SHIPPING SUMMARY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5638, 25 April 1879, Page 7

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

ARRIVED.

M.uicn 2S,—Rotorua, s.s., 67(3 tons, Carey, from Melbourne via the South. D. Mills, agent... Sophia It. Lnhrs, barque, 001 tons, Tilton, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. . March 29:—Claud’ Hamilton, s.s., 527 tons, Muir, from Melbourne, via the West Coast. D. Mills, agent,

March 30.—Wakatipu, s.s., 1153 tons, Wheeler, from Sydney. T>. Mills, agent. April 2.—Malay, barque, 121 tons, Crbll, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. Halley Bayley, brigantine, 113 tons, Crone, from Ilobiirton. Heaton, agent. AniiL 3.—Arawata, s.s-, 022 tons, Newman, from Melbourne via the South. X>. Mills, agent. ' . Edwin Basmtt, barque, 323 tons, Manley, front Newcastle. Williams, agents. April B.—Anno Melhuish, barque, 311 tons, Johnston, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. Wave Queen, ship, 853 tons, Perriam, from London. Passengers—Saloon; H. J. Blyth, ..William B yth, Emily A. Blyth, Laura Blyth, Grace Blyth, Henry B. Ford, William Symons, Agnes Symons, William E. Symons, Helen Graham, ; Charles 8.-iMinnitt. Elizabeth Minnitt, Augusta Minnilt, Frederick Minnitt, Anna Minnitt, and Walter Minnitt. ■ Second cabin—Thomas Bowman, Alex. Simpson. Edwin Brown. W. W. Crawford, and Annie Crawford. - Steerage—Thomas Smith, Mary Smith, Ida Smith, Gilbert T. Smith, Sydney V. Smith, Percy J. Smith, Forence Smith, James Eibertson, Mrs E. Eohertson, Carlyle Eohert son, Alexander Catanach. James Smith, John D. Miller, Joseph B. Mansfield, Caroline Mansfield, Edward Scafe, CnthVert Scafe, George Thomas, James Hooter, . Eichatd Haynes, Eohert Crook, juu., Mrs Crook, arid James E. Crook Turnbull and Go, agents. April 13.— Anthonus, brigantine, 130 tons, Munn, from Melbourne. W. and G. Turnbull, agents. A min 14, —Neptune, brig, 290 tons, Chatfield, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. "I , ■ April 15.—Kingarooma, s s., 623 tons, Chatfield, from Melbourne via the South. I). Mills, agent. April 17.—Gloria, barque, 735 tons, Lawson, from Middlcsborongh. New Zealand Shipping Co. agents. Niagara, brig, 2DI tons, Taylor, frsm Melbourne. W. and G. Turnbull, agents. „ . Albion, s.s., 501 tons. Tozer, from Melbourne via the South, D. Mills, agent. '* April 18.—Stad Haarlem, s.s., 2714 tons, Do Boor, from Plymouth via Otago and Lyttelton. Passengers; 221 Government immigrants. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. . . April 20.—Clan Campbell, barque, 723 tons, Ewen, from London. New Zealand Shipping ComPa ArßiL el 23 S —Omeo, s.s., 036 tons, Calder, from Sydney. D. Mills, agent. ' Eotorua, s.s., 52S tons, Carey, from Sydney via Auckland and the East Coast. 10. Mills, agent.

