crushing blow at the enemy. I wd. certainly have been down if I had known in time. I fear in the speaking at your Napier Meeting our side wd. get the worst of it. I shall be anxious to see the report of the meeting. With regard to the Petition and getting it properly and extensively signed trouble ought to be taken to get good men to take round the sheets for signature. I will give you the arrangements I have made which shd. be followed up in the other districts