ARRIVAL OF TWO ENGLISH SHIPS.

Evening Star, Issue 4112, 2 May 1876, Page 4

ARRIVAL OF TWO ENGLISH SHIPS.

THE LOCH AWE AND CAITHLOCH

The signals at the Heads yesterday morning announced the arrival of the ship Loch Awe from f Th ® tug G ? eloi1 S shortly after proceeded down, but owing to it being ebb-tide and the ship being of a heavy draft of water, she did not attemp t ber lu tbe flood-tide crossing the bar at 4.80 p.m and towing her up as far as theQuarantmegrouud, whereshe came to anchor, having ou board about eight tons of powder. The Loch bmf. ,'n iaro n i e vess ® l of b 053 tons, was built m 1869 by Messrs Barkley and Curie, of Glasgow, aud is owned by Messrs J. R. Wilson and 1 5(70 She i b T gS - a car »° of between aim-rf? d H 6 ?? n° rs dead weight, and four youug s ’ «o“«gned to Mr Row®, which nhJr ai £ V AT la splendid condition, under the charge of Mr Wngbt, who informs us their vary between fifteen and eighteen mouths. They nwi S T toc ; kwe b, Leopold 9th, Sir William 6th[ aa £ kmart Lad. The Loch Awe also brings four l au<l sixteen steerage passengers, who have good health. Captain Weir informs us the Loch Awe left Gravesend at 5.30 p.m. on the 30th Jamwt-y, but owing to the heavy fog came to anchor the same night: got uuderweigh next day, aud beat down Channel with a westerly wind aud high sea "rook hpr r lrr <f away part o£ her port bub L nal departure from tbe Start on l4h had v i’w lf| UCC ’ U ? t, i sighting Madeira ou the l-tu, had variable winds from the S. to the W., aud to the eastward of the island, when sho had i tlmLTmto a T OiiS o® N,E - Belt wit bout meet? 1 Cr ossed the equator ou the •7th in long. 27.41, aud got tire S.E. trades same Rin’w 110 , 1 \ ery poor > and w ere lost ou the Bth March in lat. 30.45, thence N. and W. winds, tlme ? \° t,ie S.W.. and crossed th •. mcrishe .rot w W r ICb ° a th ® 18t b iu lat. 41.7 S., when fi 6 bronze and passed the Cape on the On tU fith^f^ 0 0 - bad good westerlies? the 6th of April, m 88 E., the wind shifted to the t£r P5 19 a E St wb g aU i T SqUally uutil *be 15th in , »• , .19 E., when she again got the westerlies which lasted until the 24th, when it shifted to the eastward and continued uutil making the Snares on the evening of the 24th instant, aud passed Stewart’s Island on the morning of the 25th, whfu she met a Heavry S W. gale, which carried her along the coast • was off the Heads ou Wednesday, aud was driven past the port by the gale, during which her miner 11 ’ aud , m i z . e 1 a " t °P sa il was blown away, was on Oamaru at midnight on S'ltnrd-iw andarnved at the Heads at miduifht. haturday » Xlie snip which we reported iu our iqsnp nf Qnim* day as standing in from the southward proved to be the i.aithloch from London, the Geelong towim. ho, over the bar shortly after 4 p.m? and toSt h?r up as far as Deborah Bay, where she came to anchor alter a very good passage of eighty, four days frnm S“d Th)‘fcffll 4a (ro,n of l 18 a Y ry baudsome iron vessel > n and 13 on ber second voyage, having o Gr“enocl° *hv Mr O. VfcuLto* Glasgow? 110 Her C °23sf^ fitted’ all h th d f P , th °- hold of 22 £ aid she is nttea with all the latest improvements She was chartered in Loudon for the present voyage bv S r «UnTi ba . Vlile ’ and Co " and brings a cargo of 2,0J0 tons dead weight, besides fifty-one passengers, twenty-eight of whom are immigrants short pipped by the Countess of Kintore As th® Caithloch has on board a quantity of Lav? machinery for the Government, she will discharge ~*s ™. lway • She left Gravesend on th? fb °f February, had a fine easterly wind down o ifth?? 5 1 b n ° k ? e , r de P ai 'ture from Start Point on the l sth, thence to lat. 40 N. had N. winds when it shifted to the S.W. for three days, which led her into the N.E. trades on the 18th, in lat. 25 On the r^V ln l-° f t} - le 2 , lst - in lat - N., she sighted a boat making signals of distress. Immediately bore down and took on board the boat and five men. part ot the crew of the brig Caroline. They wercLie master (Captain Campbell), duel officer (Mr Flynn) three seamen, and two African natives. Captain Campbell reported that the brig was bound from nrrW? 3 «’ T the coas s of , Africa ' Queenstown for ’ a “ d , s Pr ua S a leak, and that her pumps becoming choked, the crew took to the boated five in the ri.t ii.fi 8 b f fom . m the other; this was on “ t February, lat. !7.2° N„ long. 21.50 W? SL rt ,' y aft ® r leaving her the vessel foundered The boats kept together uutil night, when they parted, and did not meet afterwards. The rescued party saved a few articles of wearing apparel, compass, a cat, and dog (which animals ni e still on board the Caithloch.) The shipwrecked men were kindly treated on board, and were transferred to the s s. Argentina on the 25th of March, bound to Amsterdam, from Bahia. The Caithloch crossed 28? th2 U v'v f U i the 1 2 - Btb February, in long. ’; 8 > th ?,trades, which were moderate, were carried to IS.; thcuco Doldrums were experienced 7S - o? , the 7th March, when she met the S.E Uades, winch were light and gave out iu 2/ S.; thence good leading winds until nnssinD* Gough Island on the 17th, when she got the wester‘)lßudtoCiar)aSfr<Vho me r idiau o f tbe Capo on the j ..i u passed the Crozets ou the 29th and Kerguelen Laud ou the 2nd of April with thtok weathei; westerlies continued uutil the 14th and passed the Leu win on the 11th, after losing tlm westerlies she had N.E. winds, which dro?l he? down to lat. 56 on the 23rd, when she got a S W uP assed tlle Snares without sighting them fpJwi? itb ’ au ? i“ ade tbe land at Long Point ou he 25th; passed Cape Saunders same day, and was off the Heads on the 26th; but owing to the breeze she head-reached off shore under small canvass until the gale moderated, when she stood in made the Heads again ou the morning of the