New Plymouth 20th. Sept. 1857. My dear Sir, Receiving a letter (official) from you this morning I may hope this will find you in Auckland. Am I to congratulate you on the villainous attack made on you by the Editor in his mover of the Wellington Newspaper copied into Pheney's "Taranaki News" a fortnight age? Verily the poor fellow must have been sadly put to it when reviewing the official conduct of one who for so many years has had so difficult a part to act, as not to be able to find out more against you than that you did not go pick and choose whatever land you