Featherstone's speech will be a useful document to me as out of his own mouth I shall be able to make the case much clearer than I could otherwise have done. I fear he has lost his temper and that the party scarcely deserves to be characterized as the wisest or the most charitable in N.Z.;; I write in great haste. Do, as you always do, what is best, and having done it get on to Taranaki. I rejoice in your letters, so write when you can. Yours sincerely, T. Gore Browne. 12 Sept. 1859