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London, England, 1846-10-13 00:00:00

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COLONIAL.
RANOIHAEATA'S ATTEMPT TO SURPRISE
TISE OUTPOST.— We have received from - ees
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necumtedbennaorraf thtiveeNonof
NEW
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May. This enables us to present our readers 16th
measure to infer from the letters and "seen of tie and 27th May, formerly received. 'We 214
bi*nning. --eat int" 141
Early en the month of May Ranperaha informed we
Richmond, superintendent of the Wellington die 'OlO
Major Last, the officer in command of the troops —.Cu Itti
gihacata intended to attack the settlement. "eee.-"'
were, "An attack will be made on the Hutt; 111,13 --11
ach (Wellington) take precautions." Be profell' Yet
tention to remain neutral. About the same tine -1114 e
tendered the services of his tribe to the supeee
keep watch up the Hutt, and, if provided witltu-',4
ammunition, to resist any attempt at intrusion' hest
natives. The offer was refused ; and the old ehie t
son, affronted at the distrust of their intentions te'era
their refusal, announced their determination to tale no pet
in the impending struggle. Major Richmond
standing these warnings from friend and foe, ish ded--7,
Wellington militia on Monday, the 11th of lisyul; tele
the soldiers in the camp on the Hutt; and left a we-7=
militia and police stationed et Taita, about three ma. ,
the camp, under the command of a serjeant.
On the morning of Sunday, the 10th of May
the force stationed at Porirua proceeded up the
arm of the harbour to reconnoitre Itangikeateseeree7""
sad the foremost boat approached within a dart deiteme,
his Pa. They were fired upon by the natives: thsydie.:
return the fire, and effected their retreat 'without kis%
a heavy one from the natives. About the same ties
E'Puni's people, sent to Porirua to spy out It ' -"`"
movements, brought back word that that chief al
men from Otaki,
. Wanganui, and other places, 1.6, I.`4,__
to repair to l'onrua, under pretence of holding a
my
a chief lately dead. They were expected to
al ""`e,
strong, and were to march to the Hutt and eetabtia
tl
selves at Taita. This information was cotnmunicatsa
Major Richmond. On Friday, the 11th of M . May, me„,,,—•
one of the principal chiefs of Pipitea Pah, sabre
Major Richmond to warn him of his danger, and ofk,
services of his tribe. The offer was declined• The
intendeut, although aware that an overt act of Magee%
been committed by Rangilmeata, and althoughk
that the first attack would be made on the Bettyllisak
precautions. The officer in command of the troops
at Wellington. mil
At daybreak on the morning of Saturday, the lei,
May, a body of natives, about 200 in number, arsine
valley of the Hutt, with the intention of surprieiag oh;
ting off the detachment of the :atth stationed about noel
above the Hutt bridge. Of this party (finles-,
number), fourteen were posted in Mr. llouleott's bait I.
rest were dispersed in tents and buildings in the me'
diate neighbourhood. Lieut. Page (the officer in COjtW
with his servant, occupied Mr. Boulcott's house. h
Datives were led by Kaparetehau. The first due e
given by a sentinel, who, hearing a noise, fired her se• -
and endeavoured to rouse the picquct. Immedittelitei
heavy volleys were poured into the tents in reed
succession by the natives, who rushed on stilt,:
yells to complete the work of destruction. 5,
soldiers were tomakawked in one tent. One of them, se
was bugler to the company, seized his bugle, but, whys in
act of sounding it, a blow from a tomahawk disabled batik
arm and struck him to the ground. He seized the ace
meat with the other hand and attempted to sound ix, vie
a second blow nearly severed his head from his body. la
tenant Page, with some difficulty, cut his way thrassia
natives who had surrounded the house, and put bialifg
the head of the men who had rallied from the antsselat
houses. The 14 soldiers in the barn, with perfeetcoisa
and self-poseession, divided themselves into two yaw
of seven each, who fired by turn, and thin retreated*
the barn to reload. In the midst of true engagement tag
of the militia disbanded on the previous Idendayjoisedi
soldiers, who were inspired with fresh courage, tree by tis
slight reinforcement. The natives, believing that mote
siatance was at hand, were proportionably dispirited, sad re
way. After a smartly-contested action, they retired am
the river, carrying with them their dead and wined(
The loss on the part of the troops was six killed and %s
wounded. Their names are: killed : Lowe-Ceran
James Dockrell ; privates William Allen, Robert Peek
Thomas Bolt, J. M'Fadden, T. Sonham. Wounded: Imo
Serjeant E. Ingram (severely) ; Privates Patrick Bens
Themes Taylor, John Ward. The total mom a •
killed and wounded among the assailants is believed to hat
been thirteen. They deny that any were killed,*
affirm that only one of them was wounded. The tai to we
completely riddled with bullets; the Mnories firing belga
belief that the soldiers were in bed. One party tired semi
volleys into Mr. Bculcott's house, Mr. Bentsen himself*.
rawly escaped, and a ball struck his servant, Th ease Bs
man, while rising from his bed. The ball etas ertned
but the man died of the wound on the 21st. The only.*
settlers disturbed on the occasion were Mr. and k
Whardie. The natives entered their house and drove du
from it, lint without inflicting any personal injury. Tr
party at Taita effected their retreat, and joinei the hop
without opposition. As soon as the dispatch come*
intelligence of the attack reached Wellington Mat
Last directed 10 men of the 9%h to premed to Is
stockade at the Hutt-bridge, and sent orders
‘n
to Caw
Nerdy iu command of that poet, to advenee • lie
men to support their comrades. Immediately alcove
Major Last, with Major Richmond, repaired to Jaime/
action. On his arrival he found the natives keeping las
straggling fire on the troops from the bush on tho wawa
side of the river. The order was given for the soldiem
advance in extended line, and drive them from the Mt
E. Puni, who accompanied Major List (haring been ys
ensiled to relinquish his de-ign of standing aloof), was ma
struck with the gallant manner iu which this manceurre is
executed. During the whole of Saturday and Sandey the.
tivea continued to occupy the position originally orcupiedl!
the troops, about half a mile in advance of Mr. Baikal
section. On Saturday they robbed WHardie's house, tlkt
his pigs for food, and took away or destroyed all hi: proper
On Monday they returued to Porirua, to ()beeline' ti a
message from liangihacata, who had not accompanied thee
in persan.
