LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM AUCKLAND.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 75, 19 June 1866, Page 5

LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM AUCKLAND.

THREATENED NATIVE OUTBEEAK. Examiner Office, Tuesday morning. We have delayed the publication of our Summary in order to give the latest intelligence from Auckland, received this morning by the Phoebe. We can only give a brief outline of what is occurring, and we take this from the Weekly News of the 9th :— During the week several rather disquieting items of news have been received from the native districts south of Auckland. News from these quarters is difficult to obtain, as no European is permitted to be present at the numerous meetings that have been held lately, and even all natives suspected of friendly feelings to .the Europeans are kept us much as possible in the dark respecting the projects of the more rebellious. Taking the Thames first, we hear, from European sources, of meetings having been held ; and we > are informed by natives that a number of Taranakis have lately visited the district, and taken a leading part in the runangas. At these they have laid down the laws of the new religion, whose prophet is Taikomako, and have excited the Thames natives by representing that the Europeans wish to exterminate them, and seize the land. We are glad to be able to state that Thompson is working hard to counteract the influence of these men. On the one hand, he has warned the settlers to be careful in certain particulars ; and on the other, has been unceasingly watchful over his own people. The latest news from the Thames is that the Taranakis had left the district, and gone off towards the East Coast ; and this leads us to hope that peace may be preserved in the Thames. All the news from Taurauga is confirmatory of the intelligence conveyed in our correspondent's letter, published in another column — that the natives who were living quietly at Matapihi and other settlements in the district, were being tampered with by the rebel emissaries. We learn from Taupo natives that a very strong feeling exists in that district in respect to the Maoris who have been sent to the Chatham Islands. Theße natives say that many of the men who have been sent away have never been in arms, and have done nothing to justify their banishment. They ask, too, if it is just that these men should be sent away without any trial. Oa making inquiry of natives from different districts, as to what effect the intelligence of the execution of the five men for the murders of Fulloon and Tolkner has had upon the Maoris; we cannot find that any indignation has been excited. Apparently, the great body of the native race think that an act of justice was done. Wo have no hesitation iv saying, that a worse state of feeling now exists towards the Europeans than prevailed before the outbreak of the war in Waikato. The new religion, of which we have previously spoken, is making its way amongst the natives. The following is a translation of a native account of it, furnished by a native to the Weekly News, who had received the document from Tauranga : — " There is another new god coming. Intelligence has arrived that the men of this new god are Kaikomako and Tautahi; and it is stated that this god is coming by w»y of Waikato. Ho is coming oa to

