TESTIMONIAL TO GOVERNOR GORE BROWNE, C.B.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2188, 26 July 1864, Page 6

TESTIMONIAL TO GOVERNOR GORE BROWNE, C.B.

Th?- testimonial presented to Colonel T. Goro Browne, 0.8., by the colonists of New Zealand, conmt, t>f a centre oinnraent comprsei of subjects nppei'aming to tlie country, and of two epergnes ornamented in the Medieval s'yle, and exe-uted in fio te 1 silver partially gilt. The contie ornament is a bipod with circular base, bavins;, on the angles, Hju cs of the bitds apteiyx (kiwikiw i), woka (w oo 1b l"), and kakajio (ground pairot). The cuci In base c >n tarns brssi lebevi of Auckland, Nelson, and Welli >{,ton, each snrmonnted by a brs3 w ith an in=eiiptin\ the arms of the colony, and the arm* of Colonel Browne; it also supports a qnatiefoiled column which rixcs between three tiee 3, the foin (cyaihea medul Lir^s), Kanii piue (dammara Austtali-.), and cabbage ]„i] a (corypha Australis) On the column, which terminates in a foliated capital, rests a b isket with enslaved glass dish for lion era, tbe inn of the basket bei lg divided by shields alternately coutamins; the r.vi el ciphers T.G.B, and Oios3 of the Bath, m s x panels, embossed wilhiloial ornamentations, compo ed fiom the gloiy pea (nc-odaphne teiiina) cln-*eied leivcd myit'e (myrhis vallata) and sweet potitoo (convolvnlus bottata). A stem-uuionuded ■with ilax (phoiinium tena\) n^es fioni Ihe cfiitie of ill' 1 basket, sin mounted by a iiguioef a Mou in costume roitiiiq upon the pi on of a canoe, and holding in his hands aw ai spear and a piddle Ilu 1w icpergucs coaespoud m fonnand deooi ition with 103 cilitre ornament, and have each tlnee pn.el^ on w] .eh aie, respectively, uveised initials TO.B, se 1 if the colony, and* aims and crest of C'uloncl T. G. Browne, C.B. Tl o following insciiptton is eugiaved on the si icld, above the i\presentation of the cny of A ckla'id • —

PRESENTED TO COLONEL T. GORti BROWNE, OB , In recognition of anlionourVble, enlightened, and impartial nrtmimstiMion of the Colony of Kew Zetland, From September 5, lS5i, to October 1SB1; and In testimony of pmite «oit!i Colonel T. Gore Biowno, 0 B , to whom this luidf- ive teilimomal has been ] rohentetl by the co'omsts 0 Kew Zealand, was bom in Buekinghanisln c, in I^7. He ■»>as the second sou of Robeifc Bionnc, 1. q , J.P.. and D L foi the couuey ot l>uokmi;li mi, .n i s Lieutenant Co'onel of nn'itia , bis mo^nei beiiiif S r?h, daugbtei of G. Stew nd E-q , M.P , of ■ z iiigfcon and Melcombe, Ooisetshiio Tre^ntciod t o . rmy .it sixteen, and saved many jeais w ith t e 2Sth Higitnent. WlnKt Lord Nugent 3 rid Hi^h Commi-sioner of the lonian Is'aniK « ij.tiiu Bronue acted .is his .u.'c-de-camp, aid aUo f Colonial Secretiiy cbi i'ig the \.\canc-\ of that cH'cc, cmsed by the lcsisrualiou of Mr Ki.ii;, now 1 m-X Lo\clace, oj svicceedmsc to his title li\ 1836 111 MorGoießionne e\cbinr,t.d fiom the 23th into the 41st Regiment, then sei\ 1114 in Ind-a, which coips he joined eaily 111 1537 Dium^ the occupation cf /'f Jiamst.iu, be vas for some time qua*tend at Cnctt.ih, wheie he lived on teim^ of meat Ki.idi o-s V tb the t>ative c! ief^. Aftti the bieaUmg out<>f tbe v pi, consequent on the massacre of o"i tioops 111 the l-hybei Pa^, tbe 41st w\s 01 >'end to 30111 tbe.niiij' o! (Jeneial TTiiglainl, wlwiU v. « to aiU.xiice Co the si" pfiifc of Genejal Kutl. !M"jm B-owne bid the C<> >imand of t'.o ic^ riiiifc dm in.} tlie who'o of tint v 11. He comniui' eA Ibc ns-i'icat tbe disastioni b viile of 11} kill 'O, .mil by f ■inrnsr 'q.iai o wbe.i the A" 11 of tbe .i.m/hil boni bio\eu and alaiost cut t > p.ec?«, avis tn .l>l"d to lemil-e the m my and to ci>icr the letieit iMajor Biouno comm.vided the 4! t with Inm.ll di-tiiiction 1111'ei Genonl Nott, at t 1 c Lat'les of Candahar. Giiuznco, Cilul, audduiiu^ t 1 o muc'i thmigh ti.e Kh",b 1 Fas-., wheie, foi some tm?, be Has 111 coninnndof the !cn . also undei General McGaskel! at the s,o^m» of tic fct.onghill 610 at Tstaiiit, \;lnch was de^cubel as the mod d 1.1' ~ action 111 the vll In Geneial jrcGaskcll t. dispitch, the g.ilia itii of ZNTajor Gore Browne and tl c 41st, and tlie.r signal hnma nty 111 assisting and !»• teetnj; xhe Aanqni^bed, v, erp w nm!\ commsnded 111 word-) which weie aftenvai,l<i quoted witli high ajaiohition in both Hou^c--of Pa-b uncut Major Go c Piowne obtimed a hcufcj'iant colonclc}' and C i> . foi his gallantly and ability t'lio'iqhout this flii'iij a'gn. The 41bt letinneil fiom liuba 111 IS4J Sometime aftenva-d-j C >lonel Bion no became lieute imt coloi el of the leg mci.*. and cxclnna;ed into tlia 21st, which ho commando 1 till his appo'ii'ment, in 1851, to be Go\en,or of St. Ileleni tint Go\ei>ime.'t he held for tlnee jeiis and ahilf, and, on le^Miicr it, recti\ ed the most affeutm^ pro fs of tlie n oud and lespect of tlie inhabitant*- Fiom St. Selena he went to New Zealand, m lS"ii, of which be was Go\err.oi foi six: j'eais The biei^ing out of tl'e Maou war, in the list je-u of Ins Go\cumient, cfibfc a sb^de of gloom ovti v hat hid ot'ieiwise been blight and piospaiuii^. Co'onel Biowue's opponents clurge him with having been too detetmine 1 111 re si-ting the napeiions demands of Wnemu Kins;!, ot th»l.nid league, a.nl of the Maori king movement Others aie of opinion that he only shov ed the w i=e vigour ft a loyal J'oghsli <j<.ntleman, and tint li s measure 0, hid they bcea piomptly ciriied oit l»y others, would hue loj^ithhtt'e further op,)o-ition, to 1 picificatioa of tha i-»'anJ, f>nd Ime paved the way for a geneial establishment of ordet and law fn IS6I Colonel Biovii.e, liaMnsr completed li s lei in <>f offije, was succeeded in the Government of Xcw Z< aland bj' Sn Ge .lge Giey, and himself snecee led Sll ileiiiy Yonn« as Gove. 1101 of Tasmania.