The New Zealand Nerald AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9, 1863.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 12, 9 December 1863, Page 3

The New Zealand Nerald

AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9, 1863.

J SPECTEMUU AGENDO. i " Give every man thine ear, but tow thy voice: I Tnke each mu»V ccusure, but rosovve th.v jmlicment. | This above Ml.—To thine mvnsclfhe true; j And it must f -How. as the the day, | Thou canst not then be false to any man."

j TIIE AVAIKATO. | Ws suppose, as suspicion Ims been sought jto bo upon the authenticity of the ini teiligc-nco which wo furnished in our issue ■ of Monday, that that which we have now to j communicate may lie received with some | degree of mistrust. If any such douht be j eniertained we beg our readers and sup- | porters to dismiss it from their ltimds. Wc jdo not put pen to paper rashly. At a i moment like the present, when men's minds | are on the tenter hooks of impatience, we investigate both the subject matter dealt with and the sources from whence our information is derived. Satisfied in all these respects, we put our intelligence before the public, which may confidently rely upon the accuracy and authenticity of our details. The intelligence since received from "Waikato is fully confirmatory of that which we published on Monday. The friendly chief j Tc Wheoro hits been the bearer of letters from the Governor to the "Waikato leaders, informing them that his Excellency could not treat with them until they had laid down their arms. On the arrival of Te Wheoro at Kgaruawahia he found that the Ngatimaniopotos had arrived there, and that the purport of their | visit was to cut down the King's llag-staif | ill order to prevent the British troops from doing so. This Thompson and the W'aikatos would not suffer them to do, and they began to tjuarrel about it. lit the end fhe W'aikatos handed over Xgaruawahia, the flag-staff, the dwellings, and so forth, to be surrendered by Te Wheoro to the General and the Governor, at the same time expressing their determination to evacuate the place. There were no natives seen by Te WTieoro between Bangiriri and Ngaruawahia. On his arrival at the delta of the Waikato and Waipa, he found the Xyatimauiapotos drawn up on the Waipa side, and Thompson and the Waikatos 011 the Waikato side. He was received, according to Maori custom, with a salute of tire arms, a succession of vollies having been delivered. 1 General Cameron was yesterday to advance j upon Ngaruawahia. This information may be I fully depended upon; aud our readers will j find a confirmation of these facts by reference Ito " Our own Correspondent's letter, which j will be found elsewhere.