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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1695, 9 January 1874, Page 2

The as' Murray arrived yesterday after- , noon from N elson, via tlokitika, with a large of passengers. , Shewas expected to sail for Westport early this morning. : The s. s. Claud Hamilton is due here to-day from Nelson.- On arrival-' she.- Svill; take pas-, aengers for Melbourne direct. I > '' The New York papers'! just' receives "contain long details of the ravages of theistorm on the Worth American coast. A letter from t! Sydney, C.B;, says' that the settlement of , West : Bay, on the Grand, . Lake, has been ." almost demolished by the gale. On one side 'of the lay only about six houses are left ■ • standing. : ! In. the settlement of Baysdalej 20 ..houses .were blown down. A Jetter received from Magdalen Islands gives the following • 'particulars regarding the late 'storm there : — The tide rose to an extraordinary; height, causing a heavy, sea. in the bay, and Ithe vessels to ride heavily at their anchors. At ' daylight dh the morning of the 24th nine American schooners were already ashore aud , wrecked between Amherst and Bacque IJarbors, and during the day vessel after vessel „ . continued to . break adrift from her .moorings. :-. When night closed 43 vessels were on jth'e •iiehb raj-wrecked, and 26 others ; were, afloat in Amherst Harbor, with loss of anchors, cables, boats, spars, and other damage, only / nine remaining, outside at. -their moprings in ; , the., bay. . Poitunately; the :i loss of Hfejhas been small. , , | At length the Devastation has undergone i a trial which has really tested her seagoiug qualities. The Western. Morning News !cor- . : • .- respondent on board, writing on Tuesday from Castletown, says that, the seas encountered on clearing the Bay of Bantry were [ti . much heavier than any she has previously : inet with, averaging 20ft in height. [ Trials took place under the immediate superintendence of Bear-Admiral Hornby, whose flagship, the Agincourt, accompanied the Deyas--~_tation..~.The result was inthe highest degree satisfactory, and^ perfectly assured ;any waverers. • ' Ttie 1 maximum roll of the Deputation was 2G4 degrees, while the Agincoivirt, -i -aU^iiot o£ Wr, 1 Vollod one "degree more. Tho Devastation rode over the heaviest seas most „,.1 buoyantly,, and, elicited.) admiration on all sides. Several of her crew stood just behind ,ber fore-turret, which acted as a breakwater, screening the screw. The trial is regarded as rot only satisfactory, but as conclusively, establishing the vessel's seaworthiness under' -„,. any circumstances, •;, >/ ; i : .(. : ;[\, ■ ! In consequence of the success which' has Attended ; the, establishment of; the training ehip'ChicheBter in the Thames, for the reception of homeless and outcast, boys from London, for the purpose of training them for;, entering „the, the ,:Boyal Navy or. the mercantile marine, it is intended to. ( > j -have a second training ship on .the: Thames^, the Chichester being already so full that no morejboys can,[ for the; present, be received on board. Application has accordingly beeu made. by the.committee to the. Admiralty to -grant another of . the useless, old wooden ; i; -vessels of war tat Chatham' for; the. purpose of being converted into a training ship for; the Thames. The Admiralty, it is understood, ,-, will, accede .to the application, ;and it isjprobable that either the Severn or the Arethusa, both of which are the old class of' s0 -gun " Bcrew' frigates', will be handed over to : the committee for the required purpose. '