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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 609, 4 June 1851, Page 2

H. M. schooner Bramble arrived yester day from Auckland, after a passage of nine days. The Havannah and Fly arrived at Auckiand on the 20th ult., and.the Bramble on the 22nd. The Havannah sailed on the 24th after firing a royal salute in honor of the Queen s birthday, it is said for Waiheki where there was to be a native feast, followed by a war dance, from thence she would proceed to Sydney, and would finally leave the station for England m July. A disposition has been shown in the Auckland journals to speak slightingly of the Havannah, and mvidiouscompansons havebeen made between Capcain Erskine and former officers comandmg °n the station to the disparagement of the former, simply, it would appear because Captain Erskine did not spend 1 the greater part of his time, as they had done at anchor at Auckland. Without depreciating

Capt. Erskine’s predecessors while ing these complaints, we may oh<, n ? S > the altered state of New Zealand i Ve cient justification of the course the respective officers. While the U ■ remained in a disturbed state, it w na ? Ves lutely necessary that all the naval fo S °' the station should be ready at the 011 of the Government, to prevent any out? 08 ? Now that these troublous times have away, the officer in command is vote a greater portion of his time in v is’f other places in his station. That C 1 Erskine has discharged this duty mot tively and efficiently, the following V'” enumeration of the places visited bv ? during the time the Havannah has b on the station will sufficiently pro ve r? Havannah arrived on the station in a° 8 gust 1848, and before the end of th year, after refitting in Sydney, visited J,,.? land and Wellington. In 1849, she vL;> j Sydney, Port Phillip, Port Arthur, HoWt Town, Auckland, Bay of Islands, Savag?!land; the Navigator’s Group, viz, fau tuilla, Upolu, Manono; the Friendly Islands viz.: Vavao,Lafooka, Tongataboo; thep ef ' jee Islands, viz.: Lakemba, Ovalau, Mbaii Nandi Bay, Cocoa-nut Point, and Sandal’ wood Bay in the Island ofVannelevu, Ovalu again ; the New Hebrides, viz.; Aneiteum Tanna, Erromango, Vate ; the Loyalty / s , lands, Uea, Lifu, Mari,; the Isle of Pi ne3 ' and the following places in New Yengen, Itima, Murari; and returned to Sydney. In 1850, she visited Wellington the Auckland Islands, Port Cooper, P or t Underwood, Sydney, Auckland, Wangaroain the New Hebrides, the following Islands Aneiteum, Tanna, Erromango, Vate, Malli, colo, Espirito Santo ; in the Queen Charlotte's Group, Vanicolo, or La Perouse’s Island; in the Solomon’s Group, San Christoval’ Malayta (where Captain Erskine discovered a new harbour named Port AdnmlKtoX. - ut Contrarieties or Ulaqua ; in New Caledonia Balade, Jengen.Yarti Nicketi.Kanela, Murari' Jitima; Sydney, Hobart Town, Maria Is’ land. In 1851 she visited Wellington, Port Cooper, Port Underwood, Queen Char, lotte’s Sound, Nelson, and. Auckland. These visits have tended to protect British interests, strengthen British influence, and advance civilization throughout these isles of the Pacific, all points of no mean importance to the colonies in these seas, and to the British Empire, of which they form a part.