since I wrote you on Friday last except to church. I intended to have called for Mrs Eyre this week but Mama has not been well and I did not like to leave her. She has got a dreadful cough. I never saw her have one so bad before and as she never has been subject to coughs it makes me more alarmed. It is always worse at night. Sometimes she appears almost like to suffocate. I thinks she got this cold the Sunday before last. She went to church in the afternoon and it was a cold disagreeable day. I think she is a little better today. I endeavoured to persuade her to take a walk this morning but I did not succeed. I am sure it would have done her a great deal of good. It is reported that Sir George Grey is coming to Wellington soon. I have not heard whether Lady Grey is to