SCENE IN THE HOUSE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 28 August 1880, Page 2

SCENE IN THE HOUSE.

(BY telegraph.)

(from our own correspondent. ) Wellington, August 28.

A scene occurred in the House shortly after 4 o'clock this morning, which beggars description and which is forutnately of rare occurrence. At that hour a motion for reporting progress was moved by Sir George Grey, but negatived, several similar motions having previously met the same fate. When Sir George Grey moved the motion it was put by the Chairman of Comniittee, and declared negatived on the voices. Sir George Grey called for a division, but having paired he left the chamber, having first requested Mr. Pyke to watch the proceedings. When the division was over, Mr. Pyke informed Mr. Kelly, who had relieved Mr. Seymour as Chairman of Committee, that Mr. Seddon had not voted. Mr. Kelly asked Mr. Seddon how he had voted. Mr. Seddon replied that he voted against Mr. Pyke, upop v,'high the (Chairman re? corded Mr. peddon's vote with the noes. Mr. Pyke insisted that Mr. Seddon had not voted. The Chairman called him to order, but Mr. Pyke would not be put down, and emphatically contradicted the Chairman and defied his ruling. The Chairman felt uncomfortable, and unable to grapple with .the situation, and Mr. Seymour took the Speaker's chair. He at once ordered Mr. Pyke to leave the House, which he did after making a most profound s?jalam. He next appeared in the Press Gallery, which is visible to everybody but the Speaker. Here he gesticulated in a manner that would have been most amusing under other circumstances and in any other place. Mr. Andrews oalled the attention of the Speaker to the fact, and the Ser-geant-at-Arms proceeded to the gallery and arrested the offender. Mr. Pyke was released on parole, and will be brought up before the bar of the House at 7.30 p.m. to-day, charged ' with a breach of privilege. Regret is universal that such an unseemly and ull to ward display should have Occurred. It is probable that Mr. Pyke will be fined, but not heavily. No doubt every allowance will be made for his excitability of temperament. • '

I^ater.

Mr. Pyke will probably apologise and get off. Everybody expresses a desire to deal leniently witd him.