VOGEL’S POLITICAL AMBITION.

Patea Mail, 23 March 1882, Page 3

VOGEL’S POLITICAL AMBITION.

An Auckland paper Bays :—Despite his defeat at the last Falmouth election, Sir Julius Vogel does not despair of representing that favored seaport in the next House of Commons. He has a country residence in that place, besides his town house in London, cultivates the acquaintance of the most influential residents, and has secured the patronage of no less a personage than Lord Falmouth himself, who has the command of a large number of votes. Indeed, we are assured by a gentleman who lately returned from England that Sir Julius Vogel is regarded by by the colonists, and a few Conservatives, as the coming leader of the party, who think the mantle of Lord Beaconsfield has descended upon our late Agent-General. His faculties are still vigorous, and though he is troubled with occasional deafness, it is remarked that he can hear very well when the subject is more than usually interesting. The prominent part which he has taken in advocating confederation of the empire and other matters of national importance, and the intimate knowledge of colonial affairs that he has displayed in his writings, has greatly increased his prestige, and manj 7 leading politicians would be glad to see him in the House of Commons, especially as the Conservatives are in want of leaders.