The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1875.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2025, 1 July 1875, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1875.

It will be a soui'ce of disappointment to many should Sir Julius Vogel return to this Colony and resume his position in politics. Various writers have said that lie will not return. Before he had been many days gone they began,to.indulge in speculations of the most vague type as to tho mission on which he was bound, its results to the Colony,'and the probabilities of the Premier's return. By a telegram which we published yesterday it. will have been noticed that the' Melbourne Age has touched upon this subject, and says : "It is stated on good authority thafc Mr Vogel has resigned his position for something more stable than politics—thafc lie has accepted an offer from Messrs Rothschild to act as one of their financial agents." It is just possible that the Age's paragraph is a mere reflex of tke opinions so often stated by certain sections of the press in Nqsp; Zealand. It may be in the recollection of some of our readers that a longtime ago,on the occasion of the Premier's former visit to England, it was foretold that Mr Vogel would, bo knighted, and that he would then for : sate colonial politics, join a Jewish firm of financiers as a.pariaer, and devote himself for the future to business. It is of course

possible that tho Age may have early information of Mr Vogel's intentions, but it is quite as likely that tho "good authority" may bo no more reliable than the statements previously made in the colony, which chalked out just such a career for Sir Julius as that which the Age now gives. We do not attach much importance to this latest rumour regarding the Premier, but iftheje.be any truth in it, the matter will not long be suffered to remain unexplained. It was also stated at one time that Mr Vogel had not only an eye to business, but that his ambition would be~satisfied with nothing less than a seat in the House of Commons. If it should prove correct that he is likely, to accept the reported offer of the Rothschilds, it requires no great stretch of imagination to believe that he would at the earliest opportunity seek election to the Parliament of Great Britain ; and the statements which have been made from time to time regarding his intentions, would, partake of the .character of prophesies fulfilled. The statement of the Age, however, must be received with the same amount of credence as those which have preceded it. concerning Mr Vogel's intentions and actions.

In , yestelday's issue we commented on the difference which had arisen between Hi 3 Honor Sir George Grey and the Hon. Dr. Pollen, regarding the non-pay-ment of the capitation allowance to the Province. It was therein stated that Dr. Pollen remained firm in the position which he had assumed, but even as we wrote the hon. gentleman appears to have relaxed his attitude. A telegram which reached us at a late hour in the afternoon statect that the General Government had paid over to the Provincial Governments of Wellington and Auckland the'ainounts due to them, which looks like a virtual abandonment of his position by Dr. Pollen. '; a *■■'; ■ - "'' I. '/z ': i" \ '