"THE LONELY SPARROW."

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 267, 4 August 1908, Page 4

"THE LONELY SPARROW."

END OF SIR GEORGE CREY'S NEWSPAPER, AN INCIDENT BEFORE) THE WAR. INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF AN EY& . . . WITNESS. . There are at present in the persons of Messrs, li\ 6. Mporp, of Msstertpn, and J3, J, Von Dadclszen (Itegistr.ar.-Generpil), the only two living Now Zealand residents who were eye-witnesses to the summary closing of Sir George Grey's newspaper, "Te PihntJipi Mpke Moke " (''The Lonely Sparrow") at To Awamiitu, by tllO King Natives ui)t|or Rowi Maniapoto, in tljo stirring scenes immediately preceding t')S ■ AVaikato AA'ar in 1863, Sir Jplin Gorst has made mention of the occurrence ill his bppk ''Tho Maori King," published in IS(H, but he was not present during the whole exciting time, and with a view of obtaining as complete- a, record as possible . of the proceedings, Mr. MoP.re was waited upon , by our AVairftrapa representative, Mi'. Moore stated that he would accede tp tho request with pleasure, although at the time of tho incident,. ho he was littlo more than a ap age, in fact, W.hpn one might not be'so observant as wpuld bp t|i§ case in alter ypjirs. lip had no doubt,, hotyeyar, that lip' would ho able tp' .fu.rpi.sH sorno interesting ■- particulars of the 'proceedings of that very evejitfyl timfi, and lie plight possibly bfi able- tp tSHQ' I upon SPmcthjjig pew which had pot yet appeared befgrp the public, . . Me. Moore's Narrative,. | "I oaiiiQ put from Homp ip BPfl tp I Neiv • Zealand in 1862," ; §aid Mr, Mogre, " through the persuasions pf Ml'.-. (I!9W SirJohn) Gprst, who is ..'my. l?rother=in4aw. I worked under him -.in ;t)ib. Native ,l>ep?rt : mailt at To Awamutu, where thorp WftS lneated .si' Mapri Industrial'gclipol js the Old Mission Station. There ,$!r 1 George ,Grey's paper, 'Tp l'ihoihgi Moke Moke i Riinga p to -Tmskml' ('Thp.Lonply SpßrrPM', .Vpop tins Hpu§e-top') was brought', iiltp"; p.xistpncp tp Qonnteraot the roh«l iiiiiuejiep 'of Vvliht • >ou wpuld possibly term' 'A roptila Poutompgrßiy,' by name 'To jgurnal ; pubjjs||e(j at Ngfirauaiyahia, wlicrp rtsidpd Mstutacira, the wpakliug sQii of I'otptaii, the - first Masjj King, .... . . _ ■ " The Rohs! Nevjspß.n§r,' " "J'o Hokioi'- wag the 'nanip of' a .Maori mythical bird, whose serpani was supposed to presagp wiir. The' Natives evidently selected this napia in order to convoy tp both Eurppeßus' and their'own brethren tho jdea that there was going tp be some lighting, The reputec] editor of t)IP ilUonienod journal was Patera To Tu||i,;a cpusiu of Matutaera,' the Ivipg; but thpre is very good rpason to bclicvo that tho articles, rather clpvpr, by tho were'inspired .by a Eronch priest, who hnd o yory long in tlip AVaikato district, As the alleged roypofitipu of' tho 'frcflty pf AVajtaiigi was, at the t.imo pf whjcli I spmik, an ovnr|asiing peg uppn which the Maoris, (mug their grievance?, aild on this question and tho general pro-, mulgatlpi!'of lifaori vioivs, "'Te Hplg'oi' was a fairly'live paper. • .In fact, it Vl\R so yory livoly in this respect that Commissioner Gorst asked the 'Government to provide him with a printing'press, so that lipppuld issue A'rival, journal;, the utterances of whip!) might counteract, and "possibly nullify, altogether," the pernicious iniiuonpp ivrpught by the ICingito: 'pblicatjoij. •. ; . s - Tho Birth of "To Piliolho!.'' "Tho Government, or rather, : Sir George Grey, Governor, accoded to tlip'request, and sent, up tp To Awamutu,. a small hamUprcss,. and a 'fount or two pf ty])e, suitaLlo for tho purpose. 