The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-19 00:00:00

were saluted by a brisk faro from the troops. Eight

natives were killed, but, the native force increas-
ing, the troops fell back to the redoubt without
loss. This slight affair will tend to give the troops
coneence in this mcde of warfare, and dissipate

the notion that the bush is not a safe
fighting place for Europeans. I believe General
Cameron and his officers have long been giving
the subject of bush warfare careful considera-
tion,
Small
as and this is the first favourable result. m
as the affair was, it must therefore be deemed of
importance. This first advantage was
t h followed al
up
t
by a much more important success on e part o
whens
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the troops
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Thursday, h
redoubt
south side of the stream (the Kalikara), was as-
saulted, and carried in about 10 minutes, 27 of the
defenders being bayonetted, and many more killed
and wounded outside the redoubt, so called because
it was constructed in imitation of European earth-
works, and was not a peh as it is called in some ac-
counts. The sagacious savages probably adopted
this method to resist our Armstrong guns. On
the previous evening a knee of about 580 men,
consisting of parties of the 57th, 65th, 40th, 70th,
and artillery, marched from the town of New Ply-
mouth to Tataraimaka. Oa the road they were
joined by some more of the 57th, making the
whole force about 650 strong. They had with thee]
three Armstrong guns, the whole under the imme-
diate command of General Cameron. The march
was silently effected, and the whole force assembled
at St. George's redoubt and waited until daylight.
At 6 o'clock in the morning the 57th, under Colonel
Warre, advanced towards the river, the 65th and
70th following in support. When they had pro-
ceeded about 400 yards the Armstrong battery was
halted and placed in position on the north or
right bank of the stream and at once opened
fire on the native redoubt, about 800 yards on
the south side of the little river. Oa the right
of the enemy's position were some rifle-pits, and the
57th dashed across the stream and advanced in
single file across the ground beyond the river to
attack these pits and dislodge the Maoris within.
This dangerous service was gallantly and effectually
performed by the 57th, under Lieutenants Waller
and Brunton, and the enemy were driven from their
position with loss. This opened the road to the
supporting party, which came rapidly up, though
not without a fire from the Redoubt. They were now
within 300 yards of the Redoubt, which they at once
assaulted with fixed bayonets, killing every native
within. Captain Short and Captain Russell, with
their respective parties, rushed at the redoubt
almost simultaneously, and Ensign Duncan was in
the redoubt at another point just after, as was also
Colonel Logan, who had dismounted from his
horse to join the assault. On clearing the rifle

pits on the right, Colonel Warre, with his officers
and men, pursued the flying Maoris to the south
and inland, thus disregarding the bugbear of
the high fern and bush, and in this they
were joined and aided by parties of the 65th and
70th. When the Armstrong guns ceased firing,
Lieut. Rait and his party, with their swords and
revolvers, crossed the river and gully in order to in-

:except the Maoris who might escape from the re•

doubt. The Eclipse was annored cif shore at about
a mile from the redoubt,and threw some shells into

it, and one of the natives was killed by a fragment
of a shell, which was found in his body. The brunt
of this smart affair fell on the o7th, and the General
publicly commended their gallantry in a few pithy
words which soldiers value and treasure up, " Well

done, 57th ;" and, turning to their Colonel, " You
must be proud to command 83 fine a regiment."

The affair of the redoubi: was over in ten minutes,
and the loss of our troops was only three killed and
seven or eight wounded. Twenty-four bodies of
Maoris were carried into town—i. e., those killed
in the redoubt. The whole loss of the natives is
estimated at about 40 killed and many wounded, and
ono account says 75 killed and wounded. This gallant
assault and its success have taken the natives by sur-
prise. In the last war the policy of the General
commanding was to keep clear of rifle pits, and to
approach pahs by regular sap, and it ought to be
conceded to the gallant General who then com-
manded that he succeeded, and did, in fact, put an
end to the war. The effect was, however, to make
the natives believe that their rifle-pits were in,preg-
nable, and this has converted a belief into a delusion.
The Armstrong gun will be an irresistible arm
against the strongest pahs, and the only problem
which General Cameron will have to solve wilt be,
not how to assault, for that he and his gallant
troops know already, but how to defeat their old
trick of an escape by the back door.

