PARLIAMENTARY NEWS.

Press, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4705, 31 August 1880, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY NEWS.

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WEUQnra-TON - , August 30. It wae currently stated in the lobbies this morning that Mr Vincent Pyie Intended to take proceedings against the Sergeant-at-Arms ■ for assault, in removing him from the gallery on Saturday morning. She suit would have been a friendly one so far as it relates to the Sergeant-at-Arms, and was merely meant to test the power of the Speaker is ordering the removal of the me.mbei* for the Dnnetan while he was committing no disturbance. I have since learnt that Mr Fyke, acting upon legal advieo, does not intend to proceed against, the Sergeant-at-Arms, but prefers to let the matter rest where it is. His conduct on Saturday morning is generally condemned, and was rather churlish, and the very inadequate apology made by him has not tended to improve his position. The House looked almost deserted to-day, ■o many members having left; indeed considerable difficulty and delay were experienced in getting a quorum. The usual waste of time, however, continues to the last, and even the formal necessary Government Sills have a fight to .get through. I hear [that there is little or no ohance of the prorogation taking-place to-morrow, bat it may be regarded as certain to take place on Wednesday. Mr Tole intends to more as an amendment to the Bepresentation Bill next year the following:—"So soon aa the University of New Zealand has 200 graduates who have taken degrees not being adeundem degrees, the university shall return one member to serve in the House of Bepreientatives. All graduates of the university, Fellows of the Senate, professors, and all public leetnren or teachers and examiner* of the university and colleges or institutions affiliated to the university, shall be entitled to vote in person and by proxy at the election of snob, member. The registrar of the university shall be the return-

ing offieor in the eleotion of ,tbe ffiemW \' Every eleotion of a member for the uhiTerJt* f' s as hereinbefore oontained WI -w <SiiTidii6vß&imvtatie'mtttandis t in UiemanJei t£ preienbed by the law in force for the HnL ! t being relative to the eleot ion of other meab~» fe r of the Houee of &