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Otago Witness, Issue 559, 16 August 1862, Page 6

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(PKOSI SHE DAILY TIMES COKRESPONDEOT.) Wellington, 4th August, 1662. You have doubtless been so long without Wellington news, that now it reaches you, you may hi excused allowing me to give yon half-a-dozen " sensation " headings. What is one nun's meat is a: other man's poison, and while your correspondent is neaping dust on his head aud clothing hims-J.'f in sackcloth, because of the establishment vi tn almost purely Southern Ministry, your lenders will be ready to break forth into the exultant strains of a Tc Deum. The new MmL-t.-y is this morning reported to be formed, au.l consists of Messrs. Domett, Bell, Mantel!, and Gillies, who occupy respectively the posts of Colonial Secretary, Treasurer and Native Minister, Postmaster-General, and AttornoyGeucral. Medal".". Russell and James Williamson, of Auckland, are reported to have seats w ithout j office. Mr. Bell is to be relieved of Treasury duties as soou as possible ; and Mr. Gillies only holds ofßce until some one else can step into his' shoes, — he doing, what I said in my last J was sure he would do : not aiiow a Ministry to fall to the ground for want of an Attorney-Genera!. As Mr. Domett is trjing haid to get &ome one bold enough "to fueo the accounts," probably i there m-iybe an addition or change of some sort, ! Lefoie the House meets to-morrow — all which I trust to be able to add in a postscript, as the Wonga, not being in, will probably not sail rntil ro-morrow evening or Wednesday morning. But I must " hark back " to the date of my last i letto'-. When I sent away my last letter on the 26th July," via Lyttelton, neither 1 nor anyone else ■was prepared lor the occurrences that have taken Xilace, The resolution tabled by Ministers, with reference to the future responsibility of the Ministry on. Native affairs, was so closely identical with the resolution passed by the Ilotisu without a division last session, that it was deemed by many that the House could not possibly stultify itself by the rejection of the ministerial propos.il ; and as on all sides there was an evident disposition not to try to oust the Ministry, just yet at all events, it was generally supposed that the " previous question" would be moved by Mr, Fox's supporters, and so afford a loophole for retreat, if there was a possibility of the House negativing the proposal before them. Indeed, I "~am told that at a meeting of Mr. Fox's supporters on Monday morning ("26 th) Mr. Sauuders was entrusted with the discretion of doing so, if it

should be deemed advisable. The tone of the debate on Monday was, however, of a character to convince Ministers that the cardinal points of their Native policy would meet with a formidable opposition, and they determined to make the question then pending the issue on which they I would stand or fall. Mr. Saundcrs did not con- I frequently move the " previous question," but Mr. i Curtis did so on the part of the Opposition, to j the surprise of most members, .just as the debate j was drawiug to a close. Mr. Weld was the only I member who availed himself of the power thus j given, to speak a second time. He rose about U) o'clock, and though his speech was not very long it was considered effective, and at half-past 11 the division took place — Ayes and Noes equal (22), the Speaker giving his casting vote in favor of the Noes. Stress has been laid on the fact of the Treasurer gi v ing notice, before the Housebroke up, that he should bring on the Budget nc-xt day, as proof positive that the Ministry hid then no intention of resigning ; but it was simply done as a matter of course, and before midnight all the Ministry had resigned. Rent into power by the historically famous New Zealand majority of o>a:, they went out on a tic — a course other tfion which they could not have adopted without placing themselves in a most humiliating position, and being liable not only to have their own measures emasculated or altered, so that they would scarcely know them, but to have those fiom the other side foiced through the House against their will. People do not understand here, by what process the " previous question I ' affects the ease, or rather I should say," perhaps, that they did not without a considerable amount of explanation. Very likely many of ) our readers may be in the same state of fog ; so that I may be doing good service if I try to blow it away. The Speaker put the '•' previn i* question" in this way : — "The question beluu 'ie House is. that the previous question (the ablution of Mr. Fox) be now put — those in favo; say aye, or the contrary, no." If the ayes had had it, Mr. Fox's resolution would then have been put; but as the noes had it, there was an end o! the matter; tiie House could not go to a division on that resolution — and so it neither affirmed nor negatived, bftt simply shelved, and can be brought: on again, if thought desira* ble anytime during the present Session. The Routff 1 having- thus decided that the Ministerial resolution should not be put, remitted Ministers to the resolution of last Session ; which being in