'Tp l'ihoihoi' duly appeared, to tlip intense chagrin of the King' Maoris, As far ■ as-1 can rememhor (don't .forget timt I am looking baok a little,over 45 it was an oight-pagod paper,, somewhere between foolscap and demy in size,. If. .you would-, like full particulars of.what tho papor contained, I insist refer, you'to J)r, Hockcn, of-Dnnodjn,' who, during a comparatively rccont visit Hotho, North Island, was enabled- to comploto his filo of'the-whole''issue 'of that littlo journal, whoso shprt life, fairly merry, had a tragic ending, the .story of which. 1 am oildeavouriiig tp fish out of tho : depths of my memory. | ' "Tin Lonely sparrow," Tho title, ' Lonely Sparrow," given to tho Government paper, wifl scarcely appeal as a suitable uamo to the minds of.tho present generation ; but it should be remembered''that I'o Awamutu was in the, hearfof ,the AVaikat'o —tho AVild AVaikato it. was in .'those days— and the total ' European population,i- including the two missionaries (the Revs., Uskwell and Morgan), might ha'vo'been counted Upoiitho fiiigers pf both hands, or very neafly.so. There''.wore' no troops' nearer ' than I'okono, sixty miles oway, nor. had any .of the red coats, ventured • across : tlip Mangatawhiri Creek, which enters tho Waikato at that big bend wliioli the 'riyor .takes -westward; heforo it tho coast. The placo was extremely lonely, and surroiiiided by large numbers pf : (niprp or- loss disaffected 'Natives, so .pup can : easily understand that, in tho circumstances, : tho" liamo ; was i singularly appropriate, It was: iiot intended, however, that tho isolated, 'journalistic bird shpuld mbpo and mourn on: uccpunt of its mpro or loss' perilous location:, On the contrary, it was lint lpng before'- 'To Hohioi'. and. 'To Pihoihoi'.j were:;at' eacli. •other's -throats after, tho.'approved fashion of. rival journals the world over. I-do not ra-'. monibor-how.pfteiV; 'le vPjhoihoi'' was issupd'.i Commissioner'"Gorst was. editor, and- he and tlip late Rev. Dr. Burchas were responsible .for many . of _ the. articles,,, ! which probably, after submission tp Sir Georgo; Grey for ap- : proval were translated .(-into' the Maori' language, and then duly appeared in the columns of tho paper.- ■: . ;. t ■' ■■ ' . James Fallcen. ■ : ■ "Tho principal.' translator;.: was Mr. : Jaiiies Ealloon,' a half-caste; who was /employed by tho Native Department, and ga'ye'.the Gov-' ernor much valuable, assistance ,'-iji: Native 1 mattors. 1 ' Ealloon was' a splendid"fellow, anda great friend of mine. -Sad,to relate, ho paid the heaviest penalty a' mail can suffer for: faithful service to tho Crown.'Some action of' his, I believe, aggravated still further , tho' mmds of the disaffected Maoris on tlnj East Coast, and lie was murdered by them at' AVhakatane, whither lie had gono by schooner! on,-what was understood to ■ bo Government business. - ' .■ A Bold Reputation. ■ "^ l J.L o^un } m 7 story. Notwithstanding its difficulties, 'The' Lonely Sparrow" quickly established a bold reputation. Tho Commissioner was a caustic writer, and'ho.gavo tho King movemont-'a .very ■.hot time,, showing plainly, time after time, tho utter' incompetence of the alleged Royal party , to maintain law and-order nmongs ( t. tliomseives,| Tho truth of tho articles was easily apparent: to the shrowd logical Nativo mind. Tho King: Natives were considerably exercised ovor these! criticisms, which seemed to carrv altogether