The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-14 00:00:00

SUN, 1,01,:!DON, FRIDAY

Hotite was bayoneted by a soldier of the 58th-Regi-
ment, named Lowry, who carried' oft' his musket.
The body of private Weller, of the 58th Regiment,
was found and catrie 3 away by the enemy, who read
prayers over and buried him at Aramoho, without de-
grading mutilation.
The police under Mr. Chetham. Strode were with
the advance, vying with her Majesty's troops.
I cannot conclude this dispatch without the ex-
pression of admiration of the gallantry of the officers
and men engaged. The daring of the enemy in ad-
vancing to within fifteen yards of the troops bears me
out in this, and I must beg in addition to the enumera-
tion of the services already detailed, to bring to your
Excellency's notice the conduct of my acting Bri-
gade Major Master, Ensign 58th Regiment, and of
Lieut. Collison, Royal Engineers, fez: the service they
rendered me under fire, in conveying orders. The
duties of the latter officer, since the formation of this
post, have been most arduous, in which be has had
the valuable assistance of Lieut. Balneavis, 58th
Regiment, from the commencement; and from these
two officers great benefit has been obtained to many
branches of the service, both in fortifying this peg-
tion (one of great difficulty) and in every part of the
engineers' department.
To Captain Henderton, commanding the Royal
Artillery, and my second in command in the advance
yesterday, I beg to offer my thanks for his assistance
and advice. To Captain Hardy, commanding detach-
ment 58th Regiment, I am equally indebted, as my
*second in command of the forces ; also to Captain
Wolf, commanding 65th detachment in the absence
of Captain O'Connell (who, prevented by an accident
from partaking in active operations, took command
of the posts and rendered the best assistance) ; to
Lieutenant Holmes, R.N„ of her Majesty's ship Cal-
liope, alhided to more than once by Captain Kaye,
Lam under obligation for his unceasing exertions.
can only refer to my preceding details, and your EX-
cellency's knowledge of the ground, as to the support
I received from both officers and men of her Majesty's
service, and the armed police under Deputy Inspector
Strode,' opposed to an enemy unsurpassed as skir-
mishers. Lieut. Bernard, 65th Regiment, tho Ugh
wounded in the head, the ball having remained in his
cap, continue 4 with the-advance:
""To Staff-Surgeon CoUrtenay, and Assistant-Sur-
geon Philsen, 58th Regiment, both of whom were
prefeht in the field, I have to express my thanks for
their assiduity and attention to the_ w9unded.
Respecting your native allies of the Ngatitoa tribe,
though but three in number, under Lieutenant
Servantes, one of whom was wounded, -would call
your Excellency's attention to their gallant conduct;
nor can I omit to bring to your notice the devotion;
shown by the Putiki natives, who proved their attach-!
ment to the British Government on this occasion.

LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED IN ACTION, ON THE

i9TII OF JULY, 1847.
KILLED.

Private William Weller, No. 5 company, 58th
regiment.
Private Joseph Spratt, Grenadiers, Gsth regiment.;

WOUNDED.
Lieutenant Bernard, Grenadier's, 65th regiment,
slightly in the head.
Gunner William Connolly, Royal Artillery, since
dead. .

Gunner Matthew Broadhurst, ditto, slightly.
Sergeant William Gibson, 58th Regiment, slightly.
Corporal Francis Reelley, 58th Regiment, slightly.
Private Henry Storey, 58th Regiment, severely if
not dangerously; wound of shoulder joint.
Private William Dunn, 58th Regiment, severely,
injury of the fore-arm.

Private Martin Rogers, 58th Regiment, slightly.
Sergeant Thomas Bells, 65th Regiment, slightly.
Corporal William Allsop, 65th Regiment, severely ;
wound of the thigh.
Private James Fryan, 135th Regiment, slightly.
Herikiwa Ruawiwi, a Ngatitoa ally, slightly.
RECAPITULATION.

