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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 167, 9 November 1881, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

[From our cWn Cenespbha^utJ (By Telegraph ) „, Tu-.-sday nis-ht las seventh Parliament o*. New Z-_hmd uo longer exists. J. 5 v.as dissolved by Pro clamation at three o'clock tbis afternoon. It was not until thrn that th-j Governor consented to Hj»c it, tithough it is understood to hav e been in Lis bands since yfaten _y mornin?, when, as I ttlf-eraohed last ntehc the Premier and !■-,. EXcellency had an i.i'.ervi-w winch is known to tave been long aea rumored to hay m ; cv atoithA the new wnt-j^iii oe is>u/rd i_ possible hire tonight, t-uit.i».si s .oi|Oiiul f ewing to tiie late hour i.. ftuiun ins dissoluiion was signed If n n t7!7*7' V* t V iis 3 wi , v l!c '** be !«ued until ILarsaay (loth), and the dam of the eleciion WU depenu 9" tbe day of issue, iv any ca^e Wrr, l 0 the polling day. Therefore, if the writs get out to-night the nobing day all over the colony will be lbs Bth December, if not out tiil Thursday,, tl,eu the ooJllug day -will be the 10th. , t, will rest with lhe dii cretion of the Heturuiog Officers withia certain prescribed limits to fix the day of uounaation. From the fact, of the dissolution proslanvuioa haviog at last been su-m-d it may ba ;?.kfn for granted 'hat ih^p j 3 , J0 or^.r any prospect of a Mi. Uterial crisis OAi-.g to the action or the Governor j no Ift-iiament how being in existence, he could ■o.replaco his present advisers until tbe rjevv Larlument -vns c lqote,b h* wbfcii time it is co- « :e:i»!y ho'_a that the present niiiveaiUicuby will have been finally and peaceably s-.tiieJ. Tha telegrams from Mr l-Jrjce tc-Jay have been brief, but important, ne ra,-orts tbe seizura cf 220 stand of e-ms a-.d ammunition.. Tbis cbowh the wisdom of haviog an l o»er*_el:'niD_ force ou the ground before caning any move, as with that eupply ot arms the natives might bate mad* a -erv trouolesome resistance and caused much bloodied before being finally quelled. As it was all pogsibility of resistance was qreocced from tbe outset, it j s hoped the native viators will depart to. their homes without need's ? to be forcibly ejected. It is rumorea tnat tho Waikatos, who form the largest ponion, will most likely be conveyed north. The W&nganui's will probably be escorted overland by a strong armed deUchmeat issthiug appears to have been decided as to the trial of the prisoners, but, as stated last night, ifc is expected tbat Te Whiti and Tchu will b. formally brought up 3 fc the New Plymouth lolice Court on a charge of sedition aDd committed for trial, the place of trial to be subsequently fixed. Hiroki'a destination also ia still unsettled. The Hinetnoa goes to Opunake to-righ' with stores f-.r tne front bhe returns to Wcllim-tni to morrow brin»-ingMrl{-..l!ts;ou. Mr 11 ,11 pr..hably goe--•-oi.'h th-; week or the begin-jin^ of next to Hddress bis con3:ir.uefit s . Mr iM'e^on tele-k-rapas a<u t-vb »rjjail par-ies of strange ■w-tivft" nave loft Piriljaku for their homes. U\u ia : '.p;.aren*ly tee b^giining of tho cut. Ins trausi?. of Mercury over the sua wa*« seen very well to-day, the v.-tatber beicg ex ceediogly five. T-ie Governmant observers courteously favour me wi h some interesting notes of the ph-nomecoa. H,- ssv 8 he obtain- d a good observation of tbn transit. not-.\uh3taii<liu_ l-hfl ivaai of « df finitinn,"' OA'infef to the moisture still remain-ug in the air after yesterday's rain. There waa a spot on the due of ihe Run nearly in the centre ur.d as Mjrcury parsed this spot tha contract of tha intense blackness of the placet's disc with the browcish l-'each of the sun spots wai very striking. Mercury was not visible to the naked eye, for, though the diameter ia nearly 3000 inches, the apparent B'za was very small. There was no •' peg top " shape of the planet owing to the " boiling" of the son's edge a? there would have been hid the atmosphere been clear.