The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-11-20 00:00:00

THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND.

Svnsei, Seld• 1.
The insurrection in N.. yo.sh,nd ~hows no signs, at
preaent of approaehing ta terinkation, though the our
inay be said to have tutored on a pow nhaae. It re•
ported that on General Pratt's Grid 'arrival ho found
hampered by the restrictions placed
on military movement, by the Governor. But he paid
visit to A neklatol, awl hail a conference with his Ex-
cellency, awl All difficulties, if there had been any, were
removed. He returntil to Tar.inalti at NH liberty to
att. on hip discretion. Hia flrrt art was to accelerate ties
departure el the women sad child:ea to Nideos, so so

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ratio, the t..ten to a mere military post. Au attack
on the town Ihn• ls en eureat;•tie•l I.y tbeyin ICeS.
•mul oice•slty of • •Ile ; leans protect:on :or it.
reatit.ln4 the row', Mo. to the 4:.:411 +tot '.'"el•
oc th, te co.e, .; ant ,ev.rai ustica front each other, wit,
Ii l's MA. ; ot coma mrittirg all his fore.
1.. •v, ti.o natty. ft to tin ir pahs. It is 101 that
tt trit•• ju,:ifies him in the gentrol olicy
or lie has ptuaned. The force tow in
hand lucitte, however. sullidently strong, awl ovate di
ist•able. it was determined that tbe natives eloped no
lutn,;Jr ut, . antly occupy the pales tliey hail constructed.
Acconlin,:ly,on tbe belt ..f ssepteftiber. the Comm ;oder-
:ft t 'Met t out, :, to ittr,cl: Wirtitu Kingi
'.ll due w.itt,r... ney I. ft town in the afteinoon.
cid can:, el about four mil. lIVIW the SC ,I, 41414C:-
I a led hue:Arica. Kale toot mornii, an advance ve,lt
;natio, a few shots Wel, fired it tl.e part, which ails ettn
rushed. an., found empty. It sena mem
Mart, thonuh the ..trengif and skid dinplayed in its con-
Aruction elicittol the immiration of its eaptors. The
enemy. !weever. though they haul deserted their arti •
hei d defeneen, were not far off. and had taken refuge
in the uctural defence—the binh. This was sug.,l foUnd
Ont, for a party being Gata n forreni to exemine
:mother pith clo c to the cst:te of the Inc. • t woe received
with a nharp fire, in which one Watt laaa killed and two
wounded. ihe fire was retunted, and the party fell
lack, but they did not bring their fallsn comrade with
them. His body, together * Ith hitt rifle And *munition,
fell as • trophy to the natives, as well so an officer's
sword which was dropped. The fire being kept up
Lrokly from the bush, ',hot and ',bell were thrown in
vigorously on the spot whence nmoke was wren to insue,
but with what renult it is not known, for the General
would not allow Ilia men to be drawn into the bush,
where they would he niueli more likely to get damage
tlinti to do it. The tangled mulergrowth of the Gwent
makes it particularly iin-netratile by au ordinary
sob iier wit it his necoutrements, while the fern prostrated
in many iltees Illy the precalent high winds. and matted
tetcether. forms ail excelletit cover tor a crouching rifle'
man. Ii the natives were not notoriously shocking bad
marksmen, tl.sy must have done much wore execution,
as they ..ilowed the men to come pretty close to the
edge of the }dish hu fore openirg fire. he troop, kept up
their return fire till uuuouu,, hen t hey retired to camp, n.•
turning to n the next day. How tunny natives there
ws re in hi ;n the oh jet.. It the bush it is impossible to
,y, lilt It is tooled lc that there w, re not many. SOll,
of Kici.d's follot.;•to 'acre returned to their cultlvatmos
11l plant cruir for fifty cahoot hfrord to let the
sen,on pass ov-r, or Vali would he harcafter in want
ef food ; tool ti • p.lrty of ti.; Wail, at.... have returned
fer the present to Ile ir own country. A larlitary pre-
tatenade to the rout !II Li 6.01 .li3o undertaken, and
with eimilsorlv migatory to sults. The enemy had
everywhere disappeared, and the deserted palm were
d; stroyed. Thin is the position in which Matter' atallid
at present. A tirlitary force is assembled quite uas.:l
: in iintithers to the whole of Whiten Kingen followner,
! rind far superior in epoputerd. But the enemy will not
cane ont. While the limited and ,ecttered force was
onnble to take the lit 1,1 aril punish aArreisautn, the
iatices were held. They built their paha on Crown
I or settlers' farms, and carried their otamedings to
within a mile of the town. But now that they are
overmatched in force they retire behind the margin of
the loinh, ready to appear at any moment when they
• can do no with impunity, and oak in their shelter
! against idly regent,- military attack. At this rate the
war may last for an indefinite time.
It is satisfactory. however, to find thnt, in spite of
the italueolutents afforded by an inulecinive war, the in-
aurrection does not spread. The Waikaton. as a tribe,
have not joined Kirgi, and it is confidently affirmed they
will net. At the acme time, they are bliea tog their
! attachment to the Jlnori idea by electing the son of
! Pot ttsu, their late chief, to the Oita) of King, vacant
by his death. Tlii* ia done, too, in opporitiota to the
tellionstrPthee Of CI, Governor. The King movement
was tolerated in the find instance as a harmless fancy,
lout r. cent everts have nliown that it is capable of a
glon,lerous application. The Government would like to
see it die a natural death, but compliance with this view
comet be unforced under present circumstances.