The Poverty Bay Herald. AND East Coast News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1879.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 856, 6 August 1879, Page 2

The Poverty Bay Herald. AND East Coast News Letter. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1879.

The condition of affairs at Wellington, up to half-past two o'clock this morning, may be briefly stated. The Parliament, by a very large majority, insists that the Premier shall name a day — some particular day — when writs shall be issued for a new election. Sir George Grey will make no such promises. The time when a new election is to be made, says the Premier, rested with the Government. Then Mr Stewart mo ved — "That a respectful address be presented to His Excellency the Governor, stating that this House is of opinion that wi'its for a new Parliament be issued within two days afyer a dissolution." This motion was opposed by- Government members, but was carried by a majority of 43 as against 28. Still the Premier is stubborn and refuses to give in. It would almost appear as if Sir George Grey was inviting Parliament to exclude him through the means of the Sergeant-at-Arms. If the Premier refuses to bow to the authority of the majority, the Governor will have to exercise the powers vested in him without consulting his Ministers, and Sir George Grey will have to be removed from the Ministry by a viceregal mandate. Sir George will not be permitted to delay the election of a new Parliament, nor will he be allowed to make new appointments, nor cancel old ones, he will not be permitted to enter into fresh contracts, nor play with the public moneys in any way. Stump speeches will no longer be listened to in Parliament, and maudlin addresses and philippics against estate holders, have now lost their force, if indeed, they ever possessed any.