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Wellington Independent, Volume V, Issue 413, 26 September 1849, Page 2

We are informed that the Acheron will sail in a few days for the North She has been so long a denizen of our harbour that we shall regret to see her take her departure, and trust before long to soo her ploughing her steady course again through the waters of Port Nicholson. Her visit to New Zealand, will wo have little doubt, prove of the greatest benefit to the colony. The very high character which her gallant commander lias attained as a Nautical Surveyor, and tho great length of his distinguished services in that department of his profession, will give a weight to tho charts of our coasts and harbours, executed under his command, to which no inferior name would have entitled them. New Zealand is indeed fortunate to have the rough outline, which the immortal navigator Cook first laid down, filled in and corrected by so worthy a successor in the ails of discovery and hydrography. Peace has her victories as well as war, and victories both nobler and more enduring. Thoso who discover new regions, or render them more accessible to the white sails of commerce, achieve a far more honorable fame, and are entitled to a far higher moed of praise, than the gallantest tar who ever gained glory by bombarding a French fleet from the wooden walls of Old England. We understand that the Acheron has already completed the survey of the East Coast of the Middle Island, including aminute examination of the harbours of Port Cooper and Otago, and also the whole of Cook's Straits, including the Sound and Nelson harbours, besides discovering another excellent harbour of refuge in D'Urville's Island, south of Port Hardy, and hitherto, if known at all, known only to the Natives. ,In the interval some of her officers have been engaged in surveying Manakau harbour and other parts of the North, to superintend labours whose we presume Captain Stokes now leaves us. We trust that when he has collected further materials he will again visit our harbour, where he can finish his charts in smoth water, and send home the results of his valuable labours by the frequent opportunities our commercial intercourse with England and New South Wales offers.