THE NELSON EXAMINER. Wednesday, June 17, 1863.

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The marriage of the eldest son of Queen Victoria is an event which has been celebrated with general rejoicing throughout the whole length and breadth of her Majesty's dominions — a kingdom upon which the sun never sets — but nowhere in that vast territory have the subjects of our beloved Queen more heartily manifested their loyalty, and celebrated the marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess of Denmark with more thorough good will and universal satisfaction than in the City of Nelson. Yesterday was, indeed, a day that will be long remembered here. "We have had previous fetes — anniversary rejoicings ; rejoicing at the recall of a foolish Governor, whose acts laid the foundation of all our present troubles with the native race ; rejoicing at the victory of British arms on the downfall of Sebastopol, but none of these, glorious as they were thought at the time, live in public recollection, as will the proceedings of yesterday. To many hundreds of our youthful population, the marriage of the Prince of Wales will always be a sunny spot in their memories, and will help, let us hope, to illuminate his future good deeds ; and when the names of his own sons, and perhaps grandsons, are mentioned around the hearths of happy homes formed in wilds now untrodden by his countrymen, the scenes in Nelson of yesterday will form the themes of story to entertain the children of those who are children to-day. Immediately on the intelligence reaching us that the Eoyal marriage had taken place, it was resolved that Nelson should not be backward in a manifestation of loyalty to our sovereign, and in rejoicing at an event which we trust will prove a blessing to our great nation ; and although New Zealand, of all her Majesty's dominions, may be the most remote, and may have been the last to which the intelligence of her son's marriage was communicated, we have shewn that distance does Dot weaken the chain which binds us to the institutions of our native country, aud that, being Colonists, we are not the less Englishmen. In the desire to shew by a great public demonstration our sympathy with the Crown, under the protecting influence of which it is our happy privilege to dwell, all classes in Nelson came forward spontaneously, and a Committee being formed, they found on all sides the warmest possible disposition to render them assistance, the local Government handsomely promising to contribute an amount equivalent to any sum raised by public subscription to defray the necessary expenses. The Committee at once sketched a programme which should occupy a whole day, and as much of the following night as never-wearied dancers might choose to devote to their pleasure, and this was carried through with wonderful success, the only drawback being a somewhat showery day, which people, however, scarcely appeared to regard, so thoroughly had they made up their minds to woo pleasure on the occasion, aud disregard care. The whole day's proceedings, therefore, were a great success ; and may they be an augury of the happiness that await the Koyal pair throughout life, and the blessings which the Prince's rule, whenever called upon to fill the high duties to which he is born, shall confer upon the whole British nation.

Similar rejoicings have been held in some of the rural districts of our province, so that a loyal enthusiasm towards the throne is shown by all the colonists of Nelson, whether living in town or country.