In the Herald of the 6th a letter dated Clyde Jany. 4th - and signed ''A Wairoa settler'' - caught my attention from the extraordinary likeness between remarks contained therein and the passage referred to in my letter - and further to almost verbatim extract from the joint report of Capt. Saunders and myself - the whole toneof the letter evidently intended to serve a political purpose - determined me to discover its authorship if possible resulting in my finding that altho not written by Lt. Col. Lambert himself it was by 'James Witty' at his instance and from information and data supplied by the Col. - I should have thought less of this if it had not been for the comments made by him upon writing to the press whilst holding an official appointment - Truly the argument is applicable in either case, and I look upon the transaction as of a peculiarly underhand nature.