THE LATE FARCE.

Anglo-Maori Warder, Volume 1, Issue 19, 31 August 1848, Page 1

THE LATE FARCE.

Now that the cuntain has fallen upon the recent laughable performances, the actors are so sensibly affacted with the folly of their doings, as well as the fear of the probable consequences of the "larking" trick thoy have been npon England's proudest Peer, have brtbotigiit themselves of the'most plausible step to be adopted m atouemrut for their infatuation—anu have accordingly rtiolred upou getting up s publi c

meeting to cry peccavi to hn Lordship—and endi-avor to convince him that the late " lark" »a< no " lark at all—that it was quite a bird of another colour, that his Lordship's elect on was not the pandering to a hankering after novelty, but a bona fide effort of ihe City to establish a great principle in whiih sincerity was the chief feature, and a desire to enlist his Lord" ship's sympathies in behalf of the Province. Though we condemned the past folly of the Greji'es, we must certainty concede every cred.t to the caudour which acknowledges an error, and seeks the earliest opportunity of counteracting the mischief which such entails. So it is that the n oment we beard of rt public meeting bein? convened for Monday next, we deemed it the only cumse open to recover the false step taken by the City election. A public meeting then hci b:en c.i led t'> enable the Citizens to prepare a pe'ition to ille Secretary for the Colonies, explaining to him the reasons which induced his constituents to return Mm as Member for Melbourne, to legi-late in the Cuiinci' of a Colony, iu wb ! ch he i« not qualified and mver will be ; and al»o to inform his Lordship of the c.rcnms lures of the district, and the harasling manner in which her energies have been depressed by a neighbouring "d. - pendencv." With this movement we quite agree—and on'v hope rhat the petition to be prepared may hue ih» eff.ct cf glossing over in his Lordship's eyes, ilia fatil nraut of principle already so unfortunately evinced. It hai, therefore onr best wishes—and we hope that ihe result will be the adoption of a Memori'l, which «.ll be so framed as to enable Colonists of every sr.d? to give it their approbation. It is the only course new reniaininir, and if well managed may go far to oveiude the revolutiouary delusion which prompted and prua.'iu'eil the lite unconstitutional emeute.— Port Phi'Mf Heiald, July 27.