Board of Trade gave them some clothes ; and on Friday they were furnished by the owners with winter raiment at an outfitter s in Leadenhall-street.

The Course Taken

They did not sight Tristan d'Acunha on the way out in the ship, but Trinidad. They were much baffled by contrary winds, and were out of the course of New Zealand vessels and in the course rather of ships going to India. When they were in the boat, they thought by going eastward they would fetch the Cape somewhere, but Mac donald knew they were north of the Cape by the warmth of the weather. There is a northerly current a round the Cape. The other boat might have got to the Cape, but when it was put to him privately, whether he thought she had, he said he thought not, and he assented to Mr. Temple's suggestion that if she had been picked up by a vessel going to India or Australia, she would have arrived by this time at some point whence there was telegraphic communication with England. On this a gentleman suggested Mauritius as a place where there is no such mode of communication.

The Sinking of the Ship-!

The vessel sank at four p.m. on the second day, and the tire was still burning then. There was as much flame on the second as on the first night, and there was still name when she sank. In Captain Forstor's report that there were no " combustibles" on board; the word '' combustibles" must be understood in a peculiar sense as referring to such inJlam mable and explosive substances as are for bidden by the Passengers Acts to be con veyed in emigrant ships. Undoubtedly there was among the measurement cargo much merchandise that would buvn. The Customhouse specification shews this. It contains in the Jist of goods such items as paperhangings (14 bales), corks (17 bales), candles (25 boxes), stationery, seed oil, oil 0.5., tar, pitch, cottons, hempen rope and lines, linseed oil, painters' colours, turpen tine, hair, printing paper, varnish, colza oil, paraffin candles, palm oil, and whiskey, brandy, wine, beer, rum, and geneva in con siderable quantities. Maedonald says he threw overboard at once, with the help of Nurse Jones and Dr. Cadle, all the 50 rounds of ammunition and the rookets on board, and the explosion in the poop has been at tributed to vaporisation of some of the liquors which were carried.

Searching of the Dead.

At first Macdonald had no watch in his boat, and his early statements of time in his diary must be taken as merely approximate; but afterwards, on the death of one of the occupants of the boat, a gold watch was brought to him, and from that time he searched the pockets of the dead before throwing them overboard. In this way he collected about £30, besides a ring, which came from the finger of the baker, Peter Cope. The watch had the maker's name, L. Woog, Geneva, and has an inscription on it describing it as " patent lever, 15 jewels." The upper number on the inside of the case is 14513; the lower is 17,715. Above the number is scrawled the name " A. Scott."

THE OTMCIAL-ENQOrRY.

The official enquiry was held on Saturday at the Custom-houso, Lower Thames-street, into the circumstances attending the loss of the Cospatrick, by taking the depositions of the survivors of that ill-fated vessel.

There was considerable excitement mani fested, in the neighbourhood of the Custom house, and a large crowd of persons early gathered around the doors, eagerly endea vouring to catch a glimpse of the survivors. Edward Cotter is a Chichester boy. He left the training ship with a certificate four years ago, and has served for 18 months in New Zealand, getting good wages in the coasting trade and on shore. Although he is a gardener's son from Kensington, he has a brother on the sea as well as himself— James Cotter, of Her Majesty's ship Vulture. He was working his way back to New Zealand to re-commence his coasting life. His statement was similar to that' given by Macdonald as above, and these statements reveal a more metho dical series of arrangements for extinguish ing the fire than at first appeared. Cotter's memory appeared very good. He said the port boat, under Romaine, had 32 passengers in her, of whom eight or nine were women.

Immigrants in the Boat. There were William and Catherine Harvey, brother and sister, of Belfast; Mr. Marsh and his wife, Mr. Whitehead and his wife, with their baby 11 days old, Mr. Carey and his wife, Mary She|j, the elder Maher, aged 21, a son of the Lewis who was in the other boat, Colley, a constable among the single men; Bryne, Byron, or Barron, a Scotchman, picked up on a spar, and a boy named Wray. One of the immigrants told th|m that Wray threw his 13 children overboard and then jumped in himself.' However, Wray, the father, is in the official list of emigrants only credited with nine children, and this boy re duces still more the number who were thrown in. He was not picked up on a spar; he was on the boat which was safely lowered. Of the crew there were fn the boat, besides Charles Romaine, first officer; Thomas JDougherty, quartermaster; Charlie Cunning ham, quartermaster, of Bristol, who left a wife and children ; Turvey, A.8., of London; Boscobie, A.8., a Greek, who name has been previously given as Rusken; Frank BeJli fanti, A.8., a Greek; Nicolls, A.B. ; Han cock, A. 8., of Richmond; Langdon, A.8,, and Wood, a lad fresh from the Chichester.

