Wednesday, December 8, 1875.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume IV, Issue 339, 8 December 1875, Page 3

Wednesday, December 8, 1875.

Sir George Grey lias delivered his address to the electors of City West, and if they are thereby no more enlightened concerning the proposed policy of the Opposition than we ate, they must ho very much in the dark indeed. The Chairman commenced the proceedings by a speech very much after the manner of a judge summing up to a jury, and then introduced Sir G eorge, who at once proceeded to freely lubricate his audience, at the same time not forgetting himself: we have hoard this operation described in a phrase more expressive though more vulgar, but at this moment cannot bring to mind the exact term. Prom Sir George’s speech, we glean that Providence has made a special dispensation in favor of tho electors of Auckland City West—for they elect their members from purely virtuous and patriotic motives, while all other electoral districts, in conducting their elections,, are actuated by the most shamefully selfish motives I Not giving the electors of Auckland City West the credit of being endowed with tho usual amount of common sense, and giving Sir George credit for the usual amount of vanity to which human nature is liable,, and adding to that the vanity which must be evolved from farmer appreciation at the Cape, and further evolved from the Order of the*Bath and the Governorship, of New Zealand,, allowing all this, we are even then astonished at the gullibility of the electors, and the plausibility of tho elected—but perhaps the electors were not so guillible as they appear to have been. A good deal of laughter is reported to have occurred; it may bo that the electors were laughing at and not -with Sir George. His "Honor seems to have no hesitation in throwing his constituency overboard, if, after feeling the pulse of the Thames electors, he deems it advisable to do so ; and ho tether has no doubt that he can induce the electors of Auckland City West to elect two of his nominees ! What a lamb-like constituency! We intend reading the speech of Sir George several times over, and if wo can arrive at any sort of conclusion as to the opinions of His Honor, wo will speedily put our readers in possession of it, hut confess, Vi ’e rather despair of ever being more enlightened on the subject; and perchance, should a fickle public refuse to re-elect Sir George, alas we shall never know what he meant!