The New-Zealand Colonist of the 13th October publishes the following weighty remarks of Mr. Fitzgerald of Christ—church to his constituents. The high authority of the honourable gentleman would, at any time, entitle his opinion to great consideration, but, at the present moment, his suggestion acquires peculiar value and importance:—

"I wish to say a few words on the subject of the resolutions I moved in the House of Representatives last session, and which I intend to move again and again, so long as I shall be a member of that House, until I obtain their recognition. You are aware of the nature of those resolutions; you know that they declared all the inhabitants of these islands to be equally subjects of Her Majesty, and equally entitled to all the rights and privileges of British subjects: and especially they proposed to give the natives a share in the legislature and government of the Colony. No doubt some of you think that this is an impracticable dream. I think I can show that it is far otherwise. Do you think I am so foolish as to suppose that the giving a native a vote will solve every difficulty in his government? Are you the better for having votes ? Is there any mysterious power, in going up to the hustings and giving a vote for a candidate, which makes you better men ? No; but it is the feeling of all that the power of voting implies. The vote is the symbol of the great truth that, you are each of you a part of the government under which you live, that you are not living under laws imposed on you from without and maintained by external force, but under laws to which you have given your free consent, and therefore cheerfully obey. "(After a reference to the institution of juries, he said:)—Do you tell me that the Maories are unfitted to enjoy these institutions ? I tell you they are quite as fit as your ancestors were when these institutions were first invented. You make a great mistake if you think that these noble rights and privileges have sprung out of page 20 your civilization. They, are not the result of your liberty—but the cause. If then these are the schemes of a dreamer, I reply, all I ask is, that you shall apply to others the same privileges of government which have made you great. What I aimed at was this, that if you could once get the natives to feel that they were a part and parcel of yourselves, to feel that they were making laws as well as you, to acquire an interest and confidence in your government, you would find every difficulty in the way of carrying the law into force vanish away—your magistrates, your roads, your ports would rapidly extend throughout the country."