The Native Bebellion.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 90, 26 February 1864, Page 3

The Native Bebellion.

CAAir. TI-: AvrA^.irTi'. [mt'M tvni own couuKsj'oNmivr.] All d-iy .»n Saturday it was rumoured ;••••<(:» that *vc \mi'j hi iirii ;,t jiiur lit f'jr Te A w.uiiutu, hut li\ ii;li .-howeiv. and the threatening appcanme.' of the s];\. doiti 1 i 111 w),.-{h»T we should r.allv ne-v.; ..[• :u<! : h<«v.-j;vi»r, wr pa< ked everything in r.•.*<<ji nos ar.d • "(t3<i .>»■«• jiH mm;.l i;> h< i;tg 7iiad". • pr.etly, ior a move. At l.i-1, as the night mi in daik and :;:ldy. villi every pvo.-pert *<[ ;• rain Inline in\i twelve ho»ti>', wir e\ji'Ttaii"ii«- v..iv ei.nlirmed «»y luiinfor a eertaiutv that the move was «•> be made, and J}» <t all {.» )»• in re.ahmvs hv

ii .-i- i-„. :iiiu a> no oarage oi any limit was to accompany »-. wi: made up our minds, with tie- i.">t grace vo- could, for several davs ut' eainj-iitLr iiiah-r the blanket, and tlir i'ull enjevment nt'au ,t!M]ihiijious st;:t»' ot fxistenie. ,Vt at»»lit J*al!-].ast t.-n lie- mi)»du"d and unusual bustle in t!ie eainii, witii the long lin-'S ol' men gliding- about in j'ne like regiments of phalitoniH, sinnvt .l Ihat the iniee wa.lirKig a.>si'iiiiiiei! ; and acevi Jingly we our tents, and slinging eaeil or.e his own worMK' s:ons on his Paelf ami taking three luiilt .-ticks to aet t-'iil poli v, in ],j, h.'inii, in .oine instanei.'s the additional burden of a. native llax basket full of liie r.-jiP';ettl;itivi - of the Press in full iintiejialion ~f I'm iv misery to i-oiue. repaired to tln; 1 rout of tho eulap. '['le-re we found e.buut IS0(l luell ol Hie (j-ith ami 7< »th line, Hangers, Defence I 'ei'ps, Moulded Arliilerv, Naval I'figade, and l*!ngineei> paraded. The oideis beiiig' given in a low voice and the men only conversing- in whispers, pipes, of course, being .-I net iy prohibited, and every u:i;eaution being taken to prevent the natives from hearing any intimation of our departure. Then wheeling into column and the General riding slowly to tin- trout ahead of his i-t-ift", we started, and almost at the same moment tho rain began to fall heavily to relieve us ot all uncertainty witti regard to the weather. Following the broad road leading to our outposts and to the cam]) under Colonel "Waddv in front of Pateran£i,we arrived iu time at the Maungapilco, the scone of ttie last skirmish; tho rain having cleared olf again, and the moon having decided upon giving us a dim uncertain light. Arriving here at the wiieJu'ng hour of night—on the spot wliete only a iinv (lavs before so many souls had been diivjn from their bodies in the unholy violence of war, us dyintr men ga-jiing out their cnr.sv, and writhing in their la.-t, unuilerable agonies, glared in the ! ..ces of their slayers with that long stale that seems to sav thai (io l'a curse is upon war, as plainly as ir'spoken in tie; tones ofil I'lundtT-pcji. Did anyone, I sav. experience « shut!-, .t, or fancy tiiat the du!i place was naunted r l't:ere wa.-. no time, however, to solve any proO'em:;, or answer any qtiostioiu-i. Tie- m>t men plunged int.) the stream and waded across, the wab-r being about mid-ihigh deep, and tie>;e behind mu.