Though Sir Julius Vogel has been laid up at a
German bath, while the present New Zealand Parliament has been holding its last session, his policy, like John Brown's soul, has been " march- ing on,"—at a rate, too, which shows that the Premier's-absence does not produce the same paralysing and bewildering effect upon his colleagues that Mr. Burke described as following whenever Lord Chatham had an attack of the gout. The Agent-General for New Zealand has published a telegram, received at his office this week, by which it appears that Sir Julius's great measure to abolish the Provincial system of administration has been carried by a majority of 52 to 17, on its second reading. A majority so considerable on the eve of a general election, and in face of the formidable opposition which; as it was at one time sup- posed, Sir George Grey might succeed in organising, clearly shows that opinion in the colony is satisfied that the Heptarchy has done its work and had its day.
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