Our Auckland Letter.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3720, 26 November 1880, Page 2

Our Auckland Letter.

(FBOM OUR OWN COBBESPONDJNT.)

• Auckland, Yesterday. HIGH .TIJSKS.—GOOD FOB THE IATVYEBS.

An alarming rumor is gaining ground n well-informed circles here that the whole of the Acts passed last session relating to the detention of the Maori prisoners confined at the time of their passing, and the enactments pasted and assented to by the late Governor, Sir Hercules Robinson, have been pronounced ultra vires by the law officers ot the Crown in Downing street. It is further alleged that ail natives not brought to trial, and specially those sent w prison from the Taranaki Court, have strong groundi of action against the present Government for false imprisonment. What a splendid field is here opened to Mr Bees, unless indeed, as is most likely the case, that die Parliament when it meets will pass another whitewashing Validation Act for His Excellency's responsible ad* risers. Of course these mishaps and blunders will be soon officially denied, but your readers may be assured that should the dispatches from the Secretary of State be laid on the table of the House when it is called together will turn out absolutely correct. The accession of the Liberal Home Govern* ment to power and the appointment of Sir Arthur Gordon to this colony are two matters which are not pleasant to Mr Hall's Cabinet. The intelligence relating to these native measures it is hinted were obtained by Mr Thomas Russell from the Under-Secretary of the Colonial office in London, and by him duly forwarded to his esteemed friend and partner, the Hon. Frederick Whitaker, Attorney-General. THE DESERTION OF TEE BATS. As your paper is one of the few in the provincial district who does no backing to the present Ministry, I send you some verses from a local scribe, which are well worth a place in your columns. A CHIRRUP ON LARRUPING. When politicians rat 'gainst the pledges they made, "' Or turn their politics to log-rolling trad*; Or, shirking their duty, sit down on a rail, Like pigs in a market, awaiting a sale; Or, for their own profit, electorates sellWhy, lurup 'em well. Yes, larrup 'em well. When tradesmen, on losses, get comfle and fat (The writer wishes that her could do that), Or swear that some rubbish is first-class and new, Or cudgel their brains how (he public to " do," Or adulterate goods, their profits to swellWhy, larrup 'em well. Yes, larrup 'em well. When clergymen preach of the torments of hell,. ■' Yet prove by their actions they think it a sell;. Or show in then" doings a lusting for gold, . '. That root of all evil, as we are oft told, Their practice' of earth, while of heaven they WU— - ' Why, larrup 'em well. Yes, larrup 'em well.

When companies swindle the publio wholesale, Or doctor their balance, to levy black mail On all who will trust them—or 1:3 up the mart To give some fine swindle a prosperous start; Not caring how ruin they scatter pell-mell— Why, larrup 'em well. Yes, larrup 'em welL

Some lawyers take fees to prove Mack is white (A thing, that's becoming too common a sight); - Some judges decide not Dy justice, but law, . , , And the case goes to him woo most quibbles can draw,; Once justice was blind, but now oft it's a sellWhy, what can be done then, but larrup 'em welL

When larrikins swagger, and gamble, and drink, , And laugh at all gooo, but from evil ne'er shrink; When servant girls impudent hussies become, Discontented; riff-nfflsh, and useless at home; To be sure, they areall trotting straight down to h-41— Yet, larrup 'em well. Yes, larrup 'em welL

Larrup 'em well—with tongue or with stick; , Larrup 'em well—with club or with pen; Larrup 'em well—until they call out That they won't do it again, larrup 'em aU—for good of yourself;. Larrup 'em aU—for good of your,land; Twill check them in humbug, and evil, and pelfLarrup with vigorous hand.