moment,' yet they made no preparations to prevent it. Therefore Mr. Carrington sup porting such a Ministry was. moro than he (Mr. E) could comprehend or ondure. Mr. Carrington also took upon himself the charac ter of being the only true representative of the district — he was tho only gentleman who represented the opinion of constituents. He told Mr. Carrington after tho close of last session that his constituents were dissatisfied with him, and that ho should meet them. He said he would not do so if every elector in the district wero to come and ask him. He looped every elector in the room would let Mr. Carrington know that he was not repre senting them. Captain Skeet said he fully endorsed what had been stated by Mr. Elliot, because it was true, The press of the Colony had made known the opinions expressed by Messrs. Gisborne and Thompson. Mr. Thompson said it would be dishonourable to go to war with a man like Te Whiti. But -what is Te Whiti's power ? Ho believed that when the natives began to show signs of distrust at Tc Whiti's prophecies not being realized, Te Whiti would be under the necessity of taking some decisive step to allay the distrust of his followers. If the Government took Te Whiti now he believed Tc Whiti would give in like a lamb, but if the Government .waited too long he believed Tc Whiti would show fight. It was a Ministry of such incorrect views oh the native difficulty that Mr. Carrington sup ported. The electors of Grey and Bell were worse than disfranchised — they wero misrep resented. He did not think it required much common sense to sec that Mr. Carrington was misrepresenting the electors. Mr. Car rington had had his day in political life, and he should have retired upon his laurels long ago. But as Mr. Carrington was determined to misrepresent the electors he thought they should call upon him to resign. No one who had noticed Mr. Carrington's conduct during the last two years could help coming to the conclusion that he should retire from his seat j as their representative. ! Mr. Jones did not think the words spoken by the Ministers would bo found to bear the construction that had been put upon them. He believed they had been misrepresented. Mr. 