LEVEE AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3339, 30 March 1868, Page 4

LEVEE AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

His Excellency the Governor, Sir George Ferguson Bo wen, G.C.M.G., held his first levee in Auokland, at Government House, on last Saturday afternoon. Those who attended, who could conveniently conform to the usual regulations, were in official dress, uniform, or evening costume. The levee took place af two o'clock, but the members of the General Assembly, and other gentlemen who bad oards of entree, were assembled in (he drawing-room shortly before that hour. Other visitors were assembled in the dining-room and entrance-hall. A guard of honour, consisting of 100 men of the 18th Royal Irish, were drawn up in line on the lawn fronting Government House, and about the same number of the JEUfIV, Naval, and Artillery Volunteers, under the command of Major Tighe, Adjutant Commanding Militia and Volunteers, were stationed on the left. The band of the 18th Regiment and alao the Volunteers' band were in attendance, and performed ohoice selections of muuc during the reception of visitors. His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Captain Young, A.D.C., and Mr. Algernon Lempriere, Private Secretary, entered the reception-room at two o'olock. Lady Bowen and the following ladies were also preient :— Mrs. J, Williamson, Mrs. Justice Moore, Mrs. Colonel Elliot, Mrs. Colonel Beatson, Miss Beatson, Mrs. T. B. Gillies, Mrs. Coatss, Miss Coates, Mrs. J. Hector, Mrs. OBrien, Mrs. T. Russell. Previous to the levee the venerable chief Eruera Patnone — who, having when a boy seen the vessel of Captain Cook off the Bay of Islands, is believed to be about 106 yean of age — was introduced to his Excellency, who conversed for some time with the old man, through Mr. G. Brown, of the Civil Commissioner*' Office. The Governor referred to a book kept at Government House wherein the names and other particulars about the prinoipil chiefs are kept. He asked Patuone about Heke and the war in the North, and also as to the Maori King. He expressed his wish to see peace restored, and both races living on terms of amity. "Are jou going back to Wellington ? " asked Patuone. " Yt§, 1 shall have to go back by-and-by," was his Excellency's answer. " Then," said Patuone, "how do your expect to do what you have been speaking about if you go down there where we cannot see you ? — But when this boy of the Queen's comes, I will snap him up and take bim off to the Bay of Islands." Captain Young, A.D.C., intimated that the visitors would be received by his Excellency in the following order:— l he clergy of the Church of England, the clergy of the Church of Rome, ministers of the Presbyterian Synod, ministers of the Wesleyan Conference, the clergy of other denominations, officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the army, officers of Militia and Volunteers, and other citizens. We publish the lint of names of those who attended the levee :— Privxt* Entbic— The Hon. E. W. Stafford, Colonial Secretary ; his Honor the Superintendent ; Dr. Pollen, General Government Agent ; Mr. Gaorgft Maurice O'Rorke, M.G.A., W. Swainson, Esq., bis Honor Mr. Justice Moore, his Honor Mr. Judge Beckbam ; Chief Judge Fenton, Native Land Court ; Colonel Balneavis, Mr. Charles E. Haughton, Mr. Patrick Dignan, Rev. Archdeacon Lloyd, Rev. J. Buller, Key. D. Bruce, Very Rev. fhr. McDonald, Rev. Father Walter McDonald, Lieutenant Mulloy, R.8., Lieutenant-Colonel Bartleman, Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Kenny, M.L.& ; Major Rocke, 18th Royal Irish; Major Heatley, 18th Rojal Irish; Major Heaphy, V.C., Major Tighe, the Officer in charge Commissariat Department, the Officer in charge M. S. Department, the Provincial Medical Officer, the Senior Naval Officer, the Consul for' ltaly, Ac, F. Whitaker, Esq., Reader Wood, Esq., Thomas Russell, E»q-, Hon. Mr. Salmon, M.L.C., Mr. J. O'Neill, M.G.A., Mr. James Farmer, M.G.A., Mr. John Kerr, M.G.A., Mr. Thomas Macffarlane, M.G.A., Mr. George Graham, M.G. A., Mr. Archibald Clark, M.G.A. PBoviKCtAi Council— Messrs. R. W. Wynn, W. Bucklan<J, Thomas Cheeseman, Albin Martin, J. B. Nicholson, M.D., Joseph Newman, John McLeod, Henry Dacre, W. J. Hurst. Chrgy. — Church of England: Rev. Messrs. Edward Nugent Bree, John Kinder, A. G. Purohas, S. Blackburn, B. T. Dudley, R. Maunsell, LL.D , Edward H. Hey wood, Y. Lush, F. Gould, R. Kidd, R. Burrows. Church of Rome : Rev. M. D. OHara, Rev. W. Hoyne. Other denominations: Rev. Messrs. T. Hamer, G. S. Harper, J. Wallis, John Hobbs. Royal Navy. — Lieutenant G. R. Hope ; Messrs. H. Grey, H. M. C. Feating, S. Allen Olney. The Army. — Major Harwood Rocke, Major C. F. Heatley, Captain J. A. Julian Briggs, Captain Toppin, D. J. Eldon Young, Mr. Hazlewood Jones, Mr. Charles O'Cornisb, Mr. Percy Freke, Mr. Charlton Dawsou, Mr. George Harrison, Assistant-Commiisary-General Ibbetson, Mr. J. Gallagher, Mr. T. Button Marshall, Mr. George R. Hope, Lieutenant-Colonel John Bartleman, Lieutenant-Colonel Hardwick Smith, Major Paul, Captain M. G. Stack, Captain F. W. Ruck, Captain Barnes, Mr. C. F. Hulme. The Militia.