WELLINGTON EXTRACTS.

New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 620, 24 March 1852, Page 3

WELLINGTON EXTRACTS.

[Fiom the Spectator, Feb. 21.] BALL TO LIEUT.-GOVERNOR WYNYARD. A Ball was given on Tuesday evening, by the settlers of Wellington, to His Excellency Lieut.Colonel "Wynyard, Lieutenant- Governor of the Northern Province, to which His Excellency the Governor-in-Chiefand Lady Grey, and the Officers of the 65th Regiment were invited. The rooms of the New Hospital, on Thorndon Flat, which is nearly completed, were used for theoccasion, and from their number and convenient size, were admirably adapted for the purposes of the entertainment. After supper, which was provided in Mr. Laings best style, and which consisted of a profusion of the good things of the season, Mr. Bell, who was deputed by the Stewards, proposed the health of Lieut.-Colonel Wynyard, and said that the intention of those who had given the entertainment was to shew by their hospitality and respectful attention to the Lieutenant-Go-vornor of the Northern Province, their guest that evening, the kindly feelings by which they were actuated towards their fellow settlers of the North, and he hoped that such feelings would always be reciprocal between the two provinces. Colonel Wyn) ard acknowledged in suitable terms the compliment that had been paid him, and expressed a hope that the time Avas fast approaching when, from increased facilities of communication the Northern settlers would have frequent opportunities of shewing their hospitality to their southern neighbours, and that frequent interchanges of visits would cement the good feeling which existed between the two Provinces. The health of Lady Grey and the Ladies of Wellington, with those Lady visitors from the Noithern Province who had honored the entertainment with their presence, was then drank, and the toast was acknowledged by Sir George Grey, who proposed the health of the Stewards ; Mr. Clifford returned thanks. Dancing was resumed after the supper, and kept up until after daylight, the party not breaking up until five in the morning. Upwards of one hundred and twenty persons were present