ARRIVAL OF THE BRIGANTINE AKBAR, FROM CALCUTTA.

Press, Volume XXX, Issue 4096, 12 September 1878, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE BRIGANTINE AKBAR, FROM CALCUTTA.

This vessel was signalled yesterday morning, and m\* etperfiivcleare- by the health officer, all beta? will on board. Sh» is a. North American built

vessel, bating been launched at Prince Edward's Island ia 1871, and is owned by her mister, Captain ..ffstt. '-Her;fine lines indicate speed, and-we understand she has made several smart passages. This trip has ocenpi d eighty-five days, very un_lsrorjirj]B TOttier |nJi|JM 118 __rt__x tt err Oatit^r- _,_ ' wlj:_. tlie- e-meiJtioir tte*- wiienin. tli© Stt__ of Oup— tbree «fcips were seen wrecked • and. deserted, one. of which was lying just like a ship at »aehor, ;«ikJ Captain Watt declares that fcadit been evening-he should certainly have been k'«|*caifediato trying- to anchor inside her.sbe being: *-'<af-mae£.'larzerXoajoage. in which caselommstiii™ " "'(PjW ashore o- a __njferons -eel. Capt—in Watt °*farf_er states that it is his firm belief that ouC Of •' |„c other vessels he saw lying there wrecked had ::-!»©_*.. EO_sl»d-in this asnnsr, and desires to tx>int oat the urgent necessity there exists that this strait, thronsh which vessels are c ntinnaily- passing, -_-__oi_ii-'be properly haoyed.— The -followinir is the c*pfc%M>> .import:—Left Calcutta on June 13tb, and t&_ ''_a_d_te«ds 0U tbolSth. Had S.W. monsoon nnd indifferent w_*l_ier- in' the "Bay of Beng_L Passed thronjrh Strarl. of Malacca, crossing- j Equator on Jnly 15tn. The S.E. trades were fresh, and lasted to 20 S.. bat from thence to 30 S. I

_i»d *-,»»_cession of flight - variable. winds, after ' which "the westerlies set in fresh, the Snares being 1 inafie orr On the Thursday and Friday, before sighting Snares, a very strong S.W. gale was expane_ced,!obHging the vessel to lay to for two days. Had light e.-*stertj- and variable winds np . tho coast, with fine.weather and high glass, arriving at an anchorage in Lyttelton at 9.30 a.m. yesterday.