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THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND.

WAn OFFICE, Oct. 18, 1865.
The Secretary of State for War has received a
despatch from Lieutenant-General Sir Duncan A.
Cameron, K.C.8., with its enclosures, of which the
following are copies :
e. and 0. Steamer Mongolia, near
Malta, October 10.
MY LORD,--4 have the honour to forward, for
your lordship's information, the enclosed reports
received from Colonel Warre, C. 8., commanding at
Taranaki, relative to two skirmishes which took
place in that district, on the 28th July and 3rd
August last.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) D. A. CAMERON, Lieut.-Gen.
The Right Hon. Earl de Grey and Ripon,
War-Office.
" New Plymouth, New Zealand, July 29.
" Sir, —I have the honour to transmit, for the
information of the Lieut.-General commanding, the
enclosed reports which I received at 10 o'clock last
night. It is with very great regret' that I have to
record the death of Capt. Arthur R. Close, of the
43rd Light Infantry, whose gallantry in the skirmish
with the rebel natives, to whom he fell a victim,
gave evidence of great promise, but the conduct of
Ensign J. T. O'Brien and of the non-commissioned
officers named by this officer, and of the men of the
patrol, is highly commendable, and I have seldom
' read so clear and spirited a report as that furnished
by Ensign O'Brien of thislifatal affair.
I have directed Lieutenant-Colonel Colville, 43d
Light Infantry, with 150 of the 70th Regiment, and
50 of the 43d Light Infantry, as a flying column,
to proceed at once to Warea to endeavour to punish
the rebels ; but I much fear they have now dis-
persed, as I am satisfied that the rebels who attacked
Captain Close's party are those under Big Jack,
mentioned in my confidential report No. 14, of the
23d instant—although I was apparently deceived as
regards the number of followers with• Big Jack—
indeed Mr. Wilmington Carrington, employed in
the absence of Mr. Parris in the Native Office, a
few days after my last report was forwarded, told me
that Big Jack could muster about forty followers.
All other parts of this district are perfectly quiet.
—I have, &c.

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About one o'clock firing was heard in camp, and I imme-
diately ordered out all available men, and proceeded in com-
mand in the direction from which the firing was heard.
As we approached the firing ceased, and in about half an
hour we came up with Captain Close's party, when no traco
of a Maori was to be seen. They had evidently escaped in-
land on seeing the reinforcement coming up.
I regret much to state that Captain Close was mortally
wounded, and is since dead, and one private was killed.
I beg to enclose a report from Ensign O'Brien, who was
Captain Close's subaltern on the occasion, and who seems
to have acted with much coolness and judgment. • A list
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On arriving at the position I sent out Lieutenant Talbot
with 50 men to skirmish through some bush from which
the firing had come, but meeting with no sign of the enemy
he returned, and as the enemy was nowhere to be seen I
returned to camp.
On examining the bush from whence tho firing had come,
and on which it was returned, a considerable quantity of
blood was seen, so that they must have carried off their
wounded.

As the rear-guard were within 150 yards from camp, and
approaching the picquet sontries, some shots were fired from
a considerable distance inland.

I lost not a moment in communicating these circum•
stances.

