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New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 144, 29 April 1864, Page 4

is truly astonishing Perhaps they imagined that n we should ho unable to (Mend ourselves from the ' insidious, dastardly attack upon our reputation. It > would indeed he extremely difficult to assign a reason o for the unscrupulous falsehoods hy which tlie Cimx 1: has endeavoured to undermine our character. Jt is, as the Editor himself would say " inexplicable except < upon one h, n mthcsis." The '««n correspondent' cou.d c easilv explain the inysterv hy informing: us how many \ of Ill's " particulars" he owes to tho friendly snarfics- v tions he received at a certain pressing invitation to 1 supper on the nif-'ht before his departure irom to r Awaniutu (o Pulcerimu. Anv ner.son who wishes for a simple and truthful narrative of the affair at Oralcau, T would refer to the; c Hcenunt which appeared in tho Snulhem Cm™ of the t 11th April, and headed " Sioire of Orakau," although 1 even (ho writer ol' that interest ins? nanntivo is pruillv s of a sli-ht error, for he has quite omitted to mention r the party of tee f> )th and Militia under Captain r Blewitt, from Kaiifriawhia. ' Fow of the colonists of New Zealand have luid any \ opportunity to witness t.ho conduct and healing of the 40th T<eu;inient when actually encased with the < enemy. Hut' it will sutliee to mention three penile- i men well known and respected in Auckland, Majors < ITcaphv, .Jackson and Von Temp-<ky, who have di-'-themselves when frallantly fierhtinf? side f hv side with the oflieers and men of the 40th rest, at 1 "Waiari and Oral;au. These gentlemen could inf'onn i their fellow colonists and the world, what was the ' conduct of the reffinmnt on those occasions, and whether we deserve tit-- dastardly treatment we have J received at tho hands of the Correspondent and fiditor | " of Die Jin Hi/ Southern ('suss. Sir, lam a plain soldier, more to wield * the* firelock tlinii the pen, but it seems to me that the 1 conduct of tin; Hditor of tho Cmsx is inconsistent with * houestv and plain dealing*. lit: may say th;it lie wits 1 misledhv the communications ho received from his J " own correspondent," hut if so, why did he not « I retract the injurious statements contained in the ' f/ic7'tt Cross r>f the Gih and A''"'--" of the ; 9th, when In* discovered his error bv the promulgation of tin- (.1 oneral's despatches. I)o not the despatches the lie to the slanderous imputations . contained in tin; papers of these d:ttes ? Kvon now, it is n«»t too late 1o make some reparation. "Who is :T\'-rp! d-'siticahl.' i r i the eyes of the public ihan the m.'.i win» i;«us «'ummiltcd a fault, hy slan<v.:' : "tig !he eharaetomi' another, hut is yet too proud or too prosit a moral coward to make some amends hy a manly acknowledgment of his error and apology for the same. But our friends may rest assured of this,—that • however we may he siandcred and injured hy the J)nihf S(u/(/n'm Cross—however our actions may ho misrepresented, wu will continue 1o faithfully dischzirge our duty to our Queen and Country, and will not hot ray the confidence which they have in us, while we shall treat with contempt the malignity and libellous attacks of tho Cross. 1 am. Sir, Yours gratefully, \ Soldier of thu -lOtm Keoiment. To the Kditorof the New Zealand ITkiiald. (•amp To Awaniutu April ii2 f 18(>1. Siu. —The very able article recently appearing in the columns of your Journal in defence of the '10th Kcgiment, has given rise to the verses forwarded to you I«y tlie author, who holds no claim to poetic ell'usions more than the feelings which your above mentioned article in answer to the malicious attempt which your contemporary the Cross- has made to brimj into disrepute a Kegiment whose character you so ably defended, have culled forth. i.v giving place to these simple and unpretending verses coupled with this brief note you will greatly oblige ] Yours, obediently, One of the 40th Kegiaient. ! Song of Yaloi/u. When New Zealand rais'd the cry And war's trump tlie summons bore To arms bent immediately A gallant brave old corps Know ye its name, its deeds of fame Enfolded ban tiers tell Kaeh daring deed, makes history bleed, Oli 'tis the brave XL. Ye who delight in chivalry Review the gore-stained heights Of Patupcluna's hiMory, None other such invites— Wellington's cry was heard on high To seal it with a spell Convey my thanks uulo the ranks . Of the bra\e XL. The scroll of fame thrown open From King Saul to Shibaldahar* | I'or it there is no token L To equal the bronze star. Who took the gun, and the battle wonf , • Tlie annals proudly tell \ Twas' the old corps, at Maharragpore i The gallant brave XL. t ] ,etv • iiov i .-vy \ Mar's trump its I For our Queen we fought, and glorv , In India's Mil try bounds Tho K\hrr known well alas! i With New Zealand Islands tell That the full xones contain the bones Oi the gallant brave XL. s Shake not the dust and ashes i My muse from oil* thv head Nor fho* new glory Hashi-*. / O'er thy illustrious dead, Waikato. can run in the van. i* At Puketakauiv swell The requeim sore of the old corp ! 1 The gallant: brave XL. t Oh, ye whose fame engages The scroll of history 3 And ve in blood-red pages Witose n lines will never die Malicious cries from the Croxs arise In vain to break von spell laurel waves above the graves ' Of the gallant brave XL. * A supposed indi.'tH .Yuhnh. + The t"th Heu'inieat ejipuiml the K'un of which the ' slur i> eonn>o>t'il, ami won ihe roaipetitive prize tor the plaa ■ of the same.