3 JULY 1875, Page 2

The Legislative Council of Natal his' riccept`ed tirRecipris , al strengthen the

hands of theA.4efeutelve„but not in` its lokigiM form. The Council at preseLt eitirtirills`, reininee members and 10 representatives, and the Colonial 'Office :peoposed that there should be 15 of each, and that the Speaker should be nominated. The representatives, however, who are sent up by 6 per cent, of the inhabitants, the 300,000 natives having no votes, objected to this as arbitrary, and proposed a Council of thirteen nominees to fifteen representatives. To this Sir Garnet Wolseley agreed, and the Bill now only awaits con- firmation at home. We presume it will obtain it. In a colony where the whites are so hopelessly outnumbered, the Jamaica constitution would be infinitely preferable ; but this Council will be a strong one, and among fifteen members, two will surely be found to comprehend the policy of the Government. If they cannot be secured, Parliament, without abolishing the constitu- tion, should confer on the Lieutenant-Governor in special emer- gencies the reserved powers granted to the Viceroy of India. The mere knowledge that they existed would make the Council tractable.