The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-05 00:00:00

NEW ZEALAND.

111-1 LATEST MA$ tr:TBREAK IN \ •
ZEALAND.
Recent aetirainti from New Zeia:and. 17-
11;11,4o,, Argur ..f Am..mst 15) inn.un.r, tho f t •
armed and apparently preconcerted oatbreak
the hostile tribe+. The notorious Ngatiruara: •
which has become remarkable for its implacable hat:-
the whites. suddenly took the field. surprised and ,
timed a redoubt which had been erected in their
bouthood—that is to say. near Patea. m the burl
Wellington and Taranaki provinces. Since open h
ceased, white men venturing int.) the neight) uirli•• •
been repeatedly waylaid and slam. On a NMI-::
territory forfeited by the Ngatiruanuis fur .
the last war a redoubt wits lately crested. but it :
hold them in awe, for a emple of months hack f .
newly-raised constabulary force were surpris d t-
in the adjacent woods. Thu .
several hundred warriors of their own, and they 1..•
the support of the Bauhaus. or fugitive Waik of
have recently come down to their assist.mie. -
circumstances, an as the c.iuutry is sir an
fence sure to he bstitiate. C• loud M•D :
mission from the g..vernment t r.‘
irregular troop-' by four hundred men. F r •
reasons alone cement was granted for .
of that number being raised ; and whil••
was in Wellington organising his recruits, the 1 : .
nuis surprised the redoubt Tuniturumokai ou :
the Ilth of July. Of the Id Men who eomposed : .
sm. 10 were killed and tiro or six wouti •
some of the dead being mutilated in a hart ar•
In expectation of the threatened downward ni.t7 -
Waikato Hauhaus and the Ngatiruantns. all thr
settlers were ?teeing int, the towns, and tr.,••:,
kind—regulars. eonstabulary. Alta volulit....N
collected from all quarters. Immediately aft, • •
narrated ik•eurrence, a emptily ~f native, 7.' •
vernment pay, and who were garrisoning an
in the vicinity. deserted to the insurgimts. ti
with them their brenh-loading rides sit.i • : •
with which they had been provided.
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE ,11. Id t '
PRISON 1.1,5.
The following partietdars ate given -1 -
which took place at the same time as the
among, the Ma iri prisoners who were ea4•t-.1:,, •••
Waikato war, and who were subsequently tr .•.•••
the Chatham Islands and detained there. fit •
100 in number, surprised the guard—eotts.stim; •
tenant, ensign. sergeant. corporal, and twenty -tw
and having possessed themselves of their ti. •
the British schooner Ititteniatt, and sailed 1.- 7
Coast (Poverty Bap. Previously to sailing the in-
had taken on hard sixty-six women :and ••,
children who had been permitted to accompaily tho.r : •
into eaptitity. Tie natives swarmed ou leck..ll,
sentries were placed iu the forecastle and _Lb.,
chief officer, the stew ant, and three seamen
woe forced to go aft an:l remain i.•:- •
being threatened with death if they anciat iito‘
Several of the escaped prisoners had
brandished threateningly, and also exhibited roe.)lver
other pistols. The Maories were generafly thron
out the passage. but an armed guard walked the .i •
day and night. narrowly watching every movoui,-..-
the crew. The Itideman anchored off a plan.
Whareongaengs, six miles south of Poverty Bay.
fug of the Maonea their women and children,
whole night, during which time the crew were kept t... •
Next morning at day break the Matinee
the cargeastiore, consisting ef dour,sugar, tea, and .4 `- -
quantity of gin and porter. They finally , •
casks of water off to the ship, and then told :It
officer that he and his ship and crew might go. -
(the Maoriest had done with theut. The escapexl
had thirty-eight titles, seven double-barrelled guns. •
revolvers, nine pistols, about half-a-elo:en swords. • '•-
kegs of powder. and A qualltity of cartridges.
passage of the Rifleman to Poverty Ray. and in rri.ly
the repeated inquiries of the dtiet officer. the Ma.uai,
they hail killed no one in the chathauts. his Irt d ••
powered and '• tied them all up...

Dt.%I.TA. OCT. 4.-- Iler Majesty's Ilnitatl tr • •
ahip Sempis arrival here yesterday from ('ork w 7• •
(r.hul Regiment, and will INATI) on the 10th net •
Alexandria with the Sth Regiment. A charred ti.iit
wreck wee Peen oa the 2ith ultimo about 100 mdea sou •
went of l'aoaro, is Sicily.
QUEENATOWN, OCT. 3. - The Inzuna Royal M
ateatuer City of Cork, from New York and Raki,'
arrived hare at 3.30 a.m. to-Jay. with 6,100 AA..
'merge. She landed sad pemengera, proeecai •
immediately for Liverpool. All well.