The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-15 00:00:00

THE NEW ZEALAND WAR,

(From the Argus.)

There is still no appearance of a speedy termina-

tion to the New Zealand war. This month, however,
we have to record a success which goes far to come
pensate for the reverse our army sustained at Gate
Pa. After that engagement the Maories were im-
measurably elated. The leader of the East Coast
tribes, Rawiri, sent a written challenge to the com-
mander of the troops at Teurange, a chivalrous
production, of which the following is a literal
translation :—" Now hear what we have to say.
We have been waiting for you to come and attack
us for a whole month, but you have not come ;
and now we are coming to you. We give you
warning, therefore, that you may expect to see
me within the month, and not to let any of your
soldiers out, for our young men will certainly shoot
them. We give you warning that you may not
say it is murder, for it won't ba murder." The
Maories, so eager for the fray, did not have to wait
long. Oa June 21, Colonel Greer, the officer in
charge of the forces at Tauranga, received informa-
that the enemy were entrenching themselves at a
spot four miles inland from the scene of the late
engagement. Col. Greer marched out to the place
with an Armstong gun, a 6 pounder, and 600 men of
the 43d and 68 th, and Ist Waikato Militia (Victorian
Volunteers) Regiments, and found that the enemy
had commenced the erection of a new pa on a mar--
row neck of land, surrounded on three sides by deep
gullies, and completely commanding the Tauranga-
road. All that had been done, however, was to con-
struct a single line of rifle pits. The Maories assumed
the .offensive themselves, their skirmishers tiring

briskly on the troops as they advanced across the
plain. Tne skirmishers were, however, soon driven
in, and Colonel Greer extended his men, placed his

guns in position 500 yards from the pits, and main-
tained a sharp fire for two hours, while he sent for
reinforcements. As soon as the reinforcements were
sufficiently near to give support the advance was
sounded, and with a cheer which made the hills
ring again, the 43d, 68th, and the Waikato Militia,
rushed forward to the position. The Maories re-
ceived them with a heavy volley, and stood their
ground well. The troops dashed into the pits, and
a hand-to-hand encounter took place. It was not
of long duration. The soldiers, determined to
remove the stain the Gate Pa repulse had cast upon
them, used the bayonet with effect, and three
or four minutes saw the Maories flying to the
gullies, pursued by both cavalry and infantry,
The former followed them for a distance of 10

miles, and with their breech-loading carbines did
good service, though owing to the swamps and
gullies with which the district abounds they could
not prevent the escape of the main body of the
enemy. Sixty-eight Maories were killed in the rifle
pits, and altogether 107 bodies were collected.
Twenty-seven wounded men were also brought in,
and 10 other prisoners, Among the killed were
Rawiri, the leader of the Maories at the Gate Pa,
and Hen are Taratoa, the writer of Ra iri's challenge
to the troops, a man much respected for his ability
and education. Many more Maories must have been
killed in the ravines, where it was not possible for the
troops to find them. The Eoglish loss was compa-
ratively tc ifltng-9 men were killed and 39 wounded.
Amongst the wounded are Captain F. A. Smith
and Captain H. Berners, of the 43 ; and Captain R.
W. T. Trent, Captain T. Casement, Lieut. H, I. R.
V. Stuart, and Ensign W. H. F. Palmer, of the 68th.

The engagement will be eeverely felt by the East
Coast tribes, but it has far from broken their spirit.
rho latest advices report that they are erecting
another pa in a strong position farther back. It
was said that Colonel Greer would attempt also to
storm this work. Rewi and William Thompson,
the leading rebel chiefs, were in the neighbourhood
of Tauranga during the fight, intending to attack
the place should the soldiers be repulsed. The guns
of the corvette Esk were trained on the camp, and
every preparation made to give the enemy a warm
reception. As matters turned out, however, the
wily Thompson declined testing the issue.

The firm and vigorous, bat conciliatory, policy of
the New Z!aland Government is already producing
good fruits. Mr. Fox, tho colonial secretary, has
just received the allegiance of \Vi Tali°, a powerful
chieftai❑ of the Wellington district, who had raised
the King flig, trained men, and threatened to
destroy the peace VI() southern part of the island is
now enjoying.

TEc New Zealand authorities are taking active
steps to place the military settlers on the corquered
soil. The Ist Waikato Militia are to be located at
Tauranga, and the 2d, 3d, and 4th Regiments in
the heart of the Waikato country. This plan will
effectually cut the rebels off from their accustomed
source of supplies.
By the very latest accounts 204 of the enemy's
killed and wounded had been found. Our own list
is as follows :-
43D REGIMENT, LIGHT INFANTRY.

