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in which they covered the advance over difficul.'
ground.—l have, Sze.,
(Signed) D. A. CAMERON, Lieut.-General.
His Excellency Sir G. Grey, R.C.8.,

Sept. 6, 1863.
Headquarters, Queen's Redoubt,
My Lord,—l have the honour to forward the
copy of a despatch to his Excellency the Governor,
enclosing reports from Capt. the Hon. F. Le .Poer
Trench, 40th Regt., and Ensign Dawson, 2d bot-
talion, 18th Regiment, relative to an attack upon t:
patrol in the village of Pokeno, on the 2a inst.,
about a mile and a half from this post. Nothing
else of any importance has occurred since the date
of my despatch. Two detachments, 12th and 40th
Regiments, have arrived from Sydney and Tas-
mania, amounting to about 160 men.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) D. A. CAMERON, Lieut.-Gen.
The Right Hon. the Secretary of State

for War, &c., London.

Headquarters, Queen's Redoubt, Sept. 4,1863.
Sir,--I have the honour to forward, for your ex-
cellency's information, the copy of a report from
Ensign Dawson, 2d Battalion Royal Irish, of an
attack made upon the patrol under his command,
near the village of Pokeno, on the morning of the
2d inst., with one from Captain the Hon. F. Le Poer
Trench,4oth Regiment, whom,
on hearing the firing,
I ordered to proceed in support with the inlying
piquet from the Queen's Redoubt.
The gallantry of Ensign Dawson and his patrol,
in charging the enemy:without hesitation when fired
upon suddenly from the bush, their steadiness when
they found themselves nearly surrounded by supe-
rior numbers, and the manner in which Captain
Trench brought up his support, and assisted in put-
tingthose two officers and the detachments under their
the enemy to flight, reflect great credit upon
command, which consisted of parties of the 2d Bat-
talion 18th, 40th, and 65th Regiments.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) D. A. CAMERON.
K.O B„ &c.
His Excellency Sir George Grey,

Queen's Redoubt, Sept. 4, 1863.
Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the infor-
mation of the Lieutenant-General Commanding,
that on the morning of. Sept. 2 I was subaltern in
charge of the Pokeno piquet, of two sergeants and
60 rank and file, leaving Queen's Redoubt at about
seven o'clock a.m., when within about half a mile of
the village I was attacked in my rear by a body of
Maories. I ordered my men to face about and
charge them. We drove them down a gully towards
the swamp into the bush on the right of Pokeno
village. I followed them for about half a mile along
the track towards Paparoa. Hearing yells in the
direction of the village, I returned along the track
to the open ground where I was first fired on.
On arriving there I was received with a volley
from the enemy, who were extended across the whole
of the clearing, then between me and the village,
and also from the bush on the right. I cannot too
highly praise the steady conduct of the men at this
moment. The enemy appearing in great force, I
ordered the men to remain in skirmishing order,
and to keep a steady fire, taking advantage of any
cover the ground afforded. From the commotion I
occasionally perceived, I concluded that our fire was
effectual, and that the Maories were removing their
wounded. I remained in the position I had taken
up until reinforced by Captain the Hon. F. Le P.
Trench, 40th Regiment, who then assumed the com-
mand, and by h a order I advanced with the skir-
mishers.—l have, &c.,

(Signed) CHARLTON DAWSON,
Ensign, 2d Battalion, 18th Royal Irish
The Assistant Military Secretary, &e.,

Head-quarters.

