LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 177, 3 June 1864, Page 5 (Supplement)

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Times Office, Monday, 12 noon. The s.s. Auckland, arrived 'yesterday morning about 7 a.m., bringing papers from Auckland to the 3rd inst. There is no news of importance, hostilities appearing for the present, to be at a standstill. A cutter also entered port yesterday from Auckland. About 10 this mornin,;' the Ludwig, from England; via "Wellington, came up to her anchorage. The Auckland leaves at 12 o’clock noon, with the mails for England, &c. The steamer from the South had not arrived up to the hour of our going to press. The Daily Southern Cross in its Monthly summary for June says:—Our present position may be described as one of expectancy, the latest detail from Wanganui and Taranaki bringing no news of further aggression on the part of the rebels, no hinting at any demonstration on the part of the troops. The hon. W. Fox, Colonial Secretary and Native Minister, is now in Wanganui district, to represent the Government during the emergency. In the province of Auckland we do not hear of any movement of interest. All old posts are occupied, and the natives do not appear to give us any trouble. The rebels who escaped" from the Gate pah, at Tauranga, are reported to be in the Thames district, about a day’s journey from the Papa. This is more probable. It is their most secure retreat, and it is also their easiest. William Thompson with a number of people, is also said to be in the wooded range, in the same line of country. Rewi appears last to have been at Haugetiki. The winter season will, doubtless, be taken advantage of where possible, by the natives, to recruit their strength and prepare for the spring campaign; but as it is manifestly our interest to prevent this, an idea gains ground that the friendly natives might be more largely and usefully employed. For instance by the aid of bands of friendly natives and forest rangers, the enemy might be so harassed during the winte", and so straitened for supplies that they would be glad to sue for peace. If they could be kept constantly on the qui vive, it would have a most Salutary effect upon the rebels ; for natives, as a rule, detest worry worse than death. Whether this suggestion will be acted on in a comprehensive way remains to be seen. From the Taranaki Herald of the 28th, we take the following:— The p.s. Prince Alfred arrived here late on Monday evening, bringing the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Fox, who left again on Wednesday, taking with him a detachment of the 57th regiment to reinforce Wanganui. The detachment consisted of Nos. 4 and 10 companies, under Major Shortt, Lieuts. Waller,

Mills, and Powys, numbering in all 100 men. The troops embarked on Wednesday afternoon, amidst the hearty cheers of the spectators on the beach, which they heartily returned, and they leave with the good wishes of all. It is currently reported that the rest of the regiment is to follow shortly. We trust it is not true. During a three years’ stay here, the 57th, both officers and men, have earned the thorough good-will of the Taranaki settlers—between them and the civilian forces there subsists a mutual confidence and respect which is not easily raised,* but which, we should have thought, if once established, was too valuable to be disregarded. The regiment knows the country here and the people, and to replace them with strangers would, in our opinion, be most unfortunate and unwise.