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London, England, 1863-07-17 00:00:00

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LANDON, FRIDAY, JULY 17.

Tas Overland Mail has brought from New Zea-
land intelligence which on the face of it appears
to forebode a renewal of the Maori war. The
Province of Taranaki has again been the wane of
bloodshed, and eight of our countrymen have
fallen before an unsuspected foe. On the morning
of May 4 a party of the 57th Regiment, consisting
of Dr. W. A. Hors and Lieutenant T. H.

Tscorrr, with two sergeants, a corporal,
and five privates, was on its way from
Tatarimaku to New Plymouth on military duty.
As they were in the act of crossing the Wairau
stream they were fired at from the scrub, at a dis-
tance of about twenty yards. Three of the party,
including one of the Europeans, appear to have
fallen at the first volley, and immediately thirty
liaories made their appearance and began to spear
and tomahawk the wounded. In a few minutes
eight lay dead on the road, one man contrived
to escape, and of the tenth there are no tidings.
The news of this disaster, carried to New Ply-
mouth by a native in the service of the Government,
and soon confirmed by other testimony,caused intense
excitement in the settlement. The two officers were
highly popular, and all the men bore a good
name, it being said that " there were not better
"in the regiment." Alarm guns were at once
fired from the town, and messengers were sent out

to bring in all who were out ,ion their farms or at
work in the bush. At the same time a proclama-
non was published calling out the militia for actual 11
service, and by nightfall two hundred were under ,
arms. The intelligence at present received does
not enable us to judge how much opposition our
authority is likely to encounter. The natives con-
cerned in this murderous attack belonged to a
branch of one of the Taranaki tribes. It is now
known, however, that the Waikato', who are the
best organized of the Maories, and assume the
leadership of the race, bad just before driven away
all the Europeans living among them, taking from
them the native women and half-caste children,
and declaring their intention to descend upon
Taranaki to fight. It is reported that as many
is 600 had left for Taranaki for this purpose.
It is said that the natives were building
a pah and digging rifle-pits at a short distance
from the scene of their attack. General CLMIOLON
has marched a body of troops to Oakum, ands
building a redoubt on native land. He has in-
formed the militia that be expects reinforcements,
and it is generally believed that he will soon be
actively engaged.
Those in the colony who have hitherto disap-
proved of Sir GIORGI GREY'S native policy point to
the recent occurrences as proofs of the justice of
their mistrust. They say that the only thing the
natives understand is power, and they call for a
general war against the Maoris& And many who
do not prefer this extreme and irrational demand,
dwell on the cunning of the native character, and
blame any reliance on attempts to attach the
ifsories to us by good government. Very much
allowance should be made for the natural impa-
tience of persona in the situation of the colonists,

but SirGsozog Guilt will doubtless hold the

balance as firmly as he has hitherto done. What.
ever may be said by those who are under the in-
fluence of local excitement, the Governor's policy
has so far been attended with much success. The
number of natives friendly to us is very much
larger than it was two years ago, and the war
party among them is proportionately weakened.
It was generally believed at Taranaki that Sir
GEOROZ GREY would do aa much as possible to
oirmusiscribe the war,and would especially avoid any
step calculated to throw into the arms of the dia.
affected party those tribes which were disposed to
remain peaceable. Thus, although military opera-
tions will be necessary, there is stall room to hope
that a general native war may be avoided. To
wage an undiacriminating war, as some advise,
would undoubtedly fuse the whole population
into one united mass in opposition to our rule, in-
creasing our difficulties without advantage to any-
body. It is said that the Governor's intention is
to summon the Taranaki' to surrender the
perpetrators of the recent outrage, and
in came of refusal to proceed vigorously
against them, publicly warning all other natives
to keep clear of the quarrel. This would be a
wise and just course. The Qt:ers's authority
would thus be upheld in Taranaki, and the natives
throughout the north island would be impressed
with the determination of the Government to

maintain law and order.
One of the acts of the Governor since the
slaughter of our countrymen has been severely
criticised in the colony. A week after that event
Sir G. GREY issued a proclamation by which the
Government renounced its claim to the tract of land
at Waiters known as Teira's Block, which was the
occasion, if not the cause, of the last war. We,
who have always maintained that the purchase of
that block by a former government from vendors
whose pretensions to it were at variance with well-
known native rights, shall be expected to approve of
the Governor's latest act. We should have
liked it better if it had been performed earlier.
Even now, however, we commend it, believing
that justice is never out of season. Many colo-
nists also, far from blaming Sir Gioaos GRIT for
taking this step, believe that it will prove to be a
measure of good policy by contenting a numerous
portion of the natives, and separating their inte-
rests from the interests of those whom the Governor
is about to sell to account. If we can punish the
Taranaki', for the massacre of our soldiers, our
power will be respected notwithstanding this con-
cession ; if we cannot, we shall not be feared any
the more for holding a piece of land by a doubtful
title.