-.l- hdlow quickly, or be left behind to be. cut. off, iiw'o/s ill or well, prepared or no! preuare.l, fresh or exhausted, Von must ibliow your leader in a night march, or else voir are lost, in everv ~en-e of tho wuid. Accordingly, turning up their lrou-eis the until of the pel; plunged in, and, when oner their boots were completely tilled, grinned ;i U <t bore it p'liiosoijiiiealiy. Arriving r.i tie: opposite bank, the sand was found lo be converted into slipperv mud by tile, water lroai tiie dripping bouts of preceding mm*, and slopping lint ooniidcnUy in happy ignorance of T.lus tact, several tell and rii'llefl into the mud, eoveri ing cap, clothes, and pack, with „ t.hiek coating- of ; plaster. However there tvaa no time to remove t'ae eileets, or to grumble, stern necessity obliged all to keep mov.ng. 'lime, tide, and armies wait for no man, and pushed, now in onigle tile, the track deviating from tiie open broad path to Itaiigiuohia. and taking a more southerly direction, thereby rounding the native posit ion of P.-o'ot-angt. keeping well awav from it, ia a course supposed by Iho Jhton.-, to lie impracticable *o vtd v.'ilii iiit native and kuov'n.a. 5 V.*lmvekuuhoprf. quietl" -t-i sXaori 3 tUem-s:--lvc.i could b i"c* don--, under ih-j ol

hoard vcl'ui V ? native gentrv toulil be still ni"-ir' U .,- S . H - s houtir.g his wild war song in tho 'lie I'lnuA' lr " 1,1 coru I of tJin fact that tl,«f V *}r ?: crfi "P"" I'im- Ono would not think cViii-cim'"!' the Lritisli soldier « jnnrch was ex- ' swoons iV a ! ' u1 i "hie<l -wii-iifing: stride, across ■ dn\vi'i" I-. n'-' 6 r uliies, nip-hili and i ' / n f lnt '' tnr.ii.'ling nl.iug huvlkuv, I r:, , 01 - v -' tlu «'hit.--1„.1t,s of tho nan limnddiji- ' A w 1 Tn"; ' i"" 1 "l 1 Wit!l llim lif^- ! ,hour after lir-ur, till as day began . I.n.ul\ I" weaK w -oi r, f , re; , r! • }.iVi ;I S' 11 J 1 1- p*isix in sicrht ot i rr-> church anil | oi t1... stati.,,, .. •( „ WHinu;,,." Tired .... .. I-Mi uistci] With „(• ,l.. e p, Fnir.th.ired with i V 1 to "« r wearv wrurv hones. We pushed I on as we fondly imugim J t„ Vhat was to* he our I naven, waen u-,. , ;lw Ul( . ~( V. ,l rv or , olv „„ a i dash >trai2 , ht throu S li towards Hantfnwhia. and tho , lie.iii "'tiic cfiliiiiin we that oar fate | VH<= s.dl to continu'' ..iir tr*n>p. We could see that IK' j.::iee was uiilnieheil, every huiWing but one •emu; c.uicnv ns it ]"ir, »m«] no fiieinv wa« to bu .-f'-ii in iiuht, ihc-ieior.* the coiitiiiurincL' of' th<' march was ii mystery to us, thoac-h it came out afterwards taa. a c'.uvoy of provisions for the nah at Patcrangi, l-euiff kjio-.vi, to ot Ji.inffiawlii'i It was with the intention <>t yuitin-r it off tliat the advance was made, thojijii it. is not cortaui now that there was anv ] sucn mot;'. However following the road we Weuiui over :i range and down i.cross (he valley to the two 11. ill chnreh.w, and many scattered hoipes n.nd '.vharcsinroundeo hvmanv aei es of cultii that c<.nststuto the coltlement of Kang-iawhia. | ftiken completely hv siiriirise the natives were ; I'. uri.'d fioni tlu-ir by llio DpUtiCC (..orps riding Uuvxirrli their .in riumg' ahead :ind '.vaniing tlinu Ihv down ihnir arms ami sm- ' l'.'uuev, h')*.vfv. r, tJnu- nor" mad io imh out I witii liu ir d»«uhle-hiiriv*]Jod guns and comiut'iico a I sk ti illicit. I h<.* and l»<nm«Ts now comiiii; ui» in ' skinniithiuir ord. r tli.i Maoris wore driven into their I v\ hare;> and shot down prniiiiseiiously, many unfortim:iiely heini,' mm tli.it soldiers would never shoot it thoyeould avoid it, and somo women too it is iuarod were miiifirled with the crowd. 