SHIPPING.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1485, 8 May 1873, Page 2

SHIPPING.

Newcastle— Arrived : April 28, Prospero, from Lyttelton. Sailed : April 28, Alarm, for the Bluff Harbor ; Ben Nevis, for Lyttelton; Thomas and Henry, for Dunedin. April 29, Formosa, for Dunedin. Melbourne— Arrived : May 1, Sarah and Mary, from Greymouth ; the Gleaner cleared for Greymouth, and sailed. The Agra, from London to Canterbury, 53 days out, was spoken in latitude 37 S. longitude 29 W. Sydney, May 1. The Hon. Saul Samuel is appointed by the Government Representative to Washington to arrange a Californian service. He leaves by next steamer. Mr Went worth's remains arrived from London. The public funeral takes place on the 6th inst. Two members of the Suburban Catholic Church were publicly excommunicated last Sunday for marrying during Lent. The Bank of New South Wales dividend is 15 per cent. Governor Ducane is still on a visit. The Marine Insurance Companies unani-

mously resolved to support a movement to raise London rates. Chisholm's estate has been sequestrated ; liabilities, L 56 ,000 .. Ann M'Avenny pleaded guilty to murdering her husband, and has been sentenced to death. Murray, aged 18, was convicted of murdering Asliton White. " A woman, six feet high, has been dis- ; covered amongst the Keppel Bay natives. She cannot speak English, and is supposed to be a survivor of a shipwreck in 1857. The gale is moderating. The Newcastle bell-buoy has shift/d across the harbor.