substance the same as the one just shelved, (not negatived) they do in reality stand in precisely the same position, so far as the question of responsibility on Native matters is concerned, as if the resolution of Mr. Fox had been earned. The House affirmed the question in 1861, and directed Ministers to obtain Sir George Grey's consent to share the Government of the Natives on all oidinary matters with tiie Ministry ; not having negatived Mr. Fox's resolution (couched in almost identical words) as their guide for the future, ministerial responsibility is in as full force at this moment as if the Fox Ministry ha 1 not been defeated — as if their resolution had been triumphantly carried. I can only suppose tir.it it will not be allowed to remain so, and that the House .will, in so many words, direct the new Ministry cot to advise Sir George Grey on Native matters, but allow him to do as he pleases. The country has been so long desirous of preventing native affairs being continued in i responsible hands; and the resolutions of last session, transferring them into the hands of responsible Ministers, was so heartily acceded to, that the question naturally arises why the House refuses to receive now what they once regarded as a boon. The answer is not to be found in the- late debate. Words were made, according to a well-known sentiment, to conceal, not to express thought. Fi om the speeches, your readers would be led !o believe that it was because, as Mr. Gillies says, " We have *a man of consummate ability iv Sir George Grey, and should not throw any obstacles in the way of his policy;" in other words, because they have | such full and complete confidence in His Excel- \ lency. that they think it best that he should oxer- ! cisc a Dictatorship in Native aifoirs. But, it is I no such thing. That dor-trine will do for the public; but Mr. Gillies, and others who say ditto, do not thereby really express their thoughts — they only conceal them. While they think Sir George Grey a first-rate man for the Natives, they believe him to be a most wily man, and fear that, if the Ministry are allowed to advise him "on Native matters, he will eventually let the colony into the bucket for the whole or the greater partof the cost of tuture government of Natives, and any war that may arise. It is want of confidence in George Grey, not over-confidence, that leads them to desire that there shall be no Ministerial responsibility on Native questions. While they profess to offer him what funds he pleads, to be spent as he pleases, no one expects that they will introduce a Bill empowering His Excellency to draw from the Treasury whatever amount he wants, and allow his simple receipt to be sufficient proof of expenditure. Such a thing would be looked upon as absurd; and yet, if he is to be Dictator,— if he is to govern the Natives as he pleases, — if he is to have whatever money he equires, and discussion on Native matters is to bo c ccluded from the House, such a Bill seems an absolute necessity. However, as, despite all that the late Opposition members may have said, it is not at all likely either that Native questions will D 3 ignored, or that the House will vote money for Native purposes blindfold, there is no necessity for pursuing the Native subject further. 1 have thought it only my duty to put the matter before your readers as comprehensively aa I well could, in the limited space allotted to me, and have done so, I think, legitimately and fairly. Another quo- l ion may be fairly asked, and it is this: — Wns ."it the Opposition fully aware of Sir George Gr y'u character List year, quite as much as they .ire now ? If they had no distrust, then, why should they have any now ? I jefer your readers to the speech of His Honor the Kuperintendeofc of Wellington, in which the whole anatomy is laid bare. When it was announced last session that Sir George Grey was je-appointed, there **'ere grave suspicions entertained that lie would not knuckle under to a Ministry in anything — that his first act would probably be a suspension of the Constitution ; and so to guard against such a calamity, the Ll o,ooo voted for the introduction of any policy he might devise, was expressly voted to bo spent by ",the Governor in Council;" and in order further to prevent a suspension of the Constitution, Mr. Bell's resolutions (affirming

* This letter haj not yet reached us.

tlie necessity for " a thorough and radical change " in the Native depart it, and tlio necessity for placing £ll ordinan N tive affairs in the hunch of n responsible Ministry,) were pass?d. if not unanimously, at any rato «">« c>r-t. And further, the House declared t';;it the e->Umati.s for the present session must be framed on the as sumption of Ministerial responsibility. Ministers, as Mr. Stafford s.iid, werd bound to have acted on Minister! d responsibility in the prut ; and 1 suppo=e that as Sir George Grey has shown no disposition to assume a dictatorship, there is a fear now felt in the contmry direction, that instead of assuming all the responsibility, lie will put it on tho Mini-tiy ; a responsibility, which as 1 have before indicated, is regarded as implying I a heavy contribution towards the expenses of the j future. My own opinion can go for nothing ; but I think nil Sir George Giey's anteowk-nLs I militate against such an assumption. I think be j will continue to do the bi'st for the colonists, as he has always done, notwithbtandinsr he lias thereby received tUnuing censures from the Colonial Office, as witness Sir E. L. Bnlw-er's despatch, recalling His Excellency irom the Ca;ie.

