HAWKE'S BAY.

INCUBSION AND TOTAL DEFEAT OF THE HAU-HAUS, TH© last ma.il froxsOL fh.e- sS"orfcl» brought news "fcliat a. large "body of J Hau-haus were preparing for an inroad into Hawke's Bay ; we hear now that they did come down, with the full intention of attacking and burning the town of Xapier, but were completelydefeated by the Colonial* forces, the wholeparty, with afew exceptions, being either killed or made prisoners. The following particulars are from the " Hawke's Bay Herald " of the 15th. After describing the approach of the Hau-haus and their refusal either to or to explain their intentions, it continues :—

This was a state of things eminently unsatisfactory. Upwards of a hundred truculent savages, known to be picked fighting men, armed to the teeth and without any lawful means of supplying their wants, were planted in the midst of a thickly settled district. On Tues- | day, as might be expected, most of the | women and children residing near Omara-hui, or on the line of route homewards, —assuming the Natives to leave or to be driven away—came into town for safety ; and arrivals of families continued during Wednesday j and Thursday, until Napier was quite full of those who had thus been driven from their homes. Although the friendly Natives who had assembled at Pa Whakairo kept a good watch upon the movements of the enemy, it was expected every moment that news would reach town of some outrage having been committed.

The Star of the South, steamer, which arrived from Auckland oa Tuesday, brought us news of some siginficance in connection with the presence in our midst of this large party of armed fanatics: news to the general public, although not, we apprehend, to Mr McLean, whose measures of precaution evidently pointed to a wide-spread danger. We refer to indications of a dangerous conspiracy, originating in Waikato, which had become known to the Auckland people. It was then supposed— and the events of the last few days would seem amply confirmatory of the supposition—that Hawke's Bay was to be the rallying point of the disaffected masses of Waikato and adjacent. dis- J tricts.

Of course, under such circumstances, tho authorities had to be prompt in their measures for ensuring the safety of the population. On Monday night a messenger was despatched overland to Wairoa, the bearer of instructions to Major

