Council would have been at an end about this time ; art as affairs have turned out, there is no saying now iow long it lntfy 'be before members are able to uis ]erse to their several homes. Another tea-cup storm las been going on in our coinimmity. A change of Government is being effected, and some of the- inem >erB of Council who have got it up believe, or pretend ;o believe, that they are serving the country. Unfor ;unatelyfor their pretensions, we strongly suspect that ;he country doeg not believe this, and that it is little sbliged to them for their conduct. Of course the whole question between the Govern ment and this little knot of gentlemen, who assume to themselves the credit of supporting the dignity of iLu Council, cannot be narrowed into the one resolution which decided the resignation of the late Executive. The late Government was formed avowedly without any grand notions of party politics in provincial busi ness, but with a view to carrying on the practical busi ness of the province to the greatest advantage. They may appeal to what has been done-, and the manner in which it has been done, while they were in office, as a proof that they have not been idle. This, at least, they have not been accused of. And we must say here, in justice to Mr. Ollivier, that during the past very laborious year he has in no way spared himself, and that no man who has held the office of Provincial Secretary, has had so much work on hia shoulders, or has attended to his work with more assiduity than that gentleman" The last financial year has been one oi much difficulty. The revenue for the first nine months of the year far exceeded the estimates ; public works were undertaken on a large scale in pursuance of votes of the Provincial Council, and in many cases it was found advisable, for the sake of economy, and on grounds of public expediency, to exceed those votes, It is evident in 'a young community, and when large public works are going on, that it cannot be predicted exactly for a year in advance, how much or how little can be advantageously spent on public works. 