T. E. HoLmEs, Major Commanding, Waroa.
The Garrison Adjutant, New Plymouth.

Camp, Wares, July 28, 1865.
Sir, —I have the honour to report, for your information,
that I was subaltern of the party (1. captain, 1 subaltern, 2
sergeants, 1 bugler, and 51 rank and file), which went out
under the command of Captain Close to patrol this morning,
28th July. The party marching along the track which
runs inland to the north of the Warea, and after pursuing
it for about four miles, struck a slight track to the right
over open country, and crossed the Wares, coming upon
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occasion of the recent expedition to Te Puru diverges from
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On reaching the point where the track joins the road,
Jim, the Maori, who was slightly in advance,
came back,
and pointed at some fresh tracks of natives who had come
upon the road evidently by the path before mentioned.
We advanced with caution, and, turning a corner of the
road about 500 yards further on, saw ft large body of Maories,
between 50 and 60 in number, on a slight hill on the left of
the road, about 300 yards in front of us. On perceiving our
party advancing they commenced gesticulating and shouting
" Pai Marire." On the right of the road, and running pa-
rallel to it, was a hedge, and beyond, at right angles to the
hedge, bush, which extended from the road to the river.
We advanced at the double, with directions to extend in
skirmishing order under cover of the hedge, and were mot
on our way there across the open by a heavy volley from
the natives, who crowned the crest of the hill without
exposing themselves, and Captain Close and ono private
fell mortally wounded ; they kept up a brisk and sus-
tained fire on us, which was returned by our party. Jim,
the Maori, was severely wounded immediately afterwards.
I took over 20 men and lined the bush with them in skir-
mishing order, to guard against any movement from that
quarter, and had hardly placed the men when a detached
party of Maories, consisting of some twenty-five men,
were seen creeping through the bush, evidently with the
intention of outflanking us ; a heavy firs was kept up
from the front to distract attention, they gave our men a
volley, and one man was wounded, the men closed and tho
volley was returned. I then fixed bayonets and charged,but
the natives effected their escape by the rear of the bush,
and rejoined the main body, who now left the hill and
crept under cover into a bush on the left of it, about 150
yards from us.

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Tho approach to this bush from our side was devoid of
cover of any kind, and their position there was strength-
ened by a small swamp in front of them. Under the cir-
avtetemnepatreldy
cumstances I did not feel justified, being the only officer
left, and being obliged to lea
htoalffomrcye, mweinthina
tvhieewb:hentthfleaynkhands, already
telreaatdympting
to rush into it, but
kept my men under cover: returning the fire the natives
kept up continuously, until thu reinforcement from camp
arrived; on the approach of the reinforcement the
firing ceased, and the natives must have retreated by
the rear of the bush, across a swamp, and so on to the track
to To Puru, as, on joining one of the reinforcing companies
and skirmishing over the ground recently hold by the na-
tives, we could find nothing but the tracks, which wore
soon lost in the swamp; we found no native bodies, but
from the quantities of blood in different places, I presume
they must have been removed when our attention was
engaged by volleys from the front.
I beg respectfully to bring to your notice the conduct of
Sergeants Holley and Phelan, who carried out my orders
with great coolness and judgment, and also to commend
most highly the conduct of Bugler Croghan, who stayed by
Capt. Close's body under a heavy fire, until ho received
assistance to remove it under cover, and who behaved
throughout most pluckily.
I annex a return of killed and wounded.
I have omitted to commend to your notice the conduct of
"Jim," the Maori, Ni hich was most creditable throughout.
I have, &c.,
J. T. ()Titus, Ensign,
43d Light Infantry.
DETACHMENT 43D LIGHT INFANTRY.
Nominal return of Men Killed and Wounded in the En-
gagement with the Maoris, July 28, 1865-43 d Regiment—l
e 1
Pyt .lAv
ußn.dCed ; loses,ingeuensdheoatd.wopunridvathtero
Juegilitnleifiteeleyheaci,mNore-
ta .l .
694, gunshot wound through head ; killed. Private Joseph
Overall,aeri._ TNeoN.v.a3k,oaB9,,,
"Jim," gunshot wound through right,
wound, loft hip (gunshot).
3/
thigh ; severe.
(Signed) R. A. P. GRANT, Assistant-Surgeon
Medical Charge, Detachment 43d Light Infantry.
Camp, Warea, 28th July, 1865.

New Plymouth, New Zealand, July 30, 1865.
Sir,—T he enclosed report from Major Holmes, Command

Dreadful Shipwreck.

Among the passengers drowned was a Mr. Nesbitt, the
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called him grandpa. They had urged him not to sail on
Friday, especially on the unlucky Brother Jonathan.' It
was evidently in remembrance of their childlike apprehen-
sions on his account that he wrote as follows :—" My
dear Ma,—A thousand affectionate adieus. You spoke of
my sailing on Friday—hangman's day—and the unlucky
Jonathan. Well, here I am, with death before me. My
love to you all—to Caspar, to Dita, to Belle, Mellie, and
little Myra—kiss her for me. Never forget GRANDPA."—
This sheet of paper was thrown overboard, and has since
been recovered. The witing is in pencil, and it is as clear,
says a San Francisco paper, as if hir. Nesbitt had intended'
it for " copy."

