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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 143, 27 November 1884, Page 2

Captajn -Caiti/ <>tie ! b'f ; tbb -earliest ijett jfeiu^hi libe '3STorth ; "lsland] tells the\T&hxatWlHer(M tllat^e're j m&nbers 't&&>ojfprey i iwefl^'and- 'has jtrequentjyibe'en 1 She was one j of twelve brigs of war of a new pattern which - wererbmltrus an experiment? t'6" fclte brder' of the ; &d^ miralty ;. by u«elve r . i df "the leading' shipbuilding firms m the United Kingdom. -The ©spref ''was i biiilt bf , the w^ll-kno WtfJ ' firM > • 'of > ! #hite ; Brother^, of Cowes m the Isle of - /Wigk t, Wad ' considered' a > inagrii- ; ;,fi«ent vessel of^ her ■ cla^s at j tnat ! time. She^ eatne'to- New'-Zeaiaiid'ln ■1844:traider the'conuiiahd -of 5 ' Cftptaila Patten, ( Sir Everard Home being Geihniodove of the station. In 1847 or 1848, when the Osprey was making Hokianga, then a favorite rendezybiis of the ships of war, the sailing* master mistook a deceptive inlet on the coast, jekll&l E4lse Hokianga, for the harbor M 6f..biß -<j(estinati6n alia ran 'the! brig ashorfej J^hen ah&^be- : camera; total wppck'.' This, , .catastrophe, \ which ;^wa'a 'accompanied .vby.", the loss of "a midshipman . and a ; w^ t o]Le hoaiii's cv r e% who vere^cliowned" >by the &Wamptbg--of therboat m the surf on the beacti;'^ : been caused,- by- w trivial The pilbt at Hokianga4>as m the ! ;b,abit ofj displaying, as a approaching ship Cliatihe -entrance wassufe; and Captain;Jr»]&en declar-. s|d tMt he was induced to run ashore 'aTEahe JHpr^hgtf-byJ&ee^g^natlbi. .took /or tfliW-signat^ bu,c what t<ii i i'iie(l^ "6iit| to; be a "Ma'dri^wkvihg a ij] re3° :^h l iß-^to,i'yj .. Wni at ; tHe' Court martial, out there were a good many >^ peo^ljß^wh'p-. thought itwas more fiHoHbe'tblcl tc? thfeinarines tijan to r anybpdjr ,-else^.HpweKerJjttilfa may.jbaveHbe«n,(4h ( iß is r a ; strictly. authentic-Accounti L of,, the Ip 3& r ot/tjie , Osprey>^ich|CJap^^,QainisqiutQßure ; .took plkce; no iater-tthttn, 1848. .--.JLa to her Having, cpm^pujL tipi^yjdiiey.Qri M^bpiirne, ; sh,e ( may. quiet possibly . have'done,^, because Sydney >waa. the! hea^uartje^^qf ,^e; y flt^et, -and, iherjß yrak k c^n^uler,Able ! :nuqa,bet > r p//troopa,| both at; Sy^y.^an^.y^t.'.^elb^urney,. His impjressi^n, t^iat . she caii» J {jrofcte'ift-.$ I 9Jrf fy*ifN9sv-Jw4.< was constantly employed m the operations ajgains^lhejaatjye^forj^n visiting the; scattered settlements) along the coast, until she was wrecked m the mariner" described.- ■ -^ -