Such an act, so far as we have heard, has not hitherto been attempted in the province since the famous proclamation of 1860. Indeed, the fact which we lately made public in our columns, that three persona had been forcibly detained at Taranaki for military service, seems a sufficient proof that martial law was still in force in that piovince. All this, however, must be altered by the proclamation in the Gazette, dated the 29th of .May, which appoints a session of the Supreme Court to be held at Taranaki, for the transac tion of both criminal and civil business. Martini law is necessarily abolished by it, and the settlers of Taranaki are once more in pos session of their full rights as civilians, and we suppose it is not unlikely that we may soon have the pleasure of welcoming back to Auck land the three entei prising gentlemen who. having gone to Taranaki apparently tq tyacjp, may be sa.id to have been themselves sold. These, then, so for as we can learn, are the effects likely to be pioduced by the proclama tion rcfeiied to. The question remains, to what end was the change ma.de \ We must not bp supposed for one moment to bo imputing unworthy motives to Government in asking this question. We are far from imagining, however, that our present rulera are devoid of reasons for any of the nets which they peiform. The act under con sidera* tion seems to us calculated to produce no ordinary results at Taianaki, and we are justi fied in supposing that it was dictated by reasons of a like weighty character. The reasons, it seems to us, might be of either of two kinds , they might be dependent ou thp removal of the causes which induced a formcE Government to pioclaim martial law • or, they might depend upon new circumstances which were considered of sufficient impoitance to out: wejgh the ac|vaati\ges which still existed, of the former state of things. We do not pretend to say that the extent of our knowledge would justify us in asserting absolutely that no ohange in the position of affairs has occurred of suffi cient importance to make the advantages of martial law in a province given up to war no longer worthy of attention. 