with - this, altho(I much regret having to say it is a fact - I have heard it with mine own ears -- while such facts exist it is and will be impossible for any Govt. to be successfull. How would it do to let the Ngapuhis loose at Waikato with one side and the Thames Diggers on the other -together with Ngatiporous on third side in conjunction with Arawas. 3 prisoners escaped from gaol on Sunday night last cut a hole in the roof - Farmer the Waipawa constable came across them fired at them but they escaped into the bush -Williams the horse stealer was one of them. Mr. Fox is here he is changed very little than when I saw him 6 years ago - his beard has grown white. Mr. Hawthorne goes up by this mail steamer. The Times Hawkes Bay has had a couple of Editorials