New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN. Saturday, November 4, 1848.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 340, 4 November 1848, Page 2

New Zealand Spectator, AND COOK'S STRAIT GUARDIAN. Saturday, November 4, 1848.

We have continued in thi3 number our extracts ironx the Times , giving a detailed ac- ' count of the conflict! which had recently taken place at Paris, and which, will be found •<Veplete witti interest.' ' The 'Sydfcey papers ."jdcnot contain any* Icfcal news Worth? ex- " tracting. Private letters" djescribe'Jtrl4qe, as being'very dull [with afy immediate prospect of amendment: The influenza had been very "prevalent "at "Sydney and had been fatal in . .y^ry many cases^* this' had been followed by the scarlatina,, "which had occasioned still • greater mortality, particularly among old ' ■ persons and children.

4ts^~Kwmongjs§ds£j&ytq}^4 t $^~Kwmongj$§d$£j&ytq}^ passage often - jdays'&om 'fevewJTd'Bay t6 Otakou and was - vej^fj>rtuna£e.^ith .her g^ock, havirvgjost 'y:** T y few-on the passage. ; ,, She. landed. 112 J "bead of cattle and 9&0 sheep at J Otakou and ;iiasferoxffiht on, 30 horses to this settlements.

We" are sorry •to learn that the Schooner ay has been driven on .shore on the night of the 18th inst., on what is called the "ninety* mile. beach, about th'fty miles South of Batiks' Peninsula. She left <)takou : ab'6ufe .'SOf. o'clock omthe morning of the same day "that the accident happened. We understand that, all bawds werSfeaved^ and that the vessel is not much' injured, and ; an attempt -will be ~matteTo get" her' off."* c The information was •I>rdo|fht'to Otakou-on' the'"23rd'irist., by a 1 boat from Akaroa. - : - - ' ' •

'$RQGRAjfME .of '\bs. i^rformance by the \ Band of the' 65th Regiment/ at THorndon • on^Tuf gC^ay,, the November :~ - e X J ,gvefii»re~Fair.Mwd of Perth .... Waddle , ' '♦*? ks&:£Zi n^^'^iixm Paliero \Doniketti v t^J^annette nu'd-Jc^Dnot Quadrille..'. . <?&»er | lv -!feSS«®etioa'^Bohciniatt^GirL^i . ., -4 * -sa#e ;-'- , IJLoiobtrdi. . .1. . .,/. .^ . . Verdi t >,'6«1dp,r..'.. .......... .t; . :. /.'..filter' ' < * * - .- -

3?#fei.B 6f^.thc_ variations <«MK<e~3iafomeler .and'sympi^'sbmeter as registered on boarJ HALS. F/jr, from Monday 23d to Monday 30th October, both days inclusive :—

We have been requested td publish the following cori'espofifclence : — ' • ' Pctre, Whanganui, Oct. 21, 1818. Sir, — We beg to present to you our most 'grateful acknowledgments for your kindness and attention manifested to us and cue families, and for the prompt aud efficient assistance afforded by the officers and men under your command, in landing and securing ouf property from the schooner Harriet Leatkart, driven on shore iv the gale of Thursday morning last. , < F. Leathart, John Hobbs, Geo..Stannard, Wm. Kirk. .' To Major Wyatt.

Wauganui, 21st October, 1848. '.Gefi^leipen, — I have the honor to acknowledge 0 the receipt of ypur letter of this' day's date. 1 I . lv returning you my thanks for the com«f pliraent you have paid to the exertions of the detachments Royal Artillery and. 6sth Kegimenis^ in. saving your property on Thursday ' last,, permit- Jme to state, that the best exertions of her Majesty's troops are always forthcoming, when rjeguiied, for the assistance and protection of bei: Majesty's (subjects. • • •«I have tke honor tabe, "••^, r . . . ■»" Gentlemen, •• k ■.< > ' ■ Your obedient' servant, .7 „ , Alfred \l X A J%C* „ - -Major eSiifHT^t. To Messrs. Leathart, Hobbs, Stannard, and Kirk, Wanganui.

[Wb[ have: very .great -.pleasure in publishing Hhe following letters addressed to Captain Mill*- by the passengers' of .the Subraon. They are a well merited tribute to him and to. those under his command, for their^exertions in saving the lives of the passengers at the unfortunate wreck of that vessel ; and we heartily join in the good fishes t therein expressed for the future success and * prosperity of* Captain • Mills, '_ who ' has received this willing Wstimbhycto -hid conduct under circumstances of peculiar difficulty and trial^:-^ A: ; :,f J < '" \"' • Wellington^ New Zualandyprt 29, 1 848. Sir,— As one of the 1 j<assfei%e r r t «l""6n 1 -board the Subraon at the time,6fhe'r being Wrecked,'' 1 beg you will accept from me .the expression of mjr«in,cereortgret on your losing the com-!

iriafirfUqf so fthj^-a vessel when in charge of the pilot ; but what lam most desirous to convey to you is the sense I entertain of your admirable conduct in the hour of trial and danger, it was impossible for any man to be more cool and self-possessed than you were, .which had the effect of preventing confusion, and allaying all apprehension of safety in the i minds of the passengers, most of whom consisting of women and children ; when every effort was made by you to, save the ship, *nd it became' hopeless, your -Urst thought and exclamatibn'was the preservation of the women and children ; that not a life was lost, and all were, safely landed, 1 attribute it (under God's providence )'-'to you, Sir — to your chief mate, and. the exertion of your ship's company — whose conduct throughout was most praiseworthy. • With every good wish for your health and better fortune in your professional career, Believe me, my dear Sir, V - Your's very faithfully, , (Signed) W. P. Youso, ' Captain H.M. 65th Regt. To Captain Mills, late of the Subraon.

Wellington, 3d November, 1848. To Captain Mills, Commander of the Barque Subraon. We, the undersigned passengers of the barque Subraon, -beg to offer' you our most grateful acknowledgments tor your conduction the occasion of the wreck of that vessel, on the 'evening of the 26th inst., when under charge of the pilot. To the presence of mind and' intrepidity, to the calm courage, and the exercise of those .qualities which- distinguish a British sailor, displayed by you and those under your command on that trying occasion, we mainly at'tribate, under God's providence, the preservation of our lives and those of our families, and our deliverance from the imminent danger to which we were exposed. Begging you will accept our best wishes for your future prosperity. We remain, Your grateful and obedient servants, (Signed) W. Fitzherbert, J.P., , . , Sarah Jane Fitziierbert, Robert Park, for Family, , S. Willson, ' ' Mary Hartley, Emma Hartley, , , t Mrs. Walden^' ~i J. Walben, "*?>•<. , i Jabez Dean, for Wife and Family, Samuel Robinson, ' „ IJEWIS 'BnODYIA'K, Richard Beamish, - i H. P. Young, Captain H.M.s 65th Regiment, , , William Spinks, Mary Spinks, v-i,>F. M. Spinks, - ' >i S. E.-Spinks, ; , ' ' J." Hill; , j , m -John Brown, for self and Family, E. Bishop, and Family; -/William Smith, and Family, John Harvey, ■ 7.T. Hansard, M.D., and Family '

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Quantitt of rain fallen during the month of October, 1848 — 11 in. 3 tenths.