of the present session in which you have felt it to be your duty to join our opponents and have attacked us with even more bitterness than they. This has made it impossible for us altogether to neglect the means of restoring that personal consideration for ourselves which your action has tended to damage. We are however still willing, for the sake of public interests to accept of your help and will give you your due share of the honors of success. Regard not for ourselves only but for the position of Government generally requires that we should not let our hottest opponent stand altogether between us and any part of the native population. We should have been well contented as before to waive in your favor our claims to any personal influence among the East Coast natives had you continued a supporter of our action and a defender of our characters. But native questions have unhappily been made again the turning point of a parliamentary battle, and we are obliged in support of the proper position of the Government of the country to assert ourselves somewhat. I say this with especial reference to the money payments to be made to the E. Coast natives, which must come direct from us or through some officer who has not been, is not, and is not likely to be the rival of the Government. In other respects