4 City and Metropolitan Police Forces.

An important document, bearing on the question
of the comparative aficiency of these two forces,
has just been published. It appears that Sir
Richard Mayne deemed it his duty to collect
certain returns, which he considers go far to
demonstrate the superiority of the Metropolitan
police in point of efficiency and cheapness. The
results of his investigations and calculations were
laid before Sir George Grey in the form of a letter
under the date of the Ist of June, and this letter has
now been printed and published. The following is
a full abstract ;

THE
tEheCO
J.ST.
ud
icial Statistics, printed From the last volume
in 1861, the cost per man in the Metropolitanpolice force
would appear to be £7B 35 2d, in the City police f
£79
4s 7d, the difference being only £1 is Od. "rhoseorfice
were obtained by dividing the total expenditure of the re-
spective establishments by the number of police in e*
each ;
but Sir Richard Mayne points out that this method of
procedure is erroneous, as in estimating the cost of the
Metropolitan establishment several large sums are included
which do not properly relate to the cost of the police con-
stable, and which have corresponding items in the City
police accounts. The sums amount in the aggregate to no
less than £72,553 2s ld, and refer to expenses incurred for
building and repairs, medicine and refreshment for prisons,
horses, forage, special allowances to constables, deficiency
of superannuation fund, See. The accurate annual cost of
the Metropolitan police force Sir Richard Mayne shows to
be £400,389 2s 3d, which, divided by 6,116, the number of
men, gives £65 953 d as the average cost of each man. The
police constables belonging to the Metropolitan force, who
are employed in the Dsckyard and War Department are
not of course considered in the foregoing figures, bat i t
has been ascertained that their cost per head is £3 98 10d.
On the part of the City police, the cost for the year 1861,
according to the account: of the City Chamberlain, was
£18,172 9s, making the average test per man £79 4s.
7d, the force numbering 608 individuals. 'rime, as Sir
Richard Mayne shows, that each man in the City
casts i'9 4s 70, or 21 per cent. higher than in the
Metropolitan force. The difference is cau-ed by a higher
of Pay, cost of clothing, equipment, &c and the
greater expenses of the management ofthe 7.
8
posing the
Pay
expenses,
City police. up-
penses, and management to be on the Ale •
tropolitart scale, x
the City
Wliile, a sura,, of £3,370 per year would be saved by
by the Metropolio:tee other hand, if the City was adopted
tore would be £l,lsestablishment, the additional expendi-
another point of ' per year. Regardine. the question from
view, he
p M "
the maintenance of then I'''. ayne finds that the cost of
on the whole population' ootice, considered as a tax per head
politan district, 2s 10d,
wad
i:',,aaeh district, is, in the Metro-
cent. higher in the latter di in
City' 8s
4d'
or 191 per
per house is shown to be 19s Oid foln the same way the cos,
28 100, or more than 200 per cent.irlithe metropolis, and £3
ghee, in the City.
SECURITY FROM enrste
Sir Richard Mayne next goes into -a
p
(
crimes of ail classes in the City and Metreotipm7traisdn 1
of the '
' and quotes the criminal returns in the latest volun districts'
of the
Judicial Statistics, to show that the number of erimmeos
milted in the year 1861 was, in the City, 1,029, and ine°:3lie.
I,l6tropoliLm 6i,t:iet 11,2^3; the area o: t'n•City being little
more then 0720 rquare mi,e, CIE; population 111,781, number
of hens, s 479 ,•
9 1 and its the Metropulii-en district, area 671
sq4alv, LuLL.,,,, popubli44 3,110,04, PZ:i io.:nii,:r et kous:z

of each other ; in short, to meet the native parties
somewhat after their own fashion of warfare. Thus,
as these parties clear the country of date cbed parties
of natives, the war will be pushed into the enemy's
country. One of these detached parties, consisting
of about 30 men of the 57th, under Lieutenant
Brunton, fell in with a party of natives early on the
morning of Monday, the 18th of May. They were
stealing towards the camp, but were still on the
south side of a stream which forms the southern
boundary of the Tatarainaaka block, Brunton's party
was posted on the north side of the stream, and a
small detachment was directed to advance uncovered
in order to draw the retires into a premature at-
tack, the main body being at band to support. The
natives at once made their appearance, and the first
of them who attempted to cross the stream was shot
and bayonetted. As more natives advanced, the
small detachment retired in the rear of the main
body, and then as the natives advanced farther they