IN SOME DIMMED REPUTATIONS CAPTAIN RUSSELL.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 154, 20 August 1881, Page 3

IN SOME DIMMED REPUTATIONS CAPTAIN RUSSELL.

Captain William R. Russell, aw -ilthy runholderi the son mP Qi.il mcl Russ 11, sit one time Colonial Defence M'nister. wvii educated, with go>">d abilities, a dili^en- I student, and extremely ambitious, entered Parliament under the most favoralilt; «onditiona. His own consiitnt-n s and Parliamentary veterans all believed thit hi would achieve high political fame —som day be a Minister, perhaps even a Premier. His early actions after entering the House seemed to justify this Ik lief because of his very, carefully prepared speeches. Soon, however, the student life of'\plain living and high thinking " was changed, and the qriet country runholder found the winter gaieties of Wellington as, fatal to.him m their seductiveness as were the ft s'ivitics of Capua to Ilannibal's army when m their winter 'quarters before Romf\ Unless he take heed, defeat with will attend the modern as well as the ancient soldier. Of late, like the b^ave Geraint, h : has grown, Fft'tJettfiiTdf Ms prourire to tihe X; n<j, • . I'brgo'jful of the folcol.n and the hunt, Forgetfulof tie tilt; aid toiunairenfc, Itorgieif ni ol brs glory aid his name, ■ - Forgetiulof his frincedom and iL<? ojiss— . Aud tbis foraretiulaess was haiafiil to t'le.n. And by-aud-by the people, when they met . In twos and i.l'reej, or fullev companies, . Bega,? to scoff atid jeer aud babble of him ' Ac of a piiaoe whosa -raanhoo'l win all gone And molte a dQwn i-i inSi 3 vaiu-;jlorious:.iess. Though his fHenls, like Enid, may not care to tell him " out of bashful delic;>ey," many others will do so by means of the ballot-box Othello, Mr Murray. M.H.R., and Captain Russell, have each hail a special occupation. Othello te'.d us long ago that hit was gone. Mr Murray's Drainage Bill has become an act, ond he tells us his occupation is gone, and he is going to follow Othello. Captain Russell's mission is the establishment of a parcel post between New Zealand and England. Year after year this stereotyped question like'the Drainage Bill,' has cropped up, and year after year the Postmast et-Gene-ral promises it his most careful consideration—and Captain Russell is hr.ppy. I hepe he will' not achieve his object for • many a long year, because it would bs a pity if he went to join his two oneUea?d companions. The House would sadly miss his manly form and his pleaKant cheery voice, Captain Russell has, as the " Era " says of actors, many personal'advantages. His manly figure, has handsome face, win Wm; friends everywhere. Jtfis manners ■re courteous, bis style of speaking vigorous, robust, and attractive. His mind is well stored ; he is capable of achieving * high position. With industry and attention to wbVkj Captain Hussell, ere yet, may'have a distinguished career before him; and especially is this probable should he, next session work industriously, and m unison with his collea-