THE ONE WANT. (From the Spectator. June 3.)

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 254, 4 November 1848, Page 5

THE ONE WANT. (From the Spectator. June 3.)

Seldom in a time of *>uch political dullness — in the absence of geneuil and genuine political agitation for specific object-. — have grievances so many, so practical, and so urgent, been kept before the eyes of Government, and yet with so little hope of result. In all quarters there is some vast demand for active service ; from «ll comes the complaint of apathy and inertness, la Ireland it is not the criminal tikis alone that move the people : Lord Lucnn givds voice to sweeping complaints against the operation of the new Poor-law ; Lord Fitzwilliam complains that nothing is done in colonization ; t\ie limes deploies the"suive gui pcut" style of emigration ; many anxiously enquire for the Encumbered lisUtes Hill, The colonies are all complaining. The West Indians, both across the water and in London, are c.illmg out that the ruin ihieatenud by Government might be adverted. Bntijih Noith Amcnca is unsettled ; and, subjected to the pnvutive effects of our Fitc-liaile | policy, is itfused colonization — even tl>r£ie,il idilwiy colonizition scheme of Noiv Uiiuiswiek appealing to lie bhulved. Austral ais cmHim;; for emigrants , and Mi. Ilawes bo 'Bts that .£lO,OOO is to he spent on immigration to New Soulli Wales fnd Van Dicmen'i, Lmd— (Fie emigration, we picunie, of tiie orphan gnls (rom Trelan.l, with a few mauicd guaidian-i and matrons ! Ruined owners of land un<:«cdeu by Government in New Zealand aie in London tamly seeking justice A. new colony is slai ting with the iairest promises ; except tint it is open to us to a<-k if Government will treat '• Canteibuiy" any better than it has treated Wellington, NcKon, or New Edinburgh ? The colonies complain, ask, demand, uige— in vain. Chntu>>i> aie ngimting in all parts for something — ostinsil'ly the Charter, but le.illy for whut they can get. Tiadi' is dull, idhl unemployed woikmcn, having iHtle to do, t-ilsu tb' ir ilnu against constituted awhouty. Loid John Russell's sneer at "the People's Chailer" has htnii-d tin* blood of the Chaitibt party in Yorkahne and Lantasluic. His anoinpa-iyiiig nun at tlie new middle-clabs agitation Ims nut Inili d to help thnt liito u htlle more at tivry. Tlii'io in an uneasy benso of home public i w.nit, and Mr. Hume's foui points die as good a ' cry' as any to e\pieHS that uneasiness. 'Ihewiiolo )>viibs is msuboiilii'ati— mtiltinously faoclious mid Uiti-ir. Only one jmi'nal is pcitmaciously JMniiS'eiial ; the otheis d.ir« r.ot be so : to buit ihe popii'ur ta^te, they must advance view*, .irtvoiate meu-suk-s, display bynipiujts, anytliin" but Ministbiial. I'uiliaineril ih not at all stiictly in discipline : Di. Bowiiniy can beat iMmi.teis twic 1 in nn t venmg, and Lmd Lucan can poa.sc.'-s the House of Loidt. against tilflll. In all these inslanoes — a few out of many — the seveial (dstinct M'cuons <>■ i lie cumnmiuty aie evlnhiting tie one uinverhal lednig, thuc the country is aiHicted with u govtiiiiueii 1 to<> iw,\)\t to lead or frcive it. All tbtse different exore-sions of discontent may be tiausl'tcd into the one coiuuiyn Icim, " We want a government."

Extraordinary Judicial Investigation. — On Tuesday last, a comiiiissiou under (he Gieut Seal, ad-diti'-s'd to the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, constituting' them Justices, and directing them to niquiie by the oatli ol a giand jury of the counties of Kincardine, Furfur, and AbeiuVen, into till felonious forgeries, and titterings of bills of Exchange an'l prouii-sory notes committed by John Viscount Aibutthnoi, \si:lim the haul counties, «ai opened at Foifai by the Lord Jusiice General and Lml Moi - criefl'. The Loid Jubtice General then churged the grand jury, briefly pointiuK out the nature of the statutory uuilioi ities upon which the commission proceodeil ; the leading i emulations being contained in the act G tli Geo. IV., clitp CG, an ako the naluie ot t lie ort'encu which was laid to tlie charge of the accused. Before concluding, the Lord Justice General s^id it was not lor him to enter into thi> chaigcs that h id been preferred u^uinst John Viscount Arbuthnot, but he could not foibear saying a word on the painful nature ot the case. The crime of lorgi ly had been pielerred gainst .1 peer ot the lealm. It was truly lamentable to lcfliict upon su( h an instance of the weakness oi human nature aa that which had caused the present pi'i cec(]in(.'s to be iustituteii. Tl»itc were two bills, of indictment pieierred ugainst John Viscount Arbuthnot, oil' 1 in I'iiii^lbh uud ou<> in Scottish toim. The uraud jiry lcnianu'd about two hou.s in ddhberalion, and on I luu iiiuiu io the couit the foreman announced that they hul found t«o true bills of indictment foi toi^ciy ii,'>iiii!>i Loid Arbuthnot. At three o'clock the commiision «asuJjoiuued Ijy pioclamaiton toTuiaday, ll'e 20ih day ot Juno next, by whii li tune, it is uu. dcrstood ih it a suit of vcilioian will b{ lSbued by the Housso of Lo db lor the ic-noval of the indiclmeiiU l( r trml hefou- their Loid lujis. 'J'he Juilj^e-i pi occcded eaily on Wi'duLsla\ morning to bloni'liavt v, »vlieic similar (iroteedings \oik place upon tivo oilier indictmenis, and '»u 'Ihui'-day tluir lionUliips opened u s m !ar con mi .biou ut Aberd en — column.

Visit ok the Coohi lo liu'MM), — The Hunts Telegraph, o- S.uuid.iy. s.i^s : " Her iVlcj sty, t n. ct Albat, <v.(l Biulc, will anivc at CKliori co i tbc l.'dli ii bt.; rind on i ln. 10 li July, iHi 01 ti'tl by tm» oqi ailion uiuii'i tliL comin.iiul at Sir Clinrlos NN f i(>!0), i>u« o d in Hit 1 royal j.ic 1, Vii'tonii unsl Albvt, lo ])u ilui, Tiii Cas'l', .in,) l'lic n\ !ji>cl|;t', Dv liv, <iic (>riM uni; loi il»o U'Cijiuon ol the tovvii iijn."— l)<uhj Nr.vi, 2bJi Juiu,

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