Wlien the F.»x Ministry resigned, they recommended His Ewileney to tend for Mr. Stafford, in prefeivnee to Mr. Curtis the mover of the previous question. Mr. Fox explained t]i:it he did so because .Mr. Stafford was the recognised loader of the opposition, he thought such a course more likely to conduce to a speedy resumption of business. Mr Stafford, at the interview with the 6o\ernor, on Tuesday (2'Hh), morning, deelinad the task tor reasons whicVi have not yet transpired, hut which are said to have bsrn the probability of hi» return !■> power being jTvjudioia] to inline intercK JSc, iiowcv.'r, recommended "Mr. Fitz^eiald as a mem >ci* friendly with both hides of the House, and from his lo;u absence, not mixed up with party animosities. Mr. Fitzgerald was sent for the samp (Ttvsd.iy) afternoon, and declined ii"ceptinjr office hiirisc'r", but consented to net as a. •' lie first proposed omitting all the big; guns' and forming a Cabinet of little men, who mi_rhfc diifl over the session, or such part of it sis was neoi^ary to give time to the big guns to consolidate pirties — i'or the llou^c is at preset. t in a state of peifecianarchy. Tlie form itio'i of a " warming-pan" Ministry met wit)i the most decided disapproval from all side> — I say all si'ies, not both sides, for I cannot tell you how many sides there aie just now, almost as many as there are benches. Abandoning the idea of the " wanning p m," Mr Fitter ild then endeavored to do "the other thing," but was in a far worse position tlian reynard who had 10-,t his tail, fi>r unlike that animal he could not appeal to his own stump in support of his aiynments. Not consenting to accept office himself, his efforts to induce others proved fruitless, and on Wednesday morning (30tli) he gave it up us a bad job. In a former letter I explained why Mr. Fih^erahl refuses to take office — ill hcnllh and " pi - ''>s" engageincnb at Canterbury. Il.id ho de.-sired it, I hear tlie Colonial Secretnrvship in the Fox Minhtiy had been at his disposal for a foitni;jht previously, Mr. Fox confining himself to the duties of tlie Native Ministry. Tlie Governor now requested the assistance of Mr. Domett, who being an old officer of his (i.iany years Civil Secretary at Wellington) could not well refuse the commands of his former chief; though, as he told the Honfe on Fiiday, it was only at Sir George Grey's " strong requc-i" thi.l he contented to act. Tiie best part of Wclneb l.»y and Tliursd.iy, the new "Cabinet-maker" worked hard, but, on puttl'.g h : s work together, found that, so far, ha could not lay claim to heii.^ eve n . a tolerable carpenter, lie "was no joiner, — historic wouldn't iil, — it all fell to pieces; and in despair he went to the old shop for help, with the hope of getting a ready-made article, instead of undergoing all the bother and troulJle of making one. Tlie eminent firm of Fox, Wood, Ward and Co. were most bland, — very willing to supply him with their best, provided he would put his name at the back of sundry " little bits of stiff" they had proposed getting the House to place at once to the credit of their account ; — nay, they even offered to take him into partnership, well knowing that, he could introduce a fair share of capital, of which they were much in want. But, when the price of the proposed partnership was, that Mr. l)o:r.ett was to be the Premier, — that, instead of the style of the firm being Fox, Wood, Ward, Domett and

Co., nothing less than Domett, Fox, Wood, Ward and Co. would satisfy the man of capital, business was declined, even at the risk of their establishment going all to smash by the petting up of un opposition shop. Thrown once more on bis own resources, Mr Domett has succeeded, it is said, in forming the Cabinet mentioned at the commencement, but to which every effort is being made to add a presentable Treasurer by to-morrow's meeting of the House. Not to be weiriiome, I must only briefiv notice a few of many points marked in mj note book. Mr. Dick's question relative to the closer communication of the South Island and the Government, has not yet been asked, owinir to the suspension of business during the interregnum. The Steam Committee have nuide an interim report relative to the Panama route, for which I refer your readers to fho Assembly reports. I heard that at first the Committee wcie altogether at loggerheads on i!u: question of the local steam Service, that all tl.eir meetings once bid fair to end in nothin.'.and that a- a relief they turned to the Panama scheme. Such wtvs the want of uiiimimiiy pi availing, that Mr. Domett, who is the chairman, being resolved lliat they should be unani-

