DEATH OF CAPTAIN SIR EVERARD HOME, OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CALLIOPE.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 128, 17 November 1853, Page 3

DEATH OF CAPTAIN SIR EVERARD HOME, OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CALLIOPE.

It is with very sincere regret we have to anounce the death of that gallant and kind hearted seaman, who has been so long known o, and deservedly esteemed by both the s'ntive and European inhabitants ol' Now {calami; and who only quilled llm port of ~nd, in 11. M. Ship Calliope, after a j lisit of nearly llirce months, on the lilhofi Oi'toher last! On her passage to Sydney, j the Calliope touched at Kuwait; and during j her slay there, Sir Evcraril experienced a ! shock of paralysis from which he never re-! covered, merely surviving lo reach Sydney, \ on Ihe 51st of October, and to expire there ' on ihe 2nd of November. The following memoir of tin? deceased, who possessed in an eminent degree, the genuine characteristics of ihe true Brilish Sailor will, we have no doubt, proved acceptable lo our renders: we copy it from tlte Empire, (a Sydney newspaper), of ihe 3 inst. We have lo announce Ibis morning, the denlh of Captain Sir Everard Home, Pari., .'.'.utnandiug 11.M.5. Calliope, at procnl in :he harbour of Port Jackson. The dcalh of ibis distinguished ollicer will he regarded villi feelings of respect and sorrow by all who, either in personal iulcrrour ■by repute, have become acquainted wilh the high character, superior aiiaiinnenls. and urbane disposition which are now lost lo society, but which will behingnnd gratefully remembered in conneelion will) his name. The deceased was Ihe son of Sir Everard Home, Hail., F.Ii.S.. Ihe author of„several valuable works on subjects of medical science and Physician lo ihe HoyalHospiialalChelsea. This gentleman was of Scotch birth and parentage, but resided ehielly in London, where he rose lo eminent professional Practice, rerciving Ihe appointment of surgeon lo King George the Third, by whom he was created 'a baronet in 1815. lie was :i pupil of John llualer, and later in life published that gifted physician's Treatise on (he I'A I, wilh a life of the author, llesides cniiliibuling nearly a hundred papers to ihe Transactions of Ihe fioyal Society, lie published various medical Treatises of high merit, all of which are received as works ol'aulhnrily in I In* profession. James Evi raid, the von nf Ibis genlteman, was Inn u in London. October 2'i, I 70S. liis mother was the onlv (laughter of James Tnnslall, Esq., |>.l). lie Mirccedcd bis father as second baronet August 51, 1852. The late Sir Evcraril, il is said, entered Ihe Navy muHi in opposition lo bis father's wishes." In 1810, April 10, before he was twelve vcars of age, lie entered as midshipman un'hoilMl Ihe Kiiiyrillis rri»:ile, i: : ipt:iiil Hon. George Hew-ago Lawrence Duudas. The ship [proceeded to the Mediterranean, (here, in August 1812. he joined the Malta, Ml) guns, bearing the Mag of Sir llenjainin Hallowed. A lew years lalcr, he served wilh Sir Peujamin on board ihe Tonnanl, 80 guns, at Cork. Wilh ihe Sybille frigate, bearing Ihe flag of Sir Home Popham, -vbo commanded in chief ai Jamaica, he arrived in t|ie West Indies. In July, LSI i, be was promoted to a Lieutenancy in Ihe Larue, 20 •guns, Captain Abraham Lowe, and afterwards was appointed lo iho Pique, 50 guns, Capiain John Mackellar, liolh vessels also on the Jamaica station. The Pique wenl home, and was nearly lost in a (carlul hurricane on Ihe passage ; and Lieutenant Home, after eight moiltlis' service on Ihe home station in ihe lleliron, 10 guns, Capiain Willian Hoberl Hawkins, obtained a second prouiolal cominission, dated January 28, 1822. He did not again go alloat, however, until the begining of 1831. In February of that year he assumed command of ihcltaccliorsc, 18 guns, lining out for Ihe West Indies, and his ship was actively engaged in ihe siege of Para, * in I 85'», for several days liring upon the batteries in company wilh a liiaziliausquadron. On this return to England, and after his ship was paid off, he was raised to ihe rank of jmsl-capiain. Ho appears to have remained on shore, being posessed of an ample fortune, iiiioVAiigusl, 1811, when he wascoinmisioncd"t!> proceed lo ihe East Indies in the North Star, 2(i guns. While in this command, Sir Everard Home, was distinguished in Iho capture of Woosung and Shanghai; and for his services in the operations on Ihe Yang-tse-Kiaug, he. was nominated. December 2-1, 1812, a Companion of the Ilalb. On Ihe cessation of the Chinese hostilities, the North Star visited Australia. .In Decemder, IBi'i, when Senior Naval Ollicer, al New Zealand, he originated the instructions under which Captain Charles Graham, of the Castor, with bis seamen and marines, co-operated with the body of troops under Colonel Dcspard, lo reduce the stronghold of the rebel chief Kawiti, "on the river Kawakawn. During the assault upon this pah, Sir Everard was eiilnisted wilh {he defence of a friendly pah at the point of

