It is in times of distress that the points of good ness in good men shine out, and here Thomson has shown that he does not look to war or kingism for the salvation of his race, but rather prefers to ally his moral force with friendly na tives andEuropeans On Thomson's firsthearmg of the late Taranaki murders he made haste to come down the river to Mati, accompanied by Tiorion and a very few others of like mind, with himself. These came by land, that they or their errand might not be identified or con founded with a large party of up-river natives, with whom was Sophia, and for whom the Wgati teata at Waiuku find killed five bullocks, and made other hospitable preparations. The agree ment between Thomson and Wata was to the following effect, as I had it from Wata himself Thomson said he came down to assure Wata, as the Governor's friend, that he ■n as very sad at the news which had come from Taranaki, and that if it should prove, when he had accounts overland, that the story m the newspapers was correct, lie would do all he could to keep back the Waikatos and their chiefs from approving the conduct of the Ngatiruanui and the Ngati maniapoto tribes , that he would not harbour the murderers, and that, as he did not wish for war in Waikato, he would try to keep back all the other Waikato tribes from joining m with the Ngatimaniapoto, and accompanying that tube to Taranaki. He parted from Wata on Thursday morning, the 14th, and Wata was well satisfied with his visitor, saying, "He pat ana Jeorero." Wata proceeded the same day on to Auckland, probably thence to Taranaki, as the Governor has sent for his friendly chiefs to consult with him m native matters, especially as to the course to be pursued m dealing with the natives who have committed the late mur ders. Of course the object ought to be to find out the perpetrators, as an outrage of this nature, however gross, cannot well be considered as a ground for going to war with natives in. the gross, or even with a whole tribe. 