The New-Zealander. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4, 1847.

New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 123, 4 August 1847, Page 2

The New-Zealander. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4, 1847.

Be just and fear not: Let all the' ends thon aims't at, be thy Country's, Thy God's, and Truth's.

We begin to suspect, by the slow progress made in Council, lint the sitting will not be so soon over as had been supposed. However, as that wliich is worth doing at all is worth doing well, we bid them good speed ■with a febtina lente. On Saturday, the further consideration of the Native Troops Bill, •which had been postponed from the day previous, was entere<) upon; the, report of the Committee was brpught up, yesterday ; and the bill ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. The Spirits Bill, was also considered in Committee yesterJay , the prohibition U now ma'Je absolute, with respect either to distilled or fermented liquors, within the limits of towns, b»t the Governor is to be empowered to take the advice of the chiefs ■with respect to bringing the bill into action in the interior distiicts With regard to the Savings' Bank Bill, Mr. Brown could no{ understand why the Government should usurp any interference with these institutions, without giving a quid pro quo : at the least, a guarantee of- the payment of the interest The Attorney General explained that the Government had a right lo interfere to protect the interests of those classes that, were generally unable to protect themselves ; ,and the Governor observed that such interference was doubly necessiry on. account of the grotying inclination of the Native population to invest in surh. Banks, Mr. Brown, upon this, waived his objection, and moved the first reading of the hill.