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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 2, Issue 35, 25 April 1850, Page 1

WANTUD —Some Specimens of the KIWI, also some of the Egf?s of the •=nme Isir<l, as well as some of the Shells called I'upuiionci. Any Native who will bring any <>f tin- nhovu n.iuicil specimens to Mr. Johnson, at An- klmid, will find a purchaser.

(/•Vuu the New Zealand Government Gazette Extraordinary.) Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 25th April, 1850. INFORMATION having been received in the Colony of the Death of Her Majesty the Quekn Dowager, and the Karl Marshal of England having, in pursuance of the commands of Her Majesty the Queen, given notice thai, upon the melancholy occasion of the death of Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, all persons do put themselves into deep mourning; His Excellency the Governor invites the Civil Officers of the Government, and all others Her Majesty's subjects in the Colony whose circumstances and situation will enable them to do so, to put themselves in decent mourning for ten days commencing on Sunday, the 28th instant, as a tribute of respect for the exalted piety and unfeigned humility which distinguished the character of the illustrious deceased. As a further mark of respect, His Excellency directs thai the Union Flags at the several Government stations, he hoisted half-mast high from 8, a.m., on Sunday next, until sunset. liy His Excellency's command, Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary. I Colonial Secretary's Office, 25th April, 1850. f IS Excellency the Govcrnor-in-Chief di- . rects the publication, for general information, of the following extract from the London Gazelle of the 11th December, 1810. By His Excellency's command, I Andrew Sinclair, I Colonial Secretary. I Whitehall, 10th Dec, 1849. The Queen has been pleased to command that the following Directions, given by Iler late Afajesiy Queen Adelaide for Her Funeral, should be made public. Her Majesty lias desired that these Directions, which are worthy of the exalted piety and unfeigned humility of the late Queen, should be, as far as possible, carried into effect; and for this purpose, has been pleased to sanction a departure from the Ceremonial usually observed in the Funerals of the Kings and Queens of the Realm. (Copy.) " I die in all humility, knowing well that we are all alike before the Throne of God, and I request therefore that my mortal remains be conveyed to the grave without any pomp or state. They are to he moved to St. George's Chapel, Windsor, where I request to have as private and quiet a funeral as possible. " I particularly desire not to be laid out in state, and the funeral to take place by daylight —no procession—the coffin to be carried by sailors to the Chapel. " All those of my friends and relations, 1° a limited number, who wish to attend may do sO- - nephew. Prince Edward of Saxe Weim ar > Lords Howe and Denbigh, the Honourable William Ashley, Mr. Wood, Sir Andrew Barnard, and Sir D. Davies, with my Dressers, and those of my Ladies who may wish to attend. " I die in peace, and wish to be carried to the tomb in peace, and free from the vanities and the pomp of this world. " I request not to he dissected, nor embalmed ; and desire to give as little trouble as possible. (Sinned) " ADELAIDE R. ' November, 1849."