The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-27 00:00:00

NAME OF RAILWAY.

June 20

Arbroath and Forfar •••• • • • ••• • ••
Bristol and Birmingham . • - • • • • • • •
Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • • •
Dublin and Drogheda. • • • • ..... • • • •
Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • •• • •

Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Durham and Sunderland .• • • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow •• • •• •• •• • •
Eastern Counties and North Eastern..
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ......
Glasgow and Greenock.. •• • • •• • •• • •

Grand Junction • • • • • • • • •• ••
Gravesend and Rochester ••••• • • • • •
Great North of England • • • • • • • • • • • •
Great Western. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • •

Hartlepool ............. ..... • • • • • ••
London and Birmingham, &c. .• • •• • -
London and Blackwall.• • • • • • • .• • • • •
London and Brighton. • • • • • • ••
London and Croydon . • • • • • •
London and Greenwich. •• • • •• •• • • ••
London and South Western. •
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury
Manchester and Birmingham • • • • •• • •
Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc—
Midland Counties ..
Newcastle and Darlington • • .. • • • • • •
Newcastle and Carlisle • ...... ...•
Newcastle and North Shields.- • • •• ••
N0rf01k.................. ..... ••

North Union and Bolton and Preston
Paris, Corbell, and Orleans • •••• •• ••
Paris and Rouen... ••

745
876
1,200
312
465
3,194
9,026
2,103
1,150

398

20,803

40,122
1,490
6,237
1,751

8,466
1,067
4,138
6,058
17,457
2,913
1,978
529
1,644

7,212
6,386
950
1,886
8,594
1,206

670
997
1,478
299
400
2,702
5,489
1,902
1,102

19,740

38,469
1,423
5,903
1,815

_
Preston and Wyre•• • • • • •• • • • • • • • • ••
Sheffield and Manchester • • • •
South Ea5tern.................. • • ••
Taff Yale • . •
Ulster. • ••••••••••••..
Yarmouth and Norwich . • •• • • •
York and North Midland. • ..... •,•