FINDING THE BO IT'S CREW.

The following is the description by Cap tain'Jahnke, master of the British Sceptre, of his-finding the men :—- These men were picked up by me on the 27th of November, in latitude 28.50 S., 12.4 E. Having had a severe gale, from south after passing the Cape of Good Hope,' during which I ran dead before it, we had got into the south>ea>t trades, wincl fresh and. squally.

At 1.30 p.m. saw something afloat at a dis tance on our lee bow, having passed a great deal of driftwood imagined it was another piece of the same, but after another look I kept the ship towards it. and found it was a boat with human beings in it, but with no oars. A piece of board was erected as a mast with a cross piece nailed on, on which was extended a piece of rag as a sail. I motioned them to run the boat before the sfjuall to our lee quarter, which they did, and having shortened sail and thrown the ship flat aback, I backed right up to the boat which answered well, for we soon had her alongside. The sight was something horrible. There were five men in her alive, and one dead bo?ly. One man was stripped naked up to his waist, his feet swollen, full of sores, himself raving mad, one colored man barely alive, but still in his senses. Mr. Macdonald, late second mate of the Cos patrick, in charge. They were soon passed on deck and every kindness and attention was shewn them. Warm water baths, weak brandy and water, nourishing food and medicine adapted to their symptoms, has been the treatment adopted. Notwithstand ing all our care the poor passenger, who never regained his senses, died last Sunday, and was buried on Monday morning. The coloured man died yesterday (the 2nd De cember), and was buried this morning. Mr. Macdonald lias been very ill, but is now im proving, and the other two men are improv ing. For fear they should have a relapse, I •shall call at St. Helena. The passenger's name was unknown, but I give here a de scription, by which his friends might recog nise him :—Height, 5 feet 10A inches, stout built, fair complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, slight tawny moustache, light whis kers, inclined to red towards the beard, age apparently about 22. Supposed to belong to the county of Cork, to be a farmer's son, from what I could learn from the surviving seamen.

I'lIK CREW AND STEERAGE PASSENGERS. With respect to the crew, which consisted j of 43 men, the highest opinion is given of; them as steady and good seamen. Their j names were as follow : —First mate, Charles j Romaine; second mate, H. McDonald ; third mate, Brusher Jones; carpenter, J. Fidler;! boatswain, William Symons; steward, T. Wakefield ; engine6r, A. Bennett; cook, J.; Wilkjns. The able-bodied seamen : F. Bel-j forth, F. Turvey, J. Langdon, H. Frank, R. | Hamilton, G. Peach, C. Hancock, C. Paren, j G. Mills, J. Cunningham, M. Doogery, M. De Mache, J. McNeil, J. Welsh, j H. Ituskin, C. Smith, H. Crompton, A. Nicoll, T» Lewis ; butcher, A. A. Dutton ; sailmaker, J. Smith; baker, j Peter Cope. 0.5.: Thos. Gillon, E. Cottes, j C. Attwell, W. Wood, G. Lockett, W. King (chief immigrants' cook), Peter Hop kins (second ditto); Robert Goadlow ton (emigrants steward); A. F. Bar row, Corry Harrison, and W. A. Lane, apprentices; Alfred Lopez, cuddy servant. There were four steerage pas sengers, named respectively W. Simister, W. Nelson, G. Mason, and Edwin Bicker stcth ; and for the rest, the people on board were emigrants from all parts of Great Britain.

Reception of the News

Her Majesty has made anxious enquiries about the facts connected with the loss of the Cospatrick. Great kindness was shewn to the three survivors at St. Helena. They were eight days at the hospital in the island, and re covered rapidly. For a long time their skin kept peeling off, but they were soon able to take regular meals, and on board the Nyanza they were treated aimply as second-class pas sengers. While the survivors were at the owners' on Friday there came a messenger from Cotter's mother, who was ill in bed, had heard of the loss of the Cospatrick, and would not believe her son was saved till she saw him. The messenger was his elder brother, a labourer, and when the two young labouring men met after such an eventful separation they first grasped hands and then kissed each other on the lips.

