New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 337, 25 October 1848, Page 2

New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN.

In the biief and imperfect 'adcount^gnblistied in last of the damage occasioned by/th'e'»3u&essfo^6T iear<fch- , quakes with' which this settlement had, been • visited, we 'hoped -weihad . endured the worst, • — tljat thisf^rfti) c^rinty 'hadpassed aw ( ay, — but alas ! the , end waa»not^yet — on the following* niorning ' at three •miriutesjpast fiyM the inhabitants-of Wellington were aroused TfdrrTtheiF slumbers by ~"a r~lb7pck~ r ~Ib7pck~ stuVinpre violent and destructive! in, ks, effects- than, any of those which had occurred. ¥he "first impulse' (Sf'tne' 5 Majority of persons,' Jirfter, having assured: themselves of -the p'er-j sonal safety of their families, !! f \vas to rusii! "out and see tbe ejctent t -of,damage whichithc « '^hbck had bdcaSion^d. 0 ' A melaiiidholy^^ene presgi^ted,dts,elf ! :^o their view"; all those buildings which had suffered'" frdih "th'e'pTe'vious shocks were still more terribly shaken or! completely destrovesiS^e|wesleyan Chaper and Messrs. Rfiodes's stqre-jwere thrown ' to the ground-, the end walls* of Messrs. * Ridgways'andjiickson's store, and the Ord-> nance store, both lofty and substantial buil- jj dings; were also 1 thrown f d'tfysi "ana "the remaining wallas jre.nt \n (various ; i the end .^alils of the .gad owe're. destroyed, , and the boundary .w,alL rent from { top to bot- ' torn, and the walls of the Colonial »Hpspit:aJ j we're broken and partly thrown ddwn. .Wife] -needTnpt enter Jntp further, detail, on.eye.ry J side a scene of ruin presented itself. ,Seve- \ r'al-tracks or fiisures r w'ere observed" irf v lth,e ear^Jjjj ; Jfnpst? - remarkable being on the ( beach^n Thoriid^n Quay;"a J sTOb :: 3lSra^ice j beyond the CoSsge: ofv Geiflfent. During ' the following twenty^four «=hours several J shocks werefeljt >t .jiHe most 'severe being at S hah* past seven a, in., and at ten minutes to | twelve p. m,- During Wednesday night and I the following^.-^RPting a -violent south-east gale preyajlejl witty , ! iim'ms 'a'g^J^&r^jW^lieiayfo^rfir^ihQWJr ly after the vftrteflt shock above described, his Excelflttcy4he^Jiieuten^ri^-(jov^rnp^ re- ' Jarred throu^ 'the town,'; suggesting Vai measures as .WerklnecessarV for'theBafety'ahd ArOiandJhe 4 c p^oaiGhWckweretfefir6 wn ogen aspjaces o } f refuge ? for ; thq houg|l^ss, aßd^ls iJkceliencyriQffer^avthe;, use, of&6» te^m^;Hous-d ! to : thp's'e B w : ho'wkn'ted sn6l| I ter. ' A proclamation was also issued. &pi poihtHfg* •■&& -^follOwiifg^ -^ey H PwdaV^^tS be obBervea as a day of pjiplic fas*ingot©iir4ng: TtMrsday night, which was ff$ ve &§ l 9 w^£ JKhiqh, fir^mi half- pastEeigh'ti* tolitwelVi o'cjopfo^bfer 4>bmmg m^ore^aint towards'flie' \at«er^hWr until i^tfisappealteWlltbgeifiaip. - : 1 sanili H^earancq^n^thQsJc)^ in Jhp^skn^e dir.ecj:iPßi wasi ob'serreJ! J^ G.§pt. ; Crpw, of the Gfam, \ )ielween four and. >fi>& o'plofikloniWednesday ; ti&ornitikJi'J BuHbj^ Fndaf f fMrteen succes-j iile^hScltsV^ri 'or' les^ severe, were &

