The New-Zealander.

New Zealander, Volume 6, Issue 491, 28 December 1850, Page 2

The New-Zealander.

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

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 18 50.

The pressure of more important matter prevented our noticing the contents of a few Southern papers which reached us a few days ago by the Overland Mail. Had they contained matter of much interest, we should of course have made room for them. But the general character of the news which they convey may be inferred from the following paragraph which we extract from the Nelson Examiner of the 9th of Nov. It strikingly shows how "intelligence" — even attested on editorial responsibility, — sometimes gets abroad in these colonies. In addition to the other startling news of tlie week, we have to announce the silting of a Council at Auckland, and a current rumor that Sir George Grey had recommended the removal of the seat of Government to Cook's Straits. The question was put to his Excellency by a member of the Council, whether this was tue, and Sir George declined to ghe an answer. This news reached us through a passenger of the Eden, who saw it stated in an Auckland paper which lie got sight of at Taranaki, It is, we need scarcely say, only for the information of our readers at a distance that we mention that, there has been no Council lately held here, that Sir George Grey had not recommended a removal of the Seat of Government, and is not likely to do so ; and that the "passenger of the Eden" who told oar contemporary all this information, must have had his " sight at Taranaki" rather misty.

We have two or three numbeis of the Wellington Independent ; but wheicver the fault lies, no number of the Spectator has reached us. The Independent lias evidently got into trouble ■with sonic of its friends, by having lapsed into political honesty in its praise of Sir G. Grey's only 100 liberal Bill for the Introduction of Representative Institutions into New Zealand. We infer from our contemporary's couisc in this matter, that there is, to say the least, a division of sentiment amongst the Wellington " Reformers," and that theie a"c not a few who concur with Mr. Godlky in thinking that Sir Georgk has gone to' the furthest extent that his " Instructions " warranted him, in giving New Zealand Vroc Institutions. EiNelson has, however, formed an "Association" of its own, after the model of the Wellington Constitutional Scltleis' Association. It seems thoroughly republican in its character, as we may, by and by, more definitely show. With a facility of legislation which lias not many parallels, the Nelson Association Las extemporised a constitution for the colony almost in the fust oay of its existence. The leading " principles " of this Constitution are marked enough. There is to be a " Parliament of New Zealand," composed of two Legislative Houses, and a Governor, — lliis Governor, however, to be removable at the desire of the Houses: — and theic aie to be triennial parliaments, and universal suffrage, and vote by ballot, and "absolute powers in the Colonial Parliament as to all local matters;" and — most significant of all — " the Parliament of New Zealand slmll have power to alter any law in force within the said colony >" When Nelson is strong enough— and mad enough — to wage defiance against the power of Britain, it may be lime enough to take such propositions as these into serious consideration.