The New Zealand Herald. AUCKLAND, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1869. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VI, Issue 1706, 11 May 1869, Page 4

The New Zealand Herald.

AUCKLAND, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1869. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.

■ >' 4 SPEOTKMUR AGENDO.' * Glvo every tnnu thine oar, but few thy voice Take each man's censure, but reserve thy Judgment -This above all,—To thine own seltbe true And it must follow, ns the night the itay, Tliou cunst not theu bo false to any num."

Oue readers will be pleased to learn that the visit of his ltoyal Highnessto this province will be prolonged until after the 24th inst. —the Queen's Birthday. One of the reasons of this delay is, we believe, the arrival of H.M.S. Yirago yesterday, some of the officers of which vessel are under arrest awaiting court martial. The Buke'a presence as a post captain will be necessary, we understand, to form a court. The reception of yesterday, considering the weather and the unpreparedness of many, was as hearty and cordial as need be desired. By noon the rain came down steadily, and continued to fall-throughout the day and evening, yet still the city bore a holiday aspect, and the people were loth to have their rejoicings interfered with. Nevertheless, a proclamation signed by the Commissioner of Police w.'is issued announcing that, in consequence of the weather, the general illuminations would be postponed until Thursday night, the night of the citizens' ball in Fort Britomart, and at which, we understand, his Eoyal Highness has signified his intention of being present. The ball which his Excelleucy the Governor intended to give will, we learn, bo deferred until the evening of the 2-lftli instant, the Queen's Birthday. We have it on: the best authority that there is no intention whatever of the Prince's course of action being controlled during bis

' Jntay in Auckland by any pro- ' igfatnine'.- .' His Eoyal "Highness: is to be left ; jperfectly untrammelled in his proceedings. . jWe are Bure nothing could be better than > jthis arrangement, .and we trust that after 1' 'this explanation we may hear no more of I jthose absurd rumours that have reached us ] 'from the.South as to his Excellency having. • :on •' all occasiotis had the direction of i .the Duke'e movements. 1 - He is our 1 .guest, and a most welcome one,': and : without doubt the most correct course is, 'on all points, to consult his wishes; and most certainly not to. attempt to interfere with his amuaementSj'or in any way to'place limits to his enjoyment of what-pleasure we ; can afford him; by'laying down any .beaten , . track for him to pursue. -No one knows this ; better than Sir George Bowen, under whose 1 roof the Prince is now a sojourner ; and we are very pleased to be able to make this statement. The Duke will spend much of the present week in pheasant shooting. On Wednesday he shoots at Mangarei, where the settlers, to a man, have kept the season close; and on. Thursday at One Tree Hill. The Duke will not, it seems, visit the Thames. Yesterday the Besident Magistrates, Major Keddell and Mr. Lowther Broad, waited on his Royal Highness for the purpose of inviting the Duke to the Thames,. and also as stewards of the races, to ascertain his pleasure with regard to those sports. They were informed that, owing to the shortness of his Eoyal Highness's Btay in these waters, it-was-beyond his power to visit the Thames but that he would otherwise have had much pleasure in being present at the races.