man in his council in such a critical time. Sir Charles Clifford leaves for England, not intending to return for some years. There are several parties leaving Auckland, but none of them are actual settlers; in fact these occasional panics, through fear of the Maoris, are felt much more by the townspeople than by those eho are most exposed to danger in the country. There has been a good deal of time occupied by some of the members of the general assembly, in an investigal on of circumstances connected with the introduction of civil institutions into the Waikato district, and some blame imputed to me for the withdrawal of Mr. Fenton; who was sent there as