Queen's Redoubt, Sept. 4, 1863.
Sir,--I have the honour to report, for the infor-
mation of the Lieutenant-General Commanding, that
at about half-past seven o'clock on the morning of
the 2d, I was ordered to march the inlying picket
to the support of the patrol at Pokeno village'
When within about half a mile from the village I,
found the patrol, under command of Ensign Daw-
son, 2d Battalion, 18th Royal Irish, engaged with a
body of Maories, who at that time occupied the
bush on the right of the village, and the clearing on
this side of it, which is covered with fallen timber.
I immediately reinforced the skirmishers, who ad-
vanced, driving the Maories from the clearing, and
oat of the village into the bash. After scouring
the bush on the right of the village, the enemy
having made their retreat in that direction, and
deeming that further pursuit was useless, I re-
turned to the Queen's Redoubt. In the meantime
the force under my command had been augmented
by the arrival of the escort under the command of
Captain Noblett, 2d Battalion, 18th Regiment. I
am happy to be able to state that there were no
casualties on our side, and that both officers and
men behaved with the greatest steadiness. lam
unable to compute the loss on the part of the
Maories. Two flint guns and some ammunition fell
' into our hands.
I beg to bring to the notice of the Lieutenant-
General Commanding the services of Ensign Spier,
65th Regiment, Ensign Gomez,
Lieut. Croft, 2d Battalion, 18th
Reglinsenet'ciwallyo
accompanied the inlying picket, a,idd
40th
.h Regiment,
the conduct of Ensign Dawson, -
a force of
Battalion,llore lBth
Regiment, who had to contend against
,
Nlaories far superior in numbers to the patrol under
his command.—l have, ke.
F. LE p,ARENCII,
(Signed)
Captain 40th Regiment.
The Assistant Military Secretary, &c.
Head•quarters.

Head-quarters, Queen's Redoubt, 1
Aug. 25, 1863.
Sir,--I
hare the honour to forward, for your ex-
information, the copy of a report which
from Capt. Cook, 40th R i
clehllaevnecyr'seceired
eg-ment,
ibaorad
nl3
sudden attack made by a largelv
es upon a party of 25 men of the 40th
rebel nativ
itegio
ent, employed under Mr. Martyn in felling
1 hon the Great South•road, near
lli
bus syo o
relative to
Clearin
egg.
I rret to state that two men were killed, and
nearly the whole of the arms belonging
to the
arty were taken possession of byp the enemy, and
more lives must have been lost but for the timely
assistance rendered by the escort under the command
of Capt. Cook, whose conduct on the occasion was
most praiseworthy.

The officers mentioned in Capt. Cook's report,
who commanded the different posts along the road,
deserve great credit for the promptitude with which
they hastened in support.
Your excellency will observe that we had only
ono man hit after the arrival of the escort, although
the enemy continued firing for upwards of an hour.
Had the men employed in felling the bush been
protected, according to my directions, this occur-
' rence in all probability would not have taken
place.--I have, Sc.,

(Signed) D. A. CAMERON,
Lieutenant .General.
Hie Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.8., Sze.
Nominal return of killed and wounded at the
Fifth Bridge, on August 25, 1863.—Private John
Gidney, 40th corps, bullet wound in left side--
fatal ; Private Brien Flannory, do., bullet wound in
left breast, and bullet wound through right thigh
fatal; Private Laurence Plover, 2-ISth, bullet wound
in right leg.

Queen's Redoubt, Aug. 25. 1863.
Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the infor-
mation of the Lieutenant-General Commanding,
that when returning from Baird's Farm, in command
of the escort with the convoy from Drury, this day,
on arriving at Williamson s Clearing, I heard firing
in my front, and on proceeding to the spot, found
that my advanced guard was engaged, in the imme-
diate Ticinity of the road, with A party of rlaories.

