MILITARY MOVEMENTS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2324, 31 December 1864, Page 6

MILITARY MOVEMENTS.

There li'avo been no military movements dming tlio past month of any very great importance ; the troops having icmaincd in a fctato of inactivity awaiting tlio terminntion of the peiiod fixed by the proclnmation of his Excellency the Governor of October 25, offering a general amnesty to all lobels who would come in and sunonder before tho IOHi instant. That proclamation having proved so signally barren of the happy results which appear to have been expected, tho Governor on the 17th instant again deemed it expedient to make known his mind, so that all might know his intentions, and in a proclamation which appears elsewhere, bearing that date, ho notifies tho confiscation of all the lands in the Waikato taken by tho Butish tioops and fiom which the lebel na'ives had been diiven. He also announces that he will cause roads to be made between Tavanaki and Wang.mui, and, to carry ontl that tliveat, the only military movement of any consequence during Iho month has been undertaken. About 1,000 men belonging to tho 50th and 18th Regiments, Royal Artilleiy, and Militaiy Train, embarked on bo.iid the men-of-wai- 'falcon' and 'Eclipse,' in the Manukau, on Wednesday last, and the vessels left the same day foi Taranaki and Wanganni The Royal Aitillcry had two 6-pounder Armstrong guns in chaige. The steamers 'Prince Alfred' and ' Sanilfly' will act as tenders to the men-of-war, and their departure from the Manukau also on Wednesday. Assistant Superintendent of Stores A. 0. Macduff has al«o pioceeded to Wang.inui, for the puipose of establishing a nnlitaiy store denOt there ; and Deputy- Assistant- Dommissary-General Elkington left for the s.ime destination last week. The wisdom of despatching >-ueli a larpe body of tioops from Auckland for tho puipose of undei taking works, at Wanganui, which musb of necessity engender new embroilments with the natives of that distiicb, has been severely questioned, especially whilst lebellious mobs of Maoiis to the noith of Auckland, and escaped lebel piisoners, aie peimitled to roam at huge, destioying settlor^' cattle, ami backing their houses, without meeting with the leabt opposition or inteifcrenco by Government. The 'Pmico Alfred,' p s., has conveyed 50 men of the 2nd battalion ] Ith "Regiment, in command of Lieutenant Lawrence, to Port Waikato, and lehevcd G3 men of the 50th Regiment, in command of Captain Armstioug, who aie to proceed with their )cgimeut to Wanganni. The ship 'Aidlieg,' recently arrived from England, has brought a large quantity of militaiy stores ; and the 'Light Brigade' bi ought 435 troops, composed ofalliank. Thcic were on board 33 Royal Engineer, 74 of the 12th Regiment, 45 of 43id Kegimont, 84 of the' 7oth Regiment, 171 of tho 50th Regiment. 18 of tho Military Tiain, 10 of the Army TFospitil Corps, and the following ofnceis> : — Lieutenant Mulloy, Royal Engineers ; Ensign Hobson, Ensign Bolton, 12th Foot; Major tfolmos (in ooinmand), Ensign Brett, Ensign Miller, Ensign Rowan, Ensign Lyons, 43id Poet, Lieutenant Roger, 70th Regiment ; Lieutenant Young, Lieutenant MacGiegor, 50th Kcgiment ; Assistant Snrgeon Wallace, M. D. On Novembei 21, one of the Royal Engineers, named Logau, was washed oveiboaul and drownod ; and on Decemb3r2o, a pnvate of tho 50th Regiment, named Clapham, died of fever. Geneial Su I) A. Cameron and staff paid a visit of inspection i ound the various camps in the Wai kato last week, previous to his depAitme for Taiauaki.