me he asked my advice as to starting in business at New Plymouth as a Land and Commission Agent. He writes expressing himself as having a very strong feeling of preference for this place, and no wonder, as having many friends here he would like to put down and completely destroy the sad results arising from the calumnys so basely circulated about him. Many of those who attend to Mr. Ironside's Ministry have now (for a while at least) withdrawn from the Wesleyan Chapel: the Finlays, Wilsons, Ritchies, both Halses, ourselves and I believe the Humphries are amongst that number. Yesterday afternoon we met a party of the Maories at the Kauwau Pah in E'Waka's house, convened by Mr. Whitely for the purpose of endeavouring to raise in their minds some feeling of regard for the value of instruction and more especially as a means of acquiring knowledge the benefit they would derive in acquiring a knowledge of the English language inasmuch as very few books, comparatively, are published in Maori, whilst an inexhaustable supply may always be found in English. I hope the meeting will be useful. There were about one hundred present, besides a few Europeans, viz. Messrs. Whiteley and family, Mr. Ironside, Long, Parris, H. Halse, myself and family and three or four assistants, who came by special invitation, and therefore are not to be considered as at all marking the relative feeling of the two races. I hope good will arise out of this meeting. Mr. Whiteley has reopened the Grey Institution and has I believe night pupils to begin with. I may here give you an account of a little incident which happened at the tea-table which displays the indiscreet intermeddling character of Mr. Ironside. E'Waka of the Kauwau made rather a long and somewhat violent speech on the subject of Ihaia's and Nicorema's offer to sell the