SAILED. March 23. Hermione, ship, 1153 tons, Eoberts, for London, Passengers—Saloon: Mr. Mrs. and Miss Brittain Mrs. Levin, Dr. Vance, and Mr. Eeid. Second Cabin ; Mr. Twigg. Pearce, agent. _ Eotorua, s.s,, 570 tons, Carey, for Sydney via the East Coast. D. Mills, agent. March 20—G. M. Tucker,barque, 501 tons, Forster, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. March 31.— H.M.S. Wolverene, 1(53 tons, Commodore Wilson, for Fiji. ■■ April I,— Australind, barque, 429 tons, Oliver, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. . , April 3,— Claud Hamilton, s.s., 524 tons, Muir, for Melbourne via the IVest Coast. Mills, agent. April 5 —Sophia If. Luhrs, barque, 604 tons, Paton, tor Newcastle. Williams, agent. April o.—Arawata, s.s., 022 tons, Newman, foMelbourne via the South. D, Mills, agent. ■ April 10 —Loch Fergus, barque, 700 tons, Cann, for Portland. S.Z.S. Co., agents. April 11. —Malay, barque, 328 tons, Croll, for Newcastle. Williams agent. Wakatipu, s.s., 1163 tons, Wheeler, for Sydney. D 'B l eatiice. B< barque, 012 tons, Harris, for Guam. Ma \p t laL Edwin Bassett, barque, 329 tons Manley, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. , , April 15.—Kingarooma, s.s., 023 tons, Chatfield, for Melbourne via the South. D. Mills, agent. April IS.—Anne Melhuish, barque, 344 tons, Johnston, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. April 10.— H.M.S. ‘Emerald, ISC4 tons, Maxwell, for the Auckland Isles. ‘ April 20.— Albion, s.s., 591 tons, Tozer, for Melbourne via the South, p. Mills, agent. _ f or April 23.—Stad Haarlem,- 1700 tons. Deßoer, tor Lyttelton. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents.

by tuleghapß. AUCKLAND,, March 28. Sailed; May Queen, for London, with a cargo valued at £13,000. March 30. Arrived : To-day. Sarco, from London. . , Sailed : Locbfleet, for London, with a cargo of wool, &0., valued at £40,000.

LYTTELTON, March 29. The barque Marie is loafing here for Cape Town. She has been chartered to return via' Calcutta with °°The Janor is also loading for Cape Town, and returns via Mauritius with sugar. March 31. Arrived;— Cape Finnistiere, barque, from London, consigned to the New Zealand Shipping, Company. Her passage, of 119 days, was remarkable for. a continuance of light winds. She was 41 days to the Equator, and was some weeks in the doldrums alter that. Her cwgo is general. 1700 tons, and she arriveswith 24 passengers, all welt .j 3 The shio Cape Finister was chartered to-day to load grain for London on behalf of the New Zealand Shipping Company. Aprils. Arrived : Coriolanus, ship, S 3 days from London She is consigned to the N.Z.S. Co. She lias 30 second and third class passengers, all well The voyage was uneventful— Matilda, American ship, from Bunoury. WA• 32 days out, with timber and piles. She met with a gale on April 3 when near the Foveanx strait, which stove in her bulwarks and hatch house, and carried away her main-topsail. Ap>il 14 The ships Maraval and Orthes were cleared for' Tondon to-day by the N.Z.S. Company, with gram. Their™ rgoes Le valued at £13,000 and £15.000 respectively: The Orthes discharged 2300 tons of , cargo and loaded in 34 days, and the Maraval was loaded in 11 days. April IT. - Arrived : Himalaya, from London, after a passage of 91 days. , ~ ; :

