it was good that he should desire peace; that the Governor would be glad to hear what he had to say on the subject, if a lasting peae was really his object. I asked whether in the event of the question being referred by the Governor to the Imperial Government, as previously suggested by himself, he William Thompson, and the chiefs associated with him, would abide by the decision of the Secretary of State. 6. I also explained to him the views and feelings of the Government as regards the unity of the two races; and assured hi, that, whatever might be said to the contrary by some Europeans, it was the aim and the earnest desire of the majority of Her Majesty's English subjects, as well in this colony as at home, to preserve them as a people, and promote their welfare.