THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

Evening Post, Volume XVIII, Issue 2, 2 July 1879, Page 2

THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

It has not yet transpired who are to fill the Ministerial vacancies created by the resignations of Messrs. Stout and Ballance. We are . assured, however, on apparently good authority, that the Premier has definitely decided not to offer tbe vacant portfolios to any Auckland member, but if possible to obtain new colleagues from the ranks of the Southern representatives. Various names have been mentioned as tho«e of -coming Ministers, the most prominent being that of Mr. Moorhouse. As, however, that gentleman has been always understood to be a Haunch Oppositionist, it U difficult to believe tßatie would entertain the offer which is rumored to have been made to him, of a seat in the present Cabinet as AttorneyGeneral, unless for some special reason which does not appear on the surface. It is possible that tbe report may have arisen merely from the fact that Mr. Moorhouse was . seen yesterday in close confabulation with three different members of the Government — a conjunction quite sufficient during a Ministerial crisis'^) give rise to the rumor. Time, however, wiD show whether it be well founded or ngfc^ It Is. saldthat the Premier sought the advice of Sir William Fitzherbert, who was closeted with him fcp a long time yesterday afternoon, and it is whispered that the decision not to appoint any Auckland member was one result of the advice readily given by Sir William at the Premier's request. It is stated also that the Hon. Mr. Macandrew went out to the Hutt to consult Sir William Fitzherbert on bis own position and that of some of his colleagues in the Ministerial difficulty which had arisen, the result of the interview being that Mr Macandrew will not resign at present, and that no further resignations— unforeseen contingencies excepted — are likely to occur beiore the meeting of Parliament.