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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 62, 2 August 1879, Page 2

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[noil OV& QWK COBBMPOHDKfX.} f Tb*t cbnscientious,m aiable, straighifbrward^aud generous politician, Sir William ' Fox; is 'having an innings at last, quite wil< ling to.be made aKtodhof ;^by greedy offlceMekers, he temporarily as«ume» this lead. One cannot believe that the urbane Knight has any motion that he will be allowed to sit pn^the Treasury benches for more than the hour which gives the wire-pulltrs tim* to get there themselves. It is natural to suppose that a man who has had th« political experience which the courteous nember ■ "for Wanganui has had, would see througli ; the nice little game now being played with him and; his follower* , by the'surest anfclci- ■ patits of Ministerial luxuries, yet it would appear that th», Chesterfieldian represent*tiv* is entirely igaorant ,of the ■use .he; Ift' made of. It was at first- thought'that i& admirable a chance would net be missed I>J t*w » gboifl'Jiiatujrftl Sir William; and that '■'* he would* not spoil it by the fierce inventive, and scurrilous abuse, which, alas, somei times^jet, I; may, say, rarely— permeate" . his deliverances ; but his friends must weep; when they see the miserable spectacle of • man far advanced m years ~ "tearing a passion to pieces." It must have been the title that .fixed hit. destiny m tjie political gaom of chess :. the^ . required a knight, fot knight, otherwise ' itT is hard to set why tot fixture should^ have, been made. The Opposition leader's abi-» -: "&sj is a thing of the past, and were h» tac- , tics •ten tempered with di'Qretion, he could hardly cope with the foemen he ineaU m th© arena where he would'have many a gage to '■■U!kk'xkpl-\- ]'■ "'■ : ---y' ; '; > ;' . : ' ; -- '"".■'.■; ' : ■■•■'• ■-/ > It sfems that the pi^sent is • very be 4 Mason for Knights. Sir George Chrey has been ;'• laying about him :f * vigorously, and >- many of his friends have com# to the conclusion that his reason has commenced an. abdication of its . territory. The worthy - Premier did a very injudicious tiding m , helping tojpromote a Association at such i time, a^dyerjf justly dtsfrved th» ■ ridicule and ,conte»pt heaped upon him at a nublio »eeti|»^ helijfor the purpose of inaugurating such an associatida. Tbe^Prer miers henchman, Mrvßees, held forth, with his accustomed volubility, but met with »yen less success than did his Chfef; while t>oor little Bartoh—^the honest mem- v b#r f or the oity— was eomplttely sat upon ■,ipbri'by^th«|mob;'>^T|^;lMt3i|w^^tJ*« man is really'not fitted for political life. Hi* hpnesty of purpose does^not" work-in'.*.: vrith any discretion h« may possess ? he. .-. studies not the time nor the hour, «,nd Tvhen he. feels inclined ha 3 a general ". fliHg L round " treating- friend and foe alike, m tme ; Hibernian iaiiiion. Probabhr, if th« ... testy and tetchy, member, had nft. a. grie« , "vance, he Arpuld be a greater' "success as a representative^ but m his endeavor^ to air :that grievance, he' appear* to low «gh* <»' his duty to .bis .constituents. That he. Jr an honest, straightforward, manly, and spirited feUow, no one can dpubt, buthf ii too liot-theaded, " ' The notion abowt tb« Lobbiei « tb.it the Ministry will i be superseded by the Foxparty,- who will, m turn: be succeeded by a - Goalition Ministry, :•; to be composed of a mixture, as far as politics go. JE. -"Brown and l Shrirnski, are quietly -^ork- . ing for the cans'f.'ol the Middle party. ~ ; ' s A handbill,* bearing the protentious till* j of Figaro has been : distributed at one •of ! the thcatvea, and b&ars, evidence that My. j'G-eorgeDttfreli must have winced slightly under the' treatment he^ has ■ received at th& hands of some members -of the ' -Fourth : E»- . fete. This playbill has on the Wt of it som.e ungramnaafcical twaddle/ m which ths authorship is distinctly ■visible ; and,has no ■■ advertisements mit, which clearly shows why it was published. It is pleasant to eeo ■- that the conceit of; the auihor^actor has N been touched. It is really .''time that- he.; should decrease m, ■ sel.MinpQrtetice j he has Birn^ly grown S- too big for his boots." B[© certainly deserTescredit for having m his V. employ some of tbe naembers jof coni- V pany he . travels with"; but that does not "■■

inoe he won't see, that without haying it jut plainly before him, it is ai well that it should 1m put so at once. ' . [nt.tii.Kißm.] Of course you will have learned ere this reaches you, that not only, has the Ministry been defeated, but contrary to |expectetita.. Sir Herouto Bobinsoahas gr a ed a disso . lution. : ' ,;.. ...,>■. ■„ ' -. -