“ANN MILN."

New Zealand Herald and Auckland Gazette, Volume I, Issue 62, 23 March 1842, Page 2

“ANN MILN."

It is with great pleasure we insert the following extract from the Sydney Herald of January 2Sth, 184,2. To Captain George Tiioms, Commander oe the Barque “ Ann Miln. Dear Sir, —Having now arrived at the place if our destination, after, upon the whole, a very Peasant passage of one hundred and twenty-one ■ AYg we cannot think of allowing our littie party to break- up and disperse, without bearing our united testimony to your ability as an able seaman, and cheerful disposition as a companion during the whole time we have been together. We have had frequent ooportumties of remarking your anxiety to further the interest of your employers by taking every possible advantage of the winds and waves, in order to accelerate our progress and terminate the voyage, and while we did so, we were much gratified to bserve that you never lost sight, for one moment, of the safety and comfort of all on board committed to your While we would scout the very idea of complimenting one person or party at the expense of others, we cannot help wishing, for the sake of those who may be p aced in similar cncumstances with ourselves, that all vessels with emigrants from Great Britain to Australia, were as well supplied with good, plain, and wholesome provisions, as we found the Ann Miln to be, and at the same time placed under the command of individuals whose good sense, correct and gent.emanly conduct would lead them, as a matter of justice, to promote, as far as they possibly could, the comfort and welfare of those, whose happiness for the time being must be very considerably in their power, and who, we have every reason to believe, would neither be slow to appreciate, nor backward to acknowledge, such proper and praiseworthy treatment.

For ourselves we had nothing to complain of, and were we about to circumnavigate the globe, we know not that we could wish a more desirable vessel wherewith to do it, than the Ann Miln, or a more careful, steady, and trustworthy commander on her deck, than Captain George Thoms. Wishing you a safe return to your friends and native shore, and every happiness and prosperity through life. We are, dear Sir, yours, very truly, (Signed by all the Cabin Passengers.) Sydney, January 24.

Immigration. —We understand that the Governor has drawn upon the Lords of the Treasury J for the £43,000 advanced to the Government of New Zealand, and that the bills are now in the Treasury, and will be paid to having claims for immigration expenses. ThoS'e who have brought out immigrants on conditional promises, will be paid in debentures. —Sydney Herald.

An Affair of Honor. —The Baltimore Clipper says that the Siamese Twins have both fallen in love with the same girl—she preferring Chang to Eng.—The latter is determined to challenge the former, but their friends cannot determine on the distance. The young lady, it is further stated, for the sake of quiet, is willing to marry both, but her lawyer says she will be indicted for bigamy.