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.neral answer, then, I would for the present briefly
that, in the face of immense difficulties; I, in the

province as governor under the great seal, an(
commissioner under the sign manual, with an intimate
knowledge of the capabilities of the district, and full fore-
sight of beneficial results. laid the foundations of that

resident

which has turned out to be, in proportion to its age, the
finest and cheapest distinct colony in modern history ;
and that I am able to prove this claim most fully when-
ever I may be allowed a fair public opportunity for so

I Was with the storming party in the ditch of Badajoz
before Mr. Grey had reached his cradle ; and at Waterloo,
with the 52d Regiment, on the flank of the Imperial
Guard, before he well could have left it. I further passed
from the military to the civil service of the Crown, with
as high a character from the then highest military official
authority—Lord Hill—as an officer could well possess;
and I believe I may say I brought with me from South
Australia the warm affections of the great body of its

settlers. These are circumstances which authorise me to
claim from every man of character and sound feeling, at
least suspension of condemnatory judgment, until I shall
have had the opportunity of replying for myself in the
same manner that, in the eyes of some persons, my con-
demnation has been got up.

I have been condemned by an immense mass of per-
sonal evidence brought before a parliamentary committee
when 1 was at the antipodes, and by Governor Grey's

(patches, put

ed Without any cOunterbalanc

by my own correspondence with the government

I remains, Sir, your obedieni7seryant,
GEO. GAWLER, Colonel, Unattached

United Service Club, June 2, 1847

There really seems to be some unjust genius
hovering about the Colonial office, whoever may
be Colonial Secretary. More characters are taken
away, as the result of service under this office, than
in any other. Captain Fitzroy's case, to which we
directed attention some time ago, on his recall
from New Zealand, is upon a par with that of three
officials out of five who are subject to the depart-
ment in question. We have as yet seen no satisfac-
tory explanation of the treatment which Captain
Fitzroy received, nor are we 'aware that the gallant
captain has been recompensed by any other govern-
ment appointment.

PROTESTANTISM AND THE REPRESENTATION

OF LIVERPOOL

In consequence of the doubt cast by the Courier upon
the correctness of our report of the lecture of the Rev. Dr.
M'lsTeile, at the meeting at the Amphitheatre on Tuesday

that.reverend gentleman was asked by the editors
of the Mercury to state which was the correct version.

Neile's reply

TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY

GENTLEMEN,—I have this day received your letter on
the subject of a passage in my recent lecture, concerning
the right version of which the Courier and STANDARD
newspapers are at issue. You say you are of opinion that
the public would be glad of an early authorised statement
of what was really said, and you politely invite me to
supply you with such a statement for your paper to-

morrow.
Of the. greater part of my lecture I had made notes,
but of the parts in question I had made none. 1 had
spoken an hour and a half before I came to the disputed
passage, and I am quite unable, with satisfying conscious-
ness of accuracy, to recall the ip.yissima verba which I
uttered.

The report in the Courier, generally, the length of the
lecture, and the short interval after it, previous to the
publication, is so wonderfully accurate, that I ?DI unwill-
ing to accuse it of any misrepresentation of my senti-
ments in any part. At the same time the passage in ques-
tion, as it appears in the STANDARD, is beyond all doubt
in unison with what I intended to say, with what I would
say now, were the thing to be said over again.