SIR GREY AND MR. MACANDREW.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4955, 8 February 1877, Page 3

SIR GREY AND MR. MACANDREW.

(PEE PBESB "f , Duhkmn, Ji»nuary 26., 1 It appears that the proposal of the<.Otago Convention to send Sir" George Grey find 'Mr. Macandrew to England will come to nothing. Mr. Macandrew wrote to'the Council of the Convention expressing his readiness' to undertake the mission; but Sir G. Grey'is not prepared to go, and on January 18 he, telegraphed to Mr Macandrew as follows : " To Mr. Macandrew.—Am still, regret ,to say, unwell, and cannot 'move, 'to r Auojuand' There is no hope of my being able to leave New Zealand for sdme> time.—Geokoe Gmy." Mr. Macandrew a letter as follows the" President ofjthe Conference. Superintendent's i<office; -22nd January, 1876. Sir,—Since writing to you o* the tftlrult., I have had severa}, communications from Sir George Grey., I regret to say that, from the state of his health, there is no hope of'his being able to Mve'NeW ( Zealand for some time. Under these' circumstances, perhaps it may be'well for the Council of the Convention to meet for the purpose of ; considering the position.—J"..MACA*rDtosYr." - The Council of the Convention will shortly meet to consider the matter. '' • ,l - 1 " l Balclutha, Friday. t Correspondence between Mr. -Macandrew, Sfr George Grey, and the President of the Otago Convention is published in the Cmthi Leader to-day, showing that in t consequence of the illness of Sir George-Grey the inißsion to England must be postponed. The Leader suggests that the money collected to defray the expenses of the delegates should now be expended in trying the question of the legality of the Abolition Act in a court of law, and urges that this would be a popular mode of disposing of the funds. ' •