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'he main body of my escort rushed up, an
quickly drove the enemy into the bush. It al.
that a party, consisting of 25 men 0kti.,.4041
mont, under a non-commissioned
ployed in felling bush near the road. Thqtha
their arms piled on the edge of the road maael el
of a sentry. Suddenly a number of Macnaes ru shed
upon the arms and took possession of them,
ided.
the sen-
try firing at them. The Maories had surrll,ll
dead
the men in the bush, and had shot two men
when my advanced guard came up and eng
P.ed
them. Reinforcements from Williamson's Clearin,l;9
NlL.Nrtyn's Farm, Kerr's Farm, and Razor's Back, '1,9
well Z 1,9 a party of 30 men of the escort proceeding':
,to l)rur.v under the command of Captain Bishopp,
FransperC Corps, with Assistant-Surgeon Carberry,
2d Bagel-ice-1, 14th Regiment, joined me shortly
after h- the tiog commenced, and we skirmished
w.
the ene•zny- for about an hour and a quarter,
driving them ietct the bush, and following thenr
in for a short way.. A party of the 65th Regi-
ment, under Capt. Oi•c;. endeavoured to get behind
the Maories and cut GA' their retreat, but were
aosiecessful. The easualLies of the troops under
my command consisted of eve man 2d Battalion,
18th Regiment, wounded. loss of the Maori es
appears to have been one man kil:led and left on the
field, INvid five men wounded Etna carried awaY.
Two rifles, a few muskets, some tomahawks, am-
munition,
to the notice of the ieutenant-
Gra Commanding the services of Captain Ord,
65th Regiment
I
beg t o
& ber.i,n fgell into our hands.
Captain Bishopp, 2d BattaUt 'n, 18th
enel eom
Regiment ; Lieutenant Warren, 65th Regiment,
commanding at Kerr's Farm; Lieutenant Thae, her,
commanding at wi
2lida
mßsaotnt ocnl,e
al
rBitnh Regiment, egLimieeunttesnant
iClarke, Aladra.s
Cavalry, attached to Transport Corps ; and Lieu.
tenant Pagan, 65th Regiment, and Ensign
2d Battalion, 18th Regiment, who were with the
escort under my command.
The whole of the officers and men behaved ex-
tremely well.
Judging from the enemy's fire, I should say there
were at leizst 200 of them.—l have, &C.
(Signed) A. COOK, Captain 40th Regt.
The Assistant Military Secretary, Head-
Quarters, Queen's Redoubt.

