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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 623, 15 January 1870, Page 2

Tb,o brig Magnet wrts released from her uncomfortable position on the spit in the river on Thursday evening, after a long and most determined, drag by. the p. s. Dispatch. The tug stuck to the brig tenaciously for over an hour and, a-Jia4f, pulling her inch by inch through the shingle until she floated off, and was laid safely alongsid,e the wharf. The B.s. Murray, Captain M'Gilu'vray, from Nelson and Westport, arrived early yesterday, morning. She left Nelson on Wednesday morning, arrived at Westport on Thursday, left the same night, and arrived here as above. Cargo was landed during the day, and in tb,e afternoon she left, again for Hokitjka. The s.s. Kennedy, Captain Whitwell, left Nelson on Wednesday morning, and ex? perienced head winds round to Westport, where she arrived,on Thursday morning, -left the same n^ght at S o'clock., and arrived here on Friday morning at 6 o'clock. She left again last night for Hokitika. The Kennedy passed the Charles Edward <-ff Rock's Point. The schooner J;me Ann is loading at Dun- ' cdin |or this port. The s,s. John Perm, Captain Carey, from Onehunga and intermediate ports, arrived at the wharf at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday. Of her passage, Captain. Carey reports that the steamer sailed from Onehunga on Thursday, the 6th instant, at 4 p.m , and arrived at Wanganui on Saturday at 2 a.m. "; shipped 35 head of cattle, 400 sheep, 32 pigs, and 5 horses, and sailed for the West Coast ou Monday at 4 p.m., arriv"ig at Westport the following evening at 7 o'clock. Sailed again on Wednesday at C.3'o p.m., and arrived at Hokitika on, Thursday morning at G o'clock ; sailed a^ain same cveuiugat 4.30, and arrived here as above ; last evening she left agaiu on her return northern trip. The ketch Brother^ and Sisters, f iftm Westport^ arrived o,n Thursday morning. " The s.s. Wallabi, Captain Daniels, arrivedfrom Wcsbport on Thursday morning with a sm.all cargo of sheep, pigs, and two calves, which, were sold by Messrs' D. Maclean .and Co. , and brought goad prices, ' She sailed th c, same evening for Westport and Wanganui with C 5 to,ns of cosil. Tb,e clipper barque Pmspecter sailed last evening for Hong Kong wi^.h about 40 tons of cargo and 69 Chinese passengers, who take with them, besides, a considerable number of sovercings, 1500 ounces of gold, the produce of oiir goidlields. The barque, being mi line tiim is expected, to make a rapid paseage to Hong Koiig, and be back here m about live months with passengers and a cargo of Chinese notions copsi^aed to our Chinese merchants. Should sufficient inducement offer, the barque, we understand, will be kept in direct China, trade. On leaving the passengers expressed themselves satisfied with the arrangements, made for their co;nfort, and the fitting^ provisions, $c, were passed by the. proper authoiitics as satisfactory.— Qfttflo Puily Tbnies. sth ijnst. The ship Layinia Davis, which recently arrived at Harve from York, reports having seen a large vessel supposed to be cither French or Spnn'sb, founder suddenly pn the 10th Sept. in. 1at. 44 N.long. 31 W. A ' large quantity, of cocoa nuts were seen immediately afterwards over the scene of ilie disaster. " Every soul on board the strange Vessel went down with her, as she foundered so suddenly that m t-ne was given to get tho boats out. TJie s^hoop* •_• W"!\:ui oyv\ M_a • /, Ohirk-

son, fromLyttplfcon, onhei\way to Kaiapoi with a cargo qf coals, gob stranded o,n the" Kaiapoi bar on' Wednesday morning last; after making several fruitless efforts to get qT, it was fmnd necessary to throw h rcargo overboard, consisting of SO tons of coal, which wo believed was injured iv the Southorn Insurance office for Ll2O. AYe hoar that the vessel got offth.e bar yesterday morning, without sustaining any serious mr juries. The reason assigned is that the channel has shifted by the floods of the last week, and tha w-eather. has boon, anything but favourable for vessels crossing the bar. The ketch Margaret, Rich, from Lyttelton, got on the Kaiapoi bar yesber-day morning bnt cot ofF again by throwing n portion of her dejk Qargo o.ver-board. — Lijl teltwi Times 7th. ins!;,