Fraser at once to march over] with his company of military I"! tiers ; but, the steamer Star of fi South arriving on Tuesday mew she was at once taken up bvhiVtt *> the Superintendent, acting as ° aot for-the.General Government, and f! patched to Wairoa ior Major p r and party, as well as for the ftiJT chiefs Kopu and Ihaka, and * uc \% tlieir men as could be got upon so short a notice. She leftTuesday night arrived on Wednesil!! morning, was detained by bad went during that day, shipped the me'/"! Thursday morning, and arrived i n tl Iron Pot about one p.m. that day w° need not say that her appearance r most welcome—the public bavin* ev l2 confidence m Fraser and hi^tJr 7 little band. "* briiY ° Simultaneously with the despatch on Monday night, of tho messenger t« Major Fraser, a Gazette was issued calling out the militia and volunteer' of Napier, Chve and Meanee S training. As this was suspected to hi preparatory to warmer work, the J\ was responded to with right good wi' and, next and following days, them was a goodly muster on the mnZ grounds. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, there was a very m .J feeling of impatience to be «up° an j J. 'em"—the militia and volunteers alone to say nothing of the large body 0 f friendly Natives assembled, deemina themselves fully adequate to eitirpata this nest of rebellion, and eager to make the attempt. However the word with Mr McLean was atulfo/w it was not known to what extent rebel reinforcements were in the Mgrouud, nor was it at all desirable that an attack should be made until the m could be completely those with whom rested the responai. bility being unwilling that the rebels, in case of their non-submission, should have the slightest chance of Bcatteriri« over the district with murderous thoughts intent; as well, we may add as unwilling that the deluded men should be punished until every opportunity of submission had been afforded them. Meanwhile, the work of training and preparation went on under that indefatigable officer, Captain Withers. PEEPAEATIONS FOE ACTION. The arrival, on Thursday, of the Star of the South, with Major Fraser and his band, was evidently the signal for action. That evening a " Gazette* was issued calling out the militia and volunteers for actual service, and tlio. officers went round warning 'the men of their respective corps to be in readi* ness to march the same night—the volunteers at eleven and the militia at twelve—and to take with them forty rounds of ball cartridge and one day's provision?. The night was dark, gloomy, and windy, but the numbers who turned out, and the Bpirit they displayed, showed that their heart \vaa in the work. At eleven precisely Captain Buchanan and his volunteers, to the number in all of? forty-eight, marched from the front of the militia office amidst three cheers from the bystanders. At midnight, Noa i and 2 Companies of militia followed-" the former under Captain Vita* gerald, forty-three strong; tho latter under Captain Kennedy, also forty-three in number. Kopu, Ihahs, and the Wairoa friendly Natives brought up the rear—each company being vociferously cheered as it disappeared in the darkness. The Clive (No. 3) Company, under Captain, Ehodes, and the Meanee (No. 4), under Captain Birch, had each separate orders as to the titno of dopta and -place of* rendezvous. T"h«a, march :-was- soxziewhafc toilsomo to iii m w jit inn a fi work, more especially-since the route taken was a circuitous one,' the roil" dezvOus for the town companies having been on the Pukefcapu. Bide of tbe Tutaekuri, and involving a long. march, besides the necessity of fording the river before ground could fas taken for the advance. Nos. 1 and 2 Companies had orders to march by Taipo road to Kedcliffe paddock; tli) volunteers by the Puketapu road, and to take post at or near Mr Bennett'!] house; No. 3 Company to be ti> Tareha's pa by daylight ; No. 4 to bo aa early as possible, at its drill ground, and to take post thus —the Meanee bridge section at Mr Hawkin's house, the Puketapu section st Mr Heslop's. In town, some disappointment waa felt on its becoming known that Major Fraser would not accompany the militia and volunteers, but waa to be despatched at two a.m. in toe direction of Petaue. We confeei'tjM we thought this a great mistake; but the sequel showed that the step was doubtless prompted by wise motive* He crossed the ferry at the hour m have named, and marched to Petaiis, where he was joined by Captain Car? and a small body of the residents Pt that village. The result of this expedition will be found narrated below. A third service was in the programme, to which we may .derate, fi small paragraph. Information having reached the Government that twelve large canoes were hauled upj, n , a , v inlet between Foraite and raw a Island, a party, consisting of twentyseven mounted volunteers under taptain Gordon, and twelve of No. 2 Company militia under Corporal Moggndge, was detached to take possession oi them. The spot was reached as daylight, the canoes were ■ setted, and the persons in charge taJtea prisoners. The Maories protested that the canoes were Tarehas, ana not the property of the n\m but Captain Gordon abided by h* instructions, and took the people> m custody, at the same time giving the canoes in charge to Captain Gelletf, the harbor-master, who had repaired to the spot by water. Captain Cellem tried to take the canoes (fnree «. which wero capable of holding htty men each) to town; but, being unable to stem the wind and tide, no contented himself with cutting them adrift, and returning to port. _' ■« turned out afterwards that the statements made by the Natives in charge were correct so far aa the proprietorship of the canoes in question was

T"~~ea but, whose ever they were, * n robablr-a P ro P er P reeautlon i* ffa . 8 o P ff .thVmeans of escape in case s|e rebels -getting away. 0 iBWTALOSTHEOBOUSD. it daylight on the morning of Fn- ' j .the several companies were in the dsy assigned them in general P °fs thT evening before. The wfwere distinguished by a red and Start* on the left arm, and seventy ffhia body were stationed on the ad«Br Wfi to prevent escape. The XI were under the command of ?• Lint-Colonel Whitmore, acting StThom wero Major Lambert Ld Captain Withers as well as Stain Russell and Mr Agnew Brown, 10 had volunteered as aides-de-camp. Sis Honor the Superintendent and Mr Ormond were also on the ground. At Sreak, the Hau-haus must have TL astonished at seeing themselves dually surrounded by an armed force nf such numbers, but their courage or desperation, whichever it may be terlea does not seem to have been at all affected by the spectacle. At daylight a letter was sent to the rebel pa under a flag of truce, of which Sr Hamlin was the bearer. In that tetter they were requested to surrender sod lay down their arms within one hoar "They were promised that they would not be moleßted during that Berioa, but they would be attacked at Ec expiry of it if they did not comply terms offered. They refused fl t first to have anything to say to him, although he waited fully an hour for an answer, but at length they replied that; they thought the time rather suorVbut they did not lead him to suppose that any extension of time ifould induce them to surrender. An extension of time —about another j, onr __ W as, however, given by the commanding : officer, but they showed no disposition to take advantage of it, and were plainly to be seen dancing round their Hau-hau pola, as if invoking the aid of their god in the impending struggle. At seven o'clock—two hours after the first demand had been made upon them —Mr Hamlin was again sent forward with a smajlvrhite flag, to inform the Hauiauß that the commanding officer could wait, no longer. They replied that there was no reason to do so as they meant to fight. ; THE ATTACK. About this time Capt. Ehodes with twenty of the Clive Company, all mounted/ made his appearance, he having found it impossible to bring up hiSjCompany on* foot within the time. Capt. Birch's men came on the ground v forty-eight strong ; and this and the othec companies took up the positions assigned to them. After two hours had been allowed the enemy, the order was given to advance, which was done in the most cool and gallant manner— the Napier companies marching from the Puketapu side and fording the river. Captain Buchanan's company of volunteers and the section of No. 4 Company Militia, under Mr Brown, ■were at first stationed about 500 yards Up the river /under cover of a ditch and Wk fence. The larger part of the ifotftfe contingent, under Tareha, Hapuku, Ihaka, Kopu, Eenata, and Karaitiana, and directed by Mr Locke, 1 occupied the edges of the swamp or weresfcationed outside the cultivations at a* distance of several hundred yards; smaller portion was placed on the hills in the back to prevent the enemy's escape. Opposite the dray road to the pa, Nos. 1 (the first to come under fire) and 2 Companies, and

