Some Sharp Practice by a paper Reporter.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 5477, 7 February 1885, Page 4

Some Sharp Practice by a paper Reporter.

Tnß rocont disclosures ih to dw surreptitiously Government BWNftl mo to a period fifty. yean' ago,,* cleverer things were done thah,Bj|j accomplished now. When tho W) Wellington was Prime Min|stet;ftffl morning newspapers gayo th?..piffl of a very important Government piw» about to bo adopted. It sftraffi

parties and created an immense as* among Tories; for that political j«ffi)j received no information.that tliods intended any such moveif,Wj|j majority of tho Cabinet Msw thomsoWca wore equally in;thedw| yet tho announcement was true. TWj was full of wrath at the pretnatareof of hi? plans, and equally fuUof*fp seoing that those plans had not -ten* mitted to paper. The due to the '-m was after a time obtained. ThoWl Wellington was rather denrdutM later period of bis life, and (as is n(W caso under such circumstances) MOR somewhat loud tone in convermtaa evening, after a stirring debate*. House of Lords, the Duke walWi arm-in-arm, with another, peer, ffl member of his party, but not >» of his Government. In "ft; i of conversation, he gave tho , OBWj scheme which ho had determini»Jj into oll'ect, but of which he had «%™ ing to his colloagues in the &™j|'j ponny-a-linor happened to be ouWpu House of Lords. Ho caught K>t«| of tho loud-talking Duke,, saw otoWf thoybore an important relation u,^: citing politics of the day, and r«*»j attempt anoattliingin the way «■* no3s. Laying asido honour and aeKWj troublesome companions, n0 ' jiylj two peers at a cautious distance, a»K up tho loud words as they ""rjfaj ear. Tho night was dark, tho tf«V, ( steps was made soft for .tl)0 occsfa he escaped detection during »Wffi of tho Duke's walk to Apslo? Returning to his lodgipgs, wb got up an account of »>rjsE} tous policy intended by the Mi 3£& tho head of His Majesty's OojgK written in tho proper newe««F Knowing that none of the FjSk'j plaeo trust in any flimey from a "r^, sent in tho usual way on a Ba»]*J|y liarly special and momentonß »My adopted another plan. Mr B™*>tp< tho "Morning Chronicle" br-j!kp given a " leader" of his °wn' )nJS> Duke was severely handled V* w^jfi mikeknown his plans in f*«£fT ■•SA Tho "liner" went to Mr iiW--> ■~ him the article he had preP^'J^ being pressed, candidly *«"*&» manojuvro ho had adopted, tatior. was too great to Black accepted the "liners fS&#} for it handsomely, and »»!*f ]$ morning as -a double - leaded TO article. Tho effect was «•»«*■ J conductors of the other PaP? M,*pS prised and vexed at beta *uaZS« by tho " Morning Chronicle. ■>_^ were elated at tie disclosures tW»,jJ the Tories were mortified «'/JS&fl thus kept in the dark by the their choice; theDufco'e &""&5M Cabinet were something mote^.-0m at having been deemed «WyJpU9 of his trust; and the club* cWgjjjfl affair day after day.-';Bntl s h»l»,|| Printer and Stationer,