The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-16 00:00:00

militia. Every township sad entlemeat has its stockade,
made usually of small trees laid horizontally, in the Americo
Ischia fashion, or planted firmly in the ground, forming
a wall quite sufficient to resist musket bulls, sad
every settlement and district has also its ride
company, who keep • constant look out by night
and day for any indication of as attack. Every
man literally is • moldier, excepting those who am
unfit as to their health, or are exempted for the purpose of
completing government contract,. To-day the third den of
militia is called out, which consist' of ell men over fert7
years of age, and who are to do duty as night patrols in and
round the town, and thus leave both the first and second
alarms free to be sent to occupy the country poste. The
first batch of volunteers who have done Masked/ duty re-
turned on Saturday into town, and they have had • fortnight
of it. They my it is the jolliest work ponible, and they
certainly look very much improved in health by their Asap
of life. Yoe would be very much gestated to me the raedi-
nen and abartalaems with which the heavy duties required
of them ere nadertakea. The governor hunt the power to
order out either the militia or volunteers to • make dis-
tance than ten miles from the centre of the Auckland militia
diehiet, and therefore it became seminary to ask the roma
of belth forma to volunteer for active marries. At • full
maatio el the volunteers, Major Campbell asked how away
of these would step oat of the ranks as volunteers to go to
thij frost—when you mat remember it was
owl booms that the bask in
,every direetioa
V. Wasted by natives, and only the previous
day the escort of ammunition had bees fired on by as
aseiseh, and lost six or seven men. There were 500 velar
bare ca the ground, sod all but three stepped forward he
neatly, though =my knew well it would rain them fa
Waimea and eiriciaely endanger their health, to ay milting
of the great fatigue and privation they would have to nee
dergo. You know that of all her Majesty's volunteers tie
New Plymouth companies were the first to be under On,
sad behaved, as you have read, as firmly and gallantly as
regular troops. In ell peolohility the Auckland mintage
will be the next to enjoy that boaour, cad you will see
bow they au stead it. With all the ingauatime that
have always been can at the bravery of valuations, it turns
eat that not mly do they cheerfully undertake military
duty. but exhibit as much endurance and courage under
fire as the beet of the Queen's troops. There is but ape
feeling animating the whole population just sow, sod that
is, that since the time has come for a settlement at ewe
and for ever of the notion's difficulty, no merinos will be
thought of so that each takes his part ia giving the Maoris'
• thorough thrashing. Their rebellion has become too
several sad too deeply rooted is all the tribes of any
importance for us to thick at ever patching up
another peace with then: and in spite of the
danger we are in at this niceneat, with oar comparatively
small forcee,'sad the lose sad privalioa sommay are 'adoring,
and the dark prospect of • bug and perhaps very fierce
war, there la • downright feeling of relief that the final
contest has commenced at lest, and people make up their
minds that it shall not conclude till we have the supremacy
in New Zealand.

The general is looked to with the most unbounded ow-
Memos, so different to the mistrust with which the former
Taranaki generals—Gold and Pan—were reprdad'
General Cameron always leads the troops himself when
there is anything to be done, and in the action at Hoberow,
he led on his men with his riding-whip, right over the ride
pits of the enemy, cheering them on es they drove the
Reuel,' from their position. He ooessionally rides to the
different redoubts held by the militia and volunteers, and
addremes them in the most friendly and amouragisig way.
The result is, that there is sot a man in either faros who
would riot follow him anywhere. In Taranaki it was all the
reverse of this—there was continual jealousy betwelei the
troops and the civilians, and it invariably happened that
when the volunteers undertook any perilous duty, the
general refused to have them supported by the soldiers. A
new corps is just being formed, which is attracting all the best
men if, Auckland and the district—a special force for
acouriog thsbush of the native and boating themoutd their
own villages. Noes but experienced bushman are allowed
to joie, and the pay is Se. per day, with rations and clothing.
and of course complete arms. Many boatmen and gold
diggers are coming into town from the outsettlements ; and
that is at this moment the favourite corps to enlist in. The
sew rumen from England—ocenisg in pretty fast lad now,
for eo news of the war boa reached England yet—are very
mufti welcomed. They are not liable to serve in the milltia
for three mootbs, and so are at ones engaged either as sub.
stitutin or on work in the town. Bat in half-a-dozen diffe-
rent ways exempted men may earn splendid wages, seeing
that all residents are obliged to serve in the militia. I
beard of 501. being offered lad week for a substitute, and no
sue foetid be obtained ; the man had to go on duty himself,
and shut up his shop.
Mr. Dillon Bell, the native minister, has just gone to Syd-
ney with a staff of sasistanta, to enlist 2,000 MOD as military
settlers in the Waikato. Tbsy ars to be well paid, and to
get a grant of land at the conclusion of the war, on condi-
tion of marring naiad the rebels till that time.
The Queen of Beauty, from London, with 270 people,
arrived in harbour last night. She was boarded by the
Alabama near the oast of Brazil, and bad her papers
examined by the second lieutenant Such an incident has
seemed to bring home affair. very near to us.

