PARLIAMENTARYPOETRY.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 11, 21 December 1877, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARYPO ETRY.

Thov have sot^ffun now and again in the House, aUliom;li one would hardly . think, so, berfnsfSifr Whitakorja descrfp,-'|tiot|lfe-Mr^|^k^eld :~f '"' v y \ "?" , ! .' Tiiefeaitoafptiiy ola^hour|d^ij/the tnrqng | 'LlficiouiPklf at®!tu#ilellTofj wed by do ;shame, by no respect con-* trolled, In soandnl busy, in reproaches bold, With witty malice, studious to defame. I Scorn all? his joy/and Jauglifer all>h)saimi -Afid this is what he said the&ites got :— born.io vex thestate, With wrangling talents formed for foul debate ; JJurb :1 J hat jm petous,, tongue, , r nor P ra sh !y vain. . . ' And singly mad, asperse the sovereign reign. Mir Murray recommended tbe following lines to the attention of Mr Fox :— Here then at length I welcome every pliame, And cancel at three score a life of fame : No more ray titles shall my childen tell ; The old buffoon will suit my name as well. Mr Bowen reminded Mr Pyke of Jbe fop who so irritated Hotspur by calling the soldiers " unmannerly '' — To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse Betwixt the wind and his nobility. Mr Bowen was reminded that :— Revolutions were not made with rosewatcr. Mr Pyke further casually expressed his opinion (hat the " trimmers '' would be for years— Fixed figures for the time of scorn To point his slow un moving fi tiger at. Referring to Mr Kees, Mr G. M'Lean [ quoted— The loud laugh proclaims the vacant mind; while Mr Hamlin attempted to disturb Mr Fox's equanimity by telling him— A lienp of dust alone remains of thee. This is Captain Russell's advice to Mr W. Wood— ■"* ' He, who in quest of quiet silence hoots Is ap* to cause the hue bub he iniputes. MrTraver's likings and dislikes drew from 'both Mr Reader Wood and Mr Hodgkinson the following !— I do not like you Dr Fell : The l eaßon why I cannot tell, But this I know and know full well— I do not like you; Dr Fell. Referring to the decadence of Mr Fox (evidently a fertile subject), Mr R. Wood quoted :— ■■— 0, woe to mo To have seen what I have seen, see what I see, and that the changes in the late Government reminded him of an old country dance — Down the middle and up again, Hands across and back again. Looking at Major Atkinson Mr Hodgkinson broke. forth into the following :— When'er we take our- walk abroad, How mnriy poor we see ; Both : mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, nnd Curs of low degree. ! Mr Whitaker having stilted that some people did not know what is due between gentlemen., Mr Sheehan Wanted to 'know, what constituted a gentleman saying— When Ivdari^delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman ?