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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2066, 18 August 1875, Page 2

.■J- ...... ■ ■„. - — ■-..-.—.ii*r.i»* » Z^'^. An occasional corresi^jaH^ift|tple^ra^h|f ing from T^eJlingtWi yejsterdft|^ sasS3p^ The Abolition" JJill is sure to[jij^ss.^jpQKjs| strength of parties : il a|pbllbwß^x"^*^|^ teinalists, 46,' exclusive'•of the Speaker; "doubtful, 7, some of whom are pledged to support the second reading; anti-aboli-tionists, 22; Vogel,.abje^,^olmj| fc dga^j., These makes the total of 78 members. Bolleston speaks to-day; Curtis.replies on the Government side. s

■-.-A coNTEMPOBAHT-g'ird's fK'eTf6lloWJfiga? the Bye-laws of Journalism.—l." Be brief. This is the age of telegraphs and steno> graphy. 2. Be pointed. Don't write all around a subject without hitting it., 3. State facts, but don't stopXto moralise:. Let the reader do his own .dreamnig./: 4 Eschew j>reface. Plunge at- once inta the subject, like a good swimmer into cold water. 5. If you hare written % sen--tence that you think ,particularly^,fine draw your pen through it. A pet cnjl^is always the worst in the family. 6^||?ndense. Make sure that you really liaye an idea, and then record it in the shortest terms. 7. When your article is completed strike out nine-tenths of the adjectives^

The entertainment which -was ! announced to have been given last nignt.;by the Airec ti&upe for. thejbenefit^of ;the hospital funds was a complete'failure, owing to the public failing to -support Airec in Bis desire to aid. the hospital.; Only about two pounds -^ere taken at the j doors, and having waite^patjently "instil nearly nine o'clock in theh6pev-^ij?;tfsu|a-cient numbers would come- at least-to pay 1 the'expenses, it Was anriy^cejdih^there, would be nop"e'rfotinancef?>Thfsi^we^TCgret, both on account of-the[benefitiwrhich might have accrued to the Kjaspitdl,\ and also because we are sorry that Airec's good-natured_-vvislx,Jo.jjontribuiato. our local chariTies has proved abortive. Wej hear, however, that sufficient tickets have ', been sold to those willing to aid, but; unable to spare the time to be present ■ themselves, to settle the expenses in-1 curred. ; The Auckland Star says that Mr Leg-; gett, the late cleric of the Provincial :. Council, has justified, after all, the belief! of his friends that he was not naturally dishonest, and had no intention of stealing the £80 which he should have sent to Messrs Eidgway and So_ns for books purchased for the Provincial Council library. I A letter has been received by B. B. Lusk, ; Provincial Accountant, from Messrs ! Eidgway and Sons, showing that a friend of Mr Leggett's had called on Messrs Bidgway and slated that a long time before Mr Leggett had written home to his friends asking them to pay £100 to Eidgj way and Sons on behalf of the Provincial Council of Auckland. They were quite willing to do so but wished to know the ! reason, and wrote out to Mr Leggett enquiring. This communication could not have reached him, hence hi| despair. His friends were still ready to paythe money if it could relieve him from disgrace, and a telegram was prepared, but it was thought that by that time it would be too late and the matter could be communicated as well by mail. It will be seen from this that when^i Leggett, took the money he wrote to I his friends asking them "*to pay the amount to Messrs Bidgway. This they delayed doing, and Mr Leggett, not receiving any communication from them, concluded, that? thdygwere unwilling, aridso yielded himself tolhis fate. A petition was circulating in town to-day for his release, and will, we are sure, enlist, wide-spread sympathy. The Auckland Star concludes an article on the Abolition question with the following piece of * rodomontade:-—Our people are quite awake to the fact that if abolition of our institutions iri?its proposed form were law, we should be bound hand and foot, and helpless so far as law could make us. There is indeed a power in reserve greater than law, and a cordon could surround our Custom House which law could not pass. But this is a position not voluntarily* to be courted, > and Saturday night'^meeting was an earnest request to Sir- George Grey and the faithful few who are manfully sustaining him, to exhaust all constitutional means to avert the evil. Those who bask in the sunshine of the favour of the powers that be and have acquired that mental condition of security and defiance which the enjoyment of power usually confers, may affect to smile at the bold ■words of Sir George Grey when he speaks of " resisting to the death," and at such an outburst of popular confidence and resolution; but we venture to say that if wrong and violence reached the limit, there are few of those hands which waved hurrahs of constitutional resistance to the Government but could be persuaded to ware if needs be a cutlass or a brand. Men of Auckland ! there may be stirring times ahead. So put.your trust in God and keep your powder dry.