THE FORFARSHIRE.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1681, 8 July 1875, Page 2

THE FORFARSHIRE.

Captain Daniel J^nes has supplied the following report of the voyage :—The "orfsrshire left London on the 19nh March, and took her final denaiture from the obannel on toe 22nd. Variable winds and heavy weather were experienced Ir. the Channel. The equator was reached oa the 10th April. After crossing the equator experienced nothin* but light variable winds an* calms from the •'.V.. until in latitude 33° R; a very high barometer the whole time On the 7kh and Bth May sigps of a eh -nge" appeared, with a falling barometer. Upon th« morning of the 9th, the barometer had fallen to 29 35 with dark lowering weather; »he wind increased to a strong g*l«, with torrents of rain. At 4pm until Bpm a heavy gale with violent squalls and torrents of rain continued. Electtic light were visible upon each yard-arm anrt ma«tbead. At 9 pm, after a heavy burst the wind died away and veered to the north, where it remained until 10 am. It then backed toMhe eastward, and continued with ft very heavy sea until 3 am, during which time the baToireter commencii to fall to 25"90 and 5 to 2? 75, blowing furious. At spm the fore-topmast head and top gallant-mast sear carried away—fell by the b">ard, and shortly afterwards the maiutoo gallant mast followe.l, smashing up the starboard forward cotter, splitting lower topsails, and doing much other damage aloft At 6 p m the storm abated, and vaered north-eastward, after which the barometer rose slowly, the ship 'being under c'oae-reefed topsails during the time A strong gale continued for about eighteen hours aftei frrm toe »)orth-west. All the foretor-ffallant gear, sails. *c, were entirely lost, but we saved considerable of th* main, thus ending one of the most severe storms it has been,my misfortune to encounter, and which was in all its stages a enmplete cyclone of the severest kind. During fhis time t*e vessel was in latitude 23deg 20min S. and lo^gitudu 17deg W. The remainder of the voyage a succession of severe gales, mostly from the NE was experienced. Since passing Tasmania, heavy S"W and N W gales. Sighted the North Cape on 8a urday la*t, a heavy gale being experienced dowa the coast Anchored for the night inside Tiritiri g causing the Manukau Ba^ to be impracticable this morning, the departure of thef ss Ladybird has been postponed till to-morrow. , . _ . The London ship Forfarsbire came into harbovr this afternoon. She was passed by the Immigration Commissioners to-day, and her passengers will be landed to-morrow. , The barque Bella Mary arrived yesterday from Hobart Town, which- Captain Me Arthur reports having left on the 19th ult. Heavy gales were experienced on the 29th Jtne, and on the 4th July, when the lower maintopsail wrs blown to pieces, and the maindeck was almost under water. The_ barque came up the harbour this morning. She brings her usual cargo of H obart Town produce, and is consigned to Messrs Stone Bros.