sligKf sfiocks were felt on Saturday and Sunday, the strongest being at twenty minutes to twelve on Sunday night. Slight shocks also occurred on Monday, the strongest being at 11 minutes to 10 at night/ On Monday and Tuesday apprehensions of further danger were so far removed, that preparations wer,e in different '-pprts of*|i% town, -to clcmr^ay the rubbish of the 1 fallen buildings, to secure those., which were standing, and otherwise to res!&Mss&nag£ &&£& tiy&fe eaftiipike/ On Tuesday afternoon, however, about six mmute&past-two o clock/Tour severe shocks occurr.eri'Svithin.' the JSpfie'earfJthiee miaiiteV, •Abeujsfiwuxd^bejng^eai^^ „thei most severe shock,s jwhkjh have previously ? l>§en^ recorded. * > 'Sin^e^t^at psrjp^up :toj.6 : t0j.6 o'clock this m'ofKiS«£'?Weffnesday) slighter ft hocks Jiaye.oqcurr,eq, .on tbe 'average at an interval of every ten .nrihaites, being^ < almost invarjab.ly. preceded ,by .'a hoHow rumbling! noise, in- 'many -instances -this 'noise 'was heard wij&gujijbeing iollowed Jby a shock, while ta fcbh'tiatieius trembling of .tire grfcrtfid was felt 'during ''the 1 whole interval.. from Monday. morning the il6th inst.tto this morning, a perte^bf •leri^Mfe, there has been ,a constant s,ucc6s,siqn qf , earthquakes,' som# of, them of a very violeiit'lcind.- On day nigh't^nd 4 during ffirt .of Thursday, a^s' has been previpuslynotgdj^ber-enwas st^vWyj « stf dSg 's6xitfi-east^'aefemi^mea r; withii'^m,,' Jjutdu^ng^feeyte^atnder „Qfit^is ,periodatbe| weather has been r remarkably e fine'anti s calm. ln?t§n < o>cks,o > ck$, ithe Ipsmjßi: ,part of the, •^ee^i- have ibee^i- felt Viffi°4rife c greatest severity on Thof ndori ' and Te ,fl9,ts, the houses lo^^Hd' higher -ground having s^-. Gained much' less damage/ wOTe the wooden) buildings Tia^e escaped -altogether- without V'^fnf ate account's to the IQtififist'. r^iv^d; Jroml Nelson, including .the iate>v!al 'during 4 which the three mbst severe shpek's w.ere experienced in this settlement,' state- the da- ( mage^j&eJAo jbi ! ; : CQri3i>krati vely trifling,! jfti>tfe.ib,ricl£ ' chino^ies bttVing been; ■tH^oifVEf-^eJifB 1 "and ;a few 'of tKe "brick, buil-i sfPwybSWlngjjpw Wse *r.,W«wp«red. , 'Ttie ( building r which t had l suffered, mo,§t?is a'biick' Buijjt". oby, tjh'e. /ate^-^[j, '^.l' Thom,p-, ssqn,' 'i^ I /| (^whic^ ; ''hkdP»b r 6eh ei^tirefyj 'shattered,' 'bu"t we understand,, ,jt ', had beenoßail<tf<jncinode |gcoand^nd'had previitisty'ieverstiskfge drack's^n fKe^waisf The most severenBjji!qi(S <ave»tstej&l to .liave dc-, curredC?*b'Qt ) t l Be l ' > samfe-iSme^ith in this settlemeftt, v ,gpd%ths 'impression of tbfe writers appeared t ( o W' tfeat proceeded from the ijsforth Island. ' shocks appear to J lave /been more yiofefit, -the cWriinies of having been all thrown dawn/and the cutter. Fly which was at "anchor 'having felt the shocks yei;y seAt HWanganuj, according, to the report of persons who 'Have just arrived overland from that district its effects have been.Jess felt, and the damage, experienced £heje>h§s,been Vjery^ifliag. - We are^till ignorant 'ojfyhe ceplt're-of dislurbance'from whencehave proceeded thesfe violent convulsions of nature, it was at first jcenjectared that Tongai-iro^wasaH^activte operatidfr/biit up |o Sundayjast th J eis was no-appearance of irruption about that volcano, as observed by-persons travelling along the'^^'^T^^jnillter jbf tjtig W^'jphgb. armed on Monday, jp.pajssi^gthroug* fee Sti-aijt observed no Inaic^ions of irruption ei&^ c ajbqut .Tjqngariro^or/^untrJEg^ont ; & is\ therefore supposed that r sotne volcano feifi^ $aye* b/oken out *on"tn^']^asf CJqast. piii6e^^^VSSm?mgncetfte'Dt dl tliis yjsitaticfe i several persons wnpum.agined. therg was gr|aleissecurity^from~aai*gerj oti tbe J water than'-on shore ha^e ;: rgpair.ed/' s a% } pight on board the vessels invthe harWour. Captain MMhtft&?:f? b WSM *m Wrtie^Tarly active in rendering assistance,, an' J his vessel has t^'aicrbwde^ J^&y r! night by persons who, labouring under thi&impression, have sought a re'fng6 ftiere from impending dan- 1 ger. An address acknowledging his kind- j ness- which has been numerously' gigued, am j which we haW>great"pieasui:e,in publishing, . btf 4Mtt p^||d to d suQ jjy, t^e je^ers I