One officer wounded, 2 men killed, and 11 wounded
(1, Royal Artillery, mortally, since dead).
Many settlers were out and in the front, amongst
whom was Mr. M'Gregor, wounded on the Ist July.
1 beg to express my thanks to Messrs. Deighton (in-
terpreter to the force stationed at Wanganui) and
Duncan (attached as interpreter to myself).
" I have, &c.,
(Signed) "W. A. M'CLEVERTY, •
" Lieut.-Colonel commanding Troops,
New Zealand."

Camp, Wanganui, July 23, 1847.
Sir,—l. have the honour to inform you in continua-
tion of my letter of the 20th, that last evening I re-
ceived intelligence that an attack by night was pre-
meditated by the enemy on different parts of the town,
as a finale previous to the Taua breaking up ; their
arrangement was, Mamuko to attack the lower
stockade, the Ngatiruaba the upper, and the Ngati-
maniapoto that in course of erection on the Middle
Hill. Every preparation was made to repel this.
At nine o'clock this morning the enemy was seen
in numbers proceeding to St. John's Wood and the
earthen entrenchments on the hill, which they occupied
on the 19th, and through which we passed on the re-
connoisance of the Ist inst. On the crest of the
range they planted a red ensign; their numbers were
at least 600 men, having apparently collected nearly
all their force.

I occupied the middle hill with the greater part of
the detachment of the-65th Regiment, under-Captain
Wolf, and a 6.-pound field-piece, under Lieut. the
Hon. W. C. Yelverton ; a detachment of the 58th
Regiment, under Lieut. Balneavis, with a 3-hound
gun, were in the breastwork in advance of the upper
stockade, in which latter (both under Captain Hen-
derson, Royal Artillery) was a 12-pound gun, and a
strong reserve, under Captain Hardy, ready to move
out; a flanking party, under Ensign Middleton, 58th
Regiment, occupied the edge of the swamp, and kept
up the communication with, the seamen under Lieut.
Holmes; and the 58th detachment, under Lieut.
Hay, at the lower stockade ; thus securing our posi-
tion, and rendering a forward movement easy at any
moment.

A few of the enemy showed themselves on the low
hills- between our stockade and. St. John's. Wood,
where they were in force, and the guns opened a fire;
the enemy retired and seemed determined not to risk
an attack ; contrary to my expectation, they are well
supplied with ammunition.
The chief of Putiki wished to hold a Conversation
with the enemy, which they invited, and I granted
permission. Mr. Duncan, my interpreter, also, at
their request, went forward; they stated that icy
would not attack, fearful of our artillery (from this
and other causes I infer that they had suffered from
the guns on the 19th), and as we would not attack
their entrenchments they would retire from them.

The Pukihika natives intend to retire to-morrow,
if not the whole of the Taua ; if so„ the war is ended
for this winter, though I shall not relax in vigilance,
having no reliance on expressions founded in fears.
5 Mamuko' again was not present in the front, but
hie brother, Te Oro, stated his determination to Mr.
Duncan -not to have peace, a proposition which was
not made to him, as I consider it far from a deside-
ratum, nor do I believe it
.to be your Excellency's
wish.

On the present presumed cessation of hostilities I
beg to make the following remarks. It will be found
difficult again to collect .so large a war party, more
particularly as the result has been on every occasion
against them ; as the summer advances they will
desire to lay in their stock of fish for the next season
and other supplies, and I would strongly recommend
that no canoes should on any account be permitted to
pass below Shakspeare's Cliff, iu the present state of
Wanganui. The enforcement of the above by a
strong military post will be a serious deprivation to
the enemy, who generally stated their determination
to renew hostilities in the summer. I would recom-
mend a continuance of martial law in this district, and
shall put up a notice during your Excellency's absence,
and subject to your approval, renewing it till' further
• orders, as some of the enemy will continue to prowl
in the neighbourhood.
I beg, in conclusion, to bring to your Excellency's
notice the professional assistance and kind attention
voluntarily rendered by Dr. Wilson, half- pay Royal
Navy, and •Dr. Rees, both residents of this place;
the medical officers of the force and myself have to
express our thankrul acknowledgements to them.
have, &c.,
(Signed) W. A. M'CLEVERTY,
Lieut.-Colonel commanding Troops,
New. Zealand.