moii's about sninuthiug, no niftier what, put the (fueslioii : ''That iv tht; opim'inof tliis Com- j mittce, A, B, C, :uv tli<- t!irj;< fir.* l letters of the Alphabet," to which, ai'rcr some discussion, the j Committee did actually respond unanimou-ly. A report will be presented to-morrow in which the\ concluded :(1 ) Ti>at there should be tluec i inter-colonial lines, one to each extremity., and ojic , to Cook's Strait. (•_>.) That there .should be i communication between the principal Provinces four times a nunth, if not costing more than £-20,000 ; and (r,.) I'hat the colony should paj. for all. The inter-Provincial route, how the steamers are to make their rounds, they cannot definitely determine. If a committee consisting of a representative from eucti province cannot decide upon fi'^uMUeiory" plan — indcod cannot decide upon any, I fear that if the inter-Pro-vincial service costs moie tlianK anticipated, and has to be cut down, Mr. Mant ell's efforts vvill p-ove as great a source of complaint to sonic of the Provinces as Mr. Ward's did — though ii' Wellington only g"ts as wdl servel by Mr. Mantell as she was by Mr. Ward, "I for one," (as every member who rises to the House .so freqimntly -says) shall be very well satisfied. Three more nominations have been made to th.* Upper House, one of which is Andrew Buchanan, Esq., of your Province — the other two being residents of Christen ureh. Major Dwycr, commanding the garrison here, has been unpointed acting Private Secretary, until the arrival of Captain Bulkeloy and lady. You have heard of the Frenchman who wrote that the English nation had such a profound regard for their Parliament, that when it was sitting, crimes were almost unknown; and, he might have added, that extraordinary cab'jjujps, wonderful gooseberries, and ///?«? naturae, weie unknown ako during that self same period. A similar effect may also bo Fail to take place here during the sitting of our (snv.ll-eaps, please) Parliament; for, from one end of my letter to the otlur, you will find nothing but Assembly talk ; and, i really, one's attention is so taken up with debates I and Cabinet making, that there is little to devote to ordinary ntfair.}. JRy-tl.e-bye, that pluft',o, "ordinary affairs" recalls the almost similar one of "ordinary native affaire," so constantly in use since t'iu last deb tie, and that put* me in "mind to say, that among the half hnnilred.i(.'i<jlit of " papers laid before both Houses," which Captain Campbell has obligingly given into my care Lr your special edification, ami which, to the great | increase of the revenue, and the reduction of'vour profits, I have forwarded by post. Amongst those you will find the particulars of the inquest on Unukawa, the native killed at Wangauui recently, and which, being ne.vs, you may like to print at an early date. Some of "the reiath es are coming in to Wunganui, or, rather, were to have come in last week, and very likely did, but not having hear.l, cannot say, with a view to sec Mr. Lister, who is still at the hospital, and, after satisfying themselves by a personal conversation with him of the delinquency of the deceased, will shake hands to signify that the mutter is ended. Some of the Ngatiapa's have stated, that us they have behaved so well, perhaps a little acknowledgment in the shape of, say i'2oo, would not be amiss. This is told me as a fact, but I think if looks more like "an iiiTentian of the i nemy." There is to be a grand least at Otaki this mouth to celebrate the turning over from the king of a powerful section of that party. The Governor is to be there. More anon. I prefer being wise alter the event. Aa I have the best part of a page blank, I may fill it up, perhaps, by directing your attention t

