RECOVERY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Evening Star, Issue 2872, 3 May 1872, Page 2

RECOVERY OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.

In connection with the telegram published by us on Tuesday, setti g apart a day of thanksgiving for the restoration of His Royal Highness, it may not be out of place to jog the memory of the Government and members of the Provincial Council that this event has been the subject of congratulatory addresses from all parts of the civilised world. If our memory does not betray us, both upon the death of the late Prince Consort, and also upon the marriage of the Prince of Wales, the Provincial Council adopted a loyal address to the Queen. Surely the event which has called, and is still calling, forth congratulations from all parts of the British Empire, will not be passed over in silence by the representatives of the Province of Otago—a Province which a short time aeo had a Royal Duke for its guest, and has from its earliest foundations been characterised by a warm attachment to the Throne and Empire. We should liked to have seen this subject occupying a prominent —if not the foremost—place among the host of “ notices of motion ” given on the first day of the session; but will not attribute the omission to any more objectionable cause than an oversight, and trust that an early opportunity will be taken to do for Otago what not only the sentiment of common loyalty, but of common humanity, has been held to require to be done for other parts of the Empire. It would have been a graceful act on the part of the Government to have had a draft address prepared, and by means of the suspension of the Standing Orders have placed its adoption amongst the Very earliest Acts of the session. That, however, cannot be done now ; but we trust an effort will be made to secure that the first mail leaving our shores after the commencement of the session shall convey such an address as shall show that the Province of Otago is still one at heart with the great nation of which she forms a part, By-the-bye, a much respected citizen is on the eve of going home. Might not the circumstances of the case warrant a departure from the ordinary course, and justify placing Otago’s loyal address in the hands of the son of Otago’s first Superintendent for personal delivery to the Minister of State ? [Since the above was in type, we observe that Mr Sumpter has moved in the direction refeired to.]