Auckland, and the men who aro to storm Auckland number seventy persons. Another army of this god is coming to fight with the Arawas ; and the men who are to stand up against the Arawas are thirteen in number. It is the rumour only that we hear ; but the Ngaiterangis are undecided as to whether they will go or stay. I heard, indirectly, that one tribe of Tauranga, the Ngaitamarawho, had gone over to the [new] religion ; that' tribe, however, were Hauhaus formerly." On hearing that seventy men were coining to storm Auckland, and thirteen to extinguish the Arawas, some astonishment was expressed at the smallness of the force, but the native who had received the letter explained that their god would be with them, and, that in those circumstances, two could chase a thousand. A week's later news from Auckland does not add materially to the information conveyed in the foregoing extracts, but we give the latest notices contained in the Auckland papers received this morning : — . Another Nawve Meeting at Hangatiki. — A correspondent of the Southern Cross, writing from Upper Waikato, on the 6th of June, says : — " Another great meeting was held at Hangatiki on the lsfc instant, at which several Kiug natives from Taranaki were present. The report of the death of Eewi is not true, as Takerei Te Eau, who is now at Ngaruawahia, saw and shook hands with Rewi a few days ago. It was also reported that the latter was at the Hangatiki meeting. The Hauhaus mustered strong from the various districts, and the High Priest was kissed three times on the cheek by the Taranaki party. Several new laws were framed, the first of which was that no European should pass a certain boundary, which was at the same time prescribed, being tapued by the High Priest. In the second place, it was arranged that all traffic with the Europeans should be from that date prohibited beyond the boundary line ; and, thirdly, that especial care should be taken to store all food that could be obtained, including dried fish and mussels, which was to be taken into the interior. These appearances are ominous. Takerei te Rau has been industriously employing himself and a gang of followers in visiting the native settlements in Waikato. His reason for doing this remains a mystery. Weregret to say that manynatives in the Upper Waipa district are in a very pitiable condition from the raging of fever and other maladies. One of the leading men of Ngatimaniapoto, who figured prominently during the wai', and who, it is said, escaped from Orakau, was attacked by fever. He gave orders for his coffin to be made, and expired the same day. It may be remarked that he was a zealous member of the Hau-hau club, or, in other words, a firm believer in the new faith. The Maori antidote may appear to us very unique, but it is a fact that they have purchased up a great quantity of cayenne pepper, which they administer externally by incising the skin." i The New Maobi Religion. — The Raglan correspondent of the Southern Cross, writing on the 11th of June, says': — "At the call meeting at Hangatiki, Tuatahi and Kuikomuko, the prophets of the new religion, from Taranaki, proposed to the as- - aembled Maoris an immediate attack on the Waikato, which was opposed by Rewi, and Matutaera, the King, who said if they wanted to fight let them go to Taranaki. Matutaera, the King, after speaking, went to the tent and tore his garments, and was covered with sackcloth, in imitation of the prophets of the Scriptures. It was decided that fighting should be continued at Taranaki, Wanganui, and Tauranga. About 200 of the combative class started for one of the above districts." The Goveenob and Thompson. — The Thames correspondent of the Southern Cross, writing of the interview between his Excellency the Governor and William Thompson, gives the following particulars, some of which are new, and will be read with interest :—": — " William Thompson received a letter, some time ago, from the G-ovemor, to meet him at Te Papa, but Thompson sent an answer to say he could not go to Tauranga to talk about a wrong that had originated at Waikato, and at Waikato their talk should be. Acting on this, his Excellency wrote to him from Hamilton, to come and meet him there ; but Thompson's tribe would not consent to his going to meet the Governor ; but, as Thompson was 'anxious to meet his Excellency, he took French leave and met him at Hamilton. The Governor said to Thompson, ' William, you have grown very old, and you look very unwell, since I saw you last.' Thompson answered, ' Yes, I have grown old lately ; this was caused first by pain and sorrow by the war ; secondly, poun (darkness) for the loss of my land (Waikato).' The Governor then said, ' Great is my love for Waikato, my children ; it rests with me the consideration for them. I will have some consideration for the Waikatos.' Thompson then answered, ' Have you come to remove your pakehas from off my land ? They are wasting their labours ploughing < my land.' . To this the Governor made no answer, but he said, ' I have a runanga at Wellington, and I want you to go to Wellington to meet my runanga. • They will have some consideration for you ; if you have been wronged, they will see you righted.' Thompson answered, ' My.> wrong • was very small. I stole a needle 3 Rewi stole a shirt. I, who did least wrong have lost most, while Rewi, who did most harm, has been punished but little. I also have a runanga, whom I must consult before I could consent to go -with you to Wellington.'Thompson, therefore, returned to Matamata, to consult with the tribes. He found a meeting of chiefs, assembled from Tauranga, Taupo, and the Thames, who had come together to Poati, and to hear what the Governor had said to him ; but they would not hear of Thompson accompanying the Governor to Wellington. Thompson told the meeting that, as now was the time for talk, he wished to go to the runanga at Wellington, and that he would return as soon as possible; but the native chiefs said, that if he went, it would be some time before he returned, and, therefore, they would not consent; to his going. Thompson was very much vexed at the tribes not allowing him to go. One chief from the Thames then told the meeting that, as they were hard with Thompson in not consenting to his going to Wellington, he would do right to go without their consent. Thompson then wrote to the Governor to say the people would not let him go to Wellington. Before the meeting separated they all came to an understending that they would remain under the law of paatiririkori, i.e., the law of peace ; they would leave paatiriri to Rewi. Some men that were at the meeting say, that if the Governor, or a commissioner with some native assessor, had attended at the meeting, and explained what good Thompson would do going down to the South, no doubt he would have been allowed to go down accompanied by a few other chiefs ; but they say Thompson can go now if he wishes to do so."