too much metal for ' To Hokioi' and its captains, and thoy considered also that tho advent of the now papor carried into effect an alleged sinister meaning of Sir George Grey, when ho declared in a speech that ho would dig around tho' King Maori flagstaff until it, fell. Tho King Maoris thought that ' Tho 1 Lonely Sparrow' was ono of tho spndcs which tho Governor was utilising to accomplish his design, and they hold many meetings in which' tho subject was gravely debated. ■ | " Meanwhile, ' The Lonely Sparrow ' con-' tinned its activo oxistencc, and appeared tobe making so much headway that the alarmed' Natives complained to Rein, the great Ngatimamapoto chief,, who thereupon threatened' to put an owl to the newspaper. Threats-of; this naturo had been uttered often before, and nothing had come of tliom, so they wero simply regarded by us Europeans as tho usual 1 boasting habits of thp Natives/ The Maoris, however, had had their methods of govern-1 | mout so turned to ridicule by the articles and'

arguments of "The Lonejy.Sparrow' that they i held some more very angry meetings, the out- i come of which was thoir detpr.'njnatioi) to ejid I tho lifo of tlio newspaper. 1 Signs of Trouble. ' t " Commissioner Gorst left Te Atyamntu on ! the morning of March 24, 1563, to visit; To 1 Hove, on tho Waipa River, seven or eight ' n J)]?B distant, Hp ljad received some informa- 1 tion, I believe, that the Natives intended ] forcibly to seize tho printing press of 'Tho J Lonely Sparrow' that '■ c)By, 'but previous 1 threats of violencp lipd beeji prgclyetjye of. so little" result that lie did |lot think tlinfc this, last W!!s wprtli -taking any tjjpre iiotjnp of. Both Mr, Von Dadelszcn and myself resided j IP the printing-house, which was a small two* < roomed building situated about one hundred ] aw fifty vsrds from the mission station, and close .to the road loading from To liqro to . Hangiawllja, " 1 "Qii tho afternoon pf that dpy printing 1 operations wero going on, pud Ypn l}m!els?.eii and I both happened to be in tho I'ihbihoi , officp nligut 3 p,'ni, when a cloud of dust on tho road niontio.ned indicated the appronpb of ] a considerable cavalcade. Wo ppiiciuded that- i it was the Tana or whose visit had • been hinted at more pr legs openly for some ; timo previously, Our surmise proved to be - correct, and some seventy or eighty Natives, ■ many.of whom had firearms, soon pulled up : opposite tho printing office with two hullopl? : "ray?, They were evidently on serious busk . übss, My recollection of what ocpiirml then' is that my companion and I on first perceiving the approach of the hostile party agreed that the best courso for US to take would be' for us .to.lock up the printing office,; and take the key down tg tlig jnigsioii gtafcign, This .ypg. did, ; . '-1 notice that Mr. Von Dadelsr,eii f in' 9. re-' .port, on tjiis jngidpnt, published as a Parlia-mentary-paper, a copy of which. I hand to .you, says'that hn put tho koy iij his pocket, I haye always- had it on my mind, however, tlmt'.ffe wanted to bo there, to see the fun, and that.it wss to leiiyo the key at the station, in case we should be searched. ,We scarcely anticipated tho true seriousness pf the situation, Rcwj's Tana. "However that may be,, we were there when the Tana drew up. I bolievg that Rcwi and Wiremu Kingi came part of tho" way lyith the invaders, hut: they appear, to have stppned some distance, off hum tho 'printing office, and'sent'the main hody along! tinder .'the leadership/pf. pt Native Hansed