[lndependent.] Last night’s Host contained an article, which we venture to suspect was not written by anyone accustomed to write for the public Press, but by some one who, although possibly a fluent and forcible speaker, has not yet acquired the art of giving intelligibility to his ideas, through the medium of the pen. There is, however, to those who “ know you know,” a flavor about this pioduc tion which cannot be mistaken. The article is written most unmistakeably in the interests of those whose programme it is to wrest from the General Govern ment and the Assembly a large share of their powers for the benefit of the pro vincial administrations. The moot amusing part of the article referred to is the assumption that the Provin cial Government of is “ cribbed, cabined, and confined, in its sphere of usefulness by the fact that the colony has so far insisted that the general policy of colonial public works and immigration shall be administered by the Colonial Government. If there ever was a Provincial Government which owed a deep debt of gratitude to the General Government and the Assembly, it is that of Wellington. We do not say that the province has got more than it deserved, but we do most emphatically state that the Provin cial Government would not have been able to present such a favorable picture to the Council and the people but for the loyal consideration extended to the province by the Government. We can imagine that the reply to this is “we kept them iu and it may be true that the close combination of the Welling ton members did assist materially to eusure the seats of the Ministry, but we should he sorry to admit that the whole of the Wellington members voted as they did simply and only for the loaves and fishes which they expected to get. We have a much higher esti mate of the character of the Welling ton members than to suppose that such charge —one that is very freely made and believed in other provinces—is cor rect. 