SHIPPING. PORT OF GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1823, 9 June 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING. PORT OF GREY.

HIGH WATER. This Day- 4.54 a.m. ; 5.31 p.m. ARRIVED. June 8-;Charleß Edward, p.s, WhitweP, from Hokitika, Westport and Nelson. Purser, agen£"~'-':-' iTV/ -:; -'-'•; T" 7 "."- ■ • """■'- ■ ■-,-.- 'SAIEBD." ' June 8 -Nil. PASSENGER LIST. Per Charles Edward : Miss Scott, Missj Burchell, Mrs Seibeck, Messrs Bentley, M Leod, Thompson, Snowfield, Kiely, Hadderick, Mendleson,. Clarke, two others, and one Chinamah..-.i^i^ '£-•■•• ■ f IN. THE. KOADSTEAD. ' A h'ce' Maud^ from Melbourne. Mary Ogilvie, from Oamaru. . „, J EXPECTED. ARRIVALS. Murray, from Nelson. Wallace, from. Nelson. Kennedy, from Nelson. W^parftifrom Hokitika, Spray, from Lyttelton. Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne Albion, from Melbourne O : •■ 5 VESSELS IN PORT. Dispatch, tug steamer. Gleaner, from Wellington. Charles Edward, from Nelson.

A coal boat, laden with 22 tons of coal, sank alongside the ! wharf on Sunday night. The boat f was recovered yesterday. , : ■ • -The' brfgiffitme Gleaner" commenced discharging her cargo of railway material yesterdaymdrmnc. ■^ ■ <■■■■' The p.s. Charles Edward, from Nelson via Hokitika, arrived in port yesterday afternoon. She leaves to-day for Westport and Nelson. '''"''

There were no departures from this port yesterday!.'- ' The schooner Mary Ogilvie, from Oamaru, arriv&Tin ihe roadstead yesterday, and the Dispatch went down and had a look at the bar. but found r that.the channel was not safe for towing purposes, running too close alongside,the South Spit. The schooner will be brought in the first opportunity. ; The brig Alice Maud is still at anchor in 'the roadstead, and will have to remain there until there is some alteration in the course of the channel.

The brigantine Isabella, which is to arrive here in a day or two from Welliogton, has, we notice by telegram, been sold to a firm in the North Island, who intend turning her into a whale*. This vessel had almost become an institution here, it now being some seven or eight years since her first arrival from the Australian Colonies, and t she has daring that, time been constantly encaged in the' trade J of the port, either as a lighter for the Melbourne Bteamere, or in conveying goods from the other Provinces. Whilst engaged as a lighter, and at the time being at anchor in the 0 roadstead, she was driven ashore daring a heavy gale from the westward, but was afterwards got off, hot a whit the worse, although she received so severe a handling aa Would have materially damaged a vessel less strongly, built. Her new owners, if they have not become possessed of the pretties model in the colonies, have at least a stout and comfortable craft, and one well suited to the trade in which it is intended to place her. — Register, Bth inst. A lifeboat fitted with the newest uppKances, and for the use of the Lyttelton pilot station 1 , has been brought out by by the ship Ballochmoyle. ■ The schooner. Lady Don, Captain Buxton, arrived 'liiT Lyttelton oh Saturday week, from; Hokitika,, after a T very lengthened passage. Joss, of lifer and damage to the vessel, caused by, strong gales on , the coast. Captain reports thai he left Hokitika on May. 3. Oh May 17,' encountered a strong S.E. gale, Cape Farewell bearing south, distance 10 miles. At 9 30 p.m. a heavy sea struck the vessel, carrying away the starboard bulwork*, wheel grating, bursting the 'mainsail, and washing the mate and one of the seamen overboard ; the mate succeeded in swimming to the vessel, and was pulled on board by the master and one 1 of i the crew ; the other mad was heard to cry twice. Ropes and planks were thrown over to him, but he sank instantly, although a good swimmer. He is supposed to have -been seriously io jured by the force of the -Bea,- which was so strong as to bend the standard ,(1 Jin iron)/ -r The' mate was severely injured, being laid up for some days.

jßlost' of our readers will remember the foundering of the Belle Isle of Newcastle, and the rescue of her crew and passengers by the barque Velocidade, and the Board of Trade, haye since recognised the services of Captain Ifwerson and his gallant crew. The Marine Board of New South Wales forwarded to the Boaid of -Trade a recommendation that their services should be acknowledged, and the following letter was received in reply :^- 1 "To the President of the Marine Board, Sydney; Bir,— Referring to your letter of the 15th May, forwarding the finding of the Marine Board of New! South Wales in the case of the inquiry into the circumstances attending ( the abandonment; of .the ship Belle Isle, and recommending that the conduct of Mr Charles Ifwerson, master of the barque Velqcidacle, of Lyttelton, N.Z., should receiy^'reepgnition from this department, I am directed by-the Board of Trade to acquaintr you, for ttiemffirmation of the Marine Board of New South Wales, that they have awarded Mr Ifwerson/a gold watch, which has been sent to the Colonial office for presentation to him. To the five seamen, of the Velocidade who manned the boat from that vessel, by which the rescue was actually effected; the Board have awarded the sum of L 2 each ; and they have requested the Secretary of State .for .the Colonies; to be so good as to take such steps as his' lordship may think .fit for discovering the men (whose name's were not given in the finding of the Marine Board) and, paying the rewards —Signed, Thomas GRAY. Board of Trade, Whitehall Gardens, 6th March, 1874." • - Another story of/ythe summary way in= which independent Republics seem to think they are, entitled to treat the ships of other States comes by telegraph from London. An English steamer, commanded by Captain Hyde, left Valparaiso, in .Chili, one day with a number' of Chilian passengers.on board. By some misadventure, the cause, of which is not given, the vessel capsized, whether with loss of life or not we are left in ignorance. Thenaa^W '-the Chilian' authorities, ' indignant at Chilian passengers being capsized in an. English vesselj adopted the I unheard of course of imprisoning the captain, Hyde. : Mr Ruinboldt, the British Minister at Valparaiso, justly incensed ; at f Buch^treatment of a British feuty'eefc, at once decaandecl the released. Captain, Hyde, and. backs, up bis demand with a claim for indempity. '. This energetic action evidently startledtbeChilians and they at once ordered the captain's release. for the indemnity, which most concerns them, that is still pending