April 22. Tito AIM on Company's ship Marlborough sails at daylight to morrow for London with a full cargo of grain'aud wool valued at £,">*,oo-\ She lakes the following passengers: Dr. ihzaro, Messrs Gilmour. Rennie, ami Farrington, and ten steerage. April 23. Sailed: Marlborough, for London. The ships City of Quebec and Piako were cleared for London to-day bv the New Zealand Shipping Companv, the former with a cargo of grain valued at and the Piako with grain, wool, and tallow, valued at £70,000. Passengers—Messrs. Kirkwood, Tavlor, Coleman, O'Neill, and Lloyd, Dr, Green. Both sail to-morrow at daylight. PORT CHALMERS. March 30. Sailed : ’Wanganui, ship, for London, with a cargo and fourteen passengers. Ihe cargo consists of 4143 bales wool, 10 bales leather, 2013 bags wheat, 170 bags flour, SO casks tallow, 4 casks sealskins, CO pkgs sundries. Total value, £37,705. April 2. Sailed : The Albion Company’s ship Dune Un. for London, with S passengers and a cargo valued at £Bs,ooo.—Fiji, ship, for Newcastle. April 4. Messrs. Colder and Co.’s whaler Splendid has arrived after a twelve months’ cruise, w.th G 1 tuns of suerm oil. . .. _ April S. Arrived: East Lothian, ship, from London, SO days out. She brings 27 passengers and 2200 tons cargo, including 50 sets of waggon ironworks, 34 pairs of wheel' and axles, and four tramway The voyage was a fine weather one, and was without incident. Sailed : Ethelbert, barque, wl;h full cargo, for Falmouth, for orders. April 0. Sailed ; Easter Hill, for Portland, Oregon. April IT. The ship Auckland sails for London on Saturday. * Ai ril 21. Arrived : Charles Forbes, 104 days out, from N-w York; Hotspur, from Hongkong via Melbourne; ■\Vanaka, from the North : Elenorc Vernon, with 1150 tons cargo, SC days from New York. The ship Oregon is at the Heads, from Newport, with railway material. She draws 22 feet, and will not come in this tide, ' The ’Westland has arrived, with 27 passengers and IGS immigrants, SO days from Glasgow. One death occurred, but no births. On 23rd March a steerage passenger name ! Wood jumped overboard. In less than three minutes a boat was lowered, but could see nothing of the unfortunate man. BLUFF, April 2. The New Zoa’and Shipping Co’s ilurumu sailed tcda)’for l .ondon. Cargo—Wool, 44G5 bales; wheat, 777 bags : value, £OO,OOO. April 17. Arrived : Albatross, from Cardiff, in 114 days.— Abbey Holme from Loudon, in 125 days. The fine ship Hcrmiouo sailed on Friday, March 2S, but only managed to beat as far as Worsar Bay, where she. brought up owing to the wind falling away, and was compelled to lay there for two days. She took one of the most valuable cargoes that have loft Wellington. Wo wish Captain Roberts a pleasant and speedy voyage. ARRIVAL OF THE BARQUE GLORIA. The Gloria, a rather smart looking iron barque of 735 tons, made our port on Thursday, April 17, under charge of Pilot Holmes. The wind being favorable, the pilot was enabled to sail the vessel right to the wharf, where she was moored without letting go her anchor. I for passage has been a most uneventful one, light winds, with an occasional gale or two, appear to have been the order of the dav. Bad weather was met with off the English coast, when one of the sailors, named Peter Johnston, fell from the forctopsail yard and broke his thigh bone. We are happy to say, however, that under the skillful treatment of Captain Lawson, the man is now able to get about. The following particulars of the ship’s passage are culled from the captain’s diary:—Left Middlesborough on the 12th December, IS7S, and the Downs on the 2lst, with thick dirty weather and westerly winds down the Channel. Strong westerlies were met with across the Bay of Biscay: picked up the north-east trades in 31*15; they were fair, and lost in 5 north, Crossed the Line on January 27. The south-east trades were moderate, and carried as far as 17 south. The wind then changed to the north-east, ami lasted so for several days. Crossed the meridian of Greenwich in 42 south o-' 25th February, with the winds exceptionally light; The Cape of Good Hope was rounded on the Ist March, in 43 0 south, with fresh fair breezes. Strong westerlies were experienced across the Western Ocean. Crossed the meridian of Lenwin on 25th March, in 48‘4 south. She ran her easting down i’l 43. Was off Tasmania on 31st March, with the winds still from the west. She came south about, and made the Snares on the sth lust. Had light winds working up the coast. She was o/f .Capo Palliser on Sunday, when it came on to blow very hard, and she was driven back asaiti by the force of the gale, arriving again at the Heads as above. Her cargo consists of railway material. The ship comes consigned to the New Zealand Shipping Co.

THE STAD HAAIILEM.

