The Star. MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1849.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 75, 10 August 1868, Page 2

The Star. MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1849.

Tjcr lftlmb Natiyo now« fi'otn tho North Inland, whioh will bo found in another coltunn, oonfcinuo.l motif; unaafciflfaotory, and tondfl l:o Gonllrm tho boliof thali wo luyo ontorod on another war. '"From tho Wanganui district eoinos intelligence of further ambiiHoadon on tho part of tho Maoris, and furthor loss by tho Colonial dofonoo I'oruo. Ah usual, tlio Natives attacked a small party of our mon, nnd, af'tpr doing what damngo thoy could, Hod into tiho bush on the approach of a dotaohmont under Mnjor von Tompsky, Again, wo 'had decidedly Iho worst of tho oncountor. To malco muttora worHO, it appear that tho Colonial foroo at Patoainina fltato of disorganization, A troop of homo rofnuod to oboy ordoi'H, on tho ground that thoy woro overworked and had not roooivod thoir ■"Tlio nowtt from Ho-wko'rt Bay ia oqually unnafii«f«ctory. Tho runaways fro in tho Chatham I'tdandn, numbering about 200 mon fully armed and equipped, had oontrivod to oacapo into tho faHtnoaHoa of tho XJriwora oountry with all thoii' spoil, aftor dufnating two dotachmontrt of tho Colonial i'orcoa. Tho Unworn tribo in ono of tho motit turbulont and danp;oroun in tho North Inland, and ban oithor boon aotivoly ongagod ugaiiuii; u« from tho boginnin'g of our coutoHii with tho Natives or hnti hold imllonly aloof whon torma of poaoo woro ort'urod. Thoy inhabit a wild and almost i>n|)onotrablo oountry, and may oonfciiuio to dofy \\u, while thoy at tho Hiuno timo haraan tho Hottlorn, an long an thoy cliooho to do bo. ll; m impOMHiblo to nay what tho rowulfc may bo whou thoy llnd' thom«olvo« joinod by 200 donporato mon fully tirmod, Uhould tho rnnawayu not dirtporm) aflor liboy have Bocurod thoip rotroat, tho worst may bo oxpoutod from thoir prohoiico among tho TJriwora. And it muat bo roinomborod that tho Hubidont Magistrate! Nt Napior forotold diaaator M tho Huro consoquonao of tho osuapo of tho Chatham Inlands priftonorH, ]<Vom Auckland, tho nown \» rathor moro poauoful. Tho chiof of tho Nga« puhi, ono of tho Rtrongoßb triboa in tho North, i« (Irmly loyal, and thi« in a mattor of no umall importancoi At tho Kamo timo, two Povorfcy Bay chiofri ftt'o «aid to bo activoly ongagod in mirting I'OoruitH for tha dK\mm purpoßo ofoxpolling tho Europoami from tho lauds confiscated on tho Enut Coaat. Anyono roading tho nows diMpaaHionatoly, and oudoavouring to arrive at a ooiToct ooucluriion, munt admit; that whilo wo aro undoubtedly at war with tho Nativon at two pointn, thoro aro strong indications that thostrugglo may become gonoral in a short timo. It can hardly bo oxpootod that tho Wuilcato triboH, who liavo ulwuyu clamoured for tho roatoration of thoir con(l«CAt«<l lands, will long remain quiet. With ovory dewiro totako tho moiit hopoful viow of tho position, wo aro eompollod to admit that wo can foroBOQ nothing but anothor protracted fight with tho Nativo raco, Our roadora know, by oad oxporionco, what that inoana, and, if thoy do not wiuh to

boo tho lftyl; fragment; of hopo for n prosperous fufcuro Hnatcliod from thorn, fchoy muat bo lioarbily unanirnoua in doclaring tlmfc tlioy will not Hiibmifc to bo ruinoa for tho benoflt of tbo North. Wo must act promptly, unitodly, nnd with a firm determination to bo just iwarda ouraolvoa,