PORT OF GREY. SHIPPING. PORT OF GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1850, 22 July 1874, Page 2

PORT OF GREY.

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. This Day- -3. 24 a.m. ; 3.48 p.m. ARRIVED. s -.July2l-~Ni1. .... ...... _SATT.T.T>. July 21— Titan, p.s, for Hokitika. Maclean and Co, agents. EXPECTED . ARRIVALS. Charles Edward, f rote, Nelson. "Mxirray, from Nelson. . ; . Wallace, from Nelson. ; Kennedy,' iroin Nelson. ' ' : ■' Spray, from Lyttelton. Wanganui, from Oamaru. , _ Otago, froiri Melbourne. : Alice Maud, from Melbourne' ;•> . Albion, from Melbourne. ; VESSELS IN PORT. , Dispatch, tug steamer. Waipara, from Hokitika Mary Ogilvie, from Duhedin. Alma, from Melbourne.

From various newspapers received ; from America by the last mail we learn that Sir W RiDouglas, lately of Dnnedin, has been receiving great , praise in America for his boat-lowering apparatus. In San, Francisco there was a public trial of his apparatus, and he received from i many leading men warm eulogiums for his inventions. In Illinois. we< notice that the papers have several notices of Mr: Douglas, and of .his probable return to the' west. And in Philadelphia there was also a public trial of the apparatus, and the officers of the States who were present not only approved of the invention but hoped that the inventor would become an American citizen. . A death from drowning at sea occurred during the voyage of the brig Emily from. Mauritius to Melbourne. On the 22nd ult. one of the apprentices named Wm. Langley, went out to lofise the jib; and not making his appearance afterwards a search was insti-j tuted,- but the: unfortunate lad was never seen again. He was about 18 years ;of age, and-a native of Brighton, England. ■ The northerly ; wind; which succeeded the stiff-south-westerly blow of Monday last increased in' fortfe greatly on Tuesday nightj and strong northerly blasts, .prevailed in. the bay ' : during the whole of; yesterday;' Towards e^emngtne gusts were frequent and very : fierce. Duriiig : the' afternoon} the'Dttko of Edinburgh; a sailing J Hbat from' Saridridge, ■\^hilelyiDJg-so, in the vicinity of the Oerberas, : waiting for the s.s. Macedon coming down the river, was struck by one of these sudden squalls, "and filled .' ; and sank. . The accident did not pass unobserved, and the Williamstpwn s steamer :. Gem,, ; and .the steamers; Hercules and Resolute were quickly at the" spot., A.:boat ; from the Cerberus .put off, however, and rescued the two watermen, Devine and Daniels, from their, dangerous position ju&t as the Bteamers came up. Several boats .and small craft on the Williamstowri side filled at their moorings and went down, but the gravest casualty was the sinking of the watermen's boat" just adverted to. ■'Tne'bbisterpitts weather had its inflhence in preventing the" ships which arrived at the Heads .on Monday from reaching the bay. The Blackwail liner Agamemnon, from Lpndpni'afte'r beating up from the.Soiith Channel, let go her anchors when she was about six or seven miles from Hpbson's Bay, and there she would have to remain until the weather moderated. The' ship Eaton 'Hall, from ISverpobi, wnicn vmiw ihivagu. the South Channel in tow of the steamer Williams, brought up off Schapper Pbhit, the jvind being too, strong ; to admit of the steamer inaking .much headway. ', Thie Williams reniairied by the ship, and , will tike her in tow again as soon as the gale abates. On land the force, of the wind was greatly felt, and the'day was 'one of the most disagreeable exp^teHenced this .winter, but the'gale does not appear, to have^ done any material damage.-— 4"r(7W«>; 9th iust". : ' '. ;,'". '■.. .'.,/ . :