Saturday 11 p.m. I received your Honor's kind letter, per Orderly, about 5 p.m. I attended Major Lambert for the purpose before alluded to; and have just returned from so doing. I am disposed to think that he is largely influenced by Buchanan, insomuch that he expressed himself in terms of disparagement of the precautions taken, and the excitement prevailing in Napier. I conceive that it is simply impossible for the natives to work satisfactorily with the Major; that the withdrawal of Ngatiporo would be attended with danger to this place; that to hold out any prospect of success, attack must come from here, as making it from Turanga would resemble putting weasels into a rabbit warren without previously stopping the earths.