WELLINGTON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 521, 21 August 1863, Page 5

WELLINGTON.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SUMMONED FOR 19th OCTOBER,

THIRD CLASS OF AUCKLAND MILITIA CALLED OUT.

THE AVON'S FIRST SKIRMISH.

NO REINFORCEMENTS FROM SYDNEY.

EXCITEMENT IN WELLINGTON!

(FROM Otia OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Wellington, 17fcU August, 1833. ,f^n Laf3y Bi rf arrlVed fr°m Auckland on Saturday afternoon, and hurries off to-day, beiog under en toHAnM^eisenßaguig ia Otago f.,r Taranaki. She braugat no Taraaaki mail, th 9 wcafeh^- h-ia-prevented her calii,. there. The S:onn BW istu.f and as I was just now awoke by a. gu V(l 3D) je U '

The news of the Genera 1 Assembly bein^ sum ;moae.i for the l»th October may perils "take yar by su^e, afcer what I wrote on- Friday -at. My authofctj for stating thai il had been resolved to p«tpob s the Assembly tor three months was unimpeachable, aad I caunot learn that anything ualooked for has occurred, meanwhile, to reader its earlier summons necessary. It still wants however, more thau two/months to the 19th of October, and you will doubtlesj bearia mind that I particularly statgd the probability that an earlier date '- than thras months wonld be at first fixed upon, in ' case of need. There is a nice little controversy goin* on, I see, between flu two Auckland dailies, as to who is to blame for not calling.it fcsfore/t&e one laying the bla i c on the Governor, the other oa the Ministry. Whether the assertion, that the Goyeraor- ~ is tired of his ministers, and is anxious-far the Assem ~~^ bly's meeting, in order,.to- change them, is true ol false, it is certain that the Governor and ministers h^noUeenon the very, test of te^ lately, and toat there is likely ro be a pretty "fettle of fish when the Assem h'.y does meet. 1 here are hints of further important despatch-s from- his Grace of Newcastle * and so, what with the consideration of 9Jhe Wrial relations .the. state of the finances, and the pSSS to be puraued-with regard-to the natiW-nowand 2rS after-! am .fraid the southernmembersS find the ffVhJ ?, vsT o;iuct*Q. of Middle Island legist , tlo°- lj>e "naUve quesfon'1 is still likely-for a utle while longer to pVe as ereat a hindrance to th! v 1 consideration of southern legislative wants as it ; is to northern progress. Happily the bost way towards h P eu H^V h-*, h• c!°?« wMen both Wands-feel Sto bp, is that which is beiag-now pursued in Waikato and until minister* n»> able to consider the rebSSS subdued, they have i»t the time, even if they have the inclmation ever so strong, to turn their alSou to the ordinary legislation you ask for. a^nu°a t0 • Nothing has transpired in military matters doris" the few days that have elapsed since our previous adnees. The necessity for further troops at the front has obliged the third-class militia to be called oat mainly with a view to relieve the second-das? from constant nigh work. The Avon has-haianoppS tunity of showing her teeth, having been fired Sy a large body of natives, amongst whom she sent a few shots trom the Armstrong gun with which she h armed. I notice that-a small barque, "be fiy of Melbourne is laden with commissariat store! and is to go up the Waikato immediately. The k£Sd" has arrived, but without, the expected trooL ' Sydney, it appears, cannot spare reinforcements' and the question is being asked, when the Indian reSente are ikely to arrive. flews of (heir sai/inJ ofchT C S bunly to be received by the current mail Krhana it is mere gossip, but it i* said that the epnlSffi was not made in terms that implied a'certSSS?' their being needed^and that pos/ibly the soffi£ thonties have not found the request woyded^our gently as we suppose it to have bean. The natives are certainly.an- imitative people A ' letter tana a gentleman in the Bay of Sd h a 7 been shown ft b : nt» stating that} Ki/ S MatuS his slaves when he has polished off the pakeha and fl,™t. sl™™.^™git. This showithat theydon't think of giving in to the General just yet. * From Taranaki we have nothing particular ia a war point of view, but I regret to aay'thatiKoSiS quenceof the upsetting of of the surf bSite Mr t } ex£ nd™ f ln& a™y old-settler, wls drowned The boat had returnei from the Lady Bird with n2* sengers and mails and contained 4m fiftew?