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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1335, 8 November 1872, Page 2

The schooner Spray, with a cargo of produce from Lyttelton, wa3 towed into port yesterday. She left on the 27th ult, and had favorable weather to the 31st, when she encountered a heavy N.W. gale. The s.s Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne, was tendered between 12 and 1 on the mornin? of Thursday, and sailed immediately for Nelson and other Coast ports.

The steamer Charles Edward is understood to have arrived at Hokitika yesterday, and was expected to reach Greymouth during the night. The schooner Caledonia, from Sydney to Port Stephens, capsized in a strong southerly squall on the 2nd ult, in Pittwater, and went down in four fathoms. The captain, Donald Melville, was drowned, but his body has been recovered. The rest of the crew were saved. Several were picked up by a boat from the ketch Prince Alfred, anchored close to the spot. A smart little brigantine, the Parry, came to the anchorage at Nelson on Sunday last, with a cargo of about 250 tons of sugar from the Mauritius, consigned to Messrs N. Edwards and Co. The schooner Canterbury was sold on the 20th ult at Wancanui, by Mr A. Beanchamp, for L 175. Mr Henry Moser was the purchaser. The inquiry at Christcburch into the alleged scuttling of the barge Mystery has resulted in the committal for trial of the' accused, James Payne, lighterman, who has, however, been admitted to boil. The Timaru Herald states that unless freight to England is lowered from .Lyttelton and Dunedin, the route home via Melbourne will be likely to be largely adopted. The twin screw steamer Waipara is announced, in the Lyttellonr Times, to leave Lyttelton for Hokitika and (Greymouth, today, the Bth insfc. H.MS. Blanche went on a reef at New Hanover in the South Pacific. Whilst (at New Britain the- ship's boat were attacked by natives, but no casualties occurred. Captain Kennedy, who left Auckland for Melbourne by the s.s Hero on her last trip, is to bring over a steamer recently purchased by him for Messrs Brogden and Sons for their use in this colony. The vessel is to be employed in the coasting trade, and it is said will have superior accommodation for passengers. Captain Bendall, who also proceeded to Sydney by the same vessel, has gone with the intention of purchasing a steamer suitable for the Napier and East Coast trade. The barque Brunette, coal laden, from Sydney to Mauritius, put into Port Philip to repair damages received during a heavy gale off King's Island. Captain Jackson repoits the gale as one of the severest he ever experienced on that coast. The barque's pumps were broken l>elow the deck, and there was at the time 4ft of water in the hol(\