GENERAL ORDER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume IX, Issue 428, 13 October 1860, Page 3

GENERAL ORDER.

Head Quarters, New Plymouth, Ist Oct., 1800. No. 2. — Consequent on his promotion, MajorGeneral Gold retires, from active service in New Zealand, during a great portion of which he has been in command of the Troops, and the MajorGeneral Commanding the Forces in the Australian Colonies feels it due to this Officer to record his opinion of the zeal with which he has discharged the duties of his office, which, latterly, were under very '

' trying and difficult circumstances. During the stay of Major-General Gold in New '•Plymouth, the compliments due to his rank will to be paid him as heretofore. By Command, &c., (Signed) K. Carey, Lieut.-Colonel, Deputy Adjutant-General. We have much pleasure in publishing the Reverend iMr^Wollaston's reply to the Address presented to Turn on his departure for Melbourne in evidence of the regard and esteem in which the reverend gentleman is held by his congregation, and friends generally in Taranaki. The address itself we are compelled to omit for want of space, but the reply supplies the omission. [copy.] New Plymouth, Oct. 8, 1860. Mr Dear Friends, — I had no right to expect, after a ministry amongst you of only a few months, that you would give me bo unequivocal a proof of your appreciation of my services, as the very kind parting address which I have just received, signed by so large a number of the members of the Church ol England j and I am not insensible to the generosity'and friendship which has prompted you, and many others belonging to other denominations, in it season of unexampled privations and distress, to accompany your letter with the very handsome sum of seventy pounds, whioh, I need hardly say, is peculiarly acceptable at the present time. This spontaneous expression of your regard is as gratifying to my feelings as it was unexpected, and I beg to offer to each and all my warmest thanks. I shall not soon forget the great kindness I have uniformly received from the inhabitants of Taranaki, not only from those belonging to my own Church (including Archdeacon Govett, to whom I am indebted for many acts of generosity), but of all communions ; and I leave the settlement with the pleasing conviction that Ido not, as far as I am aware, leave one enemy behind me. It will afford mo much satisfaction to learn that you have procured the services of a clergyman in my place, who will prove more worthy of your regard and esteem, and better fitted to advance the glory of God, and enlarge the borders of the Church of Christ in New Ply. mouth. I fully reciprocate your kind wishes for myself and family, and pray that a gracious and merciful God may speedily bring the present wretched war to a close, unite you to your exiled families, and re-establish you in peace,* happiness, and thankfulness in your now deserted homes ; and that you may all " So pass through things temporal, that finally you lose not the things eternal." Farewell. Believe me ever to be, Your sincere friend in the lord, (Signed) H. Newton Wollastoh. To the Members of the Church of England and other numerous friends, New Plymouth.