The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4874, 23 August 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1884.

;Thb fierce onslaught—as will bo seen by our Parliamentary news--madei in the Legislative Council last night on Sir Julius Vogel and his recently defeated Ministry, by the/ Hon. R. Oliver, erstwhile Upper House representative of the recently departed -Atkinson Ministry, naturally aroused that virtuous indignation which almost" invariably underlies the spirit of British fair play, in cases where the application of further punishment to the defeated is attempted. That Mr Oliver should whine like a "whipped cur " over the loss ofa"n officewbichhe has by allaorts of means endeavored to tenaciously cling to, will not cause any wonder on the part of those who know that gentleman ; and i perhaps it is not going too far to say that in many quarters, the bad taste shewn will; cause little astonishment when its .source is considered. Mr Oliver ever since bis introduction to office, proved an element of weakness/to his party, and it was with little bewailing on the part of his fellow ministers that he was' deported to that almost harmless arena of politics-^-the Upper House. It was -as bis colleagues found out, a most unfortunate faux pas, on their part, to include this bitter enemy to all holding views differing from his, in their ranks, ' and many conjectures . as --'Ao the tie binding him to■'.■ tb # c Atkinson party •were indulged in when he was nominated as an Upper House representative. While- in- the representative chamber h$ wasi alwayscurt, sometimes offensive* and invariably annoying, to those'he came in contact with,-and his silent contempt was generally, looked upon as a charm in comparison with what would result from a communication with him, owing to bis overbearing manner.; Perhaps, considering his nature, some allowance should be wade when it is considered that there is little chance of the name of the Honorable Robert Oliver of " steadily keep it in view '' memory, being included in the listof any Ministry likely to be formed for gomelime, and the disappointment likely to arise.froni: suchi a thought in the magnitudinpusand grasping mind of this member of our colonial "Lords." Speculation, with a view to drawing ■ coniparisons^ between Mr Oliver and those he has most unwarrantably attacked, ia almost impossible. -In ODe case we have a useless orna» merit to bur Legislature, whose position is not due to election by^the people, and in the other we can place two members of the popular Chamber who represent large city constituencies and whoseabiUties have.been I shown under circumstances which would have had, we are" inclined to believe, theeffect /ofreducing Mr OH? or's light to ev^n:;less than r :dim /insignificance. The first elation of Mr/Oliver caused by any matter of importance,' was when the party whichl had ; the honor to own him, busted .:Sir George Grey's Ministry from office, and doubtless it will be a new source of/annoyance to him to now see that there.is a likelihood/of the Auckland Knight again assuming the reins of power and thus relegating the Dunedin "Lord " to the cool shades of private membership, fjrom which lie never should have emerged. Counsel to such men is useless;/they know, much more than they can Ibe told, arid 'therefore we must Seaye this prq^ mpted^/mortai to "fret his hour," and regret the consequences "of : his behaviour..