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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1334, 7 November 1872, Page 2

The s.s. Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne direct, arrived off Hokitika yesterday morning. A summary of the lite English and Australian news brought by her wiU. be found in another column. She was signalled off this port lost night, and was tendered about midnight, and despatched for Nelson. : The p.s. Dispatch towed to uea yesterday afternoon the schooner Sarah and AJary, coal laden, for Lyttelton. Tho 8.8. ,Albion, from Melbourne, via New Zealand (ports, arrived in tho roadstead yesterday morning. «he left Nelson at nqou on tho sth instant, and experienced fine Weather on tho run round. At tide time she was tendered by tho ps. Dispatch, which put on board of her eighteen passengers, and brought ashore thirteen. The Albion left in time to be tendered on the same tide at Hokitika.

We learn from a private letter received by lait mail that Sir James M'Culloch is endeavoring to induce the Imperial Government to make Melbourne the head-quarters of the Australian squadron, or at any rate to get a ship of war to call here of tener and to remain longer than at present. — Age. • The steamship Great Britain, for Liverpool left Hobson's Bay at 10.30 on the 23rd ultimo, and, going down by tho way of the' South Channel, cleared the Heads at 3.30 p.m., taking only one hundred and sixty nassengera, rather a small number for this favorite vessel ; but this time of the year is the most unseasonable time for passengers leaving here, as winter is carried all round. The Bchooner Van Trom, Haddock, master, left Lcvuka on the Cth ultimo," bound to the New Hebrides with return labor. When .some days out she was stranded on a reef. Some of the party proceeded* towards Sandwich, where they arrived next morning and found H.B.M.S. Basilisk. When Captain Moresby was informed of the wreck, steam was got up and the ship proceeded to the relief of the shipwrecked. The islander 3 were becoming troublesome by this time. Captain Moresby made presents to the natives, telling them he did so because they had taken care of the white men who had been wrecked. A ttempts were made to get the schooner eff, and after sixteen hours work she was abandoned, biing too much injured.