THE LATE CAPTAIN BAILEY. TO TUB EDITOR. BiR, — Seeing your extract from Mr Pearce's letter on the W&itara sensmtion in yoar Saturday's issue,- I consider it necebeary, with your kind permission, to make a few remarks. It is evident from Mr Pearce's note, bad you published it in extenso, that no reference was made to my statement published in the News of Thursday last. The particulars given in that statement have not been disputed, and with them I am sure everyono present must agree, and until they are proved to be incorrect credence cannot bo denied them, but not till then. I nee 1 not repeat them hero, since for many reasons I wish finished this sad history, which was first published entirely against my will. I mny, however, casually remark that Mr Peuroo was right in stating that tho oyrs did not close and open several timep, since oeituinly I never stated, nor do I think did over Mr Dickie tiny, they did. But even if we did, Mr Pource could not say to the contrary, for ho was not looking through tho glass when we oid, tnd consequently could no more see what %t thm saw than the man at the 01 her end of the room could sec through the cloacd door, or the keyhole, while another had his head against jt. Mr Pearoo states bow insane to imagine any signs of life, but in that insanity, in common with all the othore, he wasat first inclined to participate, and we might add bow, everything considered, it was as equally insane <o ntnto their sure unmis tnkeable prool'n of death four days previous. Tho übn.irnna] size of imagina tion can only account for the sijjns of decomposition tha* so many of up, {Deluding Mr Pearce, then tried to discover, but could not. The mystery and puzzlo to evtryone wr>s thut these B'gns were wanting to the very last. Regretting tho ncccHtity of writing on this Bad subject, and praying that we may be spared the pain of bearing any more about It.— l ftm, &0.,

Mr. MEADOWS' VIEWS ON SUBJECT Mr. E. Meadows, who arrived in the colony by the s.s. Tainui, a representative of the well-known firm of n. 