The final sitting of the House was pro* ductivo of much party bitterness. The only business taken after dinner yester day was the debate on the third reading of the Appropriation Bill. Several very disorderly scenes took place after mid night, and for upwards of an hour the proceedings were little more than a series of exchanges between Messrs It. Reeves, Scobie Mackenzie, and T. Mackenzie, in which unparliamentary words were re peatedly uttered and withdrawn. Mr Seddon restored the debate to something like order by making a vigorous defence of the Ministerial policy. 'AH thia oc curred on che motion that the Appropria tion Bill do now pass. After Sir J. Hall and Messrs Scobie Mackenzie, T. Mic kenzte, and Hark ness had spoken, the Premier made a long and spirited reply, declaring the determination of theGovern ment to bring forward their Electoral Bill and Land Bill next session in a more comprehensive form than ever the Bill was. At 5.30 a.m. the Appropriation Bill was put through its final stages. Both Houses met this morning, and the Legislative Council passed the Appro priation Bill, but not before the managers at the recent conferences had made an explanation to let the country know that the failure to agree upon a compromise as to the Electoral Bill and the Land Bill was entire!}* due to the determination of the Government to force innovations through as they stood, and not to assent to any mitigation of their provisions. Councillors wished to be distinctly un derstood, tint their reasons for refusing to accept these drastic changes were that they did not consider the country vrns fully aware of their meaning, and they wished to give the country time to con 3ider the proposals before putting them into effect. The business of the House was purely formal. Both Chambers have now ad journed till Tuesday, and Parliament will be prorogued by Gazette proclamation in the meantime.