Killed—Corporal J. Wheeler, Privates Robert Johnston,
William Yialou, Jeremiah Maber, 11. Wilkinson, and T.
Meagher.
Wounded—Captains F. A. Smith and 11. Berners, Ser.
geant Cane, Privates Daniel Felton, William Warner, John
M`Guire, Robert Longley, Reuben Long, George Martin,
John Payne, John M'Conliffe, Robert Brown, John Drtny,
Charles Morris, and David Casey.
6STIr REGIMENT.

Killed—Privates J. Taylor, P. Shanahan, and 3. Simms,
Wound4d—Captains IL Trent and T. Casement, Lieu-
tenant H. J. H. V. Stuart, Eneign W. Palmer, Sergeants
T. Stafford and H. Marschner, Corporals J. Kearney ant
L. Beattie, Privates J. Dario :At, P. Crawley, J. Hammill,
H. Wade, P. M'Gregor, J. Bramble. J. Purdy, J. Sargent,
Abbot Thrift, J. Manion, G. Smith, J. Smith, S. Smith, L.
Manion, H. Martin, S. Mullen, and D. Cufferey.

Professor raweet t on Parliamentary Reform.

On Mcnday evening Professor Fawcett delivered a lec-
ture in the Town Hall, Brighton, on Parliamentary Re•
form. The large room was crowded with an auo ience
composed chiefly of working men, but which included a
tolerable sprinkling of ladies.
The PROFESSOR, on ascending the platform, was greeted
with enthusiastic applause, and the feeling exhibited during
the address was of the warmest description. In the course
of his address he intimated repeatedly his strong attach-
meat to the cause of the working men, and the necessity of
an extension of the suffrage so as to include them, and he
pledged himself, on account of the fidelity of his supporters
at the last election and the increased support he was pro-
mised at every visit to Brighton, to stand as candidate at
the next election. In concluding his lecture Professor
Fawcett said he had now merely touched the fringe of the
subject,but he hoped to have future opportunities of explain-
ing his opinions in detail. (Cheers.) He would just tell
them now briefly his opinion as to the redistribution of seats
which must accompany au extension of the franchise. He
would not, disfranchise small boroughs, but he would
group them together, so that every market town in the
kingdom should be represented. In this way he believed
many advantages would be gained. If four or five small
boroughs were grouped together, we should bring together
four or five prominent landholders, who each had a special
interest clashing with that of the others, and in auch‘a way
the boroughs might be ma de independent. (Hear, hear,
end cheers) The line must be drawn somewhere ; and, if
an artificial and arbitrary line were drawn, it would always
present a case for fresh agitation. If it was said that all
boroughs having less than 6,000 population should be dis-
franchised, an argument would at once be raised that the
line should be drawn at the 6,505 populations, and so on.
By his plan he believed the great inequality at present
existing between the ceunty and borough representation
would be removed. He did not pledge himself to the plan,
but he thought it worthy of consideration, and should be
glad to hear their opinion of it.
Mr TATHAM proposed, and Mr W. D. SAVAGE seconded,
a vote Of thanks to Professor Fawcett, which was carried
all but unanimously, Mr Macfarlane holding up a hand to
the contrary. Enthusiastic acclamation succeeded.
Professor FAWCETT having briefly acknowledged the
compliment, and renewed his pledge to become a candidate,
the meeting broke up amid renewed cheering.
Lieut.-Colonel FAWCETT, in introducing the professor,
took occasion to wish him every happiness in his approach-
ing marriage.

THE FRACAS AT BADEN-BADEN.--A Bad( n
letter written the day after the late disturbance
mentions that the irritation of to previous day had gradu-
ally died 'away. In the evening the public were observed
to be still excited, and would easily have taken offence, but
the croupiers of the bank were cf extreme politeness, and
appeared to have received orders not to give the slightest
pretext for a r, petition of the scene of the previous day.
The official who had given offence was replaced by another,
and satisfaction is said to have been off ,red to the person
who was so brutally expelled. The administration of the
gamicg establishment is anything but pleased with the In-
cident, as it has driven from the tables the most respectable
players, just at the moment of the races, who:: the number
of strangers is largest. In the race week the bank generally
makes a profit of about a million francs, but that sum will
fall far short this year.

