PARLIAMENTARY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 936, 29 October 1879, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

[By Telegraph.]

[from our own correspondent.]

Wellington, This Day. The Legislative Council sat for an hour yesterday, but the business transacted was unimportant. The House of Representatives met at 2.30. The Report of the Christchurch Election Committee was brought up, unseating Sir George Grey, and giving the seat to Mr. Richardson. Considerable discussion ensued on a point raised by Mr. Tole, that oue member of the Committee had delayed giving his vote for two days, and thus been open to outside influence. Mr. Moorhouse explained that the question was not actually put until the final vote was received. Sir George Grey urged that he had been returned by a vote of 1350 persons, who would be practically disfranchised if the Committee's decision was given effect to. The question that the Committee's finding be sustained, was ultimately carried on the voices. The Clerk of Writs was then summoned, and ordered by the Speaker to erase Sir George Grey's name, and substitute that of Mr. Richardson. Mr. Richardson's attendance was then ordered by the Speaker, upon which Sir George Grey moved an adjournment of the House, but the motion was not allowed to be put. Sir George Grey then moved a point of order that it was the House and not the Speaker by whose order the substitution of one name for another should be made. The Speaker ruled that points of order raised by Sir George Grey could not be sustained. Mr. Richardson was then introduced and took his seat. A long debate took place on the question for the production of papers or correspondence relative to the four Auckland members going over to the Ministerial side. Mr. Hall laid a document on the table from the Under-Secretary, Mr. Cooper, stating that there was no such correspondence on record. Mr. Hamlin moved for the election of a committee to enquire into the sub-, jeefc. The question was debated until it was interrupted by dinner hour. On the House resuming Mr. Hill moved that the Speaker leave the chair to enable the House to go into a Committee of Supply. Mr. Macandrew stated that had the objeot of the no confidence motion that was carried against the late Ministry been given effect to by reconstructing the Ministry, there would have been a strong Government existing, and business would have been much more forward than it was. He also stated that had his no confidence motion been put at the time when he gave notice of it, he would have had a majority of six, but since then his party had been deserted by a lieutenant and several others, and so he would move that his motion of no confidence be struck off the order paper. The House then went into Committee of Supply, and passed the Imprest Supply Bill for £200,000. On resuming, the motion of Mr. Macandrew was called, and as he did not rise it lapsed. The Land Act Amendment Bill, including provision for Special Settlements, was read a second time. The rest of the sitting was occupied with first and second readings of the Bills.