The‘Start Haarlem left Lyttelton at 3.30 p.m. on Thursday,, April 17th, ami arrived hero at seven o’clock next morning. The following particulars regarding her arc taken from the Lyttelton Times of

the 16th instant;— The Dutch East Indian Mail Company’s steamship Start Haarlem, Captain Boor, under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company, arrived in harbor ■ yesterday morning from Plymouth, having been unable to enter Port Chalmers owing to the stale of tlie bar there. , , , The Stad Haarlem is a very handsome model, ana an excellent specimen of an ocean-going steamer. She was built on the Clyde by Messrs. A. and J. Inglis, expressly for the passenger trade, and the stylo in which she is fitted up, and the means and appliances at command for comfort and convenience, stamp her as a verv eligible vessel for the New Zealand voyage. The Stad Haarlem is built of iron, straight stemmed, and hanmo rigged, and the following arc her dimensions;—Length. 330 ft: b-ani. 3Sft: and depth of hold, 2Cft giving her register of 2711 tons. Her passenger acco’inmodation is commodious-elegance and comfort being judiciously combined. Her saloon will he found to be a most luxurious apartment, fitted for <0 passengers while some 200 will find most excellent accommodation in the second and third cabins, with an ample supply of all necessary sanitary requirements Her engines, which arc on the compound principle, are by the same firm who built her- The cylinders are inverted, and are 50in and SSin respectively, witli a stroke of 4Sin. They are in admirable working order; and their effective power is equal to 2700 horses, and due regard lias been had in f ernislil- - them with all the newest improvements m marine m She came up the coast under the pilotage of Captain McFarlane, of the Union Stoimship Company, and Was off the Heads at 4 a.m., having made an excellent run She entered the Heads, and came to an anchor between'Rhodes' Bay and Caul p Bay short y before Tara The manager of the New Zealand Shipping Company, Mr. H. Selwyn Smith, came up with the steamer, and landed on her arrival here, reporting all well on board. The Health Officer (Dr. Rouse) and representatives of the Immigration Department and New Zealand Shipping Company went down to the vessel, but owing to telegraphic information from the Immigration'Department, access to the ship -was denied to anyone until the officials from that department had boarded her, , they bring on their way up from Dunedin. The Health Officer s flag was therefore kept flying at the main, and no one allowed bn board. Our representative went down to the vessel, and from the surgeon-superintendent (Dr. Gibson), who is well known here in connection with tho Waipa and other of the company’s vessels, learnt that the whole of ins numerous charge, numbering within a few of 700, wore in good health. Dr, Gibson speaks of the steamer as a very fine vessel indeed, possessing every accommodation for a passenger steamer. Her passage was extended owing to delay in coaling at the Cape, where she lay for five days. _ The vessel steamed out of Plymouth Sound, on Februarv 15, having on hoard 703 souls, comprising the passengers and crew : on the lOtli she encountered a strong gale from the west-south-west, attended by a very heavy sea, which took her across tho Bay of Biscay, moderating on the 17th. Thence very beautiful weather was enjoved without a. break till she passed Cape Orient, and February 20 saw her off Madeira, which she sighted and passed at 3 p.m. On tlie following da" at 5 p.m. she was within a few miles of the Island of Palma, and spoke tho ship Klrkan, of London,. for Adelaide—all well. She anchored at St. Vincent on February 24, after a fair passage of nine days five hours, but owing to inade-, quate and faulty coaling arrangements at.that station, her detention, instead of being confined to 12 hours, was extended to 30 hours. She left again at C p.m, on Feb. 25, and crossed tho Equator on March 2 in longitude 10.12 west. The south-east trades wore very moderate, and she finally readied Table Bay on March 15 (26 days out) at 8.30 p.m.' There, chief!'/ owing to the great demand for coal tor the Government transports, she wai detained until the 18th, oa which day, at 5 p ra., she left Table Bay on lior 'course to New Zealand. Three days later she encountered a terrific gale, from the west-north-west to west-south-west, attended by a terrific sea; this having moderated she experienced fair weather till getting off Kerguelen Land, when she mot another l ieav y gale. The easting was run down between tlie parallels of 45 and 47 south, and after leaving Kerguelen she met light airs and calms, and crossed the meridian of Cape Leuwin at noon on April 4th, fair weather still continuing: she passed tlie Island of Tasmania on April 9th, and on- the night of the 11th encountered a fresh north-north-east gale, which moderated at 0 p m. on the following day and at 8 p.m. she passed the Solandcrs, sighting Centre Island light at 11 p.m., and passing Dog Maud at 2 a.m. on the 13th, ran through Foveaux Straits, and cleared them at 5 a.m. same <Uy ; passed Nugget Point at 10.30 a.m., and was off:the Deads at 5. lo p m the same day ; the p ssage .from Home having occupied 57 days, inclusive of six days and twelve hours, stoppages at St. Vincent and the Cape of Good Hone: the average ra‘e of steaming throughout the trip being set down at 2G2 miles ,per twenty-four hours That, however, the vessel is capable of doing more than this has been thoroughly proved .on several Decisions during the voyage, when an average speed of 13 knots per hour has been registered.

