THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1880.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3577, 14 June 1880, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1880.

Mn John Sheehan addressed his coustituents on Saturday evening, We must confess to it feeling of disappointment that he did not enter more fully into the important subjects connected' with the Colony, but he had, no doubt, not sufficient time to do so, as he only commenced his address at a late hour. After taking a brief view of the past, and commenting on the action of the four Auckland members, of unenviable notoriety, he proceeded to speak of the Wuiruate Plains aud the Ohinemuri outrage. The latter, be said bad happened at an unfortunate timewhen the country was in the throes'of a

general election, and tliat that circumstance prohibited any decisive action in the matter. The Ministry were prohibited risking a war with the Maoris, when a change of Government seemed probable, and his hands were therefore tied. If this is the excuse nude by Government for not enforcing the penalties of the law for crimes committed by the natives, it is A very poor one, and deserves tho severest public condemnation. Mr Shee ban's remarks anent the Royal Commission were very cutting and humourous, and he clearly demonstrated the uselessness of such Commissions, who, where taken collectively, might do good, but who, when working on the one-horse system, were of no earthly use. The speech was humourous in the extreme, but it lacked careful statesmanlike judgment. The feature of novelty was also wanting, and a feeling of disappointment is engendered. A full report appears in another column.