EXPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume VII, Issue 488, 2 March 1869, Page 2

EXPORTS.

Per Falcon, for Nelson : 50 tons coals order. Per, Jane Elkin, for Oncbunga : 25 ton coal, order.

Captain Whit well, from Nelson, via Westporfc and Hokitika, arrived about noon yesterday. The schooner Twilight, for Lyttelton, was towed to sea yesterday inornmg by the p.s. Dispatch deeply coal-laden. The p.s. Yarra left yesterday morning on her return trip to the Teiemakau river and Hokitika. The p.s. Persevere came up from Hokitika on Friday night in tow of the Rangitoto, and on Saturday morning made an attempt to run the bar, but as the se.a was heavy she was warned off by the Signal-master, and re- ! turned, to the roadstead. On Sunday morn- j ing the passengers and mails were landed, and on Monday morning she tendered the s.s. Tararua, and departed for Hokitika in tow of that vessel. Tho Urigantine Pi}ot, Oapt, J. Barnard, was towed in yesterday morning by the p.s. Dispatch. She cleared Port Phillip Heads yesterday three weeksj and after being tliree days out, encountered a heavy easterly gale, which lasted for two days. The land was cleared on Friday week at 10 a.m., after which strong breezes were met with from the N. 8., N.W., and S.W., until the land ws made off Hpkifcikaon Saturday morning List. She brought up in the roadstead on Sunday morning, and was brought in by the Dispart yesterday. The Pilot is now owned by Messrs .\ennedy Bros., to whom she is con? signed, and brings a large cargo of general merchandise in fine order. The three-masted sckoqner Ocean Wave, Captain T. S. Brown, from Melbourne, was yesterday forenoon brought to the wharf by the p. s. Dispatch. . She left Williamstown on the 17fch Febrtfary, cleared Port Phillip Heads on the 18th with E. and N.E. winds through Bass' Straits, and cleared the land on the 21st. From thence she carried light variable winds to the Jand, which was made on Saturday, the 27thj off Brighton. ' She then worked down the coast, anchored in this roadstead on Sunday morning, and was brought in by the p.s. Dispatch on Monday morning. The Ocean Wave is a very line craft, combining a very large carrying capacity, on a light draught of water. She brings a large cargo of general merchandise, and is consigned to Messrs Glenn Bros. The M.A. and N.Z, Steam Co.'s fine steamer Tararua, 1?, H. Ferguson, commander, arrived in the roadstead from Melbourne via Bluff, Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Nelson, at 6.30 a.m. yesterday, bringing for this port seven saloon and six steerage passengers, and seven tons cargo. She left Melbourne on the 15th ulfc. at 8 p.m., experienced very tine weather, and arrived at the Bluff at 11 a. in. on the 20th — 4 days 15. hours' passage ; left the same eveuin» for Dunedin, and arrived at Port Chalmers tho following morning ; sailed again on the 23rd, and anchored in Lyfctelton harbor on the 24tb ; left the following day, and arrived at Wellington on the morning of the 26fch ; left the same afternoon for Nelson, arriving outside the Boulder Ba^k at daylight on the 27th ; entered the harbor at 8 a.m. and left for Greymouth at 10 a.m. on the 28th, arriving in the roadstead as above, thirteen and a-half days from Melbourne ; from Nelson had to steam against a strong southerly win- 1 and sea. She was tendered yesterday morning by the p. s. Persevere, and dispatched on her return trip to Melbourne via Hokitika. The s.s. Rangitoto, Captain Hagley, from-, Melbourne via Hokitika, arrived iv the roadstead during Friday night, but was not tendered until Sunday moruing, owing to the heavy sea running on the bar on Saturday. She lc ft Sandridge Railway Pier on Saturday, the 20fch, at 3.20 p.m., and cleared Port Phillip Heads at 6 15p.m., arriving off Hokitika early on Friday morning. Experienced light -westerly winds and fine weather throughout. Landed her passengers on Friday, and came on here, being tendered as above. A melancholy story is reported from Stanley, Falkland Tslands. Her Majesty's ship Brisk touched there on the 2(sth of October, on her way home from Australia, and on the 28th a party of young officers left the vessel to go on a shooting excursion, and among them was Sub-Lieutenant Charle3 Ogle Robertson. The sport was exciting, and the I last-named gentleman became separated from the party, and was no more seen alive. It would seem that he became exhausted and lay down, went to sleep, and did^ not wake again. His body was discovered "on the following day. His face did not denote any suffering ; his flask of spirits and water was scarcely touched ; his gun was in his hand, and a bag of game by hi 3 side. He was buried with military honors. — Argus. The clipper schoon-r Spray, Captain Ruxton, arrived in Lyttelton harbor on the 21st ult, from Greymouth. On the 22nd ult, as the Betsy Douglas, on a return trip from Pigeon Bay, was entering Lyttelton heads through a very heavy sea, she was struck by a wave, which carried away her port paddle-box, a boat, smashed the bulwarks, &c, and unfortunately swept overboard a passenger, Mr Porter, of Akaroa, who, being very sea sick, was leaning over the rail at the time. Captain M'Lean at once threw a life-buoy overboard, and brought the vessel to the wind, but the man sank almost immediately. The mate, who was steering, also had a narrow escape, being washed overboard, but held on to the tiller lines and pulled himself on deck again. — Press The inquiry into the loss of the St. Vincent was held on the 23rd u,lt. The decision wa3, that the ship was lo3t through the captain's error of judgment in uofc running into Cloudy Bay or back to Wellington. The mace offered to pilot the ship into Cloudy Bay, but the captain would not agree to it.