The Lyttelton Times.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 539, 2 January 1858, Page 5

The Lyttelton Times.

Saturday, January, 2,

.The reappearance of the Glentanner in our harbour on the last; day. of the ,year igives a satisfactory fulfilment to our anticipations; that .the harbour of : the ' bare ; plains' : of Canterbury is far from deficient in those qualities < which make a favourite ■ resort.for shipping;:: We were struck, as all could hot fail to' be, a£ the time when was first made that a vesf seLof large'tdiihage, wliich had lost her largest ""spars' and agreat number of her smaller ones, should stay to refit in our neighbourhood,"' instead i>f proceeding to •those ports where Sillier the raw material

is supposed to be in profiision, or where skill is to be.foiled. which looks upon the fti oonatruptipjqi,of skips, as a matter of course;; Bui the' expectatjonis + etiijertained 01 the su^ojencyiofr-'our own, resources Have been nior^J^nifWpfilled.!'.') A v , 5 -.. I ~ The Glentonner- has-drdppeii—up -the harboiu- <lPi^eon'M!E(ay, after lying therPFof ¥arfely tW6<rnbnths;-i. and having gone^wayaavperfeofc iwieek, iappeafls befoi|e ns Ait complete- repaiiv'rShfc has anew mainmast, new fore-top-mast, -< and' f ?new sjiara of all the inferior dimensions. As

to expense,.the cost of all fclie material with which she: has beea supplied' has- been less than, that which a spar suitable for «e|^ mainmast would have cost iv Eng--

land. -The labour bestowed upon her refit has been almost,wholly that of her own'..crewj while, the ship has hesjdes, -during the~ time, discliafged; ballasted, and taken.in; a small'rquantity of wool, and is now; fit jfcp receive the' remainder of her cargo. The , accident which happened to A the Glentanner has been 'alle;viated/ as-we-fency^ Captain Bruce will allow, to a very unlopkecl for extent.' ; We do not pretend to claim any conspicuous merit for having- permitted the Glentanner to, refit upon7 our shores ; the ■smartness of Captam and crew, and the co-operatipn afForded by .landsmen and Jseamen, are .subjects of quite distinct praise. It is ,only. the fact of our having resources at command to be made use of in an, emergency of the, sort, resources which we ourselves scarcely knew to be so extensive;; and which those 'having only a general knowledge^'-of our' settlement would deny the existence 'off—it is this iact which we feel it our! duty : as Journalists to bring, into general notice in justice to this settlement and its mercantile connections. '''"- '-"■*'; ' ■ ""- ; "■'-'■ ';■! ■■:.: