As soon, however, as the present Go ■j^rßw^^^nieli^^^ attaqked. JMfc Stevens moved in the House to refW t^flie PubfiS'Ayouits C&nfiifittf c the^ Vhdle -fjuestibS- bf f d6afiug K \vitli4-u-St K fi_ji4srwa^^^^4Mr: i:^,all)„B ioibtmnr The~ "committee di^jnot report; upon the matter durin^iia79;i.but lastj-ear "thpy recommended tliattrust funds -sbouhli |id invested in Gorerainent securities7©plyu| -The House Had m ot, as a matter^|;fai#| approved of the regoinmendatidii^KiitiyQiSjl Gpvei^»)6kj;;'ii|d 16 :• it| sm : I -.thus they had* ended'the System.; -whtch" Sir' 7' George G ( r,e^,sp r sti-ongly den«nnced,:;bu^ ,7of wlucli lie'tlidnot atterii'pt to get rid. ( ,"Ajd i 'ektraordinary-suirgestidn was made by f Sir^e6rge'*Grey;/irihia speech, at Govouutn-:; H€j! , f ,,: -tft'd*' o%lyAvay«,/he said,of atoppin^r; Gbverhrnent' patronage- to friends would* bi} to^ adopt tb.e jAi^erican.systeiii, whjch •give each Government a right of turning ; out presumedly; hostile officials, and'-ftlling .trieir places with -;, more. friendly dis- ~. •:p6sed, 'Tliaf.was a proposal, tq apply in •tlie worst way poSßiblelwhat was gtnerally,, admitted to .be the wprat feaiure of the • Ameripan system. This, taken with the inflammatory 'talk' lnduiged in7abbut the ' people ' being overridden by the -minority, andthe prophesying of ruin and,, misery, fprc'ed.the .convictioh/that much of Sir George* Grey's public speaking, had, its y origin-'in a: diseased imagination, or-a mere move, of feckless platform oratory.: .It. was constantly being asserted. tjia,t the' L last session was a .barren : one, | and that;' this largely due to the j Government havinlr brought down a flood of .^iis 4 ' , ib;ut;''w^ l a.''•ttrere , the 'facts? The n limber of "Government bills introduced | during, the, session v of 1880 was less than' Ithe average oi the last four years. , ', ln 1.77 there , were 67, suck bilk -, in IS7B, ,50; in 1879 (two session?), 72,; and in. 1880, 61. Tli3 Statute Book would prove that the session was far from barren, and: examination of Hansard would satisfy ; anybody that the session was prolonged and made dreary by. such things as the no-confidence, debate- — which, without ever' ha'vjng' a chaiice < of being' carried/ occupied a fourth of the whole session—, and by prolix talk upon matters of no ; pi-actical value. As to the resignation of - the late Native Minister, the story had beeu told by Mr Bryce himself, and there was nothing to be added. The other members of the -.-. 