short, thick-set man ofmost; unprepossessing- appearance, -If Aporo's'faep' indicated in any-\vay his disposition, I should say .'God help the unfortunate individual .who might find himself at his mercy.' Ills looks ivfirranted tlio conviction that he. would revel • in . spattering the brains pf .the hated Pakghas and in the "coldrbtaoded murder, pf their wp--1)1011.?,Ill] pbildren,' . , ff Mr. V.on Padolss;eii, myself) and old Pi.neaha (a Native. deacon who was attached to tlio school) were standing within" a few yards of the building' when tlie Tana arrived on the scene, Tlio. party came through the wicket-gate, leaving the bullock drjiys standing outside. approached us'and asked for the key pf flip printing office,'"' lie was informed that wo. had not got it.-, ;.■. An Exciting Time. . . : > "At a sign from their leader, the Natives assumed an attitude, of devotion. All squat-' ted , down upon the ground, while.'.Appro,; standing the while, recited, a 'Hau-Hlju prayer. Lam riot sufficiently versed.in the Maori language to form any correct idea of tlio- nature of this invocation, hut I should judge that it was'/airly inflammatory, for' its immediate oft'qpt upon the Natives present was to .throw them into a state of soothing excitement. Those wlio 'had firearms ;proceedod to, load them with much yigour,, while those who 'possessed pnly Native weapons brandished them about, and indulged freely in the ...gesticulations which usually : accompany such Maori, dei.noustrations. ' Th? Trials pf, Phlnpas. ' . "Old Deacon Pinealm (Phinoas) was'a bit plethoric—probably tho result of good living, I ; do ljot-suppose lio liad Tver before enjoyed! such a •plentiful and vbg'ular ''supply-of good' •food 'as that which-fell *to-: his. lot while' Tie. was attached to the To Awamutu' Industrial -School. .. Ho saw that matters .were going to beopmo somewhat son'ons;' and ho entered a' protest against violence of any kind, but, his"appeal, fell'upoiiS unsympathetic"• ears.' Aporo and'his men meant business and wore not going to .be ohoked off' by the. deacon-' Finding words of no avail, Pfiincas himself, mado a demonstration-, of force. He soiled orio of tho guns,'and » struggle onsued with tlio.'rightful ownor for, its possession..- Tliodo'aeou's muscles, 1 howover, wet-e somewhat flabby; his" breath vory. soon como in short, quick gasps, and. ho was unceremoniously dumped to the ground by his. more athletic rival, '„' ' " ; ■ .... -... Death of To Plhol-hol, ' "This- ijicident naturally added:tostho pre: vailing excitement, an'd a rush was then made upon tho door of the printing house. A ,big >fellpw, with, a huge mass ,'o( hair on his head-, after the -approved fashion: of tho wild Maoris of those days, called out to his companions, to stand aside, aiid taking a shoH swift run at the door of the printing house', lie burst it open .with-, his' foot, :-Having■ thus .gained .entrance into tlio building-the; place . was, speedily .sacked.; Everything connected' with the press was brought s outv side, and loaded upon the two bullock- drays, which liad been previously relieved' of tho kits of potatoes and other food brought in for. the. use of the Tana. Prisoners.., "~\Vo wero then all ordorcd insido tho .Mission House and a coruon or sentries was set around to prevent anyone from leaving tho place. . The. remainder of the .Tana ,oanip(xl in. and'about the printing houso. 