from Corbett on the 21st. of last October - however I am obligec for the reminder and will now hand them in to the Sub-Treasurer for payment and so get rid of them. Your clothes are attended to, and with the exception of some rather the worse for wear, ready for use at any moment. The "William Hyde" is here, via Canterbury with 17 passengers and goods, hence to Hokianga. The schooner "Elizabeth" with timber from Manukao and another supposed to be the "Shepherdess" but it is blowing so furiously from the South West that the boat can't get off, in the mean time we are in a delightful state of suspense. Hitherto I have been under the impression that your friends supplied the chit chat and gossip of this wonderful place as regularly as I myself forward the dry fortnighly overland; but, now that I find myself mistaken and that they are not such good correspondents