THE NEW ZEALAND CHIEF.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 95, 6 March 1863, Page 4

THE NEW ZEALAND CHIEF.

The following address has been forwarded by Governor Sir George Grey to the Duke of Newcastle for transmission to Her Majesty:— Oh, Victoria, our Mother!—We greet you! You, who are nil that now remains to recall to our recollection Albert, the Prince Consort, who can never again be gazed upon by the people. "We, your Maori children, are sighing in sorrow fogethor with you, even with a sorrow like to yours. All we can do now is to weep together witli you. Oh, our good mother, who hast nourished us, your ignorant children of this island, oven to this day! We have just heard the crash of the huge-headed forest tree which has untimely fallen, ere it had attained its full growth. Oh, good lady, pray look with favor on our love. Although we have been perverse children, we have ever loved you. This is our lament. Great is the pain which preys on mo for the loss of my beloved. Ah, you will now lie buried among* the a other departed Kings! They will leave you with the other departed heroes of the land. With the dead of the tribe of the multitude of Mani. Go fearless then, O Pango, ray beloved, in the path of death, for no evil slanders can follow you. Oh, my very heart! Thou didst shelter me from the sorrows and ills of life. Oh, my pet bird, whose sweet voice welcomed my glad guests. Oh, my noble pet bird, caught in the forests of Rapaura! Let, then, the body of my beloved, be covered witli royal purple robes. Let it be covered with all-rare robes. The great Rewa, my beloved, shall himself bind these round thee. And my ear-ring of precious jasper shall be hung in thy ear. For, oh! my most precious jewel, thou art now lost to me for ever. Yes, thou, the pillar that didst support my palace, hast been borne to the skies. Oh, my beloved, you used to stand in the very prow of the war-canoe, inciting all others to noble deeds. Yes, in thy life-time thou wast great. And now thou hast departed to the place where even all the mighty must at last go. Where, oh physicians, was the power of your remedies ? What, oh priests, availed your prayers'? For I have lost my love : no more can he revisit this world. Matene Te Whiwlu Hape Te Horohau Riwai Te Aim Tamihana Te RaupaWiremuTamihananaTe raha Nekc Rawiri Te Wanui Parakaia Te Pouepa Kingi Te Ahoaho Horotaona Toremi Hanita Te WhareArapata Hautar makatea Karauama Te Kapnkia Paraone Toangina Mukakai Hukiki Paraone To Manuka Hohua Taipari Morooki Kiharoa Kcpa Kerikeri Pita Te Pukeroa.