'The lire lrom the w mires how'ever could not Ije passed ever as it hud : taken eiiect ujion several of our men. Colonel Nixon "t the Lvfence Corps falling, shot through the chest, private Mcllhlo oi the Defence Corps b< shot dead inside ono of tne wluires wjiuie he remained amongst a ciowd of bodies ot Maoris killed till the wharo wan on fire and the whole mass binnrd together, I he lire was now last and furious irom bothsido*? and ■ tin- eavalry cuUin«< oil' tiio n-trrat of tho retiring ; Maoris mi-.ny ot tlu*m were made prisoners. Tile j General now ordered the tiring to cease and a partv . ot niitoiis that had taliou vefuiiu in the church to re- , main iiiiniolested, «nd nwuv prNjiu-i's and ; wound.-d, ho commanded the force to retin> to Awa- : miiiu. Onrtotrd lo.ss was now diieoveml to be as I | detailed it yesterday nnniely two killed ono mortally j wounded. Colonel Nixon dani;er'ji\:-Iv wounded, and | i'uur others wounded more or kss seriously. P.eing- j in JL'noranee of the wei.irlitv rea-oni. o\u- Cif neval «»i' ' eou]..-v luv.l ior ienvino- with all its stores i o) prt.vj-iei.s uiM-ee'jpif.t, /«;)«! heinc exlu l iHted as !

1 v ,e ver*', to march hitcri'm'ain U* Awarautuwenatnrallv I 1 ua.elede::ten-ively. (t hdlv ten o'ch.cic and wo • nad not M't dow nnei'brok'-noyr t,«>tf-inceten thouischt h'-iore, aud it was hni-1 to comprehend whv thu Ger.-.ral had declined o< -. enyin- thr phn e and giving his men ?vnie !> ? t ; how.-M-r, v.- ftii ?nr.: it was fer a —:>n 1 p.iti"hi!y a.]-the bojvinsr of tie? mvMi Iy. Trudpnn jl.j'a ly btk in rear ot th Q ferees — : v:;;u;': . d the u*-.\( m-1 uir|..-Iy ihe' • -P' - s!r«-ii-h» r «r*i*i i. dhy f'-jur uv.-n came ' a t:ii i-'iri.'"'! « -i\. r..( hy .1 >.ick. the two feel project- ; ine, t evet*-1 i:- tc-- ) f,;, : with ev< ry Je 1 k . I D.--1 « ar. r.«. lellinp; lie--tory- -next : r.-jiif .( ]«».(■ (••■l'.'.v j>:di'd hnl pali. ut mah'r ; hi- i'i (!!*■, t lit 'i not h( \\ wi; h ln> fae.• -ma.-lifd out j ' : »d S"i:thlanee ot !;um;,nit\, 'ent honilde to witm'ss \ .-till ah\e, liexl ]ioor (.'t.lonel Ni.\"n faint ainl jtale i >y:!.]'a'.i;iM d with hy .-v. ryh«.dv, with kind friends j : onnd htm, and hop,-s lr« m ivi rv« »n M t"V his recover v. ! A Iter ti;;s e;:me a -lit.lv 1 rocji of wounded and f (apli'.v Mac:i>, n;aity of tli.-m douhth>-, from : tlh-ir hurt:-, and marching; ah with dillieulty, but i (»od fo] iyi\ •< —ij a:t«-r 'eii tlie s:al : i;t 1 ur own hiave f.'lh.ws. [ telt n«> >ympatiiv for ; thciu. There were. lam told, over thirty : pri.-onen-;. The ("amp w ;l .-then pitched ar«'nnd the! t htirch an«l settlement «:<f 'J'e .\wamutn,mnl stretching oat on (In; fern, too ~-v. n to wait for brenkfast, v. c tcol; a Miatch of r<M. In the eom.se of the day we hea;d that M'lue nut iws had I>lcu Se(ii in <"»ur rear on catering Te Awanintu. and this j>r(»hahly may have au-eunt* d f«»r the GeifralV return, cotnt'!iv d p-l'.hap-- with t»;*»?**;«fion of rventjj wh:eh aje now ocenrrinu ami whieh I >l.all have t(» ivlate Mat yoierd-y rh« day jiassvd ijunkiy away, some natiw • l!ii;u* oc«M-i»*ually from the dii «.i tien et'sev eral ditl'i lvnts settlements around, and iu the evening ll.e Church and all the settlement aehmcnnr to Government havimr l.nn handed over to the charge of Ids 1.0 rd.-hip tie- bishop of Xew /'eah'u-l, who is with us. the h'H was runir ! p» je.-jully hi the little -j»ir;' for eve;;iim service, and i se> l;ii::: >hLlter iu the ohl printing olliec of 41 Th>< i ! li"iet,i m«>K.. moke e tu ana i runga i te tuanui «» te i whar.'whieli ine:ois >imj>ly ti»e title Gorst's i oM Ma-M i new>paper—-we of tne ,4 were glad ! to e.