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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1225, 2 July 1872, Page 2

The schooner 10, Captain R. Pearn, from . Melbourne, was brought to the wharf by the pa Dispatch last night. She left Fort Philip ' Heads on the 17th ultimo, with light north and north-east winds, which lasted until the 20th. Left the land on the 21st, and on the 23rd the wind went round to the north, coming in heavy squalls, the barometer standing at 29.03. On the 24th it varied to the west, and ou the 25th the schooner had only a light breeze and fine weather, and on the 26th calms, attended with heavy rain. On the 28th the breeze freshened into a gale from the southward, and on the 29tb, at daylight, the land was sighted off Greymoutn. Tliia was followed by calms and light, airs from the eastward until the schooner arrived in this roadstead on Monday morning, tthe stood off and on until tide time last evening, when the ps Uispatch ran out, and brought her safely to the wharf. The Io brings a full cargo of general merchandise, in spleudid condition, and is consigned to her owner, Messrs Glenu Bros.' The 8.8. Kennedy returned from Hokitika last evening, and will sail north to-day. Wo notice that at Hokitika the Bank of New Zealand shipped by her three boxes of gold, to be transhipped to Auckland. The 88 Albambra, from Nelson, arrived in this roadstead early on Monday morning, and at 6 a. in. the Dispatch ran out with the mails, gold, and passengers, which were transhipped, and the ocean steamer passed on to Hokitika. The Alhambra brought down the West Coast portion of the San Francisco mail. The steamer Fatorsou sprang a leak off Newcastle, N.S. W, and having been got into port, immediately sank. By the arrival of the brigantine Seagull, the Southern Cross learns that the fore-ami-aft schooner Na Nooa went ashore at the entrance to tho Lovoka harbor on the 2nd May. Next day the schooner was sold, and was knpeked down for LI 90. Two days afterwards the Na Noba was floated off the reef, and on examination it was found that sho had sustained little or no damage. The schooner was insured in the Pacific Insurance Co's office for L3OO. The Spanish ganboat Distillo has captured under suspicious circumstances thd English schooner Wm. Julius and brought her to Neuvitas. °^ The schooner Maria, of Cape Breton, on a sealing voyage, was crushed in the ice and sunk off Cape Bird, on April 27, The cap. tain and saven of the men have arrived at Cape North, nearly exhausted after, great hardships, travelling sixty miles over the ice. The United States steamer Baltimore, en route from Bajfcuuore to Bremen, collided at

midnight lately off the town of Hastings with an unknown steamer. The Baltimore had a large hole stove in her hull, through which the waters poured in rapidly, extinguishing the fires, but not before the steamer run aground. The coast guard at Hastings rescued the passengers and crew of the vessel which struck on a rock and will probably go to pieces. Tho Marine Board, after examination, have declined to grant a sea-going certificate to the new Wanganui steamer Tongariro, her boilers and engines being of such a- kind as to entitle her only to what is known as au extended river certificate. This will not materially interfere with the intentions of her owner, as she will be enabled to carry on the trade between Patea, Eangitikei, and Wanganui. The ship Helenslee, which lately arrived at Auckland, had a terrific wnd eventful passage. She was particularly unfortunate, having had to work against a long series of severe gales, during which the | bulwarks on both sides were thrice smashed, and the side of the deck-house also smashed in. The gales encountered are described as having Been at times terrific in their force. During the voyage a seaman named Thomas D. Fenton fell from the upper maintop-yard. He struck against the lower yards and fell into the sea. Every endeavor was made to save the poor fellow, but without avail; he sank and did not appear to the surface again. The new steamship Adriatic, the fifth of the White Star line of Liverpool and New York ocean steamers arrived at New York from Queenstown, after a passage of about eight days and a-half . This vessel, in external appearance, resembles her predecessors, having the same beauty of outline in moulding, but is much larger than tho others, her net British measurement being over 2950 tons. The dimensions of the Adriatic are :— Length over all, 450/t ; breadth of beam, 41ft ; depth of hold, 32ft. The eugines are of the compound principle, and were constructed by Messrs Maudslay Sons and Field, of London. In the preceding vessels it was thought that the builders had done everything possible in the way of elaborate detail and finish to make a 11 life on the ocean wave" one of luxury ; bnt in the Adriatic they hare managed to further enhance their reputation. As in the other vessels the main saloon is amidships, with commodious state-room, forward and aft of it, the latter being very capacious. There are many improvements noticeable— as, for instance, the vessel is furnished with gas, manufactured on board aud supplied to the saloon, state-rooms, smoking-room, and corridors, about three hundred lights being used for this purpose. The effect of the saloon, when brilliantly illuminated in this way, is something to be remembered, and it is certainly a strido in ocean navigation when the Atlantic can be crossed with gas to make every corner of the saloon and adjoining passages brilliant with light, and electric communication to summon" aid in every emergency to which the sea traveller is liable. The Adriatic has accommodation for 150 saloon and 1000 steerage passengers, atd the methods of securing ventilation in every portion of the vessel are very cdmplete and successful. Her propeller is of steel, her masts of iron, and she is fitted with six water-tight bulkheads. The .speed ot the new steamer his been proved, in this her first trip across the Atlantic. She left tho Mersey at two o'clock p.m., on Thursday, 11th instant, arrived at i^ueenstown the following morning, and steamed for America in the afternoon, at half-past on* o'clock. During the first three days, in spite of head winds, she made 1000 miles, and on the fourth day logged 393 miles, an extraordinary feat in steaming. The fifth day, in the face of a severe gale, she made 344 miles, and during the sixth and seventh, with very heavy weather, steamed 486 miles. On the eighth day she made 3744 miles, and arrived off Sandy Hook early on Sunday morning. Throughout the rough weather the Adriatic proved a splendid sea boat, and the indications of speed which she gave point to greater results in this respect. She brought from Liverpool sixty-five saloon passengers and about seven hundred in the steerage, The hull of the Adriatic was built by Messrs Harland and Wolffe, of Belfast. She is commanded by Captain Digby Murray.