a part of No. 4 were formed in open column. This part of the force was - under Major Lambert, who, on the advance being sounded, moved steadily forward and gained the top of the river bank, where he found the Hau-haus drawn up. He received their fire and returned it—the"men getting within the outer fences of the pa. Unfor- _ tuMtely, just at this time, part of the Native contingent, which had followed, coming unexpectedly under fire, moved ia some confusion to the right, to take shelter under> the river bank. This tomewhat disordered the militia, the I faendlies and our people getting mixed op together ; and the order was given by Gdlonel Whitmore (who, with Major I&mbert, were to be seen in the hottest of the" fire) Ttb take cover under that • part of the bank which commanded all the ground taken. About this time Captain Kennedy, commanding No. 2 Company, was shot in the shoulder— tho bullet passing through the fleshy part and just touching the bone— but. ha very heroically refused to leave the ground until ordered to do so hy the officer commanding. During the next quarter-of-an-hour a very aeaVy fire was kept up on our part, and returned with great coolness and deby the enemy, but the latter *&s gradually pushed back until he j abandoned the huts aud took shelter in a I

w&all gully near the further end of the R where he found complete shelter. * fc this.time Mr Hamlin (under a perfect shower of lead) conveyed orders to we Napier volunteers to advance on the pa by the river, which was done, gd the enemy driven out of the gully. *tyor Lambert and force then moved

j*? the bank; and drove him, under a «* fire, into the last of the several en- ■ closures into which the pa was divided "-Dot m ore than a few square yards of JJpA'' Many of the friendly Natives *~*«reha in particular—now moved up ?-*>>andln a few moments the remainposition would have been taken by had the enemy not displayed •to white flag in token of surrender "~the only course he could have Wopted to save himself from utter Jjstruction. Before that the pa jGuid have been rushed but for the arising from a cross fire, which ■** imminent uuder the circumstances J 1 **8 being pretty well surrounded °y the friendly Natives and the Colonial W. Upon the flag of truce being JHstedj the officer commanding had considerable difficulty id restraining J* friendly Natives from rushing in *« killing the prisoners. Upon the P a being entered a ghastly spectacle of J*** -and wounded presented itself, **d the survivors, some forty-seven in laid down their arms (among

which, in opposition to a statement made by a local contemporary, not a Government rifle was to be seen) and surrendered. The Hau-hau loss was severe, the killed having numbered twenty-three and the wounded about the same, many of whom are now under treatment in the hospital. Among the dead was Parnapa, the prophet; and among the prisoners, Nikora of Tarawera, a chief of note and well known in Napier, and Henare, also a Tarawera chief. The former was afc one time a native assessor, and held other employments under Government. We regret that, notwithstanding the precautions taken by the officer commanding, some thirteen or fourteen of the enemy escaped from the pa. They were pursued, however, by Captain Rhodes' mounted contingent, and by Captain Gordon's men (who had just come up), and eleven brought back, wounds having been inflicted on two of them in the pursuit. Among those recaptured was the notorious Nikora, who must be a treacherous scoundrel. The number of Hau-haus who really escaped does not, we imagine, exceed three or four, and they will not, in all probability, long escape the vigilance of the authorities. One was caught, we learn, on Saturday morning.