Ma Rev. MR. Bracing IN EDINBUROH.—A
public meeting was held os Wednesday night in the Free
Church demobly.ball, Edinburgh. for the PerPeet of
bearing en addle* by the Itee. Henry Ward Holscher,
on the Seta of affairs is America, as affecting the cases
of the slave. The meeting was one of the most crowded
ever held in Edinburgh. The large hell was filled
to overflow loug before the appointed hour of meet-
log, and hundreds of people blocked tip the pussies,
and made vain attempts to proem admission. So
closely were the people pecked in the hall, sod so dense
were the mamas that resolutely took rsoseession of all
its approaches, that Mr. Beecher, the members of committee,
and the other speakers who were to address the meeting.
could not make their way into the hall until' paragon had
bees cleared by the police. Mr. Duncan filler* occupied
the chair, and tinnily introduced Mr. Beecher to the meet-
ing. He wished to meanie that they had among them
three or four distinguished foreigners who were to have
gone by the train at ail o'clock to reach Paris to-morrow
evening, who had kindly agreed to testify their detestation
of slavery. These were H. Gender Pages, M. Deemer.*
one of the most distinguished members of the French bar,
sod M. Henri Martin, the eminent historian of Freer*
Mr. Beecher, who was received with mingled cheers and
biuiog, spoke at great length, meeting with no interruptions
worthy of notice. At the conclusion of his address the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted :—" That this meeting most
earesetly and emphatically protest against American Severe
in all ite ramifications, as a system which treats
im-
mortal and redeemed human beings es goods and chattels,
which denies them the riyikita of marriage and it home,
which consigns them to ignorance of the first rudiment'
of education, and exposes them to the outrages
of lust and imolai, and that this meeting is
therefore of el:name that it should be totally abolished ;
and farther, that this meeting, rejoicing in the progress
which has Steady been made io America towards this
end, desires to encourage with their cordial sympathy, the
earnest abolitionists in that country in the noble efforts they
are making." The chairmen then stated that Monsieur
Desna:est had intended to address the meeting, but owing
to en &liaise to the Peninsular war in the course of Mr.
Bradlee@ remarks, he thought his national sensibilities bad
been offended, sad bed left the room before the conclusion
of that smallness's 'Sikora
BURIED Auvis.—On Monday evening as inquest
was bold la the College Framnie, at South Shore, near
Blachiseel, on the body of use of the students of that site-
bliahment named Christopher Howarth, son of Mr. Chris-
topher Howarth, bleacher and coal proprietor, of Harwich,
near Bohai. It appeared from the evidence that cm Satyr-
' day the deceased end two other students went from the
college to the "Star Mlle "—several large mounds of
drifted mad opposite the sea shore—for the purpose of
making a "eve." Os striving at the hills they got some
spades and commenced digging at the base of one of
them. When they had dug into the breast of the
bill about five feet, one of the student. proceeded
to the summit, with the view of testing the strength
of the arch below. After tryitig the place he po-
i nourioed it safe, and then the deceased cenommeed
j digging the cave alone, his amnesic's. Seeding on one side
at the time. Immediately afterwards the mad gave way,
end the dammed we, completely covered is it. There were
emend feel, of mad, he.. upon him. His noopsaissas es-
ckavoured to extricate him, but being nimble to do so,
they hailed a gentleman who was walking alarm the beech.
Ile, however. did not at first hear what they nall, but on
fouling that they persisted is their cries he went to the
place. and slang with the two yosthe on the ground se-
demoured to Neese the diorama. bat failieg to do this he
went f•rassiAasoe, and evestually the nefortunate youth
, was got oat of the hole. He was quite deed. The jury
I returned a verdict of "Accidentally killed."