FURTHER PARTICULARS.

TOTAL DEFEAT OF THE REBELS,

• OF HAU-HAUS ON THE NORTH ISLAND.

I ffjjE Jlawlcc's Bay Herald says preparations ] j )a d been made by the Colonial Force at ; I j\|npier to meet the rebgls natives who had I gathered, armed to the teeth, near Omaraj 0) } which caused the women and children | jji that neighborhood all to come into j papier, in order to escape outrage which would most likely be attempted. The town o f Xapier was nearly filled with these by Thursday, the 11th October. The Star of ■ the South arrived from Auckland with intelligence of a wide-spread conspiracy among . the Waikatos and Taranakis to attack Napier.

A steamer was sent to Wairoa for Major : ; Eraser and his Military Settlers. These ';, arrived on Thursday. The Militia and ' Volunteers were called out for training in , Ifapier, Clive, and Meanee, and mustered largely. The arrival on Thursday of the Star of the South, with Major Fraser and his band I was evidently the signal lor action. That . evening a Gazette was issued calling out the militia and volunteers for actual service, and the officers went round, warning the men of their respective corps to be in readiness to \ march the same night—the volunteers at j eleven and the militia at twelve —and to take with them 40 rounds of ball cartridge and one day's provisions. The night was dark, gloomy, and windy, but the numbers who turned out and the spirit they displayed showed that there hearts were in the work. At eleven precisely, Captain Buchanan and his volunteers, to the number in all of 48, marched from the front-of the militia office 1, amidst three cheers from the bystanders. At midnight, JNos. 1 and 2 Companies of militia followed —the former, under Captain Fitzgerald, 43 strong; the latter, under Captain Kennedy, also 43 in number. Kopu, Ihaka, 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 Hhodes, and the Meanee (No. 4), under Captain Birch, had each separate orders as to the time of departure and place of rendezvous. The march was somewhat toilsome to men who had just done a day's work, more especially since the route taken was a circuitous one, the rendezvous for the town companies having been on the Puketapu side of theTutaekuri, and involving along march, 1 besides the necessity of fording the river J before ground could be taken for the advance. 1 Nos. 1 and 2 companies had orders to march | j by Tapio road to Bedcliffe paddock; the j volunteers by the Puketapu road, and to take a post at or near Mr. Bennett's house ; j No. 3 company to be at Tareha's pa by dayI light; No. 4to be as early as possible at its I drill ground, and to take ground thus—the A Meanee Bridge section at Mr. Hawkin's ),Louse, the Puketapu section at Mr. Heslop's. In town, some disappointment was felt on its becoming known that Major Fraser would .; not accompany the militia and volunteers, 1 but was to be despatched at 2 a.m. in the ; direction of Petane. We confess that we thought this a great mistake ; but the sequel showed that the step was doubtless prompted by wise motives. He crossed the ferry at the hour we have named, and marched to Petane, where he was joined by Captain Carr i and a small body of the residents of that ; village. The result of this expedition will i be found narrated below.

The Government received information that 12 large canoes were hauled up in an inlet between Pornite and Park's Island, a party consisting of 27 mounted volunteers under Captain Gordon, and 15 of No. 2 company miiitia under Corporal Mogo;ridge were detatched to take possession of them. The spot was reached at daylight; the canoes were seized, and the persons in charge taken prisoners. The Maoris protested that the canoes were Tareha's, and not the property of the rebels, but Captain Gordon abided by his instructions and took the people in [ custody —at the same time giving the canoes i in charge to Captain Cellem, the harbor master, who had repaired to the spot by water. Captain Cellem tried to take the canoes (3 of which were capable of holding 50 men each) to town; but, being unable to stem the wind and tide, he contented himself with cutting them adrift, and returning to port. It turned out afterwards that the statements made by the natives in charge, Fere correct, so far as the proprietorship ot the canoes in question was concerned, but whosesoever they were, it was probably a proper precaution to cut oft' this means of escape in case of the rebels getting away. At daylight on the morning of Friday, the several companies were in the position assigned them. The friendly natives (nearly 200 in number) were distinguished by a red and white sash on the left arm, and 70 of this body was stationed on the adjoining hills to prevent escape. The whole were under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel "\Yhitmore. At daybreak,the Hau-haus found themselves virtually surrounded by an armed force. At daylight a letter was sent to the rebel pa under a flag of truce, of whicli Mr. Hamlin was the bearer. In that letter they were required to surrender and lay down their arms within one hour. An extension of time—about another hour—was given by the commanding officer, but they showed no disposition to take advantage of it, and were plainly to be seen dancing round their Hauhau pole, as if invoking the aid of their god in the impending struggle. At 7 o'clock— two hours after the first demand had been Wade upon them —Mr. Hamlin was again sent forward with a small white flag to inform the Hau-haus that the commanding officer could wait no longer. They replied that there was no reason to do so, as they meant to fight,

About this time Captain Bhodes, with twenty of the Clive company, all mounted, made hia appearance. Captain Birch's

came on the ground forty-eight strong, and this and the other companies took up the positions assigned to them. Captain Buchanan's company of volunteers and the section of No. 1< company militia under Mr. Brown, were at first stationed about 500 yards up the river, under cover of a ditch and bank fence. The larger part of the Native Contingent, uuder Tareha, Hapuku, Ihaka, Kopu, Eenata, and Karaitiana, and directed by Mr. Locke, occupied the edges of the swamp, or were stationed outside the cultivations at a distance of several hundred yards ; while the 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. Unfortunately, just at this time, part of the Native Contingent, which had followed, coming unexpectedly under fire, moved in some confusion to the ri^ht, to take shelter under the river bank. During the next quarter of an hour a very heavy fire was kept up on our part, and returned with great coolness and determination by the enemy, but the latter was gradually pushed back until he abandoned the huts and took shelter in a small gully near the further end of the pa, where he found complete shelter. At this time Mr. Hamlin (under sharp fire) conveyed orders to the Napier Volunteers to advance on the pa by the river, which was done, and the enemy driven out of the gully. Major Lambert and force then moved up the bank and drove them, under a hot fire, into the last of the several enclosures into .which the pa was divided—not more than a few square yards of ground. Many of the friendly natives—Tareha in particular—now moved up also, and in a few moments the remaining positon would have been taken by assault, had the enemy not displayed the white flag in token of surrender —the only course he could have adopted to save himself from utter destruction. Before that, the pa would have been rushed, but for the danger arising from a cross fire, which was imminent under the circumstances of its being pretty well surrounded by the friendly natives and the colonial forces. Upon the flag of truce being hoisted, the officer commanding had considerable difficulty in restraining the friendly natives from rushing in and killing the prisoners. Upon the pa being entered a ghastly spectacle of dead and wounded presented itself, and the survivors, some fortyseven in number, 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 surrended.

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 Terawera, a chief of note, and well-known in Napier; and Henare, also a Terawera chief. The former was at one time a native assessor, and held other employment under Government. Some four or five of the Hau-haus escaped, but two of them were afterwards captured.