DRURY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 6, 25 November 1863, Page 3

DRURY.

[from a correspondent.] Nov. 24. Ok the various movements taking place at the front I daresay the inhabitants of Auckland are belter informed than we are. It is currently reported here that our gallant General is still pursuing his way up the country, and that every moment we may expect to hear that the .British Union Jack is floating proudly over Ngarauwhaia. There is little fear of the natives ever standing iu a body again as I think they have learned' a lesson at Kangariri which they will never forget. Now is the time for the Government to act upon the most excellent suggestions shown forth in the first number of the Zealand JCcra/d, namely that of having a few of tho aboriginals from Australia attached to small parties and scour the country. It must be guerilla warfare now, and I am of the opinion that tho present struggle will end in Taranaki. General Cameron deserves tho praise of the colony for his forethought. Look at. the Great South Road—at the Queen's Kedoubt—all show that tlie plans for the present outbreak have been well studied and that, our gallant chieftain was prepared for any emergency. Excitement is at its highest pitch, and some of the officers here havo been telegraphing to Auckland for the latest news irom the Front. I may mention that I was over at the Telegraph OfTice when tlie orderlies arrived on Satuiday night, and can fancy how the newspaper offices would be crowded after what I saw here, everyone clamouring round the door for news. How foolish it is of some people, when they know that the telegraphic clerks are bound to secrecy. Amongst tlie many reports that are flying about here is that one of the Royal Engineers, who deserted about two years back, was found shot dead inside tlie Redoubt at Kangariri, and that theve was another who had made his escape, x believe that the natives are indebted to them for the ingenious manner iu which their I'Osuions at the iVferemere and Kangariri were fortified. 1 hear from very high military authority that the manner in which those positions were fortified would be creditable to some of our Engineer officers. Anot her is that Sergt.-Major Hamilton, of the Royal Artillery killed four of tlie rebels ; lie shot the niggor who wounded Capt. Mercer. The native who wounded Hamilton had a doublebarrelled gun; Hamilton shot him, and I believe despatched the' other with' liifl sword. Such is the substance of tho reports, whether thoy are truth or not I am not in a position to state, but must wait with patience the publishing of the

General's despatches, in \rliich every one will have his share of the honour, from the Colonel commanding to the drummer boy. The usual convoy started for tlie front this morning. The Maori prisoners have not yet arrived at Drury.