The Weekly Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1868. VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN TO HAWEE'S BAY.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 76, 15 June 1868, Page 145

The Weekly Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1868. VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN TO HAWEE'S BAY.

OUR, information that the visitofhis ; .take placeon Friday* the 12th inst. j in-the Colbhial p;sVStur.t pirqved to be.quite correct* that;yessel arriving in; thed>.ay; on.the;;,imbrnmjg,i>f .on .board,: Excellen»yt the Goyejrnor? accbmpanied.hy his camp, CaptainciYoungi f ?the Hon.; Ji. Gv Richmond; &c. : 9 &c. being favpured <by the,; flood-tide came direct into the inner J harbour, and J alongside the(opyernihentiWharf» dt abodb dine o’clock; ; *'* ,l “■

His . Excellencyand suite landed', at eleven f a salute froni' Gore JBrfivm barracks. A guard of honor i 4 •' ft iis »; 't*M '• ’ ■** *“ 18thiregimfinfc under-ithe. command of [and iiiie-;dQnipMy ofiiapier KifleYo* €u^6m’KQ!^sstreet(leading;fcQnithe djgMp^r^A'#ag^%^^t]ie : ,#o„t staiionHand theishipping-iu the. jbar; gala?'>array..

ance from flags arid.foliage; arranged bythe young men .of-thahestablishnkent | stretching;, a'crosis 1 *| ftjomithatrbuiiding to' tiie stores of Mr * lEs'/Honor the Superintendent re* { deiyed 1 feia. Exceliency upon landing, . arid three riieairty cheers were given in ] his honor.! In respdnsO lie calied/first \ for three cheers for her Majesty;* and \ ’then' for thriee for Hawke’s .Bay. and s the Superintendent; - He was : then j diiyen , tolrh‘e J Couhcii Ghariiheif, ‘i his; escort and the public- to follow-. J This; course can'sed' gi*4at disappoint- i merit to the .public; , Even the escorts } we- beat/ ■ had-no intimation ; of-tftb ! place to which! liis Excellency was j being ' taken, "arid Were marched in' '& wrong direction—and as for> the pub- ! lie, who - followed on foot,-’ by thetiriie j they, reached the .to wn liis. Excellency j • hddralready departed 'on -his trip : tb \ the Mabris., ■'./ -’’ /'. • .. • However, 1 his Excellency, as we have said; was 1 driven off ! to ;the. Council : Chamber,-where -he—was received by the Speaker of-the Provincial Council/ arid the ceremony of 'prbsenting an ’an address to his Excellency, and ■■ receivinghis reply l Was'gone through.; ' after‘ which his .. Excellency and his l suite;. accompanied -by his -Honor the t Sap6rmteriden.t,r most of ‘ the * mem* . hers-: of-' the Provincial Council, ; andother 'gentlemen, “left town on a [ visit to some .of’the Maoripas in the ■ viciriity; where; ; aftrir ireefeivirig and replying ,to the-ardent expressions of ; loyalty onthe’part bf the Maori 1 cliibfs, | and. partaking of their, hospitality, the 3 party returned' to ! toW ri,, which' they ; reached shortly before dark.

On Saturday ; last, at noon, his Excellency?;. held. ; an .undress • levee iri 'the Council Chamber. ! 1 During "the course of -the afternoon: Sir George presented Mr Al H. Blake-with c the medal for the District Prize Firing.; arid visited Gore Browne Barracks; the Napier Grammar arid St. J Joseph’s Schools, and other places. A war dance was expected to have come off, but did not,; to the great disappointment • of numerous ~ pleasurb-seekers. Various sports were also : ** on > the board,” but the threatening appearance of the sky, and subsequent heavy fall of rain, accompanied 11 by thunder arid lightning, ? put' a stop to all out-door amusement; ' la the evening, a piiblib dinner , was given to his Exceliency in fthe Council *■ Chamber; 1 ' which; /we

understand,, passed loff

; The following is the address to Sir George from/the■Provincial Council? presented 1 to -his -Excelleriby