Macdonald was interviewed on Wednesday in his own house at Montrose. He said that numbers of the relatives and friends of the passengers and crew of the Cospatrick had called continually on him in London eager for information, which it was out of his power to give, and it was fully past midnight before he could get home to his lodgings. Referring to the statement in the letter of the Governor of St. Helena to Lord Carnarvon, that there were over 200 tons of spirits- on board the vessel, Mr. Macdonald said he knew for a fact that the quantity on board did not exceed 40 tons, and that these did not ignite until the fire had made great pro gress. His attontion being called to the sug gestion that if they had kept themselves con tinually wet with salt water they might have suffered less from thirst, Macdonald said that while in the boat they were never dry. He also mentioned that about two hours before the fire broke out the wife of a schoolmaster named Fitzgerald gave birth to a child. He had been one voyage before in the Cospatrick with Captain Elmslie. ~lf*he continues at sea he is to go back { to* the employ of Messrs. Shaw, Saville and Co. ; but he would now prefer to quit the seafaring profession and to take work on shore if possible.

The owners maintain a wholly different opinion as to the tire from that held by the Despatching Officer of the New Zealand Go vernment, Mr. Edward A. Smith, H.N. They think the fire was not necessarily in the lower hold, and they point out that the obstacle which the thick teak deck opposed bo the downward spread of the flame wras neutralised by the hatchways, four in num bour, on the main dock, Avhich were closed by light pine flaps spread over, for the pur pose of keeping out water, with an inflam mable to a cerial, tarpaulin.

A large batch of emigrants, selected by the Agent-General for New Zealand, started on, Wednesday .morning for Canterbury, in the Tintern Abbey, aline vessel of upwards of 1,400. tons registex\ commanded by Cap

am Stephens, and the property of Messrs, Shaw, Saville and Co.

No Intelligence of the other Boats

A telegram from Madeira on Monday, ga y S : —Two steamers have arrived here from the southward—the Windsor Castle, from the Cape, and the Syria, from Sfc. Helena ; but neither of them brings any further tid ings of the Cospatrick, and the fear is thus strengthened that the second boat, in which Mr. Romaine and 32 passengers took refuge, has been lost.

SUPERINTENDENCY ELECTION.

TO SIR GEORGE GREY, "X.0.8. Sir,__We, the undersigned electors of the ! Province of Auckland, hereby request that ' you will allow yourself to be nominated as a ! candidate for the office of Superintendent of j the Province, vacant by the death of John I Williamson, Esq., and we pledge ourselves ito use our best exertions to secure, your ; return. [Here follow the signatures.] REPLY. |to the gentlemen signing the requisition.

Gentlemen,—ln reply to your requisition. I have the honour to state that, if elected Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, I shall accept the office, and do my best to fulfil its duties in sucli a manner as to pro mote the happiness and welfare of the in habitants of the Province., I consider the position of Superintendent of this Province as a most honourable one, and as reflecting credit upon any man who may hold it. Yet, if lam elected to the office great personal sacrifices will be entailed on me of many kinds. I shall, therefore, not feel myself called on to make the efforts usual in such cases to secure my election ; but, if I am chosen Superintendent, a sense of the duty I owe to yourselves and to a pc ope I have bo long striven to serve will make me forego all personal considerations, and devote my whole time and energies to fulfil the duties the public call upon me to perform. I shall strive to show that it is the desire to serve one's country and fellow-men which gives dignity to a public position, not the title by which that position may be called. Generally, I would stats to the inhabitants of this Province that 1 consider the office of Superintendent to be an Executive, and not a political one. If elected, I will, therefore, not use the position for any political purpose. I will faithfully administer the laws, arid I any meanß placed at my disposal, in the I manner that appears to me to be best for I the general good, and I will, by all becoming jmeans, strive to obtain their rights whether j pecuniary or of any other nature for the i people of the Province, and then see that j they are allowed to exercise and enjoy those rights in the manner most advantageous to 'them. « Although attached,-, and strongly attached, | Provincial institutions, I well know [it it is the duty of every man to yield to the views and wishes of the majority of his fellow-countrymen, when these views and wishes are ascertained by constitutional means, and are clothed with the authority of law. Whatever form of Government may be thus introduced into New Zealand, I shall at all times endeavour to mase a success, and conducive in all re spects to the peace, satisfaction, and pros perity of the people of the Colony. I believe that ifc is clearly the duty of the Govern ment to state in detail the nature cf the in stitutions they propose to take the place of the existing Provincial ones, and to allow the people of New Zealand ample time to consider them, and to express their opinions upon the subject. But if Provincial in stitutions are to be swept away in any part of the Colony, I should desire to Bee such change made a general one, and to have such institutions established in the place of the existing Pro vinces, as would secure to New Zealand gene rally at least those extensive rights in regard to legislation and other matters which the Provinces now possess, and to the various country districts a larger share of local self government, and a greater and more direct control over local revenues than is now given to them. To derive full benefit from the sys tem of Immigration and Public. Works now being carried on, from which, if judiciously conducted, such great advantages must flow to the country, I should consider it the duty of the Superintendent to assist, to the utmost of his ability, the Colonial Go vernment in bringing that policy to a suc cessful issue. The Superintendent, upon his part, will have a right to expect from the General Government the expenditure within the Province of that share of the monies borrowed for public works to which it is justly entitled, its due proportion of immi grants brought out Yy public funds, the prompt payment of all revenues and other monies lawfully belonging to it, a rigid economy in the expenditure of the monies devoted to Immigration and Public Works, a strict prevention of all extravagant per sonal expenditure from these funds, and the immediate relinquishment to the Provincial Government of all lands purchased from the natives in the Province for the benefit of its people; for it is only by a rigorous attention to these details that tne Immigration and Public Works policy cm attain to that success to which it is so justly entitled. The Superintend n 1- should, in my opinion, see that ail requisite steps are taken to pro vide for the reception of immigrants, for theircomfort and well-doing on their first arrival, and that energetic measures are taken to secure the pc man' n., location in the ouniry of the population nowhere, and of ihe immigrants wl.omay arrive, by holding out inducements to take up lands iv the beat poticions which can be secured for them, and

