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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1083, 17 January 1872, Page 2

Tho Claud Hamilton is still hourly expected from Melbourne. On arrival she will take passengers for all New Zealand ports and Melbourne. Tho next steamer due at the Bluff, from Melbourne direct, is the s.s. Alhambra, which is expected to arrive to-morrow. She will come on round the ports, and is expected to be despatched from this port for Melbourne direot about the 25th inst. The s.s. Kennedy is announced to leave this port on Friday night for Westport and ftolsou. The s.s. Waipara sailed yesterday morning for Hokitika, with a cargo of coal. . The brigantine Magellan Cloud arrived in Lyttelton Harbor on the 9th, from the Chatham Islands ; left Auckland on the , 6th December, and arrived at the Chathams on tho 13th. After taking on board wool at the various places in the main island, and having on board two-thirds of a cargo, left Waitangi for Pitt's Island on the 21st ; but Captain Maillernot liking the appearance of the weather, anchored at Owanga, east side of tho main island. On the 23rd the wind having backed round to the northward, got under weigh and stood out to sea ; the gale increasing rapidly, put the ship under storm canvas. On the 24th the gale was blowing from the westward with hurricane violence, attended with confused sea ; the ship fore* reaching under storm canvas behaved well for 12 hours, when at midni {ht a tremendous sea broke on board, sweeping three boats, galley, gangways, &c, &c., before it, and throwing the ship over on her port side, shifting cargo and ballast in midships ; the boats in going overboard tore off the main hatch tarpaulins, allowing a little water to get at the cargo. After great exertions (in the darkness) got the hatches rebattened, and the ship trimmed so as to prevent further damage. On arrival at Pitt's Island, on the 26th, found that the Chathams had not been visited with such a storm for many years, and that in some parts the water had risen higher than during the tidal wave. Left Waitangi on the 4th January, 1872, with a fall cargo of wool ; had a heavy blow same day from N.N.E. for 12 hours with heavy rain and high seas, afterwards fine N.W. and S.W. winds for two days, and then north-easterly with very fine weather:— Lytlelton Times.