WELLINGTON.

Anglo-Maori Warder, Volume 1, Issue 22, 21 September 1848, Page 1

WELLINGTON.

We have great satisfaction in publishing, from yesterday's Gazette, a well merited tribute from the Executive Council of this Province to Captain Stanley and the officers and crew of H. M. Ship Calliope, for their zeal and activity during the pe'iod of their service on the sou hern coa»t of New Zealand. It iuu?t be equally giaiifying to these gallant men, on thf-i* departure, to wuwss the present peaceful and pro->-peious state of tins Provmce» n'tributabl*; in a great measure to tlirir exertions, and to Know that even Rfuigiiiaeata, who on their first arrival* nag to [uiundabie as the au'bor of the distnrbauccs they assistei to quell, though still tha same tuihuk'nt »av.ure, has dwindled into comparative iiiugaifcaace.^VfCfa'or.

[From the Government Gazette, August 22.] Colonial Secretary's Office. Wellington, 21st August, 1848. His Excellency the Govenor-in-Chief has been pleased to direct the publication of the tract front the Minutes of the Executive ComaSffof the Province of New Munster, on the occasion of the departure of Her Majesty's Ship Calliope for England. By His Excellency's command, Alfred Dohbtt, Colonial Secretory*

Extract from the Minutes of the Executive Council of New Munster, Saturday. 19th August:— "It was unanimously resolved that. 'The Executive Council feels tt to be its duty, upon the departure of Her Majesty's ship Calliope for England, to cause to he conveyed to Captain Stanley, and the officers and crew of that vessel, its acknowledgement of the services they hnvo rendered to the colony. ' In a time of considerable danger, when the Calliope was the only man.of-war in Cook's Straits, the ready zeal and alacrity of her commander in visiting (he various points of danger, and in undertaking operations whenever required, upon en exposed and difficult coast, and that frequently in the winter season, mainly contributed to the preservation of confidence, and thy prevention of serious evils, which a sense of insecuritc ever produces in a young community. * The Executive Council, feeling therefore how great a debt of gratitude the pub'ic owe to Captain Stanley* the officers and crew of the Calliope, for their devotion and gallantry in times of such difficulty, tenders them its thanks for the services tbey have rendered on the Southern Coast of New Zealand ; and reqnosts His Excellency the Governor.in-Chief to cause these its sentiraeuts to be communicated to Captain Stanley." " His Excellency the bovernor-in-Chief stated his entire concurrence in the sentiments expressed by the Executive Council, and said that he would with great pleasure communicate the same to Captain Stanley." A true Extract, Jo. Ormond, For Clerk of Executive Council.