thus lead them to become permanent occa piers and cultivators of the soil. Active steps should be taken to induce people possessing capital sufficient to enable them to undertake the cultivation of the soil, and tbe employment of labour, to again resort to this Province, and means might also be advan tageously taken to enable children of estab lished settlers to occupy farms of waste lands, and thus to contribute, as their fathers have done before them, to establish the prosperity of the Colony on a lasting basis.

Believing that the mining interest in this great Province is as yet only in* its infancy, I think the Superintendent should always remember how industrious a portion of the community the miners are, how largely they contribute to the per manent wealth, and to the revenues of the Province and Colony, how trained they have been in the habits and hardships of Colonial life, and how important it, therefore, is to the Colony to retain them here. To attain this desirable object, measures should be devised by which they could occupy free holds while still engaged in mining pursuits — restrictions at present placed upon them should be modified and relaxed, and the un equal taxation to which they are now subject should be re-adjusted and equitably dis tributed over the entire community. I ao nob think that the principles which control and regulate general public education in this Province, as they have now been settled, need be re-opened by the Superin tendent ; but I do think that the system of taxation established for educa tional purposes should be reconsidered. All who draw wealth or revenues from this country are interested in seeing that rising generations grow up educated aud well-con ducted members of the community ; but it is the duty of all to contribute with some refer ence to their wealth, and it seems hard to oblige tbe struggling labourer to pay largely from his small means for this purpose, whilst those draw great incomes from New Zealand pay but a trifle in proportion to theis ability, or, if they be absentees, pay absolutely nothing. I originally devised and introduced into this Province a system of Hundreds, presided over by Wardens, which has since been elabo rated into the present Highway Board system. I am glad to know that these local bodies have wellearnedand deservcdeachfresh concession that has been made to them in the direction of local self-government, and I think the Superintendent should strive to increase their powersjso as to^enable them to perform many local acts which can now only be done for them by the authorities at Auckland or Wel lington. I have thus stated my views upon some of the chief points which are likely to occupy the attention of your new Superintendent. I have, with much care and deliberation formed opinions upon other points perhaps of equally great importance, and probably opportunities will offer of my expressing myself in reference to them to the electors. I have stated already that I cannot, for various reasons, have recourse to the methods usually adopted by a candidate with the view of securing his return; but I have said this with no intention of avoiding proper duties, or of evincing any want of sympathy with my fellow-settlers, or their, happiness or interests. I have, in retirement, had an opportunity of reflecting much, and of form ing conclusions, under undisturbed and favourable circumstances. I have no desire to obtrude my views ; but if the electors desire that I should personally address them, I shall consider it my dnty to go to Auckland and the Thames —the two chief centres of population — for that pur pose. ][ have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, G. GREY. Ka,wau, March 5, 1875.

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