Of the details of the fighting we are yet imperfectly informed ; indeed it is no easy matter to describe such a scene with anything like clearness. A great deal of individual heroism was displayed ; so numerous, indeed, the instances of personal pluck, that it is almost invidious to mention names. Lieut.-Colonel Whitmore, Major Lambert, Captain Withers, Mr Hamlin, Captain Buchanan, Messrs. Weston, Withers, junr., William Miller, Kennedy, Bousfield, Begg, and a long string of others, showed of what stuff they were made. The enemy fought with great fierceness. "The number of men on our side actually engaged did i not exceed 180, and the Hau-haus had the advantage of position and j cover to compensate him for a disparity I more apparent than real in the relative numbers of the opposing parties. Mr Withers, jun., had a horse shot under him while crossing the river, and Mr W. R. Ferguson, while chasing the men who escaped. Of the number of narrow escapes the name was legion. Although not, strictly speaking, an incident of the fight, the following is worthy of note: — " When passing through the hospital on Saturday morning," says a correspondent, " I saw a young rebel or Hau-hau; he was about two weeks' old, and the nurse had him on her knee washing him as tenderly as if she were his mother. The mother was wounded in the hand; the child, strange to say, was not hurt. THE CASUALTIES. Our casualties are less numerous than might have been expected. The 1 killed are but three —William Young, a private of No. 4 Company, formerly in JVTr TifFen's employment, at G-reen-meadows, as a ploughman, and latterly the holder of a small farm. The poor fellow was buried on Sunday afternoon with the usUal honors on such sad occasions, and followed by a large concourse of militia and volunteers. A friendly Native, Karamoa, an uncle of Karaitiana, and another Native, were also among the killed. The wounded were, one officer and eight men among the Europeans, and four of the Native Contingent. The following is a list of the casualties in the European part of the force:— Captain Kennedy, No. 2 Company —Gun shot wound left shoulder. H. Brooking—Gun shot wound in left arm, and ball passed through chest; dangerously. I H. Morrison (boat builder)— Gun 'shot wound in left thigh ; dangerously. G. Lawson—Gun shot wound right arm. John Elliot, No. 3 (Clive) Company —Gun shot wound in right thigh; severe. Joseph Shirley —Gun-shot wound in right leg. Skillicorn, of No. 4 (Meanee) militia —Gun shot wound in the arm. Allardice, Capt. Gordon's cavalryGun shot wound, hand, slightly. F. E. Hamlin —Slightly in arm. Ensign Webb, of the Napier Volunteers, was also wounded, though slightly —a flesh wound in the right leg. He was struck, it is said, by the same bullet that hit Morrison. The wounded were, in the early part of the engagement, attended to by Dr Thorpe, who was everywhere present, rendering invaluable assistance to the wounded, European and Native.

THE RETURN TO TOWN. About ten o'clock the troops formed to return to town. Although they had had very severe work, they looked fresh and in good spirits. The prisoners were marched in under a guard of volunteers commanded by Captain Buchanan. The cavalcade, consisting of militia, volunteers and Natives, on its arrival in town, was loudly and repeatedly cheered. The prisoners, except those taken to the hospital, were marched to Gore Browne Barracks. The militia and volunteers, foot sore and travel stained, were gladly welcomed by their friends, hundreds of whom —chiefly of the female sex—were assembled in front of the Grovernment buildings to welcome the return in safety of husbands and other dear relatives. The Lord Ashley, which arrived on Sunday night, brings confirmatory news of the previously reported exodus of Natives from Waikato, with obvious intention to repair to Hawke's Bay or elsewhere for the purpose of breaking the peace. A Grovernment officer, as we understand, is on board the Lord Ashley en route to Wellington, to report to the authorities the threatening aspect of affairs. Fortunately— very fortunately—the vanguard has been met and promptly dealt with. Among the Hau-haus killed, as we have already said, was Parnapa, their chief prophet. There was also Kipa of te Haroto, their fighting chief, and his brother Kingita—the latter well known as a turbulent fellow, who lived at Moana Nui's pa in the lifetime of