1,132

6,008

THE LAUNCH OF THE TEAZER.—CHATIIAM, JUNE 25.
—This vessel was launched this day, from the lower slip !1
the dock-yard, in the presence of a number of spectators.
oMse
the head of the vessel was a formplat erected for thoueurp
o_
of performing the ceremony fsn F_ whriola
were several officers of the army and their ladies;
or
the
before the hour appointed for launching: one ocl ,
J. B. Parker, of the
Royal the amiable daughter of Colonel H. Shirreff,
part of the platform where she was
t)titof the yard, Captain W. H
Captain-superintendentßwoi
nyea lagainst
Artillery,tthe
e
to officiate, who having dashed the suspended bottle of
The work of splitting out the blocks from under her
bows of the vessel, named it the Teazer.
keel then commenced, and the iron ballast descending,
knocked away the dog-shores, and in a second she " rushed
dfloisattinogbedefle b e au
enginest if u I loyf cr
ioftny-
horse power, with a screw propeller. She is built upon a
sstarbulclinteedlybothatthanefitted with itswao
new principle, with three thicknesses of oak plank, two dia-
gonally, and one fore and aft; she is to carry one long gun
of 85 cwt. It is stated that she is destined for the River
Gambia. Her draught of water in launching is 2 feet 11
inches fore, and 3 feet 7 inches aft. The following arefeet her
dimension :—Length between perpendiculars, 130 ; -
'length of keel for tonnage, 118 feet 10% inches ; breadth),
extreme, 21 feet 9% inches; breadth for tonnage, 21 feet 7 W ‘,,
~
inches ; breadth, moulded, 20 feet 11% inches ; depth
hold, 9 feet 2 inches ; burthen in tons, 295 72-94. Neir ' •
rule, 194 tons ; engine-room, 84 ; and registered tonnage,.
I 110. Mr. Laird, the master-builder, Mr. Laing, assistant, . .
and other principal officers of the yard, were present ; alsqw. • =,'
Mrs. Shirreff and daughter, and friends. The launch wee
beautiful.
JEWISH FREEMASONS—IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE
GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND.—The Grand Lodge of England
has, after a correspondence and remonstrance, conducted by
the Earl of Zetland and the Grand Secretary, resolved to
withdraw their representative from the Grand Lodge at
Berlin, in consequence of the refusal of the Russian Lodges
to admit Jews to their meetings, though such Jews have di-
plomas of the Grand Lodge of England. The representatives
of the Grand Lodge of Berlin in this country, is to be in-
formed that he can no longer be acknowledgede or take his
seat in the Grand Lodge of England in his official character_
of representative.
FIRE AT THE GEORGE AND BLUE BOAR, HOLBORN.
—Last night, between ten and eleven, a fire that at one time
threatened very serious consequences broke out in the
upper part of the booking-office, attached to the George and
Blue Boar, Holborn. The flames commenced, from same
unknown cause, in one of the top rooms, and extended from
thence through the roof. Several engines of the London
Fire Establishment, with the West of England one, and two
escapes of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from
Fire, quickly attended. The flames having obtained such a .
strong hold of the building, it was found impossible to sub-
due the fire without the aid of an engine. The one from
Holborn station was therefore instantly set to work, and by
carrying the hose up the staircase the firemen were enabled
to discharge the water in the right quarter, and in a short
period the flames were entirely extinguished. The damage
done is, considering the magnitude of the premises, not very
considerable. The property, we understand, is fully insured.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—A very alarming and destruc-
tive fire broke out, shortly before twelve o'clock last night,
on the premises of Messrs. Miles and Edwards, upholsterers,
of Oxford-street. The rear of the house, in the main street,
is flanked by extensive workshops, which run back into Red
Lion-yard, a narrow turning, leading out of Vere-street. In
the upper story of these workshops the fire broke out. From
the inflammable nature of the contents the flames spread
with surprising rapidity, and in the course of a few minutes
burst through the roof, illumining the whole western dis-
tricts of the metropolis. The engine belonging to the parish
of Marylebone was early on the spot; but owing to the
great height of the warehouses, it was utterly ineffectual• in
keeping down the fire, and great fears were some time enter-
tained that the flames would extend to the adjoining pre-
mises, right and left. On the arrival of the brigade firemen,
