MARRIAGE OF THE SON OF QUEEN POMARE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4271, 22 July 1875, Page 2 (Supplement)

MARRIAGE OF THE SON OF QUEEN POMARE.

Tin: M-wjn- </< Tail',, of the 2<lth of .January, says that the marriage of the I'rinco lioyal Ainisue with the l'rinecs.-i .Joanna - Marcii -Taaroa-Tepau- Salmon took place on the 2Sth of that mouth, at 10 i.'eh.ek in the morniiii.', at the J'alaee i.f Queen !'..mare. The 'l'rinee was born in l.s:i'.l. The I'rinei-ss will not haYe attaint.l the maiority lixed by the Krenili Civil Code till (he-'4th of April next. A dispensation of v 'e, I'lial.iiiiif ln-r t.> eontr.xct marriage with the IVinee, had been arcorded to her l>v tin; *'iiiir.iii>s:ii-y-<''i!iim;»Kii'.ut of the Frcii'lc IJ.-iiuMie (i> the Si.i-ietv Islands. The town ..i" 'I'apeel.- was invaded on this oic.\.-i..n l.v .••ll the residents of Tahiti and Moo:e:i. and by iii'iny ivpifsentativea of the ii.);iiiiali«;!s of the neighlnniriiig arehiu.ii •...■■<. ■■.ithi-iMI to H-ther t.. take jiart in •V ,-'.; v.l.T.h eoiainuiiei.d on Mondav, the •J".lii ..f .l;.nil:i!-y. and will l:nt till Saturday, the KOth. Tii'.- ccnMiioiiy "f the double linrria:;.- .-ivil and leli-ions was iuii:iu.l:at;.:ly followed by the marriage repast, at wliirh a.-.sisti!il several members of the 1:,.yal family, the I , oiiiini.s-ary < 'olnmandantof the liepnbiif, the prinei\..vl fimetioniries, l.oth civil iin.l military, i.f the I'roteetorate : the Consuls of and Northern Cermany, ai.d all the native ehiefs. In tlie evening a ball was given ill the voy.il salon ; while the natives, drawn up by the palace and the adjoining emits, gave free indulgence to their dr.nees, and to their traditional chants. Thanks to the prudent measures taken l.y the. ('oiiiii.aiidant Co!nmiss:ivy, alI hough so much e.-lat was attached to the fetos, and although they were attended by a va-t agglomeration of p'ersonx, there has not, as yeCresidted the slightest disorder, or any acci.lent.