His Excellency Governor Grey.--
2tth—The small marauding parties of- the enemy
have ceased since the 19th, and a serious quarrel
took place among- -them on the evening of
the 23d. Another of the enemy is . dead, .Ko
Hika4tnu.

W. A. AIiCLEVERTY;
Lieutenant-Cultii:el.

RESIGNATION . OF Da. CANDLIOU as PROFESSOR
OF THEOLOGY.—The Caledonian Mercury states that at
a meeting of the Free Presbytery of Edinburgh, held on
Wednesday, lir. Candlish intimated his final detertnina-
tion to resign his connexion with the College, and to
return to'his ministry in St. George's Free Church.
StricurAn CIIARGE.—At the Dublin Head
Police-
ofiice, a few days ago, a man named Anthony Willis,
swore information; before Sir Nr:Fitzsimon, against
Mr. F. llojel, atOrneyi,arid Mr: Janes Tilson, for har;
ing bribed informant to murder John Tllson, Mr. Da-
vage,i and Mr. M‘Dermott, in order that James Ti:son
might get into certain lands in the county Aleath, by
putt4ig John Tilson and thO others out of the way. In-
formailt.stated that Mr. 'Nei and Tilson em;,ky,.qi him
to " do the
,j,tb" on the 12th December, Mt.f that that'
promised to support him !Ind family, until it .!ottld
be txecuted, and 'afterwards to give him a lease of
twenty acres of lanOnd his heirs after him for ever..' It.
72ua kita7 ,pctlllteslt
hat
for various offences. . The tables were turned on him,
and be was removed in custody on a chin go of wilful
and corrupt perjury.

PIUS IX. AND HIS PEOPLE.

FROM TILE PRIVATE LETTF,U OF A DISTINGUISIIEr

TRAVELLER.)

