The Lyttelton Times.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 721, 5 October 1859, Page 4

The Lyttelton Times.

Wednesday, tQctoler 5, 1859. However objectionable we may consider the spirit of satisfaction .which .the.proverb says, the .man feels iwho in safetyvonthe shore: sees the -struggles-of liis fellow. creatures with the dangers. of'the deep, it is impossible when placed in such a position not to fael its advantages. He would be either "more, or less than man who in such .a- case ;would. not find his sentiments of commiseration at least; equalled by those <of or who .would fail to derive from the spectacle any-useful information • which might present itself for his own guidance>,under similar circumstances, for the future. { The Province of Canterbury is now placed an-a position -to be a-cairn < over-looker -upon *he political struggles and disturbances,'not ■only-of Her.neighbour provinces, 'but'also of itwo of1 the Australian-colonies where there is a wider surface for the operations ofthe storm. •The-aflairsvof are tolerably .well known to our. readers; the observations- to be >made>uponth a t form of disturbance have been *recoeded, and the conelusionsto be drawn have already been applied. iThe Province of Nelson, also, has -.undergone* somewhat similar ■commotion. The majority*df the Provincial 'Council withdrew their -support from those of 'their number who, according-.■ to> the received >Wof carrying- out responsibility in 'Government, ha'o;'been selected by the-Superinten-dent's Ins advisers.- The course of action which according-to the same iorni -accompames.defeat was, pressed upon the Executive' viz., resignation^ their offices, buMhis course they.declined to .take. The majority of the Council, unable -to bring- any .direct influence' to bear -upon r the recusants, petitioned the Governor to^issolve theOouncil, whereby an appeal to-the people might be^obtained. The GrovernorV advisers '.decline to recommend his Excellency to take this step, arrdthe Provincial..Government, of Nelson, is. left to find its owtt,way«,out-.of: the difficulty. It lives witl* the responsible-element extinguished, to prove whether-that form of; responsibility be the vital principle it is called, «or not. -For mformation-as'to -the- Council's view of the question^ refer our readers to the article xeprmtfid fromthe^ Examiner 'in our present Welmgton^how the,constitution exhibits weak .points 4n its > Provincial application, when the^upenntendent takesiihe^ins into his wn hand^ m the ease *f Nelsdn, we Council, erected to that.position by .common agreement, may .possess- to dmpede the 'WorkV mg o^the-pohtical machine,^disregarding 'the; conditions, € x P resseoV;or Lplie| undl thatj>uWic opinion v^ It hasieen said vthat: : the,smaihies^of • the constituent in-. the'; P rovinces bf^New Zealand is a reason why m%omMn}^mi ot governmeirtt • wiH ;not ■ work" But we may glance; a tth4 conation oT thing-s in the two large colonies,of New South Wales and Victoria, to show that the presence of a population numerous, wealthy, and leisurely, Complain verJ'difficulty,of -which we -In New South Wales; in-the first-week f fe D? r , Assem% ' (the beginniriff of September) Mr. Cowpei-'s government en 'defeat in the lowl CTeuLn a" motion, afrofiueed hy the opposition? for Sic repeal of^Customs « es upJitea and sugar Mr.. Cowper resigned, in duty bound • but after several days' delay, £ which ' Z possible means were -taken to -find a new ministry,Mr. Cowper resumed the reins Z £? fw th," Lf slature conse*»ed to rescind their objectionable resolution rather -than embarrass the Government of the colony o4L. tOria ' r l6 I Ministl^ by' Mr; OShanghessy has been, it is not too much S^r T SenC^° f any indiv^uals. to take their places. This condition of their tenure has been made most manifest by Z feot-that at therecent elections, torn l£ pal nuusters have been rejected by the?^con Land and Works have all been -defeated in their respective districts by men3l v press.ons.of contopt for Se favorites of t£ though the defeated ministers ha^by the