Wellington.

Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 435, 11 September 1872, Page 9

Wellington.

: t (From our own correspondent ) 1 . -i ■>' \; - 31st July, 1872. The No Confidence motion excludes the consideration of all "other matters, and even Obmn\ittees, I. liear^ 'have" to be adjourned from day to day from impossibility to get a quorum! ,The Government in so engrossed in log-rolling that they cannot keep the various departments working, and for ten days it has been s<v &, P .'s are dirt cheap —railways can be .promised everywhere, and telegraph stations to be at each doubtful member's kitchen door, and if all the rumours are, true, and the Disqualification Act >not repealed (which Yogel strongly urges)j and if all the pledges given are/ fulfilled, there will have to be almost half a general election to provide for the vacancies caused' in the Government tanks/ and in those of the mercenary,i : legion of whom Government patronage 'and millions of public money serve to secure the support. Because the Opposition have.not nor would they use such means ( tp fight what though, for such reasons, isan unequal battle yet must in the end be. a victorious one,; for the people of. New Zealand, will soon rise upon the vampire lot which are' preying itipon her, and, then these carrion birds will have tofind other quarters* The Government think that in M'Lean they holdthe keys of the position, but if this is : as it is intended to be a dictation to the Middle Island to the effect that they are 'not only going to 'take their revenues for North Island, purposes as hitherto, but insist upon' other affairs being made subser-, vient -to the Native question, and that we must therefore submit to pur means being squandered, r our business mismanaged, and pur prosperity ruined, then that is a pro-> position which the people of New Zealand, if I do not mistake them, will never, submit to, whatever the miserable creatures who are supposed to represent some of its constituencies 'ihay : : pretend to the contrary, and who to gratify person*! spite or even other less ' worthy motives^ scruple not to be traitors, to the best interests of their constituents^ I. do 'not refer to the "Political Pendulum," or as he is known elsewhere as Holy Joe.. I name no individual, but thecpnstittients, will I trust, make their estimate 'of their representative's proceedings, The Government count on Tolmie. They even, wanted to -give him for a pair, and the Luna, which Yogel pretended was to take the English mail to Dunedin, started last night 1 with Maoandrew on board while the mail has not yet arrived from Auokland, and may not arrive before Monday. However, the weather was so rough outside that the Luna; the Government tinder box, had to return, and so they may- not get Tolmie up in ctimej and Mac^ who had paired for the Government, will hot get down in time to appoint a Deputy to release Tolmie j even though this doubtful vote should cost, the Colony LSOO, as the sending for the Honourables MUler and .Campbell, of Oamaru (Government supporters) coat : over L6OO to the country. ■ i:y '' r : "\ ,■' -■ ■. ■' "■'-'■■ •■ '■[ '\ You may have Been a -passage in the Wellington Post about Thomas L. Shepherd, which raised the Virtuous indignation of our irreproachably pure representative, and called forth characteristic exhibitions of vindictive spite, from Fox. The simple case Was 'this that this intellectual giant, this political. Sampson, had fallen it was stated into the hands of. Ministerial Delilaha, who had shorn ■ • him ; of his ' locks> i and bereft; of these (it would be impossible to deprive him of -reason), he had fallen; an easy victim to his vanity;- and the seductive artifices of beauty. " } How far his constituents will approve of this remains to be seen, but I fancy they will send some one next election to represent them in whom vanity does not supply the place of common sense. Vpg'el took advantage of a question, from, your member as to when the Milton Postoffice would be erected,, to launch forthaUot of low slang and misrepresentation, for which he was called to. account ; but the Speaker is not apt to interfere; with wha* Government supporters say, though he made a great row because White; of the Opposition called Harrison, editor of the Independent, as such, ah unscrupulous supporter of the Government (Harrison, Government supporter, is member for Grey Valley), but White would not retract, and the House supported him. I will telegraph the result of the contest which, I repeat, we will know about Wednesday evening. If the Government is vie. torioiis it is only M'Lean arid millions that will have done it. The Opposition, however? counts on two .of a majority. ..;■• ■■;