'Commissioner Grorst returned to tlio station "that. evening, dismayed to find that his printing houso had been partially demolished; of its property, his....press'. carried, oil. to Kihikihi, sevcrpl, miles distant,, his printing offico occupied by a gang of fierce. Natives, 'wllilo. he and his', people .wero prisoners and absolutely at the mercy of ;a hostile lawless party. .' I may mention .that. I was, a)varo; that .'there' were : a' couple of fowling' pieces belonging to my brother-in-law; at 'the, Mission Station, and I thought it. wise to.put "tliem out of tho way. in caso,tho besiegers should considor' them their lawful possession.' I accordingly toojc one . of the white men—there were several. tradesmen 'attached'to the school, ii carpenter, a'tailor, a shoemaker and a -farni hand—and wfl buried the gnns in what, wo considered to bo a safe place a sliort distance ..from the Mission House. It was not lnoro than an hour or two after this that someone informed mo that-my assistant had divulged the hiding place which we had selected. This news upset mo a 'good' deal, so I determined to obviato any evil results' of-this piece of folly' by altering tho hiding place. With tiii's object in view, I managed, after dusk to elude tho vigilance of- tho sentries, and having exhumed'tho'two'guns,. I carried tliemto a barn at some distance from the station, and buried them deep , in a large bill of grass seed which' there. 'I-Icw the guns remained quite secure' until they 1 were taken out and packed up as hereafter related." ;, '■•' ' Arrlua! of Rowi. . "On the following day ltcwi himself arrived and messengers .\Voro dispatchcd to request the at-tondaiioo of Topaea (Sophia) Jlatutaera's sister, who had always been favourable to tlio. Europeans, Wi Tamihana ['The Peacemaker') and one or two of tho 1 influential AYaikato chicfs, who wero known to be, if not actually friendly to the Europeans,, at least not evilly 'disposed towards them, and would certainly oppose violence. These people arrived in due course and also Dr. Purchas and Mr, Falloon, and between the wliolo party _ tlis Korero lasted threo days, during which! time we were close prisoners, Rewl's Dsmands. "In tho course of the discussion Rcwi peremptorily demanded tho withdrawal of Commissioner Gorst and his party to' Auckland. Tho Commissioner, however, refused to leave. He said, 'I cannot leave. If you knock me on tho head, you must do so, but go from here without instructions from my Government, I cannot. 1 Rewi and his

nc-n would probably have, acted most sum- • '■ narjly in tlio form of ejectment, had it not ! Jpon for tho • petsuasioiis nf a number of • iVaikato chiefs, who considered that Aporo i !iad already ' acted illegally. After coniiderable uproar, Ilewi withdrew himself and llg men, but .with these ,significant parting i ivoi'ds, 'I shall return here'in three weeks^ time. -If I-find any bottles here then, I shall break them.' He meant that if there wero any white people at To Awamutu in threo weeks',- tipis they would be tomahawked.' jt' ' Rewi's Letter to Governor Crey.",",. .f'Tho following, is-a'translation of tlio expressive letter which K<s,wi sent to floyprnor Grey, kindly fonvarded to pia by Mr, Vgp . Dadelszen- " 'Friend Governor'Grey,—Greeting. This is my ivord to. you. Jlr, Gorst has suffered through me.-'. " The-press has . been'it'akeii-hy . me. These are my. men-who took it' —eighty armed with guns;, tho. reason'.whereof is to turn, olf Mr ': Gorst, 1 ' In-. order that ho may return - to • thq-. ; . town! :• i| -.is.v oil . account of, the. darkness occasioned by his being sent here, to stay and depeive': u's, and also on apopunt of'your word, "by digging at the sides, your King niPvement wjl] fall,'-' Friend, talso Mr, Gorst "bpek to towiVj do not let him stay witb nie • at' ; Te .