that chief, and who gave the Europeans a great deal of trouble. So that, including Rangihiroa, killed by Major Eraser's party, who was a chief'of the old school, and a most turbulent, remorseless old man, a nest of rebellion has been completely rooted out. It is a pity Paora Toki aud Amaru Matete have escaped. The latter is supposed to be severely wounded, a shepherd at Tangoio having seen a Native, believed to be him, crawling through the fern in an exhausted state. They will soon, we trust, be taken. ADMISSIONS BY THE PRISONERS. The prisoners have freely admitted —to the Rev. S. Williams and others —that a scheme for attacking Wairoa and Napier had been long planned, and would have been consummated but for the prompt action taken by the Government. Letters from Waikato and Taranaki, addressed to Parnapa, aro now in possession of the Government, together with other information, all corroborative of what was previously suspected. The day, indeed, for attacking Napier had been fixed—Rangihiroa to cross from the western side of the harbor, and Parnapa to operate from the south. TIIE PETANE EXPEDITION. Almost simultaneously with tho surrender of the Hau-haus at Omara-nui, Major Fraser and party, on the Petane side, encountered those arch rebels, Rangihiroa, Anaru Matete, and Paora Toki, with twenty-two armed men coming down the valley. The only answer of the Hau-haus to the demand for them to surrender was to present their pieces. An engagement ensued, which lasted only a few minutes, but which resulted in twelve of their number, including Rangihiroa, being killed and one or two wounded. The remainder, including Paori Toki and Anaru Matete, managed to escape, but were hotly pursued by Lieut. St. George and Capt. Carr. Nothing as yet, however, has been heard of their capture. ANOTHER EXPEDITION". Early this morning another expedition started —its destination under stood to be Titiokura via Petane. Tbe number is about seventy —all volunteers, and mounted. The Government called for volunteers, but the applications equalled the number wanted before the " Gazette " came out—the only difficulty being, not want of men, but a scarcity of arms and horses. This force will co-operate with Major Fraser's party, and, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Whitmore, will, it is believed, range the country up to Rangihiroa's place.

"We have received the following letter from a pettier in Hawke's Bay, who was personally engaged in the whole affair described in the previous extracts:— Napier, October 15,1866. The mail leaving in the morning for the South will take you intelligence of what has been going on here the last week or two, and as the account in the local paper is somewhat meagre in some points, I want to send you some additional particulars which will explain to you more fully what took place prior to the commencement of hostilities. In the first place, the account in the "Hawke's Bay Herald," of the 13th October, is perfectly reliable and not in the least exaggerated down to a paragraph which begins, "The Star of the Soutb brought us news of some significance," &c, and the remainder of the article is accurate in every respect so far as it reports the movements and the fights. The style, however, is rather objectionable, and the reliance on Auckland reports too great. I shall not give you any information which you will get from the paper. From it you will gather that a fight has taken place here, and that the tribe (Ngatihinekura) who inhabit the country between this place and Taupo (Titiokura, Tarawera, and Horota pas), and who have been more or less troublesome for years past, is completely broken up. What I write to you for is mainly to let you know what brought on the hostilities, and what was done by us in the endeavor to avert the appeal to force which was ultimately forced upon us. But it does not state all that was known, and which it was out of the question to have made public then. In addition to what is stated there we had conclusive evidence that the party of Hau-haus who located themselves at Omaranui went there with the fixed intention of moving, so soon as they had collected their strength, upon the town of Napier, which they intended to attack by night—they knew the position of the magazines, and that they were only guarded by | eighteen soldiers, and they looked upon the taking and plundering the town as certain as soon as the pakehas j were lulled to sleep by their apparent inoffensive demeanor. We have now the evidence of Rangihiroa's son (chief of the tribe) and other prisoners, that on Wednesday last a messenger was sent by Panapa and Kepa, the two principal men of the Hau-haus ati Omaranui, telling Eangihiroa, who,) with Paora Toki, Anaru Matete, and their followers were at Titiokura (sixty miles from Napier on the Taupo I road), to march at once to Petane, a place about seven miles from Napier, and situate on the shore of the inner waters of Napier harbor. They were instructed to take up their quarters at that place and await the signal for the attack on Napier; which was to be o-iven the first favorable night. The names of the canoes left at Petane for bringing the Natives to Napier are stated, and the whole scheme is most minutely described. At the time we became acquainted with this scheme of the Hau-haus the whole plan, had it been kept secret, was not only feasible, but easy in the extreme. From the positions they occupied one or two hours would have brought them to Napier, and to a body of determined men such as they have since proved themselves the work they intended would, in the panic of a night attack and a surprise on a straggling place I like Napier, have been easy.