Naval and Military Intelligence,

We have received the following Mediterranean
naval intelligence and movements in a letter from

our own correspondent at Malta, bearing date the
10th of September:—" Her Majesty's screw store.
ship Supply left on the Ist inst. for Gibraltar and
Woolwich, with unserviceable stores. Her Ma.
jesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Marlborough,

bearing the fl ig of the Commander•in-Chief, Vice-

Admiral Smart, accompanied by the screw line-of-
battle ship Gibraltar, the ironclad screw steam fri-
gates Resistance and Royal Oak, and the Orlando
screw steam frigate left on the 3d for a three weeks'
cruise, during which Palermo and other ports of
Sicily will be visited, as well as Naples, returning
to Malta by the 28th of September to receive the
visit of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty."
By direction of the Lords of the Admiralty a
number of the best of the hired mechanics and ship-
wrights at Chatham dockyard are to be removed
from that establishment to Sheerness for the pur-
pose of being permanently placed on the establish-
ment at that dockyard.
The number of workmen employed on the screw
corvette Cadmus, 21, and the screw gunvessel
Torch, 5, 80-horse power, both of which are in the
graving docks at Chatham, being repaired for sea,
has been recently increased in order that those ves-
sels may be completed and the docks prepared for
the reception of two first class frigates which are
required to be brought forward for commission. As
an instance of the urgent necessity which exists for
the speedy completion of the additional new docks
which are being constructed in connexion with and
as part of the extensive scheme for the enlargement
and extension of Chatham dockyard, it may be
mentioned that, notwithstanding the position which
Chatham has recently taken as the leading iron
shipbuilding and repairing yard, there are for all
practical purposes only two docks available for re-
ceiving either large or small vessels of war, No. 2
dock, the largest at the establishment, being occu-
pied by the Bellerophon, building, while No. 1 dock
is altogether useless for docking purposes, the Ad-
miralty having directed its being boarded over and
converted into a factory.
The Orontes, screw troopship, 2,812 tons and
500 horse power, Capt. Henry W. Hire, made her
official trial of speed yesterday at the measured mile
in Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, preparatory to
leaving England on troop service to the Cape and
the Mauritius. The ship's draught of water was
22ft. 6in. aft, and 22ft. forward, with six months'
stores and provisions on board, and 1,060 tons of
coals in her bunkers. There was a strong wind from
the south-west throughout the time the ..ship was
under trial. Six tuns were made with full boiler
power, the mean of which gave the ship a speed of
10.882 knots, and the mean of two runs made with
half-boiler power gave her a speed of 8'721 knots.
The maximum revolutions of the engines were 52,
and the minimum 50. The load on the safety valve.
was 121 b. The temperatures taken gave on deck, 66;
first run, engine room, 70 deg; ditto, forward stoke-
hole, 96 deg, 92 deg, and 80 deg ; sixth run, engine
room, 72 deg.; ditto, forward stoke hole, 104 deg.,
and 82 deg. After the trial the Orontes returned
to her berth alongside the transport jetty of Ports-
mouth dockyard, in readiness for sea.
A new species of binnacle lamp, the invention of
Mr C.W. Brown, an officer of the civil service in the
Deptford Dockyard, was yesterday transferred to
Woolwich, by order of the Lords of the Admiralty,
to be inspected by Mr. Turner, master shipwright,
and the officials of the yard, and to be fitted on board
H.M.'s steam storeship Industry, on probation. The
result of the inspection was favourable, and a report
given as follows :-1. From the construction of the
reservoir no overflow of oil can take place. 2. From
ale form of the reflector double the amount of light
is given. 3. There is no downward shadow, and the
illumination of the compass card is complete. The
lamp is always perpendicular, so that there is no
smoking or blackening of the sides of the lamp as
in the lamps now used. The lamp is shipped on the
top of the binnacle. Bearings of any object can be
taken by night with the greatest facility, the shade
not being encumbered by the lamp, as the light is
reflected down upon the compass card, and shows
the latter clearly and distinctly. The lamp burns
from 10 to 12 hours with a moderate consumption
of oil.

In. yesterday's garrison orders issued at Wools
wich it was announced that, in accordance with
orders receiv, d from the Horse Guards, the Plum•
stead Ringes, usually resorted to by the metropoli-
tan and neighbouring volunteer corps, will be re-
opened from this date for practice with shot and
small arms only.

