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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1238, 18 July 1872, Page 2

The s s Albion is expected to arrive from Nelson to-day, when she will be dispatched for Melboarae direct • . ' The ps Charles Edward, from Nelson, is expected here this morning. Tbo ps Wallace, which baa been detained in port for the last few days, sails north this morning. , The breakwater at Williamstown is once more in a fit state to recfliye the full number of ships which it was intended to accommodate. About twelve months aso the rottenness of the piles, some of which had been actually eaten through, showed the necessity for repairs being effected without delay. Tenders were accordingly called for the work, and the contract was let to Messrs Dalgleish and Son for the sum of L 2193. In effecting the repairs, about 200 ft of the old piles were cut off at the level of the mud, and new red gum piles were driven in alongside of them. A new masked battery, pierced for five guns, has been erected at the end of the breakwater,—Argws. li has transpired in Auckland that two of the Rosalia's crow were flogged last week, it iss&id, for merely slight breaches of discipline, By all accounts it was a shocking affair, the tortured men crying to be cast loose "for God's sake." It being a lovely, calm day, the shrieks were distinctly heard for a great distance up and down tbc harbor. Somenow we are constantly hearing of men deserting from the Rosjnio. Her captain, it is said, is what is vulgarly termed "a tartar" : It is stated tbat the reason of the command of the ss Wellington being taken from Capt. Kennedy w»s a dispute with the manager as to the propriety of risking the lives and property of passengers by going through the Tory Channel in the face of a southeast wind and thick weather, Captain Kennedy having exercised his discretion as a commander by not attempting the passage under such circumstances.