Mr Duncan's references to Mr Jol lie's short-lived Executive were given in the best possible spirit. They were at once thoroughly straightforward, and conciliatory in tone, Mr Duncan de clined to recognise any such over powering necessity in the political situation as required the Council to accept, as the leader and exponent of a particular policy, a gentleman whose antecedents had been, without excep tion, of the most opposite character. It seemed as if Mr Duncan in this statement had had in his mind's eye the peculiar events of the recent ses sion of the General Assembly, and wished the province to avoid the error into which the colony, as a whole, had: fallen. The incongruousness of Mr Stafford's union with the relics of the Weld party, and the results which had : followed were certainly not of such a character as to induce this province toi repeat the mistake in its local politics.! At the same time Mr Duncan ; expressed his regret at the personal attacks which had been made upon Mr Jollie, and his want of any; sympathy with them. We cannot, however, recollect many personal attacks made upon Mr Jollie during the whole course of the somewhat earnest and excited discussion which led to his downfall. As we said at the time, he was the: victim rather of his previous con-' nections than of his presept proclivities, The objections to him were almost entirely directed against his political 1 antecedents. Both Messrs Duncan and Stewart declared that in their! capacities of Chairmen ofßoad Boards, they had received curt refusals from' him of the sums voted by the Pro vincial Council. He could not there fore be regarded by. either of these gentlemen as a fit and proper champion for what has been called the Road Board party. Canterbury and its Provincial Counci, lare not so destitute ot political leaders as to encourage such a specimen • of official tergiversation. Mr 1 Jollie accordingly went to the 'wall. But we know of no personal objections to him, unless it be the somewhat general suspicion that, he is rather indolent and indifferent in his attention to official details. 