APPENDIX— I. hH 
7. Cop?/ of a Letter from Captain Wise to the Earl of Minto, 
and given to Lieutenant Wakefield as a Testimonial. 
My Lord, Plymouth, I8th February, 1837. 
About a montli since, I took the liberty of addressing 
your Lordship in behalf of Lieutenant Arthur Wakefield. I 
learn from that officer that he is about to make a further ap- 
plication to your Lordship for promotion ; and I feel that in 
justice to his merits I ought not to allow him to do so without 
repeating the very high opinion I entertain of him. 
We met on board the " Thunderer " as perfect strangers ; 
and we parted with the conviction, on my part, that his Ma- 
jesty has not in his service a more zealous officer, or one more 
competent to discharge the higher duties of our profession. 
If I were called on to state what are the qualifications in 
which Mr. Wakefield excels, I should say, in conducting the 
duties of a large ship, with a command of temper I have never 
seen equalled ; a point which your Lordship will be aware is 
of the utmost importance, now the days of coercion are happily 
at an end. He has also the talent of readily acquiring a 
knowledge of the character and abilities of seamen, which, 
added to an admirable system of stationing them, and of con- 
ducting all the details of a ship, were productive of the most 
beneficial results. 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) W. F. Wise, Captain. 
8. Copy of a Letter from Captain Wellesley to the Earl of 
Minto, and given to Lieutenant Wakefield as a Testimx)nial. 
My Lord, Westhrook, St. Albans, I7th February, 1837. 
Having been requested by Lieutenant Wakefield to 
give him a testimonial of his conduct whilst under my orders, 
I very gladly assure your Lordship of the zeal and ability 
with which he executed his duties of First Lieutenant for a 
period of eight months, during which I commanded the 
"Winchester;" and I have frequently heard the late Vice- 
Admiral Sir Edward Colpoys, who had removed him, from a 
