The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1863.

THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND.

The following is an account of the attack on St.
George's Redoubt by the British troops I—.
"At about 9 p.m. on Wednesday evening, 81 of the 65th
Regiment, under Capt. Gresson and Lieuts. Lewis and
Chevalier; 90 men of the 40th Regiment, under Lieut.
Hobbs and Ensign Ducrow ; 294 men of the 70th Re-
giment, under Major Mulook, Capts. Rutherford, Tovey,
Ralston, and Cay, Lieuts. Huskisson and Grierson, En-
signs Clarke and Young, and Dr. Micklehan ; also 119 of
the Artillery corps, under Capt. Mercer. R.A., and Lieuts.
Rait and Larcomh ; together with Lieut.-Col. Gamble,
D.Q,G., Lieut.-Col. Hutchins, Military Secretary, Major
Paul, Dr. Mount, C. 8., Capt. Travers, L.T.C., Major
M'Neill, A.D.C., Captain Gordon, A.D.C., Dr. Tomlin-
son, D.A.C.G., Mr. Innes and Mr. Parris, Assistant Native
Secretary—the whole under the command of Lieut.-Gene-
ral Cameron, C.B.—marched from town by the Great South
road, On reaching the Potoko redoubt the force was joined
by a party of the 57th Regiment, under Col. Moore, C. 8.,
Capt. Russell, Adjutant Clarke, Ensign Douglass, Dr.
Mackinnon, and Quartermaster Martindale; the detach-
ment of the 40th being left there in garrison, under Lieut.
Hobbs. At Oakura the force was joined by a detachment of
the 70th, under Capt. Tovey, remaining to garrison that
post. The troops, observing a dead silence, with a party of
skirmishers along the heights, proceeded to Tataraimaka,
where they were reinforced by Lieut.-Col. Logan, Captain
Short, Ensign Duncan, and Lieutenant Warburton, R.E.,
with a detachment of the 57th from Oakura, together with
Lieutenant Pickard, R.A,, and three Armstrong guns, and
a detachment of the mounted artillery, and Lieutenant
Ferguson, R,E,, with a sergeant and six men of the Engi•
veers. The whole force assembled at St. George's Redoubt,
and waited impatiently there till daylight. The force was
then formed in the rear of the redoubt,as follows :—The 57th,
including the Tataraimaka detachment, under Col.,Warre,
as the advance—the 65th and 70th to follow as a support.
At a quarter-past 6 a.m. the force advanced to the attack,
the course being taken to the left of the redoubt, over Bay-
ly's farm. After marching about 400 yards,the Armstrong
battery halted, and was posted on the edge of the ridge over-
hanging the Katikara river. Here the guns immediately
wheeled up, and fired into the native redoubt, about 800
yards distant, directly inland, the 57th at the same time
double down the valley in single file to attack the rifle pits to
the right of the enemy's position. After dashing across the
stream,and ascending the opposite height, the advance,under
Lieuts. Waller and Brutton, with their colonel in command,
immediately rushed the rifle pits to the right, and drove the
enemy from their position above the mouth of the river,
opening up the road to the reserves, which came rapidly up
while the supporting party under Lieutenant-Col, Logan,
Captains Short and Russell, and Ensigns Manners, Dun-
can, and Douglass, having been fired upon from the re-
doubt, turned to their left, and running over an open
space of 300 yards, with fixed bayonets, stormed the place,
killing every native found in it. Captain Short, with his
party, and Captain Russell, with his, rushed to the redoubt
