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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 27, 24 October 1884, Page 29

The means to which the Castle Press resorts to attain its political ends are usually such as mo3t honest men would shrink from ; bnt the attempt of the Mail a few days ago to frighten Mr. Carl Eosa into striking that terrible song called " The Wearing of the Greea ' ' ont of the programme of h s concert ia calculated to cover the whole Mail party with ridicHle. The Royal Black Hobahs must be ia a very bad way when a national song, even though it refers to the past, can erive them " a fit of the shivers." — Nation. . ' The World is responsible for the following :— "Lord w ftowton has been twice to see Her Majesty during- the last three weeks, and there is no doubt, I believe, that he has been consulted by the Queen on the present condition of public affairs. The noble lord is regarded by Her Majesty as the depositary of the political ideas of Lord Beacons^ field, and she attaches, therefore, considerable importance to hisopinions. Lord Rowton has been telling his noble friends that theQuepn will not sanction a creation of Peer 3to swamp the majority iathe Upper House. The Queen is unwilling that the Royal prerogative should be used for the purpose of solving the crisis ; but if ifris tobe invoked, she will prefer to use the prerogative of dissolution, ratber than the prerogative of creating Peers. There will, therefore,, be a dissolution before a creation of Peers ; and, of course, Lord Salisbury has expressed his readiness to abide the issue of an appeal to the people.