THE MOVER AND SECONDER OF THE ADDRESS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 57, 31 July 1862, Page 3

THE MOVER AND SECONDER OF THE ADDRESS.

As one instance of the estimation in which the present Ministry is held by the country and the House of Representatives, it may be mentioned that, after having, in vain" requested sundry members to move the Address, unmeaning and indistinct in its utterance as it is, in reply to the Governor’s speecli —having, amongst others, solicited a distinguished member from Otago, and an equally distinguished member from Canterbury, and subsequently the only member from Nelson to whom they could dare to propose such an office —they were driven to the humiliating course of falling hack on a conspicuous joint of their tail, Mr. Fitzherbert. The seconder, too, Mr. John Williamson, is also altogether bound up, and must fall with them, being, perhaps at this moment, the most unpopular and least trusted man in the Province of Auckland. —New Zealand Advertiser. JuW 17. Mat it tllase tour Excellexct, — Wc, her Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the House of Representatives, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to return our thanks to your ExccPcncy for the Speech -which your Excellency has made to both Houses of the General Assembly. We unite with your Exclleney in an expression of sorrow for the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, —in the Tull appreciat ion of his private and public worth, —and in sincere sympathy with her Majesty under this great affliction. Wcjoffer to your Excellency our congratulations on your reappointment as Governor of New Zealand, and we gratefully recognize the motives which have induced you, at considerable personal sacrifice, to undertake the arduous duties of that in a time of great emergency, We assure your Excellency that it is our earnest wish to be able to cooperate with yourself in securing the prosperity and advancement of both Races in these islands, and that any measures laid by’your Excellency before us with that object,‘shallreceivd our most serious consideration.

We expi’ess in common with your Excellency, our great regret for the loss of the steamer White Swan on this coast, while bringing many members of the General Assembly to attend the present session ; and our unfeigned gratitude to Almighty God for the providential preservation of the lives of all on board. We also cordially unite with your Excellency in thanking those who offered generous hospitality, and valuable aid to the persons who were shipwrecked. We sincerely pray, together with your Excellency, that the Divine Blessing may support your Excellency in the execution of your duty, and guide our deliberations to tile attainment of the welfare and [happiness of all her Majesty’s subjects in New Zealand.