in which he says neither he or Hadfield knew of my speech at Taranaki in 1859. I cannot now remember whether you went with me to Hadfield's house at Otaki or not. Pray tell me whether you did so and if you heard what passed between us then. Fortunately Steward was with me and I need not say that he never heard me allude to the subject of troops at all. I only saw Hadfield once, as he did not call on me when I