APPENDIX— I. 5d» 
3. Copy of a Letter from Captain Palmer to Lieutenant 
Wakefield. 
My dear Wakefield, Brighton, IQth June, 1837. 
I HAVE written to-day to Sir James Graham, as strongly 
as I can, in testimony of your merits and services in the 
" Hebrus." I should say you would be promoted ; and I 
need hardly say, that I hope most sincerely it may be now. 
Never apologize to me for writing about your affairs ; for 
independent of the regard I bear you, your conduct as an 
officer with me claims every good office I can render you. 
I am, &c. 
(Signed) E. Palmer. 
4. Copy of a Certificate from Captain Willes. 
Hythe, Southampton, February, 1837. 
These are to certify, that Lieutenant Arthur W"akefield 
served on board H.M.S. " Brazen," under my command, 
from January 1823 to September 1826, when he was ap- 
pointed by Commodore BuUen, then on the coast of Africa, to 
the command of the " Conflict " gun-brig ; that his conduct 
was always that of a most zealous, enterprising officer. When 
on the South American station, he rendered great service in 
the constant communication I was obliged to have with the 
authorities at the different ports, from the Rio de la Plata to 
the Amazon, nearly all in a state of commotion or blockade, 
from his knowledge of the Spanish and Portuguese languages, 
the British merchants always claiming my interference in 
their behalf. While in the Channel for a few months, he was 
most active and successful against smugglers, away night and 
day in boats ; and subsequently, on the coast of Africa, he 
behaved most gallantly by chasing and capturing with three 
small boats a large Spanish slave-schooner, which had out- 
sailed the ship in a 48 hours' chace, armed with four heavy 
guns, and a crew of 48 men, and 420 slaves on board. 
I have great satisfaction in further testifying, that the 
general conduct and ability of this officer frequently called 
