MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 644, 5 December 1865, Page 5

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

We tale the following promotions from military papers just come to hand: — 12th Foot>— Gent. Cadet J. D. H. Stewart, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign without purchase, vice K. Mitford, transferred to the 73rd Foot. 70th Foot—Ensign E. Pearson to he Lieut, hy purchase, vico 11. A. Clarke, who retires; Gent. Cadet F. H. Matm-in, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensig" by purchase, vice Pearson. 14th Foot —Lieut. J. Wilson to be Captain by purchase, vico G-. Buck, who retires; Ensign W. B. C. Firman to bo Lieut, by purchase, vice Wilson; Gent. Cadet W. A. Ridgeway, from the Hoyal Military College, to be Ensign by purchaso, vice Firman. 57th Foot—T. Essex, gent., to ho Ensign by purchase, vice K. Douglas, who retires. 43rd Foot—Lieut. S. P. T. Nicholl to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. Glover, promoted. Gsth Foot—Lieut. W. Bryan to be Instructor of Musketry, vico Lieut. A. B. Tokor, who has resigned tho appointment. Defence of the lihsii Coast.—Further particulars of the steps taken by the Government to guard the western coast are given by the Cor!; Herald: — " The six-gun sloop-of-war Gladiator, and tho gunboats Highlander and Hose, left Queenstown on Wednesday evening to cruise on the west coast of Ireland. Her Majesty's ship Liverpool, 42 guns, ■which is one of the now class of wooden steam frigate s of large power, and having a crow of 550 mea, unexpectedly Hailed into this harbour at 2 p.m. on Thursday. She is expected to leave, in company with the gunboat Sandfly, this morning, aleo for the west coast. Whether corre"tly or incorrectly, these movements are spoken of in connection with fome anticipa'cd Fenian demonstration; and o this attention to the safety of tho west coast in particular is said to havo been awakoned by tho landing of a body of disbanded Foderal soldiers in tho neighbourhood of Gal way. Her Majesty's 6toam tender Advice is to leavo fcr Bantry Bay. The Channel squadron was last at Portland, and, being now cruising, it is thought probable they may visit us,— Viitted Semes Qawtte, Sep, :L6,

THE ABORIGINES PROTECTION" SOCIKIT AGAIN. Our readers will remember that some few months since, we published an address of the Aborigines Protection Society to the Maoris—a most mischievous production. The English press has loudly condemned the uncalled for and unjust interference of this Society in New Zealand affairs, and Mr. Fox has used his pen to expose their insidious attacks. The same day's issue of the Times which contains the subjoined article, contains also tho following letter from the Secretary of the Society. "We need only stato that Mr. Chesson is in .error, when ho states that tho address was not " privately aud secretly " circulated amongst the natives. So secretly was it circulated that it was some time after it had been diffused amongst them that its existences became known to but one or two beyond tho Philo-Maori circle, and it was only with very great difficulty that this journal got a cony of the document into its possession. Once published in our journal it became known to the public throughout New Zealand, bciug copied again into most of the local journals and in most cases severely commented upon.