ARRIVAL OF THE CLAN CAMPBELL. The Clan Campbell, a fine looking iron barque, under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company, arrived in harbor on Sunday, April 20, from London. Her passage has been a most uneventful one. She brings no passengers, but a largo general cargo, including ten tons oLgunpowder, which will be larded today The following is the report of her passage : Left Gravesend on the 29th December, and put backt) the Downs on the 31st, and took her final departure on the 4th January. Experienced strong S.W. winds off the English coast, and picked up the N.E. trades in SOdeg. north. They were light and unsteady. Crossed the Line 37 davs ont, and picked up the trades in 2deg. north' These were moderate, and carried as far as 25deg. Fair winds with thick weather was then experienced until passing the meridian of Greenwich on the Cth March in 43 fe. Rounded the Cape on the 10th with moderate weather. - Strong westerly winds were then met with until passing the meridian of Cape Ottaway, eightyeight days out. Made Cape Farewell last Thursday. Light airs and calms were experienced off the coast. Made the heads on Saturday night, and was hoarded by Pilot Holmes, who brought her in as above. Some very cold weather was encountered, and in 47.ee • and 42.40 E. several large icebergs were seen. ARRIVAL OF THE WAVE QUEEN FROM LO^DOZs. LOSS or THE CHIEF OFFICKH AND A CA-BIN' PASSENGER. The shin Wave Queen, one of Messrs. »haw, mini’s sMd= was signalled early on Tuesday. April b, t being outside the Heads. The shifting the barque Beatrice, proceeded outside ana tiwed her in bringing her a! once alongside the wharf The harbormaster and other oflicia s boarded w "n her way in? and were not long in giving her a “ clean bill ■ * This is the second Home ship, we undersSid, that has been brought direct from sea alongside the wharf. Pilot Simons superintended this part of the work, and moored her safely. Pilot Holmes boarded her outside at daylight, but owing to adverse, and light winds was unable to work the ship, in. C»ptSn Perriam, who is in command of the Wave Queen, la a stranger to Wellington, hut has sailed under Captain Setteu, of the Pleiades, as mate for several years, but always to Lyttelton. . Captain Setten boarded the Wave Queen hall way np the harbor, and congratu-