almost simultaneously, while Ensign Duncan was Coming
over at another part. Captain Short claims to be first in,
1 and Colonel Logan, who dismounted his horse just outside,
went in immediately after. The men behaved well, and
I nothing could resist the impetuosity of the charge. The
natives were at once driven into their holes, where the
bayonet did its work. On the right, Colonel Warre's party
cleared the rifle-pits, and pursued the flying enemy south-
wards and inland, Colonel Warre leading his men through
the high fern with conspicuous gallantly—the 65th and
70th coming up in time by the right of St. George's
Redoubt, and up to the Katikara Valley, to be of essential
service. The brunt of the action was borne by the 57th.
The General was highly pleased with the gallant manner in
which the enemy's positions were carried, and, we are told,
complimented Colonel Warre and his men on the spot,
telling the Colonel he ' ought to be proud to command so
fine a regiment. Well done 57th.' When the Armstrong
guns ceased firing (the practice of which was excellent)
Lieutenant Rait and a party of the artillery, with their
sword and revolvers, crossed the gully river to the left, to
try and intercept the retreat of the enemy from their re-
doubt. The Maori position taken by Colonel Logan's party,
in which were several whares, was fired, and the enemy pur-
sued in all directions. The bodies of the natives killed (24
in number) were brought to the Tataraimaka camp in trans-
port carts, and several persons asked if they could identify
any of them. One was supposed to be Tamati Hone Orau.
kawa,chief of the Nagarauhine division of Ngatiruanui tribe.
but it was almost impossible to tell, from the fact of one-
half of the head having been blown away by a shell, but
none of the others could be identified. Several guns were
taken, and a fine taiaha (a chief's spear) and several tom,
hawks are trophies in the hands of the men. The spear was
sold to an officer for £lO. The Eclipse was anchored off the
Katikaka Valley, and threw some shells while the troops
were advancing to the attack. A shell from her Armstrong
gun was thrown with admirable precision, and the distance
judged exactly. The ship lay within a mile of the native
redoubt, and one shell fell into the centre of it, and killed
at least one native, for a piece of the fuse was found in one
of the bodies, which Commander Mayne has preserved. The
loss of the natives may be safely estimated at about forty
killed, and a great number wounded. Another account esti-
mates the loss at about 75 killed. The bodies brought in
were only those killed in the redoubt, and it is known that
several natives were shot while retreating.
" The loss of the Queen's troops was one killed, and about
ten wounded, but two of the wounded have since died. The
following is a list of the casualties :-57th Regiment—
Killed, Private Edward Martin; wounded, Private H.
Shipman, mortal, wound in head (since dead) ; Private
J. Osborne, dangerously, wound of abdomen (since dead) ;
Private P. Flaherty, severely, gunshot, shoulder ; Private
J. Evans, severely, gunshot, wrist; Private M. Fox,
slightly, thumb wounded; Private J. Deegan, slightly,
gunshot, face ; Private D. Hurley, slightly, tomahawk,
ankle; Private Isaac Morton, severely, contusion, both
thighs ; Private B. Stackpool, severely, tomahawk, shin.
70th Regiment. Wounded—Private W. Wallace, severely,
gunshot, elbow.