to purchase some durable testimony of fch&R: grateful appreciation of his services. " Friday was generally observed throughout Wellington as a day of public humiliation, and his Excellency entirely consulted the feelings and wishes of the inhabitants in issuing the Proclamation for its observance. The services held during the day by the different miai|te* |f J religion aftendedby^ crowded congregatioas,hu«tlxling> themselves before the mighty hand of God, and acknowicdging; his^tn^iy m«rcie^niff' the v >ipfeb ofthis grievous tribulation? "* divine 4 "service' has-also^een^erforined-twiGe^-daj^by-the-.Rey.^ Cfllca}: Te^^ .-Church j^very day since Thursday last'; and feli]gio_us meetings_ Tave been held' at* the ScotclT Church , by*UiT* Ministers of the -EVECngeliVal, Alliance, r •

A. meeting of merchants and other persons' engaged in business was held at Mr. Waitt's store on Satarday last tbe'2lst . instant) ' /or the purpose of adopting tench- measured as were Necessary, in^the^pres&rtt ',c!risfe. Xn y?. Hickso'n/E^q., was jcalled lio .the dhair, }wjh~en it waSjjunaninioujsly .resolved to request his Excellency tile Lieutenant- Governor *b^nforce such measures -as would'prevent'persons lea ving^he colony without .giv'nig a sufficient previous notice pf their intension, that he would, be. .pleased .to .provide for the public safety r")V ihe>ppojntm,en£ ofra jß,(?ard' of Survey to adopt suofr preoauti&ns J*ith regard't&cth^se buildings whidh r have Qiden injured by the" late earthjjuals;e* atidj Syere standing in a dangero.us'.s^ate, as mighiTje deemed^e>pedient,f art^'also' that rthe r disposable^tfoops might'Jje >. employed „p ->the removal of such buildings- as\.wereodeclaTed to be in a- dangerous -state-afrd affe'etin^ithe safety bf : the pubjic.^liS t^bpS^ra^loyed in this service to _b6' 'f emutier&ted £k the pual rate by those to whom^tihe^baildings] belonged; .Messrs. I^iGksiDn'and Rhodes tfttere appointedia.dteputatibn to w^itmjbon his 1 Excellency with fee-t-esolutibns^/.the Tri^etfng, and we utffler'stand' tlia^ a favourable.^iwer was returned topthe deputation. A/in^tice was posted .at the ,Custom 'Hotfse Monday morning to theseffect that 'a' list of the names of the passengers "and pefs'onfe on board (a copy of which ,is Jo be-ralffixed to ,the,jdppr .the "(^st6m J3o^e)r wo.uld be required from the ,GaptaiQi<pf"each vessel 48 hours .Bl&yipftfkto » cleavamseubeing given ; ! a Board of Suxvey i&s been* (appointed, C and the officer commanding tlie ti'oops^n' Mis Prpy^c/^has^co^eeiited.t'p the' employment of ' the 'military inthe removal, of, buildings, subject to certain limitations .necessary for the good-of the public service.

