4 JUNE 1864, Page 2

In the House of Lords on Tuesday, Lord Grey proved,

at least to his own satisfaction, that if the colonists had never had representative institutions in New Zealand the Maories would never have got frightened about the immigration, never have formed any land league, and never have declared war or murdered settlers. But Lord Grey's only proof of this amazing statement was his own confident assertion of it without any tittle of evidence in its favour. We take leave to think that this insurrection has risen from deeper causes than the constitution given to the settlers, which in native questions has always been very temperately and soberly used.