lated Captain Perrkm on being in command, The passage of the ship has been an eventful one. 4wo lamentable occurrences happened on the voyage, one of which was the chief officer committing suicide by jumping overboard ; the other was the washing overboard of Mr. E. Graham, a cabin passenger, At the commencement- of the voyage the ship met with very heavy winds. Just after gelling clear of the Channel, she encountered very severe weather. Several largo seas broke on board, washing away her cooi s, piggeries and bulwarks, and generally making matters verv uncomfortable to all on board. After getting clear of the English Coast fine weather was met with. Tho circumstances regarding the jumping overboard of the mate are as follows: For some time previous to the occurrence (March 11) the mate, named H. S «*ith, and cousin of tho captain, refused duty. The captain remonstrated with him in private repeatedly, but it had no effect. On March 11 the unfortunate man told the captain ho would enter up his log and shift forward, intending to do no more work. The captain again remonstrated with him. During the evening, between C and 7 o'clock, while the captain was walking up a»d down the deck on the port side with some of the passengers the mate came on the poop and walked to the starboard side, on nearing tho counter he turned round, and saying “ Good-bye,” jumped overboard. Tho starboard boat was hanging in the davits, and the captain immediately gave orders to have it lowered, and sent men aloft to keep a look out for him in tho water. The second officer, with four men, left tho ship in search of him. The evening was dark and foggy* The ship at the time was going 7£ knots. She was immediately rounded to, and the forcyard backed. After an hour’s detention, and the boat not

