less in the world. Bell is to be here to-day in the ''Omeo,'' and to sail again to-morrow for Melbourne., Mrs. Bell has been dreadfully ill, and it is not expected that she will land from the steamer. Talking of Bell carries my mind back to Otago. The Maoris are (for the time, and I fear, for ever) swindled out of the Princes Street Reserve. It has been argued before the Court of Appeal, and unanimously