THE PREMIER AND THE GOVERNOR.

Southland Times, Issue 3330, 21 February 1879, Page 3

THE PREMIER AND THE GOVERNOR.

(press agency's telegram.s)

WELLINGTON, Wednesday.

TheiPost this evening;; says :— Jt is not going too far to - say that the attitude assumed by: the present Premier- toward the Marquis *of Normanby has been received with deep regret even by Sir George Grey's warmest admirers, while the general feeling: on the subject ;has been :> one of ■grave disapproval, and' even of"indignation. i^Tt is not bur intention .on the pre-sent-occasion;to enter into minute details, or itb specify individual: instances >•; of the studied discourtesies >vith which it has been patent to all the Premier has;;treated His Excellency almost from the moment he assumed officeV r?; These have : ;been matters of public notoriety and universal comment outside the colony, as well as , within the boundaries. .Whether, as has : been publiclys sMed. v^e premier: did en- ; deayor to prev^iiitj'a guard of honor at-: temling the Marquis of Nbrmanby on his departure, and prohibited, in the first insiiance, the firing of the usual salute by the volunteers on that 'occasion ; whether, as has been" freely rtunored; Sir George Grey habitually faUed id /respect to Her ;! Majesty's representatiye so glaringly as to n elicit a remark, from His Excellency^ that ie 5 had not4>em; treated with the ordinary courtesy- of a gentleman ; .■ whether the -Premier did, as alleged, countermand the permission recprdedby his. colleagues for the use of the (Jbyerhment steamer Hinemba; to convey His Excellency and Lady Nor- ; inanby ; ' i to V Her Ladyship's health being Known to he in so precarious a, state is to need every available comfort being placed at tier disposal during' her compulsory voyage— into all these and btjierr similar allegations we do not intend to e>ter now> It is sufficient for bur pre;sent purpose ,tp. remark "'the studied neglect shown by the ; Premier to Lord- Normanby on the^bccasion^ of his :departure, and .-this has been a matter of general notoriety and unfavorable and even indignant comment. Apart from the personal popularity of the Marquis, justly earned by.tiie kindly and active i -interest ■ ever _;irianifested; by jS|im in all subjects. ■ afEecting the general or social ■welfare • of the people, the: citizens i: of :.W^Ungton >\ do not at all relish the discredit-reflected upon the city as the -place^ of -abode by the subjection" bfv the Governor to the marked and uncalled-for slights during his residence therein, and particularly bn his snal departure from the place. They feel bat someshai-e of the s odium attaching to «hese uripieasarit circumstances is unavoidably reflected on the place in which they occurred, and -Sir G>^Grey may^'yesfc assured tiiatsp "far from enhancing his pdpu T larity by his be>a^ouß;to Lord Normanby, he haff impaired! it most- materially,; arid that -if it should .;bei^foundsthatHr Hercules -Eobihsonis exposed to similar from ;hiin^ he will become as' signally' tmpopuiar ■•-as ' he '} once was- the. reverse. ."WTiatever political difference may appear to divide the people of New Zealand into parties and cliques, these are b)it superficial divisions^ and jlo not all affect earned and staunch loydty/wtichh'es so deeply rooted siri; the heart of^the {whole ■British nation, and.we are well assured that we/give utterance to the all but uniyersal sentiment owhen we express: pur /:hope that 1 Sir George Grey will not think it essential in the interest of pbsterily and the human racei that he should continue towards Sir H.. ; Bobinspn tlie ; 4 ' line of conduct-he 'thbught.fit to adp^ the Marquis of^ Normandy: V:{ : - ;