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impending law-suits ad infinitum, which had arisen 
from the quarrelsome spirit reported by the last arrival. 
Before this brig came, our latest dates from the me- 
troi)olis were 127 days old, and those from London 
were only a fortnight further back. 
On the 12th of August, the Bishop arrived in the 
Government brig, and was received with a salute by 
the inhabitants of Wellington. He landed at Te Aro, 
and was met by a deputation from a public meeting 
held some days before, who presented him with an 
address of congratulation on his arrival. 
Before his Lordship had come, a number of eccle- 
siastical appointments had been gazetted. Among 
these were the Reverend Henry Williams, as Commis- 
sary of the Bishop and Surrogate for the granting of 
marriage licences of the District of the Bay of Islands ; 
his brother, William Williams, as Archdeacon of the 
district of the East Cape and examining Chaplain to 
the Bishop ; and Ministers for the townships of Auck- 
land and Wellington, being the Rev. J. F. Churton 
and the Rev. R. Cole. The last accompanied his Lord- 
ship hither. 
At this time, Mr. Halswell received official notice 
from Auckland, to surrender the trust of the Native 
Reserves to the new Trustees appointed for their ma- 
nagement, namely, the Bishop, the Chief Justice, and 
the Chief Protector of the Aborigines ; which three 
officers for the time being were to hold the trust for 
the future. 
Mr. Halswell had till now been associated with Mr. 
Hanson the Crown Prosecutor, and Mr. Murphy the 
Police Magistrate, for their management. 
This had been left, however, almost entirely to Mr. 
Halswell ; and had proved an unthankful task. 1 
have already described how effectually the restriction 