the Fox Ministry having bd&n ousted by Souti er 1 t men, not by Norther . Ycir Southerners fuel > their incompeteticy to povcui the rwthe raco, but the Northerners know how valuable v boon it j l •would base been hi-K'tn'^rf 1 . anil will 1 M ■'. liii The voto> divided into I\orthcm iiinl So .tnoin ] Islands stand thus :—: — j Fox. Opfo* 1 : on. | , Norrhe;n 18 1 1 , i Southern 4 It i '■ 22 22 I Casting vole; by a. "out'ieir. *r. j I think w: 2>Yrti'«nf"- Invo nyn v riiht to del j < injured «* ' '•'-.' oondu •' ot 'he So the 'vts. They ' supp-ivted t'io vav Mini in , j'u«\ -.iov. il.ey mv.t the peacj MhiWiy. Ic m ■•'•irc-W tl> ilk tUtj ' would do so if they we u> i\p>-.cito t'.e sr.v.e j eonscqueneor.. Icm £•> n-Lvly think \\v\\, jlaior | Richardson would rU v - > the cwnimle side to \i\* j fellow S'lji'T'iiicndcnt", of Vfcll- :-<on and Auclcluiid, if lio knew that ;i wai , c-u'-h as lie encomvgjs>, woiiltl re'!ii"c Irs lVj\ince to bi 1^ Igiry, as Governor [Jrowi- (->n vir.p ejiu'u ed \vitno c >), confesses it must lchicj c.cvy l'ro•\ince in ihb island. I think ho would i»vitl\e li-hS warlike : circumstaiiCL'* would alter csv-es But I have filled up my paper, so I stop nt once. 7ih August, ISG-3. TIC "Wojim, having be^n ilolnvml, I am ctriblcu to " ref n't proijrws'' up to l,;*t ni'dil, :md v. i t ! i your li-avo will not "Mi ;i^,un"' until the sailing or" the t)iu'.»), on the lftth. On Tue!rd:<s, Mr. DoirivU annourcoi the i'ornuUion oi'tb.c New Mi'ii^tiy. It .'. i-. as lii'low-. :~ J!r. Doaii:Tp Colonial b'c vt.iry. Mi-. I>. lh:hTj iV.iuv v IMI ihre'r. j f-[r.^LvNTi:LL Po'-liiioK'M-u"'"' lii'idrvniuk i.i'.icr of Gi'ovui Li t Is. I\[". (riiii.iES Vti'oniiw'fjiior.il. 31r. T. Hut: -i:r.t, and | SeUs i« Mi- 1 Ikmuive Mr. TA^XR^D j wit/iout ofiicc All Soiithoid ■;>, oKccyl Mr Iliis^ll, who stands for An Aland. Tut? tro.. ul-mu 1- m 'lip «.>- u^l fiiiol up list ni^ht, an'l the ililatait^ of p,i l ttin<. ainnne wi'liniy to " Uic.i t!ie aecoiuiN,"' X <_ r uii.. iVhit it. th* ultimati! shape which th" v ill o-jmiuu 1 , no oiif 1 ran tell, n, coi.fi-- -o 'ly Air. Mm.ull an i (iilHcsonly hold oliic > 0 uiponu-ily : t'.u Inutor de(.•Lirin'j; jiositholy tlu.'. ii > tuust, \u. \- .;ic.i> I ],4, 4 the or.d of the month. Some suppose thi }l\ Whitta'ifr v. ill accept the oft! co ; '■onw li iiipos=e that, ?.Lr. ;!iMimoivl miy till the t,ip ; \> T hi'o >niiois tlu\.^ that Mr. .Si'U'j'l \n!i le ultina^ly e!.o--en. T!:j iVicn^H cl each of the t'u'po p.iiue^ d .>y i h j ;,o"r, imp^.ic'Misrif, an Iho we .ill ([iii'-i'v wa.t Tha trea-um<;lnp his been lvP»t '>ji- ii for M r. Wnl, and ib lias b;en cdiiiulent'ya- -rto 1 liiat he -v",!! f.l.fi'u '' tiiiov"' • hut that <i nli'Muan i-> %eis' in.li^ii'iiit a1;a 1 ; the vappo icion, and so in thi-s ca-^ 1 -, ;\-. in chut of Uic AttoiiV y-(icae-rak-hip, v,e e.ui vi nothing Hit wail patiently. Ve->t(:ni.iy thj iS r <> v i'.inii-i.iy wefo r-woin in, a"'d they eccui icl the Gu\ i p nuut Eeiu h^ l.^t niulit fir ihc fiiot tiim 1 . Ih L) iiaett ut (u->t o.vupu-d Liie post of honor, but as fe^jn :! ,s. tlu;e voio tuu or llnee iinp'i'ttnt decisions to be nriivc 1 at, and rxpre-scd to i the House, he chnngi-d p!a(\s with }.h. Boil, wlnna, | I s'lpjici-^, I mi\ cil ■" tin chief 1 ' ot 'i'ft ! Hhai-try. ' As to the st. %1 /i)ilv r of tlie Miii-.tr 1 ., opi ion 3 are very i.inch di ci II 11I 1 d. A.s lh ) Slall'-rd party cimld not, or \;onld not form a Mii.Ltry. itri-> reckoned tl'.a'u thov will keep in " makeshift " MinNtry in witii they au> in a position to do so. On th<> oilier himd, a^ tJu I !■ >nse h.i-. only irot a ch.u";; of mni and not of mtuitics t)i? uu;i ihers of c';. 1 >li chardson-Wilion suiioul ;ue liulily in Ii mml ; ■ ml ii if, fell, that aii\ day ths iMinUtrj m.y 1 c be.ite i, when least expect jd. You will j» v. vt'l a lihlle bit <>f fri.-il'-bantfi'thi't too 1 : plice on ?Miiniay. Itis ee-iuul'h believed lint lilr. Djii''i v,,i, ei.\'l'>;e) diiii. c | the lii^t ls iiitj-fuiir lr 'ir- after ic"Ji\iiV o f the Governors c .mijian I-., ii Lr\in_; ul> it he could do with tli- Stafford party. t«;i'l that on failing tl e.'^ lie then Vi'cnt to -Mr Fu.\. T.'r. DouK'tf lc^l th (> Ifou^e i tl believe fiat a nch we-, vni the fact, tint his fi^t, e'l'irt wa.s with "Mr. F"\, iLii!s,h if <-ueh wns fiic eus ■ people v. an i to kin 1 ., -\\l\j he lit twenty-f mr li< vi.-, uap^ 1 fu.-t. Ofcour.o, the lloih • full; helices nl.at Mr. Dornott say — otn.T.us; it would !>■ nuiUv <>t

