The Founders of Canterbury

Reigate, 12th July, 1850

Reigate, 12th July, 1850.

My Dear Sewell,

—Lord Lyttelton is out of Town.

There is a hitch about the Bishopric; Dr. Selwyn's "consent" being said to be indispensable before the Bishopric of New Zealand can be diminished. If the objection should hold, it will be a good illustration of the misery of distant government, and of the unbusiness-like ways of the Association.

Yours truly,

E. G. Wakefield.