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The Founders of Canterbury

J. D. Cook, Esq., 123 Pall Mall, London. — Reigate, 19th December, 1849

J. D. Cook, Esq., 123 Pall Mall, London.
Reigate, 19th December, 1849.

Dear Sir,

—I return the proof of Mr. Godley's letter, corrected.

The notice of him and of the Canterbury Settlement in the Times to-day, makes it very desirable that his letter should, if possible, appear to-morrow.

I have good reason for suspecting, or rather feeling sure, that the Colonial Office is now endeavouring to stop and break up the Canterbury Association. Their motive is bitter ill-will to the Association because most of the leading members are Colonial Reformers. If you should think proper some day this week to reprint the Bishop of New Zealand's letter from the Times, I should much like to offer for your consideration a brief article relating to the subject, in which the hostility and purposes of the Colonial Office would be mildly and cautiously exposed.

Believe me, &c., &c,

E. G. Wakefield.