On the 3d of October, Sunday (a feast day), at half-
ppaasltactee:i ;,),l'edlocekroiwndtshoetmorning, I was at the Quirinal
at Mount Cavalho ; the 'the troops of
the line, and the halberdiers, all ranged thenaSelves as
pGeoup7l.deehNado6ailzady assembled.
for :a great- feast. At half-past eleven I remarked
several carriages enter the court of the Quirinal
Palace, containing the cardinals and principal per-
sonages of the Pontifical Court. 'At length the
magnificent carriage of his Holiness arrived, drawn
by eight milk white horses, -of rare beauty,. superbly
caparisoned, and a few minutes after the august
Pontiff, Pius IX., entered the vehicle
.to -proceed to
celebrate the ni;,ss at one of the principal churches.
At the very moment the :Pope mounted the steps of
the carriage the halberdiers commenced their march,
then the pages of his Holiness, all dressed in the cos-
tume of Henry of Fiance, to the number of thirty or
forty young men, preceded by music ; following them
came infantine pages carrying baskets of beautiful
flowers, which they strewed from the Quirinal to the
church; then appeared his 'Holiness, surrounded by .
the Garde • Nailer; and as his carriage advanced
slowly, the great Pontiff dispenied his benedictions to
sh
pi sadoring l
Ate
n dt
ihde
retinues
churchl
u people.estohfe t
eh
eeThetcortege
ee
othuornt was closed by the
()Cessions Whf officiates'ni the Pope officiates
a
s at the usual uponemass,l n allost
imposing,. and: marry. .-ox the spectators were moved even
to tears.. The same order of representation was
adopted on the return of, his Holiness to -the Quirinal
Palace. By special sanction I obtained a most ad-
vantageous position in the Palace, opposite to the
Piazza di Monte. Cavalho, whence I had a full view
of the balcony from which the Pope was to give his
saintly benediction. to 'the 'people. 'One after another
the 'different companies of the civic guard arrived
with 'their' banners and music' the crowd became im-
`ense, and the Monte Cavall ni to filled. As each com-
pany assembled observed;,,its ,-distinctive• _banner.
" Viva Pio None !" " Viva la Libertit Italiana !"
" Viva le Commerce'!" ". Viva Ingliaterra (Eng-
land)!", " Viva gl' Inglesi (the English) !" were
amongst these which created the greatest sympathy:
Each of the Roman States was represented by her
banner. At the same time the personage who gave
me the carte du pap painted out to me the renowned
Cicerovacchio with the banner "Viva Pio Nono !"
The cries and enthusiasm .redofibled as each suc
cessive company arrivt.d on the Plaza, and all eves
were directed to the balcony where the immortal Pio
Nono was to appear. At length the great and beloved
Pontiff advanced into theobalcony with the baldequin
over his head, and with' the cortege usual on these
occasions All unanimously rent the air with
their acclamations, and than, as if the whole
people were animated but 'by- one soul,
every knee was bent, and 'every eye fixed,'
even respiration seemed momentarily withheld:
whilst the sublime Vicegerent of God on earth gave.
his benediction to all areand him. With his hands
uplifted, to heaven, he, then chaunted..some
.pious
ejaculations, and the people responded ; and then the
Pope, again giving his benediction, and extending his
arms as if to press his beloved people in one embrace,
retired from the balcony; but as he retreated, like a
tender father who gives. one 'lingering glance to his
dear children; Pins - again turned to 'Took at his
People, which theTuntltitUde, impressionable to every
fine feeling of the heart,'understood, and, as if electri-
fied by a burst of filial Attain:era, the, cries for their
beloVed Sovereign were redoubled beyond all descrip-
tion, and Pio Nono again .returned to the balcony,
and again blessed his faithful subject's.
The Pope then withdrew, and. this dense multi-
tude went tranquilly to their homes, with joy and
gratitude in their hearts, for the benefits dispensed to
them by their Sovereign Pontiff. 'No demonstration
whatever of force was necessary, nor indeed did any
sort of control exist to ensure the public order—all
seemed to be the children of one great family united
in the bonds of synipathy and attachment to their
idolized parent.
No tongue could relate or pen describe the intensity
of the feelings which predominate between the Pope
and his people, and cold indeed must be the. heart in
this land of liberty that would not respond to the
unanimous cries of " Viva Pio Nono !" " Viva Com-
merce with England I"' " The English for ever!" 'Let
us then aid to the utmost this great regenerator in the
wise reforms he finds it necessary to make for his
people.

