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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1407, 1 June 1865, Page 4

We arc authorised to state that the notion of the Assembly will not commence before the second week in July. The principal cause for the postponement is the fact of the works on the new building in Wellington having been longer in completion than was antics pated. Ah every month's* mail received from England during the sitting 0 f the Imperial Parliament is certain to contain mat lew of importance to the colony, the inconvenience of delay will be made up for by the increased information to be laid before the Assembly when it meets. The Governor was expected to arrive in Wellington almost immediately • and it is gratifying to know that the relations between His Excellency and his present advisers continue to be of the most cordial and confidential kind. His Excellency is understood 'to lean strongly towards the employment of colonial troops, backed, not by Imperial forces, but by such assistance in other shapes as Her Majesty's Government may feel that Great Britain is called upon to render. The recent affair between the Maoris and the Hangers under Major Yon Ternpsky at Kakaramea has tended to strengthen the reliance hitherto placed upon the colonial forces. The natives were attacked in the midst of their fastnesses by an inferior forcethey admit a loss of 17 inen killed on their side ; and they have abandoned their position. The skill of the commander and the courage of the men are very highly spoken of, and deserve greater commendation by reason of the numerous disadvantages under which the attack was made