by tli© 'Speaker Vts». t S', /i-iffeu, Esq.') on: Friday-last s- j: ■**; •• iHis;-Exoellen'<rf-j Sir Ferguaori Knight Grand Cross of the j Mostßisfinguished: OrderofSt. Michael. . ’ and; St. i;George;, Governor--arid ComJ , in and over Her : Ma>» jesty.’s r -Colony of.- Ifew -Zealand-; and? its . .Dependencies j'i and - Vice-admiral of the . s * t Bame.*i; ■/ >-• j.‘ .nu-.:. •May iy eebase : Tatra* ExdEiLiiEircY,- 1 - •■•W(

.. e, the Council, pf the: Pro vmoe jgs’s ;-yQur ( Excellency ahear'ty. to pyqyince, ..on, this, We, hope r tfia,t, T y qur f will-be aible this to yisit.rsopiq pf[ the adjajqens t 3p. : thafdjuciflg r j;okur!jadT at, future visits to inarh most island.; ’ ®\^oeei^]py; ! ! • alsd now Welcoiije'Lady'‘Bowen'td Napier,, but iwe nope thaCat a future tune. .inay heraffoMlecL'the Opportunity‘of dbrag'sp.',? istratt<)ii , htrdj P be>ttehsed'TVith :; t&e'nappießt, Ws‘ultafohdth li i:a ? ce8 A o£ l 4idr l iSfajeßtiy’B-'B iuhlepcy of our earnest desire tq l do bur utmost :■ -tx x slfcr 'UQr-tnvr-'--iX: .\.wvu* . *«<>•'» **««*»s 5-j S*V xl 5 rh - ?s »V“ ** -i:-v.* ,„ : I thank thePrpvincialOpupchofHawke’s first visit to your'province.

; The support and :6jmpatliy .which I receive from the public-bodies, and from all .Qlasjesj:of i‘my7f’eJlowicoun.trymeil. in every pprfc' of New Zealand,„arp most gratifying to me personally, and are most satisfactory bnpublicjgrounds, .as fresh proofs of the. loyalty of the entire_ population,, and "of their good will' to the representative of their S,oyereign v . T ; T I, Napier, the name .of your capital, recalls the ihemory of a great soldier; and Hawke’s Bay, the name of your province, recalls.the memory of a -great seam an, the ; early friend I and,.patron,. of the illustrious, navigator, who first .planted the British .flag"on these I visited yesterday the exact spot at ;T.ur'anganui .where Captain Cook first landed in New Zealand ; and .I ' thought! that it wpuld. have rejoiced his heart, amid the distresses and anxieties of his voyages ofi discovery,"# he could have, foreseen that in the then savage region which , he made I known to, his"countrymen, within lpiss th,an b'century a flourishing colony would arise, "destined, in all liumap. probability, to be* come - *the. G-reafc Britain of the Southern I hemisphere.* • Ihope tb' spend some days in' visiting the interior of this, iioble,province, so rich in pastoral arid agricultural'resources. I regret exceedingly that Lady. Bowen is unable to' accompany me on the present occasion, and; I "thank you 1 for your kind, to’lver name. ,/ . Finally, ; My .Speaker and I earnestly trust, witli.ybu, that, 1 f tlie blessing of Providehoe, and through the wisdom ofi the colonial' legislatures, the clouds which; potf, .partialljv.ob.scurp o\ir horizon maybe cleared away,. during; the I ■ period of my administration, and that peace and.,prosperity may be, finally estab-j . fished for both". races of liar 1 Majesty’s sub* i iects in Now Zealand.

Sir,, George Bowen attended divine service itfSt7 v John’s‘Church yesterday,! and 1 at' nifib o’clock last evening he was driven to the’ Eastern SpitVwhen hb proceeded; on board the. p.s. Sturt, which vessel* will, we learn; steam for Wellington this day-wind and'Wea/ ther pbriintting. - • ' 1