LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2523, 3 February 1869, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[BX ELECTRIC TELEGBA.PII.] Wellington, Feb. 2,7.20 p.m. General Chute and Colonel Page arrived by the Wellington to-day. They will accompany the Commodore to Wanganui in the. Blanche, which is detained for the purpose. Two men of the Armed Constabulary arrived by the St Kilda yesterday, under a Court Martial sentence of 12 months' imprisonment in Wellington gaol, for stealing. As the offence was committed at Turanganui, out of the province, and no warrant of committal had been received by the gaol authorities and police, they refused to receive them. They have been released. The Wanganui news is unimportant. Colonel Whitmore's forces are still slowly advancing. It is asserted that Kemp saw the Hau-haus who attacked the scouts on Tuesday last leave their horses in a paddock near his force, but that he allowed them to return after the skirmish and to mount and ride away unmolested. The papers demand an inquiry. Colonel Whitmore considered Kemp's men were only guilty of want ot pluck, not of treachery. Some Arawaa have received letters from the East Coast stating that two of the prisoners taken have been examined separately. They state that Te Kooti's wound beginning to bleed afresh, the bearers left him behind with a woman, who afterwards came on and said he had been shot. Mr Foi has written a long letter to the Independent on the case of Mr Smythiea, solicitor.ofDunedin. Heapplauds Judge Ward's conduct, and expresses a hope that his judgment will not be upset on technical grounds by the Court of Appeal. He says that as a member of the English Colonial Bar and as one of the senior members of the legal profession in the colony he considers it his duty to invite public a teution to the matter, and begs to place on record his protest, as a member of the profession, and a New Zeaand colonist against the unjustifiable leniency which led the Supreme Court to throw open the bar of the colony to convicted felons and forgers. The Native Minister has written to be TJnwera chiefs in reference to help given by the tribe to Te Kooti. He recapitulates the circumstances of ie Kooti's rebellion f rom the landing of the prisoners down to the capture of Ngatapa, including the ofler made by Major Biggg to let them

go free if they gave up to Government the rifles in their possession. He reminds the TJriwerasthat their country has never been invaded, and that there is no desire to cross the boundary laid down in 1865, except in peace • but he warns them that the tribe will in future be held responsible for the acts of its members, if they take any further hostile steps. He points out the inevitable result of rebellion, and asks them to declare their intentions as to peace or war, the Government being prepared for either alternative. The latest Auckland news says there were five candidates for the Thames Provincial Council seats. Mr Daniel Grove and Captain Butt were returned by a large majority. The petition for withdrawal of the delegated powers to the Superintendent of Auckland has been thrown over.

Mr J. Monro has been returned for Maraden in the General Assembly without opposition. Mr T. MacParlane addressed his JNorthern Division constituents, and gave a long account of the proceedings of last session. A unanimous vote of thanks for his conduct during the session was passed. A Volunteer corps is about to be formed at Shortland, if the Natives do not object. Commissioner Mackay has undertaken to explain to them that the force is only for defensive v purposes.

There are thirteen claimants for the £SOOO reward once offered for the discovery of payable goldfields in the" Auckland province. Mr Chadwick's race-horse Satellite has been burned to death in the stables at Epsom.

TeHirahas warned the miners at Ohinemuri to leave the district and return to the Lower Thames.