\p ther-WCet lelfe/'of.i I;;;;':.' deal hoai'l (hi* ] a he<i. In the cor.r-e of tV-e nttcnioon a o-nvoy e;nne | in vith ihe three Cdh. 1 m..;rer.gs, 1-10 A\'aikato Militia, under Caplain (lohismith. Ail addition to - N'.ival I'i'rigad'* of a (»lh. AniMrotnr v• ith its cjew, >>'ine more of tin; .">'"■»)), and so)ne of ;h'- Land Trans- j poll Corps. I must now apologise for any brevity or : eotitm ion whi« li may he I'ej-eeived iu the : af'-ount, and explain that when ! bigan to write it ( th.is morning, word came in that the Maoris had ' abandoned all their pahs in onr rear, and were ap- I preaching our out picipe-t from Die direction of ! ihiegia «iua in great fojeM. Thus it seemed that the ! General'*, anticipation of his movement.'', eiulingont foieinfT the Maoris to fight on his ground instead of ! theirs w;is a correct one, and a battle iu force wa.s to | be at length, fought with the lurking gentlemen in | "pen g:onnd. M'e adjourned to the I front to witness all that might ocenr; beyond n little ; p.-poing at lonir range, nothing was to be seen, and j tie* greater inu-t or the fore l being apparently | about t-*> be dismissed, and the Cavalry having been sen! back, wc imagined that it was only to be an alarm while the provisions were secured by the .Maoris, ami we returned to onr writing as well a? our Mate of excitement would permit, when again trumpets sounding boot ttnd saddle and bugles making the whole of the buildings with the unaccustomed excitement of their calls warned us that the second act was to come, and presently guns were 01V and Cavalry in full speed to the top of the range, looking o\er Kungia M'liin. Wi>n I I'ollou'cd 111 list be I tolil in smother letter, T can only sny that while I uni writing the Cavalry are cliarginf; the enemy at full ! While tliev mv? keeping up a fire that for weight 11ml volume beatt till the Alaories liavo ever tltreeleil on us yet. The field pieces are firing rapidly, and evidently there is a pitched battle going oil whieli will decide the war at a Mow. Our loss wil! be heavy doubtless but that of the Maoris must be eriishini:. ;

All t)nr wounded of yesterday's are pro- i •rrejsv.-jg favotimhly with the exception of the poor ! feilmv whose wound is known to he iuor!a}. I | Ni\on is better. And Bcilendon of the .Rangers is , alrjo doing we'll. j : Feb. 22. o p.m. > The battle of this morning has bven fought, but j I ::m o :iy able to give you very hurried parlicnlavs ! before the mail goes. It appears that-im-mediately on finding hiuiself oufdhiulied, Kewi aban- , j doiied t l,o paha of and I'ikopiko, and , hioughl. all the gaiThODn i;p to lumgir.whia to iiiuke | a s:a;ul theiv, ai\d when lirsr observed this morning weie bu-ily engaged in throwing up entrenchments— The o'Uh, 7'-'h, and (!"ith, Artiiiery Defence ( 'onts mid Hungers* attacked them, the 50ih charging thcru out. of the unfinished entrenchment*. The fire way Iremendouf, that a: Rnngiriri was nothing nearly so ' heasy, and the were in great force iu t he high II I'll ami li-lrce, and behind their eommeneed earthworks, but they tied directly they were attacked, anil were pursued iu all directions, skirmishim; as thev went. The loss inl'.icled upon them was very m-eai, it is believed ; but as yet only IS or l!) bodies'have been found, one of their wounded is a great chief. They thing down their arms, as t aev ran and almost j every man haspickednp wen ponsofsonie description— ! Knugiauithiu was taken, the .Maoris being driven » i long way beyond it. Pigs, cattle, and horses in doz- : ens are being driven in—tin- ,"oth bold tlnfsettlement I of llaug'.awaliia. Our loss is not nearly so heavy, ! fortnnatoly. as was anticipated. ' The r-suUo of the ro rue, t'ut we hold the pahs 1 aad llauji&v.'aiia. hav.- iniached up

