ARRIVAL OF THE BARQUE GLEN I CALADEH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5492, 24 June 1879, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF THE BARQUE GLEN I CALADEH.

The barque signalled yesterday came up the harbour after dusk, and turned out to be the above barque, 107 days from the Dowtw. She is consigned to the New Zealand Shipping Company, with a general cargo of merchandiso. The Glen Caladh is an iron barque of 494 tons register, owned by » company in Glasgow, an<l baa traded under the New Zealand ouipping Company's flag before, her last voyage being to tho Bluff, at which port she was discharging whan the well-known Ann Gambles, Captain Morgan, went ashore. The barque sailed from the Downs the same day as Messrs. Shaw, Saville and Co.'s barque Isle of Bute also bound for this port, and as this last-named vessel was towed right out to sea, and had several days start on the Enghsh coa.t Uptain Lament feels somewhat proud of beating the vessel of the opposition line. Captain Lament reports tearing the Downs on the Bth March, and for five days was dnfting about, the Lizards being passod on the 13th. Across the Bay of Biscay fresh N.E. winds, which continued beyond the line, which was crossed on April sth, in long. 24*22 W., 28 days out. The same winds were experienced until sighting Trinidad on April 12th ; subsequently light easterlies for several days when i. strong N.N.W. gale set in and the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope was crossed on May 15th. In running down the eastings between tho meridians of 41* and 42' S., strone winds were obtained, varying from N.N.W. to S.S. W., and for a long spoil an average of 200 miles per day was made by the barque. Konnded the coast of iasmama on the 15th inst., and from thence to the Three Kings nothing but a succession of heavy S.W. ca lea and terrific hailstorms, tho vessel being well under water tho most of tho tune ; it proving the roughest part of the voyage, lhe Three Kings were made at 4.30 p.ra. on Satur day and down the coast fine S.AV. breezes until abreast of the Poor Knights on Sunday, at b p.m., when the vessel was rounded-to for seven hours Tho weather clearing up, sail was again made, the night being beautifully clear, but oarlv yesterday it commenced with heavy squalls from W.S.W. to S.W. and continued until the anchoragc was made. bpeaKings : On April 1, in lat. (>' N., tho British ship Desdemona, from Calcutta to Liverpool. April 4 in 2'20 N., tho barque Spirit of Dawn from London to Otago, 22 days out (tins vessel arrived at' Port Chalmers Heads on Sunday nisht, and would be towed up to Dunedin yesterday) : also, tho Russian barque Tlior, from London to Algoa Bay. April 13, barque Q.T.C.D., from New York to Ne»v Zealand, JJ diiys out; British ship Cierccieth, from Rio Janeiro bound North; British ship Belfast, from Liverpool to Calcutta, 2S days out. April 19. in lat. 24-3S S., 3G'47 W., British barque Shakesuere, from London to Adslaidc, 39 days out. May 3, in 39 43 S., ous E., Basuto, from Loudon to St. Thomas, Natal, SO days out.