POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Otago Witness, Issue 1355, 17 November 1877, Page 10

POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.

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' \ Wellington; ; Nov^bpr M. V. " ". • MrSheehan received a telegram thisaftemook' • from Major Tewheoro of AJexandra^Waikato, ' ,to the eSect that the Maori King-hasWrucfced all thenativesqf ,hk WSSHSSS " > dra«iid otter, districts, to prepare .fcoJMeetat Kopua^,an^th a > I tHe I Mapris^.aJe;4o:,take,pro o ywiongto thatpla^eKyiejyof the.- ( meetdng ,0 , , Sir George Grey, A nd the Maori- Kingis await f- v ,mg Sir George as to when he will be able to •< r „.,„,,. - ...-„ j!O1.-j !01 .-: lJ&utj . v/ ; ' |Ihe Speaker^ ruliiig lastjnighfc wasilboked'' 1 , for, with .considerable interest As.hetoofchis - 1 seat a messenger, placed apile .'ot' books dn/thec-i ■ d J 3 £i^? r6^him,*and when ihehaU'iJjaiXd all tHat waa,to : be said- ; he/.ga.vei:hia,decision.'itiTHe i i.; Went.tbrpugb.aE thg prfcedftntsofr the : author-^ W? w l mc % h » d been quoted one,by,one,:shbw«3<' OTg the application and effect of jeacby anHa*!--PJ>"it after, point .was decided r in favour* ofi*Mtf ' "J^tkmson's -motion," the leader, of theiOpp'6-'" sition left u of£ = gnawjngiMs,. JoearcUahd /looked; happy, while Mr Ormond rubbed his. t hands and, exclaimed audibly,^ It's (alKrightvX The, (Ministerial,. side,,did -not look, contented,, c bufc ii*°r those whp c knew Jbe^SpeakerJwell .'there-,,* waa,,, something m ( jhis.,maiiner ! iof.T4 < ,mdrd : ;vto)ri: c<>me.f-.,After f gotoß> through: aUithejcletaibj'ihd^ -recapitulated, J the,ppin,tatonMhich^he i rule^.tKalrd4 Major Atkinson could niake~his;motipn<;Qri offiS 1 first Order^of ;tb.e,.BtayrbQing.cailed;on.jiiXhere iWas ? then ; agbrieflpause^fQllbwed^byvaa eml 1 •PUaWs/ftPut/'.and^uiia^mpmentjthe (hopes' ofv t ae. rj QEp.9aitionvwere.ci^he^:jby/Sir t^®lliam!4o pointing, out that,the fijst Order* fl f the Day d was?o« to go, into,,commjttee,Jand'Jbhatttheymom&fevT" this was called on he was' bound "to leave.th&-< J chair without putting- any—question. There were roars of laugbjter.-from^tb.e^.Goverrßiieii^ side, Major AtkinsorC being ntnus disappointed and really, foiled fby his own over; cieyernfesa jff-, havirigjinaae hi ?i mption contingent on;shp-,firet--v» Order,, of Jfo&.liay. jHis.follqwers^ookgdlex-^ *■> ceedingly dissrusted/and he himself very^jacki", ■ |3^o attempt.was/made.tp^ofestructitihe. lusmdg. t ßill in committee,-and '^ lop cf clauses ,were>gQt:,i!' $hrdugh.M „. - - ; -;; _, ' '£;:;,- - „^ 5l ai] ;-, „ a |Mr.Trave» motion of. censure qn.thft.Goyernki.'. inent , for; unconstitutional , and^ impijoper^cori-i , -; 'duct, in theprivilege mat^causeSjaome tajkji^. a good many; pepple regardjng t ir[ l aSiintende"df t to^,xr force Ministers to resign, .and spiforestall'Major.^: Atkinson's,, jnojbion, wjiich*; no;w ; jcanft JpossiblyT come on-tM-W;e*dnesday.;p ,< ,s, s • ■ r;i;>J, j<._ r iThe latest jpke^is,', thatin,this,,motioijsME-., , players .'jtxayeraect ieverjything , he t said iinwhisW;' sjjeechjlast Monday, ,whenV;moying- the tSdop-^. ,tipn,of Jhe^riyileje Gommitte,eX report. -j JToy : one can make out .or'.underatand h^.condwct.u. > Hl3, motion is not likely,; to. be^carried.. , a Jtf is o. reported ithaji Sir George, Grey, has;^applied ,to ; " .the Governor' fo*r-ja,;dissolution, (and^that -B)isi£< Exeellencyrhaa taken .time to .consider- befdrei--» giving a reply. .' . \ ..j. '. ;.,: j<',i^-ii ie>.i 'Although Mr Travers s motion a will to^some^'i extent be made a. pafty;one, the=who}eof jMajor ,z Atkinson's folloVers are not* likely to .VQte',.fori<V ftj. '«,•,* ..'