most iiiipai'iame'itary con luot ; an I if I v.vie to ie pcai the expletive* I l."ivo beird souig rather blunt membern make use oi", I am siue joii would not piint

them, but v.ouM f'.nor j.iui' vuiuul-. either v.itii a n-w sf.'\rs tliu? * • * , oi 1 etac \\icli a ho. t f filial. c •• i.vl ■ 1 I.- 1.-'- ' -^

11l till's SLylf, , (CMIIM W'llCiJ ' DMJilt coihj under Air. .'p°;i'-ei -I.'!1 .' ! "-ii, a;i<l thoi; !i he i< a vory courteous kiii'l oi "rrlba. i:> s. 111 1 i'<>'bixs\ i. lvquhed, I f.jiioy lie u-uuki l i. r v\o n>lk . iliuii iii i.iyinj; it on |n-ci,ty thick v !n.'i duty i!e,.i i.iilcl >t. 'llic 3.rini c-t"fic -t"fi il [>)''•>, "siol"!-'ai il x"'-d.t' - '>i is put c iV till vt l.n .:■)>. [t i, ;a ■v! .»■ IkJu \"< t iut if v.ill be l\ i'*tiy i'U v i ••! \,i i' 1 at > f tli^ .o\ MinUtry in pvniiiiiii; T e":iti!i£f to--.iliv" .\il* .rt,iiuW'il it . >iii"i>( li • i't'i i<\« ni''j "-fj-. iJ'll i i.- .'. iMira&ter, i>v did iii ,ii f < • v :<_'• •' ~u tli.j LUkis.

that it v.a , on 1;'1 ;' anl .i-.tn ii. fi mI ; su^io 1 ' tb

other miv.l ih m tint ot v. i' ' .\± • Ct.cy, v.jiil I ov.^ pipsi'le i i the c irrji'i^ o ;' oi -i -"> di\ ■ nolj ,', so b v as ho (Kir G. CJiV\ ) w..s in i'h- ma 'iy. f .'i i'tl'lc seeint; soiuj time siii^e a c u-tuo i iv I'midi <h'vh .im , locaril. B. nii'^bt eun „;u.t lVc-^aL'.oi by clev.-il-adnjjfinc; to jne^tnt (' ; '"i mrti -t . It \\Wi '•Our Cabinet MaUei"," mm iq,.i < i.tel Mr. Puuc'i nittins • " hW table v i-h all *lil & nvonr..iinu • uf:i veil tiil.)o\ i tvr ot \>'oi k,. I'nni'lii flic w -ilk ov, i, sipi .i' yai'ei" wip, tni'l.td up .i;.»ui, .md bvkuir of tool-, os.-rilip '4;h.i't- o. I'lontiy i.i grt it ilnuiit a-, to wh'*(A' r he is tn ' lay <.r go. aijpi.eully liavir.o 1 ha-l ht'ine liltlp dnibr^ • ■ i.f ojtiuiutt as :o tiic ponditions on wiiu-li ho i., to !>„ i, if <: niro^Ptl at ail. Huifitiviiing riir (-in)i'_e G "ey i'jv ?,ir. I'iiiich, (oh ie jo Is!) an'! II r. Uoiu.'tt ioi Lonl Paliaci'-toa (ohj'etfila aud fitidJcsses), tliu cuin'itious of )>Any til.-' ii on permanently will i c exnctlj apphca''lp. Govr,nM>H— Weil Doinat, of ooii'se I shall I. ci p jon on ; but, mind I miiot itw~ion your stickingto i'<::'Md Woik.

