Grey's appointment brought such relief to Fox's mind that, after he heard it, he slept soundly for the first time for many months! Since then the mighty have fallen and the Fox's cunning seems to have failed him and he has succumbed to a subtler than himself. Very many thanks o you for the parliamentary papers which I read with very great interest notwithstanding the prolixity of the Minutes with which the Governor and his Ministers pelted each other. New Zealand affairs have still a fascination for me or I should hardly have waded through such a wordy correspondence. I am sincerely glad that Weld is now at the head of affairs and trust he may be able to extricate you from your difficulties of which the financial one is not the least important. My wife has profitted