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London, England, 1860-10-19 00:00:00

monopoly, the Legislative Council; and Victoria will
then stand forth as she ought—one of E7.331L-,rid';3

richest and most prosperous colonic&
The fault in Victoria was ever to penuit n fcw
interested individuals to have a ruling voice in the

Legislature. We do not lay the fault at the door
of the Colonial Secretary in office when the
constitution was granted; nor do we blame

the Governor of Victoria or his advisers

for acting, as we hope they_ did, for
the best ;the penalty will fall upon those who
deserve it, and in charity we may pass it over as

a mistake.

But how about New Zealand. How long
does tho British Government require to learn the
nature of the people with whom they have to deal
The Anglo-Saxon race e., English, Scotch, and
Irishmen) are par excellence the colonists of the
world. The French cannot do it; a drill-sergeant
and a lance-corporal cannot make Indian corn and
wheat grow by word of command; the Dutchman
is too slow. It was resnved for English energy
and perseverance to populate the far West, and
to develop the auriferous wealth of the anti-
podes. But with all the advantages with which
nature has endowed us, we labour under the serious
drawback of having incompetent men placed in
authority in positions of great trust. It is not that
colonists want Government to furnish them with
clever and efficient commanders. There are good
men, and true enough, to be found in every com-
munity, in case of necessity, equal to any emer-
gency ; but they have a right to object to having in-
capables placed in command of English troops, and
legislature giving to them authority to fool away
the prestige of the country. We are glad to find
that Major-Gen. PRATT has taken command. Col.
GOLD, to give him the benefit of the best construc-
tion which can be put upon the late deplorable re-
verse, was not equal to his command ; and if this
rebellion be not put down at once, and with a will,
let those who procrastinate and encourage by a feeble
and vacilating policy, the Maori chiefs who are
now our friends to join with the insurgents and con-
vert a local revolt into a general war be held respon-
sible for the results. The Maories muster strong—
what then—why not offer a small bounty in Mel-
bourne for volunteers for New Zealand, say two
years service and then a grant of land subject to
military service, this system answered in South
Africa, why not in New Zealand—there are hun-
dreds of able-bodied men in Victoria, New South
Wales, and South Australia, who would be glad of
the chance. It would be doing a service to the
Australian colonies as well as establishing our posi-
tion. in New Zealand. It would take but a short
time to organise these rough levies. The New
Zealanders, although bold men, are no match for
Englishmen at close quarters. They are fine power-
ful men, they will stand fire, but it is not in them
to face bayonets or yet the cutlass and pistol, and
by this, after all, colonial contests are settled. There
will be no necessity to form squares and prepare to
resist cavalry, &c., all that will be required will be
a few guns to break the pahs. Then " boarders
away"—kill or secure. No terms but unconditional
submission. Let KINGI the leader of this unpro-
voked outbreak, be hanged, and if necessary a few
of his friends also, and we shall be much surprised
if the Maories (the finest rage of savages as yet
known) will not come to their senses.