CAPTAIN FINNIMORE AND LEUT. BRYCE UNDER ARREST.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1011, 6 January 1869, Page 3

CAPTAIN FINNIMORE AND LEUT. BRYCE UNDER ARREST.

We (Times) regret to observe that Captain Finnimore, of the "Wanganui Cavalry, and Lieut. Brjce, of the Eai Iwi Cavalry, have been placed under arrest by order '" of Lieut. -Col. Lyons, and the whole of the men struck off pay, pending, we suppose, the decision of the Government. The facts, in so far as we can ascertain, are these. After the Wanganui Cavalry had made a successful raid into the Patea Districts, bringing off a number of horses and killing two of the enemy, Titokowaru determined upon sending 50 of his men back to protect his villages, crops, &c. Col. Lyons having heard of this move, determined to follow up those 50 men with the cavalry and 30 kupapas, men especially selected for that purpose, to act as scouts and take to the bush when necessary. To enable them to keep up with the cavalry they were mounted, and mistaken for cavalry although neither armed nor trained as such. Our Patea correspondent in the first part of his letter, which we recommend to the perusal of our readers, shows how those 50 men of Titolco Waru's did pass Kakaramea, and escaped because they were not followed up as Colonel Lyons intended. Here wo remark that a little courtesy on the part of Colonel Lyons might have prevented the refusal of the cavalry to accompany him. Had he told Capt. Finnimore and Lieut. Bryce the , real object of the expedition, they would, we believe, have gone, but in any case it is to bo regretted that they did not do so. There being faults, or at least a misunderstauding, on both sides, we trust that matters will be amicably arranged, and the cavalry, under their old commando rs, once more take the field- The most

deadly enemy that we have now to con- { tend against is that Spirit of Discord which threatens to be far more potent for mischief than Titoko Waru. FUNERAL OF SERGEANT MAXWELL. Tho remains of Sergeant Maxwell were removed from the residence of Mr. James Hamilton for interment in the cemetery this day, (Wednesday). The Veteran Volunteers formed a firing party, and as the cortege moved along, the band played the Dead March in Saul. The friends and comrades of the deceased were pallbearers. The Kai Iwi and Wanganui Volunteer Cavalry corps marched in procession on foot, followed by Colonel Lyon, Major Noake, and the officers of Volunteers and Militia. The inhabitants of the town, men, women, and children, nearly all turned out to pay their last respects to one who had fallen while nobly fighting the savage foe. 7'he Revs. Mr. Elmslie and Mr Hogg del r ered the most impressive and appro' iate addresses — the coffin was lowered , o the grave— three volleys were fired- lie Volunteers filed out of the cemetery ad marched back to town — and the pc „-le retired to their homes, after paying she tribute of respect which valor merited. We truly sympathise with his parents, who havo lost an only son. His name will long live in the memories and affections of the people of Wanganui. — Herald.