WELLINGTON.

Evening Star, Issue 3920, 16 September 1875, Page 3

WELLINGTON.

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(From our own Correspondent. ) Wellington, September 16. According to the ' Tribune' the big caucuses have given way to little ones. Sir George Grey hnd a caucus to-day, an Auckland one, at which only Messrs Wood, uignan, and himself attended. Mr J. C. Brown also had a caucus, not numerously attended, hut twice as large i.s S.r George Grey's. The politics of their last convention may be considered to be of the deepest crimson, and the gentlemen holding them are nevertheless dissatisfied at the postponement of abolition. After allowing •he channel of escape for their overwrought feelings to be open they admit the necessity of accepting the situation and continuing their allegiance to the Government. Commenting on the situation the 'Post' says:—"Some provision will have to be introduced as to localisation of the land revenue. Let the new Larliament elected for the purpose devote itself to the task of building up new institutions to replace these, the Bweeping away of which has been decreed by the present Parliament. Any attempt to better the action of the new Parliament in this respect willprove abortive and injurious. No doubt Sir George Grey and some others of his party in agreeing to the present arrangement, cherish the hepe that the new Parliament will altogether repeal the act before it comes into operation, and will provide for the maintenance of Provincialism, but any such hope is simply absurd—the Act of Abolition onca on the statute book will never be repealed. The doom of Provincialism ia sealed, and the voice of the people will uphold the justio* of the sentence. The elections will prove this in the most unmistakeable manner. We trust even Sir G. Grey will prove open to conviction, and, instead of vainly endeavoring to bolster up an effete and useless system, he will devote his best energies, great experience, and undoubted ability to the task of framing new institutions better adapted to the present circumstances of the Colony than those now in the last year of their existenoe." Mr Stout is credited with a aaarp retort. The other day, in the course of debate, he was accusing the Government party, by its aileuce, of endeavoring to burke discussion, and was enlarging on the advantages of the effects of the contact of mind with "mind, when Mr Luckie threw in a remark contradictory to Mr Stout. Then this happened: Mr Stout: " Why I never heard the hon. member for Nelson si eak on this question." Mr Luckie : " f have spoken on it once." Mr Stout: "A certain animal mentioned in the Bible also spoke once." Mr Luckie then let Mr Stout alone. Mr Muiray also received a retort courteous most unexpectedly. The member for Bruce win making one of his slap-dash speeches, and accused Mr Wakefield of being reprimanded for misrepresenting his constituents. Mr Wakefield at once rose and said the member for Brace was making a very disingenuous state ment. That member knew perfectly well that the reprimand was for personal misconduct Mr Murray changed the subject.