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who yield only from fear. The Fawn made her appearance here three days ago after a passage of 19 days from Sydney. Cator is as jolly and as pleasant as ever. A night or two ago the most disgraceful scene ever witnessed occurred in our House of Assembly; it is bad enough as it appears in the paper but I am afraid that not half of what passed is reported. Here, however, it matters only to the gentlemen themselves who fight it out and unfortunately bring disgrace on the Colony. I lay all the blame on the Speaker and often long for a speaker from N.Z. either of whom