■ Enough }:•' )f you say, th'a| he' is to,'ist.ay, lie wjil die, Enough;jpnd'ppeedily jgur letter to fetch Ji.iin in three jyepks. It is-Eijded. , l! 'From yqur friend,.,- H , "'From- Rgwi, Mftillapoto. •."■.'To Governor Grov, ' • -. ■ ..." 'Tnrain(iki,':':': > ; A viridiptlve Chisfr '<>' "There was hardlyNs Native in tho whole of .Now Zealand who was. so embittered against the-Euiopeaiis. as:was-Rewi Mania-, poto, Chief of the Ngatimaniapoto, and a. fierco warrior, linqiy that lie would keep his word, It n'as' impQSsibls -for anybody to coiiie to .pur help, beeSuso" the timiVas not yet ripe, and arrangeme'nts had not'been perfected fpr the 'ImpeflM Army • under General' Canierori>°' : lt was, : tliefefpro| t dopidod that \ye should a])4ndon ihe^las?,.; Mission Station 'AfesndgnptJ;' . •I 01 " ~', - . "Arrangehipnts; -werg,. -thgrefcrp.ngl',« onw.' rnadp for" the. repipval, of:-\my sister" Jljrs, • Gprstj.hpr two phildrpn|iaudit]ipjyJ}al<i houso-' hold to Aueklanil.-.. Tl)p Cqmniissinner. and, Mr,. V«n .Badetegn , fplloMd tbpm ' iii the course of a few days, and lVr. Piirchiis, Eg]-' .':. looii. and inyself 'remaiiicd behind " to the dispatph of; the Jiousefipld gqq.d?/ and -also to be in a position r to.Topprt" • latest itews wgrtliy of nptej prpvidedj we-.w'ere i; spared to- tplf, tI)P, tale, .j , " Spr far: as - n/y.-'recollegtioji .'pieV :• : tlio natives left US severely.alone, and halibut' ' three', days '• tl?p,,ejpli4|{6li : '• tim«. : limit, Vl' was.. se.nt7.w.'tli; rib. Augkland, In" days 'it ,";W(is ' : ft' '.ratli*er : lonely ride at f any 'timp ( andV'tllp' JaeJc.Cpf l '. ploasurp was intensified spmewh*atVby.|&o;iin- • '•-> eortaiiity _>vhiqh existed in ouo'.sjnjnd \bt tpinpor of- tjio Natiy'e.s just. imiiiediatflly,: fgl-' . lowing tlio iiiost.exciting pocm-ronco hat ever J taken p!acq,,..up fto " tjiat date ~;ij. tlw. : Waikato, I mean,' of- course, iiueopveotioii'', ' with the. relations., between 'the ".Majif,!-' and the Pakeha, for no doubt t|in Waikat"a ..had: i , boon the scene of.lmany. a terrible/tribaj ccn- ■ diet when the Stgiori "was the.:sole;,JSrd' pf 'the soil. Hoivovor, .1 ma'nagqd without mishap,, TJie journey, wit|i pirlj;. ■ horse at my disposal, topk 1 the best part'.pf..;two days,, but I ( .was. hospitably , eiitoftfiinpd ; for. the night by, people of K angirjri, to jylioso ■chief I had a letter .of .introduction. It" was at this place thftt -one pf.' tho ..most, stubborn fights between Pakeha and Maori'took place during tho Waikato .war, . Sir Eltton Corst.. ' • ■.-.".1t .may boJutoresilug hero to state that .tliQ elder of my. -sUtOr's" two children ,(noiv .Sir Eldpn. Gorst), w)iri. w«re .nipntinned; pre-. viously in my narrative, Ims bepiv appointed during thp past-,year /pi'.so, to suoceodfL'ord ; I Cromer as Consul-Gonpral and British PJenipotentaary in Egypt, ia'-'. position' for-ffhicli his natural. ability an'di long experience ill • Egyiitinn affairs ommenUy fit liini. ;.;.. \ ' " I think that my story is .about, finished.'; .1 liayo never .been-through the Waikato iiiitfo ..that- Stirring-time,'.butri*still ;.livq in tba hope of' having an opportunity, ono Hl ofrtheso - days of revisiting, that-,portion of .the.Do?., minion, For. a tifno,. very, snpn after tho .abandonment, of To Awamutu (tho firstafight ,'of-the Waikato war ,waSi"pn;.thd..Kohefqa' Heights ill Julv," 1863) .it";was ihe-.aroua oft.much, bloodshed, /A^magnificent and. stubborn resistance was: comparatively few Nativos to tlie advance.