STAR'S SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Evening Star, Issue 4895, 8 November 1878, Page 4

STAR'S SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

The New Caledonian Insurrection. Auckland, November 7. By the arrival of the brigSe'a Nymphe, from New Caledonia, at Sydney, intelligence has been received of a terrible massacre which took place on the 14th inst. The murder,was cofffmltted at a place named Bouri, arid the victims were Mons. and ildte. Lambert, and five others. The natives hsd also burnt the. house. Immediately tte news reached, Noumea, a detachment oi.fifty soldiers, and thirty armed liberes was despatched to the scene ,o£ the murder. According to all appearances, the attack was quite unforseen. Nothing- of a hostile nature was expected from the Canaques, who, though giveu to 1 pillage, were thought to be alarmed by the advance of the French Guards. A state of security therefore, seemed to prevail up to the afternoon of the 14th, but at abput half-past five o'clock on that day, the insurgents began to attack the residence of Lambert. He and Mdle. Lambert were alone in the house with four New Hebrides servants. They were massacred. One New Hebrides escaped, and warned the' employees on the station. Troops were immediately sent from Bouri, and occupfed the station during the night. Heambur, a convict, was found afterwards massacred 100 metres away from the house; but there were more massacres than these' previously. The following is a list of the victims at Poya and Kone, so far as they are known -.—Killed: Jeromi, an old military servant; Tom Marian, a colonist; De Tienerne, a colonist; and the three nativesof New Hebrides. At the.house of Maiet Yaiylo : Madame Kuyl and two children, M. Kreose, MrsKreese and one child. Upon the property of M. Sonim : El Babhis/ an Arab ; also Miolet Lasase, Bocaesime Crook, Ferran Colongne„laorent Massu Moussa, Boudjma, and Giran; Missing -: M. Houdaille and the chief Manionin. The following houses have been pillaged WMi Hduoaffle's; De Lafoud's, Amie Poutier's, De Granvall Escande's, and Ealyle's. < Later news states that M. Houdaille arrived at Bourail on the sth of October, at 9 p.mr Fires were perceived on the concessions situated on the route to Honaillon. The guard immediately were under arms, and a reconnoiasance was directed on this side to obtain an explanation of the conflagration. Three corpses -were discovered almost immediately, being those of the cure, his wife, and Troufflet. The bodies were completely burned. ,Nq insurgents were to be seen. As usual the insurgents had surprised the commissionaires and massacred them with the blows of .hatchets and clubs. There are eight victims massacred, of whom,seven are dead and one wounded. Their names are the cure (Alber Adotphe) of Elbombe, Elise Dalphine Brosse (his wife),- (Purre Cftsine Troufflet, Emite Narcisse, Aubria Henry; Marie Cante, Louis Josiles, Alarie Marie, Therese Durival (the wife- of Allaire) wounded, and Marifc Victorine Pade (wife of Manbrey) severely wounded. Every day fresh victims are reported. jriisfortune is that outside of the encierite occupied by the troops no security,,exists against the insurgents neither for individuals nor for parties by day or night. According to the latest news the Canaques of Moindon were continuously hostile. •■•■'.•■.'.;" . -,'.

r Shacking Suicide. Wellington, November 7.—Last night a most determined suicide, was reported to the police. David Hart, an able seaman of the ship Wairoa, having nearly severed his head irom his body. The r horrible discovery was made to'^qla^'fhe. 1 -night Wat 3 hman. Shortly after ten o'clock Acland had occasion to go into the foreciatle-fo/ something, when he saw Bart lying in his bunk. There was some blood • upon v his hand. This led Acland to believe that he had accidentally cut his finger during hiaaleep. He accordingly attempted: to'rouse the man, whom he supposed to be sleeping, but there was no responwtQ hisAcal], On looking closer Acland was horrified to see that the side of the bunk was splashed with blood, the pillow and the coat which Hart had put under his head were also covered with blood. A closer examination showed the man'B throat to be cut from ear to ear, the head being, in fact, almost severed from the body. Acland at once gave the alarm, and a sailor found one of the officers «f the Bhip who immediately gave information to the police. Dr Diver was at the same time sent for, and on his arrival he found the body to be warm, but all signs of life had departed. It was evident that Acland must have gone to the forecastle immediately after the occurrence, for when Dr Diver arrived he found life to have been extinct for only ten minutes or a quarter of an hour. A sheath, knife blade, which by being constantly ground, had become as thin and as sharp at the point as a penknife; %afl found. The knife was evidently plunged to the hilt in the left sido of the neck. The man was lying on his back, for the blood spurted out in one thick stream covering the side ©f the *bunk near hishead. Every artery .in. the neck has been severed. The bunk presented a sickening sight, with the, woodwork all stained dark red, black clotted masses of blood lying on the and coat, of the deceased, while two thick streams'of blo6d ran flown the. floor, where it collected in poolsv rffart was an Irishman, about thirty years: df tagepwas considered one of the best saUors on board theship. When the vessel ~ elishere'and indulged freely : in drink. Last Saturday he was very neavil y J he afterwards exhialigns of delirium and frequently said that he wished that be was dead, but as he performed his work, properly his explana-

tions were considered by his mates to be merely ths.reablk of his drinking, but not ohg of them had any idea that he meditated suicide, though after the day's work, while he sat at tea yesterday, he said that if he could get some poison, he would swallow it and putan end to his misery. The sad termmation to this threat was totally unexpected by his comrades. A young woman named Kate Dawes, generally known as Mrs Margetts, residing m Taraiiaki street, attempted far commit suicide last night, by jumping into the * r i i a few rm ' nu *«» ***<* twelve Constable WiUougEb'ft who was on duty on •Lambtqn Quay, saw a woman pass the police station-, and hofcicing something peculiar m her manner, he followed her down the quay. On reaching the end of Harbor street the Vould-be suicide climbed over the fence and pjunged into the water, which is only about 2ft deep at this place ; but the cdnstable, unaware of this fact, took a " header " after her, and fished her out of the water, and took her to the police-station, where she was attended by Di- Diver. She gave no reason whatever for the attempt on her life. The case, will be investigated at the Resj§snt Magistrate's Court on Saturday morning. Accused was to have been brought up this morning, but was too ill to appear, being in a very weak hysterical state. During the morning she had several tits. The following are the particulars respecting the finding of the illicit still near Palmerston ; Sub-Inspector Goodall and others searched the banks of Mongonui Creek, on the Manawatu River, and about six miles from Paltnerston came upon the object of their search. It apDears that two men— Fitz Von Schluter and Levi Buck—had been engaged in a bush only a few yards away from the clearing. The still is of zinc, is altogether of flimsy construction, appearing not to have been in use for some time. The two men were afterwards arrested in Palmerston. It is considered probable that some revelations will be made in connection with this still to the agency, of which may be traced the origin of several sly grog-selling cases that have been investigated in the Rangitikei district of late.