Qwmng^ to \the\ confusion inspvwhicli: &}\e types .pf ihia office were t thrown/ bj» *tbe earthquake of last Thursday, together with lthe subsequent which prevailed, it was. found impossible to publish'the Spectator sis us^ial on $at (^rday jast t ''b^p'^reat effort, however, we haye guficeedeji,inl [bringing out ithe present numbter' at our usual time of publicationl •'• < '- ■

The Clara arrived on J ;from Auckland. The Auckland papers xecjsived by this opportunity contain fto mews of any | interest: His Excellency the Governdr-in-Chief arrived there- October 3rd. The Acheron was still at' Sydney! the Z?irfo,'it was reported, would shortly sail for England. During !t'he passage Capt. Crow did nd£ observe -any natural ' which' could lead hina to infer thfe active t .pf eirth^ufakes';' the dnly reln'aricable'ocdurrencew'as^e bright light on. Wednesday morijing previous to his entering the. harbour.

The Sarah 1 Ann • drrWedoa Wednesday last after tedious 'pasSrfge fronVptakou, where shejeft the Morleguih and SjtyjJijjLljuL!ii£r departure, i, l^ke^^amh .lAx* was about twepty p^il^-,ofl^plape (^mßfee^ pp/^jp^iay. morning at tKe ' %e,"gf the .fi^t^gr^ghock, which 'was J felt t teaj^ /very" "severely. Whraoff Entry "Island oa Tijesdav night, tHe 17 1£ I'in&ant, th'e" r M'i^e¥ ;tKe Sarah Ann'szivr, She figtit ' pjenponeJJ' Ja' pur ,last number, the bearihg'o'f tMe' hgjifi» : 'wa r s !i^> north, easterly direction. „ , , < ~,

1 STTtT- . ■ The Blun&ell had 1 a quick passage of tfwo dayj from O^ak'ou. : iJp to tije^im^o^fier leaVmg o ao sHdcks af teaiffi^ak'e;h;a!d l been experience^ ;ia a that settlement.. ' ]

Two whaleboats and- a .'canoe arrived' this mornirfg. frofii, nQueen^ Chartetfe's, Sound, vtfiich they left yesterday. ' " X^un'deh-stjnd 'i|om the'cije^irs- qf \wHo Vare natives; tjiat'the earthqaAke" bas beea felt very severely in that - pat* -of' the Middle Island;' *> * t>ti '< ,». i '

We are exceedingly sorry tole^rn that #ie Harriet 'Ldfthart, from Anclslzdd, ' waswrecketfatthe nibigp. of .th^ftßg^ugrixer^uruig

sib^l^wl^a^ath-easter on Wednesday night. !Qn jfe^rta^tfie-'river she, missed stays, and aa Thursday. The Rev.' J.^ESbbs, W.^i^#o<^.Jtan ? nard, Wesleyan'Missic^li^^^^cl^pal^^ gers on board the vessel; #8$ ifeess.^rk and Stannard were about to establish mission stations, the former at Pipiriki, up the river Wanganui, the latter atWaitotara. Providentially all the lives on board were saved, and the^cargo, by the .assistance -of *a party of the 'Soldiers M Watigantit, *was saved also. The^vessei was^washed highland dry on the beach.

