PARLIAMENTARY INCIDENTS.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 967, 1 August 1877, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY INCIDENTS.

[imOJl THE COEBKSPOJfDBNT OF THE PRESS.J Welmitg-ton, Jnly 31. There is no truth in the rumow that Mr Stafford has been offered ihs> appointment of Agcnt-G-encral on the ieiitunation of Sir Julius Vogcl's Uw«s but there is a strong inclination members to oppose any ennof Sir J. Vogel's services after ] sesame?. Mr Stout to-day presented another petition from Mr Smythies. Mr Bowen presented a petition papaying that the Scriptures should be read in public schools. Mr Rccs gave np&so© of bis intention to move far % Commission, conp£ nearly all the lawyers in the House, to. consider- during the recess a codification of the laws and tho jurisdiction and practice of the various Courts, with a view to assimilating tlioui to the English Acts. Sir George Grey i.-; (o intvettaee ;i Bill giving manhood suffrage. 'Xim will probably bring Mr YVhitaker's IBiil into the House sooner than w«?jnwmled. Mr has written an able reply to the vast, on him by the commissioners on ihe Auckland railways, whose report the Government withheld. T understand that its production will bo moved for at an early date. _ Great interest is taken regarding the Financial Statement which is to be delivered this evening. Major Atkinson has been working very hard, and looks thoroughly erdwasted.