THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT YOUR FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1880.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3606, 17 July 1880, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT YOUR FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1880.

The meeting held last evening in the Theatre Royal came to the almost unanimous conclusion that Mr Kenriek in his capacity of Resident Magistrate bad faithfully and ably discharged the onerous duties of his office. While aware of the justification of persons to address Parliament when having"l grievance, we cannot too strongly deprecate the action of the petitioners who, not content with merely signing a petition ..for the redress of their own grievances, hare used, the public name as. a lever to I oust Mr Kenriek, when they were not permitted to do so by that public. They , pledged the public credit, and clearly demonstrated that ! they were of opinion that they would have more chickens if counted before arrival than if they waited nntil they .were . hatched—hence the seoresy observed in < obtaining signatures to the petition, which was obtained and published by us at the time of circulation, and which we ■denounced as unprincipled. Mr Mcllhone I made an excellent defence and showed good cause for his desire to have Mr , Kenriek removed, but nothing he said i would justify an improper use of the public name for securing the accomplishment of his own ends, and the public by their action of last evening showed that it was no light offence against them to take their name and opinions without previous consultation. Had a public meeting been called at the. time instead of

the carefully circulated petition, the . expression of public feeling at last night's meeting would not here been needed, as they would have at once set their foot on sucb an useless attempt to prejudice the Minister of Justice against Mr Kenrick. The resolution "passed is ,now before the Government, and will materially

strengthen the position of the R.M. Mr Mcllhone said in moving his amendment, that while the petition was sub judice the Meeting had no right to discuss the question. Had this-; course been adopted, probably the result would have assisted his object, but the meeting had better sense than to allow themselves to be carried away by this illogical argument. The meeting all through showed a hearty appreciation of Mr Kenrick's services, and we trust that the lesson given last night to the petitioners will not be without beneficial effects.