The New Zealand Herald AUCKLAND, MONDAY APRIL 18. 1864. THE FRONT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 134, 18 April 1864, Page 3

The New Zealand Herald

AUCKLAND, MONDAY APRIL 18. 1864. THE FRONT.

SI'ECTEMUR AGKXDO. f»ive every man thine oar, but few thy voice: Takti encli mstuS cetmira, but reserve thy judgment. This nbovtt ul!;--To thinß ownsulf Ijo tvunj And it must fallow, jut ihc liiijht ihe dft.v. Thou canst not then be I'atefc to any mhu."

His "Excellency the Governor, Sir George ! Grey, rC.C.B.. returned on Saturday evening from the front. General Cameron, C. 8., and staff, readied town yesterday afternoon. The Hoi.]. Thos. Russell, the Minister of ;irj did not return, and has, >ve suppose, remained to visit the public <v{?'rks jti *,p_rOj gress, iii connection with the adyanco of the j army, and to urge these forward as he did so I successfullv and energetically the repairs of j the injiiiit-'d rit Port "\Viukato a | sLort Hm.o ni'ucC, ' . • J letiru that dmorig thoao who suffered at Orakau, wero many of the natives of Taupo in the Lake districts, and that those tribes have broken out into open rebellion, ll'this really be the case, we may look for a vigorous and continued prosecution of the "VVaV thi'iiuKhout the winter months. Important news, has it will be seen by reference to the' letter of our Pukeriinu correspondent, been .received front head-quarters. The natives who were t(V tendVr thervstibmission h;ul nut arrived, —only some thirfy had come in, and tliev arc deserters, to tho King's party from JS'aylor's own rribo, and they bring in old ilint lock muskets. I liicmpson it is said, will i\(,il surrender. An e.vpe'iiiion has beon dcsjiatclied against the palis in the bush at Ihc rcflr of tiie evaruateil fortress of Maungatautari. The 70th and ISth Regiments are, we learn, upon the road to Auckland. It was intended, we believe, to have despatched them at once to Taranaki; but the important intelligence received yesterday from Tauranga by the ' Sandfly' will, no doubt, cause that destination to be altered, and their immediate despatch to the scene of the new campaign already opened 011 the East Coast. THE SOUTHERN" PROTINCES. By 1 lie s. s. ' Pluebe.' which arrived yesterday morning in the Manukau, with her usual punctuality, we have received our regular Southern iiie-s. At Taranaki a party of about 250 men had been marched to the scene of the late disaster at Alaiahu. and had prosecuted a diligent search for {lie body of the missing man, but without success. It is supposed that it has been carried away by the Maoris for further purposes of mutilation or even worse. Vrom "Wellington we learn that Tricker has been fully committed for-the murder of Air. Raynerat Rangatiki. The principal Nelson news is the murder of William Birkitt, a iireman employed on board the s. s. 'Auckland.' who was stabbed by a shipmate named i\ Lock. A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against F. Lock, who was the chief cook 011 board the same vessel. Also, that gold in large quantities is reported to have been found at the Pclorus, one man obtaining 9ozs. lodwts. in one day. In Otago, the Provincial Council hud commenced its sixteenth session, and we notice that the escort brought down 110 less a quantity than between 21,000 and 212,000 ounces of oold. The step taken by the Aborigines Protection Society in petitioning Sir George Grev to patch up a hollow peace, has met with marked and general condemnation from the Southern press. "\\ T c will return to the southern papers to-morrow. TAURAXGA. Oi'it own correspondent's letter from this now important military post, will be found elsewhere. Matters are fast coining to a crisis at Tauranga, where our forces, literally, appear to be in a state of siege, the natives to the number of four or live hundred being engaged in building another pah at Te Papa, about two and a half miles from the Durham Redoubt. The colonial steamer 'Sandfly,' Captain Marks, which left Tauranga 011 Saturday, brought down with her as a passenger, the native Jimmy, of Freeman's Bay, who went up with Air. Canty's party of sawyers, and was, our readers will recollect, captured by the rebels and taken prisoner at Maungatautari. It appears that he made his way across the country to Tauranga. It is reported lhat Major 1). Hay. and bis Arawas, have had a brush with a hostile tribe, but we suppose at safe distances, as we hear that 110 casualties have occurred on either side. More men are urgently required at Tauranga, the duties requiring lhat two hundred men be fold oil'daily for guards, pickets, Ac. The ' Miranda ' lies close up to the Durham Redoubt, and covers the approach to that position with her guns. The ' Sandfly,' takes down, we hear, the marines and seamen of the 'Miranda,' who have just returned from tho front.