"The Militia and Volunteers have been thanked by the
Lieutenant-General, in an order of the day, for protecting
the town and for their general zeal and goodwill.
The latest accounts state that the Matatawa natives
have all gone over en masse to the enemy, and have signi-
fied their intention to murder the settlers. Unfortunately
there is too much reason to fear that the war has only
commenced.

"The body of Patrick Regan, the missing man in the
Warran beach massacre, has been found huddled in a
potato pit, about 100 yards from the scene of the murder.
A party of 300 men, under Colonel Warre, of the 67th,
brought it in for decent burial."

The special correspondent of the Nelson Exa-
miner, writing on the Bth of June from Taranaki,
reports as follows :

To prevent the possibility of being betrayed by the
friendly natives who infest the town, the intended expedi-
tion was kept a profound secret. The troops started at
intervals in very small parties, and on reaching their desti•
nation were encamped in gullies, out of sight of the enemy's
look• out of Katitake, at the ranges. Ammunition was sent
down as provision for the outposts, and other means adopted
for keeping the expedition quiet, The result was a sur-
prise, and a success as complete as is likely to be got at any
one time over an enemy who is scared like a rabbit, and dis-
perses when the odds are against him. For some time the
natives had been observed busily occupied in digging rifle
pits, from some of which they annoyed the Tataraimka
camp, and were constructing a redoubt after the plan of our
own when the attack was made. The pits the natives re-
lied on with such confidence were gallantly charged by
Col. Warre, and many a Crimean hero used to such work.
The redoubt was gallantly carried, and the hut and palings
were soon in flames; 24 bodies of natives were collected,
and when the ruins could be inspected several skeletons
were seen. About 150 natives are supposed co have escaped.
Of these some have been wounded from the continuous lire
directed at the position. One or two women were amongst
the fallen, and some few wounded men are stated to have
been despatched with the bayonet in the final rush. The
killed
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our side was only one killed and four wounded. Of the
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THE RECALL OF SIR JAMES HUDSON.

The Italians, not having it in their power to fall
foul of Earl Russell, are attacking their own Minis-
ters, as the following article from the Dirztto will
clearly enough testify :

" The recall of the illustrious English diplomatist
ought not, in the first place, to be ascribed to the
causes alleged by our semi-official journals. It is
not true that Sir James Hudsonliad completed the
term of his diplomatic mission ; se little so, indeed,
that other embassies were (Hared to him, which he
refused, because, being greatly attached to Italy, he
preferred staying amongst us in the character of a
private individual, and it would appear he has
chosen as his place of residence, Florence. This
change is believed to be connected with reasons of
far more serious importance, relating to the new
system of policy which England proposes to initiate
respecting France, and by which Italy, rendered by
our Ministers wholly dependent on the will of
France, be compelled greatly to suffer. It is
deemed probable that Sir James Hudson's known
attachment to Italy would have prevented him from
being the obedient instrument of plans to her
hurt, and that, even unconsciously, his personal
affection for the country might have exercised an
influence on his official conduct. This induction is
confirmed by the nomination of Mr. Elliot, who,
unless his opinions have changed, was in 1860
so little convinced of the solid character
of our revolution as to declare publicly
that Italian unity was a mere dream. The
part which this diplomatist has played in
Eastern affairs is well known, and, without doubt
the appointment is an ominous one for Italy. To
this must be added that the English Government
gave no intimation to ours of the intended change
of its representative. And our Government, which
of all is the worst served as regards diplomacy,
learned the thing only when it was done—after a
correspondence had taken place between the
Foreign-office and Sir J. Hudson, offering him other
diplomatic appointments, after he had successively
refused them, after his resignation had been accepted,
and the nomination of his successor certain. Then
only did Signor Visconti-Venosta receive official
knowledge of the affair, and he wrote to the Mar-
quis d'Azeglio at London, praying him to use his
efforts to prevent Sir James Hudson from being re-
called. But it was too late. We cannot tell how
the English-Foreign-office received the representa-
tions of our Ambassador; all we know ib, that he
left London for some watering-place."

It would be difficult, perhaps, to give a greater
proof of the extent of Sir James Hudson's influ-
ence than is furnished by the above article. Here
is a journal, the avowed organ of the Parliamentary
opposition to a Ministry which is supposed to have
come into power under Sir James Hudson's aus-
pices; and yet this very opposition journal makes
it the subject of a grave charge against the Minis-
try that it did not employ its influence and efforts
with the English Government to retain as Minister
at Turin the foreign diplomatist whose counsels are
believed to have given it birth.
There is one point respecting the secrecy in which
the progress of the affair was veiled, to which I
think it right to refer.. I believe Sir James was
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secrecy the persons, not more than one or two in
number, to whom he confided the circumstance of
the intended change.

