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Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1883, 18 June 1863, Page 3

The Lyttelton Times states that Colonel Gore Browne, Governor of Tasmania, has subscribed tfee handsome sum of £100 towards the fund for building the Cathedral in Christchurch.

Captain Fiuncis Ltabdet. — We extract from the Melbourne Argus the following obituary notice of Captain Francis Liardet, who was connected with the early colonisation of New Zealand:—*' Captain Francis Liardet died on the Ist March, at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, aged sixty-five. He was the second son of Captain John Liardet R.N., and entered the service at a very early age, on board the Belvidere frigate, Captain Byron, when she fought the memorable engagement with Commodore Rogers. Some years afterwards, he served under Captain Hobson (after whom the bay in this port is named), in the arduous service of extirpating the pirates in the West Indies, where he highly distinguished himself, and was particularly fortunate iv saving the life of Captain Hobson on that service. Some years afterwards he was appointed to the command of the Powerful, 84, Commodore Sir Charles Napier, and for his gallant services in the taking of Acre, was posted. Captaiu Liardet accepted the Superintendency of Taranaki, New Zealand, where he met with a serious accideut from sealiug a cannon, by which he lost the sight of one eye, the other being greatly injured ; he was compelled to return to England, where be was appointed to the captaincy of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich. The captain was celebrated in the service as a splendid swimmer ; he risked his life on several desperate occasions, with wonderful success. The gallant captain was brother to Mrs Liardet, and first cousin to Mr W. F. E. Liardet, late of Samlridge. Captain Liardet married the sister of the late bir Edraond Filiner, Bart,, and leaves a widow, son, and daughter, with a numerous circle of acquaintances and brother officers, to deplore their loss. Captain Liardet was the author of a work of instruction for the junior officers of the Royal Navy, which is universally i adopted by the officers of that class."