The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-13 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL MILITARY EXPEIRT
IN N.BW ZEALAND.-

The following despatches from her Majesty's Sec-
retary of State for the Colonies to Governor Sir
George Grey are taken from a blue-book dolivered
yesterday :

Copy of a despatch from the Duke of Newcastle,
K.G., to Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B.
Downing-street, April 23, 1862.

transmit to you a copy of a letter from the
'War Department, with its enclosures, in which Sir
Geo. Lewis expresses an opinion that the entire
expenses of the detachment of the 70th Regiment,
which, on your application General Cameron had
ordered to.prcceed to the province of Otago, in-
cluding the imperial pay of officers and men, should
be provided from colonial funds.
_ _

Her Majesty's Government have already had
under their consideration the proper principle to be
adopted in cases where her Majesty's troops are
employed for police purposes, and I will now state
for your information and guidance the principle to
be adhered to in future.

In cases where the troops so employed constitute
an addition to the force which would otherwise and
in due course have been stationed in the colony,
their whole expense, including that of transport
and Imperial pay, must be defrayed by the colony ;
but when soldiers, being part of the ordinary force
allotted to the colony, are merely moved from one
part of the colony to another, the local government
will only be required to pay such additional ex-
pense, of whatever kind, as in the opinion of the
Imperial Government is caused by such an extra •
ordinary use of the military force.
In regard, however, to the detachment sent to
Otago, I have to acquaint you, that, bearing•in
mind the large questions of military expenditure,
which will require settlement between the Home
Government and the colony under your Govern-
ment, and being anxious not to raise any unneces-
sary question, or to press unduly on the resources
of the colony, her Majesty's Government are wil-
ling so far to deviate from the rule which I have
just laid down as to allow the arrangement, as re-
gards payment, made by Gen. Cameron, to stand
good retrospectively, upon the distinct understand •
ing, however That her Majesty's Government shall
be relieved from all additional expense which the
reconveyance of the troops from Otago tO head-
quarters, and other incidental costs, would other-
wise be imposed upon the Home Treasury by this
movement. I must, however, add, that even under
the above conditions detachments of troops must
not hereafter be sent off on expeditions of this na-
ture unless a previous breach of the peace has taken
place, or is represented by the superintendents or
magistrates of the different provinces to be appre-
hended ; and I must also impress upon you that a
police force must be organised by the provinces in
which gold fields are situated, and that the local
authorities must not look to her Majesty's troops,
except in cases of the most pressing emergency,
for quelling any disturbances that may take place.
—I have, &c.,

(Signed) NEWCASTLE.
Governor Sir George Grey, ii.C.B., &c.

Copy of a despatch from the Dake of Newcastle,
K.G., to Governor Sir G. Grey, K.C.B.
Downing-street, April 26, 1862.

Sir,—l have to inform you that I have received a
communication from the Secretary of State for
War, inclosing copy of a letter which had been
addressed to him by Gen. Cameron, in which, ad-
verting to the employment of the troops in ex-
tending the road from Auckland to the Waikato
River, as reported in your despatch No. 2, of the
7th Jan., he calls attention to the fact that the
annual training of the militia force, as prescribed
by local ordinance, has been dispensed with, not-
withstanding the critical position in which the
colony has been placed for some time past. I
must express my surprise at the want of energy
displayed by your Government in not using every
effort to maintain the usefulness of a force which
might render such valuable assistance ; and I feel
that I have a right, with such a fact before me to
assume that there are more soldiers in the colony
than are required.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) NEWCASTLE.
Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.8., &c.

Copy of a despatch from the Duke of Newcastle,
K.G., to Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B.
" Downing •street, May 17, 1862.

Sir,—Referring to my despatch No. 29, of the
31st of March, in which I expressed my approval
of the measures which you had adopted for extend-
ing to the Wiakato River the road from Auckland,
and adverting to the communications which passed
between General Cameron and yourself, of which
copi: s accompanied your despatch No. 2, of the 7th
of January, respecting the source from which the
working pay, &c., of the troops employed on this
duty was to be paid, I have to inform you that her
Majesty's Government cannot undertake to defray
any part of the cost incurred on this account, and I
request that you will give directions for repaying
to the military chest the amount expended on this
object. I am glad to find that General Cameron
has caused the whole of the charges incurred in
connexion with this undertaking to be kept in a
separate account.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) NEWCASTLE.
Governor Sir George Grey,

Copy of a despatch from the Duke of Newcastle,
K.G., to Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.B.
Downing-street, May 26, 1862.

Sir,—l have had under my consideration you;
despatches, informing me of the language which
you have held to your ministry, of the plans which
ore
you propose to yourself and them, and of the u
carsue
which you desire the home Government to
affairs and
in regard to the management of native
tiff:he first
the cost of the war in New Zealand. 1. -r
to
place, you inform me that yon propose -
conduct native affairs like all other
.. and you de-
the advice of your executive connorii,
the governor
precate any attempt to set up eitehie,
the natives
or any special body betweas a
fitters, with
protective
ablish a machinery
and the General Assembly
improvement ofl
power. 2. You propose to °,l
for the Government asn
uppose will eventu-
Yall ar. Half of this sum,
the natives, which
ovided by the colonial legis-
you state, is already Pre
ally cost about X 50,000 oYe •
-I a the local government to
if will be virtually supplied
lature, and you have
other ha
overoment in the shape of a re-
by aspectthe thatitepe the
rieel
effoltonial contribution of £5 a bead
expo? 3. you propose the maintenance for
duction from the him • l force •
large military force, partly as a
someyears,:ibition of strength and determination,
oo
emtwhe the
eala u . i a
r to afford to the outsettlers that pro-
tection exhibition
and sense of security which is essential to
partly and °r e
teetien
occupy their farms. 4.
~.,inosub le
suggestthem ptrhoafit t arbolayd
st 0
I shoull bo made by the
troops
(still supported,
the imperial treasury) presume, at the expense of
and 5. You propose in conjunction with natives;
employed that military men should be
as commissioners in the native districts,
continuing, while so employed, to receive imperial
debt.
pay and allowances. With regard to the increasing
due from the colony to the British Treasury,
you state that to exact payment would be to ruin
the colony, and you transmit a memorandum drawn
up by the colonial treasurer, proposing the follow-
ing course---" Not to attempt to meet these various
demands, or to provide for this excessive expendi-
ture at present, but to wait till the existing native
difficulty is removed, to ascertain with accuracy
what proportion of the expenses the imperial go-
vernment would, after due deliberation and a full
knowledge of the facts of the case, charge the colony
with, and then to apply for a guaranteed loan of
k the requisite amount." Now I must, in the first