however, two or three active officers ascended to the roofs of
the adjoining houses, and dragged up the hose of their re-
spective engines, from which a great body of water was
poured on that portion of the warehouses where the fire was
the strongest. Thus it was happily extinguished in little
more than half an hour after the outbreak. Among the
spectators at the fire were a great number of the nobility,
who were just about taking their departure from LitayLynd..
burst's assembly, in George-street.
FIRE AT EDMONTON.—Late on Thursday ofecinif a
most destructive fire happened at the homestead of 1••
Board, at Edmonton, within a few yards of the line of the
Eastern Counties Railway. It was discovered in a barn, well
stocked with agricultural implements and corn ; and ere
assistance could arrive to check its progress at so early a
stage, the flames extended over the whole building. The
first object of those drawn to the spot was to rescue tile
horses from a range of stabling which adjoined the barn;
this effected, similar precautions were adopted for the pre-
servation of the other portion of the live stock, and the
Cattle being secured from danger, vigorous attempts were
made to subdue the flames. Owing to the direction of the
wind, however, two large clover stacks and one of wheat
became ignited, the whole presenting a fearful conflagra-
tion. Engines from Edmonton, Enfield, and neighbouring
parishes were promptly brought to the spot, and a good
supply of water being procured from a ditch, they were got
into effectual operation. By cutting off the communication
persons were
put off to
between the barn and stabling, the latter was preserved,
though considerably injured, and the progress of the fire
was stopped in that direction. At the other end the vast
torrents of water thrown by the engines prevented conti-
gious buildings being destroyed, and by reicloi',at the fire
was repressed, although the wreck of the. t;,:n and stacks
kept blazing up throughout the night, ene.. even up to a late
hour yesterday afternoon. The less is very hhavy; the pro-
prietor, however, is understood to be insured. The origin i
unknown.
DEATH BY Dnownzno.—Yesterday morning, shortly
before noon, five individuals
.wereiperceived in a four-oared
General
a the had arrived opposite the
Temple Gardens, the swell caused by a
bcuritdtegre. prjeuesete,dinhgovvueetrh,e
artltvgr Thames_ , near Eackfriara.
steamer passing,
were happily rescued, but
instantly Ira
' - hhi,enwliththtoleewcwasraaftate,rea.lnerdßktohinnetstflhvee
were immediately
their assistance, and four of them
Handell, we are sorry to say, met with Post-office, named
Up-
wards of an hour elapsed ere the body a watery grave. Up-
umt
hpeesresfiteft:i
SUlClDE.—Yesterday Mr. Baker was recovered.
the London Hospital on Mary held an inquest at
committed suicide, by throwing Ann White, aged 54, who
house of ill-fame, in __ herself from a window of a
Wednesday evening. Wentworth-street, Whitechapel, 011
lodged in the . witness, named Ann Ingot, who
proprietor of the e
said, on that morning Radstack, the
thing for dinner; house, sent out his wife to get 90111 e.
she returned sooner than was expected,
and on going up stairs •
declaring
. she had detected deceased (who was her own sister)
in the act of adultery with her husband. Blows ensued, and
the three continued quarrelling throughout the afternoon-
About six o'clock in the evening deceased threw herself out
of the window. She was taken to the Hospital, whero she
died shortly after.—Dr. Davies, resident surgeon, sold, from
an extensive fracture of the skull. The jury, aft" comment-
ingreturned a. v adict of " eon the depravity exhibited, jt
ca
T In"
"
pprary insanity."
FATAL EFFECTS OF THE LAVE HOT WEATHER......
Last evening Mr. Payne held an inquest atthe Black Somas
Barbican, on the body of Mary A
pplehy aged five, t
strawbonnet maker, of No, 7, Garter- ' rtdeceased
was a very corpulent woman, and was "nib'. The __
t to spasraodlo
affection of the stomach and indigestion,sa
subject
ill'
creased by her habit of eating hearty which were in'
suppers. It was stated
that on Tuesday night she ate a
large
quantity of cabbage,
and early next morning she was taken suddenly ill. She
called to some of her fellow-lodgers and bade them send for
a doctor. ' They did so, and Mr. Ponder, a surgeon came
but found her dead; It was his opinion that she had died
from from disease of the stomach brought on by having partaken
of too much solids, and fatally aggyavatqa by the heat of the'
weather. Verdict, " listur4l‘l94ol."