15^ regret to state that Barrack-Serjeant Lovell died on Friday afternoon of the injurries. keiha&reeeived on-the-qireyioas: Toesday. He was buried with jnJftary honours on Saturday afternoon. The' S doffin; which "rras i "pi'eceed€9 ;i by-the-firin^party with arms reversed, was bor^by sjx soldiers, and followed by a company of the .65th regiment, the band of 'the regiment playjrig'ther^fi&a March in Saul." His. Excellency the r Lieui tenant- .Governor, Lieut. -.Colonel ?M'Gleverty, Oapt. O'Conhell Brigade <Ma^>f, 'and several 'officers' of the 65th regiment,, Jofned the mournful, jproqessian,; as did also .the Ministers of the Evangelical Alliance, and a considerable foutribeHof* setf tiers; ')by whom the deceased was generally respected. The deceased tepfsred 43rd,: regkaent /as a - volunteer :ini:he year 1810; /and served in tb'e.Penirisulat' war to 1 the<tehhination df Ihosin 1815; 'and had. seen a gtot(d',deal 'of jser'yic^ having befrn present ,^t the. battle of Vittoria and several other engagements'. He was -itrafisfer-red- 'from the '43rd to *the 57th regiment, of .which l ,he was - SerjekritMajor up to ,',the time of 'his discharge in 1835, when he rece,ived',a.igood service .medal. He was then appointed Barra!ck-Ser-jeant at Malta, an,dw"asaf|e^war<is transferred to Sydney in 'the 'sattfd 'cap^city'/wh^re he recgiaiH^'un'tfl *hfe el6s&b'f j tlle'la#l?^yrr when he received the^ppointment of BarrackSerjeant at Wellington' arid aurived in thia settlemen^oti' las^ Christmas Day .'i s£k has Idft £' wi f d.QW : / a'hjd 'two children m'^Wellin^ton^'.a^d arsona r so'n and^daiighterjat Sydpjj^^ib are grown up, the latter is married" to the Serjeant-Majf©*'of the 99th regiment. .We understand that l a 'subscription 'tiki teen commenced in favour, of, hi^ widow^jand that subscriptions will .T^e received -by^r^O. Hamley, ? JEsq. >( Barr'aek' 'Master. -. j '\

Notwithstanding iFriday was tljtr#ba'c^u#ing day of the fea^t of the tabernacles, wh'ereih'nofa^t is ever held by the professors of the Hebrew'faiih, yet -in cohsegiiience of the -fearful- visitation wherewitk-k-- has pleased the Almighty, to' this colony, .they abrogated their"holiday,t a ndihbfociaSa|l"d themselves^before their : fastS ff£ from eyen until even, and" uniting .with their brother colonists in' fervent supplication to Him r to withdraw the terrors 'of vhfs Omnipotence from them all, and to save them in his all beneficent mercy ;- for^wfcSch^d^bse they met for Divine worship at the house of Mr, wh^re.an appy<y»U ate sernion'was deLivered from' the firStfoitt twelfth versus of the 139thi Psalm. — Com' municaled. .'..'» . ' -"O

