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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1123, 4 March 1872, Page 2

The atearasliip Alhambra was tendered by tho Dispatch on Saturday ai 1 p m., ana stoutly afterwards left fur Melbourne, via Hokitika. The pUJcsteuuer Charles Ed war I sailed on Saturday aftemoou for Westjiort and Nelson. Tho schooner Gleanc, bound for Melbourne, and tho Nancy, for Invercarcill, were towed to sea yesteruay by the Dispatch. The Honolulu Gazette says :-Thc arrival from Micronesia reports that tho notorious CapTalfT J Haycr has- turned up again, this time as a trader among tho islands in tho Pacific He has command of a brig called the Lenore— probably the lost l.enore. If there is an opportunity to kidnap natives or in any other way to '• do" somebody in those seas. Hayes is tho man for tho business." The German expedition to the Atlantic will be by far the most complete which has over been fitted out by the Prusso-German navy- The artillery of the four ships of the expedition will consist of 32 200'pnunders (21 -centimetre pans), 34 15-centimetre £junß, and 4 12-centimetro guns. The equadron will thus have 70 guns in all, 32 of which can penetrate an Sin armor-plate at 1300 paces, and 34 others a 4in to dm plate *t a distance of from 600 to 800 paces. The crews of the foar ships mil 6c— the Crown,- Priace and Frederick Charles, 540 men each ; the Elizabeth, 410; and tho Agusta, 280. The engine of the Crown Prince is of 800 horsepower, that of too Frederick Charles 950, and those of the Elizabeth and Agnstii 400 horse-power. The Frederick Charles, whose screw was injured in the Belt last year, is again damaged, and will require a good deal oi repair buiore she is fit to put out to sea. Tho other three ships, however, are said to be in excellent condition, and have the reputation of being the swiftest vessels in the German navy. Sbipwreks are supposed "enerallj to afford the fairest opportunities for the display of tho heroic virtues. Uufortunately, it sometimes happens that they call forth precisely opposite qualities. The other night a French barque, tbe Costa hica, bound from Havre to Buenos Ayres, with several pas^en^ers on board, was run down off .^t. Catherine's in the Isle of Wi^ht, and immediately commenced to sink. It was vt ry <iark and foguy . at the time, and one of the crew of the damaged ship cried out in English, " Are you going to send your boats?" A voice from the other vessel engaged in the collision replied, "Go to hell " Fortunately an English brig was near at baud, from whirh beats ware despatched, and ci hteon of the p issengers and ciew were rescued Bui (seventeen pcreouM. am»ng whom was tho captain, were drowned. It is hardly credible that such a thing should have occurred, but it is at all evens some consolation to reflect that we arc not the only maritime people who sp;ak English, or something approaching to it, and that perhaps British seamen have been guiltless of the atrocious inhumanity with which there are at present prima facie linguistic grounds for charging them.