THE . SPANISH SUCCE SSION.
The .co del Comercio, a Madrid journal, is pub-
lishing a series of articles on the Spanish succession.
The following extract Wilrbtread with interest:—
" If," says the Eco,lciming to some casualty,
Queen Isabella should die without leaving
,direct sue-
cession—it is very possible, as up to the present she
has had no isue, and•ai.;ther.e.ie no reason for hoping
She will have iisue,,o4ing tOleircumetences the ex-
planation of which je• beyendethejurisdiction of the
bress—the'entire nation, the Spain of all parties, will
e in • a state .of the most serious perplexity. It is
true that the Queen •has a sieteroalled by the con-
stitution to theinheritancelef the. 4hrone, in the case
eve suppose alone ; but, its we have elsewhere said,
the Infanta of Spain is married to a French prince,
Who, in consequence 'of' treaties
_Celebrated between
nations, and of solemn renudeiations, appears ex-
cluded from the right of succession to our monarchy,
both hianeelf and his issue. ,It is true that the mar-
riage was approved by the -Spanish Cortes; but we
have also shown that a.terrible protest, legally and in
due time drawn up, was, presented against it ; a pro-
test, too, the moat explicit and the most solemn that
ever was attempted with respect to us. Neither must
it be forgotten that these Cortes were formed and
constituted of one only of all the political parties in
Spain. The others had uo participation whatever ;
they
unites theist to that act of approval beyond the re-
spect contracted
Nvieh
in .
representative countries is due to
whatever emanates from that which is termed the
legislative power, when this is considered as the con-
stitutional expression of the people. It follows, then,
that the Infanta Donna Luisa Fernanda will natu-
rally ascend the throne, counting on the support, in-
dispensably obligatory, of the engagements, and of
the laws of that same Moderado party, which. rejected
the protests of the foreign nations, and the petitions of
the nation, addressed against, and previously to, the
..
marriage.
" England sees with dislike the immense influence
which the Court of. the Tuileries has acquired in our
affairs. .England has not forgotten the Family Com-
pact, , and ' the senseless 'assistance ' we, to please
France, gave to the Anglo-American Colonies- at the
period'of their emancipation:' England knows well
what Spain will he for her, with an Orleans on the
'throne in Madrid. • England, from the 'fact of her
houg an insular nation, tied uf. France pretending to
beCome 4er rival, can neier.'consent with impunity
•to the immense power she Would acquire by trans-
ferring the Pyrenees to Castile and Estretnadura. It
is not necessary to be a very profound statesman to
know ..that the... British Governtnent has to .make
every possible effeet against, perhaps; the only
nentralnation oti the continent, having en its throne
a French Prince. The • icvalries and antipathies of
nations and of 'Governments, necessarily terminate in
war, and the way:of protocols being once opened,
there is a serious risk of diplomatic notes being soon
converted into cannon balls, and each prepares for war
during peace.
" But it will be asked, whet are those ' possible'
efforts of England to produce a conflict amongst
Spaniards.? But we mistake ' • such a question there
is no necessity to ask. In London there resides a
'personage who was born on the steps of the, throne—
the sorl'of a Pretender who disputed the crown with
Isabella ll.—who is the representative of a principle
that existed for ages—who has inherited the preten-
sions and the party of his father, and who may serve
as a watchword for Great Britain to direct in Spain
its oppoeition to the enthronement of the Orleans
dynasty. And that England will make' use of him
there is no doubt ; because English Ministers are
Englishinen above all, and they will never permit the
Spanish Government to become the intimate friend,
the ' near relative, the ward as it were of the
Government of Paris. It may be that there are
no :recent notes, of the .Cabinet of
.St. James re-
specting the re-establishment of the Salique law ;
bat it is , a fact that . there are others which
include a protest against the 'Orleans succession,
and ' the- conduct . followed by England these last
fourteen months cleerly-indicates that she is not ;dig-
'posed to give a 'frieedle—eereetit, to it. It is poSitive,
and Spaniards of all parties) are convinced or the fact,
that if the ' casualty to hich W. relcr occur, the
Infanta
beinf.;: in rens, Montpensier and Monteinolin
will come to Spain aln at the same tithe.
"We are, then, in. a stag 9f War ; Morepensier,
speat ing in the name
U: the COp§titutio.L:tt lights of
the slttef of Isabella 11., .suPP9rted 'by the Mode.
radoS, who were .the seporters, the eppsevere of the
marriage; aided .efileacloesly, by. France, of which
there is no doubt ; anderevi%ing pesielps the period
and PerhaPs the, ariniee ef Louis ..e`Sil.."..;,.:ll.loeteinolie,.
speaking in the name of ofl''''' ia',,veleel a, far more
ancient date ; citing. -I„etm,paill.i.utiv3 writtot :in
European treaties ; invokin:„ a prinuple, which,
'though 'defeated, yet, etjA -11'1' partizans ; aided by.'
a party which,bas a'sleot time ago :u:tatned a war
of seven years, :Ind :,,,i;istc.i, v..iliumt :itty joulit, by -
England, .wiil, g.r .;...tLr or I.•ss !•
.:311. lliost weals
and efficiently.
,• ow C,',, fl :lit The 1 tier
have The Alndcratluf: r.n,i ~ aria.,. ~,
~ e
ilder
have nutnbe'rs on their !,i.lO, 1."-,,Ins,(: I.l.o.Cariists are
far irn)re numen+us in Sl+ in than LIJc: :Molerud,,.
• The Mceldratle's count -see 'the organizlion and force
which every constituted Gevernnient has at its dis-
posal ; and the Spanish G-o‘ernment is Moderado,
exclusively Moderado. Here you have Spilt throwu