[The follmoing appeared in ow edition of Saturday last: —] Dunedin, Friday, 8.30 p.nw , Bastings' speech in opening was very weak, and Reid was extremely sarcastic. -Eish and; Stout made the best speeches in the" debate. Turnbull, being greatly taunted, attacked Ba.Bt.ings sfcronf:'y._ Ho '"TiTffP'l h.ixn with, over-riding the votes of the Council, favuring the Tuapeka district, and making discreditable appointments without the sanction of the Exe cutive. Tolmie, Daniel, and Ireland said they intended to vote for the "motion, if Bastings'' explanation proved satisfactory. Bastings replied in a strong speech, and em phatically denied spending moneys on the- Tuapeka road beyond what the Executive - sanctioned. He charged Turnbu-1 with utteriy.- neglect-ing the public business, and accused him of making false statements about him.-. (Bastings) analysing the railway tenders be fore they were sent to the Executive. .- -,-, '■-." Here a scene ensued. ' -! - *" Bastings apologised, and' withdrew the ex~- pression. " Turnbull withdrew his statement, and ex-. pressed regret at having made it. Bastings continued to say that he had three .times offered to resign, but it had not been ." accepted. Said i hat he himself proposed post poning the light rnilway tenders, because the.- price was too high.' He charged Webster and* Turnbull with sanctioning the road vote of"" - - £2,400, to Oamaru when the engineer certified that £-1500 was sufficient. i At 2.20 this morning the division was: 1 taken, with the result as known." The large ness of the majority surprised.the Govern ment, who thought it would be very close! The'following is the division on the "want of." confidence mot'on : '■ • ■ Ayes—l 7: Bastings, Brown, Browne, Clark, , Clarke, de Lautour, Eish, Green, Hazlett, j Ireland, -M'Dermid, M'Glashan, M'Kenzie, ! Oliver, Reeves, Sumpter, Turton. , Noes—24: Allan, Daniel, Davie, Haggitfc,. i Henderson, Kinross, Lumsden, Menzies, Mol->: I lison, Mackellar, M'Lean, M'A'eil, Reid, Rey nolds, Roberts, Rogers, Shand, Stout, Tesche- I maker, Tolmie, Turnbull, Webster, Wilson. ; Wood. : ! The revelation of the secrets of the prison-- 1 house affected several votes. ]' The only- business to-day is that Eish has. given notice of the appointment of a Commit tee to enquire into the finances of the "Pro-' ivince. '-.-", ■ The Council agreed to give effect to the recommendation of the Superintendent re the establishment of a Branch Lunatic and Ine-. briate Asylum. 