PARLIAMENTARY.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3631, 16 August 1880, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

This Day's Sitting

(Pee Pbess Association.)

Wellington, This day. The House met at eleven o'clock. A Tributd to Departed Worth.

After prayers Mr Hall said the hon. gentlemen no doubt were aware that since they had met on the last occasion death had removed from their midst one of their number in the person of the member for

Kakaia, Mr Ireland. He felt himself in many respects incompetent to do his many virtues justice on that occasion. They all knew th<> quiet, unassuming, conscientious manner in which he did his duty. The Government understood it was the desire of his friends that his remains should be interred amongst them, and under the peculiar circumstances of the case the Govex'nment thought it would be giving effect to the wishes of the House as well as to the wishes of the country at large by facilitating their desire to the best of their ability. They therefore had made arragements for the remains to be forwarded by the Government steamer to Lytlelton from whence they would be conveyed by rail to the- part of the country to which the deceased belonged. The remains would leave the lodgings occupied by deceased at 2 o'clock so that alter the embarkation the steamer might take its departure at. 2.30. To enable the hon. gentlemen to pay a last tribute to the memory of deceased he would move the adjournment of the House till 730 p m. Mr Macandrew seconded the motion for adjournment in a few remarks complimentary to the character and conduct of deceased.

Sir George Grey said that members on his side of the House felt very grateful to the Government-for the prompt arrangements for giving effect to the wishes of deceased's friends. He quite agreed in what had fallen from the lion. Premier with regard to deceased. The circumstances of his death were such as to inspire them with feelings of utmost respect for his memory, His career had been brought to a close while he was engaged in the public duties of his country, and in the legislature of his country. His name would be beld in remembrance as a good man, a man who had always done bis duty conscienciously and well.

Mr J. C. Brown also made a few remarks in praise of deceased. TVlr Fulton said he was au intimate friend of deceased and spolte of the high esteem in which he was held amongst the constituents whom he replanted. They had elected him not for his peculiar talents or abilities but because he was an honest, upright man, a man who never did anything against his convictions. They had taken him from his claim as a working miner and paid the expenses of his election. He was a man who was conscientious to a fault, and in th^t House he had gained the respect of everyone with whom he was brought into contact. He was an honor to the constituency by whom he was elected, he was an honor to the Bouse, and an honor to all those who were privileged like himself to call him their friend. He felt he could not say less, and it was not for him to say more.

The motion was then put. and carried without dissent, and the House adjourned. .