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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1286, 12 September 1872, Page 2

The only departure yesterday was the schooner Jane Anderson for Dunedin, which was towed out by the p.s. Dispatch. The channel was found to be in splendid condition, with over 12ft of water. The Albion from Nelson, and the Tararua from Melbourne, did not arrive in. port yesterday as expected. It is almost certain that they will both be here to-day, when tbey will be despatched— tho Albion for Melbourne direct, and tho Tararua for Nelson, all other Now Zealand ports, and Melbourne via the Bluff. The oldest vessel in existence recently passed the Cape ot Good Hope on her way from Batavia to Holland. She was built in 1568, when tbo Prince of Orange was fighting Philip II of Spain, then at the zenith of his power. Thomas Stanley, who was captain of the cotter Euphemia, belonging to Mr J. lamb, Riverhead, was drowned at Port Albert, Auckland, lately. The dingy had got loose from the cutter, and he stripped and jumped into tbe river to overtake it, and as he reached it he had not strength to get in, and sank never to rise. Mr Bradbury and Mr Plummer, Port Albert, launched a boat at once, but all was of no a\ail, as he never came to tbe surface. Mr - Stanley was well known and much respected in the Kaipara district. He leaves a wife and family in Auckland to mourn their loss. Reports have been received respecting the John Williams, missionary barque. On the 6th of June this vessel was at Rarotonga ; on her passage from Sydney to Tahiti she encountered a hurricaue, when she lost one of her boats and davits. The captain states that ho attributes the escape from further damage to the thorough order in which the spars and rigging were at the time of the gale, and the substantial qualities of .the vessel. The weather hod been unfavorable ; tho trade winds hod not set in, and calms and thunderstorms were experienced. The musion families on Mangaio, Rarotonga, and Aihutaki all well.