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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4807, 18 August 1876, Page 2

By the late hour at which the affair occurred, we are precluded from noticing at length the scene in the House last night. But wa can put the point clearly, if not lengthily. Sir Julius- Vogel said that he had aV times felt almost ashamed of being a member of the House this session. Of course, the Opposition, made a point of this ; but how often have members of the Opposition insulted the House by stating plainly that it did not represent the country, but was in itself corrupt? The Ministry and the House, very properly, treated: these assertions with contempt. But suddenly, when the Premier used an expression, quite justified by the proceedings of the evening, and nothing like the aspersions upon the honor of Parliament which two members of the Opposition have certainly indulged in, the Opposition, represented by Sir George Grey and Messrs Bees and Stout, rose in indignation, and objected to language mild compared to that which they had previously used. Satan has reproved sin. In this connection, it may be mentioned that we did not report Mr -Bees’ gross charges against the Government and the Canterbury , jnembers, believing that those charges, at the time they were made,' were so unworthy as to be undeserving of belief.