PARLIAMENTARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 148, 26 June 1869, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

Tlie Wellington correspondent of the Hokitika Daily JVetos writes as follows: — : Most of the new members have taken their seats, but there does not seem to he any bright political star among lhem. Creighton can hardly be looked upon as a new member, as he was formerly in the liouse for a northern constituency. Yogel displays on ali possible occasions that vindictiveness to his opponents, and indulges in those gross personalities which seem to be perfectly natural to him, but even h<i occasionally gets sat upon. The honorable and aboriginal members have already commenced to snore the happy hours away in their snug corner under the Strangers gallery, but have up to the present time forborne to address any other vocal sounds to the Hous* 1 . Really it is something past a joke to s c thpss illustrious Rangitiras voting on questions, the merits of which they are utterly unable to comprehend, more especially when the vote of any one of them might turn the scale in close voting, and might entail all kinds of evils upon the whole colony. The Wellington Independent has entirely altered its tone towards the Government, and the reason I believe to be this: — Some time since the Editor was despatched to the seat of war on the West Coast, and a few days experience served to show him that a great deal of the abuse which had been lavished upon the Government had been written under a misapprehension of the real state of affairs, and the paper freely confesses that things could not be managed better under the circumstances