The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-28 00:00:00

tribes.

The following is from an "Independent Extra," dated
Wednesday, September 9 :

"Disastrous news from the front. Another attack upon
Te Ngutu-o-te-Illanu. Five officers and fourteen men
killed. Twenty-four 'wounded. Twenty-seven Hauhaus
killed. Number of their wounded not known.
" "Wanganui Times Office, Sept. 8, 10 p.m.
"The colony will grieve to hear that Von Tempsky is
dead, but he nobly fell in battle. The brave Captain
Buck, and his equally brave fellow•otficers, Captain
Palmer, Lieutenant Hastings, and Lieutenant Hunter, are
also among the killed.

" Lieutenant Rowan has been dangerously woundea.
The names of the fourteen men killed are not recorded in
the brief intelligence to hand.

"Yesterday (Monday) our force left Waibi. at 4 a.m.,
and at 2 p.m. encountered the enemy again at Te
Ngutu-o-te-Manu, but this time they were thoroughly
prepared to give us a warm reception. Not only were the
rifle-pits but also the tops of the trees manned, and deadly
volleys poured in upon our men, who bravely pushed for-
ward, cheered on by their officers, and returned the fire
with murderous effect. Twenty-seven Maories bit the
ground ; how many of them wounded can't say. Retired
in good order, and are preparing for another attack. Most
of our officers and men were killed by Hauhaus perched on
'he tons of trees

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

Extreme

Wednesday,
October 28,
8 a.m.

CITUBri TT (CONFERENCE /AT X 4.IITBRIDaE,

3.-ne 'Mira off' the series of conferences now in progress in
the diocese of Ely, in compliance with the requisition of the
Lord Bishop, was held at Cambridge on Tuesday. The Right
Rev. the Lord Bishop presided, supported by the Right Hon.
the lord-lieutenant, the Earl of Ilardwicke, the Vice-
Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (the Rev. the
Master of Trinity), Mr. A. J. Beresford-Hope; M.P. for
the university, the Very Rev, the Dean of Ely, the Ven.
the Archdeacon of Ely, &c. There were present also
the Rev. the Masters of St. Peter's, St. John's, Sidney,
and Christ's Colleges, and the Rev. the President of
Queen's ; Professors Jeremie, Selwyn, Challis, Humphrey,
Bond, Liveing, Kennedy, and Swainson ; Dr. Paget,
Colonel Wales, &c. The Right Rev, the Bishop of
Ely opened the proceedings in a long address. He
dwelt at length on the importance of the lay
element. Many of the laymen, he said, were as
much educated as the clergy, and some of the best of

them perhaps more so ; and there were much stronger
reasons why these should now take part in the proceedings
of the Church than in the middle ages. The subject for
discussion was " The maintenance of the National
Church, and the best means of increasing her efficiency
without interfering with her national and established
character ; on the means of obtaining greater unity
amongst ourselves and on the comprehension of Dissen-
ters." This subject was introduced in a paper by the
Very Rev. the Dean of Ely, and a discussion ensued, in
which a clergyman and a layman alternated. The dean
condemned the sale of patronage as a crying evil. He
thought that there should be some power of veto on
c'erical appointments ; that the people should have
some power in a matter so important to themselves, and
in which they were so much interested. The dean pro-
ceeded to descant upon the want of proper discipline
in the Church, where, he said, they had too much of
the mob and too little of the army. He thought
Improved discipline would tend more than anything to
the increased efficiency of the Church and the " com-
prehension of Dissenters." At the afternoon sitting,
a paper was read by the Rev. Canon Hopkins as to
" How laymen can best help forward the work of
Christ and His Church in their several parishes ; and
whether it is desirable and practicable to have permanent
deacons as well as lay readers." The rev. canon was
decidedly in favour of such a system. The Ven. the
Archdeacon of Ely next read a paper "On the
present state of the church-rate question, and
what steps should be taken in consequence of
recent legislation connected therewith ;" and the
Ven., the Dean of Ely founded upon it a motion, "That
it is highly desirable that a general effort should be made
throughout the diocese to bring into operation the new
law concerning church rates." Mr. Arthur Sperling, Mr.
W. C. Little (Elm), Mr. T. H. Naylor, and other gentle-
men, spoke to the question. The motion, having beer
geonded by Mr. Beresford Hope, M.P., was carried.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY.-Sir W. Erie is the chairman
of Sir Roundell Palmer's London committee, and the
vice-chairmen are Sir J. T. Coleridge, the Dean of Chiches-

ter, Canon Moberly, Dr. Miller, and the Rev. Edward
Twisleton. Amongst the members of the committee are
Mr. Acland, M.P., Sir John Awdry, the Hon. G. C.
Broclrick, the Archdeacon of Bath, Mr. Cardwell, M.P.,
Lord E afield, M. P. , Mr. Foljambe, M.P., Serj cant
Gaselec, M.P., the Archdeacon of Rochester, Mr. Grant
Duff, M.P., Captain Hayter, M.P., the Rev. J. J.
Hornby, head-master of Eton College ; Mr. Knatchbull-
Hugessen, M.P., Dr. Lushington, Mr. Morrison, M.P.,
Sir R. Phillimore, Professor Plumptre, Sir F. Rogers,
Mr. C. S. Roundell, Archdeacon Sandford, the Marquis
of Salisbury, and the Dean of Westminster.
EIRMINGHAM.-At the great meeting of Liberals held on
Monday night, one of the speakers implored the electors
not to be misled by any rumours that might come oat at
half-past eight or half-past nine on the day of
polling. The Liberal committee (he said) would
take care to issue a state of the poll every ten minutes.
Don't let them be deceived ; let them vote as they were
told ; and if, at two or three o'clock, their illustrious
friend Mr. Bright was behind they would give him such
a pushing up that would send him, perhaps, a great deal
higher than he (the speaker) should like him to be. He
wished the three Liberals to be equal at four o'clock.
IS,umwicH.—Mr. Capper, the present Conservative
member, has retired in favour of Mr. Worms, the other
Conservative candidate. The Liberal candidates are Mr.
Knatchbull-Hugessen and Mr. Henry Brassey.

