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22 May 1847 H.M.S. Rattlesnake.- The following is a list of the officers in HMS Rattlesnake, daily expected in Sydney: Captain Owen Stanley ; SG & SGTL ; Vol 4 ; Page 148. H.M.S. Rattlesnake. This vessel left England on the 11th December, 1846, arrived at Madeira on the 18th, sailed again on the 26th ; arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the 23rd January, 1847, sailed on the 2nd February ; arrived at Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 8th March, sailed on the 10th April ; arrived at the Mauritius on the 4th May, sailed on the 17th, and arrived at Hobart Town on the 25th June. We furnish below a list of the officers. Owen Stanley, Captain and surveyor; Robert W. Suckling, senior lieutenant; Joseph Dayman and Henry C. Simpson, lieutenants and assistant surveyors; John J. Brown, master, John Thomson, M.D., (c) surgeon; Frederick Brady, paymaster and purser ; John M'Gillivray, naturalist; Thomas Huxley, assistant surgeon; George H. Inskipp, second master; Josiah G. Messum, Admiralty clerk ; Arthur Burnett, Captain's clerk; Arthur Packe, William Hewett, Thomas C. Smith, and H. E. G. Earle, midshipmen; Charles J. Card, clerk's assistant; Philip Sharpe, W. W. Howell, C. C, Robinson, Alexander Henderson, and G. P. Heath, naval cadets ; C. J. Johnston, W. H. Obree, and H. W. Burnett, master's assistants; Edward W. Broker, acting ditto, The Rattlesnake will make a short stay here, and then proceed on to Sydney.- Hobart Town Advertiser, June 29, [1847]. SG & SGTL ; Vol 4 ; Page 192. H.M.S. Rattlesnake - This vessel which arrived yesterday morning from England, having touched at several ports on her passage, for the purpose of landing specie, has been fitted out for the purpose of completing the survey of the coasts of New Holland and New Guinea, which is expected to occupy her the next five years. She is commanded by Captain Owen Stanley, an officer well known in these colonies, having commanded H.M.B. Britomart on this station, for about three years. Captain Stanley has instructions from the Admiralty to pay off the schooners Bramble and Castlereagh and recommission them as tenders to the Rattlesnake. She has on board £4000 in specie for the Commissariat Department of this colony. At the Cape of Good Hope she landed £50,000 ; at the Mauritius £15,000 ; and at Hobart Town £4000. Capt. Charles Stanley, R. E., who has arrived in Sydney by the Rattlesnake, is a brother to Captain Owen Stanley : he is Private Secretary to Lieutenant-Governor Denison, at Van Diemen's Land. Mr. King, another passenger, is a son of Captain King, of Port Stephens, and has returned from England, after completing his education at Cambridge, for the purpose of being ordained as a clergyman of the Church of England, and it is expected the Rattlesnake will remain here about two months. We are informed that the officers surveyed Simon's Bay, and made a number of valuable observations on the passage out. SG & SGTL ; Vol 4 ; Page 199. We understand H.M. schooner Bramble and her tender Castlereagh will be paid off on Monday next. The whole of the officers of these vessels, we believe, with the exception of Lieutenant Yule, in command of the Bramble, proceed to England. The schooners will be re-commissioned with other officers from the Rattlesnake. SG & SGTL ; Vol 4 ; Page 212. 31 Jul 1847. 7 Aug 1847 Survey of the Harbour.- We are glad to perceive that the officers of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, are at present engaged in re-surveying our harbour. This was a necessary work, as it is now above twenty years, we believe, since it was last done. SG & SGTL ; Vol 4 ; Page 220. 7 Aug 1847. ^ back to top ^ |