ENGAGEMENT AT THE FRONT.

New Zealand Herald, Issue 87, 23 February 1864, Page 4

ENGAGEMENT AT THE FRONT.

[teleohaphic nnsi».\ToH.] "TiTKornn the coiivtotfy of tlio Hon. F. "Whitaker, at n late hour last" we have been favoured with the following Teleijrajihie l")espateli from freneral Cameron, to Hi.s ]-]\cellcnoy t!ie Governor, from ileremere:— Received in Auckland lO.lTi. We readied Awiniuitii at davlireak tliis uiorniti.a: instant), (bund the mission buildings uninjured, and moved 011 immediately to lvamjimvlun. There -wpi".' not many natives at Ifangiairliia. but a few of tliom took refuse in « whare, and made :i des]ierate resistance. l'J of them were killed and prisoners taken, of whom 12 were men. J reirret to say that we had 7 casualties ; 3 killed and 1 wounded amonir the latter. Colonel Nixon, dangerously. The names of the killed were "orporal Alexander. Privnte McJlale. both of Colonial Defence Force, and Private Askur, Hotli lietrl. : Wounded, .rolin BaUindei). Ftu-est IJantri'rs. Private W. Smith. (>.") th ]?egt., Corporal Dunne. Colonial .Defence Force. We returned, and encamped at Awnmutu. The convoy arrived safe at 2 p.m.

WAiTEMiT.v Kov.'ino Cu'ii.—A meeting for the of up ihe all-iirs ol' this club will be held to-morrow evening, at the " Hotel."

'liu-: 2vj:w Ahkivai.s.—On Saturday afternoon. and again yesterday morning. Khilt strings of drays might have been seen wending their way from the Oueen-street liarf. up Qucenstrcet. on their way to () i it'ln i) i lj;i . convcving the wives and children of tin- Waikato .Militia. AVc were pleased to observe the neat, and tidv and very respectable appearance of tin- occupants of these drays, and congratulate (lie Oovernment oil having .secured so valuable an addition to onr population. Considerable inter,>>l was occasioned amongst the public as they saw tliese drays pass aioug the streets, ami many were the kindly wishes spoken for tile happiness and success of their occupants. Mav the AYaiknto prove to them ;i fruitful inheritance, and may their children long enjoy the rewards of the parents' dangers, difficulties, and privations. .Hont!i:KV.—An impudent robherv was committed on some goods forwarded from Auckland to Air. J3onar. of the Knukapakapa. These goods, consisting ol slops, ic.. were forwarded in five separate cases. On reaching the round house, at the head ol the "\\ aitetuala. one ease was broken open and part of the goods pilfered. The remaining four cases were forwarded by bullock-dray, and on being left at the house of a certain party, were, when next looked at. found to have been subjected to the same process. About £30 worth of property has been stolen, There is little doubt, however, but that the police will bo able to trace the crime to the perpetrators of this impudent robbery.

-La KOK.N v.—- A i the Police Court yesterdav, a discharged AVaikatn Militiaman was commit toil to take his triid lit tile next sessions of the Supreme Court, which sits on Tnesdav next, for having broken into one of the lints at Otahuhu, and stolen therefrom a quantity of regimental and private clothing. linen, jewellcrv. arms, and masonic paraphernalia, to the value of over £100. the property of Lieut. .Jackson. 2nd battalion 18th Koyal Irish. A quantity of other articles were found in the prisoner's possession, which, no doubt, if claimed by the right owners, will criminate him in another robbery. Lieutenant. Jackson states that there are several valuable tilings missing, but we hope soon to hear of their recovery. The prisoner .said he came from Virion;!. AJinow I'jSC.YPi;.—On Friday night, or rather towards daylight on Saturday morning, an affair happened at Epsom, which might, have terminated seriously. .Mr. Potter and his familv were aroused in the middle of the ninght by hearing a window in the back part of the" house lifted. He then proceeded to the kitchen, armed with a revolver, and having called two or three times to know who was there, fired two shots into the kitchen, and gathering his family into one room, waited for daylight. At dawn the iamily sallied from the house and found a voung man, who lives near Mount Eden, lying" on a bed of artichokes. The young man requested to know how lie tame there, and Mr. Potter seemed anxious to be enlightened on (he same point. The intruder then asked for his horse, which on examination was found to be tied to the gate-post. Bacchus, evidently, and not Mercury, was the ruling deity in the case, and the youth having been recognised as a neighbor, was assisted home, tor it was found that lie had received a severe wound from a bullet in the shoulder.

Lvxi) Sale.—We are requested to draw the attention of our readers to the sale, by Messrs, Jones it Co., ot a number of allotments on the Great iS orth Boad, varying in extent from five to thirty acres each. "which which will fake place at the Brunswick Buildings, this day, at 12 o'clock. CnAiti.hvn.r.ij.—The sale ot this valuable pro- | pertytook place yesterday, at Mr.S. Cochraiie's auction .mart, fore-street. 'Ihere was a nui mcrous and most respectable attendance, and i the bidding was tolerably brisk. Charleville is j a pi ctty little estate on the Jieiniiera road, about. | a mile lic3'ond Epsom, and was purchased by its late proprietor, Mr. Greenway, for the suin of £700 a few years since. It contains 15 acres of land, and was advertised for sale in several lots, contrary, we believe, to the advice of the auctioneer. Some little time previous to the sale a bond \ ji.de offer ot £5,5U0 was made for the property but refused by the owner. The sale was first commenced by offering the whole in one lot, and it was started at £2.000, and ultimately reached as high as £-1,100. The auctioneer then returned to the original plan of sale, and the house and !l acres, rlie (irifc lot, together with lots 3, 4, 5, and

f>. were knocked clown to Mr. C. A. Han-is for .C 2.200. Lot 2, having n frontage of 145 feel with buildings erected upon it, containing 3 acres 1 rood 20 perches, fetched £700; lot 7 fetched 355. per foot; lots 8 and 0,205. ; lot 10, 2Gs., and lots 11, 12, and 1:!. 225. per foot.

