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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 591, 2 April 1851, Page 3

The Laura, from Sydney bound to Liverpool, put into harbour on Sunday. She left Sydney the 24th February, and when to the southward of Stewart’s Island encountered very heavy weather, which caused her to spring a leak and occasioned other damage, so that it was deemed advisable to put into port to make the necessary repairs. She put into Port William, Stewart’s Is- ; land, but not finding there the requisite facilities she bore up for Hobart Town, but meeting with headwinds and heavy wea-. ther the master of the vessel determined to run for Wellington; on rounding Cape Farewell at night the vessel struck on the | sandbank running out from the Cape, after | striking she remained five hours on the ■ bank, striking heavily, but the wind being | off shore, and the tide being low when she i grounded, she eventually got out of her 1 dangerous position. Surveys have been held, and the vessel has commenced discharging her cargo preparatory to heaving ■down to asoertain the extent of her injuries, which however are such as is believed may be easily repaired. Her cargo consists of fallow, wool, and the hardwoods of New srSouth Wales.