vent interminable correspondence. He said, 'that he should be very f^lad to see me at all times, and would try to get all he could out of me,' On the whole, I am of opinion that he is rather in favour of the measure than otherwise, but he was very guarded, and said, 'that he might perhaps like to be more communicative than I might find him; but that he had found it necessary to say little, and that little cautiously.'
"Matthew Hill said he heard that application had been made to Stanley for the Governorship of the colony—this, he thought, very injudicious, and he should take an opportunity of saying that 'no application of a private nature which had been made was known to, or authorized by the committee.'
"January 27th.—Gave Nicol part of the charter to be printed. Saw Parkes, and went with him to the Colonial Office.
"The object of our visit to the office was to obtain a late day in the week for the interview. Parkes relates that his conversation, on the whole, was favourable. Stanley took the papers to Brighton with him on Saturday, and, as he told Earle, read them carefully. He says, 'there is very great difference between the present plan and the last; that there are several points for discussion, and that it will not be all smooth work to us.' Earle further reports that he (Stanley) has conversed the matter over with Lefevre, and has instructed the latter as to the points on which discussion may arise. The Church, Earle thinks, is not likely to be a stumbling block. It is pretty clear that Stanley does not object to the matter in limine. Captain Sturt called; he is very favourable to the colony, and thinks that good land and a harbour will be found in Gulf St. Vincent, near a creek, discovered by Captain Barker. He also reports that the land is good by Port Lincoln, on what authority, however, he did not say. He will call again."