Naval and Military Intelligence.
THE NAVY.
The screw steam corvette Pelorus, 21, Captain.
Henry Boys, left Plymouth Sound on Monday
evening for the Cape of Good Hope and China.
The screw steamsloop Cordelia, 11, and the
paddlewheel steamsloop Gladiator, 6, at Davonport,
are nearly ready for the first division of the Steam
Reserve in Hamonze.
The Bermuda Royal Gazette of October the 2 7th,
states that it was the intention of Rear-Admiral of
the Red Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.8., to make his
nsual cruise in the Nile to the West India portion.
of his station about Christmas, and then return to
Bermuda, where he will meet his successor, Rear-
Admiral of the Red Sir Jas. Hope, K.C.8., shortly
after that season. The screw steam frigate Immor-
talitCe 35, Captain Ge.orge Hancock, was appointed
to leave Bermuda on the 28th of October, for Bar-
badoes. The Italian line-of-battle ship Re Galan-
tuomo, Capt. Ulisse Isola, from Italy for New York,
arrived at Bermuda on the 22d of October. She
had on board officers and a crew for an ironclad
frigate, recently built at New York for the Italian.
Government.
Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham
directing that the iron plated frigate Caledonia, 35,
1,000 horse power, is not to be sent to that dock-
yard, as was at first ordered, but is to be fitted at
Sheerness for the first division of the Steam Reserve,
A subsequent order directs her to be brought for-
ward with all despatch, as she is intended to join
the iron squadron of the Channel fleet. The Cale-
donia has been taken under the mastiag sheats to
take in her masts.
The Bombay, 67, 400 horse power, has had her
lower masts put in under the floating shears in
Chatham harbour; and will to-day occupy the dock
vccated yesterday by the iron paddlewheel steamer
Recruit, in order to undergo some extensive repairs,
and to be fitted for a flagship. The Bombay is to
be ready for sea by the 30th of March next.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. Christopher C. Hassan to
the Duke of Wellington; Walter Hailstone,
shipuaan. to the Wasp; Dr. Christopher K. Ord
surgeon, to the Euryalus, additional, for Ber-
vico with the Thyal Marines; D.iniel Saunders
surgeon, to the Conqueror; Angus Robertson and
Gabriel M. Eyles, assistant-surgeons, to the Eurye
lus, for service with the Royal Marines v•Henry • • •
Hadlow, assistant-surgeon, to the Conqueror ;
J.
T. Comerford, acting assistant-surgeon, to the Con-
queror; Captain W. G. Luard to the Conqueror ;
Commander E. T. Nott to the Conqueror; Lieut.
Alfred T. Dale to the Excellent, for study; Lieut.
J. F. Lenon to the Wasp ; Lieut. Hubert H. Ed-
wards to the Resistance ; Lieut. H. G. Belson and
Lieut. S. G. Price to the Conqueror ; John C. Sol-
fleet, master, to the Conqueror ; James W. Ashton,
master, to the Asia, for the Bulldog ; Sub-Lieut.
Robert H. W. Cornwall, Sub-Lieut. Henry H.
amp Ju-
stice, and Sub-Lieut. John Hayes to the Conqueror ;
llra
Wasp; GordonandJohn
C. A.
Young,Cb midshipman,ell midship-
men,
to the Edgar ; Henry 13. B. Boresford, Charles E.
WH. Hutton, Walter H. Joliffe, •
ii
1 i to i
the W'ills Voan s
Pierre G. Evan.,
and Charles AV. List, midshipmen, to the C on-
queror ; Robert H. Davies and John Mordaunt,
naval cadets, to the Wasp ; the Rev. E. J. Hitch-
ings, chaplain and naval instructor,
to the Con-
queror; Samuel Smyth, paymaster, to the Archer;
Richard Evans, surgeon, to the Rosario ; Charles
F. Williams, assistant surgeon, to the Cambridge ;
John F. Barnes, second master, to the Conqueror;
W. H. Panter, second master, to the Weser ; Wm.
H. James, second master, to the Dee; Thomas Ro-
bertson, second master, to the Sealark • Thurston.
r,the
Stringer, second master, to Black Prince ; Fred.
second master, K. Taylor, tothe
Lizard Herbert
D • Walker, second master, to the Tamar ;
G.
Atkinson, second master, to the Sparrow; A. H.
nhees, Henry C. Mills, and Richard Golden, mas-
ter's assistants, to the Aurora ; W. A. R. Ryan,
master's assistant, to the Adventure ; E. Kearns,
master's assistant, to the Dee; J. R. Hayden, mas-
ter's assistant, to the Wasp ; and C. K. S. Young,
master's assistant, to the Dasher.
The undernamed second masters were on Mon-
day promoted to the rank of master :—John
G.
O'Connell, Frederick A. Johnston, Henry R. L
Pearch, Henry Aguilar, James W. Ashton, BeRlO4.-
min S. Jackson, Stafford C. Tracey, and Jo"G.
Gowliand. esterday
A private letter received at Plymouth 9
dere for
states that the Government has issued
rore Lie•ht
preparing 500 rank and file Royal .L_Alhaey
inwil l be
Infantry for service in Japan.
Chatham, Ports-
selected from the head-quarters at
It was at first
11
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mouth, Plymouth, and Wooiwinili
fantry would be rat
reported that 1,000 light
e: uiries have been made
quired for this service.
capablelnecin of conveying
at Devonport fora
very
distant point, supposed
body of Marines to a Ye
to be Japan.
morning the left wing of the 75th
Yesterday moan
Regiment left P
I..enouth by the South Devon Rail-
at Aldershott.
way for the camp

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secured
ibro 2SO Agents.
packets bY -', ,
following
win- ?-1 he American journals have
been prohibited in Prussia : Mc/Vett, York States Gazette,
Horniman's
The Weekly Paper of the .Wew York States Gazette, .The
weekly People's Paper of Cincinnati, and The Daily Ad-
vertiser of the' West in St Louis.
GLASGOW, Nov. 21.
—Cotton.—Our cotton mar-
ket hes been (lull during the week, and prices have
declined. Goods and Yarns.—Our market for goods and
yarns has been very dull during the week, but prices are
rather firm. Iron.—The pig-iron market during the week
has been very active, with a strong upward tendency, and
to-day closes with buyers at extreme rates—viz., 63s 3d
cash, 63s 6cl one month, 63s 9d two months, and 64s three
months. G.M.8., No. 1,62 s 9d ; No. 3,61 s 9d ; No. 1,
Gartsherrie, 6is 6d ; Calder, 63s 6d ; Glengarnock, 62s 6d;
Carron, 61s.
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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25, 1863.

