H. A. Aglionby, Esq., M.P.

—I have hoped to see you here, especially on the promised Wednesday. It is very desirable that we should meet in quiet to talk over the state of the Company, &c. The Church settlement promises so well, and I find Cowell so anxious to substitute the doing of useful things for endless and fruitless discussion, that I should see my way to getting mattors on to a satisfactory footing, if we could dispose of the Beit and Nelson question without delay. At present it stands in the way of all good. If Mr. Godley should become a witness to the feelings which it has occasioned, he will have no heart to proceed with the Church Colony. Indeed, I think it inevitable that the Company should break up in the midst of a quarrel between the Directors and the Commissioner, unless we can speedily get rid of that bone of contention. It is about this I want to talk to you in peace.