then proceeded with, and the Gothenburg sailed from Nelson on Saturday night, arriving here as above. She sailed again the same night, and was off Hokitika yesterday morning at daylight. The Panama Company's s.s. Auckland is expected here to-day from 'Melbourne, when she will be despatched for Nelson, all New Zealand ports, and Melbourne. She will meet the s.s. Airedale at Nelson, and trun r ship into her the passengers for the Auckland gold fields and Tarauaki: The cutters Wairoa and Dart, both from Charleston, have returned to this port in ballast. The schooner Fancy, for Charleston, was towed to sea by the p.s. Despatch on Satur-. day. The Grey bar continues in splendid form for working, with a straight channel and plenty of water. During the last few days a large number of steamers and sailing crafts have crossed it, both by night and day, with perfect safety and the greatest ease. The .cutter Hope is supposed to have foundered in a gale off Okarita, on or about fche 28th ult. Thin rumor is given currency to by the West Cot^st Tiijies of Saturday last, which says : — A gentleman wlio arrived in town yesterday from Okarita, iufonns us that great alarm is felt at Okarita for the safety of the cutter Hope. The Hope, it will be remembered, left here for the South on the 24th ult , and was seen in Okarita | roads on the 27th., but the bar being closed, was unable to enter the litgoon, and the same day was driven to sea by the gale of that date. Up to last Tuesday, when our informant left Okarita she had not been seen or heard of again,' and it is therefore feared that she foundered in the gale, which togetner with the sea, is described as having been tremendously heavy down south. Mr Barff, Mr 9 Burgett and child, and two other females were passengeis in the Hope. Oipt. Morgan and two men constituted the crew. The London correspondent of the Olago Daily Times writes :— The attack by pirates on the Macduff, London to Melbourne, on 23rd October, should be a caution to mariners of the long voyage. A letter, published here, gives lat. 7.30, long. 20.52, as the scene of half an hour's sharp encounter, when 150 villanous cutthroats were beaten off their intended prey by the resolute bearing of the crew and passengers of an apparently helpless merchantman. This adventure cannot be too frequently narrated ; nor should passenger vessels ever put to sea without being much better armed than was the good ship Macduff at the time of her great peril ; as, but for the sterling British pluck sfyown on this occasion, the probable consequences are perfectly horrible to contemplate.