how the difficulty is to- be helped, or a re medy brought about more speedily by emu_' laiing the lawless nssumption which at present deprives us of the full advantages of the New Constitution intended to be ad ministered intact in all its parts by the Biitish Parliament.
It cannot' be doubted that nil the Pro vim es have a sustained determination to insist fn having lho<e institutions carried, out to the letter; and also tqually hold the opinion that further facilities in relation to the Provincial Governments will be found*

necessary

Those governments, however, as at pre sent constituted, have vast powers for local, improvenunt, without exceeding tho c en tiusted to thim by the Imperial Act, and> also as properly const tuted legislative bodies, back>d by the people of the pro vince-!, possess great influence if firmly, andi unanimously, but above allp'udently used,, over the paramount authorities constituted by the New Act.
