PARLIAMENTARY.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3301, 21 July 1879, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

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Tlig Address in Reply.

'mfrk^Mrheik;^ GeVrgtf 'Grey Jfoocn, against whom an accusation Bad been made. The Government gave him a clone so, and was fully restorea To hig position^Sir W. Fox had accused him of being cold- blooded, but ho himself had used the mdst fedldlbloodld expressions in saying that a ievr young men r rkfifa -td ' wiU sir••- w. w miUont „ Mf Sheehan, he could say he had never Lseim a mat?lbP Ikinflir Wart, and had never seen a man who attended to the natives in the same-way that he had in endeavouring to secure justice for the native*"; ■' The 'G^erhraetit^ ibid^iatfted with Mr Sheehan. He infinitely surpassed hitaW disposition tthd^goodness of heart. Sir Wm. Fox had dogged him for years, but heiiad* never harmed him, and in every case where inquiry had been maae ■hii-.malignity M*l«»sed. . He had never written a wordfdfcainst him.—(Sir W. Fox: "What about the lemwsft MJ^m&nm'&mtyjmr George Grey: He had recognised the hon. gentleman*** iMHib&ihn conferring a title. The hon. gentleman had done an6tiii'nyfor 'the'p^ple^dffliiS'feoiotfy. «* r M, Hicks-Beach bad forgotten his duty to teWw^d^w^h^^oMrf, mwm his (Sir G. Grey!s) duty to.protest against Sir Michael Hickj^each,whM^Jl^ refused to lay on the taole. Sir win. Fox brsu^ht.(orwr^rdemotion on the subject,'and*now ne gloried in bis reward. He.had striven, for Triennial Parliaments represented by population, and other matters f but the member for-Waiiprflur, 'pfograAWe fdr^bW m%n ccOT 1# down life itielf.T^]f©rth 76je inftSnous coafiv '. tion thsji tjhe one,jbetwee]n SJr jy. Fox and Major Atkinson, had ever been son <fiction' never' ehtere'd ?tH(>' Hiuse. He condemned theconduotAofthe Judges in Mr Barton's lease, and said^it^Mif monstrous that the bill to limit thepQWeft of the Judges had^been rejected byjthef House. He was 1 determined to fiibt'«cT the last for the privileges of the- p«ople> of JSW, 3Zs?ilkjsfd['J^e MRWfa&kgrm!& ii "Souffi^fri^'infja simill^lSi^esifM: he was.cpnfidetft li'efshould,succeefl?Be lirffi: despite'Tth^opposltloh of tn'r re&fes» I sqiratters!. f:;>3The^ Jtci?y■%a'B;»ffl GFe^rfof' -■ . Grey." He had faithful friends who wooldnever desert himpafad .he Wa* ittreT the-peo'pre^ W >Newr .^ellitfa>{w<«ild"n«wr ; desert him. .fHe condemned] itht;#Ffijpr, ! immigration encouraged by the last QbWrnment,; asj.wroDg;^o^ the people of this colony. He did not fear the result of the present contesf:r™H;e"was~coiitent" tp trust to the people of the and, doubted if any constitu'»hcy inf^he rdolon/" would ever return Sir W. Fox. TEtfa question now for the people was whether they should graety! arid-now have or not have, those rights and privileges to which they, were entitled. Mtmmlon rose i next; and^¥afdUlie House had a right to expect something better from the Premier than an angry declamation,-'- M^appeil' :to 1 tHe gallery, jand barefaced assertions that certain {statements wefeiiStrrieV ''ffd'thought the House was insulted by the speech just jmade. The.Pjemier l^new i f t was openX© Lim at any^timfe JlasH ye^-^^lifclihfe people on the lands of Canterbury on deferred payment, of purchase.,.and vet he hrf^rilgl^ctedl toWrtyyktfytoSik misrepresentation than that made to the Canterbury _, i^ajes , qonld,,, ,opt r hay,e jeen mate! ' --Iffe «^hmdWK^ story of the loan as a gross attempt ;o mislead the colgqy. if was not a question of policy.!' Milvitefleilron^nen iealt with the conduct of native affairs, vhich he characterised as an entire meaa. ffe insisted that the' s^tem MWm i mtirely .wrong when men such as Wirema Eingi and Matakutea came jto be in Wellington gaol—a in^n^wfeadl*^ the lives of many Europeans. Mr Holieston , then, ..referred to Sir G, Grev'a «uirfew«& W,mlffi in New Zealand, and concluded with a peroration against the mal*adminiatr&tioh !)f the Ministry. BaOill)! iWlffsLM Moss said the speech of Sir W. Fox was one tissue of personalities^ ,fia rebutted the statements made in ¥efe^nee to the conduct of the natives at the great Maori meeting. Reference had beeiv made to the course tiiKe'n by the HovmP^ ijn reference to the Judges. He a«r|(ed Judg|sj^jdT|o|t}ijthgit|hffth|, §ad|that some one woufd" Have 'to"* suffer beFora t;hey were recalled ;t,o^ja frame of mind. He made a stirring appeal on behalf of ' fidence and respect of the country. jMr George jmove^"JMt,th e debate be adjourned-'*W^ch >wkW!Ji¥itet 12.35, a;nd the House then adjourned till Tuesday next.' ti'H^n.tO '-vaA \ ■