The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4528, 10 July 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1883.

Tke events of the present Mnioa have proved in a most conclusive manner that amalgamation of the various, elements ■tow constituting the Opposition it "a eoasummatioa devoutly to be Dished" aoj. -that each aaealtamatioti auroniy be ti ote direotion as regards the selection of a leader. The Canterbury Jumbo has had fortuitoas eircumstMew throws in > bis way, he bat had, alnoat." times oat of number," ehanees «f dispfayns;-those qualities requisite £1 one *#!»* %oald aurshal opposmfforosfl; yet, much as we regret it, we must admit that he has displayed a.woful want of tact and,ability in controlling and working; those - forces arrayed against him, by old political soldier*. The doughty Slight of Kawau 'has', on the 'Wlier linfnd, jfiTt-u «*?ery pvidanie of the, ,po.«8t"-siou of the skill - iiece«»ary '•.; to uaburst! his ' opponents -- in the ' parliamentary tournament, and there can be no hesitation, on the part of any calm observer of the contests which have taken place, in decid j ing which lariee is Hkeliesj; to tell in a fray. During the short period whish has ran of the present session, Sir George Grey has made his weight. in the House 'felt in a most unmistakeable manner. In the first important division, caused by a bill he brought in, he secured a majority •of four against tbe Government, and in the case of the last measure which he introduced —a most important one—he succeeded in getting it to its final stage, and then only lost its passage through the House by the easting rote of the Speaker. It should- be remembered that both movements were, important ones, and each was opposed by the Government. Observers of the constitution of parties in, Parliament cannot but see that the present state of , it, cannot last, and only by a' process" of patching, and tinkering can tbe - Ministerial;, party be held together. Promises of money spent in districts, snug billets; expectations, of perjbnaj preferment, or fear of the consequences of "allegiance given under doubtful oireumstanees, are the chief binding elements of Government support ;,certainly there are independen^sqpporters, but they are few. In the face of alUhia, what could be more^ ratio Dal; than to suppose that the larger section oßtfelf «use—if in eombioation—could umeta paity ao'constitated. The dislhtegra'ting'elements of the Opposi* tioß are responsible for the continued

system we are suffering under, and until some method is adopted which will produoe amalgamation and adhesion, the present state^pf affairs is likely to continue. Daring; ths Canterbury stumping tour of the Treasurer, he did not lose an opportunity of throwing Sir George Grey at the people, and implied that he was the man to fear; he not only recognised the strongest hand he would have to oppose, bat with a Maebiarelian spirit, wished to weaken the power of the partially reeoga nised leader of the ' Opposition—Mr Montgomery—a Canterbury member, while endeavoring, at the same time, to make the Canterbury people "fear Nbf. them influence. We can only, in the face of vnch evidence, nrge that an alliance of the three sections of the opposition be speedily arranged, and that such combination act under the leadership of Sir George Grey, who has proved as far as this session has gone, that he can command the only following likely to work the desires of the Opposition into a satisfactory result. The continued wrangling and struggling for supremacy in the camp of the Opposition is not only Tery ridiculous and undignified, but calculated to conserve the best interests, personally, of Her Majesty's Ministers.