The speeches delivered yesterday before an im-
mense audienco of fully three thousand people down
at Rochdale, by Mr. COBDEN and Mr. BRIGHT, are
to us positively refreshing. In the midst of so much
apathy, silence, indifference, of so little being said
that is really worth listening to, of absolutely
nothing whatever being done that notoriously wants
doing, among our leading politicians—it is in sim-
plest truth nothing less than refreshing to hear or
read the outspoken thoughts, the earnest convic-
tions, the avowal of the bold and clearly-defined
principles of two such men as the member for Roch-
dale and the member for Birmingham. Even when
we :emit coincide with their views, tho©e views of
theirs are propounded with such a manly precision
and distinceness that even their opponents must
needs listen, to their enunciation with a profound
interest ant', even at times it would not be extrava-
gant to assert, with a sort of itritated admiration.
I_adeed the unreserved outspsaking alluded to may
e Pronounced at once, in regard to each of them,
beto
timply constitutional. It has more than
once been observable in the course of their
strictly
oTemporary careers, careers that have
been rtttrtila
parallel with each other, almost unin-
terruptedly
uring the last quarter of a century, that
when their
with those ot tl
opinions have been least in accordance
t:.
People, of the Press, and of Parlia-
ment, those epilessly expressed tes have been if possible more fear-
ever alike on the hustings, on
te
the public platferr'
'eaind from their favourite seat on
the secotad bench b
side of the Govern: atthe gangway, now on the
thelne and Outs of Party.
p However ho Bless their the
as leaders of public
opinion—as in the instance
of 'the war in the Crimea, he he' Chinese War, or
ortance,nono`vw inr,l!:rrtiegard to this
question of imp
have never yet shirked ndi to that—they
y
matter is it, we believe, in any way
ti
i y. that they
tnlur for that
aou
could by any possibility, under an
circumstances, do so. There is a eettainmaN
aginable
ance
of t 4rnperawent frequently noticeable illl\l:Eri
it true, that is not in the least discernable in
thr,
in stance of his older and calmer collemille.
'Whereas the genius of Mr. BittiellT is that
of
an impassioned demagogue, the genius of mr.
COBDEN is far more luminous and philosophic
in its character, is that at once of a logician and a
Statesman. While Mr. BRIGHT, in hishappier
moments and among a congenial mu!titude, bears
his hearers away with him, so to speak, by the
very impetuosity of his declamation, Mr. COBDEN
often carries unwilling conviction home to the
judgment of an alien audience by the cogency of his
arguments, arg amen ts having about them repeatedly
the surprise of wit, no less than the force and clear-
ess of so many epigrammatic syllogisms. Although,
from the peculiar circumstance of the present
Political situation, we might even say of the
In'roeree,\nit political stagnation, neither Mr. BRIG HT
than
it sm o
.isCaOrtRaDEN,Cr. ould speak otherwise yesterday
in remonstrance, they have not
for a very
happier vein while been either of them in a
than they were
t, es evening while
descanting upon that situation white reprobating
h
that stagnation.
ng could well have been
more felicitous in the set:
than
many
of
the
telling
gof good-humoured satire
ddress of the points,mem-
the lucky hits
recognisable in the lengthened
ber for Rochdale. instance
this,
allusions to
tix ignorance c:idonced, only tntohfm his
qsulentvesly among
many of those arrogating to
in this
,
country the right to criticise the fluctuations of
in theth
war, oe to anticipate the probable issue of it
North American Republic—an ignorance even ine
regard to well-ascertained statistics, and in reference
actually to g€:ograpnical particulars. The
ful sarcasms of the Member for Birmingham, how.