PORT OF GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 852, 20 April 1871, Page 2

PORT O F GREY.

HTQH WATER Tills Day— lo.so a.m.} 11.5 p.m. AKRIVEDi April 19-Nil. SAILED. April 19— Charles Edward, for Westport. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Kennedy, from Hokitika. Caledonia, from Dunedin. Magnet, from Melbourne. Waterman, from Melbourne. Waipara, from Hokitika. Rangitoto, from Melbourne. VESSELS IN FORT. Dispatch, tug-steamer. Luna, from South.

The s.s. Rangitoto had not shown up in the Hokitika Roadstead last night from Melbourne when the telegraph office closed at 10 p.m. It is very probable she will arrive during the night. The steamer Waipara did not succeed in landing her cargo for some of the Coast ports, and in consequence it will be stored at Hokitika until her next trip northwards. She will leave for Okarito immediately after tendering the Rangitoto, and it is then intended she will resume her trip northward before the arrival of the Gothenburg, expected, via Coast ports on the 22nd inst. The schooner Emma Jaue, from Oamaru, arrived at Auckland on the 7th inst., with a cargo of grain. Captain Smith has kindly furnished us with the following report of the passage : — Left Oamaru on the 25th ult, and' during the first three days was favored with moderate breezes from S.W. and S.S.W. On the 28th the wind freshened, and increased to a violent gale, during which she shipped a heavy sea over the taffrail, which completely swept the decks, and filled the cabin with water. It also burst in the after-hatches, damaging a considerable portion of the cargo. The water-casks and some live stock on deck were swept away, and a portion of the bulwarks stove. The vessel was then hove-to under a balance-reefed mailsail for twenty hours. A number of sails were also split into ribbons. On the following day the gale was still raging, and heavy seas continued to break over the vessel duriug the day. On the 30th the gale was terrific, the wind being still from the S.S.W. The sea was running high, and at intervals some very fierce squalls struck the ship. At 8 p.m. the ship was again hove-to under a closereefed mainsaiL On the 31st the schooner was still hove-to, the gale raging as furious as on the previous days, and heavy seas constantly breaking over the ship and filling the decks and cabin with water. On the Ist instant the gale subsided, and the wind shifted to the north-west. For two days she had light variable winds, and, on the 4th instant, was caught in another fearful gale from the eastward. At 9a. in. it increased to a perfect hurricane, with very high seas running. Captain Smith stood in for the land hoping to find shelter, but at 9.30 a.m. the vessel shipped another sea over her taffrail, which completely filled the decks fore and aft, and rendering the vessel quite unmanageable. Several sails were blown clean out of the bolt-ropes. When the vessel was again hoveto. under a close-reefed mainsail, the sea broke over her, and threw her on her broadside,, which caused her to strain and make at deal of water. The vessel being in, this, state* Capt. Smith decided to lighten, the vessel by throwing some of the cargo overboard. This having been done, the. schooner again recovered herself., and. ift the evening the weather moderated. During the gale the starboard channel bolta of the foretopmast backstay tarried away. On Wednesday the weather was fine, and since then till arrival $a port light winds and calms have prevailed. — Southern Cross, She following is the account of the loss of the ship Day Spring, as furnished by Capt. George Greenwood :— •" I left Newcastle on Tuesday, 21at instant, at 8 a.m., with a moderate S.W. wind, having on board 600 tons of coal, bound for Melbourne. Experienced fine weather up to the morning of the 22nd, when the breeze freshened to a strong gale, causing the ship to labor heavily, and I found she was making much water. I immediately called all hands to the pumps, and, after several hours pumping, sounded at sft, and the water was gaining on us. At 3 p.m, 22nd instant, bore up for and spoke the barque Kate Waters, and requested »ier to lie by us all night, as we feared we could not keep her afloat. At 6 a.m, 23rd instant, after pumping incessantly all night, sounded at 7ft ; water still gaining on us. At 8 a.m, 23rd instant, sighted the steamer Wonga Wonga, and hoisted signals of distress, ship then having Sft of water in. her, laboring heavily and unmanageable. &30i a.ra, was taken on board the s.s, Wonga Wonga -with all my crew.— ■Sydney,'MQrnins Herald, 28tL March. Telegrams from Ishmailia state that the receipt of the Suez, Caaal during December last amounted to. L3&OQO, composed as follows — Transit of 69 vessels,about 700,000 f.; ditto.small craft, 25,000 f. j ditto merchandise, 20, QtH&r 1 . * total, 800,000 f., being L 12.000 in excess of the receipts of the preceding month, and the heaviest return for the year. The work of deepening the Canal has been going on without interruption, and it is further stated that, notwithstanding the large dimensions of most of the ships, not the slightest accident has occurred, and not a single case of grounding. The Standard says that the introduction of the new engine of war as part of a ship's armament will render it necessary that any vessel exposed to such mode of attack should have its gunners well under cover. The mitrailleuse in the niaintop will ring the death knell of the men in the opposing ship, ■who may be working the gunß on the upper deck after the old broadside model. Gunners below the upper deck may be sought out through the ports by a mitrailleuse worked on the same principle. At present a gun is called ' ' protected " if it happens to be placed in such a position that it has armour in front of it. But this kind of protection is essentially perfect. The enemy cannot launch 4jOO;pound projectiles, from his rigging, but he can, send a shower of bullets from that quarter, and though Le may not smash the gun, h$ may terrify and kill the gunners.. OU, if ths guns, are below the upper deck, th& bjftUets may rattle in at the port with annoying pertinacity. A singular discovery was made on board the schooner Thomas and Joseph just as she •was about leaving Yarmouth Harbor the other day. It was found that one of the crew was a Russian female in man's clothes, and from subsequent inquiries it turned out she had shipped as cabin-boy at Wilburg some months back, whilst the vessel was at that por % t taking in a carg 1 ) of deals. She had performed her duties satisfactorily during the voyage, and had escaped detection till the other day when her sex was discovered, and she was put on shore. It appears that the captain had induced her to leave with him in his vessel, and it was only when he wanted to get rid of her that the deception was discovered, fhe mattei was disposed of by the master giving the girl L 3. It was somewhat singular that an hour or Wo after the vessel left the harbor, and while proceeding north, Bhe missed stays and got upon Caistor Beach, where she still remains. — English paper.