ARRIVAL OF THE ADAMANT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 8, 9 January 1878, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ADAMANT.

This vessel arrived at the outer anchorage at 1 o'clock this morning, after a protracted passage of 105 days from London. She was taken in tow by the Murray, which was coming in from the West Coast, and brought into harbor, and berthed alongside the Government Wharf. She left the East India Docks at 6 a.m. on Sept. 21st, with a fresh N.E. wind, landed the channel pilot off Dartmouth at 4 p.m. on the 22nd, and took final departure from the land at 4 a.m. on the 23rd; had a good run up to lat. 42 N when experienced light winds for two days' then had N.W. winds, which carried the vessel to Madiera, that island being sighted on October the 2nd ; here the vessel was detained with southerly weather until the 6th, when she got a light wind which lasted until the Bth, when ihe N.E. Trades were picked up in lat 29*58 18., which lasted until the 20th, when they were lost iv lat 18degs N. ; had light S.W. winds up to the Equator,^ which was crossed on the eight of the 31st October, 41 days out. The S.E. Trades were picked up on October 29th, but proved very light and '.far ■easterly. Trinidad was sighted on Nov. 9, and the vessel passed within two miles of Martin Vass Rocks, but saw no signs of life there; lost the S.K. Trades in lat 32degs S., long 19degs W., when the wind came in from the N.W.; sighted Tristan d'Acunhii on Übv. 29ih, and passed close to Inaccessible Island, but there also no signs of any shipwrecked people were seen ; experienced steady winds, varying from N.W. to S.W., up to reaching the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope which was passed on Dec. 3rd; from thence to Crozet Islands, which were sighted on December 10th, but night coming on the Adamant gave them a wide berth, had the; usual westerly ;and S.W. winds; passed north of Kerguelen Islands, but did not sight them; saw two large icebergs and several smaller ones on December 23. Up to Cape Lea win, which was passed on New Tear's day, had N.W. winds; from thence had tstrong southerly winds up to Monday night tlart, when a heavy gale was experienced with :a tumultuous sea. Several green fellows tbroke-on board, smashing in the doors on the .-starboard side of the deck house, >md carrying away,piirt of the topgallant bulwarks. <Cape.Earwejl was sighted yesterday afternoon, and : tne vessel made the anchorage as above. .On the .vsrhole the passage, though rather loug, was a .peasant one, nothing of anyxonseguence occurring to mar the voyage Mfith the exception of the ves^ej. being once in close proximity to a large .iceberg, which was eareloped in a dense fog,' that only $&

closed its occupant in time to avoid a collision. The Adamant brings a large number of passengers and a full cargo. She is commanded by Captain Tom Bowling, who although on his first. visit to Nelson is no stranger to New Zealand, he having made several voyages to thi3 colony in the Chile, St. Leonard's, and latterly in the ill-fated ship Avalanche. Captain Bowling has with him as chief officer Mr Crawford, and as second officer Mr Speckley, who was here in tha Helen Denny some fourteen months ago. The Adamant comes into port in clean condition, aud presents a much smarter appearance than she did when here last a little over three years ago. She will commence discharging cargo as soon as practicable.