* of-innny ; thou-. • sauds of linporiali.'and Colonial forces, . fur- r nisit'ed with nil tho moderii,.nppliahoos, backed up by John ,J3uU's/.,-purso,Thoro' 1 could lio only one to -pioh a; struggle, and in.tho end'of course,tho Maori.;' wont, under, Since' tho eloßo 7 of thivt. disus-f .' trous timo, poaqp has roigued, ■much;-sottle-mont has taken place, tlio Waikato.lias-been' opened up by railways .and ro.ads, and it;ja. now quite a. eiyilieed region.; .. "What bncahio of.AporoP tWoll, ! rbe)ieyo ' that a'fter AVaikato war.was ;pfaetically over,: the authorities got hold of Appro. He-, was oithor .mado a prisoner during -tlio war, -pr ' was arrested, I-.forgot ..whioh, -■ At : any rato. ho was tried for his. share in-tip-seizing of the'press at .Te Awamntu aiid: got .two' years' hardt.labour—as. a reward for hjs.-patriotic 'action,''' ''[} ' : - . MR,. VON pADELSIEN'S NARRATIVE;; '■ Mr- E, J. Voii Padelszen was-ablo to sup- ■ ply 'only tho following^particulars- --..v - About'-.throe o'clock -in?tho. afternoon >o( ■ Tuesday, March 24, while tho newspapers for 'that day wero-being printed; - Nativos arrived, aboiit'SO of them]armed with guns,' aiid ' tho ' remainder " with' -Nativo - weapons, and. stationed -thomselvo's of the printing office. - I locked the door' before -their faces, put tho' key- in. niy^p'ookot,'. and went a little distance off,' After a'-Short-prayer, they broke'tho; door open,'aiid proceeded to tako the press down, and carry 'it ; outside to some' drays they had tlieroi'- :r . , .While they wpro doing, this;.'Patßtiej/.the. Ngavuawaliia Chief, arrived, and.:partlv;~succccded in stopping tlionij' turning aIMUt iix ,' out of the printing'offl?e (it lieing'theii quite ! full of Natives), . After soriie timej' howover,,' Ho camo away, aiid tho work - went'-''' 'on.' Everything connected with' tho priritiiVg .waS '', taken away, togcthbr with a portmanteau'lje-.' longing to Mr. Mainwarijig, and a.bbxrfchintaining .so'mo of my clothed. ■ AVheii all* 'was . gone, thby.. stationed..: sentinels at v .theVdobr, ; and'allowed.no one inside.- .Befbi-o breakjiig open tlio, door,- they. had. a- 'scu(!lp v withj.tfie..; Native , teacher,, who ■ placed; himself before .' it, and was dragged awiiy after «onlq v-'rcsii!t--anco. Thoy also broke down;about 1 : twenty-' yardG of tho fence behveen the': printing'-pjEco and tlio road. They camped all rouiid-ljlia j, liouso; but, about' six us'-to enter to tako our clothes.;" from bedroom at tlio back. They did not attempt., to touch anything in the..main building. In', the ("veiling,,they stationed their soldiers' all.; round.tho house.. ." , ' , >' About 8 o'clock, Messrs. Gorst,. Whito, ; ind,. Mainwaring arrived, ~ jV'Thoro was some talk of setting place, and ono or two fire-sticks woro brought,' but thoy determined not to do it in the end. -. A good 'many guns were loaded 'ivith'. ball, but 1 ' noiio fired. A' groat many slept iii tlio. print- :v ing office that night. - During the remainder of tlio afternoon, Taati, Patcno, and Tioi'iori, oil ,tho.ono side, and the loaders of-the soldiers on tlio other/ talked a great deal in the road.; AVilliam King, Rowi, and a: few others, stayed some, distance off, and gave their orders, from tlicro, Tho mail-box, etc., was also taken with the mail money. From the manner in which the press, etc., was handled, it is exceedingly likely, almost certain, .that it was broken.