THE DETENTION OF THK 18th ROYAL IRISH.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3750, 26 July 1869, Page 4

THE DETENTION OF THK 18th ROYAL IRISH.

The Wamjavvi Tunes of July 15 pays:— "We bdiovt) we are conect m ntatirg th«t his Excellency birir. b. Lonen has a'smntd (lie responsibility ol returning the 18th Koyal Irish in the oohn/, puulnv furtlier ii^tuiotioiiu fiom tho Imperial Government! We do m-t -fee ho v his Kxuelleucy would br itisLihccl ln^llowing that legiinpnt to leavo in the present critical stole of affuie. On the <vo of the cWuirtuzv of tho mail for l-ni.»,e, the Government iccivul alaiming intelligence. Re u was m.-.kmg n tour on (lie Bast Toast, tiying to mdnoe t 1 c j»rawaß and oihtr loyal natives to j m the Klll4 pairy. To eff c 1:c 1 : (th 0 object he sent Te Kooti with an tsuoib oi d 5 ra- u r0 demuid tho abdication of T-iwhiao, Midibomt,' the w.M of the Haulmi c[..d. Wln'st the enemy is thus pr. paini" for a deciMVe cor.flul the Goveinm-nt leccivta intelligence of tho dt-moMl nation and o vi mutiny of ti<e Aimcl (oif.tibul.uy U[)on tho 1 <i>t Co.it Then (.iiehnan lal aff.ns o f fcli.> colony nn- fh-^cnveted to he i , Ml ch a ,t«t ih.vr it mil i.q. 11 jC230,(i()0 to pay up the i-ico im the past two 01 th a months and f.uiy us r>n l,r diinthur ~n vcks The vuiy fone whiJi fcr.. a 11 >t « uly tho bi-.s but .!?o iho supoibtrnuiiu'o t.f our >-f'r r h.in* pillow, ovciy m.m of wi.i h c^ti Ihe colo y JJH4 p 1" nnmiu, di^- j oroam.ed, th inor.vii-d, md m a N t»te of open, rmi'iny. Fur iheso an<\ ot'n Ivl y c r< ujo^ bJi !'^" l'ency the fT-vmioi woa'd -triune a vary Ki'.»V( leopotisdulity wue lie to allow the l.'kh li-iwil lush to leave tho coloiu."