The Hawke's Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1865. ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE ALFRED

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 8, Issue 607, 6 May 1865, Page 5

The Hawke's Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1865. ARRIVAL OF THE PRINCE ALFRED

\ By the Prince Alfred, which arrived yesterday, i our dates are to the Srd inst. j General Cameron and staff, as will be seen ■ J from a paragraph in another column, had arj rived in Auckland. The Herald of tlie 3rc . inst. says, — " It was currently reported yester- . day not only that three regiments woidd shortly

■OBBMHi--------e-B-------__-___-___BH_-______B___B___________a_W proceed to England, but that Lieut.-General Sir Duncan Cameron had sent in his resignation, and was about to proceed' home also." \ The same journal has been informed on good authority that a peace proclamation wiil be almost immediately. The Government, we suppose, recognise their position as "defeated rebels," and are anxious to propitiate the good graces of his blessed majesty King Potatau, and the victorious Generals Rewi and Thompson, h)* at once giving in their submission. Long live the noble Maori ! The. same journal reports the capture of Kereopa, the murderer. It says, — " Information was received yesterday in town, through Mr. Kennedy, the master of the Tawera, that the murderer Te Kereopa had been taken prisoner by the Opotiki natives. It appears that his captors are' men of Ngatipatu, of the tribe Wakatohoe, and we understand that Tiwai, the native who rendered so much assistance in rescuing Mr. Grace, wrote down to them yesterday by the Sarah Ann, advising them to hand him over to the Government for trial." The Southern Cross says tbat the report, as ; yet, rests entirely upon native authority. The Hon. , ; Maj(n* Atkinson, Defence Minister, arrived in Auckland on the Ist inst., by the Wanganui, from Taranaki, and it is reported, says the Southern Cross of the 2nd, that his mission here is to inquire into and remedy the grievances of the Waikato Militia, who have boen so unjustly dealt with by the Government. Hi. Excellency the Governor had gone to the Kawau iv H.M.S. " Brisk," intending to remain there a few days. The Auckland papers acknoAvledge receipt of the Wanganui Chronicle of the 25th ult., which says, referring to the Wereroa Pa : — "Tlie natives now in this pa show less sign than ever of any intention to surrender. They have now their main position strengthened by two redoubts, and tbey are engaged in dragging up large baulks — some of them large enough for the mainmast of a ship — with bullocks, with .which, it is supposed, they are making a strong palisade." Nothing definite had been discovered as to the fate of Mr. White, R.M., although H.M.S. Esk had been despatched for the purpose of malcing enquiry. Intelligence had been received from Taranaki of a mounted party having been surprised and two of their number shot. Particulars will be found in another column. The English telegrams had not been received ' in Auckland.