VI JKLLLNOTCW, JUUB 2f. The House met at 2 30. p.m. SBBOBAKT'AT- ARMS. The formal business having been dis posed of. The Premier rose and said it would not ibe consistent with the dignity of Govern ment to go on frith the business while Sir Robert Stout's motion respecting the Sergeant-at-Arms was on the Ordei Paper. If the motion was carried by the House, it would be a rote of censure on the Government;, and he moved that all I other business be postponed till Sir Robert Stout's motion was called on. If Government had lost the confidence of the; country, all he could say was the sooner Sir Robert Stout and suitable colleagues took their places the better. In reply to Captain Russell, toe Speaker said the Premier had taken Sir Robert Stout's motion as a want-of-confi dence, and 16 was quite regular to take it before all other business. Sir Robert Stout then moved—" That a respectful add'ess be presented to the Governor, praying him to appoint some eligible person to the position of Sergeant* at Arms." In doing so he said the Premier had adopted his present attitude of set purpose, in order to compel him (Sir Robert) to deliver himself in opposi tion to the Ministry. He was not going to be influenced by a trick of that kind, and would proceed with his motion In order to assert the rights and privileges of the House. His motion was not one of want-of-confidence in the Government. He then proceeded to refer in detail to the procedure In regard to the appoint ment of officers of the House, and pointed out that Colonel Fraser had not been appointed by the Governor-in-Oouncil, presumably because it would be m direct violation of the Disqualification Act. He asked young members of the House to consider whether the law was to be broken for purely party purposes, f*»r if so, then all possibility of the purity of Parliament was at an md. This gentleman was to be appointed as Sergeant-afc-Arms, merely as a reward for his having stood aside to allow another Government supporter to be elected, and Sir Robert Stout asked whether the House would allow itself to be dragged through the mire in this manner. 