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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 7, Issue 438, 18 November 1863, Page 2

The Troops from India foe New Zealand.. —We find in the Madras Times of Sept. 13, the following extract from the Calcutta Englishman :. — "'•Ptace proposes, but war disposes ; aud hundreds of hearts whose earnest hopes and confident expectations were, a few days ago, directed to old England in the coming cold season, must now direct their aspirations to the southern hemisphere, and the scene of active hostilities in New Zealand. The mail just arrived has brought out orders for the despatch of H.M.'ts 43rd L.1., now garrisoning Fort William ; H.M.'s6Bth regt.,. at Rangoon ; and H.M.s 50th regt., in Ceylon, to New Zealand, with the least possible delay ; and tenders of shipping for the first mentioned regt» will be called for immediately ; the same measures being adopted for the conveyance of the other two corps in Burnish and Ceylon. Colonel Primrose,, the senior Lieut.-Col. of ELM.'s43rd L.1.,, and now Adjt.-Gen at Madras, will come up immediately to assume command of his regiment going on active service iv- the field ; Lieut.- Col* Booth, now commanding, becomes supernumerary, and goes, upon half pay. The 43rd and GSth were, had not this Maori war broke out, the first corps for England, and would have left about the end of the 'year, but now their term of foreign service is indefinite and may be prolonged for several years k "