AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 18, 30 September 1842, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

The .painful task . is imposed upon us, of announcing . the death of our late Governors Captain William Hobsofi 1 , R.N. His Excellencp breathed his last abjoSit oiie? o'clock on Satuida| morning, - the 1 Oth' instant. ■, For- some-moat&j past it has been evident to his medical ; attend| ants, and .those by whom he-was 'constants surrounded, that his health was daily his Constitution at times attaining an ascendanti over the disease with which he was afflicted! and, for a short period, offering some hopes <| his recovery. .The attacks, r more frequent, ahd a wrong medicine having inadverteiitly beieh 6ff E?| tract of Senna, which his Excellency had been accustomed to take when unwell, fris constituf tion received a shock,.from which it never afte| recovered. , The interment took place, -accomj panied with the. most striking' demonstration! of respect and J affection. Not a person r invth| tpwnslupof AnchM appeaxe^^jthedeep! eSt f ihourhmg. TI We can bear" experience;- to •the~kmd and urbane Course~o| condqctiadppted) jim his “private Ihe, tqjv§irdl every individual who had the honor of his.ati quaintanee. rNo man •couhb.'be ; more /fitted fc| ;p£ imaal vduties'; A a; kitida h^t esdsted ; :A and mistakes mayhave committed in his officii our ipite to tfi| high admiration which has universally been ac? corded to his private station. ~ > ; ; l

I\] Colonial | * Auckland, SeptflOth, .1842. | ellenfiy Governor' j Gqvenm^ g raff clock a.mK j sqpncelbf noj d|f% tiiePublicJ Offices,and they will remain closed until the[ remains of His Excellency shall have been in-[ kTHetb&rlmomy of the Funeral mll ' take place! I oldock, p,.m,J ivhen the presence of all/Public Functionaries is] required, and the attOudance of all other per-] sons who may of respeOt, is requested.' J ' The following Order is to be observed to the place of interment: — f|l - ■ . Firing Party. | 1 Medical . Attendants. " ,\ ,x: . .i* ■ > ’ Attorney-General. O Chief Justice, n . ' ” i Member of Council, pq Treasurer. ’ ‘-I , W • _ | , j Sheriff. Suiveyor-GenehiL ? j 'll The Horse. Chief Mourner. - Acting A. D. C. Private Secretary. , A-i ' ' Military Officers. x f Civilians, M n Members of Government, < ( 5 Four Deep. . . V ■ . Civilians,, Not Members of. Government, A Four Deep. ' ' (For the Colonial Secretary,) / JAMES STUART FREEMAN. :

The funeral of His Excellency the late 'Go-[ vernor, Captain William Hobson, took plaOel on Tuesday, at one b’block. His mortal reJ mains'Were deposited in a brick vault preparedj in the new burial-ground, the service being-im-j [pressively performed by the Rev. J. F. Chhrton.J The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Willoughby! Shortland, Esq,, followed as chief mournera [after whom walked in procession, all the Of’Government, and nearly all the respectable inhabitants of Auckland. The body, by the Union Jack, was . carried by the sailofa lof Her Majesty’s Brig Victoria, and mffiteraj [honors were performed over thb grave by ! [party of the 80th Regiment in attendance, unden [the cqmmand of Captain Best., It is [to add that' Major Bunbury, Dr. Gahmiie, andj [tlie rest of the military officers were [Our friends abroad may be . curious to know [what was the conduct of the aborigines on this] [exciting occasion. They crowded - into thej [town in great numbers early in the morning J [and the ceremony of “ Uhunga” was peiformedj [in every quarter, as. if for one of their oww [most valued chiefs. This is a long continues |public demonstration of grief, during whicW [they sit upon the and how) in chonisJ [in consequence of their numerous attendance}] [a Maori -Gazette was issued to them, directing [their presence in , the rear of the procession; |which was accordingly very numerously giveifi [Every male almost'carried a’musket; butvrith [intuitive politeness, they, abstained frdm ’theh [explosions till the military salute had been fired! [Their demonstrations after this', were rather

noisy: there is scarcely any sound so dear ft the. New Zealander as.’tife crack of his -musk® or fmyling?piece. Most pf/jthe females had then hair fantastically .ornamented with wreaths p the supple-jack a very pretty native climbing plant, just now in full blossom. Th| funeral arrangements were conducted by Messrs? Eangford und Gardenen with adipirable prcfi priety. o>n the coffin we observed a vera handsome plate, around which -was - embossed border, on which was following inscription/ 1 • ; / /! / “ Beneath lie^thp^rjemaipsiof Hobsoi| Esq., a Captaip. in H. M.'Royal Navy, am first Governor of New Zealand,; whq;dej)arte| this life oh the* 10th ; September, 1 184?/ agei ; years.- -v t-vs ■ "■■■’ . // i .-j. s