New Zealand Gazette – 1868 – No. 26

Page 229

✨ Royal Communication Published

Numb. 26.
229

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1868.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 28th May, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs the publi-
cation, for general information, of the following
reply from His Royal Highness the Duke of Edin-
burgh to the numerous Addresses of Sympathy from
different parts of the Colony. It is hoped that the
reply which His Royal Highness has been graciously
pleased to make will be accepted in the case of each
of those Addresses.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Government House,
Sydney, April 6, 1868.

I DESIRE to return my warm thanks for the expres-
sion of sympathy which these Addresses contain.
Through the merciful interposition of Providence,
the injury I received was but slight, and I believe no
further evil consequences are to be anticipated from
the wound. It has, however, been considered that
I shall be unequal to any great exertion for some
time, and therefore decided that it would be most
advisable for me to return home direct. It is a
great disappointment for me not to be able to visit
New Zealand, and I am afraid it will also very much
disappoint the people there.

The cowardly act of one individual has not, in any
degree, shaken my confidence in the loyalty of the
people of these Colonies towards the throne and per-
son of Her Majesty, or in their affection for myself;
and I shall gladly convey to the Queen the universal
expression of horror and indignation which the
attempt to assassinate me has called forth from Her
Majesty's faithful subjects in Australia and New
Zealand.

ALFRED.

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1868, No 26

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏛️ Duke of Edinburgh's Reply to Sympathy Addresses

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated28 May 1868
KeywordsRoyal communication, Duke of Edinburgh, Assassination attempt, Sympathy, Colonial Secretary
👱🏽 Names

Alfred (His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh), Wrote reply expressing thanks

👩‍💼 Officials

E. W. Stafford

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