LORD STANLE 's PROTEST
AGAINST THE CORN BILL.

Dissentient-
1. Because the Repeal of the corn-laws will greatly
increase the dependence of this country upon foreign
countries for its ::apply of food; and will thereby expose
it to dangers against which former statesmen have
thought it essential to take legislative precautions.
2. Becauso there is no security, nor probability, that
other nations will take similar steps; and this country
will, therefore, not only be exposed to the risks of
failure of supply consequent on a state of war, but will
also be exclusively subject to an unlimited influx of
corn in times of abundance, and to sudden checks when-
ever short crops shall reduce the ordinary supply from
the exporting countries, or their Governments shall
deem it necessary to take precautionary measures for
their own protection; thus causing rapid and disastrous
fluctuations of price in the markets of this country.
3. Because under a system of protection the agricul-
ture of this country has more than kept pace with the
increasing demand of its increasing population ; and
because it is to lei apprehended that the removal of pro-
tection may throw some lands out of cultivation, and
check on others the progress of improvement, which has
led to this satisfactory result.
4. Because it is unjust to withdraw protection from
the landed interest of this country, while that interest
remains subject to exclusive burdens, imposed for pur-
poses of general, and not special, advantage.
5. Because the loss to be sustained by the repeal of
the corn-laws will fall most heavily on the least wealth
portion of the landed proprietors ; will presshy im-
mediately and severely on the tenant-farmers ; and,
through them, with ruinous consequences on the agri-
cultural labourers.
6. Because, indirectly, but-not less certainly, injuriou3
consequences will result to the manufacturing interest,
and especially to the artisans and mechanics, from com-
petition with the agricultural labourers thrown out of
employment ; but principally from the loss of the home
market, caused by the inability of the producers of grain
and those dependent on them to consume manufactured
goods to the same extent as heretofore.
7. Because the same cause will produce similar evil
results to the tradesmen, retail dealers, and others in
country towns, not themselves engaged in agricultural
pursuits, but mainly dependent for their subsistence on
their dealings with those who are so engaged.
8. Because the effect of a repeal of the corn-laws will
be especially. injurious to Ireland, by lowering the value
of her principal exports, and by still further reducing
the demand for labour, the want of which is among the
principal evils of her social condition.
9. Because a free trade in corn will cause a large and
unnecessary diminution of annual income, thus impair-
ing the revenue of the country, at the same time that it
cripples the resources of those classes on whom the
weight of local taxation now mainly falls.
10. Because a general reduction of prices consequent
on a reduction of the price of corn will tend unduly to
raise the moneyed interest at the expense of all others,
and to aggravate the pressure of the national burdens.
11. Because the removal of differential duties in
favour of Canadian corn is at variance with
the legislative encouragement held out
whic to thhe
at
colony by Parliament, on the faith of h t
colonists have laid out large sums upon the improve-
ment of their internal navigation ; and because the
removal of protection will divert the tragic of the inte-
rior from the St. Lawrence and the British ports of
Montreal and Quebec, to the foreign port of New York;
thus throwing out of employment a large amount of
British shipping, severing the commercial interests of
Canada from those of the parent country, and connect-
ing those interests most intimately with the United
States of America.
12. Because the adoption of a similar system, with
regard to other articles of commerce, will tend to sever
the strongest bond of union between this country and
her colonies ; will deprive the British merchant of that
which is now his most certain market, and sap the foun-
dation of that colonial system, to which, commercially
and politically, this country owes much of its present
greatness.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert drove in a pony car-
riage to the beach, on Thursday afternoon, returning to
Osborne House soon after seven o'clock.
The Royal Family rode on ponies in the plantation.
There was no addition to the royal dinner circle in
the evening.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con-
sort walked in the pleasure-grounds of Osborne House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
took their accustomed walks and rides on the sea beach,
yesterday forenoon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge honoured the Duke and Duchess of Cleve-
land with their company at dinner yesterday evening, at
their residence, in St. James's-square.
A Cabinet Counsel was summoned yesterday morning
to meet at the Foreign-office, Downin
o'clock the following Ministers assembled:—Sir Robert
Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor' the
Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Haddington, the Ea l
the Earl of
r
of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, Mr. Secretary Glad-
stone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Ellenborough, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville
Somerset, the Earl Lincoln, the Earl of Dalhousie, the
Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and the Earl St. Germans.
The Council sat half an hour.
A deputation of the Directors of the Southampton
and Dorchester Railway Company, consisting of the
Deputy Chairman, Mr. John Mills, Mr. W. Chaplin,
Colonel Henderson, Captain Breton, Mr. T. Smith, Mr.
M. trzielli, and Sir John Guest, attended by Captain
Moorsom, engineer ; Mr. C. Castleman, solicitor ; and
Captain Griffiths. secretary, had an interview with the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests yesterday, at their
Office in Whitehall-place N.
R.., had an interview with Mr.
Captain Denison,
Secretary Gladstone yesterday, at the Colonial Office.
The Ecclesiastical C,4omm
ester issioners
hfo ere Ewer ngl
re and
pre hadsent a
Committee Meeting yday. T,
the Bishops of Gloucester and Bristol, Oxturd and
Worcester.

