voluminous pamphelts of Martin, Hadfield and the rest. They often shaved the truth pretty near, but never hit it. It is not for any row here that I care, but there will be most surely be a great storm in England. As to the abandonment - I still think it was wise; for, though it was a great humiliation, it has placed the present war on a ground which no one can possibly dispute. For the first time in New Zealand history, you will see