The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-05 00:00:00

THE OUTBREAK IN NEW ZEALAND.

The following details of the recent events in New Zea-
land are given in the Melbourne Argus of August 15 :
" Recent accounts from New Zealand announce the fact
of an armed and apparently preconcerted outbreak among
the hostile tribes. The notorious Ngatiruanui tribe, which
has become remarkable for its implacable hatred of the
whites, suddenly took the field, surprised and captured a
redoubt which had been erected in their neighbour-
hood—that is to say, near Pates, on the border
of Wellington and Taranaki provinces. Since
open hostilities ceased, white men venturing into the
neighbourhood have been repeatedly waylaid and slain.
On a portion of the territory forfeited by the Ngati-
ruanuis for their share in the last war a redoubt was
lately erected, but it failed to hold them in awe,
for a couple of months back four of the newly-
raised constabulary force were surprised and shot in
the adjacent woods. The Ngatiruanuis can muster
several hundred warriors of their own, and they
have also the support of the Hauhaus, or fugitive
Waikatos, who have recently come down to their assist-
ance. Under these circumstances, and as the country is
strong and the defence sure to be obstinate, Colonel
M`Donald asked permission from the Government to
increase his irregular troops by 400 men. For economic
reasons alone consent was granted for only a third of that
number being raised ; and while the colonel was in Wel-
lington organising his recruits, the Ngatiruanuis surprised
the redoubt Turuturumokai, on the night of the 11th July.
Of the twenty-five men who composed the garrison, ten
were killed and five or six wounded, the bodies of some
of the dead being mutilated in a barbarous manner. In
expectation of the threatened downward march of the
Waikato Hauhaus and the Ngatiruanuis, all the outlying
settlers were fleeing into the towns, and troops of every
kind—regulars, constabulary, and volunteers—were being
collected from all quarters. Immediately after the above-
narrated occurrence a company of natives receiving
Government pay, and who were garrisoning another
redoubt in the vicinity, deserted to the insurgents,
carrying off with them their breech-loading rifles and the
revolvers with which they had been provided. Almost
simultaneous with these events, another outbreak was
taking place among the Maori prisoners who were cap-
tured. in the late Waikato war, and who were subse-
quently transferred to the Chatham Islands and detained
there. The prisoners, 166 in number, surprised the guard
—consisting of a lieutenant, ensign, sergeant, corporal, and
22 men—and having possessed themselves of their rifles,
they seized the British schooner Rifleman, and sailed for the
east coast (Poverty Bay). Previously to sailing the
insurgents had taken on board sixty-six women and
seventy-five children who had been permitted to accom-
pany their relatives into captivity. The natives swarmed
on deck, and armed sentries were placed in the forecastle
and cabin. The chief officer, the steward, and three
seamen (in fact, all hands) were forced to go aft and
remain under guard, being threatened with death
if they attempted to move. Several of the escaped
prisoners had swords, which they brandished
threateningly, and also exhibited revolver and other
pistols. The Maories were generally quiet through-
out the passage ; but an armed guard walked the deck day
and night, narrowly watching every movement of the
crew. A Maori stood near the helm, armed with a car-
bine and sword, to see that the proper course was steered ;
the crew were not allowed to cook—the Maories, assisted
by a half-caste named Baker, performing the culinary
operations of the galley. The Rifleman anchored off a
place called Whareongaonga, six miles south of Poverty
Bay. The landing of the Maories, their women and
children, occupied the whole night, during which time the
crew were kept below. Next morning at daybreak the
Maories commenced to take the cargo ashore, consisting
of flour, sugar, tea, and a small quantity of gin and
porter. They finally brought two casks of water off to
the ship, and then told the chief officer that he and his
ship and crew might go, as they (the Maories) had done
with them. The escaped prisoners had thirty-eight
rifles, seven double-barrelled guns, four revolvers,
nine pistols, about half a dozen swords, three kegs of
powder, and a quantity of cartridges. During the
passage of the Rifleman to Poverty Bay, and in reply to
the repeated inquiries of the chief officer, the Maories said
they had killed no one in the Chathams, but had over-
powered and tied them all up.' Taking all these cir-
cumstances into consideration, it can scarcely be possible
that the Maories are in a position now for for-
midable warfare. They are no longer a powerful
Waikato organisation. On the west coast the
tribes are few and weak. The one which is
at present in arms is the largest. In 1860 it
mustered no more than 1,335 individuals—men, women,
and children—and it must have considerably decreased
since. On the east coast, where the natives have always
been numerous, they are divided, and not agreed among
themselves. If the 'friendly' tribes remain firm to the
Government, such forces as the irregular corps, under
Colonel M`Donald and Major Von Tempsky, together
with the numerous guerilla companies that had been
formed in anticipation of the withdrawal of the regular
army, will hardly have more difficulty now than on
several recent occasions in suppressing the outbreak."

Ilis Grace the Duke of Manchester and the Right
Hon. the Earl of Rossini have consented to become
vice-presidents of the London Free and Open Church
Association.

A PERVERT. —The Rev. Burnes Floyer, a cler-
gyman of the Church of England and a magistrate for the
county of Stafford, has just been received into the Church
of Rome. Mr. Floyer held no preferment.
The Court Journal says the Queen hopes to be
able to open Parliament in December, to hold a number of
Courts during the season, and to give another garden party at
Buckingham Palace in the summer ; but otherwise will be
compelled to maintain much the same degree of seclusion
as before.

The Archbishop of York recently consecrated a
new church at Scarbro', and, at the luncheon which took
place subsequently, his grace said they could not shut
their eyes to the fact that the Church of England. as
the Church of the nation was at this mon..nt upon her
trial; and he added that the way in which she would come
out of that. trial would depend not upon their pamphlets and
not upon their speeches, but upon the work they accom-
plished in the alleviation of the great mass of vice and igao-
ranee which they found amongst them.

" MEMBERS OF THE PRESS " AND THE BANK-
EUPTOT COURT.—A London correspondent writes : " I am
engaged in making a calculation which, I believe, will
lead to the demonstration that one-half the journalists and
authors in London go through the Bankruptcy Court once
in every five years. Every three years may be set down
as the average of magazine writers. Newspaper men are
not quite so liberal patrons of Basinghall-street. There
is one literary family which has not been without a
member of it in the court at some stage or other for
years."
ROYAL CHRISTENING.—On Saturday afternoon
the infant son of the Prince and Princess Mary Adelaide
of Teck was baptised at Kensington Palace, in the pre-
sence of a distinguished company, including the
Duchess of Cambridge, her Imperial Highness the
Duchess and Duke Philip of Wurtemberg, the Duke
of Cambridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklen-
burgb-Strelitz, the Duchess of Inverness, Count and
Countess Gleichen, Lady Marian Alford, Lady Georgiana
Grey, &c. The sponsors on the occasion were his Majesty
the King of Wfirtemberg, Alexander, Duke of WUr-
ternberg, Duke Philip of Wiirtemberg, the Hereditary
Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, the Prince of
Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Louis of Hesse,
her Majesty the Queen, the Princess of Wales, the
Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duchess of Inverness.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. William Harri-
son, rector of Great Birch, Essex, assisted by the Rev.
Mr. Bullock, of Kensington Palace Chapel. The Prince
was baptised in the names of Adolphus Charles Alexander
Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus. After
the ceremony, the Prince and Princess entertained the
royal party in the Council Room, The conipviy sepal
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