IBIIAHIM PACtia.
The Pacha was engaged until past noon 'yesterday in his
correspondence, and received several gentlemen, not of any
public importance, being more or less connected by business
with his Highness.
At two &clock the carriages were ordered, when the Pacha,
accompanied by Colonel Bonfort and M. Nubar, and attended
by Major C. Dickson, left Mivart's Hotel for the purpose of
inspecting the New Houses of Parliament. On his Highness's
arrival the architect was absent ; the clerk of the works
therefore conducted the Pacha and suite over the House of
Lords, but a shower of rain coming on, the Pacha made only
a partial inspection. His Highness then proceeded to West-
minster Hall to see the several courts of law. Unattended,
he next went to see the Chinese Exhibition at Hyde-park•
corner, where his Highness remained upwards of
rou an hoSt.
ur.
After taking a drive round Hyde-park '
and through
James's-park, he went to the Polytechnic Institution, where
he was received by the principal members of the institu-
tion, by whom he was conducted over the different apart-
ments, and inspected the various objects of interest in that
public exhibition. On departing, his Highness proceeded to
the terminus of the South-Western Railway, at Vauxhall,
to witness the working of the electric tele,raph. His
Highness then returned Mivart's Hotel, :here Major
C. Dickson, Colonel Bonfort, and M. Nubar, had previously
arrived.
The Paella' was con
s dinner party fined to his suite. At
ten o'clock, the Pacha and the gentlemen in attendance on
him wefit to Lady Lyndhurst's soiree dansante, at the Lord
Chancellor's residence, in George-street, Hanover-s quare.
To-morrow his Highness and suite intend to go to the
Zoological Society's Gardens, in the Regent's -park,
The Pacha, with Sarni Pacha, Colonel Bonfort, M. Nubar,
and Major C. Dickson, did not return to Mivart's from the
House of Commons yesterday morning until nearly three
o'clock. His Highness expressed himself highly gratified
and entertained bv being a spectator to the proceedings of
the House. His Highness partook of refreshments at Bel-
lamy's, and enjoyed his cigar in the smoking-room,
The Pacha has had numerous invitations forwarded to him
from leading nobility to honour their approaching fetes
by his pres,2nce, but we believe not any positive answers have
been sent.
understand that his Highness intends to prolong his
We
stay in London for at least three weeks to come. The 20th
proximo will most likely be the day of his departure.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS.
Juizz 19. Witch cutter, Henry Ogiander, Eq., rrom a
cruise.
20. Dryad cutter, W. Delafield, Esq., from Gosport.
21. St.-111argaret cutter, F. P. Delme Radcliffe, Esq., from
Plymouth.
22. Snake cutter, Hon. Henry Upton, from Portsmouth.
23. Osprey cutter, JohAcreleA,Exv., from Plymouth.
JUNE 20. Georgian schooner, William Lyon, Esq., for the
coast of Ireland.
YACEITS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooners--land, Magic, Wyvern, Gem.
Cutters--Apsara, Peterel, Dryad, Snake, Witch, Gstny.
merle, Turvoise, Albatross, Duchess, Noran, Eudora, Amulet,
Sparrowhawli,
Sir Bellingham Graham, Captain C. 11. Williams, Mr.
Maxse, Captain Ponsonby, the larquis of Blandford, and a
number of other members have been at the Squadron House
this week. There are numerous inquiries about houses fur
the season, but very few are yet taken. Yacht
JUNE 15. Arrived the Russian Royal
cutter-yacht Neriede, 130 ton
Cronstadt, bound to the Mediterraneans, Lieut. Abrigancotf, from
The Royal Yacht Squadron cutter S
ari, and
merle,llat
17ei:Ii.r.
P.
S.
Pigott, Esq., is on Ratsey's slip for the purpose of having her
copper ove:hauled and cleaned ; she is all t
a aut.