retvrning, the captain became anxious ami fired off filing, and sent off sky-rockets, and rang the ?hip's bell periodically, but no boat returned. At length, however, the second officer made his appearance without the unfortunate mate. The boat searched for fully an hour, but no trace of him could be found. The* passengers pre*cnted Captain I’erriam with a testimonial in reference to this affair, which will bo found below. This of course cast a great gloom over the ship. The occurrence took place in latitude 4.V34 south ) east. On March 30. when off Tasmania, the ship encountered a terrific gale, during which a cabin pa*senger named Mr. L. Graham was washed overboard and was drowned. The facts arc as follow: —There was a tremendous sea running, and a press of canvas was kept on the vessel to keen h*r ahead of the seas. Captain Pcrriam and several of the pvsenger'were on deck, including the deceased. As the weather was so rough he took his wife below to tho saloon and left her there for the purpose of going to the deck-house to have a smoke. Almost immediately after leaving the saloon a large sea broke on board which tilled the decks and washed the unfortunate man overboard. The master saw the sea coming, ami sang out to those on the poop not to move, and rushed to the wheel to give the helmsman a hand. The patent log was over tho side at the time, which Mr. Graham managed to get hold of. The master did all in Jus rower to try and pull him in, but the ship was going close on thirteen miles an hour at the time, and no man situated as Mr. Graham was, could possibly keep hold of such a thin line as a log line. The master managed to pull him in about a fathom, u hen his bands were dragged over tho rail, taking all the sum off his knuckles. -Mr. Graham was a great favorite on board, and was only very lately married. Hu sad end was deeply regretted by all on board. During this gale tho ship had her miaen topgallant yard and other portions of her rigging carried away. Several of the planks abaft tho mizen were started, besides other slight damage.- This is Captain Pcrriam s first voyage as master, and though it has in some measure been an unfortunate one. all on board speak in the highest terms of praise, both of his abill'ies os a navigator and of his gentlemanly and courteous behavior"throughout the whole passage. The following particulars concerning the ship s voyage were kindly given us by the muster ;-Ml the Docks nu tho lUtli December, 1-78. and proceeded to Greenhlthe. After adjusting tho compasses,-proceeded to Gravesend and anchored. Weighed again on the 20th at noon, but tho weather being thick, only, proceeded as far as Chatham, and came to anchor for the night. On the following morning got under weigh and proceeded down the river, passing through the Downs at 4 p m , and with the wind W.X.W., worked the ship down Channel Was off Dartmouth on the 21th, when sho landed tho Channel pilot, ami left finally at 0.30 p.m.. with the Lizard lights bearing N.N.K., and 10 miles distant. The wind veered to S.W., and increased to a heavy gale, washing away starboard bulwarks and smashing sheep-pens and piggeries, and doing other small damage on board. For the following ten days experienced nothing but southerly and westerly gales. On January 10 passed Madeira, and experienced moderate NE. trades, which were lost in SN. On January 27 boarded tiro ship lllythswood, bound from Calcutta to Dundee, 70 days out, and sent letters by her. On Jan 20 crossed tho Equator, and picked up S.fi. trader in latitude fll S, They were found to bo favorable, and carried her past Trinidad on February 7th, and losing them cm February ICth, in latitude <l3 b., longitude 21 W. She thcn experienced light ami variable Kinds- for seven days, before falling in with the ordinary westerlies. On March 2nd passed the meridian of the .Cape, in latitude 44. H. Auei that ran between tho parallels of 45 and 4U until passing the (Jrozets. On the llth March the chief officer officer'jumped overboard. About this latitude the compasses were found to be greatly at fault. Captain Pcrriam could not account for tho variance, as ho asked previously to taking command whether they acted all. right, and was,told, that they never, or rarely, varied. However, according to tho masters version, the compass liew round at such a rate that lie had to place five penny pieces ou the card to prevent it' from turning round. This of course was fuiind a considerable drawback to the steering of the vessel; and tho captain found .himself far further south than ho intend cl to go. On March 30, when off Tasmania, experienced a very heavy gale from the S W. with a terrific gca/onb of which broke on board and washed Mr. Graham overboard. The same sea smashed in the saloon doors, and flooded tho berths* On April 5 sighted Capo Farewell, having made the passage from the Lizzavds in 102 days, **hc came through tho Strait’ with light and weather, and arrived off the Heads at 2 a.ra.yo terday morning, took the pilot on board at daylight, and arrive I as above. Tho Wave Queen prings a largo gen-nilcargo, 150 tons of which is railway iron. She will probably load here for Home. ’ . , . ' The following is the testimonial presented 15 ta;tain Pcrriam: —On board the ship Wave Queen, at sea, 2nd April, 1579.' Captain Perriam, ship Wave Queen: Dear Sir.—We, tho undersigned passengers por Wave Queen, bound from London to Wellington, beg to express onr deepest sympathy with you under tho melancholy loss by suicide of your relative and chief officer, Mr. Smith, on the llth March last, and to offer our testimony that you were in no way to bla^o' for his sad end. He had on previous occasions exhibited very considerable irritation of temper, but no ono of-us could have imagined fr a moment that the duct officer of a ship like tho Wave Queen, Vth nearly fifty passengers on board, could have behaved as Mr, Smith did to you. or could have set such a seriously bad example to tho crew by refusing to attend to Ins duty. Acknowledging that ho was in tho wrong, yet persisting in his refusal till,threatened with the consequences which must necessarily result from his conduct we can only conclude that some aberration of intellect was at tho bottom of all tho trouMo. and Jed to the sa l fatal termination. We wish also to bear our testimony to the alacrity displayed in tho ship’s way and in lowering a boat, m which the second officer and four brave men sped to the rescue at the risk of their own lives in the waning light of a dark and misty evening. Wc know you feel this loss deeply, and it is only natural that you do so, but wc trust you'will not permit this sad event which has attended your first command to weigh too heavily on your mind : but conscious that you have done your duty you will be enabled to overcome the remembrance of it. Hoping your future commands may bo free from anv harassing events, and that prosperity may attend ail your efforts, and wishing you a safe return to vnur native land—We are, dear sir, yours very sincerely, C. G. Minnith, Major late 18th Royal Irish Regiment, 13. Minnith. Win. Symons, Agnes symons, A. B. Symons, W, R. Symons, JI.-T. Blyth, E. lilytli, Laura Blyth, Warren Blyth, 11. L. lord, 11. M. Graham, Walter W. Crawford, Annie Crawford, Aiox Simpson, Thomas Bowman, Edwin Brown, James Smith, John D. Miller. Caroline Mansfield, George Thomas, T. B Mansfield, Thos. Smith, Mary Smith, James Robertson, Joan R. Robertson,‘James K. Crooks. Harriet Crooks, Charles Thoma?, L. Scafc, Alex. Catauach, Edward Scafe.