The Italie, a recognised official organ, again com-
ments on the fact in the following terms :
" Notwithstanding all that is said or done, the
sudden recall of the Minister of England, Sir
pies all minds. The pretest ext
James Hudson, occupies
about his ago, &c., so complacently put forward
satisfies nobody ; that is felt to be a mere mot
d'ordre ; and besides, why should a recall founded
on such legitimate reasons have buret upon the
world all at once, so unexpectedly, surprisillg alike
the Italian Government and public opinion. It is
quite possible that the honourable Minister of Eng-
land might have had the right to retire, but it is
equally probable that he would not have wished
to avail himself of that right; and his excellent
health, as well as his admirable aptitude for business,
could never have suggested an event which, if only
due to his reaching a certain term of years, would
long ago have certainly been announced. It is not
more natural to seek in an another quarter the'ex-
planation of a fact which has justly called forth the
most contradictory comments, and does not the very
position of Sir James Hudson at Turin serve as a
guide to those who would scrutinise into the reasons
of his recall ? Sir James Hudson was already 111inis•
ter of England when the heart of Dalybeat only in
the breast of the small State of Piedmont ; he had
watched the new kingdom grow up beneath his
friendly glance ; he was so interested in its for-
tunes that he had come almost to look upon it as a
second country. Profoundly versed, during the last
14 years, in the secrets of the different Cabinets
which had successively held power, esteemed and be-
loved by the whole society of Turin, where the kind
manner of this grand seigneur had won for him
quite an excepticnal position the English Minister,
commanding all sympathies, possessed a political
influence which made the position here of the repre-
sentatives of other Powers extremely difficult, and
gave to his opinions, ripened as they were by expe-
rience, a preponderance which the other heads of the
diplomatic corps were forced vainly to envy- Hence,
little petty attacks and rivalries were unknown. It
was especially at the time of Count Cavour, whose
friend he was, and who often asked his advice, that
Sir James Hudson served efficiently the cause of
that Italian unity to which he was so wholly de-
voted. In the matter of the annexation of the pro-
vinces, after the Treaty of Villafranca, he strongly
supported the views of Count Cavour, and thus
powerfully contributed to strengthen in Italy that
close union with England of which France at a
later period exaggerated the character. The friend
of Cana Cavour naturally drew near, after the
death of the great Minister, to the Cabinet directed
by him whom Count Cavour himself on his death-
bed had designated as his successor, Baron Ricasoli,
and defended him until the hour of his fall ; a fall
ascribed, not without reason, to the diplomatic ac-
tion of the Imperial Government,"

After proceeding further to trace the phases of
Sir James Hudson's influence at the Court of Turin,
the Italie reverts to the very natural comments
which his sudden recall has given rise to :
" Are there not," it inquires, " concealed herein
tendencies alarmins; for Ita]y, and most apt to call
up doubts as to the dispositions of Italy in regard
to the national unity. The two camps into which
the English Cabinet is at present divided are com-
manded—the one by Lord Palmerston, the fervent
friend of Italy ; the other by Earl Russell, her luke-
warm partisan, not to say more. These forces stand
opposed to one another. Now, the recall of Sir
James Hudson is, perhaps, the affirmation of the
triumph of Earl Russell's policy, of which the
Minister at Turin was reported to be by no means
a fervent admirer. Well, from Earl Russell Italy
certainly has not much to hope; but what an advo-
cate and what a friend does she lose with the lose
of Sir James Hudson !"

A DRAFT BULL.—A laughable circumstance took
place in the Fourteenth Ward, Philadelphia, dating
the drafting last week. Everything was going on quietly,
and good humour appeared to be depicted upon every coun-
tenance. Among the many hundreds that were there was a
pale-faced son of the Emerald Isle, gazing on the wheel, and
at every revolution gasping for breath. Of a sudden losing
all control of himself, he burst out, " Whed it round ! when
it round !—rouse it, will ye " What's the matter with
you ?" said the Provost Marshal. " Oh, be jabers, turn it
round a dozen times, for that man you drawed last is my
next door neighbour." At this point the universal laugh
came in.—.New York 7ribtine.

