WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 899, 1 October 1866, Page 4

WELLINGTON.

Bt the s.s. Bangatira, which, arrived yesterday ill the Manukau, at 9 a.m., we have one day's later papers from Wellington, and from VY anganui to the 26th inst. The Kuahine, due on the 21st, had still, up to the 25th, not arrived in Wellington, delayed, no doubt, by the strong head winds which will always be met "with in making a course direct from Panama to Coolc s Straits. It is scarcely* likely she can have been delayed bv a want of coal at Panama, as, before the boats ever commenced running, a twelvemonths' supply of coal had been stored up by the Company. Mr. Burns, one of the Otago members, had a notice on the Order Paper, which was to have been discussed in the House on the 25th inst., but which, at the request of the Postmaster-General, was postponed until the 26tb, in which he intended to propose the removal of the ports of call and departure of the Panama steamers to Auckland and Otago respectively. Sir George Grey has not started for Wanganui, though it is said his departure may be expected at any moment. In the Assembly nothing of importance has token place. The House met on Monday, and Mr. FitzGerald proposed a series of resolutions relative to the employment of the Imperial troops in the colony. After some discussion, the previous question was' agreed to, and the resolutions were not put to the House. Discussions also took place on the claims of the colony on the Imperial Government, on the Panama service, as "above alluded to; on the Post-office Act Amendment Act, the Distillation Ordinance, and also on Provincial Appropriations, when certain resolutions proposed by Mr. Vogel were negatived. "As the session"draws to a close," says the Independent, " the members of the House seem to grow more and more apathetic. Party fights no longer occur. The Government appears to have more and more its own way, leading tha House, instead of following in its wake, as at the beginning of the session." Mr. Newman, the first of our Auckland members to leave Wellington, arrived in Auckland by the Egmont last week. The London correspondent of the Wellington Independent says:—"The colonists (including the Governor) will, no doubt, be glad to hear that they have got an exchange for Mr. Cardwell, and that the. new Colonial Secretary, Lord Carnarvon, is likely to be more mild and less exacting than his "pound of flesh" predecessor. Lord Carnarvon, whose family name is Herbert, is a nobleman who enjoys the reputation of being a philanthropist in a good sense of that term. He has shown a good deal ;of interest in reclaiming the ' Arabs' of our streets, and I have no doubt he is a kind and humane man. I should not wonder at his showing some sympathy for the Maoris ; but he is not one of the Exeter Hall men—influenced by a vague or morbid sentiment in favor of the ' noble savage,' and altogether, from what I hear, I think you will find him more considerate than Mr. Cardwell. The new Government are now in harness, and I think they are likely to retain joffice for a twelvemonth at least. The public are quite willing to give them a chance, and. I think the only point on which they will fail will be that of lieform—the fatal rock upon which the late Ministry made shipwreck. Lord Stanley, at tbe head of the Foreign Office, is a guarantee that we shall not be drawn into any entangling alliances on the Continent, or allowed to drift into war. The Session is now nearly over, and there is nothing before the House, but the ordinary business—chiefly private bills. The New Zealand question (if tliere be one) has. not come on for discussion this year. In fact, I suppose the only ' question' properly so called, that now remains for discussion between the Imperial and Colonial Government is a purely financial one—namely, how much is the colony indebted for troops, and how and when arc the liabilities to be paid. But this is a question wliifth will keep very well until next session, and I thmk it will be well for the colony if IUo should be finally considered and determined by a Tory rather than a Liberal Government; for Mr. Gladstone's leading virtue is that he is a rigid economist, and would drive a hard bargain with the colony, 'as a matter of principle, and on the grounds of justice to the British taxpayer.' _ So the colonists may think themselves lucky in having escaped from the hands of Messrs. Gladstone, Cardwell and Co. for the present."