the M&ori force. nnd driven thorn out of their district, and in all probability have liuislied the war. I will tend all particulars m my next. February T]ie ovents of the lasit two or threo days, crowned by th»- htile light of yesterday, most successfully clears up any doubts that may have hitherto existed iis to tho witdom ot' the line of strategy pursued bv the OcißTiil with relotenco to the Maori fortifications intended to bur the road froiu Kanjciawhiii. ft n new ioat lire o( warfare to tho Maori*?, who have hitherto had only to fstie:£ up an earthwork and nuikfi it careiuilv planned and pahjable a trp.p as they pleased, and made their minds perfectly easy that the pitkeha would cither mil blin.iiv into it or ; wait outside it till ibt-y had time to retire to aiiuthcr. ; "With ;ill tiio resources of science applied to modern ; waifjiro wc great tochers havu allonvd 1o i be I'Mltlcd hy the earthworks of poor suvairo--?, ami i kiie*v other w.iy vi attacking them than iii thair ; own blind, brutal m?h, fur which h»d prepared. But lor the broad iiu*_- ot strategy which fhould embrace a whole district, and by a single inovo ot* a skiltul hand render impotent all its fouiueaiioiv-i-nt a blow, and compel th«r enemy to fight on ground of j our choosing, and not on thai selected bv himself, to his disadvantage aud not to our?; tticse are the little refinement of tho game of war which require the master, aud to which we have hitherto been unaccustomed. Heie wo h;>ve hml'tho plan care full v arranged long- before hand, and adhere'! to determinedly agabi.-t nil cavil ;:i;d misunderstanding, till all details had been skiiiully and careiuilv wurked oat, and then executed strictly to the letter, according to its original design, and producing precisely the e.'leet intended. Jt is such warfare as this which will most show the power of the Kuropcun over tiie Maori, and terrilv him by tbowiug hiiu tbitt he can be cut willed and beaten without an everT.'hclmins" loss on our side ; and at the j.ame time it is more liurciiul wariaiy for him, us greater results are pro- 1 duced by one bro:id move than bv a dozen sancruiiiurv ; aimless engagements. I may conclude these lew j preliminary remnrks bv remiuding vou that the | whole ot this movement- bus been executed in every J particular in the manner 1 indicalcd to you in one 01 , my letter*? some weeks ago, nnd the ellect, as I then | ioretold, has been to place the immensely strong pas jot l'iko I'iko, Patcrangi, mul Kangiatia—eacii oi i which must have cost us at least a hundred men to | fctonn—in our hands, giving us posM>>ion of the i great Maori central district of Hangiawhia, with its and ii}l the store of provisions on wj ieh the rebels depended, with livo stock nt'r.ll kindb ill quantities, and plunder of anas, and all that .Mauris tonKider vnlablc. It lias given the General the opporlunity ot thoroughly heating the Mauris in Ibiee in a stand up light in the open, and all villi a lo*s oi comparatively very lew men.