— Mr. S. H. Smith, Captain Hard* ingfcon, Captain J. Mitchell, Captain Woolfield, Captain John L, Tole, Captain M. Dinnin, Captain Morrow, Captain Hobbs, Mr. J. D.Kelly, Lieutenant Henry Gilfillan. The Volunteers. — Captain Derrom, Captain C. Horan, Captain Daniel A. Tole, Captain John Batger, Messrs. John McConnelJ, J. B. Gatland, Thomas Thompson, Arthur Morrow, Seeriag H, Matthews, Captain T. E. Guilding, Lieutenant E. Le Roy. Citizens. — Messrs. Charles Alexander, A. Asher, Atkym, William Atkin, Graves, Aicken, J. Abbott, A. Andrews, James Frank Andrews, M. Atkyns, H. F. Anderson, Charles Bell, Andrew Beveridge, Beale, J. C. D. Bowden, Joseph Browne, J. C. Buckland, A. Boardman, George William Ratley, 1. J. Burgess, S. B. Browning, 8. Browning, Samuel Brown, F. B. Barnes, H. Brett, E. Louis Buoholz, I. Dow Busby, W. H. Browne, William |Buokland, Edward Braithwaite, H. N. Brewer, H. C. Baddeley, F. M. P. Brookfield, D. Burn, Adam Brook, J. A. Beale, James Busby, Albert Beetham, G. H. Cheesemao, R. J. Creighton, T. R. Cash, J. H. Crawford, H. Chamberlio, A. J. L. Coate?, Carpenter, J. Casey, H. Chapman, Connell, S. Cochrane, D. B. Cruickshank, W. S. Cochrane, J. McCo.h Clark, H. T. OUrke, Joseph Coombe, Augustus Cook, Thomas Cleghorn, William Corbett, Joseph Cunningham, J. M. Dargaville, W. Crush Daldy, W. Denbara, George Dacre, Patrick Darby, A. U. Diethelm R. Weston Dy*on, J. W. Diddams, Charles Davis, J. H. Eaton, John W. Ellison, William B. Edridge, William Ellis, Richard Eaton. Dr. Carl F. Fischer, Persy Freke, James J. FitzGibbon, J. C. Firtb, Walter Grabame, Hugh H. Graham, Richard E. Graham, Dr. Goldsbro', James B. Graham, S. S. Graham, Charles S. S. George, Christopher Greenway, J. T. Garliek, William A. Graham, W. J. Hill, Henry Hill, S. H. Hamilton, F. G. Hamley, W. C. H. M., Murray Hamilton, Stephen E. Hughes, R. J. S. Hickson, I. W. Harrop, J. H. Hooper, Robert Hampton, Arthur Heather, Home, Thomas 8. Hall, T. B. Hill, Edwin Hesketb, F. H. Ibbetion, George Ibbetson, Frederick Ireland, Edward Isaacs, Alfred E. Isaacs, Henry Isaacs, Owen Jones, H. M. Jems, Stannus Jones, Samuel Jackson, Ralph Keesing, Willian Charles Kensington, Frederick B. Kusling, Thomas Kerr, Henry Keesing, jun., John Keesing, Mr. Keanety, Mr. Kelly, T. KUrfing, Sampson Kempthorne, James Kinseila, Henry Keeiiug, T. B. Kenderdine, W. D. Lysnar, JEL T. LaManze, W. 8. Lyell, — Lyell, J. A. Lyell, W. F. Lodge, M. S. Leers, H. Lewis, — Lewis, F. C. Lewii, 0. Lewis, G. Lewis, G. H. Layers, J. Lowe, William Mitchell, B. J.Matthews, Robert Maclean, Benjamin Maclean, W. Matthews, B. Murphy, Arthur Morrow, Eliotb Meyer, Richard Moore, R. Gordon Macdonald, J. M. Mowbray, R. Morrow, James C. MacCormick, C. Maxwell, James S. Maofarlane, Charles Montrose, James T. Mackelvie, Darid L. Murdoch, Hugh Mcllhone, S. S. MoKellar, Henry 8. McKellar, W. Nicol, Louis A. Nathan, X. A. Nathan, Lawrence D. Nathan, James Nanghton, John Ogilvie, G. B. Owen, Laughlm OBrien, Allan O. O'Neill, O'Sullivao. Powditoh, P. A. Philips, G. P. Pierce, J. W. Preece, J. Preece, J.P., T. D. Peirce, H. Partingtou, C. Petschler, W. P. Paget, Dr. Philson, Captain W. Battray, Y. E. Rice, J. Roberton, W. Rattray, F. Ring, J. Russell, M. H. Roe, C. Roskruge, A. Rose, G. Ritchie, D. Stephenson, J. Styak, S. T. Seddom, D. Shetban, A. H. Spicer, A. Sinclair, W. B, Smith, T. H. Strafford, J. Smart, G. Staines, A. Saunders, F. Sohers T. Scott, G. Turrell, C. J. Taylor, B. Tonks, A. K. Taylor, R. Turnbull, J. £* y j£* %'W»» T - 8 - Tinne, F. Taylor, E. Olinn VaUack, J. Tarty, E. J. Yon Sturdier G. Vond« Heyd#, C. G. Quick, H. N. Warner, Thomas 8. Weston, G. F. Whitaker, John W<K*U house, John M. Waylaud, Bidne T Weetman, F. 7y7 yi 3 M fe ri u jM^ ll s i^?& John Wallace, J. Newland Wwrk. W. 0. Wilson, J. L. Wilson, T. wSSorD T rw^hf m-oa> joha whitson » **«• « Maobul— HoUne (Waiapu), Ringori to Ao, Mohi Horo Whenna, Pewme te Pahau (Tuhouranei),Meha Moananui, Te Waka te Pohi, Eruara Patuwjt.