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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 648, 15 March 1870, Page 2

The schooner 10, Captain Wade, from Melbourne, wa3 to we! in by the ps. Djs-< patch yesterday evening. She left on the 2nd itisi, with light S.E-. winds and fine weather. The wind veere.l into the west-, ward, and pn the following day she passed the Sisters. From the 4ih to making the kofV Bite' - had ' a - continuance of strong southerly gales with, a t/emendous heavy sea. -lYioimt Cook was made on the 11th., and the wind then fell to a calm, hut afterwards, blew a heavy N.E. £a»e, with incessant rain, peering into the E. and S.E. the same evening, and again • into the S.W. on the 12th, blowing with hnrricanje force, with a fearful sea on. The Io was.hove-tn, the sea ■ making a complete breach over her, filling the dcck3 fore and aft. Tiiis lasted untjj the; 13th, when- the weather, improved. Thence light S,. and S.W. winds to arrival « it; .this port yesterday. Sb'e conies with a full cargo of general niercbanlise,- under the consignment of her owners, Messis Glenn ■Bros; ' The as. Jolu Perm, M r Carey, cony mander, left Mauukau on SaDurday, the ssh inst., at 4 o'clock p.m. ; arrived at Wanganui on Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock ; shipped a full cargo, of stock, and sailed for northern ports on "We h.esday at midnight. *,)wing to, strong head winds she was compelled to take shelter at Tu,taranui, which place she left on Friday at 10 a.m., and arrived 'off the Buller bar' at 4 p.m. on Satu^ T day, and reached the whavf at 6 p m , having bicii detained outside ijor 14 horns by thick weather. Bailed again on Sunday at t> p.m., and arrived at Hokitika early yesterday morning ; left the same day at 6.30, and arrived at this port the sanu tide.. Slfe leaves this, evening at six o'clock for -West- • i>ort, Nelson, and Wangauui. No »cw3 has hitherto been heard of the („'harli. a Edw ard, although aouic rumors

respecting her were current in town during .Sunday and yesterday. The report that she hail been compelled to return to the Bluff was generally credited, but on application beiug made 'by telegraph it was ascertained that no news had been thoro received of her whereahouts, and pther rumors were fuund to be .equally destitute of foundation. The s.s. Wallabi arrived here yesterday morning from Wanganui and Wcstpovt, having jeft the latter placa the same day. After discharging her cargo and passengers, she loaded with coal, and left yesterday evening, on her usual northward trip. The s.s. Kennedy came up to tho wharf on Saturday afternoon, in the face of the strong freshet in the river, brin»ing up at the temporary wharf opposite Tainui street. The Kennedy brings her usual cargo of New. 2jealand produce, and also the valuable race: horse Magenta. She coaled at tho Cobdcn wharf lasb nigljfc, -and will leave this niornh" f«>r Hokitika. Should there be no definitq intelligence respecting the whereabouts of the Charles, Edward, on her arrival there the Kennedy will proceed southwards, calling in at inlets and pounds, where Capt. Whitwell may deem it probable for the Edward to be detained, and failing finding her at any of theso, will e;o on to Ihe Bluff, and continue her northerly route via D.unedin, Lyttelton, &c. The seh,Qonett Canterbury was towed out to sea last night by the Dispatch, and commenced her return voyage with a fair wind. Captain Ruxtou has exoerienced little detention in port this trip, he having only arrive I here on Friday night, discharged a large cargo on Saturday, and, after loading w^th a return freight on Monday, was enabled to sail for Lyttelton within for.ty-eight warding hours after his arrival. Tho ketch Pearl, llussell, master, from Kaipoi, arrived in the river on Sunday evening, after a passage of 14 days, bringiug a cargo of New Zealand produce, consigned to her agents, Messrs Naucarrow, Henderson, and CM. The sale of her. cai go. took place yesterday upon the Avhraf. The Pearl will, in all probability, be discharged to-day, and, after taking some coal on board; be ready for sea immediately afterwards. In her entry to the river, the Pearl had crossed the bar before the steamer took her in tow. The good steamship Great Britain, hence to Liverpool, was spoken on 12th January, inlat. Sdeg. S., arid lone. 29deg. 30min. W., by the ship Erne, which arrived in i.ort on Saturday. The Great Britain left Port Phillip on November 26, and must thus have made a first-irate passage to the line. — Argus, 7th inst. Just as the handsome clipper ship Thermopylaj is about to leave this port for China, another "sweet thing" in tea clippers has come to take her place, and furnish an additional illustration of the perfection to which shipbuilding is being earned on in the old country. The vessel to which allusion is made is a smart little ship named Erne, which arrived in Hobson's Bay on Saturday afternoon, after a very excellent passa.ee from London. The Erne is a very fine model, with an extreme clipper entrance and a beautiful run, and alow and aloft she is the very beau ideal of a ship meant to sail. She has been built expressly for the China trade, and in the days to come it will be singular if she does not take premier rank with other ships in more than one ocean raoe from Ckina to. London. She is constructed on the composite principle, and was laid down at the yard of Messrs Cbas. Connell and Co., of Glasgow, from whence she was launched on November 4. She has been built under special survey for her owrcrs, Messrs Eobertson and Co,, of Cornhill, London, and has been classed Al at Lloyd's for .16 years. The dimensions of the Erne are as follow :— Length, 20ift ; beam, 33ft ; depth of hold, 19ft ; and it may be mentioned that she was constructed under the persona]^, supervision of her commander, Captain John Johnstone Gunn, who has had long experience in the China tr.ide. She is fitted up on deck and aloft with all the newest appliances for efficient working, and no expense has been spared to render her complete, even to the minutest details. Her accommodation for passengers in the saloon is limited : to 16 persons, but for their cpmfort and convenience every provision has been m.ade, and the style in which the saloon is furnished is iv accordance with the usual elaborate finish of Clyde-built ships. —Arqw, 7th inst.