The New Zealand Herald.

AUCKLAND, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1864.

srECTEinni agendo. " Give orery man tliine ear, but few thy voico: Take eacli mail's cenßuro, but reserve thy judgment. This abovo all, —To tliino ownself be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man."

Cox.si i)ioitAiii.E intercut was excited from the isiet of its becoming known during the foreiioon of yesterdav that tlio General Assembly had been summoned for an early date. Nccessaiy as it has now becomc that the Assembly should as early as possible be called together, wo cannot but regret that the actioii bf his Eiceljenc-y has been such as to rentier this step necessary at the present period of the year when action, not talk, should form the chief duty of the Government. If-there ever was a time when then Governor, the Ministry, and the people should so feel as to act as one to meet the comimj struqqle, it is now. lhe war is now r really commencing in earnest. Taranaki is fairly aroused. AVanganui is threatening, so also is Tauranga. In the North we have the almost certain prospect of having from two to three thousand men in arms against us ere many weeks are past; and in "Waikato we may look for another struggle for their conquered lands by the rebels under the leadership of "William Thompson, whose well-known treachery will lead him when words of peace arc foremost- in his mouth to be organising renewed attack. The unsubdued and revengeful tribes of the "Waikato may at any moment now find full employment for a very large number of our troops. The present cessation of hostilities has been one mcrclj r of preparation. Their crops fairly got in in the inaccessible parts of the interior, and the Natives arc again as able to take the field as ever, and will the more readily do so, having learned that England will shortly withdraw the main body of the troops, and seeing that in our Councils we are divided among ourselves —the Governor with the General —the Ministry and people with the Governor. "We regret wo say that at such a time a meeting of the .Assembly should have been a matter of necessity, and above all that it should have been rendered so by differences between the Governor and Ministers—differences not of opinion, but arising from the hr/'akinij of pledges on the part of his Excellency—the non-fulfilment-of which has already entailed great, and may entail still greater losses upon -the Colony. At a time like this it is most unfortunate that action, deep and decisive action, must be exchanged for the empty talk and meaningless debates which too often occupy the time of the Assembly and of the eountry to no purpose.

There is however no other remedy for the dead lock whichhisExeellency's manoeuvring lias brought about, and we are glad that the Ministry have allowed 110 further time to elapse,but have referred thequarrels between themselves and Sir George Grey to the Assembly. Constitutional Government in jSTcw Zealand is now put upon its mettle. Shall the will of the Assembly be trampled under loot. This is for the Assembly themselves to determine. The will cfthe Assembly .should he the will of the people, and we know clearly enough what the will of the people is in this matter. It is clearly that the Assembly shall say to the Imperial Government, so Jar you shall go in the interference with the internal government of this Colony, and no further; go beyond this point and we, the Assembly of JCew Zealand, will oppose such interference by every legal measure •in our power. The will of the colonists also is clearly this, that the policy of the Assembly, expressed in ISG3, shall be carried out inviolate. This duty which was entrusted to them, theMinistrv have carefully and jealously performed. To them their course was plainly laid down by the Assembly. They could not depart from it without betraying the Assembly which placed them in this position oftrust. To that Assembly they now appeal, and will it in return betray them. \\ r e think not. Much as the Southern members of the Assembly may differ on minor points of departmental management, they cannot but admit that the Ministry has faithfully carried out the duties imposed upon iliem. and, as in the case of the escape from the Ivawau, when all papers relating thereto are printed and laid before them, many a mystery will be cleared up,and dark treachery disclosed, that will place the Ministry in a high and proud position, not only with the Assembly, but with the Middle Island as well as the -Northern Island colonists.

it is, -\ve believe, intended that the coining session shall he held at "Wellington, and on or about the luthol'next month. The resolution of the House expressly stated that Christchurch should be the place of meeting ; but as arrangements are not complete for holding it there, and as Native matters wil] not permit: the Government to leave the Northern Island. 110 doubt AYellington lias been chosen as being the most convenient for all parties.