* 1 captain, 1 subaltern, 1 assistant-surgeon, 2 sergeants,
1 bugler, and 51 milk and

ACCIDENT IN WOOLWICH ARSENAL.—A young
lad, 14 years of age, named James Martin, in the
employ of Mr. Daly, contractor to the War Department,
was on Thursday engaged in attendance on a party of men
who were repairing the gas fittings in the royal gun fac-
tories at Woolwich, when his hand was caught between a
couple of cogwheels then in motion, and was literally
crushed to pulp. Tho man in charge, who had observed
the lad's inclination to meddle with the machinery, had
frequently warned him of the danger of so doing, and hear-
ing a shriek he suddenly stopped the wheel, when, hasten-
ing to the unfortunate lad's assistance, he found that the
hand was completed separated at the wrist. After receiving
temporary relief in the local dispensary from Dr. Briscoe
he was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where it was expected
a further amputation would. be found necessary.

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ing Detachment, 43d Light Infantry, at Warea, having been
forwarded too late to transmit with his original report of the
skirmish with the rebel natives near the post under his com-
mand, I have the honour to submit it for the consideration
of the officers in command of the troops in New Zealand.

I have also the honour to forward the original reports
furnished by Major Holmes and Ensign O'Brien, 43d Light
Infantry, which I request may be substituted for the copies
inadvertently forwarded with my letter of the 29th instant,
and that the copies may be returned to me to be filed in
this office.—l have, &c.,
(Signed)

IT. J. IVAnnE, Colonel,
Commanding Troops at Taranaki.
Tho Deputy Quartermaster-General, &c.
Headquarters, Auckland.

Sir, —ln addition to my hurried roport of last evening on
the subject of the engagement between a patrol under the
late Captain Close and the rebel natives at Konga-kumi-
kumi, I have the honour to bring to the notice of the colonel
commanding the very zealous and efficient services rendered
by Assistant-Surgeon Grant, 43d Light Infantry, who was
exposed, as I am informed, to a very heavy fire, under which
he directed Captain Close's body to be carried under cover.
I am much indebted to Lieutenant Talbot also, who ac-
companied me with the reinforcement from camp, for the
very gallant and zealous manner in which he led while
skirmishing.

Bugler Croghan also behaved in the most exemplary and
daring manner in remaining close by Captain Close's body
after ho was shot down, amidst a shower of bullets ; and in
my opinion he has well earned the decoration of the Victo-
ria Cross.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) THOMAS HOLMES, Major,
43d Light Infantry, Commanding, Warea.
Tho Garrison Adjutant, New Plymouth.

New Plymouth, Aug. 3, 1865.
Sir,—Although I have not yet received Lieut.-Colonel
Colvile's written report, ho sent Major Russell last evening
to give me the particulars of a very successful skirmish that
took place yesterday morning near Warea, in which I am
assured some 30 Maoris were placed hors de combat.
Lieut.-Colonel Colvile, as I have already reported, was
sent to punish the rebels who attacked Capt. Close's party
of the 43d Light Infantry on the 28th ult. To effect this
object, Lieut.-Col. Colvile divided his column, sending 100
rank and filo of the 70th Regiment, under Major Russell,
57th Regiment, by one native track, while he, with 150 of
the 43d Light Infantry, tc ok another.
Major Russell unexpectedly came upon an encampment
of rebel Maories near the village destroyed by Captain Cay
on the 13th of June last.

Captain Cay with, about 50 men, fixed bayonets and
charged the village, entirely routing the rebels, at least 12
of whom were left dead upon the ground, and 5 were taken
prisoners.

Two or threo of the mon having been wounded in this
very spirited affair, some little difficulty appears to have
been occasioned in bringing these wounded men away.
The Maoris kept up a constant fire from all sides, so that
we have to deplore the loss of Lieut. Bailey and three men
killed, and Lieut. Tylden and five men wounded, all of
whom were, however, brought back by the troops, and
Lieutenant-Colonel Colvilo's party, after much difficulty,
owing to the extremely bad roads, baying at last come up,
killed five more Maoris, and drove the remainder in all
directions.