Wksi.eyan Home M ission.—Sermons were preached in (be various Wesleynn chapels last Snndav 011 behalf of this mission, and yesterday evening the annual meeting was hold in the High-street- chapel. The society is in the second year of its existence; its object is to afford religious instruction throughout those country districts which are unable to support a minister themselves. Two missionary agents are employed, Messrs. Hudson and Purton. The former irentlemau's operations have been confined chiefly to Matakana, Mahurangi, tlio "Wade, and Ahuroa, the latter having given his services to "Waipu, Wangarei. M aungakaramea. Maugawai. Maungatapiri, Palciri, and other places. The chair was occupied by .Joseph Newman. Esip, who addressed the meeting at some length 011 the necessity for increased and sustained effort in supplying religious instruction to those who would otherwise be without italtogether. The report was read hv Mr.Fletcher, and its adoption.moved and seconded by the l!evs. T. Ilamer and A. Mnedonald. From the report, it appeared (hat the finances were by 110 means in a flourishing condition, the deficit of" ol last year having increased at the end id'the year to upwards of £81. The meeting was then addressed bv Messrs. Hudson and Burton and (he Rev. A. L'eid. The oliieers and commit tee for the ensuing year were appointed. There was a pretty good attendance, but the collections amounted to the rather small sum of ,1:7 7s. fid.

Chicket. —The long deferred match between (he garrisons of the I'apakura and Keri Keri Redoubts came off on Friday last. The weather was not as favourable as it- might have been, the wind blowing pretty stiff, and a slight shower falling towards the close of the first innings of the I'apakura eleven. There were many visitors present, and amongst them it genial sprinkling of the fair sex. The Papakura men went in first. Messrs. Yates and Leavers taking the bats to the bowling of Lieutenant- Hatchell and Mr. E. Prury. Leavers, (hough a steady player, was soon put out by a lmll from K. Prury. scoring one run only, i ates held his ground for some little time, but. after scoring fourteen runs was neatly caught out by Mann, from one of Lieutenant Hatchell's round-banders. The first eleven ultimately went out lor 30 runs. rUcssrs. Drurv and Edwards were the first pair to handle the willow for the Keri Keri eleven to the bowling of Messrs. Yates and Bradbury. Edwards wen! out without a score, but Prury scored off bis own bat the same number as that obtained by the Papakura eleven. The following is the score —I'apakura winning by several runs to spare. I'AI'AKURA. iiim' i\'\iv;>. sKrn\n Vntiw. 1> UaJi'lif.-11, 1: Maim H Y:ue-<. 1> imwy. e Jluboun o l.en\er>, It Drurv 1 I,caver*. h Dmry 1 Myers, b Hat<-hell - Vu>v>. b HatWieH :i I'littr. 1 ', lj Drurv. e o Wi-»t<m for K;u!i'»-r, b Drurv o I'loct-m. I* Mat did] c llobson i; n<>cum. b Drurv -•* iiubi«\ b Hntebt'H h Hnbjo. b. Dmry ]•' b Drurv I Drurv «' • >r:t'l , >urv. c Kisbv.b Drurv o i* Ui.->by. b Drurv "> > lit i o-., ii-n out * ' 1 1 Tr<\-iti».\ b j»ntvy m Tro-itor. n<u mil X Ilolbrt ill;,b lliiicUoli c.Ymolil "> lloMbrnok. run i»ut, b Drurv 1 nV ball : KIIIT KIIU. r|K> I INMMi.S >KC('M» llthvi'i iN. b Kr:i'lbprv •» FihvsmU.c Klocvn bLi*avor> o llJit.-bcll. r r.i!r-'»-»b l'ii.rtMU > IhiWliHl. U«>! out " nor o,:t o !:»-t»y. 1. IJra-lbmy U i:in:uj. <■ ItiM-.'-r-.b rioi'tnn 7 lituun. runout, b I.navn-s 'i Cato.n.l, i:t:,.!burv 2 Cmm-.-. b (r:ivrr, U v.'ii kct.b '» Ilolw.n. b '» •rhou,|.,Murlbu-L-»-sbi ;i..MonO Tin»uip?ou. >1 uuri-c.', nut I Mhiiii. .• >»>«■»•-. b } Tlios. b I>r:n'bur> 1 'Inv.ifr, b i,<;vv,-r-i «» l::!ym-r. itupo.l c'U '1 Dt iu'v. Ob 1,0,a\ (?is W Drnry. b HruJbu.'v b Hradbury 5 Ani"M,b r.ratlbuty 1 lives :i Hyrs M V.'hhs V.'iilcs Lvt I