From the time the fanatics occupied Omaranui, situate half-a-mile from Pali Wakairo, Mr McLean had the greatest difficulty in restraining our resident Natives under Tareka, Karaitiana, Renata and Hapuku from attacking them. The iutruders were in possession of their pah, were killing their pigs and cattle for food, and eating their planted potato seed. Mr. McLean, however, did everything in his power to preserve the peace of th*? district, and kept our Natives quiet. Every endeavor was made on our part to keep the peace; the Hau-haus were called on, through messengers sent to them, to explain their object in coming there; then when they failed to do that, they were told to return to their homes. In answer to this they positively declined to do so, and wrote us that peace and war were equally good, and told our messenger that they should do that which their God told them to do. Our position then at that time was that we had what we considered (this was before the confirmation) conclusive evidence that they were intending to attack Napier ; that they were located in the centre of a population of about 200 families, scattered over a piece of country about ten miles square ; that the country people were leaving their homes and taking refuge in the town ; that the Hau-haus were within an hour and a-half s march of Napier whenever they chose to make the attack. In short, we came to the conclusion that nothing remained open to us but to use force either to expel them or to take them prisoners, and we made our plans in the full belief we should succeed in doing the latter. Accordingly we took measures to surround them, and on Thursday night the necessary movements were carried out. The force employed was composed entirely of the citizens of Napier and suburbs and the friendly Natives. No soldier or military settler was there. At daylight a letter was taken to them from Mr McLean, telling them to submit, and warning them if they did not in an hour they would be attacked and taken ; nearly two hours were given them, and then a messenger was again sent calling on them to surrender. Their answer was they would fight. On this our forces were moved to the attack, the Hau-haus running round and round their pole during tbe advance. Events then took place pretty much as described in the paper; they fought with extraordinary bravery, indeed at the outset when our forces tried to rush the pah and get into it, they drove them out again. I think this was occasioned by the friendly Natives first breaking and bearing the Europeans back with them, at any rate no charge was made afterwards. The fight after that was conducted on our side almost entirely under shelter of protecting banks, which accounts for our small loss. Our force was after the first rush a curious sight—militiamen, volunteers, friendly Maories, were all mixed up together, and every man seemed on his own account. There waa plenty of pluck and bravery, but no concert. As the pah was surrounded on three sides by our forces, how they managed to avoid shooting each other seems miraculous. I fear I have given you somewhat of a rambling account, but it is accurate, and will supply some deficienciesinthelocaljournal'saccount. Tou will see by the paper that Major Frazer, who had been sent to Patane with a force of about forty military settlers (all our army), there fell in with a party of the enemy under Rangihiroa, coming down to occupy the position I have before described. He called on them to surrender and a fight took place, which ended in the slaughter of most of the fanatics, including Rangihiroa, the chief of the tribe, Two great scoundrels escaped, viz., Anaru Matete and Paora Tohi.

Nearly the whole of the tribe not killed are prisoners, and our hope is that they will be sent to the Chathams; if let loose again here they are sure to cause future trouble ; they are a very bad set.

To-morrow a small force starts to go up to Titiokura, and if necessary to Tarawera, in pursuit of the few who have got away, and to clear the district of them. All our young settlers are going as volunteers, in fact every young gentleman in the place who can possibly get away is a volunteer, and going. A gentleman from Canterbury (Mr Bealey) who is on a visit here, is also going to see the result of the expedition. Altogether, we can fairly say that in Hawkes Bay we are ready to take care of ourselves, and give a cood account of any people who attempt to disturb the peace of our district. The expense of the whole of this affair will be next to nothing, and the work done already, in proportion to the people employed on each side, will bear comparison with almost any operations that have taken place in New Zealand.

The prisoners tell us that we shall catch no fugitives; that none of them will stop till they reach the shelter of the Waikatos.

Anaru Matete is just now reported to have been seen, last night badly wounded ; bo he will probably be found. A column of fifty friendly Natives, under Eenata, goes with our force tomorrow to scour the district ; no demand for pay is made by them.

Rangihiroa is the man who went to Waiapu last year and started the Hau-hau faith there ; a fine old savage, brave and lawless.

Anaru Matete, the Bishop of Waiapu's right-hand man, who went over to the Hau-haus and urged the taking the Bishop's life ; a refugee now of Poverty Bay, a great scoundrel, able and mischievous, escaped wounded. Paora Toki, a great fomenter of mischief here always —he took the oath of allegiance about a year ago — escaped. Keoa, brother of Eangihiroa, the fighting chief of his tribe, killed. Kingita, a brother of Eangihiroa, a man who has fought all through the war —a great rascal —killed. Panapa, a prophet, the head of the party at Omaranui —a bad fellow — killed.