I believe this account to bo substantially correct, but I
will forward Lieutenant-Colonel Colvile's report,,and also
Major Russell's, by the first opportunity.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) 11. J. WARItE, Colonel,
Commanding Troops, Taranaki.
The Deputy Quartermaster-General, &c.,
Headquarters, Auckland.

A letter in one of the San Francisco papers gives the

following account of the loss of the American ship Brother
Jonathan :—" I was lying in my berth, feeling sick and
sad, when I was suddenly startled by a fearful shock, fol-
lowed by a laboured rolling of the ship, a creaking of her
timbers, and the distinct roar of rushing waters. It was
but a moment's movement to spring from my berth and
look out of the stateroom window, when I saw a piece of
ship timber floating in the water and a man running to
the upper deck with a life preserver on, which con-
vinced me that we must be in great danger. I seized
my child with one hand, and, grasping a life preserver
with the other, I ran upon deck. On the way I met
ladies rushing froni their rooms in their night clothes,
their hair hanging loosely about them, and their faces
palid as death. Owing to the heavy sea, many were
sick in their berths when the disaster occurred. When I
reached the deck I saw one of the boats already lowered
and full of ladies, among whom was Mrs. General Wright.
Just then a woman sprang into the boat from the deck,
and in the same instant the steamer careened and upset
the boat, engulfing all in the merciless wave. One lady,
clutching her infant with one hand, seized a rope and
swung by the ship's side, now borne aloft, then disappear-
ing in the sea as wave rolled on wave towards the wreck;
nor did she loosen her grasp till the ship and its living
freight went down. After the boat was upset the cap-
tain threw a plank overboard, and one lady got on it,
but a wave drove it against the ship's side and struck
her. When I last saw her she was sinking and pressing
her head with one hand. Most of that which is detailed
above was seen while sitting in the boat in which I was
rescued, and with whom I now have to deal. When I first
reached the deck the boat above mentioned was already
filled with ladies, and the lifeboat, which was afterwards
saved, was occupied by the crew. Whether this was sel-
fish or not is not for me to decide ; but certain it is that
they availed themselves of their knowledge of the supe-
riority of this little boat over larger ones. Seeing the
boat full and ready to be lowered, I called to them
" Save my child !" when one reached out and took it—l
at the same time buckling on my life-preserver, because I
had rio expectation that they would take me, but one of
the men said, " Don't you want to come too ?" I joyfully
accepted the opportunity to go with my child, and was
soon dragged over the guards by two of the men. Just
then a man with a red jacket on jumped into the boat,
one foot lighing upon a Ohinawoman's shoulders and the
other upon a child, but neither uttered a cry. The cap-
tain at the same time exclaimed, " Stay back ; you'll
all be drowned." Hero a poor woman, all dripping wet,
ran up from below, and rushed for our boat, but the
barkeeper, who was standing near, seized her round
the waist and held her back, tolling her that she would
be drowned if she went in that boat. About this time
ono of the crew attempted to loosen our boat, and sud-
denly she hung ono end down at a frightful angle,
threatening to plunge us all in the waves below, but we
clung to the boat, to the seats, to one another, I know
not how, till the barkeeper loosened her at the other end
and we were let down. Here dangers still threatened
us—the rolling steamer to engulf us in her dark whirl-
pool, the angry waves to dash our frail boat to atoms,
and a shoal of drowning people struggling to catch at
any hope of rescue, to clutch at our boat and drag it
down with them. The crew hastened to clear the
steamer, and as I looked back I noticed one lady stand-
ing with her husband and two children on the deck, look-
ing wistfully after us. I had noticed her before as being:a
very beautiful woman, and shall long remember the ex-
pression of that sweet face. Soon after we left the steamer
a huge wave rushed over us,
/Mid nearly filled our boat,
making us wish ourselves back on the sinking ship. But
' Onward!' was the cry; ' Whither ?' was the question.
' There is land,' said one, and we steered in that direction
and found it. Some of the men rowed, while others bailed
the water out, while tho women crouched in the bottom
of the boat, shivering and crying, almost perished with
cold." _ _ _ .

The Death of Lord Palmerston.

The following telegram was received yesterday
at the Italian Legation :-- -
" GEN. LA MARMORA TO TILE MARQUIS D'AZEOLIO.
"FLORENCE, Oct. 20.