^ twenty people. All were saved excepting Mi-Kinl Colonel SiUery and Captain Gresson were amon°ft the number 'ihe friendly natives.have beeXund communicating with ths rebels, and are ordered to be a little more cautious about moving from their own i-^"Z^tetofutan. Lieutenant-CoTondLogS to, I am very happy to say, to return to Wan»a£ni for which place he is exactly suited. He is altogether lost in command of a smaU redoubt at Taranakf Fop the defence ot a district be Is just the man, and w?ll now be m his element. Fortunately, he can be active and energetic without heiag unnec^ssarilv brusque, and the settlers like him because £ ia always ready to treat them as a power, and not as s so otten the .case with milita.y men,-as something only to be endured. There is a large amoui S ie!v lousy and ill-feeling at Wanganui on this head, fi 6 thS V^ maQ t0 —eit » fij Your readers may think it very stran^ tl^nf fh* without a thought of cavil •'W i\ ,-" Jt roughly ascertafned thaTthe' Ught ?& sa^were^ on his ground or any where, near it, thatX whole^ naki. ihe settlers in the Eangitikei district' have begun erecting stockades or redoubts in case of need • three are contemplated already. From Waikaue aad Otaki we learn that the nar,r?ti w- n i the.? utt in such terror, had impressecV \Vi T a ko with the idea that he was-to be attacked immediately, and that in conjunction with Heremiah and Wi Uapi (ths three king party leaders), a meeting had been, held io discuss what was to be dope. The two latter carried the meeting against Wilako's fears, and reso'ved to remain quiet until they saw that tiie reports were really correct, putting ihe whole story down as that ot " the bad men " against list-suing to whose deceptions they had h°sn warned during the Superintendent's late visit. One or two families are said to have come in, however jtf mawatei letters report that the settlers there are at ease again. Convinced that their fears were groundless, though still believing that it is their wisest course ' (as indeed it is) to. watch narrowly the course of events. Even they report the natives as alarmed for the future, aad tearing more for their own skins than tor anything else. There has bsen some excitement in the Wairarapa where the Ureytown settlers have had a meeting for the purpose ot inducing the erection of a stockade, and taking other means of defence. At the same time an urgent appeal from the Lower Valley natives has come in They have called a meeting for tomorrow, to know what they ought to do under the threatening appearance which the pakeha has assumed, and prayed the Superintendent to attend it. He and Major Gorton were to have left last evening, with a view to attend to the requirements of both as far as they are able. It is to be hoped that the natives will look upon whatever defensive measures may be determined upon iii the right li°-ht. The Militia cannot as yet be called out because" of the long

delayed appointment from Auckland of an officer to enrol the Militia-. This attempt of the* S:j_erintencleut at quieting the fears of the na'iv. s will, doubtless, be looked upon -by some as • U-uckiine-.' What 'truckling' there can be in removing siwidkss tears by telling the truth, and _o preventing bloodshed unnecessarily, I leave-to other heads tliasi mine to discover.

We have lately had a supply of arms from Canterbury and another from Auckland. Still we are in want of more. < :ur insufficient supply is a fact known to the natives as ■well as to onselves, and I cannob.help thinking that under such circumstances it is most strange tliiit the natives shour.i have remained so ciulet, if they have ever had an intention to obey'the request "of tha Kins? and assist him by a diversion in this aud other neighborhoods.

Poussard and Dousy have gone to Nelson. The latter, who is seriously ill, broke dowa during the performance of the ' Dead Heroes,'' and although he ■was brought, I ought almost sny dragged back again, "was obliged to retire. His min-.i ami"nervous system appears to have been overwrought.

We have Foley's Equestrian Troupe here just now, but Ihtir Circus not yet being finished, they have not commenced their performances. The lady Barkly steamed for the Manakau on Saturday evening.