debarkation; and lie otherwise assisted in suppressing the power of the native insurgents with unwearied zeal and excrlion. At the close of the New Zealand disturbances, llie North Star proceeded to England, and was paid oft". In 1830, November 28, Sir Kverard Home was appointed to the Calliope, 20 guns; and he again arrived at Sydney July 20. IBal. One consideration which weighed with the deceased Karouet in leaving Knglaud on his last voyage, was to inal ure cerlain philanlrophic views which lie entertained in reference lo the races of the South Sen Islands. Sir Kverard was given lo sciculSli est.'Klicsaml was well acquainted with geologv and bu:..''-Y- Almost Hie last of his public acts was nil appeal to the Australian public on behalf of the widtjw and daughter of the late Caplaiu Flinders. Jfe was a man of humane feelings, and in heart a genuine ISrilish sailor; ami by his manly deportment and siricl sense nf justice he invariably ivon the lov(! of bis olliirrs .uid men. For some lime Sir F.\erard lluiiii! had been suffering frouidisea« Mil' the heart, and, when the Calliope w:is <ilV Kawan, New Zealand, on the rccoui passage to Sydney, ho was slriil.cn with paralysis, after which be never left bis col. He died yesterday n17.50p.m., in the presence of Dr. Cox, ship's surgeon, and Ihe Chaplain. He has left a sister, we helieve scaled at llolurl Town, and two brothers in Knglaud. lie wasbimself unmarried, ami was ;'i.'j years of age. Among his personal effects is a sword which was presented lo him by Karl St. Vincent, on his examination for a lieutenancy. The funeral of Sir Kverard Home will take place on Friday. The body will be taken lo the .New Cemetery on one of the gun carriages belonging to the Calliope, and the procession will form on ihe land at the Cirelar Wharf. Daring yesterday, the flags at Ihe Governmeul House and ai the Signal Station, and on all ihe ships in harbour, were hoisted at half masi. Captain (ienuys, of 11..M.5. Fanlome, will lake command of ihe Calliope as acting captain. fcwpiic. Nov. or J. Not many hours previous to bis decease, the lale baronet directed p.?n ink and paper lobe placed before him; and, having re<pu\sied that he might not be disturbed, drew tip his last Will and Testament; by which he bequeathed some token of remembrance to every olli 'cr ami man serving under him. We have so repeatedly, (in these pages), presented instances of canine affection, that we should he to blame were we to withhold a very remarkable example which occurrcda l the funeral of Sir Kverard Home. There was a large Newfoundland dog, on board ihe Calliope, not the properly of Ihe Captain, bat which had become particularly attached lo him, and was nccusiomcd lo go ashore with him in his boat. During his last illues s the dog ni'jnifestcd ihe greatest distress; and when he had ceased lo live and the cabin doors were closed upon the corpse, the dog lay at the threshold, and exhibited every token of the deepest grief. Upon thedrums ami lifes commencing ihe dead march as ihe body was removing from the frigate, the dog hurried from the main to the upper deck ; and seeing ihe Captain's gig alongside he sprang into it, and, taking his usual place in tin* bow, was lowed ashore. From the wharf lo the cemetery he followed ihe .surgeons in the funeral train, a sincere and sorrowing mourner ; and, after Ihe eollln had been lowered into the earih, and dusi had been consigned lo dust, In; sprang into the grave, which be could scarcely be. prevailed upon lo leave; thereby adding another to the many and touching instances of undying allatchmeui lo man so frequently exhibited by that noble and faithful animal'ihe dog.