HOUSE OF REPRESENTAIVES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5555, 9 December 1879, Page 3

HOUS E OF REPRESENTAIVES.

Monday, £ [December. ,9. The House'inet at'7.3o pVrbr .>r V % ,',IH% AaENT-GENEBAL. ; !j; ; j _MiTHifllop.gaye notice to moye , that it" is incompatible with the '. office .of AgentGeneral for the; cqlonyfor him to .take any part inpjinperial. politics. ., . . . . . : , • , „ ; . NEWSPAPER TELEGRAMS. In reply 1 tbl-Mr M'Lean, Mi" Hall stated that pending^ definite, arrangements, being, made with certain newspapers respecting a special- wire, arrangements had beenmade for enabling the; papers, toyo.btain telegraphic information. ATTITUDE OF BEWI. Replying to a question put by Mr Kelly, Mr Bryce said his attention ';had) been directed to, a letter which had appeared in> the newspapers to the. effect that Rewi had. joined'tne King party. He did not believe there was any truth in the statement. A request had been received from Rewi some time ago that a carriage should be placed at his disposal, as he was going to the King country and he had met with an accident. That request was complied with, and the Government had no I'eason whatever to believe that Rewi was in anyway displeased with the Government. The I lett'er\ in I 'question had been received by one of the Maori members, not from Rewi, but from' 1 a friend of his. 1 The letter had been -left in that Maori member's office, and in that way it had been got hold of by the newspapers. The member himself 'had -not ''given- the letter to the newspapers. Major Te Wheoro said that he was the member referred to. The letter stated that displeased '■with' the Government and that he would not return to the European " side,' and ' that those, chiefs who had ,)jeen instrumental in turning out Sir George Grey from the Government must be left to carry on the. governrhent; of ' the. country. Those were' the cpntents'of the letter, but he did not . know how they got into the newspapers. ..-THBALOAN AGENCY. In ieplyiAto "Mr Gisborne, Mr Hall stated— that Sir- P. Julyan had retired from the loan agency 'on a pension, and there was no truth in the statement which had' appeared fin the newspapers to the effect --that 'a difference of opinion; liad" arisen him . and the Government ;| occajioningjKisjretijement. sW< ._.. i: _ ... BUSINESS OF THE . SESSION. Replying to Mr'Macaridrew, 1 Mr Hall Baid"tEat~he~wbuld state on the following" day what business was to *be< "dropped so aB to bring the session-to a close within thet "next few day s. f '■■'''- ' J • ; . .-, Mr Macandrew > suggested- for the consideration! Jof - the ::Government that the business so dropped should - : be -taken up next sesaion, rboth, public and private, as it stood noj£ on the,x>r.der paper. A ; .;-EEVlsi6n' op the statutes.

Mr Hall moved" the second reading of theftßevision.of Statutes Bill.

Mr Stewart called the attention of the

Government to the importance of making Hpecuniaiy provision. for the publication of the Jurist. The bill was read a second time.

THE "WEST &ASV NATIVE DIFFICULTY. The adjourned' debate on : the Confiscated Lands Inquiry and Maori Prisoners Bili'wal'r^sum^d. . ... :,' . . ' Mr'Turnbull^ opposed, the frill .and spoke in strong terms against the Maori-prisoners

being kept in prison for such a length of time without being brought to trial.. , .> Majoi\Te Wheoro also objected to -the and' stated that if it were passed the Maori prisoners 'might* be' 1 kept in^custody witjbjmt teing brought, to. trial for years. They" had- been already in prison for a period of} six months, and after all it might turn out that they were in the right. / ■;.'••■ • ; ;.i":i =- ; Captain. Morris. supportedthebill. -- ; Tainui opposed Me bill, and argued that the : prisoners should be brought to trial at once. ■ • : Mr Sutto.n spoke in .support of the bill. Sir George Grey said the measure was one calculated. to, shake the confidence of the native race in the justice of our Courts of,Eaw. *h .' J '-..." .-. v • '"; : • • Mr J. B,,jFisher contended, that the men now Ijrmg iri 1 prison had done nothing to render them amenable 'to the criminal law,; as ihey" had simply asserted a fancied righ"l?/ x "'"'"' - : •'" Mi' r/ 3eddon „, supported - . the . sec^d reading.'.'..' ,*". '"^\. '". 1 ' ' '.' .'■. ■■ ,'-. v Mr'Sheehanalsd" supported the second reading,- remarking that if the Hpuse. refused to pass the. bill and. allowed the natives tp return to i?arsaka a native 'disturbance was imminent. (jrer'tain...mist'akes in the bill ,: could ,>e... .remedied in comnxittee. He "considered that "the policy indicated by the bill was the policy of the late;i. Government, and one; which was, absolutely necessary,- if they desired to prevent a.natiyeiwar. . Mr Hialpj). oßposed the bill. MrSryce said that it was the' opinion of-the (apver>meiifc';; that it wduld be a mftat.iiClaugerou^;' tiling Jto ' "relb'ase th§ prisoners tinder • existing, circumstances.; The late Grb^erhnietit' 'had held a ; similar opinion.

The motion for the second reading was ftKon-feuß and Wll v ardi\'i'9ioli l it swas oarried 4 -By H^a|kinst l 4 The bill haying been read a second time } tho motion for considering it in cbn|mittee waS'cattied on the voices. v At midnight, when our"- message was despatched, the Hose was still sitting.