His Excellency tlie Governor prorogued the General Assembly yesterday in perion* There were two noticeable things in the proceedings : the first, the absence of all unnecessary parade ; the second, the unusual pith of the Governor's address. The speech, which ■will be found else where, differs greatly from the generality of those addresses in which Governors of colonies thank colonial legislatures for malcing liberal provision for the public service, and attending to domestic concerns. It deals with ques tions of imperial interest, and we are glad to say that it deals with them in the only tone which becomes the representative of the Crown in this dependency of the Empire. After referring to the approval, by the Assembly, of the measures taken to suppress the rebellion before Parliament was summoned, and after adverting to the triumph of the British arniß at Rangiriri and the occupation of Ngaruawahia, his Excellency adds : — "While " fully recognising the responsibilities of the "colony towards tlie Maori race, I shall not "relax in following up our successes with " such measures as may be necessary to reduce "to obedience those who may still offer "resistance to her Majesty's authority." This declaration contains the pith of the whole matter, and is a pledgo to the country that no half measures will be resorted to. The colony has made immense saci'ifices to uphold the supremacy of the Crown, and we are satisfied that any further sacrifices that may bo necessary to accomplish that end will cheerfully be made, provided there is an assurance that all our privations and sufferings will not be in vain. If language mean anything, the language wo have quoted ought to give us that assurance. Jt is not his Ex cellency's declaration alone ; it is likewise the deliberate expression of the mind of his Executive, and as such we deal with it. Let us, therefore, look hopefully to the futxire. The war policy which has been so signally suc cessful hitherto is not to be relaxed, until it has borne the ripe fruits of peace and general sub mission. We shall hear of no moro temporising; no recognition of "ancient Maori usages," which arc never perfectly understood by Europeans and at all times admit of double interpretation. 