Wanganui 25th Novr. 1846 My Dear Sir I take the opportunity of one of people returning to Taranaki to send you a few Scotch newspapers and at the same time to let you know what we are about here. I suppose you are aware that Mamuca returned to this place after he and Rangaietta had been driven from the Hut, he remaind quite for some time, but we had rumours of a body of his friends being on the way to join him here and march down the coast to remove the man, accordingly a force of about 120 came to this place about ten days ago well armed they conducted themselves on the whole