if Mr. Fox\ MiiiisLvy M-ns, a MinHiy of Veice, &o is Mi 1 . BomeU's to le. If Mr. l\i\'& Miuis-liy v, a^ licnrtlly concuavnt in canyiuii out ,^ii- (tcoißo UieyS pjlii*y. so vill -Mr. Doinctt'ii h>\ It wnuiil iic uniair in me, aad not in acnnilancc with thi'.t e\act bal nice hol-U'ni wlu^i I stin'e t<> maintiin.it I wei-o n-'t to say tint My. Hus-^oll oi Auok'and is au extumo war man. His Nalivt> ]ni\\c\ i-o ),tt Iy a-> la--o v. n.U i. a^ a vcy Mioif one, aiiii ;■& iiif(']!i^i()'i' ah lioit; it m.is .smniiiu'l u[i in <>i\ \ionl! "Hand them over to G-eneril Cnin?i'oi>.,"' b vt like Lori Pa'm'n-t >a {I he's, pavtion^, like Mi-, fiompfc I sui i.c-u thu culuims of Air. Ru^ell s eu^aupoiont is "'c\-,\' c \,<nk'' tj.o. llowo\oi\ t')-m ii'.o'.v we s'lal! \,s\vo a full e\p>Mfiim, an.! i\i< n your if. don v, ill Ijj better able to jiulae for them

Tno (ircVu-atiiiti of policy w.is to b.tve boen m vie today, but ■wa? pu'-tpuneil until to-iuoi \o\\ f-.iv ;>. \ iy R'mark<iblp iw&ou. Ycster<iaj a despatch uasiceMved from the Duke of Nov»T,u.fcie, CJiifinniii^.Miiuo of >ir •ieoige (xivy's airtn^oaimts, but iin.s ti '".;.;■ on the colony pi>mg past unliua and .ithec uccouuta — I "wicely^iike to say how much, as the ilca-p-irch is ma" yet fioia fhe piint Ar->,A r->, but I nlll lit l>y thib mail. Tiie VlnLtry want io a<liipt their po'u y to tin's 'lespatUi, a'ld i)fopo-,el a <s ( ;iios of H'snliitio.i on " iVa'.ive ic^vjii'iibiiit}'' for di ou-^sinn to ni','!ifc "-o that the jli'iisterial p'^iey Io be annouiue'l tonioiTo v is to b ■ 'ii iptoJ to the re-vlt of tli3 ili-.cn-.-sion, not t jiMird independently on t'le mtr'ts of the question il=clf. Ibuing only heaul the loJulutioab aud tlc-piujb l.^'d last uizhl, I iiin not it\ a pi sitiun to comment on them ; if I did so 1 mkht po&sibly lead vovii- rwlevs astray.

Mr. Fitzgerald brought forward his lesolution.s !a-t nig'it in a spcojli wiiicii [ c.ri oiily c-'iar.ic-tcii/e ac t'ne -pecch ot lie Il'\as a jiiei-e of nw-t'-i Iy oiatoiy, and will Ijp spoilt if nut ri'jjorl 1 \erbatim. It will real as well twenty yeats liemv aa now. and Unit is pr.tis* fco high, that I nvi afraid you will hay th it the speech him Id my enthu^i ,-,m o\erpowei- my juilg'i'ent. It ma\ read very diii'i n-nr'y ii i-outlm'ii cai-- to what it does tons Northeiu'i - ; who, iookin" to the ruin tif'T v ina^i. tuid teeli i'. r tin' it may bo "'v.-> if a v. ■ ; r \i;hcv pr. vails, ie--pon.i heartily to Mr. Fu^eralu"' i\uotaiinu-»

'' In the li.in !so' m n entiiely arcat, Tie pen i.> iiii 'ht'iT thai tiie s»iu\l. TaKC away tiie sword, — Stufcos may be sived without it."