>• .V "• • , '«r':U.lO>t iT/, (Overtures .are said, to, -jhave,, been Jmade.-by, X several membera t ot the, Opposition, tdjflupjjortfHv the Ministry for, the. remainder, ior%.the! session."..if (Sir George prey would; promise.utojrejjre, at ... the close of it. These 1 terms ,<w,ere 4 £abso|utely; ; refused." ' ' .-.-i tr -n'j - ..i i ■ _ Wellington, ■NQvemb.erjl2th. -j } t -. 1 The --Times hints 'this< ! morning' at' a^cdm*-":" promise in. the way of a coalition MinistryofV'" imen-of moderate views, and dveriurWto'tKisr* effect have beenmade-ijr various '■ shaped" The s"*5 "* ! Opposition are -quite: willing to sacrifice ! AtkinV.- »'■ son aad "allifhiai'late^colleagues ifbnly' J Sir': ! r Gaorge'Grey will 'retire, bnfr'-th'e " Ministerial ■ i f supporters absolutely 'refuse to 'entertain' any^ such proposal. *■ , - •y^-Sx-a-*. Stafford his pVrsonal'foUowers w'ili'sup-''* porfr-any -Ministry wh'ich^ Sir ; G'edrge Grey is 1 - * ndt in, but the f Government side,are, perfectly' ; loyal. 1 •"- It issaiS Staff of d's' object', is Id "get;- a 5 . kind of provisional Ministry' ~of "mediocrities^ iri"! * for the recess, ■ so 'th afif he returns Ifrom *EngU '- : •land by nextsession-he'may'have'the'Premier- '*/, 'ship ope"n<tdhim.'' "•"■- ( V--' ';* ■<* - 1 ■'" , ' ' >{i Gisborne has promised Ministers not to v.ot'e' against thenrtf he" : doe§ not- vote fer them! '-'The' , , present 'Ministry- f flo "not 'intend 'to •interfere' 11 -" with i Sir Julius 1 Vogel" remaining'-^A'geht-" 1 ' General- - ■ ' r .; ■ • _-,'.';»> >.w.V Wellington, November 13th/ '• • There was an immense lot of 'talk" iast* night ,. A .over the privilege business. Major Atkinson,/ " A 'finding' that ; his' party, would jaot foHojw^Mr " yu Travers' in his yote of .censure, "was an'xipus to,, '[ shelve the-affair. The Governments ,oh tHe con-,. -„ traryj .wished.' to, bring ,on, Mr.TraYers's s ino ( tion,;, } i if possible, aiid'they' were .rather in' being beatenby;One in tw'ojdiyisions 6nT the.{ question of^adjournment. , They. though t^Sharp^., "was going'to , vote," with^ them, and, the, 'second. ',( \ timej Mr Lumsden. promised jto,'d6, so'i butf MrJ „. '.got, .him' not.to. do itl, There .^asj.ji 'rather a little between him. aad Mr S tout^,- > over ,the,maiier, ;ahd ( ','Mr 'Luinsden|a exphpa^,' ticjris'ohly'pTunged mm deeper in the mire.'*i3irV George, Grey, made an. admirable,spe.ech,}an<jl ao7 did Mr Stout.' . Altogether,, jjfie 'speaking* .vvas, "., of good quality. Mr Travers got ;j pitched jmto- s j ' very warmly, on all sides, and dcfen&ed^himseiff vigorously, but ,with no i great success? Uiti-r mately^ Mr Shriinski hit on the expedient of- , ' superseding the question for, -adjournment of the debate by moving ,the adjournment _of. the i House, and this wasj.finally .agj^ed.- to.« effect' is that thVwhble p/iwilege case' drops "forj .,. the session. * ' , "«, \ >}' '■'. r ( ," t "q MrSheehan is io make his, Native- Afairg,f )i Statement to-morrow, and,prpbabjy, the F^in^ri 3 r ,cial aad Public; ;Wprka S^me4tswjU?b|rni»4ef oulFnclay. „- ; > ,;,!-, , v ,«,,, „r .iL-u-'i »,L

