At the evening sitting, on the House re sumiDg, Mr Sheehan obtained permission to make a statement re the telegrams referred to in the debate of the previous evening. He said he had heard the contents of a private telegram he sent outside the House, and found it had been, copied from the batch of telegrams laid on the table by the Premier, and theu withdrawn on the previous after noon. He had with him his telegrani.copy book, and he found it was a private message he had forwarded. He intended to take legal proceedings against the Premier, al though it appeared he would first have to proceed against some officer of the depart ment, and he took this opportunity of warning those who had been discussing the messages outside the House. Mr Hutchison said he presumed the Premier, if he gava instructions, will be the responsible person. The Premier said he was responsible only for the orders he gave. Mr Wake&eld thought tho hon. member had no right to BMike such a statement as he had, opening up the whole subject again after it had been referred to committee.
