SHIP HALCIONE FROM LONDON.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 2628, 26 August 1876, Page 2

SHIP HALCIONE FROM LONDON.

>cianblßiToaßol was signalled at 2 p.m^yeoteraav, ftna fA, being,^par^ea ljy $he Health pffloor,all w»b ndtDbfcvel)l,^Tho*latter part oflho passage "very WtmyJ When oft Marian Island on July & manbamed WilMata' Wostoott, was lost over- ■. boawL wMlft Making ftstothft nUtfntopmast staysail, j The passengers, who number 30, are all in excellent; health. The ship anchored off Jiipa Island at 5 p.m. ■ e *^e J 'foiMwftifi Itf We* 1 Oaptafn'B Mpotb:— Tho tfiald'oue loft, tlio (East* ludia'docks on. may X% and anohoroa , at, jSravesend. until S.».m.s Brought up at tho Nore for the night, and loft next at daylight, thewtyd, being wsh from the mwtn-oast. LandeS Xilot WVail at flobn on May 20, when the; {.Wind fell toteai had; strong •Westerly winds, and/ theavv sea down the channel, and landed .Channel; J Bilo"w'tiowy Head on^May 25, at 6 -a.nl.. Left the , LWd next; day at' l a.m.,' wind: ,iNoibth.ea»t,'s wflioh continued until catch;ingi tho North-east tradoa, which .proved. .flght. and w«e lost in 6 Norths thence Easterly! 'SttdSouttt-eWerly winds for two daya. On flunday, , June 18, got tho South-east trades, when the tie of the upper maintomail yard carried away, the yard, going at the same time. Crossed the Equator next; day, 30 days out. In 26.50 West experienced fresh; 'tradea, -'and lost' them on June 26. Had light Easterly winds for several days, when tho wind hauled wtotboUforth-west, the ahip making very good progress until. Tristan d'Aounha was passed <dri July 7i weather' v^ry dirty, and accompanied ■with thunder and lightning. After this the weather was very unsettled. On July 23, off Marian Island, William Westoott, A.8., while making fast tho MaWtOpmaßt staysail, lost his hold, and fell overkftwd." It 'wW impossible to savo him, as it was: blowing hard t&< the time, with a 1 very heavy sea. fit was also, extremely dark : tho ship was going; twelve'inot?an hour. The wind fast tad-eased next; -day, 'and a heavy gale, accompanied with terrific ogualls, waß;experienced. Ono of the squalls was' io fierce that the lower foretopaail was burst. On Jnly,Bf thelowor mizzen tonsafl yard carried away., itmitigu^t 8 the barometer fell gradually to 28,40, ,a f very- heavy cross sea running— fearful snow tgquaUa and Jlowering olouds all round. Were Off Tasmania, on, August 15, a stiff, JJTorth-west galo blowing Ythenoe Easterly winds and high North-j «ast sea vrere 1 experienced from August 18 until tho iSnaies weresightodon August 20, at three pim. r 4 Haas une weaker, an,d light Southerly winds until offlfort Ohalmerß.a't daylight on Tuesday, when ; the wiM fell away't^ almost a oalm, and continued id* till Thursday evening, when the ship was 40 miles South-east of tho Peninsula. , A fresh North* .east, breeze then sprang up, the Heads woro; Xtighted at ope p.m. yestorday, and tho vobsol anohotedat five p.m., having made the passage in 86 daya from land to land, and 01 daya from .the Lizard. iAf,to,t the ship passed Tristan d' Aounha it was one conWnuecl succession of North-West • gales, with heavy beam 'seas', in the heaviest of whidhthe wind would drbp, and suddenly shift to the West, afterwards falling calm- for some , The ship during this time took large quantities of on boafd. , Tho Halolono brings a largo oargo consigned to Matheson's Agency. ■ ■