THE WELLINGTON POST ON SIR GEORGE GREY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 4065, 12 June 1882, Page 2

THE WELLINGTON POST ON SIR GEORGE GREY.

The sole subject of conversation on Saturday was Sir George Grey's splendid speech on Friday night on the Law Practitioners' Bill. The Post says — " It is impossible to help seeing that a marked change has come over Sir George Grey this session, however it may have been brought about, or whatever it may mean. During the two previous sessions there was a signal falling off in his oratory, and it was only once or twioe that he rose to his level of 1876 or 1877. People began to say last year that his powers were on the wane, and that he would soon disappear from the political strife. Those prophets must be somewhat staggered now Sir George Grey has returned in the fullest plenitude of his mental power, looking ten years younger, and apparently in excellent health and physical strength. He comes with but a small party of his own — numbering not more than ten, perhaps not more than six — yet he already holds the balance of power, and is the absolute master of the Opposition. Ere long he must become their recognised leader, whether they like it or not. They cannot do without him, and both they and he know that quite well. He cannot be ignored, or pushed off the political chessboard. It was the greatest mistake his party ever made when they so shabbily deposed him from their leadership merely because he had suffered a defeat. They sco that now. While he is in the House no other leader is possible for his side. He has covered them with confusion on the native question, while at the same time paying Sir Arthur Gordon back for that little affair of April lust. And here he is pushing through bill after bill, in spite of all opposition both from his own party and the Government ; while lastly he has asHailed the legal profession in Parliament assembled, and thrust his bill down their throats. Verily Sir George Grey is a wonderful man." Mrs Stirling, the nurse in " Romeo and Juliet," at the London Lyceum, with Irving, was the admired Juliot of forty years ago. A society has been formed in England for the circulation of Mr Ruskin's works among the masses.