FRIDAY. —Two Government mes-
kyard soon after five , _
n
dispatches
ctihlei
ss
PORTsMOTITIf,
sengers arrived at tbe dch."
the Cori
morning,by special train froi2 Vauxhall, basing
for her Majesty, containing int.elle ce of
Customs' Bills having passed the se of Lords, and' and
the result of the division in the Hong! of Commons on the
Irish Protection of Life Bill. Immediate directions were
sent to the commander of thee airy i;team• yacht to prepare
to proceed with the messengrs to 03borne 2.ouse, An& at
eight o'clock the Fairy left the harbour and got Off Mead's
Creak by half-past, when the messengers were landed rc.'th
their despatches. her Majesty could not have lost any, time
in affixing her royal signature to the commission, for the
royal assent to these important Bills,mtnis and
salso numerous
others which were included in the coion for the Fairy
returned with messengers from Cowes by half-past eleven,
in time for their leaving. Gosport by the expretheress
directly tat
at
twelve o'clock. The Fairy returned to Osborne ysteam
messengers quitted her. The Cornet steamer g
up at the same time as the Fairy, to be in readina
mereno go
ra
out of harbour at short notice, in case any otherp
or dispatches should arrive.
A MAD Doc.—Yesterday, about nOOll, as one of the
Clapton 'omnibuses was passing through Mare-street, one of
the horses yrs.* seized by the nose by a dog of the bull- terrier
breed, which was only got off with some dilliculty. Tile
cry of " Mad dog" excited much alarm amongst the passers.
by and through the village, and after a brisk and speedy
,chace the animal was destroyed in a yard at Homerton,
ciThere it had taken refuge.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—An inquest was held yesterday even- I
ing at St. Leonard's, the residence of the deceased, near this
town. before Rupert Clarke, Esq., one of the coroners for the
county of Berks, upon the body of Madame la Marquise
Elizabeth Sophia d'Harcourt,who expired at half-past seven
o'clock that morning, from the effects of a large quantity of
laudanum, taken in mistake.
The first witness was Caroline Jackson, a nursemaid in the
family of Lord and Lady Emelyn, who was staying on a
visit at St. Leonard's at the time the unfortunate event took
place. She deposed as follows :—On Monday afternoon, at a
few minutes before two o'clock, as I was going out of the
nursery I met the deceased, who was conning out of her bed-
room ; she said to me, " Jackson, oh dear, I have taken
laudanum instead of my draught ! Tell them, quick! What
must I do ?" I ran down stairs and told her maid; and then
I went to Lady Emlvn, and took the baby while her ladyship
went to the deceased. I continued with, her during the af-
ternoon. She was walked about, and appeared to be sensible.
A dose of mustard and water, and also thirty grains of
ipecacuanali, which I weighed out myself, were immediately
given to her. She did not remain in her bed• room all the
afternoon. She appeared to be perfectly sensible until she
went down stair?, and out into the air, about four o'clock in
the afternoon. She then became totally insensible. The
ipecacuanah caused her to be sick within a quarter of an
hour after taking it.
Similar evidence having been received, Mary Hughes de-
posed that La Marquise expired that morning at half-past
seven o'clock.
The CORONER summed up the evidence, and observed that
this was one of those lamentable cases which was purely of
an accidental nature. He considered, from the whole of the
tenor of the evidence, that the jury could arrive at no other
conclusion.
The jury immediately returned a verdict of " Accidental
death, from taking laudanum in mistake."
The remains of the deceased will be interred by the side
of those of her husband, the late Marquis d'Hareourt, in the
family vault of Sir Richard Harcourt, at Aldbury Church,
Hertfordshire.
La Marquise was in the 76th year of her age.

THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
Admiralty-office, June 24, 1846.
Dispatches were this day received at this office from Cap-
tain Charles Graham, of her Majesty's ship Castor, ad-
dressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, of which the fol-
lowing are copies :
Her Majesty's ship Castor, Kawakawa, River,
Bay of Islands, New Zealand, Jan. 13, 1846.
Sir,—l have the honour to forward to you, for the infor-
mation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, copies
of my letters, No. 6 (of the 9th of January, 1846) and No. 7
(of this date), to his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief on
this station, agreeably with the Admiralty instructions, page
89, article 56.—1 have the honour to be, &c.,
C. GRAHAM,
Captain and senior officer at New Zealand.
To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London.

