WELLINGTON GOSSIP.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 197, 9 August 1875, Page 2

WELLINGTON GOSSIP.

The;;. Auckland S/aVlhas a correspondent in Wekag^tawho appears to be a capital hand at picking up and retailing scraps of news. The following are a few extracts from his voluminous telegrams: — With regar^ to the Opposition tactics he says:^-No stone will be left unturned. Members will talk against time, obstruct every stage, and use all Parliamentary means to compel the Bills being sent to the country. Nature smiles on Centralism. — Till Sunday the weather for the whole week was delightful beyond all . precedent. There was not a single shower for six days. People say it shows that Providence is .smiling on the contemplated Constitutional changes. Others assert, in reply, that the delusive weather proceeds from the prince of the power of the air, who intends evil to. Zealand. The following are the names of the members who were present at the Government caucus : ' — Messrs Andrew, Atkinson, Ballance, Bluett, Bowen, Bradshaw, Brown, Bryce, Buckland, Carrington, Creighton, Cuthbertson^ Gibbs, Johnston, T. Kelly, W. Kelly, Luckie, May, M'GHllivray, M'Glashau, Sir D; M'Leati, Gr. Al'Lean, Meryyn, Munro, O'Conor, O'Neill, Ormbnd, C' •Parker, Gf. Bt S&rke-^ Pearce, Pyke, Reynolds, Richaftlson, Richmond, T;. ,L. Shepherd^ Stafford, Steward, Wakefieldj Wales, Webb, Williams, Wilson, Wood. Abolition orihe provinces mu st; come, and come speedily, nor is it, we believe, in the power of man to stay its coming; but we believe that there will be too much common.sense in the community to be lured by .thefphantasmagoria of beautiful [thing?,, made to surround abolition, so as to swallow this huge, undigested, arid indigestible scheme. Edward Wakefield again. ---Then followed the huge series of resolutions moved by Teddy Wakefield for , making some extraordinary deviation in the railway line throughout the province of Wellington. The scene presented in the House at the present . moment, of writing is a peculiar one ; Teddy, in a dreary monotonous tone, is piling mountains and filling valleys, and no one lending an ear. The House is twothirds empty, arid mosfc of those present appear to be asleep. There is Mr Stafford leaning back with one hand in his breeches-pocket, and the other under his head, looking at vacancy,* and thinking of I know not what— probably dreaming of the slippery places on which the feet of his proteges are standing. Away in a far corner, Auckland and Wellington are in conference, and Grey and Fitzherbert, with their heads close together, are brewing trouble. There below is Solleston in easy posture, poring over the latest Hansard. More lively, Bunny has joined his chief, and the conference becomes animated. There Carrington, half reclining with eyes closed, dreams pleasantly of the new harbor of -Taranaki. There is altogether an a.ir of repose throughout the chamber, while the unvarying cadences of the hon. member for Christchurch is as the soothing melody of falling water. Six times has he stated that he will not detain the House, but still it slumbers. Hark ! he has closed. He has actually sat? down., Mr Richardson rises, and his inability to see a good purpose to be served by the motion is greeted with " hear, hear," which sounds as a sigh of relief from bold and weary members. Now Mr Brandon rises— regrets the Government is not favorable, and Teddy is on his feet again in reply. Oh, the weariness !