The accounts which we published on
. Sattedse '
have convinced the most anxious that ample preemies
had been taken to ensure the safety of all the settlers. Tit
many parties who have addressed inquiries to us at
rest assured that all the fatal casualties have been no .
merated above. During the whole of Saturday, bower
it will be easily believed the town of Wellington was a a -
most painful state of alarm and excitement. On Swathe
hundred stand of arms were sent over to Petani, forthe sat
B Puni's tribe. On Monday the natives of the Pas, at Water.
Pipitea, and Tearo were also supplied with anus. The arra*
meats of the confederate native andlßritishforces,wepablidr
on Saturdae.. Ranaibactea was busy strenghthening the:
knees of his Pa at Pawaitanganui. The fidelity of e •
Hgatiawa, and their arming in defence of the British,
t,
disconcerted him. Friendly natives, however, con anen
T.,
send him supplies of provisions, Kauperaba among the
On the 17th of May n large canoe, etrrying sueplies ts
was chased by the police-boat, but escaped. The satires,`
.
soon as they landed, spread the report that they. bad eke
the Pakeha boat, and nearly succeeded in capturing it
The natives are palm. d under the command of lie. DPI
Scott, who will act as the organ of communication betwer
them and the commanding officer. They are inu aka.
form a sort of guerilla corm fighting with the enemy el
its own fashion, and falling back on the troops, in case due
for support and assistance.
Great dissatisfaction was felt by the natives at the mho ot
able description of arms supplied to them from the peen
r fails judgment
went stores. The equipment of a new Zcalande regi eterei
musket, and a cartouchebn •
fight is very simple. A good number).
contain his ammunitiou, strapped round his waist, are e. lord, two
he requires. But so little preparation against anyemoseo
a upon the
has been made by tke superintendent that a great props .• mint of t
of the muskets delivered to th^ natives were returned . from the
fit for use, the ammunition had been formerly wet, sad 7 communit
unserviceable, and there were very few cartouche-bola fs two
nem
the supply of our allies : the greater part of the tnrtostM but the v:
boxes given out to the natives were obtained from 7. • by i
company's stores. It will hardly be believed out of ela
tfie only II
Bement, that although the militia have been called 011li e.
SS
but a cluii
the destruction of Kororarika, now a period of fifteen molt when the
and have been or less employed during this interval, The claim
have not even yet been supplied with scabbards for mid the
bayonets. The greater body of the natives bele:urine t,e rti rooms on t
pas in Wellington went over to Petoni on Tuesday, and not coma
now encamped between die stockades and Mr. not, as sue
section. The number of friendly natives under Nr.
pose of cot
amounts to nearly 250 men. They had a war dash,. the Retort
Wednesday evening, and speeches were made by the or'
expressive of their detTmination to make common. er: Ke•inu:fo",";
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with the settlers. " Why," theyv acid, " should; Rsitw
some of our own people are killed before we take np geo?
It is true we may remain here and not be attacked, but la
we to allow our pakehas, our friends, to be killed before ve,
face ? No—we will show our love to the pakebse, eu‘
identify our interest with theirs."
MAURITIUS. ,
TILE BASK OF MAURITIUS.—From the Itatltitt-.
we have received files to the 23rd of Jule. The most her
tant item of intelligence relates to the affairs of the local Be;
the stoppage of which our Indian correspondent stineo7,
in general terms a month ago. A general meeting of
shareholders in the Mauritius Bank was hell at Port I.
on the Bth July, to decide upon the necessity of the Pe?°ll,
of the two-fifths of each share ordered be the beard of de6
tors ; to demand an inquiry into the situation of the bear
to name a committee of three for that purpose ; to ssoilia.
if the bank would continue its operations or wind, uP
affairs ; sad to reduce the expenses of the establish
The examination of the first point was preceded by in 7,,
planation from the president, in which he attributed ••
embarrassments of the establishment to the moneta7
in force in the colony, to the war waged by the local go"—
rs,
meat against the banks for several Team and to the OZ.
tinual disappearance of specie principally owing to Ir.
labourers. The evil is such, according to the
~P;
sident, that the hanks arc perpetually besiegee_,
cash their notes, although the custom-house feet:
show that 1,200,000 dollars have been imported n:
the last twelvemonth. The introduction had, howewi
much decreased of late in consequence cf the high », •
exchange with India where the Sikh war had co
usitltnw
raised the value of the rupee. This last circumstance •,',"
deprived the bank of all power of providing itsell
•heak
specie, even in rupees. As to English coin, the
had to pay 100,000 dollars of it monthly, to holders r,
notes, during the latter months! From this state of tr:
resulted a deficiency of specie, which had obliged the
to make a call for the two-fifths demandable according t°
of
conditions of the Charter. The meeting aPPo'sed
rc
demand for two-fifths. The second and third Os",
not pressed, as the Vice-President was liberal in the 1."
mation he gave as to the situation of the bank, p ,
also to give to each individual shareholder what dew

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