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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 122, 15 May 1876, Page 2

The Wellington, arrived from Onehunga at midnight'and sailed for Picton and South at 1130. this morning. The Kennedy ;sallß for Wanganui at 8 o'cl >■ k this evehin&; ' The Lyttelton sailed for Blenheim yesterday iut her-,arrival there, is not yet report* d. Thq* Murray, will sail for West Cpast ports to-morrow, Jbaw and weather permitting. The'Albion left Hokitika for Neleon at one p.m^to'd'a^., 77 •■'•'•"-''', Th^e"ather7muet be very'fough on the West Coai'tV as the'M^dri, Which, was 'at Greymoutb ph.Thursday and purposed leaving , that evening for' Nelson direct, is not yet reported^, as buying sailed. The. Wal'ace,, too, which left nere on Friday^bas not'yet arrived. at Westport. ••••;-_-- -'• -'-Y '"■" '" The barque-fCaVny Scot,, .which anchored in the,bay. on fS'aturday Afternoon on the ap.. pesrance of the;N.W.;win^, sailed again early, y ester day morning, 'a light S.W. breeze then blowing.^., f -■*.- The brigantine Parry, Captain Vallentjnsen, arrived at! ihe outer anchorage on Saturday afternoon after a passage of 44 days from Mauritius.!and. wa9 towed into harbor yesterday morning hy( the steamer Kennedy. Thei captain reports leaving Port. Louis on Marcb 30th; experienced moderate' weather -with light winds until > reaching latitude 24 degs. S., when, had ,'S.S.F. weather, passing Tasmania on May 3rd, 40 miles off; from thence experienced light.S. and S.TS. winds, sighting Cai>e Farewell-* on Saturday morning, and arriving 'asfiibpve.; 7Pa9: ed the.French b»rqtie. St. Marie, bound frota Mauritius to, Adelaide, on April 2nd, a'so a three-masted schooner outward bound,, -The Parry was built and is owned in 'Norway, arid sails under the Norwegiap flai?. ..She was here about four, years ago in command of the present master. The Parry 1* brines' a, cargo' of sugar consigned to Messrs N Ed**a*ds & Co. By the arrival .of the brigantine Parry, from Mauri ius on Saturday last, we hare received fuller particu'ars of tbe hurricane which passed over that place on February 18th. We lfa^e.not received files, the captain averring that there was such a demand for paper? at the time that they were all sold, and that he; could not obtain any- either for love * or money.;, *,We; tare indebted to Cap'ain Vallentinsen for the following succinct account: —On-the morning ofthe lßth February, the sky suddenly became gloomy, tbe barometer began to;faU,\ftrid-there was,every indication of an. approaching hurricane. Accordingly all the vessels in harbor— of which there were about forty—rma'e everything secure aud snug, and in most of the vessels another anchor" was let -go. The wind was blowing light from the S'W.jall'day, but by 8 '-p'-in. it eame on to blow with fearful violence, the fain descending in torrents, and the sea commencing -tSiriseJ -By half past 2 o'clock* next morning the hurricane was in its fullest force, nnd the •''sea) running, mountains high. At this time the vessels romm need to drag their anchor?, and those which had not takenahe precHution to put another anchor down before the hurricane commenced were dashed against* each other.,;.Two Urge French barques lying ahead of .the Parry dragged their anchors, and almoit ground one another to the water's edge.! The "Parry did not escape uninjurei; Oarrying. away one of her cables Bhe was driven side-on to a barque, and carried away her jib boom Then she'swung round on to another'■-..barque', and carried away her jibboom ' also, and before she brought up had carried away the jibbonms of four differe-t vessels.- The P.my had her bulwarks on the port sidei carried away, together with eleven stanchions, and hid both boats smashed to piecesf ;Tbe hurricane calmed down about seven o'clock the same-eveninir, anl the vessels once mare be.an to ply ia the harbor. Accounts from the interior report that great d.majje was done to the sugar crops, and that in consequence of this there will be a great falliDg off this year.