The New Zealand Herald AUCKLAND, MONDAY. AUGUST 1, 1864. PROSPECTS OF PEACE AT TAURANGA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 224, 1 August 1864, Page 4

The New Zealand Herald

AUCKLAND, MONDAY. AUGUST 1, 1864. PROSPECTS OF PEACE AT TAURANGA.

bi'i-CTKMlfll A<iENl)o. *' Give every iu*n thine oar, but few thy voice: TuKo each injin'* ccuaurv, hut rcsenu thy Tina auove ull, —To thine ow*u>uir oc true; And M must follow, as the m>;ia the tiny, Thou caii&t not then be ttitae to any wsui."

Silt Gteohge Giiey left on Saturday last in the ' Sandfly,' not for Tauranga, as was stated, but for the Jvawau. In the early part of the week the 'Miranda' will take down Lieutenant-General .Sir Duncan Cameron to the Jvawau, and the General having been joined there by the' Governor, they will proceed together" in the ' Miranda ' to Taurariga where they will be met by two members of the Government, who will leave by the ' Sandfly ' on her return, and the whole party will receive the submission of the Tauranga natives. There is little doubt bnt that these natives, whatever course the Waikatos and other tribes may elect to adopt, will give in an unconditional submission. One-half of their number must have fallen in the three principal engagements which have taken place near Tauranga. The submission of the East Coast, the defection of Wi Take, and the holding aloof from the rebellion of those tribes not already openly implicated, Jhrougii fear of the penalties contained in the Confiscation Ac.r, have iiu douiit been a severe biow to the King puny, ft: ill it would lie venturing too UiUCii pel'iiaps 10 hope li.aL they iiiu e vel been brought to that state when a general nui-reudev may be looked for. Our " let, alone'

wiiitur ])i>licy has trivcii flieni Jin opporliinii.y of lotiiiag lo cuiuvulcubie grouiufe fat-tlier inland, and if tliey slioul'Q be able to raise a large aniouufc of ci ops aiid sccurc them tliey would-, iio doubt, be einboldened to c.ontin'iU! the 'war throngli another season. As if to in filed good our opinion, previously expressed, we now learn that -there haft beert '& lar;7o coiisigninent of 'spades -imd 10.i.s srtiiig^led/into-the Vvfi jW-V»*f Ivawhia, wliic.i can ■only W l * ih'o use of the rebels. o bad IvopoA i-hut the natives would hnve been too constantly harrasscd by the. operation:! of' Hying col urns during the winter and months to have enabled tber-< To carry on these farming operations stio'-cssfuily. The greatest ally we have is starvation. Taua berries and i'V.'i'n-eake will break the neck of tlie far more effectually than a whole day's cannonading as at the Gate Pa, anil moru ijuickly and therefore more mercifully too. Our object in conducting this warfare to a termination should be to savuVs large a remnant as possible of the'native race from destruction.