THE Wellington Independent " Nothing extenuate; Nor set down aught in malice." SATURDAY MORNING, 11th APRIL.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1854, 11 April 1863, Page 4

THE Wellington Independent " Nothing extenuate; Nor set down aught in malice." SATURDAY MORNING, 11th APRIL.

LATEST NEWS FROM THE NORTH. By the arrival of the Lord Ashley, yesterday afternoon from Napier and Auckland, we have our usual files of papers. The intelligence thus received is satisfactory as indicating the prevalence of continued quiet at Taranaki. The New Zealander of the 6th inst., bas the following later intelligence.

" H.M.S.S. Harrier arrived at the .Manukau on Saturday from Taranaki. Quiet prevailed ; the Governor's arrangements for the re-occupation of Tataraimaka were proceeding satisfactorily, without the slightest opposition on the part ofthe Na tives. The troops were to have been marchod out on Saturday last to occupy the posts assigned to them on Tataraimaka block.

The s.s. Wonga Wonga, bringing tho Nelson and Taranaki mails, reached her anchorage at Onehunga shortly after the Harrier's arrival.

The Electra hud arrived at Nehon from London, after a passage of 111 days. From the " Taranaki News "of the 2nd April, we take the following extract, by which it will be seen that the mail for that Province appears to have been carried from Melbourne sfufhwards. " Since our last the Airedale and H.M. S.S. Harrier have visited this port, bringing men, horses guns, apd supplies, but without bringing the English mail. Ihe arrival of the former vessel yesterday furnishes the most important items of news from the Auckland papers, but by some mischance our mail went south from Melbourne aud has not yet beon heard of."

The news must be of a peaceful character or the Southern Cross would have had something more to say on the subject; but us it is, it, only favours its readers with the following pithy paragraph,

H.M. s.s. Harrier arrived at Manakau, from Taranaki, on Saturday morning, at 11 o'clock. She left Taranaki at about the same time on Friday, having been detained there only four hours Everything quiet. The troops were to march out to Tatm aimaka on Saturday, and the natives were preparing io meet ihem with slicks and banners.

If the natives don't meddle with any more dnngerons weapons than "sticks and banners," the occupation of the Tataraim.ika Block may be considered as unfait accompli. The Upper Wai pa correspondent of thi« journal, writing on March 26th, gives fuller particularsof the seizure of Mr Gorst's printing press, but there are no fresh facts of any' importance in the letter, further than those already known We lesiru that Mr Gorst, in the meantime, has returned to Auckland. A portion of the natives appear to have viewed the introduction oiMrGorst's newspaper with great dread and suspicion, as a letter from some' of Ibe Mokau chiefs which was forwarded to Rewi, aud Wiremu Kingi, a Taranaki chief says " Be strong as .you have hitherto been. We hear the press has arrived at Awumutu. You might as well have a lot of soldiers among you. It is like the devil getting in amongst you." This precious epistle was received before theseizure took place.

The localintelligence is unimportant.