Mr. Bi'U f.iilo\re>l w.th a \q<\j. specu'n, which amuunte itoane'itireji'loptionof tliere<olution»',lliou!<!i not of tlioai'^um'Tit', which supporteil them. AJini-tci-s he said Mould advice the Ginernor t ( ) julopt Lhfin, though the tut'O fbi* c.irrjing them into execution must b,j left to the li;>>i'inor. Afc m'ulnij.ilH. tiie tlobate v/as nlj mvntd, attrr My. T\looriio'ij,e halmiuk ono of thqso crude speechej for which, m \ T Liw ail'vir>, he i-5 so leioarkablc. ALijoi' Itiuliardai iis to vio 1 c au unieiuhncnt.

Mr. Fitzgerald's rosolutions .are as follow?: —

"1. That, in tiie adoption of any policy o t - t'lC pnsaing of any la\v.s attecting tbc Native race, VAs Ilou-e will keep before it ai its hiirhe-t. object, the entire niualgnui'itioii of all iler i\l.ii'"-(,y'> .siibjOtN iv New Zetland into on'! united people. "t£. Thatthi . llou-e v i.l i^cnt to vn 1- 'Wa >.\l,iV)i do not reeojnise Liv; ri ' tl ul .i! Ir AI j>> '\ - mi >jetse ts of whatever race viluiiv ihi-. Cil.nu, ■"> ;i fiul r.u I equal enjoyment of -iv-il md pnli'icil ])ii\ilet;c-, "3. That , i riTO.-iii hiu.ifihc t.in v- iiu/; prf :ci !e will necessitate the per.-onf.L ai I Ci )iie oj more Iwil ye Ohiofd in the adiniinstratioa of li.y if'ivji-mneut of the Colony ; the presenc of member Oi'tfie Manii nonility in the Le^i»L"livd (Jounoil, and a f n'r r»;>ii. c tation in this lion il,i 1 , of a iaco which constitutes ono third of the population of thp Colony. "4. T!iattbe c r.iit, p'inc'iile nuglittibere-.peetcdin the conitituti.ni and jmiv ictio<i 'if all L.\,ihla'.ive ho '.os fiibTilinatiP to tlr: trcncrul A'sv^inbly, and of all (Joust , c»f l aw vathin tliis Colo.iV.

"5. 'i'jiut a respect lul addivsh l ie presented to his Excellency the Governor, piayi'i^th'it his Excellency will be pleased to eautse such stii|>.-> to ha taken, as ho may bo advised will bring the policy above indicated into pperation with the least practicable delay.''

Considerable merriment was occasioned last night by a speech of Mr. Fox's, relative to game. It is

nnreportab'e ; nud over an I over a?aia the House I was conviils-vl with lanahter, ns Ulr. Fox invests! ' "bunihle bee<," and other similar importations, wiLh j a political mwmin'j. One of his List hite was in do- , "•rib.-ic' *-n:np i a ported n _pe.-"i\ f;i\ir(oi'C(l in the Go- | M,niiu'-nt ut m.iin— vhk-h iu.va jiroolc took iov sw.ii'^, they \>oi" f'n.e an \ l.ivire ;' tUon^h the only if ci lie could iiiul for that supiJo^iMon, was bci-:iu->e | ■ I ilku- h i\,i r } Jt tu\ iicci illy " h^it Uir ;" the «.00l j l.idp'c o ,ly di,cu'o:itvi ihit the 1 , Hilly wie not. I i'\ m>. v h- n ibf/ lv,im to cifklp. * Tup p'ai'it wa^so ' :-><l .>'il Do.iuti, w.-i-, so l.ner., al it, Ui.it the lion tMOuld r'U do oi.,i-. ,v]-o than k<'\v with laughter over a i.i uvc t - aurun Tb"iei.()'-t otth' St-.'.-n CoinmiHio you *'>Ureifhei ivi ymiv io » \\i -v ; ii' it I "am buppy to say, I he ii' ii'ipiy I hii'i ; ii n i.ra.ii'bt Miice as likely to b. a-< ,a« i— than i (' la ia;' '"j\unke.\ pay for all," ii-teJ'of dtp"ndi"!.;i'i aiiy mt.:.!irJ on Provincial siili^i'ik i, hi-, been ruloptcil Th" ilous-p dees jt -it until 5 this evening, out of lesptet to Captain I.'-, cine of the memb -r -, wh >-c Inly diti'l on" hiuitl.'y last, and will bu biiijed tliin afteiiujii.