BRIGHTON.—The Herald states that Mr. Moor, who
believes that the disestablishment of the Irish Church
would tend to remove much of the discontent in Ireland,
will receive the undivided support of the Conservative
party. It is rumoured that Mr. Coningham has resigned
in favour of the two Liberal members.

HERTFORDSHIRE. —Mr. Henry R. Brand,'nephew of Lord
Dacre, and son of Mr. H. Brand, M.P., has come forward
as the second Liberal candidate for Hertfordshire. The
two Liberal candidates have just issued their addresses
to the electors. The announcement of Mr. Brand's
canvass has given the greatest satisfaction to the Liberal
party in Hertfordshire, where Lord Dacre is extremely
popular.

EAST SURREY.-Mr. James Lord, of Wandsworth, and
Mr. William Hardman, of Norbiton Hall, have issued
their addresses in the Conservative iLterest in opposition
to Messrs. Locke King and Buxton. Mr. Hardman says:
" I am strongly opposed to Mr. Gladstone's scheme for
the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish
branch of the English Church ; but, at the same time,
I would not withhold my support from any well-con-
sidered plan—conceived in a friendly spirit—for its
reform."

DUBLIN.-Sir Dominic Corrigan has been selected, at a
meeting of the Liberal party, to stand for the city in con-
junction with Mr. Pim. Mr. Ball, the Solicitor-General
for Ireland, has addressed the electors of the University
of Dublin.

PONTEFRACT.—Lord Pollington, the eldest son of the
Earl of Mexborough, has issued an address to the electors
and non-electors of this borough. His lordship alludes to
the ancient connection existing between his family and
the borough, and declares his intention to offer himself as
a candidate at the next election after the forthcoming
one.

BANBURY.—Although there is a split in the Liberal
camp, the Conservatives do not intend to bring forward a
candidate. Mr. Samuelson (L.) the sitting member, is
opposed by Mr. Mewburn.

WENLOCK.—General Forester, M.P. for this borougn,
addressed his constituents on Monday night. In the course
of his remarks upon the Irish Church, General Forester
said he firmly believed that Mr. Gladstone was a Roman
Catholic—a statement which was greeted with mingled
cheers and hisses.

It is announced that the Duke of Genoa, son of the
King of Italy, is going to Eton.
Lord and Lady Chelmsford and Hon. Miss
Thesiger have been staying with the Earl and Counteis of
Derby at Knowsley.

On Monday five more of the bodies of the per-
eons lost in 18GG at the Oaks Colliery were recovered—four
boys and ono man. Only one of tho bodies was identified.
It was that of Challenger, of Cliffo Bridge.
The Hon. Reverdy Johnson, the American Minis-
her, will visit Birmingham about the end of November, and
bo entertained at a public dinner. The invitation has been
given by Mr. A. Field, Vice-President of the Chamber of
Commerce, and was at once accepted by Mr. Johnson.

Mr. Disraeli has been pleased to direct that the
widow of Dr. Stevelly, formerly Professor of Natural Phi-
losophy in Queen's College, Belfast, shall receive an imme-
diate grant of £lOO from the Royal bounty, in consideration
of the important services rendered to science during :a long
period of years by her late husband.

On Monday the foundation stone of a new hall for
the city of Manchester was laid. Tho building, which will
be one of the most magnificent municipal buildings, is ex-
pected to cost upwards of half a miilion of money. It will
be erected iu the Gothic style of architecture, from designs
by Mr. Waterhouse, and will contain 250 rooms.
EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF A RAILWAY TRAIN.

—A very extraordinary incident occurred during the storm
at Hartlepool on Saturday night, by which a passenger
train narrowly escaped destruction. Between the two
Hartlepools is a short line of railway, with only one pair
of metals, which takes a circuitous route on the further
side of the docks, passing also, in its course, a large piece
of tidal waste, called Middleton Slake. On the banks of
that Slake, and at the close of the herring season, many
fishermen lay up their cobles for the winter months ; and
on Saturday a row of these boats lay, keel uppermost, on
its banks, just at the point where it is closely skirted
by the railway in question. While the gale was at its
worst, between nine and ten o'clock,a fisherman, to whom
one of the cobles belong, went to see if all was right with
the boats, and, on his arrival, found one of them had been
carried by the wind and deposited fairly across the line of
rails, upon which in about half an hour the last train from
West Hartlepool to Old Hartlepool was due. This train
is usually crowded with passengers, and had it encountered
the obstruction it would in all probability have been pre-
cipitated into the Slake, into which the rising tide had
flowed to the depth of three or four feet. Knowing in
what peril the train would be placed, the fisherman ran off
for help, and scon returning with four comrades, they
dragged the coble off the line but a few minu4s,Nfere the
train came up,--,Ar9/1/a4 Doily Expraii,