Mr Stafford has given notice to ask the Goyernment whether the statement, published JjL^r Pl^ e r< i m "« own correspondents," that !t«u3m •** * he S lva Service have thrown difbcultiea in the way of Ministers obtaining »nforniation, have any foundation. Mr <*isbonie now avowedly supports the 1 Government, andone'drtwd others are wavering, dis^pafed with -Major Atkinson's' bad management and leadership. It i& now almost certain^ tnat r the Muu-try are safe for the session. . ! ***!?? •Pr!* inß , (m 's, no.confidence motion will. ne ,?:« come ,on unless Ministers know they can negative it,.when they may, give ifc a chance if il^fe^* 8 ifc - ,' Jt will ßfc a°d somewhere abonfL.No.i.l4 6n : the Order Paper to-morrow, •M' Hfeoertain riot ! to be reached during the afternoon. The whole of the afternoon has been spent over clause 98 of: the Waste .Landa /Bill, the nrstof-the Canterbury run clauses. The Govenmi eAfjwi3h|to lessen the term of lease by one-balf, andjincrease the minimum assessment &om>9a'tols l onsheep,,aud from 4s to 5a on cattle, but it ;fe 'evident 'that the Canterbury men have) * majority in favour of the Bill as it •merged from the Waste Lands Committee. The 9d was carried by 36 to 26.' Just before the dinner adjournment Mr J., AJ Brown" raised the'questi-m thaV several vJß^nsbsrß who. we're personally interested in" the Vtjueßtaon ;had voted, and he wanted the vote disallowecL . The adjournment interrupted the discussion on this point, but on the House resuming it was proceeded.with. '" Mr ! J.'Cv ßrown, named Mr Murray-Ayns-ley, MrKoUescon, Mr Biehardson, and others. On-r^dMmTay.Aynsley being called on, he demed-iaving any direct pecuniary interest in question,, He was not certain he would have any riterest in any run after 1880/ and the Bill on ly affected runs after that date. Messrs Eollestpn..Gisborne, *nd Eeid have spoken, expressing an Opinion that this being a question of public policyomembers are not der?*W from voting. The matter is undecided,'-^ oP''*''JM •>'.-.'. -'i^' 1 ! . ' • Wellington, November 14. The Canterbury run clauses .of. the Land Bill were warmly discussed last night, and strongly opposed by.gir.GeoiKfe Grey. . rThe matter was an open one with Ministers, however, and Mr JLiarnacn voted forthe 10 years, and the other Ministers against it. Mjr_ Sheehan was so poorly, he had to give, charge of the Bill to one of a»coUeagute^ahdto^ay"histhrbatwa3 so i bad, he could not make his Native Statement, rtS&£ l E£££g?tf SMSr^qg^ - TAe reat.of the-clStSes ofiEßFEanaTSill^d not .cause much discussion, untiliaiJaew clause proposed by Mr Delautonr, dealing with riparian rights, and in £ U^ r ti l? ? I $? r <<r t%t %* ai clauße - m •■Shepherd'B Goldfiel.4AAct.No. 2, ..of 1876, .was reached.' J-If '• W&! 1 ? ~*W * lo »B disdussion, and on a ™^°£??w» r6aa.a second time by a small SlKS^*' tS^'l*? 8 ?*?' ?* c °dd be ad.clea tothe tiW,Mr Keid, -who opposed it, by a majority of p^e^x*medxA-JiQoiion~for-»reporting-Mprogress;-■the appendiceßV~(fec, If ,wiU be considered tomorrow. Jli \ -v v" Sir -George Grey's answer to-day to Mr S'sORO-'sJqtiestion about Civil servants withS22& ? B&!S£*t ipn * waa-TOjy^Vnatjpand "fKW^Y^f P 3 .sunply that the statement refarredttdf was r not'made byluthorify of the Jjoi^imentk-aSeveral members of Opposi-' S2SsSi,tor* :be PP^^ to any .farther, party contest, but nolmuch reliance is placed on the statement, and'there is suspected to be ""^Sf ,Ppt JiP,. but- no oneknows exactly wh»£? J|umpur .W;it that ,Mr Stafford is to 1 np i^Zft*T ot l 4J^, son ag leader,' and will makeadrie mow attempt to unseat 'Sir vGeorse S'^iSW ?$&& procedure, however; Sir Georm^GUreywill'KoiaEiVseat. '- ' *,-t Stewtntaierilßailway-Bill ? 1 vexy vigorous opposition from a num - ber of Cantejbmr* >ud Southland members. It u« v^'SSK,? I™*™^1 ™*™^ to a select commUtee