The Supposed Murder at Margate,

A single woman, named Jane Cock, residing in
Princes-court, King-street, and of immoral charac-
ter, was drowned on Friday at Margate, and a
waiter at the Tivoli Gardens, named George Stead,
has been apprehended on suspicion of having caused
her death. At half-past two o'clock on Friday
morning the deceased was seen to go down the
jetty, and ten minutes afterwards she was followed
by Stead, and about ten minutes later a scream was
heard. The person who saw the parties was a
coastguard, who, on hearing the scream, proceeded
down the jetty, when he met Steed, who said the
deceased was in the water, that he had had hold of
her hand and tried to pull her out, but could not.
Assistance was then procured, a boat launched, and
a search made, the prisoner assisting, but nothing
could be seen of the deceased. The prisoner was at
this time much excited, and stated that he saw on
the jetty three women and a man, but no one had
been seen by the coastguard but Stead and the de-
ceased. This excited suspicion, and the prisoner was
accordingly taken into custody. When the prisoner
was taken before the justices at the Town-hall to
answer the charge, after some evidence was given, the
following written statement of the prisoner was put
in and read :—" Margate, August 14. lam waiter at
Tivoli. About half-past one I was at Mr. Boat-
wright's. I left and went on the jetty. About half-
way down I sat on the jetty and smoked a cigar. I
saw one gentleman and three ladies. I fell off to
sleep, and was awoke by a cry for help. I then
called out and ran down to the end of the jetty.
Went down the steps and saw a female in the water
calling out for help. I endeavoured to pull her out,
but could not. I directed her to hold on while I
went to obtain assistance. I then called the coast-
guard, and assisted in launching a boat from the
beach. I went in the boat in search of her, but
could not find her. Had never seen the woman
before.—(Signed) GEORGE STEAD." The prisoner
signed that statement in the superintendent's pre-
sence. The Bench then consulted, and subsequently
remanded the prisoner, admitting him to bail of
£lOO, which the prisoner procured.
On Saturday last Mr. W, H. Payne, coroner, held
an inquest on the body. A good many witnesses
were examined, from whose evidence it appeared
that on Thursday night the deceased formed one of
a party at her nephew's, Henry Cock's, where a good
deal of beer and other drink was consumed. She
did not leave till about half-past one in the morning,
when she was a little intoxicated, but, as a witness
stated, quite capable of taking care of herself. She
was accompanied to within a short distance of her
house by a man named Wm. Lourie and Margaret
Emptage, and when they left her they supposed
she was going home. This, however, did not prove
to be the case. At a quarter to two Thomas Read,
a coast guardsman, saw George Stead, the prisoner,
go down the jetty; ten minutes later the de-
ceased followed him, and ten minutes after that
a shrill voice was heard. This proved to be the
voice of the deceased, who was in the water at the
end of the jetty calling for help. The coastguards-
man at once proceeded towards the spot, and met
stead, who was calling for the life-boat. The coast-
guard inquired of him what was the matter; and
he replied that a woman was in the water, that he
had had hold of her hand and tried to pull her out
but could not. Further assistance having arrived,
a boat was launched and search made ; bat nothing
could be seen of the body, and it was not found
until five o'clock, when it was seen floating on the
water. The principal circumstance that led to the
apprehension of Stead was that he stated there were
four persons on the jetty at the time, but the coast-
guard saw only the deceased and Stead. In giving
evidence, however, Stead said he met persons going
off the jetty as he went on. He also stated that he
was sitting smoking a cigar on the jetty, that he
fell asleep and was aroused by the screams of the
deceased. Mr. William H. Thornton, surgeon,
proved having examined the body of the deceased
externally, and the only marks of violence he found
thereon were some slight scratches, which might,
he said, have been caused by pieces of timber about
the jetty_ The jury returned a verdict—" That the
deceased was found drowned ; but there was no
evidence to show how she came in the water." At
the close of the inquest the prisoner Stead was
brought up on remand before the magistrates, on
the charge of having caused the death of the de-
ceased, when the verdict of the coroner's jury was
communicated to the Bench, who at once dischargd
the prisoner without a stain upon his character.