25 JULY 1863, Page 2

The Governor of New Zealand wants more troops, and has

asked for Sikhs. Lord Palmerston on Thursday, in answer to Mr. Forster, explained that Sir George Grey had asked the Home Government, not the Indian, and that the troops would be sent at the expense either of New Zealand or Great Britain. That is satisfactory so far as the constitutional question is concerned—though under the same system the Cabinet might send Sikhs to sabre rioters in Ireland—but it is necessary to notice the enormous increase gained by the executive power. These Sikhs are everywhere, in Shanghai, in Japan, in Cey- lon, and now they are going to New Zealand ; their number is practically limitless, and they are paid in advance out of the Indian revenue.