SIR. GEORGE BOWEN BLOWIN.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1691, 5 January 1874, Page 2

SIR . GEORGE BOWEN BLOWIN.

: [MELBOURNE AGE.] ' If our critic, Anthony Trollope; comes across the speeches given at the .Mayor's en jtertain mjenf on Moriclay, he Wil) triumphantly quote them in proof orthetru^thr. fulness -of '|iis ' a3iertj.o 1 n,, ; that We are a people mupli' givpn tpbjg^^ig'. Th,e b,jbw- ; ipg ' of . the i; last .fortnight; has' bee^BomeT thing Bt^pendoHSj . and . far ;i exceeds • any; previous efforts in that direction. .We pity the Governor. The amount of blowing that poor gentleman has been obliged to do during, the. last six weeks-mu&t hive' sevWelytrifdlhiSieuergies. It is quite

evident that the blowing tendencies of the people he governs have afflicted him with an irrepressible afflatus. Before coming here he "was never known to give vent to uncontrollable enthusiasm, or to utter ■wild expressions of delight at everything around hun^ ._ Jle^might .elsesriwre* on half-a-db*zeri occasions have declared that certain y ( moments.-W.er^ I the .happiest of his life, and that 30 where he would- .no attractions 'could :--pbisibly efface his recollection of the place he was leaving, "fife- may have from time to time placed his hand on his heartland assured thousands' of people that their ': names and the names bf^their wives and ' children were indelibly engraven on his heart. But until he came here his Excellency. ;was ; never given to j downright hard blowing. Since that? auspicious advent, however, he has keptup'ihe steam at a rate which cannot last 1 ong. ' When he went to Ballarat he ; was : ~'expected' to blow, the praises of the place where the ( gbld dnce was^ut is ne>t. There was iio^pf^ce|!Hfie Ballarat 1 , because of its' aticie^t arid .departed glories. Geelbrig expected a loud blast and got it, whilst Sanelhurst /would be satisfied with nothing.' jShbrt of-a declaration that there was ! no localjiy^ottthe face of the earth so wonderful. Sandhurst was gratified to its heart's , content,; .1 Its name .was, Baid, to, be. typical ,x>f .energy and good, discipline, because : of the fact that at the original' Sandhursfeir a military college, y -and • Sir- George ! made 'the happy discovery that his 1 gue6t;ihe ! guberBatorial Hercules ; t of ; New S;outh^ Wales, was cradled there. It'was'a'cbirtcJdenfie that woulei have occurred to no onejbut our Governor. ;';i Happy ;; Sir,. Hercules Robinsorij.tpjhav^been tKe subject .of so pleasant' an illustration ? Happy Sandhurst to have been .; so .complimented ! But this^sort of thing cannot, gQ'.on foe ever. Sir George has already -declared that ourshorthorns and Clydesdales are the finest he ever s.aw j that he never beheld more beautiful-rbse3. arid, geraniums ; that our race-courße is tne^very best in the world ,; r ,that r the , grand s^and; r^s, np.cpwr she'd '; ' l thai the ladies there ' we l re* l th& handsomest and most 'elegantly dressed ' : of.any, ! hefhad;metiwith4nth^fl^eJr^QnS-' — dependen6ies;i which 'it; had plel^l'^ hßr Majesty to permit him to ■gbverhjjlAnd as for the ; horses— Well^ • as '^oodmight have been seen 'at Ascot, but that waß ;doubtf%: v ... ;'()-,, -'r { : ;; 1 :.. ..• . But at the Mayor's banquet he,ex^_ celled. He compared the; Mayor's dinner jto the dinner on similar ocoas|onß ;at the iMansion House, arid"Lbrd ' Maj;or M*lll--iwraith's was, in his opinion, th^e more excellent. I HH r Had dined with Lord MayoTff jOf i the, City of I London,' ■ but ; they never -. jcould get beyond cold chicken, 'with hot .. .potatoes and soup ; but here, at a muql^ earlier hour of ihe day, at' three ojclock in the. afternoon, tfcere weje aqtually- * boiled turkeys and.roiß^^eße piping hot; What could be better proof .of- the greai progress of this,; yqung,' country \. Qnjy;;! ; thirtyrfiYß. years old, ( and it can produce I^' • hotdinrier f0r '5,06 people, in 1 the .qiicidle j of the day. achievement 13 §0 per : fectly astounding. that it is. quite'impos--sible to predipt what ' Melbourne wUlpros fluoe when 'th^irtyTfive years oldep, . when the age of three score and ten is reaohed^^l^^jjs, now the ninth city in .thß/em^e;?' Edinburgh is 600 years old^^id^ebntains no more population., _>r Justi imagine . [what; 'Mpl-\ bourne will be wheri.it is as old as Edin- ? burgh ; , the whplej- contin^ent^willj nqt;l>e.^ able' to " contain 1 it. ' guests 1 cheered * the louder the Governor blew. They " were, unquestionably! pf that. 6ii e|arth'S;Surface; there s?ere none to compare < * With, them.. and^Sir- OfliSrcrft MiiinAl*iJ*>~~~ HS ul S^jS|rarnimße4l) iti'd' alliarot}nd l MnW ' l felt th^B was the biggest .Qoyerrfor %I (; ' the biggest city) in ißritaifr'sCoiyniat empire. In- his exuberance-he- amtiounced" himself ito ! beta Victorian:* -His last'dfei 1 claration on the subject of nationality .was. r if, werememberTightly; fhat W was a New Zealander,. ftridi before' that Ihe was ' pre]' pared, tq. Jive ..and! die- a 1 Queenslandei;.^ '- Sipme wag suggested on Monday that %& ' J Excellency should ' slightly! ; change, hw name, ,and permit himself to bewailed -Sir Ge'orge"B ) lowi^ j/ /,/:; ; .. , f/' : •