I informed you in iny letter of yesterday that I was interrupted hy the pndden blowing of trumpets, and the lmyle-< calling all the eamp t'J aims, arid riiut we made a fruitless exj.edition, in the direction of Kangiawhiu, and heeing nothing 011, but, as we imagined, a lew natives popping shots li» di«tract attention from a tew more who were apparently moving off the crop of a huge potntoe lieid, we returned to the camp and our Uiiial occupations. Soon «U'*r, howevi.'r, the Defence Corps and Mounted Artillery were drawn up ; two y-lb. Annitn'ligs were .-ent en. The .Inth :md p.nri o« lie? (i.">th wcrf- Sent on to the in-nt, wheie the TOtii and Kaiigeis v.-eve already iu vail, jti>t under tJie '.-lot ot .1 Inll, and finally the fieneiiil aud -!a!i*a.?ain rude oil' at a shnrp jmco, i'uilowe«i hy the cavalry. Ahont half way between Te A'vanittla and whia there is a j'i.-c in Die ( trom which the Maori? h:ui hcen nnnjy on c-\u- } ie'-ptet, and hi:d i'eeu seen t.o he that the KOing; on had ii-, ol.jrei Ih-- r'ennatien oi' liiie pit-s, :ilid not the removal oi j.-elatoej, tiie (.r-Mejrai t T )e«vc e.e:crii>'d, tor atiafkinfj the .V.-e ris «.ui-aired o.*i 'hewoik. }'«».-J«-d

t<> te.e right of our line was a strong pntyof tlit* enemy. and si:irmi.-i.cr.s ;\eu- scmh jeij about the plain between n- 1 ami their i~»«*-*iii«.«>. Adsoieinir throiiL'ii li i* * tern. linng at our picjuet iu considerable numbers. 15»c; r plan was to ilnv in the picpe.' t'tid make an attack upon tar position. teom-h the atlcmpt proved rather abortive in the cad. The 7l ; -h, advancing sit .shivHii.-1.in14- order, dtwe tluir outlying p'ii'iies baetf, when ill" caVidiy iv.-<( <to charge the body of men tm tl»t_» right ; ridiiiL p at lull >peed. in -phndid order, they dashed at them in the y!e that only liiurlish cavalry nu, shaking the ground ami st nding the pallet < of earth Ir-'ia the hoots living cvt r the heads «>l' tii** men in the rear, ami seeming to go with a force Deo would a mountain. they drove iliemar* lur ;<> tin- tall fern atul ti-tree would allow the speed to be kept tip. "While ihey wore Dins advancing: at ii;ll gallop, suddenly, I'rwn their porition. then* sprung up full UOU native.-', and pvur-.d in a volley from their halt' iinished rifle pits, with their double-barrelled guns, that 1 have n-\-.T seen exceeded lor vapidity and its long continued roll in any engagement ith the Maori-. Y\ e uii thought that every man of the cavuiry must he kihai, hut Mrangc 10 say they mle through tlif .storm, with the bullets whistling about thorn as thick as hat], without loiug u man. £upp'<rting the cavalry and extending «-nt to the ripl»f M'ere the 70Lh, wh'le i!ie were skinnUhin:; on lho lelt. The lit'ld-ptece* wci't* now nn;inil'erecl. and opened a hri-d: lire on the position lioni wliich \he .Maoris were p.ouring in tlah' voliies. hile lite shell; ',v. re ratilinir ahont their ctir.s and keeping the.e. ii; 11y employed, the .~0;h. who liatl been skirmishing up, were t'onnetl in line the position, at a oi-tanee •>{' iVom TOO to JSMO y:n\U, and then received oritvrs to eliame the Maori position