Her Majesty's ship Castor, Kawakawa River, Bay of
Islands, New Zealand, Jan. 9, 1846.
Sir,—l have the honour to report to your Excellency, the
proceedings of the squadron under my command since my
last communication, dated the 15th of December, 1845.'
His Excellency Governor Grey arrived here on the 18th
ultimo, and it being his wish and intention to advance into
the country to punish the rebel chief named Kawitti, sta-
tioned in a Pali, as mentioned in my last letter, No. 4, I im-
mediately landed the seamen and marines of this ship, with
proper officers, amounting to one hundred and eighty-eight
(18S) persons, with arms, ammunition, rockets, &c., and
ordered Lieut. Otway, who commanded them, to place him-
self under the immediate command of Commander Hay, of
the Racehorse, whom I instructed (or rather confirmed the
orders of Sir Everard Home) to act with all the naval force,
under the direction of Colonel Despard.
Her Majesty's ship Calliope arrived at the Bay of Islands
on the 31st December, and I have, according to your orders,
detained that ship.
I have ordered the Osprey round to the Hokianga river,
to protect British subjects, who are under considerable alarm
from the unsettled state of the country.
I shall feel it necessary to detain the Calliope, North Star,
and Racehorse for the present; and, in coming to this deci-
sion, I have to inform your Excellency that I do so after due
consultation with his Excellency the Governor, from whom
I learn that affairs in the south of this island are in such a
state as may possibly require an extraordinary force and
exertions to quell insurrection, even if our proceedings in this
district are successful, and peace results.
Her Majesty's steamer Driver has not yet arrived ; but I
shall take the earliest opportunity, after warlike affairs in
this part of the island are over, to establish coal depots for
any steam-vessel of war which may arrive.
I send a copy of this letter to the Secretary of the Admi-
ralty, agreeably with the Admiralty instructions, page 89,
article 56.—1 have the honour to be, &c.
C. GRAHAM, Captain.
To his Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane,
C. 8., Commander-in-Chief, &c.

Camp, .in front of Kawitti's Pah, New
Zealand, January 12th, 1846.
Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the informa-
tion of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, that, in
obedience to orders from Captain Sir Everard Home, of her
Majesty's ship North Star, whose orders you confirmed on
your arrival, I landed with 130 seamen under my command
on the 13th ultimo, and placed myself in communication
with Colonel Despard, commanding the land forces at the •
head of the Kawakawa river, destined to march to attack
the Pah of the rebel chief Kawitti, situate in a thick forest
on a mountain, fourteen miles from the head of the river.
Two 32-pounders and one 18-pounder gun were landed from
her Majesty's ship North Star, and a 12-pounder howitzer
from the Hon. East India Company's ship Elphinstone.
Our whole force advanced on the 22d ultimo to a position
about half way to the Pah. On the 23d I received a rein-
forcement of 150 seamen from the Castor, under your com-
mand, with another 12- pounder howitzer. On the 27th; the
forces advanced, and the guns were brought forward, with
astonishing exertion on the part of the officers and seamen,
through a most difficult country, to a position about 900
3 ards from the enemy's Pah ; shells and rockets were
thrown in occasionally until the Bth instant, when another
32-pounder was brought up, and roads having been cut
through the forest by the pioneers. two stockades were
erected by them, assisted by the seamen and troops. Breach-
ing batteries in the stockade were erected ; the one dis-
tant 300 yards, the other 140 yards, from the Pah. On the
10th, at 11 A.M., fire was opened from the batteries, served
by seamen, under the direction of Lieutenant Maxwell
Falcon, of the Castor, Alleyne Bland, of the Racehorse, and
Leeds, of the lion. East India Company's ship Elphinstone,
with the howitzer, and Mr. John Nops, master of the Race-
horse, with the 18-pounder ; Lieutenant Egerton, of the
North Star, directing the rockets. The fire was continued
with little intermission till 9 A.M., on the 11th, when our
friendly natives having ascertained that the two breaches
were praticable waved us on to advance; an assault was in-
stantly made by the seamen under my command, in conjunc-
ion with the land forces and natives ; we were scarcely in the
Pah, when the enemy made a desperate attempt to regain it,
and a severe action ensued, which lasted nearly four hours;
they were finally repulsed in the most gallant manner, and
retreated to the wood. I enclose a list of the seamen and
marines killed and wounded, and regret much the loss of so
many brave men. I 'beg to bring before the notice of his
Excellency the Commander-in- Chief the following officers
who accompanied me to the assault, with their respective
divisions of small-arm men, and made themselves otherwise
extremely useful :—Lieutenant Robert J. Otway, first of the
Castor; Alfred J. Curtis, of the North Star; Arthur R.
Henry, of the Racehorse; Eden and Ralph, of the Hon. East
India Company's ship Elphiustone ; and Mr. Lock, mate of
the Castor; Sir. Charles S. Forbes, midshipman of the North
Star, attached to the rocket party ; and Mr. Grove, my aide-
de-camp; also Assistant-Surgeon Broughton, of the Elphin-
stone; and the following medical officers, who attended to
the wounded in the camp : viz., Mr. John Kidd, surgeon of
the Castor; Mr. William M'K. Saunders, assistant-surgeon
of the North Star; and Mr. Pritchard, assistant-surgeon of
the Castor.
I cannot conclude this dispatch without expressing my ad-
miration of the conduct of every officer and seaman engaged,
which is fully confirmed by the general order of the Colonel
commanding, of this day's date, a copy of which I enclose.
Mr. George Don Murray, midshipman of her Majesty's
ship North Star (the only officer struck), was severely
wounded early in the action, when leading his subdivision of
seamen.
The arrangements for the victualling of the naval portion
of the force engaged was conducted by Mr. Kenneth
L. Sutherland, paymaster and purser of her Majesty's ship
North Star, to my perfect satisfaction. I beg to add, that I
have received the greatest assistance from Lieutenant Otway,
of the Castor, and second in command of the naval brigade.
I have the honour to be, &c.,
GEORGE JAMES HAY,
Commander of her Majesty's ship Racehorse.