We hajrs vire&efred :soine\vaJu&bfcObservations and suggestions! ']acCQ^p3n@d:awi|h. extracts giving «n -account of pTfesttousieafctfiquakes, having for tfeeir.object to guard the settlers agaitlsT accidents during the'recurrence of T tbe successive .shocks of- earthquakes, and shewing "th'at'-tlie 'least danger is to be apprehended -fcr/ftfie 'high ground in. the neighbourhood '&£ thef'tdWn.Yaraia^at/^i distance frofc/thfe'sea. ' '^Fe-ha'^ a'lreSd^hi our' previous" o\>set ; vati'oniJ .h^d',* dtceteiOn" to remark^ that' jthe^^ have guirpr,eif -most,- and those- ,0a itheiobigh ground have suffered least from this caifcmity. W,e refrain at presenfTroni' plißlilhing accbtmtsof ,earthqualfes .vyhich- have Re-curred-m-other 1 ebuntries, in order to-pre-vent unnecessaryalafai ; 'Udt the following practicalrdjisee&o^ Wri; Wvate&bl& that we cairaoS refuse *ou^fee'lv^stbe < i)leaSure o/|v^lishiog themij-^^'-J J '-'A "- •- --'••'•» ? 1M 'tUse^m^nhkUt r b^ckV" pr ; c|ay houses, leave tben% > jnstantly;,; $n$ repaid to wood«n3ah& > ..tßofcft who result ia> the ;hMer see that th?^*re v "no weights'" i¥-jhtP t^ier stories,,., or/,6y|r^ie' :ihhaßif^;jfo4m's»; < 3ay c very tlu'ng' Weighty, j^n "its^ flßt^gnd^e^JfOthing ponderous hangjng/io, or leaning against the walls,, give alH>rick> i£alls"*nd r v3}uil3ing3 a " wide berth passings — do notcorig\*gate in nunibers, either" in places of^worsfiip/your owniibVses, or thp, streets,: — avoid ,a crpwd, for there will fceyrpund' the greatest panic, and the least selP-relianctrf endeayour to era-plo^yiui-s^lf in sorife way? bKiatfirig some measure of prld^e^fox, tb^ protection of; ,ypnt families, , or property, ,a& irqme,- and a void. jmeetirig abroad either for gossip. or imir ginary safety, and kst,' but pot le.ast; remember that you are, in the 'hkiVds 6f Almighty, andthat J *f^^ibw fa,lfsn6t to the ground without your Ifeay.enly E«ther> Iw&nwr At."

Wi'are indebted t» the.kiKdaess ( of : GaptaiA (Oliver, of HiM:S."F/y, foi-i;he followingJtal>bld of "the v^fidtions of the Bayortiietetand^ "Symiftsometer during thej last with the time of the ..principal shocks of earthquake as observed on board ;—

A meetin.g was held on Monday the 23rd instant, at- the office of- R» Waitt, Esq., at at winch it was proposed by W.-B.' Rhodes, Esq., and seconded "by J. Jones, Esq., that the following letter and tesstiraoeial be presented do Captain; J; P, Mills of-t-be Sttbraon, snd^iat the following gen tletnen be appointed a Committee to carry jhe resolution into effect. Major !Bake,r, J* P. W. B. Rhodes 1 . Geo. .Moorel *

Wellington, 23rd October, 1848. SiR,P-We'tae undersigned 'Inhabitants of Port Nicholson, duly, appreciating the promptitude with 'which you offered 'your Vessel, the " Suhraori* of London, as a place of refuge to those amongst us r who might -wish to avail ourselves of your extremely kind offer ring the calamity' wrth which this settlement; has' been lately visited) and deeply impressed with the constant attentions ajid almost unequalled liberality 'in'oVnby'you towards those on board, are ah £1 bus to take 1 this bpf oHynity, before yd'ur°departurej of expressing* our warmest thanks for your, benevolent conduct. We beg that you will -accept the accompanying purse jto purchase a. piece ol plate,, bearing the annexed* lnscnp"tibrt, as r ,a tnflirtg proof of our gratitude,, and at the same time receive the assurance, of our best' wishes that (wherever may be yotf^ destination) you will continue to enjoy he'ahh'and pr'os^)er;i'ty;.' JjJ 'j Your obedierit and grateful sex.vaat3, &c. Captaift J. Pv Mills,- >' Svbra«n^-

• ■ ' Presented t<r Captain 3: F. Mills, of thY " Stibraoh"> of JEotdb'n,' 'by the Inhabitants of Port NicholitfnV New Zealand, as a mark of tbew este^ra and/ gr*leful acknowledgment of his attention to -the settlers and passengers on board his ves&el,jduring-the serious cala-' mity with which the. Town of WeHington, ha* been visited. — October 23rd, .5848. :

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