" The King arrived in Florence yesterday. On
learning the death of Lord Palmerston he felt and
expressed keen regret, a feeling which is shared by
the Government and the whole of Italy."

The Journal des Debats publishes the following
remarks upon Lord Palmerston's public career :
Entering public life at a very early age, at the begin-
ning of the century, he has never since ceased to take an
active part in the affairs of his country. We shall subse-
quently consider in a special article this long political
career, sometimes so brilliant, often contradictory as to the
principles and means employed, but immutable in its in-
spiration, which was to serve the interests of England at
any price. It is this, without speaking of the remarkable
talents of Lord Palmerston, which explains the popularity
he enjoyed up to the last moment among his countrymen ;
and certainly, if anything in the world ever was sincere, it
is the unanimous regret expressed this morning by the
English press, upon this point a very faithful echo of
public opinion. We at least are not singular in considering
the policy of Lord Palmerston as having nearly served its
time, and as no longer responding to the ideas and wants
of the present day; but in addition to his other merits the
celebrated Minister possessed that of being pre-eminently
English. He was English from his heart, by instinct and
by intelligence. He loved England passionately, and we
ought to add, to the praise of our neighbours, that similar
temperaments are not rare among them.
COLOGNE, Oct. 20.
The Cologne Gazette of to-day devotes two
columns of its space to a biography of Lord Pal-
merston, in which it says

If any one in future times wishes to sketch the portrait
of an English statesman, he had better try to write Lord
Palmerston's history. Free England has the good fortune
to possess statesmen of reputation as a special class—men
called by birth and education to devote themselves to public
affairs Palmerston had not the moral elevation
and the entrancing fire of the elder Pitt, not the cool cal-
culation of the younger, not the deep seriousness and the
religious conscientiousness of a Peel. The English also
do not assign him so high a place in oratory as the fiery
Canning, nay, they even consider him as subordinate to
the sophistical Gladstone, and other modern speakers. But
this judgment is probably mainly based upon imperfect
delivery and outward form, otherwise it would only prove
the defective taste of the English. Many of his speeches,
even those only delivered at an election or a dinner, are
real masterpieces of manly eloquence and delicate taste,
overflowing with spirit and humour. Without being a
learned man or a pedant, he yet represented the advanced
spirit of general education and enlightened humanity as
hardly any other English statesman, and yet he was a
genuine Englishman in mind and manner of life. He was
as indefatigable in the hunting field as at the desk, and
exercised all the more influence over his nation, because
he was its genuine son. As regards his personal character
as a man, he had no enemy. He charmed even his oppo-
nents, and together with his amiable consort, the widowed
Lady Cowper, stood, so to speak, at the head of English
society. He was a real aristocrat, but upon a larger scale
than the heroes of the Gaeta shield. He understood how
to appreciate every species of power and superiority, not
confining himself to that of birth, and in society he was
amiability itself, as every one will testify who experienced
the affability of his manners. Whenever he visited his Irish
estates he was idolised by his tenants and employis. There
could not be a more generous landlord. If Lord Palmerston
was surpassed in some respects by others as a statesman
he could perhaps, on the whole, measure himself with
any, and he excelled them all in immensity of influence
upon the fortunes of the world. Even if England still con-
tinue to increase in civilization and opulence, she may yet,
as other larger States also rapidly augment, perhaps not
long retain her present commanding position in the world
and may be that in future ages the name of Palmerston
will be synonymous with her greatest glory. From one
generation of Englishmen to another the saying will be
handed down, Wo are all proud of him."

BRUSSELS, Oct. 19 (Evening.)
The Independanec Beige of this evening comments
as follows on the death of Lord Palmerston :
His loss will be considered as a public calamity. The
promptitude, the pliability, and the infinite resources of his
mind—his courage in meeting face to face, sometimes with
jaunty raillery, more apparent than real, difficulties and
dangers before which other statesmen recoiled—a valuable
aptitude in presaging the fluctuations of public opinion,
and in following them when the interests of England or
those of his own ambition advised ; these were the quali-
ties which, during a most active political career—ho was
in Parliament at the age of 23—had made Lord Palmerston
the most popular man in his country, and, finally, the
keystone of the arch which maintained the balance of
parties in that period of transformation through which
England, and Europe with her, are at present passing.