The officer commanding the force acting against the rebel
chiefs Ifeke and Kawitti has the greatest satisfaction in con-
gratulating the whole of the force at the brilliant success
that has attended their operations of the last few days.
The capture, by assault, of a fortress of such extraordinary
strength, and defended by so brave and determined an
enemy, is of itself sufficient to prove the intrepidity and gal-
lantry displayed by all concerned, whether seamen, marines.
troops of the line, artillery of the Hon. East India Corn
pany's service, and the volunteer pioneers; and it will be a
most pleasing, part of his duty to bring such conduct to the
notice of his Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, and
through him to that of her Majesty and his Grace the Com-
mander-in-Chief.
The Colonel cannot conclude this order, without express-
ing his admiration at the brave and intrepid conduct dis-
played by our native allies on every occasion since these
operations commenced, and more particularly during the
assault of the pals, on which occasion their bravery was fully
equal to what might be expected from the bravest of her
Majesty's troops.
The Colonel commanding feels the greatest regret at the
loss of so many brave men as have been killed and wounded
on this occasion; but it will be considered as an alleviation
by their friends, that they have fallen while nobly perform-
ing their duty to their Queen and country.
(By order) C. P. O'CONNELL, A.B.M.
List of Killed and Wounded at the attack made on Kawitti's
Pah, at Ruapikapika, on the 10th and 11th of January,

:fiver,

1846.
ller Majesty's ship Castor—Seven men killed; ten seamen,
two marines, severely wounded.
Her Majesty's ship North Star—One marine killed; two
seamen severely wounded ; Mr. Murray, midshipmen, in-
cluded.
Her Majesty's ship Calliope—One marine killed ; one
Marina severely wounded.
Her Majesty's sloop Racehorse—One seaman severely
wounded.
II" East India Company's sloop Elphinstone—One sea.
kawa
Her Majesty's ship Castor, Kawa .
man severely wounded.
Bay of Islands, Jan. 12, 1846.
Sir,—l have the honour to forward to your Excellency
a copy of Commander Hay's letter to me, descriptive of
the services of the naval and marine force under his com-
mend at the operations against the insurgent natives in
this neighbourhood ; and, in doing so, it is my pleasant
duly f tt
I
liv, further to repo
captuarse no2t.tpresent myself in the Pah at the successful
rt to your Excellency that, although
been
in the camp during the 1
and baking consequently fast three weeks advancing,
on,dNyitnessed the great exertions of the
officers, seam
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guns
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throughac flor nY;
ship Elphinstong,
(whichtie weather hav-
ing very hilly counintrYr
batteries and conductinal
had to be cut
work in erecting
.had to
shelling, and rocketing
;lug Le4n very wet, causing the roads.
&coni, antr, in breaching,
gh wP,A4 444 over hills in a hitherto
through
country) to b.e very difficult, also all hands having
live under what shelter they could temporarily co
untraversed
of the bush, I consider their convect Worthy of
the
out
warmest
admiration.
The unwearied zeal, exertions, and attention to their ,Te-
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Home, Dart.; 0, (t 9 opp I appointed the duty of defend.