PARLIAMENTARY NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2310, 30 August 1881, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY NEWS.

[Br Tblbgbaph.] WELLINGTON, August 29. There has been a rumor about to-day that Mr Ormond is going to move a vote of want of confidence in the Ministry, in the hope of snatching a majority by the aid of the Nelson men. The “Evening Post,” this evening, gives publicity to the same rumor in another shape. It is merely a canard. Mr Ormond denies any knowledge of it, and says his only wish is to see the Representation Bill and the Estimates psssed, and Parliament prorogued as soon as possible. This evening, at halfpast seven, the “Amen" at tbe end of prayers was hardly cut of the Speaker's mouth, when Mr Pitt rose to move the adjournment of the House. Tho Speaker directed him to wait uclil the petitions, notices of motion, &s , were presented. At tho conclusion of these preliminaries, the Speaker rose and announced that after . areful consideration of tho Premier’s notice of motion for adopting the urgency Standing Order of the House of Commons, he had come to the conclusion that under the existing Standing O ders in the House of Representatives it would bo necessary for four days’ notice to be given of them, and for them to bo put in the presence of three-fourths of the whole House. The Premier intimated that he would give tho necessary notice after the subject had been considered by tho Standing Orders Committee. Mr Pitt then moved the adjournment of the House, and is now talking against time about Sir Julius Vogel’s letter, and anything else that comes uppermost. The general opinion is that the cloture resolutions having been placed on the Order paper, the Speaker will himself step in and put an end to tho “ stonewalling,” if it is persisted in for some days longer. Mr Pitt end most of tho other “ stouowallers ’’ gave notice of motion this evening of new clauses to bo added to the Representation Bill in committee. This looks as if they intended to let tho Bill come on again in committee, and fight it then on the now clauses. One cf the notices i f motion was that the Representation Bill should not come into operation until after the does* of tho next session of Parliament, the idea cr course being that the ncwly-ehcted Parliamanfc will bo in no harry to dissolve themselves, and will therefore repeal the Representation Act. Sir QvO. Q-rey, while ostensibly supporting the Re reservation Bill, is encouraging tho stonewall. The Govc-rnmeati hsve a 1 majority of 15 on the Bill,