witii the hayoiU'l. shoulder to shoulder. with rdie ami bauuict down to the olmmo, linn as a brick wall, tin? lighting su;li advanced through the Jail iVni— bivnst -high in ihi-s plate—with Colonel Wwra ahead rd iheiu. hiul cheer.ng gallantly as ihey broke their w»v thvoiit.li the fern. JhdtJing and \v*hi^l: round them a perfect hurricane of bullet* was directed upon litem, hut without Mopping theiu or breaking theai for amoment. Here hius;i£ri was wounded, and many more, hut almost miraculously onlv our killed. When within about twenty yard* of the native position, which wns aline ut" half-linithed rillepits extending for half-a-mile behind an old ditch topped by a fence "which the Maoris had palisaded. The cowardly rascals lost heart, and rushing out of their pit.-* and defences. helter-skelter, ran for their lives across the plain, followed by the 50th. The tr*nips advanced und took possession of Raugiawhia without further resistance, and captured a largo amount of pluuder. borne of the Maoris then got round by our rem* and opened fire upon us, wouniliu" k man slightly in the foot. The iN'aval Brigade was quickly despatched lo the rear, and an end was put to the firing. Towards evening the wounded began to drop in, and also the soldiers laden with spoil of every kind. Some of the arms ot native manufacture taken were very handsome ones. The following is the list of the casualties: — Sergeant. Hawkins, 501 h Regt. Private Tuek, Artillery. WOrNDEU. Eneign Dovelon. 50th, severely in groin. Lieutenant Pagan, Kill, sliglitiy iu calf of leg. Private Burke, 50th, severely. ~ Jii'cch, 50th, severely. arburton, 50th. severely. .Sergeant Payne, oOth, slightly. Private Brcil, 50ih, sliglitiy. ~ Kennedy, 50th. (.lightly. „ Bailey, GO!h, slightly. Mathews, ,'Oili, lightly. „ Wal-h, f>oth, slightly. „ J. M'Kvoy, 50th, slightly. ~ Steers, Artillery, slightly. Jivans, (!,">( h, slightly. Morris. 70th. in slcull. ~ J. .Muggd-idge, 7t".h, slightly. Sergeant Dunn. 70lh. hand and face." Private 0. Taylor, ruth. hand and taee. Corporal Little, '.'-'ionic.! Defence Corps, in ;h hoi. ~ Gilmer, ditto ditto, in anil.

All arc (loins pn'i: V well, ;:iul the woumli-.l oi'Suiiday are tvpoHal lavourably ol', t_.'oli>t:cl Nixon living better. wuh hopes of his lveovery, although -hot through the hiiijjs. The |ioi)r fellow of the ti."i;li..-hot through the irom whieh the bniin jirutrudeJ, still lintel:-, but without hope. A liirte loin' wut ihi.-i morning («i :ir. expedition to KehiU'Ohi. 1 01 the Nualnmiantipoto ehief lu'w'i. It wnj deserted, the mltivntious were lull ol' nil kinds of iM odtu-e. A chief, William Tohitohi, who has Ken to Kitrope in tiio 'Novum.' ciune ill tin- moraing IVpm the ivt.v.l camp, with a white to ascertain the tenm of pence. lie hadu loui; conference with tho (.Jeneral and ascertained the term.- tli.it would be idlovvcd mi J Wilt itwav, promising to return in two uhv- Willi the ausweis. Ho sutb they were quite uutwitt.'d at l'ahaving nuide ui> their mind to have a h:--fisht°th«v, and that since the General hnd trunr-fen-cd the to BaujUvhia they *-cr: acr-'i-euc c:

Tlio Maori los? is reported as from 15 to 30. Three wure tftVeii prisoners ; one. badly wouuded, is a ivellkuovu old chief named I'aul. Colonel Waddy camo up last night with si foree of nearly 600 men. They report that l'alerangi «u-> left by the Maoris full of provisions, and that it was; immensely strong. It : -voitld only Lave been stormed with enormous loss.