QUEEN'S REDOUBT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 135, 19 April 1864, Page 4

QUEEN'S REDOUBT.

[lI!OM OUJf OWN COUBKSPOKDENT."!

The cause of the meeting of tlio storu-kcojwrs, which whs culled by thut.iKccr commanding, wits the l'.tetofii great quantity ut" beer and gtvi/ Void contrary to orders, by some of th« 'i*£\ftT\fcn-kXepcre here. _ Tliu parties wen; \\4th tlie warning that if liny grojr yr of any kiild was sold again, the wholfl 'A UwilWes huTe would be closed. It is l ,! jiViy k«o\V'n wlio tlio olfeuiiing jmrly is", but 1 would advise him to discontinue li'is jiro'eat cnv.tv;'- ir, \v endangers not only but those of all the store-keepers iiearllie place.

An officer's gtiard of '20 nun of the 3i\l Wiiikato Militia ni'e now stationed at the Maungatawhiri, for thb purpose of guarding the stores, which are necessarily lelt unjirotecti-il as there are no sheds or storerooms of any description tliere. The Governor, Ueneral, and Staff, are expected here from the iionl this evening, on their v-.cV to Auckland.

I would call the nt-lent'cn orliiosii whose province it is to look titter t'lleVe. frititfyrs to the fact, that, the large wm-kin'irViavtiVs at Kohiroa, are totally unsupplicd wtrih n medical lnttii, Queen's L'edoubt being tlio neaVest point where medical or .surgicnVa-ssistanco could be jirueiired, ana, us was fl'ie "i;ur,u last night, men have to come down hVro n't ftil ho'n.i'i of tlio dav or night, much to tlie !iVv)V o 'vance ofthe hospital authorities. J trust Unit the parties concerned may titke a hint, and instantly send up a medical mail, where liu ia w> much mi-cled. I believe- that Air. Collett lias muntioueil tho matter before.

April 17. Jlis Kseelloncy the Governor urrired here from Xgarwaiuihia yesterday ultemoon, anil after rumtiining for two houis, started at once for Auckland. Shortly alter the Governor's arrival, the General and Slallcume into eamj), liming i-oMe'frutn tiie extreme front by express boats, ami started for town thie inorning at G o'clock. The General intends to ettab lish his head-quarters at Taranaki, whither it is said the whole of tlie enemy have gunu, no doubt eluvatod by their recent success n<. Abualiu, so that I suppose we iriay concl'iido that all active operations in the Wnikiiio dislriels are closed for a few months, unless a few guerilla parties should fancy return'iiii; to the road, and so keep up a desultory,'harassing kind •}'.' warfare, by annoying o\u- convoys -, t-liii liist is not at all improbable.

A force of 800 in«n, composed of the 70th Regiment, and J.-Stli Brigade Hoyal Artillery, have started from llie front mid miiy be ilnily itihl hourly ox peeled here, en ruute to Onehunga, ironi whichplace tltey "ill instantly embark, under the comuiand of the General. This seems au exceedingly einiiU fore: to take to what is likely to prove a more trouhleFOrYie part of the country to conquer, thnn t'l'iU which lias already been travelled .ovjV IVy our army, but when we consider that r , ' er 150 miles of conquered territory has to bo held, and communication kept open, it does not seem feasible that any more could lie spared ; and even now it is said that a great number of the smaller station? on the line, will b>- broken up. A ratbur amusing scene occurred lust evening, when the correspondent of tin: Cross, made his anpciiraiice here, from Te Awanuitu, as the uiil'ortunafe wight was instantly brought to account for the late wlioles.de slandor put forth in the columns off hut exceedingly unpopular journal. He of the Cross, thought -'discretion the better purl of valour," tuul to left lor town late iasi night, heartily glii.il io escape anything more '-elriuisig" than abonibat of words. .Stall' Surgeon llr.rno arrived from >'garuawahia yesterdiiy ulternoon, and takes over the superintendence of the medical department here. Uu account of the severe indisposition of the KovMr. Hay ley, lie wus unable to conduct thu usual Divine Service in the Church this morning ; it is to be hoped that his recovery may be speedv, so tlmt we may have him amongst us again before lonu, fulfilling his duties with his usual fidelity and perseverance.