The 31 brigade Military Train, in command of
Major I. M'Court, from Canada, arrived at the
North Woolwich station on Tuesday evening from
Liverpool, and were met by Brigade Major Sher-
vington and staff, and escorted to their quarters at
the encampment on Wuolwich-common, preceded
and played up by the Royal Artillery band. The
brigade consists of Major J. M'Court, Capt. J. W.
M'Farlan, Lieuts. Cr, Edwards, J. Simpson, and
Thomas Gerard Lockyer ; Ensign ;Sidney Francis
Austin, Lieut. and Adjt. R. H. Powell, Quarter-
master J. Stalford ; Paymaster T. 11. Ratcliff, Bri-
gade ikeLior ; Surg. F. Reynolds, Veterinary Surg.
J. M. Wilson, 16 sergeants, 4 trumpeters, 111 rank
and file, 30 women, 23 children, and 3 horses. The
health of the brigade was yesterday reported good.
The batteries of the 13th brigade Royal Artillery
yesterday departed from headquarters, Wooiwicb,
for Dover, a follows—No. 7, in command of Major
R. E. Cranford, Second Cspts. W. R. Lluelly and
11. L. Gwyn; Lieuts. W. Malius and F. F. Bar.
ham, gunnery instructor, 110 non-commissioned
officers and men, 18 women, and 30 children. N, 1
battery, consisting of Capt. C. Johnson, Captain
and Brigade-Major C. F. Roberts, Lieuts, J. C.
Robinson and J. A. S. M. Davie, Assist-Surgeon
Robinson, 110 non-commissioned offioers and men,
15 women and 22 children ; and No. 2 Battery
comprising Major P. Dixon, Captain J. C. Lyle,
Lieuts. W. S. Brown etEd R. T. Farquhar, 106 non-
commissioned officers and men, 16 women, and 22
children. The batteries were conveyed by special
trains from the Royal Arsenal Station, Woolwich.
Lieut. Edward Hoare, sth Fusiliers, and 40 non-
commissioned officers and men, yesterday went
down to Woolwich, and took up quarters in the
Royal Artillery Barracks, in preparation for the
arrival of Lieut. Colonel Master, C. 8., and the rem
mainder of the regiment, ordered to winter in that
garrison for Cu,y, from the Tower.
The following appointments were made yesterday
et the Admiralty :—Captain E. W, Vinsittart now
additional of the Formidable, to the Achilles, com-
missioned ; Captain J. U. Goodenough to the Vic-
tory, additional for the Victoria; Isaac Inglis,
master, to the Fisgard, for the Blenheim ; N. G.
Arguimbau, master, to the Fisgard, for the Valiant ;
Lieut. Walter Stewart, to the Tamar; Lieut. John
Inglis to the Achilles, for gunnery duties; Lieut.
Noel Osborne, to the Achilles; Rev. W. Gunter to
bechaplain to the Egmont, complement incomplete;
M. F. Moresby, paymaster to the Achilles; Henry
W. Andrews, assist,-pay master, to the Blenheim;
C. R, Watson, assist-paymaster, to the Hastings;
R. K. Heaven and Adolphe Hunter, assist.-pay-
masters, to the Achilles; Edwund G. Ellis, clerk,
to the Tamar ; Arthur S. Ramsey, clerk, to the
Brisk ; E. S. Peach, clerk, to the Blenhiem ; T.
Forder, clerk, to the Achilles ; and Alfred Postance,
assist,-clerk, to the Achilles.

A RESPECTABLE MAN."—At the Judges' Cham-
bers, on Tuesday, an application was made to bail a man
committed by the lighatu magistrates for barglery, on whom
was found a jemmy. It was urged that he was a "respec-
table man." Mr Justice Shee—Oh I a respectable man
with a jemmy. (Laughter.) The application was refused.
THE SOUTHERNERS.—The army of the North is
well fed and well clothed compared with that of
the South. A gentleman, who had escaped from the Libby
gaol at Richmond, informed me that a tew days before his
departure there had arrived three Confederate regiments,
whose uniforms were made of the calico, striped with gr, een
and white, which is sold as an imitation of Venetian blinds,
shoes and stockings being altogether wanting. Just pre-
vious to this, a whole brigade had entered Richmond in a
pelting rain, and had been obliged to pass the night without
shelter. The courage and fortitude with which the South-
erners faco every privation, the skill and daring of their
generals, the willing renunciation of everything they pos-
sess, forbid us to believe that they can ever be vanquished,
All the church bells have been melted down and recast into
guns, all the cushions and hassocks converted into beds fur
the wounded, all the women's jewels and ornaments sacri-
ficed to the exigencies of the straggle,— Once a Week,

‘lfurr* Orialbr.

'LER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Sept. 13.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
drove out yesterday morning.
In the afternoon her Majesty went out with their
Royal Highnesses Princess. Helena and Princess
Beatrice, attended by the Hon. Harriet Phipps.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe-Coburg
went deer-stalking yesterday in the Forest of
Inverceuld,